Womens hair loss

Well here it is almost 4 in the morning and I cannot sleep. I am exhausted but all I do is toss and turn. I would like to comment about why isn't there a lot more research about women's hair loss. I don't understand it. I am telling you...that is where the money is at. The person who comes up with something that will regrow women's hair will be a billionaire. Women spend oodles of money constantly on hair products. If they have the slightest inkling that there hair is falling out or thinning they will spend whatever it takes to find something. I know because I am one of them. But there are millions of us out there. I hear women talk. They worry about their hair. Someone start a research project to find it. You will not be sorry. You make it...women will buy it.

More sickness stuff

Had to have a needle biopsy yesterday. Did not like it at all. Also I have an appt for the endocrinologist for this Tuesday. My throat is tight again and I have trouble breathing in again. Today I have a slight cough. Hopefully get this taken care of soon. Need to get back to my life. I am boring myself with this now. Going to bed, not feeling very well tonight.

My test

I took my thyroid scan yesterday. I just swallowed a capsule of some substance and left. Then came back 6 hrs later to be scanned. I had no restrictions or nothing. I could eat whatever I wanted or take any medication that I wanted. I did not feel good all day yesterday. I just couldn't stay up, all I wanted to do was sleep. And I just did not feel right all day. I felt something pop in my neck just before my scan and it felt like it went down my throat. It was the weirdest thing. Then it felt like I could breath better. It was so weird. But the technician didn't think anything of it. My doctors office called me later to set me up with my appt with a endocrinologist. I go May 6th. I still worry about the thing that popped and moved down my throat yesterday. I will ask that doctor May 6th about it. Also want to ask about if I was supposed to have salt before my test. I happened to have a bunch of iodized salt in the days before my scan. So just waiting for my test results from my doctor.

My weekend

Saturday was such a beautiful day. We got up early and took Farley to the vet to get his yearly check up and his vaccines and rabies shots. They said Farley was very healthy. Perfect weight. I was surprised as my husband feeds him everything that he is eating. We came back home and took off to buy our plants. Boy did I learn a lot about tree's and flowers and bushes that day. I really liked the snow's nursery as they took the time to tell you about what you are buying, how to maintain it, and how to plant it. The other places just want to sell you stuff so you buy it. I bought a Cinderella crab apple tree. Will not get very big at all. It will have white flowers in the spring and yellow flowers toward the end of summer. I bought a Korean spice bush. Supposed to be very fragrant. Bought a few boxwood bushes. We planted all the way till 8pm that night, then mulched it. What a difference it makes to your whole yard. I just couldn't believe it. My husband loved it. I went and got a couple more things last night and planted them. I cant wait till things start blooming. I found out yesterday that I have to ask the city to plant me a tree up in front of the road. I didn't realize we didn't own that. I called and left them a message and then wait for them to call me back. I want a flowering pear tree up there. Cant wait till they call me back.

Sunday I baby sat Brady. Boy is he just the cutest! Had so much fun with him. He loves being outside. I took him for a stroller ride and he just looked around and around. We walked for about an hour and he fell asleep. Then a little later we went back outside and he sat on my lap and just watched all the cars go by. He is such a good baby. Had so much fun spending time with him.

My week

Well I have to say I have had an interesting week. First and foremost, I got my laptop back Tuesday morning just as I was leaving for my ultrasound. I was so excited. It looks brand new. I haven't had much time to enjoy it as I have had a lot going on but I will be making up for lost time. I didn't realize how much I enjoyed having a laptop versus a home PC till it broke.
We had a bring your kids day to work on Thursday and they asked me if I would bring my popcorn maker that I bought on eBay from a theater. I did and everyone enjoyed it. They even hired a magician to entertain the kids. It was really cute.
The weather has been wonderful. I really love the summer. I enjoy warm weather. I am taking Farley to the vet tomorrow for his yearly vaccinations and checkup. Then we are going to some nursery gardens to look at bushes and a small flowering tree to put in front of the house. I was thinking of a miniature apple blossom tree. We will pick up some mulch too. Anyone have any ideas on what kind of bushes would be good in front of our house or a tree that flowers let me know. The tree has to be small. I am looking forward to being outside tomorrow working in the yard. I just cant wait to start enjoying the the beautiful weather. I am going to sleep now so I can hurry and get to tomorrow.

