Car Insurance

Car Insurance

If you have been following my blog, you will remember that I recently had surgery. To do that meant that I had to take a leave of absence from my job at the school. What that in turns means, we are living on one salary at the moment. It can be a scary thing, and so I have been doing alot of research and comparasions.

One place that I thought we might be able to save money was on car insurance, but where to start. We have all seen the commericals on tv, but I went to this website:
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and found a great resource. The website allows you to get quotes from different insurances, which a number of other sites will do also, but my favorite thing about this site, the information.

On the main page you get definations and explanations of all kinds of insurance terms, you know those ones that you have no idea what means and they can effect the price you pay for insurance greatly. Things like liablitity policy, collision coverage, comprehensive coverage, theft policies, and no fault policies (which is not available in my state, but is available in 12 other states). I had never even heard of no fault policies, and being that they are no available in my state that is probably why, but it was still neat to read about them and whay they offer.

I was impressed with this site. If you are looking to cut some cost in your budget, check it out. If you do, leave me a comment and let me know what you think!!

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Delayed allergic reaction, is that possible?

Of course over the past few days I have been talking about this "rash" or itching that has been occuring on each of my four incisions. Never had anything like this occur before in my life.
It started Friday with itching. Each of the incisions was itching like crazy, so I tried plain antibotic cream on them. Saturday they were still itching, but the skin around each one was getting red. Continued with the antibotic cream, but ended up taking Benadryl to get to sleep. Sunday morning they were still itchy, still red, but now they were puffy, so I switched to cortizone. Got up this morning, still itchy, still red, still puffy, so I called the doctor's office and they wanted to see me.
Turns out I am having a "delayed allergic reaction" to something that touched each incision during the surgery. Most likely something on the robot arms that were in each incision. Never heard of this before and defintely never had something like that occur before. So, I am continuing with the cortizone cream and Benadryl at night if needed for the itching. It should clear up in a couple of days, if not will be checking back with the dotocr's office.
On a postitive note, the incisions are healing wonderfully and looking great too. They are almost completely healed over, and it is not even a full two weeks post-op yet. Feeling pretty good about that too!

A Healing Rash?

So for most of the day yesterday, I was itching. It was around each incision, so I figured that it was the small scabs that had formed on them that were healing and thus causing the itching. So to try to help with the healing and lessen the itching I was putting antibotic oinment on them all day. Went to bed last night and woke this morning itching even worse. Got up and headed to the bathroom to look in the mirror, and what to my wondering eyes did I find but a red, puffy rash around each incision. It doesn't hurt in the normal sense of the word, it just itches, like crazy mind you!

Great!! I had trouble right before the one-week date with the bandages making me break out into a rash and so I had to take them all off. It was probably well past time to take them off, but i was trying to be cautious and leave them on until it had been one week. So I had to but ointment on them, and that cleared up in a day as soon as i got rid of the bandages. Now I am breaking out around the incisions, and this one I am not sure what it is from. I have used the ointment I was using for years with no problems...no, not the same tube, but the same brand. It is what I had grown up with, what my Mom always had in the house when we were kids, and what I have always kept in the house since I had kids. We have never had a problem with it until now. Not sure if it is the ointment, or something else, but part of me finds it hard to believe that I could develop a reaction to the ointment after all this time.

Healing is always a touching process, and it occurs in different waves for everyone. Like a good friend had the exact same procedure a week earlier than me, nd she is worn out very easily after doing things, but she is walking fine. Me, I have the engery to do things but I am walking so slowly. I just can't speed up my pace or it pulls at my incisions. Every person reacts differently and everyone moves at a different pace, I understand that and I am okay with it, it is just the itching that is driving me crazy! So on to another phase of healing in this journey!

Bullion, and not the type to make soup with

Let's face it, the economy is still not what it was, and more and more folks are worried about their finances. Especially with the cuts in education funding that seems to be htting a number of states. Have you thought about Bullion? No, not the stuff you use to make soup with, but the gold and silver varities? Did you know that with the United States Gold Bureau you can purchase silver, gold or other precious metals and coins for immediate personal delivery or arrange for convenient and safe storage at an independent bank or depository.

