2 journals in less than 24 hours??? this is RARE!
I promised an update! A lot of things have happened. I may even forget some of them...but i will try to remember as best I can..orr if not....nooo biggie!
The biggest news (most recently as of right now) is that my grandmother (maternal) died last week. She was 89 years old. I happened April 22 (chance's bday) and the day I was planning to go to McDaniel. I didn't go to McD of course as we got a phone call when I got home from UMCP saying that grandma had taken a turn for the worst and the nurses suspect it to be within 24 hours. (i actually was debating on going up to McD anyway because of 'Jen is Stupid' issues, although i really wanted to see the ladies..etc..) My mom arrived down at my grandparents an hour before she died. She died in her home with her 3 children and her husband by her side. My dad and I arrived at the house 15 minutes later. It was the first time I have ever experienced anything like that before. Being in a room/house for 3+ hours with a deceased loved one's body. It was unbelievably hard and there was lots of sobbing. The worst part was when the funeral home came to take her away and 'prepare' her...i pretty much was in hysterics when they came cause I didn't want them to take her away. I was the only grandchild there..but i wish the others were there so we could've stuck together. Her viewing was monday and the funeral was tuesday. Both were very nice and the funeral day was beautiful. I will miss her greatly, she was an amazing woman and I wish I could've expressed that before she became exceedingly ill. But i know that she's looking down on all of us and helping us to get through. I hope I will grow up and be as a good a person as she was :) she was a funny lady! But now she can finally see our faces and hear us for the first time in about 8 years...she's happier now, and with that in mind, I am happy for her and I hope she's having crab feasts everyday with jesus and my dad's mom :D.
The one thing she always used to ask me...besides how school was etc. was if I had a boyfriend..she would go, "Jennifer...how are the men? Do you have a boyfriend, cause if you do I need to meet him!" lol and i would always say, "haha no grandma, I don't have a boyfriend yet, but when I do, you'll be the first to know!" and she would reply with: "don't you worry, he'll come for you and I know he'll be wonderful...after I meet him first of course!" haha...loooovvvveeee herrrr... Don't worry grandma, wherever you are right now...you WILL be the first to know :) SIGH.
lets see....after what I just wrote this doesn't really seem as important but anyway...
I went to the Neurologist 2 weeks ago i think for my headaches and migraines. My dr. said I have a special type of migraine that is constant and fluctuates to different levels. He said I shouldn't be suffering that (as should no one) so he gave me 2 perscriptions...1 was a super crazy strong anti-inflammatory, Imitrex for the killer migraines and herbal supplements to try and keep them at bay. Welp, the supplements dont really work except they have turned my pee hot yellow...and the anti-inflammatory, well- i had an allergic reaction to it. My ankles, legs, hand, neck swelled. I looke dlike I had a sprained ankle! And they didn't even work. So, after much rush around, obviously I had to stop that meds, and now I'm waiting for my next appointment on the 19th of May.
I also had an MRI done to make sure I had nothing in my head...except for a brain. That was kinda fun travelling into a tube... well my brain seemed to be alright...buuuttt, there is something in my sinus cavity. My dad and I saw it on my xrays, and the dr. was reported too. They are thinking that I have either a cyst to a benign tumor in my sinus cavity. Which NOW i think, makes so much sense! The side of my head that it is on hurts more than the other side and gums are swollen on that side AND my eye waters/weeps more...i guess because of the pressure? I dont know yet. But, my neurologist said that the thing in my sinus has nothing to do with my daily migraine problems. Great. So i guess we're dealing with two things here. It's OK though..I'll probably have to go to an ENT surgeon for the cysty-tumor-golfball thing in my sinus and be put on a stronger medication from my neurologist for my head. Hey, as long as it goes away..i'll be VERY happy with that!
i'll keep updates on all of this...when i know more.
planning on going up to McD on friday because I want to see the Band concert, and because I miss being first chair Sax and I miss all that band nerdy-stuff...i already missed the choral concert :( which i was not informed about...but that's ok.
