Hello,
Is anyone still out there? I haven't posted in weeks I think. Anyway, today is the day that I am officially dusting off my resume. I haven't really updated it in almost two years and I was surprised to find out that I don't really recognize the person on paper. This stranger in my resume appears to want to take over the world (or at least the debt collection industry) because she thinks she has something to prove. In reading the resume now, I see that this woman has already accomplished more than she realizes. So, I'm updating it to reflect me--someone who accomplished a lot and just simply wants to work to live instead of living to work.
As for my health, it's been a positive road. My physical therapy program was re-calibrated last week and I feel like it is now at the right level for my (lack of) strength and the chronic pain. . I still have the yucky days, but they usually happen because I've pushed myself to far the day before. I know when I'm doing it too, which makes it all the more stupid. I'm encouraged by the independent statements from my pain doctor, the physical therapist and my OB/GYN who all believe that I'm just weeks away from a "normal" life.
Fingers and toes crossed for me, please.
-S
Monday, June 21, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Overacheiver Extraordinare
I dont' even know if I spelled the title correctly, but in my quest to be less of a perfectionist, I'm gonna leave it alone.
Well, it's not surprising that I set impossibly lofty goals for myself in my new life as an unemployed-college-graduate-slash-housewife. I had grand plans to keep my entire house in immaculate condition, as well as accomplishing my goals of painting a few rooms and sorting through an entire basement storage room of forgotten possessions. How many of those things have been accomplished? None. Why? Because I don't know how to set non-pie-in-the-sky goals for myself. But I'm trying with the help of my dear husband who understands me more than I am usually willing to admit. So, he's helping me set attainable goals like weeding one row of the garden, emptying the dishwasher, doing a load of laundry, picking out a paint color, etc. I'm so used to tackling things head on and pushing through until it's done or I break. So this time, rather than breaking or thinking I'm failing, I'm patiently letting things wait until the next day. It's pretty awesome.
In other news, I just can't go a month without a procedure. This time it was another nerve block, under twilight sedation, with 9 trigger point injections. I'm very glad that the doctor remembered me asking for more sedation halfway through the last one. He knocked me OUT this time. Usually, I walk back to the recovery room and plop down in an uncomfortable recliner with assistance, but this time I woke up in a comfy (no joke) hospital bed. I didn't remember a thing until the next day. Turns out, sedation makes me a liar. My doctor asked me about a TENS unit and how that was going and apparently, I told him it was going well. The problem with that is that I've never had a TENS unit. Oops...can't wait to apologize for that one! The good news is that it really helped to break up some scar tissue, which is just thrilling. I hope that there won't be many more.
-S
Well, it's not surprising that I set impossibly lofty goals for myself in my new life as an unemployed-college-graduate-slash-housewife. I had grand plans to keep my entire house in immaculate condition, as well as accomplishing my goals of painting a few rooms and sorting through an entire basement storage room of forgotten possessions. How many of those things have been accomplished? None. Why? Because I don't know how to set non-pie-in-the-sky goals for myself. But I'm trying with the help of my dear husband who understands me more than I am usually willing to admit. So, he's helping me set attainable goals like weeding one row of the garden, emptying the dishwasher, doing a load of laundry, picking out a paint color, etc. I'm so used to tackling things head on and pushing through until it's done or I break. So this time, rather than breaking or thinking I'm failing, I'm patiently letting things wait until the next day. It's pretty awesome.
In other news, I just can't go a month without a procedure. This time it was another nerve block, under twilight sedation, with 9 trigger point injections. I'm very glad that the doctor remembered me asking for more sedation halfway through the last one. He knocked me OUT this time. Usually, I walk back to the recovery room and plop down in an uncomfortable recliner with assistance, but this time I woke up in a comfy (no joke) hospital bed. I didn't remember a thing until the next day. Turns out, sedation makes me a liar. My doctor asked me about a TENS unit and how that was going and apparently, I told him it was going well. The problem with that is that I've never had a TENS unit. Oops...can't wait to apologize for that one! The good news is that it really helped to break up some scar tissue, which is just thrilling. I hope that there won't be many more.
-S
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