Good morning, sorry it has been a long time.

[Snowmom]

Good morning, everyone.

I know I haven’t been in here for a very long time.    It might take a very long time to tell you everything that has happened around here.    

So, I will say it started November 2^nd, 2022 and I cracked I think it was the T12 that was cracked.   I saw the physical therapist on the 16^th and had two therapy  sessions after that.      Then I had sinus infection in December.      January, I had another sinus infection and again in February I had another sinus infection.     Come March, I had another sinus infection but it was different.     They took x-rays and both lungs were full of white wispy cloud like stuff.      This is what was in my files, but was taken out after a very short time.  

FINDINGS: Peribronchial thickening both lungs which along with mild reticulonodular interstitial prominence may be related to airways inflammation or infection versus mild pulmonary edema. No dense consolidation or large pleural effusion. Borderline heart size and pulmonary vascularity. Cardiac pacemaker. Aortic calcification.

IMPRESSION: Findings as above suggest airways inflammation/infection versus mild pulmonary edema.

I had been doing a lot of sewing, I mean days of it both morning and afternoon.    I have wondered if it wasn’t from the material.   The lint from the material could have gotten into my lungs.      Anyway, this information is no longer on/in my file, that I can find. 

It took me until the end of April, and another sinus infection, to get rid of whatever this was.  

I was doing well and then I had another sinus infection in July and again in September.       Now, I am getting over an acute case of diverticulitis that had started some time before I ended up in E.R with it so bad.

 

So, now I hope I will be able to be in here for a while.    😊 

 

I am wondering if anyone is interested in doing a Christmas Ornament Exchange this year?      I will post in the other forum so you can sign up if you are interested.   

 

[Becca_Anne]

Hi Snowmom!! Good to see you posting!  Thank you for doing the Ornament Exchange again this year! 

[Midnightmom]

Wow! You've had a rough few months!    Glad to hear you are on the mend. 

See you over in the other thread. 

[Ambergris]

Wow.  Glad you got through that.

[Littlesister]

Snowmom,  so sorry you went through all of that but hoping it is all behind you now. Glad you are back on here. And praying for much better health.

[Mt_Rider]

Wow.....what a stretch of rotten health issues!    you'll be past that now.

 

MtRider 

[Jeepers]

Oops, I missed this. Sorry you have been so sick for so long. I hope you are on the mend now! 

 

Scary about the possibility of fabric dust being in your lungs. Maybe wearing a surgical mask when going marathon sewing would be wise? Couldn't hurt. Something for many of us sewers to think about. 

[Snowmom]

Good morning everyone.

 

I had cataract surgery on Tuesday morning and spent 2 nights in a motel as had to see the dr. again yesterday morning.

 

We had rough roads going up to Bemidji for the surgery on Monday evening.       Nancy, my daughter, put in a full day of work Monday and of course it was dark by the time we were ready to go.      Our first good snow was coming down.     Of course it couldn't wait until we got up there.           But, we had good roads coming home yesterday.   

I am still fuzzy so all mistakes are because of that.         

 

Thank you everyone for your comments.      

Jeepers,  I have decided I need to wear a mask when sewing more than just a few things.     I may even use one for anything over 4 or 5 things.    

 

Snowmom

[Jeepers]

I'm going to start doing that too. Especially when sewing long strips of material for quilting. Those can take hours to work on if a person wants to do them all at once. Just thinking about it, I remember all of that lint I brush out from around the feed dogs and bobbin case. And that doesn't count what is flying around in the air. Glad you mentioned it. I had bronchitis and covid last year and spent some time in a moldy house and I feel like it left my lungs a little compromised. 

[Littlesister]

Snowmom, glad your cataract surgery went well. I never knew about the dust from sewing either. Been a while since I have done a huge amount of sewing but will hopefully get back into it after the first of the year. I to will start wearing a mask when doing a lot of sewing. 

[Snowmom]

Good morning everyone,

As for the sewing, I think I had made about 36 - 40 different sizes of Rice Bags to sell, along with several other items.     It was days of doing it and again, I won't do much sewing without a mask on.  

I do have lung problems, so really need to take care in all that I do.   

 

After a month and a couple days, I got my new glasses, so I can see again.  😊      Of course, I was able to see, but it is a lot better now and I don't have to put something between my eye and my glasses.   

It did take me a few days to get use to these new glasses though as I had been going around without glasses when I wasn't watching T.V. or looking on line.   

I also got my sleep study back and I do NOT have sleep apnea so that is great. 

I do have scars from where the tape was under my chin though as he just yanked the tape off.     I wonder if he does that with all the people and if others ended up with scars too.  

 

Well, I think I need to take a look at some other forums and then get myself busy doing something here.     

 

You all have a great day.      

[Ambergris]

Yanking is a sign of impatience.

[Becca_Anne]

Snowmom I hope you let the office know about that he shouldn't be tearing your skin. 

[Momo]

I don't know how I missed this post.

 

It sounds like you have just gone from one health problem to another.  Hopefully, this will be it for awhile.  My FIL had lung problems and they think it was from him being a paper hanger for years.  Back in the 40's and 50's he did alot of flocked paper. He could actually see little particles in the air when he was working.

 

Welcome back!

[Snowmom]

Good morning Momo.   

 

Yes, it has been one year I don't want to repeat.       I told the Dr.  I am done being sick.           Right now I am trying to not go in as I do have my sinus draining again.   

 

Thank you for the welcome.         

 

I don't know how often I will be in here, but, I will try to make it more than once a year.       

[Littlesister]

Snowmom, hope you get well and stay well. I know that is hard on anyone. Hope to see you on here more often.