Four Days Later

Well, it has been four days since I last wrote and basically, I can’t tell you what I have been doing! Today I walked up the hill and had my hair cut this morning and it looks and feels a lot better. When I got home, I decided that since a back tooth was giving me little jabs of pain when I breathed in cold air through my mouth, I had better make an appointment and let the dentist see it, so I have an appointment for 2 pm tomorrow.

Fred had an appointment to have his car checked out today for his yearly safety sticker. He had decided to wait for his car but he said if the wait was too long, he would give me a call to pick him up. But he didn’t call me and came back later saying he had to have a new muffler which wasn’t a surprise to him. While he was out, one of his daughters called and we had a short chat.

The other call I had today was from the physical therapy place inquiring if I was intending to go on with therapy. I explained that a lot depended on what Medicare would pay for. There is no way I could afford to pay for this myself. They said they would check for me and let me know tomorrow. This is good because it was something I intended to look into myself. I know there is a cap on what will be paid by Medicare and I know that a total hip replacement is higher than the usual physical therapy cap. All those steps in Italy did wonders for the muscle at the front of my thigh but the weakness now is the side muscle where the actually cutting was done for the bone replacement.

Tomorrow I need to go to the library before I go to the dentist. I have a feeling I will need a cavity filled… I also need to tell them I have had a hip replacement and am taking drops to treat the glaucoma.

I am being conscientious about the drops to help the glaucoma which have to be used twice a day. I put them in when I get up and before I go to bed. The debris floating in my left eye is still drifting around but it seems a little less, I think.

QUOTATIONS:

"Step by step. I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything."

Michael Jordan

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

— David Viscott