Bad news- part 2

Well I talked to my doctor today and they scheduled me Monday for the nuc. test. I asked about the nodules because I wanted to know if they are fluid filled or solid. (thank you whoever posted that comment on that). They said the ultra sound did not show it to be fluid filled. I will have to get it out as it is pressing on my windpipe or something along those lines as I have a hard time breathing in. They told me it was over 1cm. Ugh. But I am just going to hurry and get it taken care of so I can go on with my life. It is always something. Just one of those things you have to go thru. People will love it when I have to be quiet for a couple days. lol

Bad News

I received some bad news yesterday from my doctor. They called me to tell me I have 2 nodules in my throat. It all began about a month ago when I was rubbing the back of my neck as it was sore and I noticed a bump in the front of my neck. I kept rubbing it wondering if that is the way my neck is supposed to be. I figured it was so I put it out of my mind. I would check it out every couple of days and in the back of my mind I was worried about it but I let it go again. Then about a week later I noticed that when I swallowed I felt like there was a lump in my throat and my throat was sore a swollen. I figured I had some flu like everyone else had and just let it go. Then a couple of weeks ago I noticed my voice started to change. It was lower and just different. Then last week I had problems breathing in. Like I could not get enough air in. I could hear it as I breathed in. I got on the Internet and checked out web md and stated looking into my symptoms. Monday I was really sick and could not go to work at all. I made a appt with the doctor since was so sick. I knew she would say I had the flu and to go home and get some rest but I went anyways. I happened to mention to her about my neck and she checked it out and said that my lymph nodes were very swollen. She said she would give me a prescription for a antibiotic. I almost let it go but at the last minute I told her that I would like her to check it out a little bit more. A test or something as it would really ease my mind. She finally said ok and they set me up for a ultrasound that next day. I had my ultrasound Tuesday morning. I was getting my hair done Wednesday morning and received a call from my doctors office that they found 2 nodules in my neck. They needed me to come pick up some orders to have a thyroid scan asap. Also told me to start looking for a surgeon. I was so shocked at the phone call. On one hand I was happy that I was right and there was something there. On the other hand now I am scared and wished I had been wrong. I really don't know much more from yesterday. I am going to my doctors as soon as they open at 9am to ask a lot more questions. They did tell me that there are 2 lumps on both sides. The one of the left is bigger than the right. It is affecting my breathing. I would like to know what is in my neck and where is it. I am sure everything will be fine. I just want to get some questions answered and know what is going to be happening. I will keep everyone updated. So I learned that I should trust my own instincts when I really think something is wrong. I am glad I insisted my doctor give me a ultrasound to check it out.
Update: I am scheduled for a nuclear medicine thyroid test on Monday. The doctor said they needed it asap but Monday was the soonest.

laptop update

My laptop box was delivered yesterday morning. I hurried and packed it up and called fedex to come pick it up. They picked it up and I just got a email saying it was delivered. I am happy it didn't take that long at all. Now I will be checking the hp website to see the progress on my laptop. My bad week continues....... I am hoping it will turn around but its Thursday so I pretty much have giving up on this week. Cory has today off as he is going to the Mud Hens opening day with his family. Off to get ready for work.......

