BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

Like I said in my last blog that there wasn't much exciting going on and the fact that my talking thing for dictating blogs had not been working for about a month. So that is why there is a large gap between blogs.

on September 8, my wife and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. It was slightly toned down from our original plan which was a week in Hawaii. I had made reservations back in November before all this happened. I guess that will teach me to finally try and take a vacation. Instead I had flowers sent, got her an anniversary card with a letter inside I wrote, and then we went out to dinner. Hopefully in the near future, we will get another crack at Hawaii.

As far as my office goes, Dr. K. is doing a fabulous job of taking care of my patients. Which really helps me out, so I can concentrate on getting better without worrying about the practice. I still am doing the accounts payable and payroll. After being five months behind I'm
starting to catch up. I usually go in for about five hours on weekends. For awhile my wife was coming with me, but with the big mess we had there it was more of a test to see how frustrating it can be in our relationship, so now that my head is more clear I can go down by myself which has definitely reduced a lot of stress. I still have five months of reconciliation to do which I have to line by line because their numerous people writing checks and everything in the past was done by computer, so I have to find missing checks,missing deposits, duplications,among other things. but I'm getting there. I just crank up the music and take my time.

As far as my mental state, which is always up for interpretation, I'm still in great spirits and still very positive despite all that's going on. The days still go by fast, which I guess would indicate that I am not bored.

As far as my physical state, I'm doing very well with the PT which is the lower half of my body, but unfortunately the OT is not doing much and they may be discontinuing since there hasn't been much progress. Of course I'm not giving up and we will see how it goes.

I started aqua therapy at the innovative fitness complex in Franklin. It really seems to help a lot. They have a very nice facility there and my trainer is superb. Because I am doing so well there, I get there a half hour before my appointment, and warm-up, so I'm actually getting an hours worth of therapy for a half hour price. They do this twice a week which is nice because I finally get to hit the showers instead of a sponge bath at the kitchen sink. Like anything, the first time you are there you don't have it down to a science yet. So the first time I was in the family bathroom it was like ice skating out of control. The floor was slippery and handrails were not in proper places and the seats are too low in the shower. Thank goodness I still have quick reactions and was able to grab onto something before I skidded out of control The first time in their It probably took over an hour and now we can do it within 15 minutes, unless I want to sit in the shower a little longer.

Another thing that I have been doing is natural healing. To learn more about this and the science behind it, I watched a DVD called the living matrix. It is kind of like the matrix movie but is a documentary that explains the healing process and it does not star Keanu Reeves. We happened to have someone in our support group who has been doing this for 30 years and working with doctors. He had developed liver cancer a couple years ago, and the cancer is completely gone by using these techniques. So he is helping me out and we are hoping that this will help with the paralysis and the tumor. He's also helping me with nutrition and the proper supplements to make sure we do all we can to destroy the cancer cells. Cancer cells hate high alkalinity which would be above a pH of eight, cancer cells also hate oxygen so when I get the chance I take deep breaths from the diaphragm. Cancer cells also hate spicy food which is good for me because I like spicy food. Also laughter is the best medicine in our support group last week, the nurse who is in charge of our support group and I got into one of those laughing modes where you couldn't stop the tears are running out of your eyes, and every time you look at each other and just laughed harder. I must've killed off 1 million cancer cells during that time.

Recently, one of the people in our cancer support group passed away. He had cancer for quite a while and developed a real high fever which did him in. He was a very nice gentleman from Greendale who did the most delicate woodwork I've ever seen. He would make these extremely thin Doves that you could probably snap with two fingers and this guy had the hands the size of a yeti. Why I'm bringing this up, is one, how close a group we are and the second is his death inspired me to get out of the wheelchair more often and pretty much walk whenever I go out now. So when we went to the funeral in a church in West Allis, I figured it would not be handicapped accessible, which I was correct, so I had no choice but to walk. His wife was very appreciative that I made it despite all the obstacles. The closest handicapped parking spot was two blocks away but fortunately my wife got a spot right across the street and to add insult to injury it was raining out, and my wife was ready to just head back home, but I didn't want to disappoint anyone. Of course there is broken down concrete steps to get up,old peeling metal rails, more steps inside and about 200 foot aisle to get to the front of the church by the casket. Then I had to make it back. I figure if I could do this than I could handle anything as far as getting places without the use of the wheelchair. Besides, sitting on my ass has never been my strong suit. It takes a lot longer and I certainly feel better walking over riding.

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