cat or dog?

So sometimes i wonder if bella is part dog. when there are things going
on outside, she growls like a dog does.....This low quiet growl that
says "i hear things and i dont want them to come in my house" But at
other times she acts like a cat, meowing, doing kitty olimpics through
the house or any number of catlike things. But sometimes she just acts
like a dog, it's strange!

Then we have the meowing alarm clock that goes off promptly at 4:30 She
comes to the door scratches at her matt and waits. If i dont get up she
keeps repeating the process till she's extremely loud and when i chase
her away, it only works for about an hour if she knows we're still
awake. If she thinks we've gone back to sleep she'll wait 2 hours and
repeat the process again. Strange cat!

a majorly debated issue

I've thought long and hard on wether to post about this particular
issue, especially considering how some of my family or friends may feel.
However, I can no longer stay silent on the topic for a couple of large
reasons. 1. It's had a huge impact on my medical conditions in the past
several months, and 2, well if i really have to get into politics i
guess i'll start here.

The topic in question is the medical marijuana issue. 2 states now have
decided to make it legal. Not just that but i've had 2 doctors now who
have strongly urged me to try it because of my various medical problems.
So, I decided back a couple of months ago to get the priscription and
try it.

Medically it's helped me a great deal. it's kept me out of the hospital
several times now which is a good thing. My nausia and pain have
increased, and i've found this a good way to lower the nausia and pain
and help decrease some of the medications i've been on. In the end i'm
still on them, I just have to use them less often, and that's a good
thing. I'm also not on the opiates for the pain, and that's also a good
thing.

Some time ago, I began to think of how i could help other people think
through and maybe decide if this was also good for them, So i've created
a blog on the topic.

I encourage those of you who may have similar medical problems to mine
or other severe medical problems to have a look at the blog see how it's
helped me and give feedback if you wish.

http://mjbuds.blogspot.com

bella's first vet visit

So, bella went to the vet today, and things went incredibley well. She
didn't really like it but she behaved well.

I got her flea control and she was treated for allergies and a skin
infection. I thought she was having allergy problems but i was also
unsure. The humane society paid for the problem since she had it when i
got her. I'm glad about this, glad to see they help with some of the
after adoption care, well least for this visit anyway.

Vet prices here are a bit higher then florida in some ways her allergy
shot was 55 her antibiotics were 33, i didn't have to pay for them but i
hope she doesn't have this issue too often.

Other then that, things are good, very good.

bella round 2

Well our girl has really come out of her shell now. it took her till
wednesday to come out. she did this low growl when ever she heard things
or we moved and so on, but she doesn't do that now accept to show us
when she's displeased. it's not angry, it's just her way of talking.
She's really a good girl and i'm quite pleased with how she's worked
out. We had to ban her from the bedroom when we're sleeping at night
though, she tends to climb all over you. it's cute, but hard when 2
restless people sleep in a bed because if you wake up, she wakes up and
when she wakes up she climbs on both of us. A good girl just not for
night time lol...

Vet tomorrow, we'll see how that goes.

bella

Ever since i had to get rid of caesar and esther, I've been wanting to
get another cat, I'm an extreme cat lover for many reasons. Well chris
and i are finally in a position to get one, and yesterday i went to the
humane society and i got a kitty. Her name at the shelter was Lola, but
i've renamed her to bella. Bella is like a cackey type coloring. She's
2.5 years old, and she was given up by a family because they couldn't
figure out why she was constantly chewing on herself etc. Turns out
she's got a flee allergy and so that family gave her up because they
couldn't afford to help her.

I braught her home yesterday and let her out of the carrier she
immediately jumped on the counter, and curled up in the corner. She was
very riendly and let us pet her and talk to her. But when we left her
alone she vanished and hid for a good 12 hours. She didn't want her
dinner and i ended up throwing it away. She ate the majority of the dry
food though, so that's good. She came out around 11-midnight or so and
was investigating everything. She cried at me but when i went to pet her
she hid and wouldn't come to me for nothing.

I finally found the secret to make her come out though! Bribe her with
food and petting. You can tell she wants to make friends she's just shy.
The next couple of days/weeks will be interesting as she adjusts She
goes to the vet friday for a free checkup and flee medicine.

Bella likes chris i think with some time she'll purr for both of us.:)

holidays, medical stuff etc

This was chris and my first christmas together outside of my parents's
house.

We had a blast. I didn't get to cook the dinner i planned, oh well,
that's for next year i guess. We mostly had finger food, quesadillas,
stuffed jalapinos, stuffed mushrooms all kinds of little tasty things.

We didn't do much for newyears in fact i think we were both in bed
before midnight.

I finally got hooked up with a gastrointorologist and i go see him on
the 16th. We need to find out if my pacemaker battery is dead or alive.
I suspect maybe dead because i've been in the hospital off and on a lot
more in the past couple months. I've also had a couple of very bad
vommitting spells. Other then that though medical things seem to be ok.
I had some very good days over all accept for this week.

Chris took his first vacation the week between christmas and newyears.
We basically enjoyed the time to ourselves and ate lots of food.

herbal medicine and christmmas

So for the past year or so we've been looking at herbs to treat aa lot
of my medical problems, and we've had some rather intteresting success.

Skullcap and valerian work very well for angziety/calming effects
skullcap also helps with female issues.

We've been using california poppy extract for my pain. doctor oz talked
about this earlier this year and i've been wanting to try it. Basically
it works on the opiatee receptors. not sure how but it's as effective as
the pain meds. I ordered it last month and got it and it does work
incredibley well. However it tastes terrible.

Christmas this year should be interesting. It's mainly chhrris and i but
my plan is to makee dinner for roger and kathleen and take it over to
them. She's having surgery that week so i figure they'll enjoy some dinner.

Not sure what else we'll do for christtmas though i think chris is going
to take that week off.