Went into the wound care clinic, one of only one let in that hour!
So sat down for my weekly foot wound care process.
The doctor inspects the wound, takes some measurements and comments,
"Well you are still at a pont where a skin graft would accellerate your healing.
Interested?"
(Oh no, I like all the almost daily attention
i get, lets open the wound back up!)
Heck yes, I want the skin graft, even if my co-pay is $530!
(Of course if I could get the local coin shop to open I could sell one of my yummy pieces and easily raise the cash!
... sigh ...
So, he did it right there on the spot!
And it was a big nothing!
It was comparable to laying a pieces of tissue against your skin, taping it down, and done!
No shots,
No pain,
No lollipop!
As I said a big nothing!
Of course, no walking either.
Tomorrow I am once again being fitted with an "air walker" boot.
which takes the weight off the foot and puts it on your ankle.
So we will see how that goes!
Showing posts with label Healing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healing. Show all posts
April 17, 2020
March 12, 2020
Exam
Thanks to the presence of Medicare in my life,
I get to have a governmental medical examination quarterly.
sigh
So my left foot got its exam today!
The doctor was from PuertoRico.
Super smart and impressively ill.
She had a migraine.
I felt very sorry for her.
My youngest daughter gets migraines so bad that she can barely just lay still in bed!
Punctuated by massive amounts of vomiting.
Yeah, blondes can really turn green!
All she had for reference was the original photographs taken back on December first.
And she puzzled over the foot and the photos for about 15 minutes.
Finally she cleared her throat and quietly commented,
"This was simply nothing less than a miracle!"
She had never seen the results of a stem cell regrowth!
And yeah regrowing nerves may hurt like all tarnation!
But, it is impressive to see a foot where there was none 90 days ago!
So, only two holes to fill in and I can walk again!
I get to have a governmental medical examination quarterly.
sigh
So my left foot got its exam today!
The doctor was from PuertoRico.
Super smart and impressively ill.
She had a migraine.
I felt very sorry for her.
My youngest daughter gets migraines so bad that she can barely just lay still in bed!
Punctuated by massive amounts of vomiting.
Yeah, blondes can really turn green!
All she had for reference was the original photographs taken back on December first.
And she puzzled over the foot and the photos for about 15 minutes.
Finally she cleared her throat and quietly commented,
"This was simply nothing less than a miracle!"
She had never seen the results of a stem cell regrowth!
And yeah regrowing nerves may hurt like all tarnation!
But, it is impressive to see a foot where there was none 90 days ago!
So, only two holes to fill in and I can walk again!
September 27, 2019
Blessing
So, across a morning of outright demonic goings=opn, I made it to Sumner and their healing ceremony!
It was so weird tyo herar the Bishop comment that he had never seen so much opposition to performing the rite.
The rite was performed straight-forward and with nothing that contextually Luther, Hutt or even Zwingli would had objected to!
Calvin on the other hand is a bit of a problem,
My vote was he was demon oppressed!
James 5 covers well all that was said.
Nothing anyone would object to!
I wondered if this was because I am not LDS?
Is there more than one ceremony?
But the men whom were there seemed to have integrity ....
No, no miracle healing to report.
But then I have always maintained that this situation has little to do with me ......
It was so weird tyo herar the Bishop comment that he had never seen so much opposition to performing the rite.
The rite was performed straight-forward and with nothing that contextually Luther, Hutt or even Zwingli would had objected to!
Calvin on the other hand is a bit of a problem,
My vote was he was demon oppressed!
James 5 covers well all that was said.
Nothing anyone would object to!
I wondered if this was because I am not LDS?
Is there more than one ceremony?
But the men whom were there seemed to have integrity ....
No, no miracle healing to report.
But then I have always maintained that this situation has little to do with me ......
September 6, 2019
Rocked
Early this morning, my adoptive father's body finally failed him.
He was the last of only two men I have respected as examples of Christian men.
Yeah, they are scarce.
More on Monday ...
He was the last of only two men I have respected as examples of Christian men.
Yeah, they are scarce.
More on Monday ...
June 7, 2019
Ticker
So yesterday was my testing for the old ticker.
Short story, heart is just fine!
Rest of the body, not so much.
First up, they could not take me, due to my breathing.
So, they put me on a breathing treatment.
Cleared up the lungs!
But, the hospital had an Emergency Room demand for my cardiologist's skills!
So now came the wait for 4 hours!
Poor doctor, he had to be exhausted!
The nurses whom prepped me amused themselves.
Heather, whom I think like me, busier herself drawing hearts allover my foot!
Very cute.
So, they got me in and set up.
The assistants were hilarious!
We laughed so much!
Poor jokes ruled!
Since they did not knock me out:
I got to see it all
All the scans
All the dialog
And all the bad jokes!
I almost lost it when one of the technicians commented,
"We overshot, but found some ear wax!!"
Everyone had a chuckle!
Net result of 12 hours in the hospital:
Heart is just fine
Prior stents look great
But, I am horribly anemic!
And no one said anything
To anyone across months of blood tests!
So no one put my anemia up with:
All of the heart failures
All of the times I pass out
The utter lack of energy!
So, working on the anemia next!
Short story, heart is just fine!
Rest of the body, not so much.
First up, they could not take me, due to my breathing.
So, they put me on a breathing treatment.
Cleared up the lungs!
But, the hospital had an Emergency Room demand for my cardiologist's skills!
So now came the wait for 4 hours!
Poor doctor, he had to be exhausted!
The nurses whom prepped me amused themselves.
Heather, whom I think like me, busier herself drawing hearts allover my foot!
Very cute.
So, they got me in and set up.
The assistants were hilarious!
We laughed so much!
Poor jokes ruled!
Since they did not knock me out:
I got to see it all
All the scans
All the dialog
And all the bad jokes!
