August 2, 2010

Hi Friends,
Well, I had an interesting time since I last blogged. Two weeks ago I swam 5 events in the Senior Olympics regional games. Our state games that qualify for nationals are in Springfield in September. I took 5 firsts in the events I entered and hope to go to Springfield. The Nationals are in Houston next July. This competition is not as hard as Masters but it gives me a goal to keep swimming. A day or so before I swam I started having some back spasms and I thought it was probably from golf. I went to the chiropractor twice but wasn't getting the relief I usually do. Last Tuesday night I woke up with really bad pain in my abdomen and called the ambulance to go to the hospital. After an endoscopy and an ERCP which looks at the bile ducts, they concluded that it was probably a stone lodged in the common bile duct. It was gone by the time I had the procedure but they cut the bile duct open so if I got another one, it would pass. I was in the hospital for three days and on a pump so I could control the pain medicine. Being on my back for three days really worsened my back spasms so when I got out Friday I went to the Chiro first thing Saturday and got adjusted from top to bottom. I went again today and I feel much better. This Wednesday I leave to sit for my Ohio grandchildren while Michael and Heidi go to Boston for the Pan Mass Challenge bike ride to raise funds for carcinoid cancer. I will be there one week and then I go to New Jersey to see our friends, Bob and Diane for a week. They are on the Jersey shore and we will play lots of hand and foot and maybe some bridge.
Lisa, my housemate is working out really well and the two dogs pretty much ignore each other.
I am looking forward to the next two weeks and glad I feel better. Hope all is well with all who read this. Take care and God bless.
Mary Anne