I'm Free and have been busy

Hello everyone- back in August me and mom went to LA to get my new processor working well. that day was very long and tiring I love this new processor called Freedom BTE. It given me freedom in getting my figure back and all. I even bought some cute dresses to wear. it been wonderful to have i am still getting use to it. We will back in march for a check up and tune-up if needed.
Next is i took my certification exam in September and found out that i failed my score was 23% i had weakness in 3 or 4 areas. I plan to take a course at MATC and see if that would help me understand coding.
I am still working at Target part-time. My birthday coming up soon i decide to celebrate by going through the temple for the first time and get endowed. i am not sure what i will do to celebrate. My little brother Dan is getting married on Nov. 20th to a girl he met through EHarmony. My youngest brother Dave will be coming home on Jan. 4 from his mission.

I will put pictures up soon.

Busy, Rescheduling, Family Reruion, 6 year Anniversary

Hello all- i have been busy plenty, First off We rescheduled my certification exam for September. this will give me plenty of time to get ready and any help i need. I am a little stressed but i am doing okay.
My sister Beth and her little family are living with us till they close their house and do some remodeling. It so neat to see my nephews plenty. My nephew Chirstian is able to open and unlock doors too so he wake into people or got outside. My other nephew Evan is starting to roll over by himself and is always talking up a storm. One time i let Christian help me wash my car but he did was spray me with the hose more then the cars i did.
This next week is our Family Reunion at Camelot Resort by Strawberry reservoir. It neat place to be and lots of room to roam and hang. We do the tire swing and have s'mores and turnovers. We will miss the 2 people who aren't able to make it. My brother Dave who on a mission but coming home around New Years and my Grandpa Anderson who is Scotland with my Aunt and Uncle. We will have next year maybe a few extra people too.
Tomorrow is my 6 year Anniversary of my implant surgery. I look back over the 6 years and just admire what has happen. We ordered a Head base implant for me i am so excited for this. I will be able to wear dresses again and not other things that i don't have to worry about my processor that is on my belt. I am not doing much of a celebration except some fireworks and eat yummy food. I work all day tomorrow so it bummed me out a little but i have all next week off to play hard with my family.
I will post about my Family Reunion soon.

Disneyland, California Adventure, Universal Studios

We went to CA last week for a vacation. It been a while since i went to CA for vacation and not Implaint or surgery stuff. we went June 1-6 (Mon Afternoon thru Sat. Night.

Monday Afternoon. My little brother Dan drove me and my mom to the airport for our flight to orange county. From the airport to the Hotel we took a shuttle. We arrive within minutes of my sister Miriam and her little family. We stayed at the Candy Cane Inn. Our rooms were right next to each other. We swam some and then walked down to PF Changs for dinner. The food was good even if i am not a big Chinese food eater. We swan a little more went we got back.

Tuesday- We met up for breakfast and make some sandwiches for lunch and then took a 10 minute walk to Disneyland. We went to Disneyland for a few hours and then California Adventure the rest of the day. We had a yummy pizza for dinner and then played a little longer. We wait for the shuttle to pick us up. Then we said our goodnights.

Wednesday we met up for breakfast again and then we went on the shuttle to Disneyland and California adventure. We parked hopped plenty. My sister made reservations for lunch with the princess. My nieces Hayley and Whitney thought it was fun. After lunch me and Hayley and Miriam and Raymond went of the California Scream'. My Little brother Dave who is on a mission he request that we go on the ride for him . I went 6 times and loved it. Hayley was laughing each time we were done. We went back to the Hotel to meet up with my dad who flyed in to join the fun. We had dinner.

Thursday- The last day of Disneyland and California Adventure park for my Sisters family. We Parked hopped plenty. We only had a few melt downs from Whitney. My mom left earlier since her feet were hurting her. We stayed a few hours more. Me and my dad and Miraim and Hayley came back after the Parade. Raymond and Whitney stayed. Me and Hayley and my dad Swam some.

Friday- We piled in Raymond's Truck and drove to Universal Studios. We had fun there. We saw plenty of Character that were walking around. we went on Jurassic Park 2 times. Hayley loved it after the second time. Right before we left we went through the House of Horror minus my mom. I regret going on it. I don't do well with stuff like it. They kept popping out at me. We drove to the Walk of fame. So we could see stuff and take pictures. we saw lots of wannabe characters there too.

Saturday- Last day of CA for me and my parents. We had a evening flight so we went back to Disneyland and California Adventure. We played till about 2ish and went back to wait for the shuttle to pick us up. My sister and her family went to the beach that day. Me and my parents got back home a littler before 11 at night. We came home to a rain Storm.

The Weather was pretty good there. there was only 2 days that was cold/windy or cold/rainy. I had a blast and it was a much needed break for me. Now i am getting ready to take my Certification Exam next month and i am really nervous it been a while since i have done any Coding.

