Reframing_Part 5

Goal: continue with new project…


I had yet another follow-up appointment yesterday and, for the first time, my appointment took less than 2 hours to complete. I couldn’t believe it! At 12: 15 (1 hour and 15 minutes after my appointment time), I was waving good bye to the techs and ready to leave. And by the way, my appointment went very well. My leg is still framed but is “on track” as far as the doctor is concerned. At this point, we are waiting for the bone to fill in. (Please fill in bone.) I have again been cleared to take showers and I am very thankful for that. I can/will cancel my home health nurse because I can clean my pins at this time and the struts no longer need to be rotated. As long as my leg continues to heal in its current position, the struts will not have to be changed. (Please stay in your current position.)

Although I like my nurse, I am glad that I can cancel home health and do some things on my own. Besides, I am only given 100 days per year of home health through my insurance, once they have been used, I would be billed $150.00 per visit. That’s too rich for my blood. At this rate, if something happens later, I can still access home health. (For the record, I am not planning for anything to happen.)

After mom and I left the doctor, we drove up the coast: Malibu, Camarillo, Ventura County! How I have missed the northern coast! I did not think mom would want to do this, but when she offered, it was cool. Once I moved to the back seat, so I could keep my leg elevated, it was an enjoyable drive for us both. I was excited to see the coast again, but it was a harsh reminder of how much I miss driving. I miss the ability to get up and drive the coast. And I am not saying this because I now regret not doing it, I actually miss driving the coast because I did it a lot!

Reminder: Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today because tomorrow may never come or it may come too late.

Anyway, yesterday was a good day. Today I took it easy. My uncle came over today and we had a nice visit. I hadn’t seen him in a year. Life. Wait a minute, where was I? Today was good. It is almost 5:30 p.m. I’ll continue to work on my project tonight (I’ll share more about this later) and watch Flash Forward. Until tomorrow!