With the holidays over and winter in full swing things are falling into a routine you now. I'll be starting PT again for my rotator cup very soon. I found out last week that each year my PT renews so I can get another 60 consecutive days per injury. Once I finish the 60 days for the rotator cup I will try and do another 60 days of PT for stroke recovery. Once we get the taxes done and see how much were going to get back I hope to be able to do at least 10 more sessions of HBOT. It cost $126 a session so 10 is probably all am going to be able to afford if I can afford that, but the HBOT does seem to help me. Even my primary care physician has told me she feels it is beneficial for me.

Working with the social worker these last few weeks has helped a great deal. I find my mood is much better and more upbeat. Before the stroke I was "the glass is half full" kind of person but after the stroke I became "the glass is half-empty" kind of person. We have been working on ways to get back to "the glass is half-full" kind of an attitude and it seems to be helping.

I finally got through to my husband that I want to help fix dinner. He kept saying that was easier for him to just do it and for me to go sit down, but by helping it puts me in a much better mood which in turn makes it better for him. So now this past week I have been helping with dinner it's nice to be working as a team again I may not be able to do everything to fix the dinner but I can help I think he finally sees that.

I bought a rocker T knife a couple weeks ago and I really like it. I'm able to cut the food up on my plate without help and it makes me feel much better about things. It's amazing how doing some little things for yourself can put you in a much better mood.

While my husband will be home in just a few minutes I'd better get things ready for us to start dinner. Talk to everyone soon