I always ask myself every day how far have I come? Well, I just passed 7 years recovering from the stroke. To me I have come a long, long way from not knowing would I live or die that very first few hours and day! I didn't know what had hit me, I just knew I couldn't stand up and it wasn't a heart attack. I knew nothing about strokes.
Looking back now I see very clearly how far I've come. We are all in the same boat and for the most part we have come a long way. Granted, some of us did not m
Well guys, I'm back home today with both eyes now done. The cataracts are gone, the lens are in, I'm dropping meds in both eyes and hopefully by Tuesday of next week I hope to be able to see clearly on any day or night. My follow up appointment is next Wednesday morning with a dental visit afterwards. All seems to be OK with the eyes but the right one feels like something is right under the top eye lid and the doctor got me putting in three different drops every hour today then four times each d
Well it doesn't have to come from a long way from my city it's about 60 miles and before it arrived in two days. This will be my second time experiencing a slow heart beat and this time it was really low so needless to say I'm a bit worried not knowing the real reason this is happening only speculations and I'm no doctor. It's times like these you just don't know however everybody knows when the heart stop beating you are a gonna.
Right away you start to think about your age then you wonder
I had a pretty good Saturday today starting with a breakfast with church brothers at Golden Corral here in Killeen! I did a BBQ this evening all by myself and that turned out OK even if I did sit on my scooter, my wife marinated the meat so I just had to cook it!!
Then about 840pm I got a call that made me feel sick saying one of the wounded warriors that I had worked with a long, long time had expired!!!! The guy lived not far from me but got all his therapy from the military base!! He lost
Well to all my members I just want to tell you first that my body is very tired, my walking is next to very slow, my left side is still very paralyzed and unusable so for the most part I'm one handed making life for me very confusing not being able to do many things for myself.......
I'm not giving up I'm giving out strength wise with a treadmill test in the morning by my heart doctor to see if he can make a determination of just where I am in life..... You know being like this is very hard
Well, I'm still looking for the right place for my only daughter and first born to live because she gets released from a five year incarceration on January 11 next year 2016 and will need her very own place to live... Her only son is married with two young children and living in Japan working and attending business classes so when they return to America he can get a good paying job much easier he says....
I get a letter from her once or twice a week asking have I found a place for her yet wh
They dropped me from therapy so I'm home daily but making all my appointments with my heart doctor and doing the very best I can on my own accord.... I exercise at home daily and doing pretty good I think after all it has been 12 years at this point in my life so I'm OK with life as I live it.... My left side is still paralyzed my walking is not good but I'm not complaining..... It's just the way life is and I'm alright with everything.....
I'm waiting to hit the Lottery or go back to work a
I think of watching the little kids with their big Easter baskets on the Easter egg hunts usually held at the different church grounds just for them to find the eggs themselves without mom, dad, or brothers or sisters help... I spoke with people I know that work at Walmart stocking who told me they put out many baskets and they sold out...
So to all the members here I hope you get to be involved with your kids, grand kids, friends and families to make this Easter special as an outing... I'm
I need a big brake so I will get out of the house and out of town too. I talked my sweet wife, funny how we call them sweet, when they agree with us, into going to Shreveport to a casino so she can play the penny machine for awhile. I get to put a few quarters in the machine, ride around, and eat some ribs they have prepared for fathers day celebration.
All fathers can eat half price with family members which ain't bad, full price is 19.95 plus tax. :big_grin: There isn't much going on here
I think we all know the next few years look bleak in terms of money period. We hear daily our debt is through the roof in America. Where will the cuts start? I get emails daily from my friends all around the US whom I served with in the Army for many years. They are telling me our pay checks will be cut in the coming years, even our retirement checks for the years we served our country.
All of this while our congress gives themselves a three thousand a month raise! To me, that's taking my in
Well, thanks to all the prayers from many of you I'm back but still in therapy both OT and PT for a while longer. You know we never know what lies ahead of us on any given day or night. Once a survivor our lives change in the way we have to go about living.
Many of the things we love doing we just can't do one sided, one handed and mostly no memory of what we got in our mind anyway. I'm in therapy for a while longer and it's really helping me this time around to find my true self. A stroke a
I don;t or didn;t know how to put it here in a blog but if anyone know how to put what I wrote there into this blog, please do that for me..... Maybe Steve will see it and put it here for me........ Anyway this may be my last article you all I feel so tired now......