We've all seen the commericals on tv about once an hour from some group or another that says they will buy your scrap gold at the best prices around. So we know that the price of gold is good, but what you have to remember is that the price of gold has always been pretty stable, as far as I have been able to research. I mean think about it...."buying gold has been recognized for centuries as one of the best ways to preserve one's wealth and purchasing power.", doesn't that make you think? I mean, it's a whole lot more stable than my "stable mutual funds" in my IRS that now has less money than ever in it!

Since Gold bullion is a unique investment, and has been invested and traded since from the time of ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans to more modern times, it only makes since that it would still be a good investment now. Something that has been around that long, has been invested and traded for that long, has a lot more historty than any mutual fund out there on the market, so to me it gives a peace of mind that you can't find with other things.

The thing is, like any investment, you have to research it yourself, not just read my blog and do it because I said so. I want you to looking into what it takes to buy gold bullion yourself, and I think a great place to do it would be the US Gold Bureau website, http://www.usgoldbureau.com/. Once you have looked into it, tell me what you think? I think it is worth a look, and the research, and you know, it just might be the think you are looking for.

daVinci robot and life

So nowdays, if you have to have a hysteroctomy and you happen to have a great docotor and live in a town that has one of the new daVinci robots, you are in luck! My advice to you, if your doctor recommends one, make sure they can do it with the daVinci, you will not be sorry!

Wednesday May 5th I had a full hysteroctomy with the daVinci. Now, I have four little incisions where the arms of the robot went in, but no stitches, and I only had to spend the night in the hospital, no more. The surgery itself was long, a little over 3 hours, but the recovery time is amazing.Typically they say it is a 6 to 8 week recovery for a normal hysteroctomy, but at one week after surgery I am feeling wonderful! I have no pain, haven't had a single pain pill since Saturday May 8th. My incisions itch, but then again they are healing and have some small scabs on them so of course they itch. They don't hurt and they don't cause me discomfort for the most part, but I am walking at a much slower pace than before. I feel really good, but I do take care because my post-op note say that I can wear down more easily right now, so I try to take everything slow. Not lifting much of anything, but still doing awhole lot better than anyone I have talked to that had either of the previous versions of the hysteroctomy. My mom had the traditional vaginal one, and she was down for a good 4 weeks before she started feeling like herslf and definetely took the full 8 weeks to recover.

Now, to figure out a schedule for my days that allows me to get some things done and feel like I am doing my part for the family while I am home, while at the same time not scheduling too much and wearing myself out and setting back my recovery. That is the hard thing, but I am trying. Life is ....good!

Medical issues

Due to medical issues, I have been absent from my beloved blog for far too long.

I started having issues last fall, but they finally got to the point that I could no longer put them off and on Wednesday May 5th, I had surgery. I had a full hysteroctomy, and am recovering nicely.

The fact that I have been off all pain medications since Saturday, and that I was living on daily pain meds before the procedure is wonderful. I still have a long road to recovery to go, it is going to take awhile to be back up to speed, but I have my blogs and that is going to be a wonderful thing! It will be so nice to have somewhere to vent and talk again, someplace that I had lost for so long with the pain and problems of the past.

Welcome back!!

Book Reviews: The Necklace Triology

Book Reviews : The Necklace Triology

The Necklace Triology
By: Kat Martinhttp://www.katbooks.com/

1. The Bride's Necklacehttp://www.katbooks.com/thebridenecklace.htm
2. The Devil's Necklace http://atammcreation.blogspot.com/2007/12/devils-necklace.html
3. The Handmadien's Necklace http://www.katbooks.com/thehandmaidens.htm

I love to read, and reading books in a series is probably my all-time favorite, and since I am working on my writing skills, I want to review some of my books