One More to go
One more 12 hour night and then its vacation time. This week went as well as could be expected with the eye doc appointment on Monday with the doctor said that even tho he didn’t dispute that I had some sort of eye disfunction, he could not find any physical reasoning for it. All he did was a standard eye exam and looked at the retina of my right eye to note the same thing my retinologist said. Somewhere back in my lifetime I suffered a retina tear. It miraculously healed and until my head injury I had no problems.
On Tuesday I called in sick. I had been battling a bladder infection through out the weekend and my doctor called in an antibiotic so I stayed home, slept and drank lots of water all day. Amazingly it is about gone. I think I was getting better before I even had the medicine. So it’s gone and I will finish the meds in a few days.
The independent orthopedic exam went well. I asked my friend Rachel to go along at my attorneys urging. She kept track of the time spent with the doctor for questions, exam and his findings. In the end he told me that there was no doubt in his mind that the fall that I took was responsible for my ongoing knee problems. He also agreed that surgery was possible again because the same meniscus was torn again. I told him that I had cortisone injected about a month ago and the pain was just starting to return.
My last appointment was with my counselor and due to all the pressure that I have been under, I had a pretty good meltdown. Unfortunatly she offers very little comfort because I just can’t relate to her. I know that she is well educated in her field by she lacks compassion when it is needed. The previous counselor that I saw before my referral to this one, saw me the other day and asked if I wanted to return to seeing her?
I told her that I would love too but until workers comp stopped paying the bill that I needed to stay where I am. I had a great working relationship with the first one and she treated me like a person she cared about. It was good to see her and each time I talk to her, I always feel better.
I was reacquainted with an classmate from my elementary school days last week and after realizing who she was, I was flabbergasted. I remembered this girl in school to be really shy and meek. Always withdrawn and never social in any way. I have known her sister for a few years now and recently learned that my old classmate was beaten often as a child. Her mother was extremely mean to the older children and they went thru hell as children. Well as I put it all in perspective, I understood why my classmate was the way she was in school. She had since emerged into a very strong independent women whom I feel honored to call my friend. She left our school in the 5th grade and not until 40 years later did I ever know what happened to her or where she went. Wow, what a small world we live in.
Well that’s about it for me. I leave for Florida in just about 36 hours from now. I will miss the last nascar race but I will dvr it to watch when I return. I took my mom to lunch today at Cracker Barrell and they had a dancing, singing Christmas tree and she fell in love so I bought it for her for an early Christmas present. It was fun to see my mom get to enjoy something so cute. I know when she got it home, she put it out immediatly. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. I will be spending it with friends this year, so that will be a new one for me. Last year, I just let the day pass cause I had just lost my dad, and I could care less about it. This will be a new adventure. God bless all!