I will try and get some of the pictures that my sister and her hubby took on the trip

Craziness

Hey Guys sorry not blog for a few weeks. I have been really busy. I have had really crazy work hours at target. It took a few weeks to get back to myself from having my brain surgery. I am still not 100% back to myself. I am going to be taking my certification exam in July and i am nervous. I have been able to take a neighbor dog on walks each week. She tend to pounce and jump at me when i say "walk"
Tomorrow me and my mom go to CA for Disneyland with my sister miriam and her cute family. My dad will follow Wednessday evening. We will have a blast. I went to a non annuaul class reruion last night and had a pleseant time. it was neat to see some of my classmates. It was not really a big turnout after all.

Also if you know anyone who is looking for a condo to buy let me know my sister beth and her hubby are selling theirs so they can move into the house they bought.

Well blog about CA vaction soon

Doing Good

Hello all. here is a part of a email my dad sent out about my surgery that was last tuesday

Katie had her surgery today. What we thought was the problem was that the cables--this sounds big, but they are not much bigger than a hair...were lying against the trigeminal nerve and irritating it. That seemed the best situation and could be helped and fix her problem. That is what they found! The two cables were lying against the nerve...infact had pressed a groove in the nerve. The surgeons were able to mobilize the cables and not mess up the implants and get them off of the nerve. Then they put in some teflon "sponges" ...little things that will pad the nerve and keep it from getting irritated again. Now what we are waiting for is the nerve to heal. Hard to know how quick that will be, hopefully soon and then the pain should be gone! The surgeons were happy with the result and feel it should work out ok. The usual problem that causes this type pain is a blood vessel leaning on the nerve...and in this situation there is better than a 90% cure rate with decompressing the nerve. Of course, Katie is unique, these surgeons have never seen or heard of a case of trigeminal neuralgia due to a cable from an implant. So she is keeping with her status of being a medical lab rat....but we hope she will have a cure from her pain.

i am doing much better now that i am home. I have a hard time somewhat sleeping at night due to the surgery site. my left hip hurts somewhat from the drain that they put in my lower spine. My hands sorta shake and have a tingle feeling in them since i had my surgery. I am only taking tylenol for the pain and something for the nausous. I haven't been really been able to eat plenty. I use a rice pack on my hip and shoulder for the pian i have. I should be going back to work next weekend. I am not suppose to lift over 10 pounds so i am not sure what i will do for that and being a cashier at Target.

Thanks for a the prayer and the support i have been having.

My 4th Brain Surgery

Hi guys. I am going to have my 4th brain surgery on Tuesday the 7th I will be leaving Sunday night and hopefully be there for a week. I am reliefed and ready to sleep better, have no pain, sick in the tummy feeling. Be able to get on with my life and be able to do with to get on with my life. the surgery will be at St. Vincent in Los Angeles. My parents are going with me. I am hoping it doesn't kill the sound or how the implaint works. I hope you guys will keep me in your prayers and thought as i go through this.

Will try and get my blog updated when i feel better.

Katie

5 or 6 painless shocks days, but didn't last

For some reason i started not having shocks. I was happy and a little relieved from the pain i was experiencing. Just this morning the shocks have come back somewhat painful. The last day or so i notice that there were some shocks but they felt like little pricks. We are waiting to hear back from the LA doctor. He going to have a conference to talk about my case with others on Friday. We should hear back from him hopefully by Saturday or Sunday. We been adjusting my meds and try to see what works so we can get me off the Lycria. I had my last one last night. I try to take a little idrophen each day to help the pain. I take some before bed and it helps me sleep better.

On a side note My grandpa Olsen is turning 80 and we are doing a good celebration on Friday. I miss my grandpa Anderson's 80th since i was in Texas with Brenda and her family last year

For those who i don't have email addresses

This was a email my mom sent out to people.
Hi,
Many of you know that Katie has been suffering with pain in the right side of her face for well over a year. It has gotten progressively worse and we hadn't been able to determine what was causing it. She has been on several different combinations of medications to try and help with the condition but none really got the job done and they made her fatigued, nauseated, restless, depressed and she gained weight on them. Way too many side effects to be useful.
We finally made our way to a specialist at the University of Utah who had some further MRI and CT scans done to try and image whether the pain was caused by tumors or something else.
Good news, no new tumors. Bad news, the pain is being caused by one of the wires on her implant that is pushing on the nerve. Rats! So that means deciding whether to have surgery done here or going back to LA to have it done by the surgeons who implanted the device originally
We really didn't want her to have to have more surgery but we need to get her off those bad medications and she wants to get on with her life and get a full time job. So the surgery is the best answer for now. We would like to get it planned soon so she is feeling better by later in the Spring.
You're right, it never ends for that poor girl. But she is really ready to be done with these pains and fatigue. We appreciate all the love and support you give her through these hard times. She knows that she is really blessed to have such a strong support system in her life.

Check back more for Updates

Adjusting Meds.

