Hi Everyone, I hope all are doing well and enjoying all of the snow that we have been getting. It makes for challenging commutes but I would rather have snow than the very cold weather that we had earlier this week. For sure we are going to have a white Christmas! I have good news regarding the InterStim device that I had attached right before Thanksgiving. It did work in stimulating the Sacral nerves which are what help the bladder to work. I am having surgery in Feb. to implant the InterStim device so that there is permanent stimulation to the Sacral nerves which will help the bladder work. Unfortunately this is another procedure that makes a situation better than it currently is but also requires re-teaching things how to work. My hopes are that if it can make things work in such a short period of time that once it is implanted and has been there for a longer period of time it will gradually start working like it should or hopefully it will get 90% better and than I will intermittently cath a few times a day verses always. I have not written for a while because I was working with Dr. Swiontowski's assistant to set up surgery on the back of the right leg. We have that date set for Jan 14th. They wanted about 4 weeks between the two so I think we're good. Not too excited about my 6 weeks on the CPM machine but hopefully this will be the last time. Yeah!! All of this is a little ways a way so I won't worry about it too much yet. I am still doing PT twice a week and working at the club about 4 times a week. I have told Eric that I didn't really like the whole workout thing before when it was much easier on my body and now when it is hard it is even less fun. I realize the difference it makes so I know that it is important to do it. The cold weather certainly makes the body more stiff. The first day of winter is this weekend, Yeah!! We start adding about 3 minutes of daylight each day....Best day of the year! We are busy getting ready for Christmas. There is still shopping, wrapping, baking, and writing to do and there are only about 5 days left to do this. I think we better get serious over the weekend and get all of it done! The girls are home for a month, yeah! We are with Coulter's Christmas Eve and day and celebrate with Wolter's on the 3rd. It will be nice to be with everyone. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Paula
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