You have more power than you can imagine

3 Positives:
Lunch with 2 sisters and friends – it was fun
Envelopes and inserts printed and ready for the stack of cards – the personalizing has begun
New bday card ready to try out. We’ll see how that goes…. LOL

Our Journey Notes:
T signs consent forms this morning – surgery is on Monday. Let’s hope this procedure works and we can then focus on getting the right eye cataract done and some new glasses that hopefully, will help him read screens and pages in books again.

No additional word from the dr yet on the referral for the Spinal Orthopedist following the MRI last week. I guess I’ll wait another week and touch bases with the dr and have them press the button again on the referral if I haven’t heard anything by next Friday. I don’t imagine that I’ll get an appointment before September. So, in the meantime….

Be kind to yourself

3 Positives:
another birthday card completed
design for July cards finalized — need a quick print this morning to make sure it’s right
spent a bit of time sketching and coloring in Procreate late last night — a great way to relax

Our Journey Notes:
Dr called to discuss the results of the MRI. Neuro has been pushed back a bit longer, feels that a Spinal Orthopedist is the next step to treat the current issues. He was to have his nurse get that started ASAP. New problems were abundant yesterday, not so much overnight or this morning. Not sure why I had such a bad morning yesterday – lots of balance and vertigo issues. I’ve had a couple of similar spells in the last few weeks, but yesterday was BAD. Let’s add Lheritte’s Sign and arthritis in two areas of my cervical spine to the “getting old sucks” mix for me. Brain scan is in the future if the vertigo and balance issues continue/worsen between now and the appointment with the new specialist. Those possible dx do scare me. Not what I wanted to hear or have to think about at this point in time. In the meantime, while we wait for that referral to go through, we’ll hope that things will clear up and I’ll not have to worry about the brain scan for a long while.

you are the point of change

3 Positives:
1st bday card for July printed, cut and assembled
DEXA scan completed
ready to decide on the design for next month’s stack of cards – I’m thinking interactive for this one

Our Journey Notes:
T’s surgeon has shared the new list of drops (it’s actually the same as before), but wanted to make sure we had enough to get him through to the day of and the weeks after surgery which is now on the calendar.

DEXA scan results were not what we’d hoped for. Upped the dosage for both the calcium and the D3 and added 3 days a week of strength training. Where do I fit that into the schedule? Hmmmm. MRI today. We’ll see how that goes and what they see.

make EVERY day a RAK sort of day.

3 Positives:
migraine meds worked, sort of
2 hour nap
a little time in the studio

Our Journey Notes:
T used his walking stick yesterday. He said it was a help

Needing a little more support on the short term stuff. Sometimes the notes/lists aren’t quite enough for some of those things. Thankfully, T and A are okay with sharing a reminder — no did you forget statements, just a quick driveby as a reminder. That seems to help when it’s stuff that needs more immediate attention. We do have a couple on today’s list, so hopefully, by this evening, all will be taken care of. I have to have T’s phone for a couple of them, so those will have to wait until after he gets home from work — and before he starts listening to his ebook for the evening.