As I mentioned last week, I was preparing to celebrate my 51st birthday with plans of being polite Tiffani, not rude Tiffani. I did it, I did it! I was nice all day even when I opened my presents. Apparently when I opened Trinity’s present I said: ” Wow, I actually love these glasses!”
Tabitha: “Actually…. Are you shocked mom that she picked out something you liked?”
Me: “No, I was just excited!”
See how quickly I covered for myself. So now for the fun facts about the night.
After lunch with friends I asked Tabitha if I could wear what I had on for my dinner party. She looked at me and said:” I was thinking you should wear a ball gown, not jeans”
Me: ” A ball gown?”
Tabitha: “Yes!”
Me: “Okay, love. See you at 5;30.”
I then proceeded to take a quick nap and when I woke up I asked Trinity what she was wearing to my party.
Trinity:”Jeans and tank top.”
Me: “Tabitha wants us to wear ball gowns.”
Trinity:” Really, Mom?”
Me:”Maybe we should? We aren’t doing anything, let’s see what we have in the closet.”
Tabitha saved all my high school formal dresses and any other dress of mine she thought she would wear in the future. Most of them have been destroyed through the years but I still have a few hanging in the extra closet.
Trinity and I went into the closet and there in front was the dress I wore on my 21st birthday in Las Vegas with Lou. My parents took us for the weekend and I danced on stage with Chubby Checker. The dress was originally from BEBE and didn’t have zippers and was made with lycra so I knew there was a chance it would fit. Plus, it isn’t short. I pulled it on and Viola, it fit. I decided not to add a bra or spanx to suck everything in as that would only create rolls. Once I put it on Trinity got excited and started trying on other dresses. I then went in search of Tiara’s tiara and placed in on my head. This was getting fun.
Lou put on his cargo shorts and short sleeved button down and off we went to Tabitha and Chandler’s apartment all dressed up.
Tabitha was screaming with excitement when she saw us. Trinity immediately changed into her more comfortable back up outfit and we celebrated.
We left at 9:30 pm and I was home relaxing on the couch in my pajamas by 9:45 pm watching television. Trinity went out with friends and when she came home at midnight she woke me up from the couch and took me to bed. The next thing I remember is standing in the hallway hours later and suddenly falling to the ground. I get up during the night all the time and often I almost faint if I move too quickly. I’m guessing low blood sugar? I must have been sleep walking, which I have never done, nor did I take an Ambien and then I fainted. I partially hit the china cabinet scraping my arm, bruising my shoulder and face.
All night my face throbbed and when I woke up in the morning I looked over at Lou and asked: “How does my face look?”
Lou:” It looks fine.”
Then I got up and looked in the mirror.
Me: “It looks fine???? Did you actually look at my freakin face?”
OMG, It’s bad! After getting over the shock and realizing I was lucky not to have broken anything I moved on. The good news is no one can really see it under my mask. I’m also hoping the trauma causes my face to create more collagen getting rid of some wrinkles. One can always hope. On to my neck issue…
I don’t know if I have mentioned this before but I live with constant pain in my neck. My neck has been paining me since I was in high school. I have been icing it nightly for probably a good 15 years. I decided that this year I would finally see an orthopedic surgeon, get an x-ray and deal with the pain. I went to see an ortho and after x-raying my neck he said: ” You have arthritis and degenerative discs in your neck. You can have surgery or try physical therapy. Hmmm, he didn’t really break the news very subtly.
Me: ” Well, I’m definitely on board for trying physical therapy first!”
He wrote me a prescription and I made an appointment. My appointment was on Tuesday of this week and I was dreading it. I will admit meeting with the surgeon and admitting I have been in pain for 30 years and have never seen a doctor for my neck was a bit awkward but I laughed it off.
Once I realized that my physical therapy was being run by a Chiropractor in a strip mall in Fountain Valley, I got stressed. I willed myself to think positive and not judge until I had all the facts. After meeting with the doctor, and taking more x-rays I felt like I was in the perfect place! Never judge a book by it’s cover.
Unfortunately he described my neck as “a tough case” and indicated that if I had showed up for treatment 10 years prior my x-ray wouldn’t be so bad. The good news is that with aggressive treatment he believes he can fix me but I have to show up 2 to 3 times per week. Yikes! Nevertheless, I’m going to do it. While looking at my questionnaire he said: ” you marked that you also have back and hand pain but that wasn’t on your prescription.”
Me: “Well, I do, but I decided I would just deal with one issue at a time. My daughter passed away 5 years ago and I’m finally taking care of myself”
He just nodded and moved on.
After noticing my hips weren’t level he decided to x-ray them as well. He discovered that my right leg is longer than my left which is probably why my neck started hurting at such a young age. The funny thing is that Lou has this same issue and ever since I met him he was always telling me: ” I need this special insert in my shoe because my right leg is longer than my left and it causes my back problems.” I’m so tired of hearing about this issue and now I have discovered I too have it. Ugh!
The best news is that I get a 25 minute massage on my neck every time I go for therapy.
Wow, taking care of ones self is very time consuming….
Happy Friday and I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
xoxo tiffani
