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I am going to impart some non-essential information to you about how to get your Dyson stick vacuum exhaust not to be so smelly. It doesn't matter if you empty the canister or clean the filter, when the exhaust blows which is at your hand level, it's not pleasant. Enter Judy engineering...I took a dryer softener sheet and cut it in half and then kind of made little slits in one side of each half. I then used straping tape to attach my fabric softeners sheets to the vents on the exhaust. Worked like a charm! I can now vacuum without grossing myself out.

Happy Tuesday everyone...have you come out of your turkey coma yet? Keith and I chowed down on hamburgers on Saturday for lunch...just had to break up the turkey marathon.

Fibro is such a strange affliction...finally get out of pain with my knee and like overnight my neck and upper back are achey, crampy and painful..what the heck! It's like there is a gremlin living in me that moves around to a new place of attack. Not to mention a nice little sinus infection that sent to me to the ENT doc yesterday.

The year has certainly flown by...can't believe it is thanksgiving already. Not going to anyone's house this year...having a leisurely day with just the two of us....we brine the turkey overnight and then cover it in seasonings and use the rotisserie function on our weber grill...OMG, the best bird every...I have had oven and deep fried turkey but the Weber method is my favorite. Plus, it frees up your oven for warming up all the sides.

Of late I feel as if I am going in circles and the stress of it is wearing me down. In the summer and early fall my days off from caring for mom were spent shopping or visiting a friend for a few hours. Now that winter is upon us my free time is spent in the kitchen cooking up soft foods that contain healthy foods for mom and her colitis digestive health problems. Four days spent in hospital due to bleeding and now still trying to adjust to menu changes and now she has had two mini strokes (TIA's) in less than a week and spent another four days in hospital.

:wink: So how is everyone doing? Had our first cold blast in Orlando this week...whoa, yesterday morning was quite chilly.I know most people with fibro get an extra little pain from the weather change...the cold seems to go right to the bones. Poor Buffalo, New York...my goodness, 75 inches of snow in one day...that's a lot of igloos!

I can't imagine how hard it is for everyone with fibro/fatigue/back issues to have to shovel snow just to get out of your house and then clear your car of snow....has to be brutal....I would cover myself in icy hot every day.

Okay, yes, I am an NCIS junkie..I watch the original, L.A. and New Orleans. When I had severe sciatica 6 years ago and was home in bed with ice packs and pain pills, Re-runs of NCIS were my guilty pleasure that helped me stop thinking about my situation.

How is everyone doing? I know these cold fronts coming down on the upper states must be brutal on my fibro buddies. Absolutely gorgeous day here in Orlando, FL today; just wish it didn't get dark at 5:00 p.m. but I am an early riser so I'm up to see the sun rise.

After an agonizing Thursday, I made it to my 9 a.m. appointment for Knee therapy on Friday morning. Burst into tears when the PT came to greet me and told her my tale of woe. By the time I left, I was in much better shape and able to walk without excruciating pain.

She once again reminded me of how tender the knee is after surgery and it was just a little set back. I didn't realize how out of shape my leg muscles are until you realize how important they are in alleviating knee pain.

So I was elated that my second PT appointment on Tuesday went very well (for my knee) and yesterday felt the best I had felt in ages (kneewise).

I take a dear friend to a doctor's appointment, have some lunch and then stop on the way home at Wal Mart to pick up a few items. While my friend and I are turning down the dairy aisle, the Wal Mart manager is having one of these worker 'rah rah' meetings with hooting and hollering.

Hi, had my first appointment with the physical therapist to rehab my left knee and hopefully get rid of the pain. My therapist, Nikki, was wonderful and actually told me that my own diagnosis of IT band syndrome was probably right on target. The IT band runs from your hip to your knee and narrows significantly at your knee. When it is inflamed, the motion going over bone in your knee becomes very painful.

If you saw the way I looked this morning, you would think I had on my Halloween costume. Bad night with knee pain again...what is it about sleeping on my side that makes the left knee hurt so badly...so I've been up since 4 a.m.

Looking forward to Thursday when I get to see the physical therapist. Please pray for me that they have answers.

Dropped by the pain specialist yesterday and switched my prescriptions out to tramadol to help with the fibro. Can't do without that medication to keep the widespread pain at bay.