October | 2023 | Is everybody having a good time?

I feel like Saggy Baggy the elephant. One year older and feeling different.

What can I say... it has been painful with this osteoarthritis on my left hip. My world has gotten smaller since I have been limited in my mobility.
I wished the condition would miraculously disappear and I am no longer experiencing such pain and able to walk and do the things I used to do.

I find myself praying to god as I'm trying to go to sleep. And I am not religious neither! I am desperate!

During the day I've been taking 600 mg of ibuprofen. And to sleep I've been taking 650 mg of Tylenol for arthritis. The doctor gave me hydrocodone for pain but I have been reluctant to take it since it is an opioid drug. I can easily become addicted to it since I would have to take it every day. It is a very controlled drug. They only give me five days worth at a time. Kaiser wouldn't send me hydrocodone neither. I have to personally go into the pick it up at the pharmacy.

I need a walker wherever I go now. Hope to purchase an electric mobility scooter soon.

It's been hard doing simple household chores.

Thinking of my father who lived to 72 years old.

I'm afraid my condition would get worse and I am unable to walk at all. The pain becomes unbearable. I can't do anything for myself. Not even wiping my o reds I will require to be in an assisted living facility. Those places can cost over $7k a month. Where can I get that kind of money? Mine as well talk that exit pill.

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I've been taking ozempic like about three months. I currently weigh about 192. That's coming from weighing about 230 lbs. ozempic takes away my appetite and I easily feel full. So I can't put down food like I used to.
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I am no longer screen printing. I sold my exposure unit and conveyorized dryer for cheap. $800.

I've given away all my plastisol inks to Cameron. Probably over a thousand bucks worth.