Well, Thought I'd get off the old dusty blog pages since it's been a week and put in more thoughts that many of us here can relate to most days in our lives.
Three things in life that, once gone, never come back...
1. Time
2. Words
3. Opportunity
Three things in life that can destroy a person...
1. Anger
2. Pride
3. Unforgiveness
Three things in life that you should never lose...
1. Hope
2. Peace
3. Honesty
Three things in life that are most valuable...
1.
While attending church services this morning, the pastor said, "Their are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control, your MIND and your MOUTH." I suppose that goes along with freedom of speech and what you believe in and how you desire to serve and whom.
I guess that's where the saying came from...Ingage your mind before putting your tongue into gear. I see where so many politicians say the wrong thing that comes back to haunt them. So, I try to be very careful
The men of different countries have been going to war since the beginning of time and that's not likely to change any time soon. In the United States we used the draft method for many years. Now it's a volunteer process for men and women in the armed forces.
Here at Ft Hood, Texas I see many of our troops depart weekly for duty in Iraq. Standing there watching the big jumbo jet loaded with young men and women, brings tears to my eyes, knowing many of them will not return alive.
Then to
Have you ever wondered why we, as human beings everywhere, somehow seem to always be late getting to the place we are going? We never leave or arrive on time, We rush, we speed while driving, we just don't or won't allow ourselves enough time to be ahead of schedule. We know time waits for no one.
When we do manage to arrive early for our doctors appointments, they keep us waiting. As a rule, they are never on time with appointments either. Yet, they want to charge us for a no-show and the
I returned from my VA appointment on a cold day and it makes me thankful my physical condition is not as bad as it could be. When I notice how some of my fellow veterans are suffering, in part from their service defending our country, and from age as we grow older.
I see men and women on canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs, and ofcourse scooters. Those who have care givers with them, be it sons, daughters, wives or just friends or neighbors are the lucky ones. Still others are barely able
I'm reading more and understanding less in some cases. Trying to tie my current life in with what I've been taught all my life and certainly what I believe.
In her book of "Useless Information," Barbara Courtland tells us that when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911, and was missing for two years, more people went to stare at the blank space in the museum than had gone to look at the masterpiece in the 12 previous years.
Kind of like saying, "we don't miss our wa
It seems to me Christmas was last week, then the new year. Here we are near the middle of January struggling to find all our tax papers so we can complete a timely tax return by April 15th. In fact, I'm still writing 2006 on my checks, my brain can't keep up with the year.
Then low and behold the weather is sunny with above average temps across the nation for the month of January, a winter month for sure. Only in Colorado, I suppose with monster amounts of snow and not even a snowflake in
We all are looking forward to a happy new year. One that is better from a survivor's standpoint of getting better in our recovery process. In a lifetime, there is so much we encounter in our day to day lives where a happy new year just may be the lift we need to endure many more years. In my case I hope this year will be a happy one.
Since my stroke January 15th, 2004, I've lived every year in hopes of getting better day by day. For the most part, it hasn't been all bad, but a happy year is
Well, all you members know I don't do very many blogs, so, it's time again. This Christmas, I'm happy to hear so many people saying "Merry Christmas" and "happy new year", even from the TV stations. I suppose all is not lost to holiday greetings, like last year.
We shall overcome, and one day, regardless of skin color, the tongue we speak, black or white, Jew or Gentile, the country we live in, we will be as ONE. Human Beings, born of woman, created by God.
I was born in 1941, so I'
Well everybody, it's that time to be extra careful in every thing and in every place we go. Parties are kicking off this weekend at the office, homes, and every where. Shopping, stealing, mugging, carjacking, home invasions and drunk drivers will be out in force 24/7.
With many of us being slow, and in some cases having to go out on our own, let's remain aware of where we are and our surroundings so we can all enjoy this time of year. I have noticed many people in powerchairs, walkers, and
Well folks, here we are near the end of another year. We lost some members, family, friends and gained many along the way this year. How remarkable it is for us to feel we have made recovery our goal to gain as much independence as possible little by little. As always, we have had our share of non-productive days, weeks and months, but there are only 36 days left in this year.
There is strife and wars all over the world in some form or another. People bombing and killing their own people, o
My feelings goes all out to ALL the veterans, kids, family, wives, spouses and those who gave their lives that we may have a better life. Being a Vietnam veteran myself, and having only one son whom have served twice in Iraq gives me many reasons to be thankful to veterans everywhere in this world where ever you are on this day, November 11, 2006.
