I am beginning my second week here at
the house following my discharge from acute care at the hospital.
It's been challenging to be back home – – don't get me wrong I
love being home and taking some
time and patience getting back to where I was at before I left for
this second stenosis operation. I think the great lesson I keep
getting is that this is not the same house that I left a rather I am
not the same person that was in this house that left. I am coming
home are remarkably different person with significant differences
than I had. I'm having to relearn how to do everything again simple
things like dressing, making coffee, fetching things out of the
refrigerator and especially things like toileting, showering and
laying out my life and belongings.
For example I love my new room, which
is really my old room but it has been painted, cleaned, decluttered
and actually made accessible. However having said that, I'm having to
figure out how to use the room. The great area they made for my art
station has been taken over by my IT equipment and then back to the
pullout drawers on my dad's Bureau which is okay but probably not
ideal. Considering now how to make this my workstation/workstation. I
also have issues trying to use my Saratoga silver. I don't know what
is happening but I can't get close enough to the bike to really use
it and I really need to get back into my physical regimen. I can feel
myself getting weaker every day or maybe that's all my head. I should
not worry about regressions so much. In fact I am going to my second
set of sessions over at Tosh this afternoon. So hopefully I'll keep
gaining strength in progress from over there and then work into any
of the physical things I have here at the house. I found
light-colored elastic bands or working on my arms a I am going g to
figure out a way to make my Saratoga Functional for me.
I've really grown to like my new bed or
mattress,, and finally deliciously wonderful sleep in or on the same
holds true for the shower bench/chair it's really nice the shower. I
feel safe and I'm able to watch myself a great deal independently. I
still amusing the sling more than I would like to but still less than
I was thinking I would have to so I should rejoice in muted
blessings.I am really excited that I'm able to dress probably in the
95% level. It is a struggle I must admit getting my feet up over my
Legs when I'm sitting down but I'm finding I am able to put my pants
on and actually get my pants pulled up almost over but that's just
great! I think it will be much easier once the weather finally
stabilizes and we get heat and I begin wearing my short pants on a
regular basis that should be much easier to dress hopefully I can
continue to lose weight and be able to push myself with myself up and
dressed myself by the time winter gets here. If I am so blessed to
live through another season of winter.
It's a good day this day the beginning
of the week/workweek. I am home, I am loved, I am fed, and I am being
encouraged and I am becoming more and more independent… For the
first time once again.
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