NEW Dial Deep Cleansing Hand Soap Review!

I don't know what the heck I did to the formatting, but I wanted to get this post up.

As a Purex Insider, I recently received 2 bottles of NEW Dial Deep Cleansing Hand Soap. I immediately opened them up to smell and, oh my, they both smelled SO good! The hand soap comes in fabulous scents of Yellow Raspberry and Black Sugar, Water Blossoms, and Coconut Lime Verbena. I received Yellow Raspberry & Black Sugar and Water Blossoms and I could not pick a favorite.

First I used the Yellow Raspberry and Black Sugar hand soap, because, how could I not? Right? It smelled so amazing and was really gentle on my hands. When I had finished, and dried my hands, they did not feel tight and dry like they do with a lot of hand soaps. AND they felt really smooth. I thought, “I wonder how this would work on my forearms?” Weird? Maybe. But my forearms are starting to show my age with some age spots and this Winter has been really hard on my skin.

So, I lathered up to my elbows. It felt like a gently body scrub and when I was done, my arms felt so soft and my dry skin felt better. The feeling and the smell make me want to lather up to my elbows every time I wash my hands. Maybe I can get rid of these age spots!

The Water Blossoms smelled good and worked just as well, but I have fallen in love with the Yellow Raspberry & Black Sugar scent.

Dial Deep Cleansing Hand Soap is the latest Dial Brand hand soap bringing luxury to your hand washing experience. These premium soaps feature vibrant scents, a gentle micro-scrubber formula that removes dirt from your hands and moisturizes the skin in and a completely new design that will go with any decor. I have been a longtime Dial fan and like most of its products and am happy to add this to my list of favorite products.

When you see Dial Deep Cleansing Hand Soap at your store, you definitely should pick up a bottle or two. (I don't have a coupon giveaway as the coupons I received expire 3/31/14 and I waited to late to be able to get them out in time to be used. I promise to do better next time!)

Disclosure: I did receive the product listed above for review from Dial but my opinions are my own. 

Are you wondering about the outcome of my MRI?

I know you are. Well, maybe not, but I will share anyway.

 This is NOT my knee x-ray, but looks a lot like it.

It is not pretty. I have inherited my mom’s knees. I really didn’t even need to have the MRI done on my knee. I think I won’t be seeing the PA again. Well, I thought she was a PA, but I think she is a RN/Nurse Practitioner. Now, I have nothing against RNs/Nurse Practioners/PAs and will happily see any of them, but in this case she kinda did me a disservice.

The dr said that the x-rays she was looking at were a year and a half old, so she should have taken newer X-rays instead of sending me for MRIs. It would not be a huge deal except that my part of the MRI cost was $368, since I had not met my deductible yet. AND it looks like I will receive a bill for another $200 as the radiologist that read the MRIs is out of network! Ugh! I may contest that bill and pay less than the $300 as I did not authorize and out of network anything.

My orthopedic took newer X-rays and surprise, surprise… my arthritis in my left knee has progressed to the point where the inner part of the joint is bone on bone. My mom has that. Dr. said that it is the level that would make me a candidate for knee replacement, but they don’t recommend it at my age. AND he told me I need to start working on losing weight so as to make it easier for the surgeon when I do have knee replacement. He said, "You WILL have to have knee replacement in your lifetime." I asked how I am supposed to lose weight when I can barely walk. He had no response.

I have some pain pills and he is going to inject something called Euflexxa. My insurance won’t cover the brand he has in his office, so they had to order it and I will go back when they get it in. He said it helps some people and not others. I am crossing my fingers that it helps me.

So, I am on pain meds and hobbling around right now. My knee is feeling a bit better this week. It is leading me to think that maybe SOME of the pain was from my klutzy circus act a few weeks ago. The bruising finally went away.

Oh, and the bone spur on my right heel....it doesn't hurt anymore. I told my Dr. that the fall must have fixed it. I can't think of any other explanation. But whatever the reason, I am happy about that.

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To MRI or not to MRI

Right now the answer is never again.

Back in December, I went to my orthopedic dr and got shots in both knees for my arthritis and bone spurs and one in my right heel for bone spurs I have there. Ahhhh....they felt so much better, though I am not even going to tell you how much that shot in my heel hurt
when I got it!

In January, my left knee and right heel started hurting again. What?! Before, the shots had lasted about six months. And they wore off in a month? I was not happy. But I didn't go back to the doctor as I know I can only get shots once every 6 months. So, what could he do? I hobbled along taking LOTS of Excedrin, ibuprophen and even tried plane old aspirin and naproxen. Oh, and due to a sinus infection I even had a couple rounds of steroids. None brought total relief, so I broke down and made an appointment.

The dr gave me a prescriptions for some pain meds, but wanted me to have MRIs done as my arthritis is not advanced enough to hurt this much. She said I might have a torn meniscus. Just great! But I won't worry about that yet. So I started on the pain meds and waited for a call to schedule the MRIs.