Well I don't know about all my fellow members here but for me I got the Christmas tree out on the curb this morning for pick up by the city disposal services! My pick up day is Thursdays and I couldn't wait another week to take it down!! Last year I was late putting it out for trash collection and it stayed there on the curb for two weeks before I had to dispose of it myself and that was a job for a man using one hand!!
Now my wife and granddaughter can set the dinning room back up where I c
Here is hoping your new year will be prosperous and full of joy all year long. Maybe this winter in the US won't be like 2010 was with so much snow and tornadoes.
I will keep all of you in prayer!
Fred!
History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is also a compass that people use to find themselves on a map of Human Geography! The role of history is to tell a people What they have been , Where they have been and what they are or where they are in this history as recorded in the minds and books of life!
The most important role that history plays is that it has the function Where they still must go and what they still must be...We the People of this
In time we all will have some good days and for sure some bad days but you know what, I'll take all I can get being a survivor like I am now. Over all I feel most of my stroke survivor days has been much better than my bad days and those days and nights too being shot at in Vietnam many years ago when you can't see who is doing the shooting. We have to say life is good and being loved by your wife/husband or other is remarkable!!
We all know our days are numbered it's just that no one knows
It's been some weeks since I last posted!! It is almost time for us to go on vacation in a few more days but we had to wait for my wife's sister to change her vacation time and we are all going together now so I will wait and blog when we return! That way I can tell you all about our trip and winnings I hope?
I'm really ready to hit the road and do other things for a week... I doubt if I get any rest but hope I can be a big winner for a change at the casinos!!! Just to get-a-way will mean so
We all have need for prayer, it's the power of prayer we ask in God's name just as Christ Jesus did so often. Every one here stands in the need of prayer. When asked, I pray with you and for your needs.
Prayer
The weather right now is raging across several states from Texas to Florida and really affecting Arkansas to North Carolina and Mississippi, Alabama to Florida!!
I know we got members in all those states so I'm hoping all of you are doing OK and no property, home losses or body injuries to any of you or your neighbors for that matter!! It appears if it's not one thing coming at us it's another. God knows best and it's not just us it's all the world for that matter. Earthquakes, mudslides, p
How do I do it?? I suppose I'll never know what I got myself into this time around with my Therapies and being removed from in home health care from the VA! It could be much worse and I felt like I was in a downhill mode.
Yesterday I spent four hours at the VA 25 miles away from where I live and my wife had to be there with me they instructed. That cost her a half day of annual leave and I had to reschedule my therapies from mornings to late evening.
The doctor and clinic I was told to s
My physical condition now is getting very hard to handle as I am not as mobile as I once was when I first had the stroke 12 years ago.. My ability to walk with a cane is very, very tough and it wears me down.. It's my left leg and side which is very paralyzed yet I must depend on that leg in order for me to even stand up to get moving...
I don't know what happened but it was not another stroke and the MRI's suggested it has a lot to do with my back and the nerves where I got shot in Vietnam
Last night was very hard for me! I was at his bedside when he took his last breath and went home to be with the Lord. His Soul entered into eternal life at 11:10 pm. It was hard for me cause so many deaths already in the news then he died from prostate cancer suddenly.
I did visit him at his home on Wednesday while his daughter was here. He looked at me raised his arm, very weak, but could not speak. Instantly he was back to sleep eyes closed. I stayed for an hour or so talking with his dau
Many of you know where I been for about two weeks and more. I thank you, my wife Marion, thanks you too. It was very hard for her to loose her mom, they talked every day. Her mom told her she was waiting until she got to New Orleans and she did. They held hands when she passed at the home of her baby daughter and all her children, most of the grand kids and the entire family was right there.
She lived a long life, made 84 on 8 August and passed 16 October. She's in a better place now and all
First, I start off by saying I'm so thankful God has allowed me to see 7 years of recovery since my almost fatal stroke 15 January 2004! No one knows what a stroke can do to the mind, the family, the people you must face for many things including trying to return to work or get employment after a stroke. Let's face facts; we still need income to care for our families, house, car and things we worked to have to live a comfortable life.
No one knows better than any person who has to make provi
The Meaning of Christmas
Far away in Bethlehem, a Baby Boy was born; Born with neither riches nor with fame, Yet Wise Men came from all around to bring to Him their gifts, And peace was felt by all who heard His name.
Angels watched Him as He slept, and gently rocked His bed;
Their voices singing softly in His ear;
His Mother and His Father both gave thanks to God above
For the greatest gift of all, their Son, so dear
They knew His life upon this earth would not be filled wi
