Doctor visit

Do you see a pattern here?  Dentist one day and doctor the next.  Gerry went in for her ear operation today.  They put her under a general anesthetic and performed it in the Doctors surgical center.  All went well and the patient is on the road to recovery now.  It did tire her out very much.  The 200 mile round trip didn't help matters either.


She will go in for a follow up visit next week and then a checkup in 3 months.  Hopefully we can find an ENT Doctor out there that knows his stuff and take care of it for Gerry.


We went to Panera for lunch after the procedure and had a very nice meal.  Gerry enjoyed her French Onion soup and I had a very good Cuban sandwich.  Try one if you haven't already, they are good.


It sure was nice to get back to the cabin and relax after the Doctor visit today.  Now to get a good nights sleep and start the procedure all over on Thursday.


BTW:  Thursday is a special day.  I won't tell you why though.

Doctors & Dentists

I was able to get an appointment with Cassie's dentist today and went in to see what he could do for me.   I was hoping for a filling and get out of there easy like that, but nothing is that easy.  He checked my tooth and said the solution was a Root Canal for me.  He asked when I wanted it done and I said right now.  Lo & behold, my wish was granted much to my surprise.  He drilled, filled and generally made my jaw so sore I couldn't even yell at him.  2 hours later I walked out of there a pain free man.

All that ended about 3 hrs later when the novacaine wore off and it was extra strength tylenol time once again.  That made it bearable and I was able to sleep at night.  I have to go back at 8AM Tuesday morning and have him finish the job, but the difficult part is over.  The hardest part of this visit will be getting there at 8AM.  



I did manage to find three geo caches before the dentist visit since I got there so early.  Small victories are so sweet.

Jack came over to work on the MH refrigerator and put it back together.  The new part didn't fit and he wanted to check with Norcold before he trimmed the sides.  They said that was what he had to do and Saturday will be the big day for the final installation.  Yea!


Workhorse sent me the recall letter for the brake caliper repair and I have to schedule it with the local Workhorse dealer.  No telling when that will be finished.  If it is too late I will drive the MH to Tucson and get the repair finished there.  The brakes are working fine since I had them repaired 2 years ago.  Keeping my fingers crossed they will continue to do so.

Birthday & Football

Happy Birthday Cassie

Today is our daughter Cassie's birthday and we had lunch with her to help celebrate the occasion.  I had a therapy appointment early and a schedule MRI later so we managed to fit lunch with her at the 5 Guys Restaurant.  It was our first time at the restaurant and we enjoyed the food very much.  

I went to the open MRI and it went very well.  I am not sure how well I would do on an old fashioned tube type MRI but this one was a piece of cake.  They gave me a CD with the results and it contained a program to be able to view the MRI.  I looked but haven't the foggiest idea what I was looking at and if it was good or bad.  Dr Fitzpatrick will review it and let me know.  Fitzpatrick was my grand mother's maiden name.  No relation to the Dr.

We picked up 5 more geocaches on the way to Cassie & Jack's after the MRI.  A couple caches were hard and interesting while the others were standard. easy urban caches.  Can't wait to get back in the desert and pick up some interesting caches.


We stopped by Cassie's house to have some birthday cake but my sore tooth really began to act up and pain was shooting through my head.  Two tylenols, Orajel pain formula and an hour later it calmed down.  Needless to say I wasn't fit company and we left early.  German Chocolate cake is one of my favorites and I hope they save me some.

Back to the cabin and we built a fire it was so cool up here.  Supposed to be down in the 40s tonight and I think it will make it.  The fire was nice and warmed up the cabin quite a lot.  

So, that was our day and we are one day closer to heading out west again.  With all the medical problems we aren't sure when we will actually get out of here.  We may travel to the wedding in the car and then return and pack up the MH and leave, but we would prefer to pack up, go to the wedding and then continue out west.  Quien sabe?

I knew that when I mentioned all my football teams winning that I would jinx them.  The Redskins lost in overtime, Terps in regular time and Illinois won.  1 for three isn't very good.  At least the others played fairly well so that is a good thing.  Now to get my Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team out of being the worst team in professional baseball.  That is something for next year or the year thereafter.

Hickory Bridge Farm

We had a birthday dinner with Cassie, Jack, Tom, Darlene, Gerry and me at the Hickory Bridge Farm in Ortanna, PA.  They only serve meals on Fri & Sat nights and Sunday afternoon.  The meals are served family style with three entrees available.  It is usually chicken, crab imperial and another dish.  We have dined there many times over the years and always enjoyed the meals, but this time the food wasn't up to par.  Hopefully this was an exception and they will go back to great food of the past.

The restaurant is in an old barn with original beams and floors and it is quite unique.  They also have a country store and a antique shed with old cars, fireengine, tractors and farming equipment.

Doctor visit

Well, I finally decided to get my sore back checked out at a back specialist.  He said, yep, you have a bad back and need rehab to get it back into shape.  Great!

I started rehab yesterday with Total Rehab Center yesterday and  today.  The exercises aren't that bad but they do require some work on my part.  Hopefully I can get it under control by the time we leave for Tucson.

The days are getting shorter and much cooler up here on the mountain.  The leaves are starting to change and fall is in the air.  Too bad fall is followed by winter.  

Not much else of interest going around except for picking up a few geocaches yesterday.  Time to hit the road and see new things.

Boring blog today.