Rough Week
I know the holidays are supposed to be a stressful time but things are going a bit overboard for me.
Grandma is doing better...relatively speaking. She's awake and somewhat communicative and the pneumonia has subsided. However, the doctor said that she'll probably never regain movement in her left side. This means that she'll have to be put in a home of some sort because there is no way my father-in-law could take care of her. It's been hard on my father-in-law and I hate to see him be put under any more stress. The poor guy has a hard enough time as it is.
Last Tuesday I somehow managed to swallow one of the crowns from a tooth while eating Milk Duds. Ya I know. I shouldn't be eating them in the first place with all the dental work in my mouth, but I was depressed and having serious chocolate cravings. Of course this freaked me out 'cause there is some question as to whether or not we have the dental coverage for a replacement crown. Either way, it would've meant anywhere from $600 to $1,500 out of pocket to pay for a new one. This is right before the Christmas shopping season too.
Amazingly, I managed to find the crown. How? You don't really want to know. Trust me. Let's just say it's amazing what people will do to save $1,500. I'm just hoping the crown can be saved so I don't have to dish out all that money.
Oh ya...no more Milk Duds for me. Trust me.
On top of all this, my depression has been rearing its ugly head and with it I've been suffering from really bad insomnia. My doc has raised my meds but I really don't know if they're helping or not since the stress levels lately have been a lot higher than normal. There's a direct correlations between the two too: if stress goes up, depression gets worse.
Grandma is doing better...relatively speaking. She's awake and somewhat communicative and the pneumonia has subsided. However, the doctor said that she'll probably never regain movement in her left side. This means that she'll have to be put in a home of some sort because there is no way my father-in-law could take care of her. It's been hard on my father-in-law and I hate to see him be put under any more stress. The poor guy has a hard enough time as it is.
Last Tuesday I somehow managed to swallow one of the crowns from a tooth while eating Milk Duds. Ya I know. I shouldn't be eating them in the first place with all the dental work in my mouth, but I was depressed and having serious chocolate cravings. Of course this freaked me out 'cause there is some question as to whether or not we have the dental coverage for a replacement crown. Either way, it would've meant anywhere from $600 to $1,500 out of pocket to pay for a new one. This is right before the Christmas shopping season too.
Amazingly, I managed to find the crown. How? You don't really want to know. Trust me. Let's just say it's amazing what people will do to save $1,500. I'm just hoping the crown can be saved so I don't have to dish out all that money.
Oh ya...no more Milk Duds for me. Trust me.
On top of all this, my depression has been rearing its ugly head and with it I've been suffering from really bad insomnia. My doc has raised my meds but I really don't know if they're helping or not since the stress levels lately have been a lot higher than normal. There's a direct correlations between the two too: if stress goes up, depression gets worse.
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