Category: My Story
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Summertime Heat Wave & Little Sleep
Just thought I would put together a few thoughts. Western Canada and the Upper West Coast of America are experiencing scorching heat. Washington state at one point saw the temperature reach 116 degrees Fahrenheit. The last several weeks have been somewhat productive. For the first time I was able to get into my best friend’s…
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Perspective & Mental Health
*** This post was inspired by an article written by former Mental Health Nurse, Ashley L. Peterson. The title of that post was, The Role of Values in Acceptance Commitment therapy(ACT) *** Having surgery for hip replacement has given me some time to think about many things in life that I value. Things such as,…
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Therapist – Good Report
This morning I was at my appointment with my therapist, and she was very happy with my progress. She did some measurements to check the length of my legs, a test to see if both hips are aligning properly, and last was to see how my range of motion in my hip. Happy to see…
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Good Doctor’s Report
This morning I went to see the surgeon. After waiting an hour I finally was called in only for him to send me for a x-ray. So, away I go using nothing but my four-legged walker. Once again, more waiting. After the x-ray back to see the surgeon. He came in and told me he…
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A Brief Update
I have not written a post for several days. I have just not much to write about. My recovery is going great and this week I will find out how well I am doing. I have appointments with the surgeon and the therapist. Also, on the vaccine front I will be having my second dose…
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Attitude of Gratitude
One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity .Edward de Bono I have for the past several days taken…
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Progress…Slow & Steady
“Sometimes life knocks you on your ass… get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free Yesterday, Friday I went for a session of therapy. It was to check how I was doing since surgery. The…
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Quitting, Not An Option
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.- Confucius Today the home care nurse was here. It was a two goal stop. First, intake for home care, then to check on the dressing on the incision. Everything was good and next Monday the staples come out. Hallelujah! Growing…
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Now Working For My Recovery
Well in the hospital they started working with me to get me back on my feet. The work is hard, but it is necessary if I want to use this new hip for what it is intended. I spent most of my lone time to go back to what I love, reading! Since their so…
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May 10-Home
I arrived today around 1 p.m. MT. The surgery went well and I have a new hip. I do not know how long the surgery took, but most believed it was about two hours. I woke up in the recovery with no side effects. I was taken to my room around 3p.m. MT, the rest…
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Almost There
It has been a busy time for me this week. It started Monday where I spent almost six hours going through tests, meetings and information overload. When I made it home I basically fell into my bed and stayed there until morning. On a positive note about my appointments is that I met with an…
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I Can See Light at The End of The Tunnel
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. DESMOND TUTU Tomorrow I head out to the hospital for everything of pre-op. They will be measuring my hip, taking blood work, chest x-rays, and I will be seeing an internist. I was told it will be about six to…
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Update – My Journey to Hip Surgery – 3/16/2021
You may notice that I have not posted many over the past several days. My hip and the pain have grown worse this past week. It is becoming more difficult to move around the house. With the aid of my cane and walker I hobble about. Sitting and laying are limited and it is dictated…
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My Journey To Having Hip Replacement
Yesterday morning started my long journey to having a hip replaced. I saw the surgeon and he started the exam by explaining what he saw in an MRI. He said I really didn’t have any hip left. It was obvious that I needed a hip replaced. The he lead me to an exam room where…
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The Interview Moderated by Ashley L. Peterson – A Continuation
Once again I would like to say, “Thank You” to Ashley L. Peterson whose blog is Mental Health @ Home. This is a continuation of the initial interview by Ashley , you can find it here. As you read you will find I answer questions at great length, I truly did my best to pull…
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The Interview Moderated By Ashley L. Peterson of Mental Health At Home
Several days ago I had an idea which I thought might be interesting. The idea; flip the scenario of the interview. The questions would not be posed by me, but, it would be from someone else, the questions would be for me. So, I needed to find someone to ask if they would help with…
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What Doesn’t Kill You, Will Only Make You Stronger!
Back in the beginning of the 90’s just before my first attempted suicide I felt defeated. My marriage failed, the wife took my daughter and both moved back to her home area of Saskatchewan, Canada
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Just Live!
It seems like yesterday, the day my daughter was born. I was sitting in the waiting area watching t.v. My mom and her boyfriend decided they were going have some breakfast. It was a Sunday morning, around 7:05 a.m. a nurse brought a little baby girl out so that I could hold her. They didn’t…
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May I Present To You…
I have lived my life guarding it from all onlookers. I kept people at a distance, never truly trusting anyone. I have been hurt the worst when I did open myself to others. I learned that this saying is true; “familiarity breeds contempt”.
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The Next Big Wound
As a child I climbed a tree, one that I was told not to climb, along with my sister. I was on a branch and said to my sister not to step on it with me. Well she did not listen, the branch broke and down we went. She walked away with just some scrapes,…
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Cast Away
Not sure how it happened, suddenly there I was in the hospital, what’s more the mental health ward. I don’t remember being admitted, for that matter do not remember much about arriving at the hospital. My last memory was me running into my bathroom and downing a bottle of sleeping pills.
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Pessimist/Optimist?
Just imagine a young man who thought he had the tiger by the tail, that the world was his’ oyster. A world where there was a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow. That young man use to be me.
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The Ministry – The Travel Years
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. Eleanor Roosevelt Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/experience-quotes It was 1980 that year was a year for me of learning that no text book in formal education could have taught me, nor prepared me for the road I was going…
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