I haven't written in my blog in a long time. Time to update! After 9 weeks of a medical leave, I returned to work one week ago. My endurance sucks but I am on the mend.
I met my first short term goal...I walked 7 blocks to the Pacific Ocean this weekend! I don't know what came over me but I had great energy and just had to use it. Friends tell me not to overdo it. It is hard to hold back!
That is it for now....
Rona
I've been putting up with lots of side effects and don't like that. I've got my hopes high that my doctors will decrease the number of meds that I'm on (up to 9 of them).
All this in an effort to breathe....
I received a call from my doctor requesting me to call and schedule an appointment for Monday as the doctor wants to see me. Gulp. What could this be about? :-( This is going to be a long weekend!
I spent 23 hours at a hospital yesterday....chest pain brought me into my doctor's office who sent me there as a direct admit. It felt good having a thorough workup but it feels cruddy that my asthma is worsening to the point of being a constant problem for me now. I don't know how to get better from here. I've been off of work for almost a month. Enough is enough! I feel so out of control. At least now I know the chest pain is asthma related and I'm not having any cardiac symptoms. Still....I want my old life back.
September 11, 2007 - Tuesday
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September 11th Remembered
Good morning everyone. Today, September 11th, is a day to remember what happened and to recall the day and the loss of life. I lived in Oak Park, MI that day. I worked in Home Health Care and was driving to the post office listening to my AM Radio when the first plane hit. I sat in disbelief as the commentators struggled to make sense of how a plane could get so off course. I walked into the post office to mail my package and someone at the front of the line turned to several of us strangers and announced "another plane has hit the WTC!" I think we all had the same expression...denial and disbelief. I drove home, saw the images on television and cancelled the rest of my home care patients that day. I listened to the words and tried to make sense of it all. When I learned of the plane going down in PA and the Pentagon being hit, well I was as terrified as my fellow Americans may have been. The feelings and emotions are clear from that day to this one. I shall never forget. I am so proud of the men and women who are defending our country today. I pray they are safe and come home soon. Prayers from me go to all of the innocents all over the world. I pray for peace and security at home and abroad. |
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