My ongoing wish is that the Veterans Administration will one day honor the vets for their services to our country in a way for the affliction we
Today I noticed a couple of survivors with different handicaps perform to the best of their abilities. A lady, elderly looking, one leg and crutches, pushing a shopping cart, crutches attached to her in such a way she never had to put her hands on them. That in itself was amazing to me. Then walked over to the potting mix and other big bags of stuff for the grass and yard, loaded 6 bags in the cart and pushed it back to the checkout register all by herself.
I've seen other females come in
Well, I found out it only takes 5 days to reach page two in the blogs. Lots of bloggers, that's good news, more stress and venting being released by members. More journals being kept too.
Another phase of my life I now notice is my lack of fashions knowledge. I can think back to about 1962 when the mustang and mini skirts came out. The bell bottom pants and plat form shoes, then the micro mini skirts and short shorts in years gone by.
These days it's the underwear showing, men and wome
Well, here I am going back to therapy as a Medicare person. It will feel good not having to co-pay and it's a different rehab clinic. Same ole 1 hour sessions and routines. Hope I gain more strength however and the ability to use my left side a bit better than I can now. Medicare has a cap on the number of sessions you can have money wise, in my case 12. They are requesting 12 sessions in OT as well, hope it's approved.
On another note, I'm starting to profile drivers on the highway, that's
Since I haven't blogged in a month or so, I found this article interesting and was printed in my church bulletin on Sunday.
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140.00 for a middle income family. Talk about price shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.
But $160,140.00 isn't bad if you break it down. It translates into: $8,896.66 a year, $741.38 a month, or $171.08 a week. That's a mere $24.24 a day! Just over a d
This is a story about four member of the body family, named: Every Body; Some Body; Any Body; and No Body. Right, you heard it before, but with so many family members not getting involved in caring for a survivor, it made me bring it out of moth balls.
There was an important job to be done and Every Body was sure that Some Body would do it.
Any Body could have done it, but No Body did it.
Some Body got angry about that, because it was Every Body's job.
Every Body thought Any
Well, I feel like I know more now about arthritis pain, causes and treatment procedures for my type. He really explained a therapist's position, views, overall guidelines depending on place of employment. For obvious reasons, I can't/won't go into details, but there is lots of room why some are considered more efficient in working with patients of different abilities in their treatments.
Same token for stroke survivors being treated in therapy with different function levels but being told a
Well, I got my appointment for the T.E.N.S therapy on the 19th, I'm told I will be evaluated to see if the unit is right for my condition. Then a decision will be made to order a unit for my home use. I'll have to wait and see.
On the other hand, the VA is "looking up" in their support of my claims for disability ratings. My wife went to work at a major bank after 2 and 1/2 years off to care for me. If there are other caregivers who plan on returning to employment, we found that most of the
Went to see the Arthritis doctor yesterday. I was amazed at his way of thinking and it made sense to me.
He said you were referred to me by your PCP, which is a regular doctor of general practice who felt you could benefit from consultation in arthritis care. He said, this is a practice, In My Opinion, may be able to relieve some of your pain, based on your condition, with techniques that are proven in some patients.
After his many questions, my answers, his body exam of arthritis zone
You ever get emails from people you don't even know? I think they get your address from other emails sent to other people. Any way, I got one back about aging after I had sent one by the same subject, but dealing with stroke survivors and staying young or not aging.
The only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids. If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.
"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You are never thi
It's so hot today in texas until we can't fry eggs on the sidewalk without feeling like your feet are in the pan too. Next week will only be worse and July is not here yet. In fact summer has not officially arrived yet. Most of the public swimming pools are not opened yet either. So staying inside with the air conditioner up high is the next best thing to do.
All the shows on TV are reruns and the news is all about Iraq. Well I'm going back to bed. Plus I hadn't blogged in a month, so I had
Okay, I know you guys are tired of hearing about students graduating this year. But if you could just see the smiling faces on some of the handicap wheelchair bound, bus transported students it would bring you to tears like it did me today. It means so much to them and their parents who in some cases were also paralysed by strokes and knee/hip replacements.
I guess we have so many kids that are born handicap with one parent or no parents or their parent has a limb missing from the war until
It's amazing how my life as a stroke survivor is a mirror image of so many others in the world. A stroke is not something one person endures alone. There are a million others going thru the same ordeal of life after stroke.
I am uplifted in spirits when I see so many find our site and become registered members. It's good when so many can come together and share in a life changing event. Especially with so many not having local support groups to join or turn to for help or answer a few quest
Aside from me not knowing the medical field and not giving it much thought before now, I just sorta thought all doctors saves the lives of patients and provide for their benefit in compensations. That's not the whole picture as it was explained in part, no where near totally, to me how the system functions.
Like Lawyers, some doctors have private practices, others are employed by firms, hospitals and the Federal government, who signs their pay checks. They, then have certain rules, guidelin
