I skipped a day or two.. Oh well there is no law that says I have to post daily. the only thing I did yesterday was my physical therapy and speech therapy. Was supposed to start the speech therapy two weeks ago but mixup prevented that. So now everything is straightened out but also now I don't think I need speech therapy.
Took a shower in my own shower yesterday too. First time since before surgery. Felt good. Would be better if I had a bar in there to hold on to.
Gained weight. Damn ! I knew I was going to because of the two arthritis pills each day. Always gain weight with those. Plus the fact I've been eating too much.
Have a dr appointment on Monday.
J
4/30/2011
4/28/2011
wednesday update
I was going to write yesterday but I got too tired. Wanted to report that I can type with two hands now. All my fingers don't work yet but some of them do and its a great improvement. Still can't walk alone but I'm trying really hard to get the strength back in my legs. I can move my right foot now.
In touch with the surgeon who did the brain surgery and he approved the brain scan without the contrast so I did that yesterday afternoon.
My physical therapist said the best thing for my hand is to do something repetitive. He suggested crocheting or writing. So I took a tablet and pen to the recliner where I sleep and at two in the morning when I coouldnt sleep I wrote my abcs... It was very shaky, but legible.
I wonder when Aaron is going to get us an agenda for the reunion. I hope I can go. I hope I can walk and sleep in the bed by then. I would hate to miss it.
Having stir fry veggies with turkey, over rice for dinner... Mmm hungry. J
In touch with the surgeon who did the brain surgery and he approved the brain scan without the contrast so I did that yesterday afternoon.
My physical therapist said the best thing for my hand is to do something repetitive. He suggested crocheting or writing. So I took a tablet and pen to the recliner where I sleep and at two in the morning when I coouldnt sleep I wrote my abcs... It was very shaky, but legible.
I wonder when Aaron is going to get us an agenda for the reunion. I hope I can go. I hope I can walk and sleep in the bed by then. I would hate to miss it.
Having stir fry veggies with turkey, over rice for dinner... Mmm hungry. J
4/25/2011
monday
Was going to get a scan of my brain but didn't get it. they had scheduled it for 10:15 and at 11:45 i was still waiting. that and the fact they said the dr ordered it plus one with contrast and something told me not to do the contrast made me leave bevore i got it. ive had it before with no side effects other than not liking the way it made me feel. this time i just had a very strong feeling about it. we came home and called the dr about it. they are supposed to get back to me tomorrow. the girl we talked to that knows almost as much as the dr said she didn't see any reason why i would have to have the contrast.
i slept mpst of the afternoon. J
i slept mpst of the afternoon. J
4/24/2011
Easter 2011
Yep its easter... Nothing happening here. Yesterday we went to woodland where a lot of our family gathered in the park for a potluck. It was great seeing everyone. Its the first time I've been out of the house in months, except for doctors and hospitals, so it felt very good. next i want too take a trip to costco. havent been grocery shopping in months
4/22/2011
i'm back
after 3 surgeries. one to repair a burst bowel. I went to the er for stomach pain after taking all kinds of tummy meds and even pain pills didnt help. they did emergency surgery and put on an ostomy bag.
I had the bag for two months when they decided to do surgery to remove it. But when i went in, they found i had anemia and so surgery was impossible until i got the iron count built back up. they gave me iron pills which i took for a month with no improvement so the dr ordered 8 weeks of weekly iron infusions which brought up the iron levels to barely normal. after a period of 8 months since the first surgery i finally had the second one, this time to remove the ostomy bag and put everything back to the way it should be.
after that surgery i began talking strange and they thought i'd had a stroke so they decided to do a cat scan of my head. what a shock when they came back saying i had a brain tumor. and whats more it had to be removed as soon as possible or it would kill me. talk about no choice!
so on april 4th ihad brain surgery. the dr assured me he got it all but it was much larger than they thought. Let me tell you I've never had such a headache in my life and it still hurts although its endurable.
Now i'm in therapy learning how to walk and use my right arm and hhand. my speech is almost ok. It's been a hard last few years begining with kikos death, my botched knee replacement, the loss of my ability to walk and use my right side, the three surgeries and subsequent recoveries. the brain surgery I'm not recovered from yet but I'm getting there.
Please No More Problems at least for a little while... J
I had the bag for two months when they decided to do surgery to remove it. But when i went in, they found i had anemia and so surgery was impossible until i got the iron count built back up. they gave me iron pills which i took for a month with no improvement so the dr ordered 8 weeks of weekly iron infusions which brought up the iron levels to barely normal. after a period of 8 months since the first surgery i finally had the second one, this time to remove the ostomy bag and put everything back to the way it should be.
after that surgery i began talking strange and they thought i'd had a stroke so they decided to do a cat scan of my head. what a shock when they came back saying i had a brain tumor. and whats more it had to be removed as soon as possible or it would kill me. talk about no choice!
so on april 4th ihad brain surgery. the dr assured me he got it all but it was much larger than they thought. Let me tell you I've never had such a headache in my life and it still hurts although its endurable.
Now i'm in therapy learning how to walk and use my right arm and hhand. my speech is almost ok. It's been a hard last few years begining with kikos death, my botched knee replacement, the loss of my ability to walk and use my right side, the three surgeries and subsequent recoveries. the brain surgery I'm not recovered from yet but I'm getting there.
Please No More Problems at least for a little while... J