The medication I am taking is tramadol hcl and it is working pretty well. I need to boost it sometimes with some Excedrin, but I am still not taking as much OTC pain meds as I was. I walk a lot at work, so weekdays are especially painful and I am grateful for the meds that reduce the pain so that I can walk without crying.

Oh, and before I even got the MRIs scheduled, I had my little fall last week, so gave the doctor even more to look at on the MRIs. LOL!

Yesterday, I went to have my MRIs. I love that I could have it done on a Saturday and not have to miss work. I am a dedicated employee that way. Hubby has had a few MRIs, so warned me about the noise involved. I was not to worried. I figured I can stand anything for an hour. Especially if it will lead to getting me pain free.

The noise didn't bother me so much as having to remain still for so long. OMG! I kept thinking, "I have got to move." Since it was my lower body, I could move my arms and head, but I was so worried about moving my legs. LOL! It was crazy stressful.

I never thought I was claustrophobic, but I just don't think I could ever go head first into one of those things. I hope I never need one! Now I wait until I hear from the doctor who should have the results on Tuesday.

In the meantime, I hope everyone is staying warm and being safe. We are getting a cold front tonight as is much of the country.

Can I BE a bigger klutz?

I normally do not consider myself a klutz. Most of the time, I am pretty graceful. But I was klutzy last night and today I am paying for it.

I have told you all about my arthritic knees and getting shots that helped with the pain. Usually, the shots work for about 6 months. This time, the one in my left knee wore off in about a month. So, I hobbled around for about a month, then finally went back to the orthopedic to see if I could get a different anti-inflammatory. I have been taking Celebrex and it does not get rid of the pain. I figured there must be something that can help. Hubby regularly offers me some of his pain meds, and he has good ones, but I won't take them as my company instituted random drug testing. I don't want to get busted. LOL!

So the orthopedic did give me some pain meds that are helping, but she said that my arthritis is not advanced enough to be causing this much pain, so she wants me to have a MRI to see if there is some other issue. So I am waiting to hear from the imaging center to set up an appointment.

I am just happy that she gave me something that is working better than the mass quantities of ibuprophen I was taking every day.

The klutz issue???? Last night after I got off the bus after work and headed to my car, I bumped my foot on one of those concrete things in the parking lot, lost my balance and went flying into my car. I ended up on the ground on the knee that has been hurting. I landed HARD. A gentleman did get out of his car and ask if I was okay. I told him I was as I was a little embarrassed.

Then I pulled myself up and got in my car. My knee didn't hurt too much. Sure it didn't....it was numb. I got home and kept an ice pack on it all evening. And have had one on it all morning. Ugh!!! It hurts.

AND, I volunteered to take our son grocery shopping this evening as he is really poor right now. I will be drugging up and carrying on, since that is what a good parent does, right?

I am not a klutz....I am not a klutz....I am not a klutz.

Purex Crystals Mountain Breeze Review and Giveaway Winners!

And the winners are........


Toystory and Judy

Congratulations!!! I will be emailing you for mailing addresses to send out your coupons.

Thanks to all who entered!

Purex Crystals Mountain Breeze Review and Giveaway!

Since I am a Purex Insider, I recently received a bottle of Purex Crystals Mountain Breeze to try. Right out of the package this stuff smells amazing!!

Well, my regular readers know that I do rarely do laundry as I have a hubby that spoils me rotten and does almost all the laundry. I CAN do it and do on occasion if he is indisposed, but it is not a regular occurrence.

Since we received some Purex Crystals Mountain Breeze to try, I thought I would be nice (TeeHee) and do some laundry, so stripped the bed this weekend to wash linens. I loaded them in the washer along with our regular Purex detergent (No plug here...that is just what we use.) and poured in some Purex Crystals Mountain Breeze. This scent is wonderful!

I went in to the living room to do something. Yes, I have forgotten what I was doing, but it is not important. What is important is that when the washer started agitating, I suddenly started smelling the Mountain Breeze scent in my living room. In my living room!! I thought, "It did not seem that strong when I poured it in the washer." But it made my living room, kitchen and laundry cubby smell great! When I finished the laundry, the scent was still in the linens, though not in an overpowering way. It is a nice scent that seems to last a while and I just love it!

Purex was nice enough to send me some coupons for a free bottle of Purex Crystals Mountain Breeze! And I am going to give 2 coupons away. How nice am I?!

Entering is easy! You can do one or all of the following:

• Check out Purex.com and leave a comment telling us something interesting you learned about Purex. Come on, you are bound to find something new! (once)

• I know how some of my readers like daily entries, just because they like to come to my blog every day, so you can also enter daily by leaving a comment about any old thing you want to. (daily)

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Winners of the 2 coupons will be chosen by random drawing on Friday, Febuary 14. Happy Valentine's Day! And the winners will be posted on my blog and notified by email.

Good luck!

*Purex provided me with a bottle of New Purex Crystals Mountain Breeze so I could review it. However all of the opinions expressed here are, as always, my own.