Hey Everyone- I have been playing around with my meds for my shocks. under my dads orders since he is a doctor. I had take 2 different pills. We tok one of the old ones and tried 2 new ones. One was at a high doses that it was making me drowsy /loopy and sick feel in my stomach. One of the pills i took at night i didn't sleep at all and had some small weird dreams. Since then i stopped the night time pill and lowered my high dosed pill. Now i take 2 different pill at breaksfast and dinner. i and i sleep better and are less tried i can do stuff. i had been able to go to work. i had my mom call in a few times for me. Target got a new cashier system now that it much harder on me. I try to wax my hands everyday to help with the driness problem i have been having. i see 2 salt lake specialist this month and see my dad friend in provo as well. i will let you know when i know more.

The Waiting Game

Well i am doing the waiting game while waiting to hear from the specialist that we saw at U of U. We have 2 options i think. The shocks for me are really painfull right now, they are not stop and they feel like burning sharp pain in my gum on my right side. i use almost a tube of orajel a day. i found out a cold pack helps too if it soft. It hard for me to talk and walk sometimes. I don't really feel them while sleep.

I did have a rough week this last week. it started saturday night. i hardly slept that night and Sunday night i got a little more sleep but i had a tummy ache like feel all night. i woke up monday morning and i was really tried and was feeling sick as well. my mom asked me if i wanted her to call in sick for me and i said yes. i did have a lazy day for a few days. we did adjust my meds and i finally sleep somewhat better. I haven't been eating lots. went i do i try and eat through the pain that i have. I eat soft foods and plenty of instant breakfasts.

i will more when i know more.

Dr. Appointments and a MRI for my shocks

Hello Everyone- I have had a busy week. We went to a specialist last Tuesday to see what they say about the shocks. We saw Dr. Coldwell and a Resident. I have something called trigeminal neuralgia which a nerve that gives feeling to the face and the gums is irritated and cause pain to my right side of my face and gums. We have been looking for a solution. I am taking several medications that help partly and make me very tried and gained some weight. Yep skinny Katie has gained weight. I have seen a specialist at the University of Utah and had a had another MRI. They wanted me to have a special MRI so me and my mom went to the appointment and they said this type of MRI is too powerful for my implaint so we had a appointment for a brian one in Provo where i usually to my MRIs. The MRI show a small tumor on my trigeminal nerve on my right side. We will see a specialist on Tuesday to make a decison on Treatment. It could be injections in the nerve or some radiation treatment to the nerve. the last option is some surgery which i don't want unless nece sary .

i will post again as soon as i know something.

I'm an Aunt again!

Yep my sister Beth had her baby yesturday through c-section. They named him Evan Andrew Duckwitz. He weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces 19 and half inches. He a peaceful little guy. I was able to go see him today. He a few pictures of him

Christian been a wonderful big brother to Evan. He stay over on Monday night since Beth had to check in at the hospital really early in the morning. We had a blasted all yesturday morning. . we drew pictures and watched blue clues and played. here is a picture of the proud big brother

Last Day of Extenship,Chirstmas and so on

Hey Everyone- I have been so busy and had lots on my plate.
My last day of myexternship at my dad's clinic was bittersweet. i was sad to leave the ladies i worked with. i love to ladies who i worked with in internal medinic these gals did my dad billing and coding. Their names where Linda and Janet.
Left to Right: Linda, Me, Janet.
I miss these sweet ladies. i did work in some other departments but i loved internal medinic the best. I am getting some experience at the hospital my dad works at. i been going good. it a little harder but i am learning. i love going on walks and see different parts of the hospital. It only 2 stories. it fun to see my dad sometimes.
Chirstmas it was a really stressful time for me. i was working long hours and sometimes the cusomters were being in a bad and a rush. I got some books and other things. With the stress i sorta took it out on my nephew who were visiting for the holiday from Idaho. i love seeing them. Baby Kirk aka "Chunky" yep that right he is a big baby i think is is about 7 or so months old. he is bigger then what his older brother Quinn was. Here a picture of him.











He is one cute baby to play with and an all. He isn't ticklish like his older brothers. he gets it from his dad.
I miss since he went home to idaho.

the snow pretty bad here in utah it been one big storm after other. lots of snow. here is some pictures that i just took from standing from the door.











I have never gotten stuck before till last week. the snow is so deep i hate driving in it. and hate the snow period. I am a warm weather girl. Utah had a late winter. the fall was so nice and somewhat warm. .

On the side note my sister-in-law Marianne made a Anderson biggest loser blog. Everyone in my family was invited to do it. i am not sure if i will do it. i would love to have a falter stomach. I have gain some weight. i have been underweight for a while and very light. I have tried to play my Wii i got for my birthday in november a few times a week. with the Wii i got the Wii fit there are some good games on it and very fitnesses on it. .

My shocks have been acting up. i having a nose cold so that part of the reason they have been acting up. We have contact my LA docs. and tjhey suggestion a type of MRI. The shocks feeling has changed to a feeling my gum on my right side and the the right side of my nose. it is a real pain in the butt.

My niece Hayley has a type of growth under her tongue and they are going to do a biopsy on Wednessday to see if they can find out what it is. If you know of her she is Miriam's oldest daughter she is in 2nd or 3rd grade. She very lovable. My family doing a fast on sunday and praying for her. she will get some special Aunt Katie prayers since she prayed for me while i had my hardships.

Sorry about the long post. i will post more soon