Hello all my friends.   On Monday, I got some steroid shots in my back muscles to help with the pain.  But they say it takes three days for full effects.   I have to admit depending on how bad / hurting I am, the shots can help almost with in minutes of the injection.   Because of people being on vacation I did not see my normal provider so the question I have did not get answered.  But let’s move on.

This morning I got up like around 5 AM not able to sleep, that is one of the effects that these steroids have on me, I can not sleep, and I feel better than ever.   I can breathe again, I can move better, and I am feeling so much better.   But with my fragile bone situation they have to be very careful how much steroids I get.  Yesterday I worked on our laundry while Ron worked on the house and I was so full of pain and swollen muscles, Ron wanted to forbid me from any work today.  That ended up being not the case, but he is very upset while being grateful.   

Hurricane Ian took the roof off the front room of our home, it was about 12 foot by 24 foot, give or take some inches for supports or such.   The county says it is 12 by 24, so that is what we go with.  Due to our roof being hit by other roofs and debris, our roof (which is a great AMS metal roof that has never failed)  split open on a tear on the south side of an east facing room roof and peeled it back over half the room.   That was my office and my electronics were in there,  

After the storm we had to close off the room because we had a double french door there and so say six or more feet.   In the emergency Ron and James but up sheets of plywood we had over the opening to prevent any water coming in and keeping the heat out.  It was not the greatest situation, but until the inner roof was installed we had to close that part of the house off.   So recently we got the panels that we ordered right after the hurricane, so Ron and James put the inner roof up.  Ron has worked for a while to calk and fix any leaks.   

Today when as much as could be done to weatherproof the room and with Ron trying to work in that room with no air flow and temperatures between 95 and 120 I declared that the wall had to come down so Ron could work in there without the heat causing him more health problems.   At first he resisted but when I laid it all out he agreed it needed to be done.     So after trying to work in the room with the high Florida heat he came in and covered in sweat and shaking the guy with MS said he was going to lay down.  When he got up he agreed I was correct.

So as Ron was working in the supper hot room that is east facing getting all the morning sun / heat getting it ready to take down the tarps on that side and the plywood on the rest of the house side.   I worked to move everything that had been piled / set in front of that are because we did not have room for it.   Once Ron was done came the real pain issue for me.  

We had two lighter pieces of plywood across the top and on very heavy 1 inch plywood on the bottom supporting the upper ones.  Ron made sure when he took the two pieces off he made sure he took the brunt of the weight.  But I still had to help him carry them out to the family room where they are now stored.   He wanted to wait to take the biggest heaviest one off as he was really worried about my back and health.   

But I moved most of the inside stuff and Rom moved the heavy stuff and then we took down the plywood.   For the first time since Ian made landfall Sept. 28, 2022, in the Fort Myers area as a Category 4 hurricane, we had a connection to the front of our home from the inside. The ferocious 150-mph winds lasted for over 8 hours as we were in the hurricane eye wall.  Our home had with stood every other hurricane, but one woman neighbor claims she had seen a mini tornado caused by the hurricane move over our home and several others in the same east / west direction, which would have caused their roofs to be ripped off and slam into ours.  

So here is the photo I quickly took as Ron had taken the heavy stuff he wouldn’t let me handle out, and after I set up the fan.   It will be grand to get our room back.   But still we have to reapply to FEMA to pay for all the bids we finally got, but now FEMA has closed our account since it has been this long.  We have to now start a new account, get a new inspection and hope we get enough money for the 30 grand in home repairs we need after the Hurricane.   Hugs

Hugs and love for everyone.   I am going to try to eat before bed.   Scottie