Laptop

Well I have a story to tell..... I had surgery last March and we had saved money to get a laptop so that during that time I would have something to keep me occupied. So when I started feeling good enough to go out we went to Best Buy to buy a laptop. My brother helped us. I loved this laptop. It was a bit more than I wanted to spend but it had everything I wanted on it, plus it was really fast. It ended up being a really good investment. Plus it is the one thing I use constantly every day. I just brought it to my parents house on Easter for my brother to down load some pictures on it.
Monday I had a really bad day at work. No particular reason just one of those days. I got home and told my husband I wasn't in a very good mood so I was going straight to bed. Went in the bedroom and my foot got caught in my laptop cord and it went flying off my dresser right onto the floor. I can still see it as if it just happened this second. It was like in slow motion. I tried to grab it. Well the screen cracked. It is the new liquid crystal screen and it cracked all over. It turned on but you cannot see anything but a lot of pretty colors. I was so horrified at what happened. I just cried and fell asleep. I felt like my right arm was missing as I am always on my laptop. I got up the next morning and called Hewlett Packard to see what they could do and how much it would cost me to get it fixed. I knew getting a new screen was around 500.00 but I had to try. I had a gentlemen help me and his english was not so good. He told me that he had to write things down first then type them into the computer because he was learning how to write english and couldn't type directly into the computer yet. So this was a long drawn out process. He said my warranty was still in effect for 17 more days but it did not cover my screen. He checked how much it would be and he came back on the line and said it would be 98.00. I was shocked and told him so. I told him everywhere else it was around 500.00. I repeated the 98.00 again and he said yes, so I told him that I would authorize the 98.00 to get it fixed. I was excited. He took my credit card number and in a few mins he said it would not authorize my card. I asked him if he was sure and he said he had tried again. So I gave him my other credit card. In the meantime my husband chats me on the computer saying there are charges in our account. So I tell the guy hang on a second and I got on our bank site and there was a charge from hp for 429.89 and 3 more for 1.00. Now mind you I have been on my cell phone for 1 hr at this point. He is confused and said no I didn't. So I asked to speak to the manager. He gets me to his supervisor and his supervisor says that my other card says its not authorized too. I had a really hard time understanding him also because of the thick accent so it took a bit to talk to him. but I told him I wanted him to take the charges off the account of 429.89 and the other ones. He didn't understand what was going on with the account so he said he would have to transfer me to his boss. He finally transferred me and at that point I had been on the phone for and hour and 45 mins. His boss lets me know his name is Rodney and gives me his contact phone number and hours and a case number and then says that he was told that I wanted him to push an amount thru my account because my bank would not authorize it. I said no and told him what happened. He said that the amount of 429.89 is correct for the repair. I was shocked and said no the first guy told me 98.00. I told him that I repeated it to him several times and then said I would authorize the 98.00 charge. I told him he needed to check the phone tapes and listen to them. He put me on hold and when he came back on the line he said that they will honor the 98.00 he promised me. They didn't know where he got that price at. I was so relieved. He said he would credit my account and send me a box to put my laptop in and call fedex and they will pick it up. What a day. I was glad HP honored the price they gave me. So I am going to be so lonely without my laptop for a while. I am using our old desk model now. So in hind site I wished I would have bought the best buy insurance that they always offer you there. (which I used to think was a scam). If I would have had it I would have gotten up the next day to go to Best Buy and they would have given me a new laptop. So I think I will invest in the insurance on certain things the next time.

Happy Easter

Went to my mom and dad's today for Easter. We had a nice ham and turkey dinner. Brady was his usual gorgeous self all dressed up in his Easter outfit. Eva bought him this cute little chair. Its adorable. He helps him to sit up. It's pretty neat. It was nice spending time with the family. Hope everyone had a great Easter.

Seven Pounds

I worked 12-8 Last Friday so my husband and I picked up a movie that I have been wanting to see since the first time I saw the previews. It is Seven Pounds with Will Smith. I really like Will Smith. I have to say I went into this without haven't the slightest clue of what the movie was about. I really liked it. There was a couple of parts that dragged slightly but I cried like a baby. I will only be able to watch this movie once. Same as with the Pursuit of Happiness. Both movies good very good but wont watch them again. I am a very......I wont say sensitive (but many people do call me that) I would say emotional. It takes a lot out of me when I watch heart wrenching movies. I literally sobbed through this movie.

To sum it up.....Will Smith did it again. Two thumbs up.

Time away

I had stopped writing for quite a while. I don't know why. I just couldn't do it. I think I just needed a break. Nothing much going on while I was away. I did watch Brady a couple of times. He is just so cute. He is such a happy baby. I cant believe how much he has changed since his ear infections went away.

The most notable thing I have been doing since my blogging absence is I have started to dabbled in the stock market. I have had a share builder account for 10 years and had forgotten all about it till a few weeks ago. I have since started buying some stock and watching them preform. Just fun money like 10.00 here and a 20.00 there. It has been so much fun. I have been learning so much since then. Stock is so low right now and its so easy to get some stock in companies at a really cheap price. So far I have done great. I have made some money. If anyone is interested let me know. They have a promotion that if I sent you a invitation to your e-mail address and you sign up you get 25.00 in your account to invest. I don't get money I just get a few trades for free. I have the basic account so there is no fee to open or to keep the account nor any minimum balance. Just send me your email address and I will send you a invitation. (no I am not working for share builder)

Nothing else going on except working alot. Happy I am still employed. I am hoping the economy will turn around soon.

I am going shopping with Laura today then to lunch. Very excited for some girl time with Laura. I haven't seen her much in the last few weeks. Will be sure to write again very soon.