Fibro, maybe
Oct. 22nd, 2006 05:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rickvsRachal's had quite a lot of muscle aches since she was in the hospital last -- we figured they collectively represented all the times she'd been under the knife and/or laid up recently, and weren't too surpised that she was sent home with a walker. But some of them have been getting worse, and her primary care physician thinks she may have fibromyalgia. So we've rented a wheelchair for our trip to the Texas State Fair later today. The good news is, she's much clearer-headed, and she prefers being lucid and hurting to dull-witted and pain-free. Our insurance also covers several visits each from a nurse and a couple of different therapists, so she's learning useful exercises ...and therefore becoming more hopeful.
In other news, my new production manager is growing frustrated, despite making a lot of major improvements in our store. Have you seen those signs in auto shops that say, "Fast, good or cheap -- pick any two"? He's busy as a man in a space suit with three holes and two patches ...and for about the same reason. *His* boss has agreed to throw money at some of the problems, but doesn't quite grasp (or perhaps just doesn't agree), that not fully addressing one issue is causing a different issue to raise its ugly head. The production manager intends to throw more light on the situation by putting his own house in order (streamlining production), which should make it obvious to -- well, anyone ...where the remaining kinks in the process actually lie... assuming his evaluation is correct, and I think it is. More on that later, also. My switch to second shift seems to be helping -- I do get more done when I'm working alone, and I can take longer lunches with Rachal. Improvements all 'round :>
In other news, my new production manager is growing frustrated, despite making a lot of major improvements in our store. Have you seen those signs in auto shops that say, "Fast, good or cheap -- pick any two"? He's busy as a man in a space suit with three holes and two patches ...and for about the same reason. *His* boss has agreed to throw money at some of the problems, but doesn't quite grasp (or perhaps just doesn't agree), that not fully addressing one issue is causing a different issue to raise its ugly head. The production manager intends to throw more light on the situation by putting his own house in order (streamlining production), which should make it obvious to -- well, anyone ...where the remaining kinks in the process actually lie... assuming his evaluation is correct, and I think it is. More on that later, also. My switch to second shift seems to be helping -- I do get more done when I'm working alone, and I can take longer lunches with Rachal. Improvements all 'round :>
