Oh man, Ane-Marie, I am so sorry. I remember when we lost Shawn. I was a wreck for months. Take your time. Only you can tell you how to grieve. Sending love and huge hugs and prayers for everyone.
Scrapbooking:
*do one page (aka start again)
Life in General:
*journal daily
*log my meals
*do my 5 Minute Office Break Workouts during class changes
Jan 1 -
... I went in for my MRI and it went well. Haven't heard about the results, but it's done, so that's down and my shoulder actually doesn't "hurt" quite as much, bonus! I've had the last 10 days off from work (I work for the school district) and we start back tomorrow so we'll see if that changes. Now, to get busy on my page(s) and siggie for the NEW YEAR!!!
Jan 8 -
... Got my follow-up appointment for the MRI this afternoon. Wish me luck. I'm tired of this pain.
Jan 15 -
... WOOHOO! Look at that new siggie! I did it. Finally, actually created a new one. I think it's been several years. LOL. PT began on Friday. Going great. Doing my home exercises everyday, x3, like a good girl. I'm scheduled out Two times a week for the next three weeks, 1 time a week for 3 weeks after that and then I see the Ortho again to check and maybe get another cortisone shot and see what's what. Hope for the best.
Still doing my daily journaling, meal logging and 5-min office breaks.
Jan 22 -
... OMG! My PT was so mean to me last week! lol I hurt for days. Okay well, for two days. Of course, then I had to go back! I know she has a job to do, but I do NOT like being "touched". I don't even like getting massages. Yeah, really. And that's part of what she does, sorta, to my upper left arm and shoulder and she's got the boniest fingers and thumb and DANG, it freakin' hurts! And I wince and I kinda make excuses, like "I do NOT like being "touched". I don't even like getting massages.", but I know she has to keep going and she does. It is not a great experience. TBH. Hopefully, it will work well and I can be done in another three weeks. WISH ME LUCK!
Jan 29 -
... It was a good week. PT went well. She used a "new-to-me" thing called cupping. Much better than her fingers, so that helps. I haven't helped myself a lot though. I built a wired cube shelf and basically OVER-did. SMH. So my ROM is suffering, but it came back a bit from Tues to Fri, just not as good as it was a couple weeks ago. So, I'm back at it and she's adding more home exercises. I am being a good girl and doing those. I'll probably continue those in some way, shape or form for a long time, even at PT.
STILL haven't made that danged SB page!!!
Feb 5-
... I'm doing okay. PT is going well although I am still very achy. I don't know if it's the weather or my shoulder itself. Truthfully think it's "the weather", even though the weather isn't bad, just not stable. Unfortunately, that makes it more difficult to do my home PT because my shoulder doesn't work as well as I'd like it to.
The week went well, except for the funeral of my "other mother" on Thursday. My oldest bestie's mom died a couple weeks ago and we remembered her on Thursday. Aside from being a sad event, it was quite wonderful seeing all those people again. Her entire family was there, of course, but so were a bunch of old neighbors! I even saw one of my favorite old babysitters who I haven't seen since I was probably ten-years-old! Imagine that!
Feb 12-
... OMGosh... I am so tired of feeling achy and sore! PT is down to once a week for another week and then I have to go in and see the ortho again. I just don't feel like it's getting that much better, but who am I? I am starting to remember a couple things that I could do last summer and fall that I can't do now to compare, whether that's good or bad. But I guess it's good to know that I was able to do those at one point.
Still haven't made my scrapbook page, but I've made a lot of greeting cards, which are my passion right now.
Feb 19-
... Let's see. What's new for the last week? Tomorrow is my last official PT until I see my ortho again. Gotta remember to set that appt today. My brain is mush lately. lol. I've been working really hard at my home PT. I'm not quite as achy as I was last week, but I still don't feel the ROM coming back as much as I'd like. I'm really impatient, I know.
We had a horrible day here yesterday. I grew up in Burnsville, MN and we live "next door" in Lakeville. Freddy was a volunteer firefighter for over 20 years with Lakeville so we know a lot of the BV F/paramedics. Two of their officers and a medic were shot and killed yesterday morning. I was a wreck because one of our dear friends is a medic with Apple Valley and we didn't know if it was a BV medic or one of ours because, of course, ALL of the neighboring communities were called out. I was crying most of the morning until she returned my message and then I cried even more!
Freddy and I were talking last night and he remarked that LEOs kinda know when they step out the door that there's "that chance" they might not come home. And firefighters always think that they'll go down in a fire. Medics figure they "might" get hit out on the road... maybe. But firefighters and medics never figure on getting shot! And cops shouldn't have to either. DANGIT, I'm crying again.
So... if you have an extra prayer or dozen, please keep these families and their colleagues and the communities in your hearts and prayers right now and for a long, long time... cuz we're tight and we're really, REALLY hurting.
Feb 26/Mar4-
... I posted last week, but apparently I didn't wait for it to "take". Sorry about that. It's below. We're still healing. After the big convoy two weeks ago, the public funeral was held. I wasn't able to attend, but listened to it at work. So moving and omgosh, so many people.
Heading to the ortho today to see what she thinks about continuing with any formal PT. I just don't see that it will help a whole lot. I'm going to have to be pretty diligent about my home PT and probably check in in-person maybe every several weeks until she says I'm beyond her or really done. I just hope that's soon. Have a great week!
Hard to believe what a week it's been. I'm actually feeling pretty good. My shoulder doesn't hurt nearly as much, except when I have to use it for specific purposes. Saturday was an amazing day. I posted in our Waffling thread what our community did for our fallen officers. It was so AMAZING. Here's the link if you feel like reading about it. Life is good.
https://forums.gingerscraps.net/sho...s-get-to-know-each-other!&p=812252#post812252
Mar11-
... I had a pretty good week. Nothing special happened. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just worked, came home, played with my cards and paper. NOW, to just get back to playing with my digi! I feel like my shoulder is actually getting better. We shall see how long it takes to get full ROM back.
