Thursday, July 11, 2019

The One Day Trip

First, I want to wish a very happy birthday to my baby boy!!!  Yes, he turned 28, but he will always be my baby. 

Each year, I travel to Wisconsin for a doctor visit. As long as I do this, my doctor continues to call in my medication for me which saves me a lot of time, money, and hassle. Plus, he has been with me from the beginning of my journey. We both will never forget the appointment on September 19 when I was in tears (yep...REALLY crying) because I could not take the constant pain anymore. At that time I was taking up to 5-6 Lortab a day and was going through about 4 jars of Icy Hot a week. 

We discussed the success some people with Fibromyalgia had experienced with Tramadol and I was 100% on board. CHANGED MY LIFE!!! The relief was immediate. Here I am almost 6 years later...pain free. 

This year the trip was a whirlwind one day affair. 

I was dropped off at the Orlando airport at about 3:45 yesterday. By the time I checked in, went through security, and took the tram over to the gate section, I hopped right in line to board and was one of the last people on the plane. The timing was perfect.  

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The cheapest flight I could find routed me all the way to Denver first. That was a pretty long flight (3.5 hours). Then I had a layover in Denver that ended up being about an hour, and another 2 hour trip to Milwaukee. 

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I arrived a little after midnight and my aunt and uncle were there to pick me up and brought me back to their house to spend the night. This was such a blessing as I just planned to spend the night in the airport.  

After about 5 hours of sleep, we were up and they drove me to Oshkosh for my doctor appointment. 


The appointment itself was only about 1/2 hour, then we met up with my BFF Carey and had lunch. 
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My aunt and uncle also drove me back to the airport and came in and had dinner with me. 

What a different experience. 2 minutes to check in, 2 minutes to get through security!  Compare that to Orlando that had a combined time of 45 minutes.

My flight Milwaukee to Orlando was running about 45 minutes late. It ended up being a terrible flight...nothing the airline could do about it, just wicked turbulence just about the whole trip. I'm talking no let up for 5-10 minutes at a time. 

Finally landed in Orlando after midnight!  Exhausted!
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