I love the season fall. The crisp air in the morning, the rain, the changing leaves, and the coolness in the air. I breathe better. I feel better in the fall and spring. Winter and Summer do not bring out the best in me. I did not write about my goals for September, because I was 16 days in the hospital and then recovering at home and I had a visitor for a couple of weeks. After my last hospital adventure I felt depleted and that I needed to wrap my mind and soul around the news changes and the new circumstances of my disability and health. In September, my sister and I rearranged my apartment and made it more accessible for me even purchasing some new things like a rolling TV stand that allows me to roll my TV anywhere in my apartment that I can see it. I love it. I also now have a beside table that is similar to the one you have in the hospital. The one I have is black. Another change is having RN’s coming three days a week to do wound care. The biggest thing was the weight I gained while in the hospital and the loss of muscle I loss while being immobile in the hospital for 16 days. I am better now. I am still having the shakes, and I am still working on getting rid of the 80 pounds of water that I gained in the hospital. I currently have lost 30 pounds of it. Healing and recovery is a nasty and disgusting process, but it is necessary too. I am learning to move slowly. I am learning to accept that my body needs more care right now. I am learning to be happy with the movements I can do and that I have to have help with a walker to stand so that I can keep my leg strength. During the break of monthly goal setting I realize that I still want to maintain my monthly goal setting, that setting alarms on my phone for certain things will help me, and I will use my planner again. This planner girl did not use her planner for an entire month. Hard fathom right? It is true. The point I am making is I’m slowly getting back to who I am and even accepting things about myself. Here are my goals for October:
* Restarting my Hirentza Treatment, once a week.
*October 6th, go in for my surgery and have my stint removed and mitmyacin c injected into my lungs.
*Alberterol 3 times a day. I keep forgetting, I do one or two but I have not done all three. I do better with three a day. I set my phone alarms.
*Exercises, I am seeing a PT therapist twice a week. He ha given me a few exercises that I have been doing.
* Practice standing with the walker. This is one of the exercises that PT gave me and one I forget to do.
*My sisters visit on October 15 for the week. Beach trip? Visiting my mom and sister? I hope.
*Write three book reviews
*Write article for Wellness Works NW
*Post my goals post for October and a couple of more articles.
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