Hi one and all.  This is Mom!  I am trying to keep everyone informed on how dad and I are doing.  First I am doing much better.  My back just hurts the normal hurt now.  I stopped taking the muscle relaxer because it made me really depressed.  I was so down that I didn't want to do anything.  I didn't even want to knit.  I went to work and cried part of the day, not because I was hurting but because I was very depressed.  Dr Mansfield wanted me to go to a different doctor and have shots in my back to releave the presser so I made an appointment for the first day available March 22nd.  Then it dawned on me that it was over a month away and I spent the rest of the day crying.  I finally decided to make an appointment with Dr Mansfield to go in and talk about the MIR of both my lower back and my neck which was taken several years ago.  The reason for the neck is because my hands go numb.  But when they saw that I had tumors on my thyroid they said, "We don't care that you have a lot of problems with your neck that is causing the numbness in your hands.  We need to find out about these tumors."  Well I decided that I want to know what is the problem with the neck and the back and I want someone to explain the MIRs to me.  Then I want to know if I can do some exercises that will take care of the problems for both areas.  It seems silly to me to wait for over a month to get my back feeling better.  Now for dad.  As you know his blood sugar drops all of the time.  He finally had the test done to see why it drops and the test came back saying that he is producing way too much insulin.  Dr Mansfield sent him to Dr Wahlens assistant David today.  We had a good visit.  He is running another blood test, scheduled dad to see a diatian, wants dad to eat 6 small meals a day, cut down on carbs and exercise more.  He said that because dad is over weight his body doesn't produce the insulin as fast as it should when he eats, so then it over produces the insulin after the blood sugar has gone back down which causes his blood sugar to drop way to low and his insulin doesn't come back down like it should.  Dad said that he would exercise more!  So hopefully both dad and I will lose weight and get fit!

I just wanted to say that we loved our visit to Washington and Kentucky.  We love our Sunday family dinners too!  You all are the best.  I love to see how the grandkids adore their grandpa.  And dad is in heaven when they want to be with him.    Next time I will try to do pictures to share.

Love you all tons.  Mom