oops…i missed Father’s Day…hope all the fathers out there had a great day!
Obs, i know you had a great day!
Category: Random Thoughts
Driving
it took my PT to point this out for it to dawn on me…1 of the reasons that driving is not a problem is that i don’t drive with my left foot – that damn weaker 1. Good thing that G cyah drive stick because that’s the ONLY reason that i own an automatic car.
to test the theory, while i was driving home after i left her office, i tried to move my left foot as if i were using it to drive and it really wasn’t as responsive/that easy to do. I’m sure it’s not the only reason because even when both legs/feet want to act up, i can get behind the wheel and be okay but it definitely is a big factor – can’t believe that it never occurred to me – DUH!
Reminders
I have a small bump that hurts (feels sore) only when i press it. It’s at the end of my left eyebrow – a constant reminder of my last fall (as if i’ll ever forget)! it’s very small; doesn’t bother me at all, but it’s there.
the other thing that i’ve noticed is that the skin under my eye is darker than usual, but only on some days. It’s so weird…2 weekends ago, i washed my face and looked at myself and was actually kind of alarmed. When G saw me a few minutes after that i saw her watchin me hard and when i said, “what?”…she said, “ur eye”. we both noticed on that day that it was darker than normal and since then i noticed it again this morning!
No rhyme or reason…go figure!!
i Knew It!
Steups…they only did a cervical (my neck) MRI – they didn’t do my spine…GRRRRR!!!!i knew it was just too good to be true. STEUPS!!!!! i don’t know how they are going to handle the fact that it wasn’t done yet. and it was actually the one i was looking forward to the most, since i know that i have scarring on my spine and was really curious to see what might be going on there since last year.
Anyhoo, so the neck one was good…it shows no sign of disease progression – that is great news!
so… that means, the brain is clear, the neck is clear and uncharacerstically of me, i’m thinking that the spine is clear too.
Motorized Carts
I think i’ve mentioned sometime before that now when i go to the grocery i use a motorized cart to get around. I cyah bother fight with walking around with a cart and so i finally came to the realization that there’s nothing wrong with using the carts – that’s what they’re there for. Those things are not as easy to manouver (sometimes they go much fast than u really want – esp when turning) as you’d think. I’ve gotten used to them (for the most part) now but it was a little touch and go at first.
Usually if u just let go of the controls, the thing would stop. I remember 1 time that wasn’t happening…so i would let go of the controls and the cart would still keep going for just a few seconds before coming to a complete stop. Well by the time i was done and had to leave, i wasn’t thinking about that and as i tried to look left and right for cars as i rolled out of Kroger (down the slight incline) i zoomed right into the street. Luckily i was able to steer it to the side so that i didn’t have an accident with the car that was coming.
A few months ago, i was going to get some bananas. There was a man standing right at the banana stand, picking his bananas. I approached and realized that i could not make it into the tight space that was left (there were 2 other people there), so i patiently waited behind him for 1 of them to move before i went in. well between me and my motorized cart and all the other carts/people, i had to reverse to let someone out. Don’t u know i used the forward control instead of the reverse and ended up jamming said man up against the banana stand. Naturally i was mortified and of course, i was a little flustered so it took me a few seconds longer than it should have to throw it into reverse (as i should have in the 1st place). If i’m not mistaken, i saw the woman who was with him, chuckling to herself (and trying hard to hide it) at the sight of him jammed up against the bananas – i also had to keep myself from laughing out loud after the mortification passed.
yet another example of a funny situation that i find myself in sometimes as a result of this disease – LOL!!