I had three Dr. visits Friday Jan. 31st, something Matt and my Pa were excited to help me with, reminding me through the exhaustion of how far I have come, that I wouldn't have been able to even consider attempting to do this a year ago.
My first visit was with Dr. Warner, a Neuro-optomologist at the Moran Eye Center where Matt works, he picked me up at 6:15 to have a TRAX adventure to get there. It was exciting as well as anxiety provoking, in other words, adventuresome, yes I feel old saying that. I cannot describe the comfort of being with Matt, there is nothing he would not do for me. It was so rewarding for me to see him in his element, parading me around to meet his colleagues.Because Matt had a meeting to go to,I was helped by Abraham, a man who loves his job to help others. He humored me and spoke Spanish, even exchanging some jokes having to do with the language. His whole persona radiated with kindness, having a sheen of happiness on his face as he smiled.
Dr. Warner was excited to see Matt's brother again and was so very personable, pulling up on a stool right next to me and excitedly telling me of all the options I had to help with my vision cut, also being sure to express how impressed she was with my progress in my stamina. I swelled with pride, the good pat him on the back kind when, after fitting me with a prism-sticker on my eyeglasses she told me that if I needed anything or had any questions,of course I could contact her, but I had Matt.
Life Parallels:
- Good and kind people make uncertainty not only bearable, but have a way of infusing confidence to me make a step forward.
- With my prism sticker, it puts what my vision cut deletes from my vision, front and center, and not r where it would normally be if I did not have a vision cut. The reasoning being, as explained to me by Dr. Warner was to make my brain recognize the cut by the "bur under the saddle technique," -something so annoying that it cannot be missed, which in turn can help my neuroplastic brain, the ability that everyone's brain, TBI or not, has to change in order to learn and adapt. I wonder how much I do not really see, I know that the Lord looks upon the heart and His ways are not our ways. Matt has told me that he remember learning from a church talk or class, to treat everyone like they are in need or in crisis mode and more times than not you will be right.
- With the bur under the saddle approach to making your brain recognize what is really there. I wonder if my Heavenly Father allows annoying moments to come into our life, so that we finally wise up and learn what we are to learn?
I thought I had avoided a blood draw, but I had started my "Chill pill," which had the possibility to cause a sodium inbalance. So in came the phlebotomy Rachel. She was chatty and pleasant for a bloodsucker. she even joked with me that I was going to be a "challenge,"she added with a smile, " a good one" since she had trouble finding a veil. two sticks into my forearm and hand latter she was cursing and calling for help. Chris, a paramedic came in and took a look and quickly left. Travis, a nurse, was the next attempter. All the while Rachel was problem shooting with me so they did not have to send me down to the lab, "where they will butcher you." So, after two sticks from Travis, Rachel took my advive and got the rest of the blood needed from a vein in my ankle. How much fun can a CHAMPION have on a blood draw? Throughout the process I was joking and laughing. It helps to have a sense of humor when something pleasant, but necessary is taking place.
Life Parallels:
- Never underestimate the power of a sense of humor
- Being able to laugh, even when you are hurting not only helps you, but can give others much needed, although unexpected comfort.
Life parallels:
- My Pa gave me a news paper print out of a column written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of Plain Dealer, Cleavland Ohio, emphasis added: "Originally published in The Plain Dealer on Sunday, May 28, 2006
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me.
It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolls over to 50 this week, so here's an update:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
42. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
45. The best is yet to come.
46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
48. If you don't ask, you don't get.
49. Yield.
50. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
- When life starts telling you things over and over again, annoying I know, It is time to listen up, or to continue to "kick against the pricks." Only you can decide how much it will finally take to get through to you.I hope that you are not as stubborn as I am.
- I have learned much, I remember that there was a time that I HATED going to see Dr. Robinson, because it meant that there was something that I could not handle in my life by myself. I had told him this before and he still let me come see him. I told him this time that I felt like a little kid coming to see Santa Clause, I was so excited, but, I wouldn't sit on his lap. Ever the good sport, he laughed and gave me a hearty, Ho,Ho, Ho!
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