2 more weeks of classes, then finals!! woot! so close!
happy May ya'll....
The biggest news (most recently as of right now) is that my grandmother (maternal) died last week. She was 89 years old. I happened April 22 (chance's bday) and the day I was planning to go to McDaniel. I didn't go to McD of course as we got a phone call when I got home from UMCP saying that grandma had taken a turn for the worst and the nurses suspect it to be within 24 hours. (i actually was debating on going up to McD anyway because of 'Jen is Stupid' issues, although i really wanted to see the ladies..etc..) My mom arrived down at my grandparents an hour before she died. She died in her home with her 3 children and her husband by her side. My dad and I arrived at the house 15 minutes later. It was the first time I have ever experienced anything like that before. Being in a room/house for 3+ hours with a deceased loved one's body. It was unbelievably hard and there was lots of sobbing. The worst part was when the funeral home came to take her away and 'prepare' her...i pretty much was in hysterics when they came cause I didn't want them to take her away. I was the only grandchild there..but i wish the others were there so we could've stuck together. Her viewing was monday and the funeral was tuesday. Both were very nice and the funeral day was beautiful. I will miss her greatly, she was an amazing woman and I wish I could've expressed that before she became exceedingly ill. But i know that she's looking down on all of us and helping us to get through. I hope I will grow up and be as a good a person as she was :) she was a funny lady! But now she can finally see our faces and hear us for the first time in about 8 years...she's happier now, and with that in mind, I am happy for her and I hope she's having crab feasts everyday with jesus and my dad's mom :D.
The one thing she always used to ask me...besides how school was etc. was if I had a boyfriend..she would go, "Jennifer...how are the men? Do you have a boyfriend, cause if you do I need to meet him!" lol and i would always say, "haha no grandma, I don't have a boyfriend yet, but when I do, you'll be the first to know!" and she would reply with: "don't you worry, he'll come for you and I know he'll be wonderful...after I meet him first of course!" haha...loooovvvveeee herrrr... Don't worry grandma, wherever you are right now...you WILL be the first to know :) SIGH.
lets see....after what I just wrote this doesn't really seem as important but anyway...
I went to the Neurologist 2 weeks ago i think for my headaches and migraines. My dr. said I have a special type of migraine that is constant and fluctuates to different levels. He said I shouldn't be suffering that (as should no one) so he gave me 2 perscriptions...1 was a super crazy strong anti-inflammatory, Imitrex for the killer migraines and herbal supplements to try and keep them at bay. Welp, the supplements dont really work except they have turned my pee hot yellow...and the anti-inflammatory, well- i had an allergic reaction to it. My ankles, legs, hand, neck swelled. I looke dlike I had a sprained ankle! And they didn't even work. So, after much rush around, obviously I had to stop that meds, and now I'm waiting for my next appointment on the 19th of May.
I also had an MRI done to make sure I had nothing in my head...except for a brain. That was kinda fun travelling into a tube... well my brain seemed to be alright...buuuttt, there is something in my sinus cavity. My dad and I saw it on my xrays, and the dr. was reported too. They are thinking that I have either a cyst to a benign tumor in my sinus cavity. Which NOW i think, makes so much sense! The side of my head that it is on hurts more than the other side and gums are swollen on that side AND my eye waters/weeps more...i guess because of the pressure? I dont know yet. But, my neurologist said that the thing in my sinus has nothing to do with my daily migraine problems. Great. So i guess we're dealing with two things here. It's OK though..I'll probably have to go to an ENT surgeon for the cysty-tumor-golfball thing in my sinus and be put on a stronger medication from my neurologist for my head. Hey, as long as it goes away..i'll be VERY happy with that!
i'll keep updates on all of this...when i know more.
planning on going up to McD on friday because I want to see the Band concert, and because I miss being first chair Sax and I miss all that band nerdy-stuff...i already missed the choral concert :( which i was not informed about...but that's ok.
2 more weeks of classes, then finals!! woot! so close!
happy May ya'll....