I almost lost it when one of the technicians commented,
"We overshot, but found some ear wax!!"
Everyone had a chuckle!
Net result of 12 hours in the hospital:
Heart is just fine
Prior stents look great
But, I am horribly anemic!
And no one said anything
To anyone across months of blood tests!
So no one put my anemia up with:
All of the heart failures
All of the times I pass out
The utter lack of energy!
So, working on the anemia next!
January 14, 2019
Not Too Bad
So the shock of having tubes in my neck is wearing off.
And actually they have made dialysis trendously easier!
Yeah, NO needles.
Oh, scratch that.
I had to have a new HEP B series and only needles would do!
WAAAAAH!
So, it is like I have a tou car stuck in my throat.
Can't talk above a whisper.
And everybody suddenly wants to talk to me!
Oh well,
Silent Kris ...
And actually they have made dialysis trendously easier!
Yeah, NO needles.
Oh, scratch that.
I had to have a new HEP B series and only needles would do!
WAAAAAH!
So, it is like I have a tou car stuck in my throat.
Can't talk above a whisper.
And everybody suddenly wants to talk to me!
Oh well,
Silent Kris ...
January 4, 2019
More Thoughts On John 5
So, I got thinking, always dangerous for me to do!
About all that is in John chapter 5 ....
Okay and odd tale, probably based on some ancient superstition.
And Jerusalem certainly would not be alone in this idea.
Mexico, France and even Greece had these traditions!
( there maybe more but we are working with a crippled mind these days )
Taken place on the Sabbath, just doing much of anything would break the Sabbath!
Rules and regulation always triumphs over any discussion of faith.
Even picking up his bedroll was a violation,
Much less the question of walking perhaps too far,
Or carrying a friend to the pool ...
Get the idea here?
Most likely, everyone had broken the Law here!
But the leaders want to nail Jesus.
And to make it worse, Jesus brings up the question of sin.
Was this man stricten due to sin?
Well, he was told to sin no more.
Or worse would come his way!
Of couse he told the Rabbis,
Whom now were stalking Jesus to accumulate mor blame for him ....
Yeah, Jesus confronted and challenged the faithless.
And it was rarely appreciated.
About all that is in John chapter 5 ....
Okay and odd tale, probably based on some ancient superstition.
And Jerusalem certainly would not be alone in this idea.
Mexico, France and even Greece had these traditions!
( there maybe more but we are working with a crippled mind these days )
Taken place on the Sabbath, just doing much of anything would break the Sabbath!
Rules and regulation always triumphs over any discussion of faith.
Even picking up his bedroll was a violation,
Much less the question of walking perhaps too far,
Or carrying a friend to the pool ...
Get the idea here?
Most likely, everyone had broken the Law here!
But the leaders want to nail Jesus.
And to make it worse, Jesus brings up the question of sin.
Was this man stricten due to sin?
Well, he was told to sin no more.
Or worse would come his way!
Of couse he told the Rabbis,
Whom now were stalking Jesus to accumulate mor blame for him ....
Yeah, Jesus confronted and challenged the faithless.
And it was rarely appreciated.
January 3, 2019
Question of Timing
Sometime passages or stories in the Bible can be a bit perplexing.
No., ?I am not talking hard grey area stuff, but just the story itself!
Take for example, 1 John 5 .....
A simple story of a healing ... or is it?
First up comes a problem with the modern Bible.
Its history is not necessarily valid.
When the Latin Vulgate was put together, only Greek manuscripts were thought to be valid.
There are two schools of thought here:
The Greek manuscripts are correct and the onkly ones valid,
Or, the more ancient Aramaic copies are the valid ones.
Aramaic was an archaic language, no spoke it really, except some Eastern slaves.
Greek was a culture and language the Roman culture had tried to aspire to.
Which would you choose had you been there?
Yeah, Greek was chosen as the preferred source language.
It was a simple choice for the Vulgate translators!
Of course, my refusal to even enter into allegiance to the Greek texts, has always made me a pain in Bible School.
Why would I prefer a circa 160 AD translation over the internally dated 78 AD text?
So modern scholars scoff atthe tale in Bible, because the best, "original", texts omitted this!
And yet the oldest Book of John we have flat out states it was wtitten in what would be 78 AD, to us!
Yes, there are Aramaic texts which did not have this either ... just to be fair with the argument.
This the story of Jesus going to a pool, which was rumored to have healing powers.
Somehow, a tradition rose up that once a year, angel would touch the waters of the pool.
First one in got healed.
Yeah, because that is how God works, right?
So, large numbers of people gather for this observance.
No different today, if you think of Lourdes, France and their annual gathering!
The one I was at, in 1966, I saw a dead girl restored to life.
Very weird, very frightening, and the police were very shaken!
But then, that is how superstition is validated - by observances just like that being misunderstood.
Then again, it did make my farher stop for a moment and think about God!
So Jesus goes to watch.
Will the water be troubled?
Will someone be healed?
What will Jesus do?!?!?!?
Why woulf Jesus not go with the Disciples there?
Why incognito?
We are not told!
Well, Jesus did healed a single man there that day.
Why not the crowd gathered there?
We are not told!
The observers, are of a split opinion as to what they had seen.
And of course, just like today, they discounted what they could not understand!
And many were silent, for this was politically incorrect!
Church leadership was not going to like this!
Did this event happen?/
More than likely.
I it is exactly how God works.
Quietly, in the background, not seeking to create a show for the crowd gathered.
Equally, it was observed by those within ear shot!
So, Jesus did not wait for the water to be troubled.
He healed, by command, when the time was right for this man and his faith in - albeit - superstition.
He showed the REAL power of God, not the ripple of superstition!
If the water is symbolic of the Holy Spirit,
And the resultant healing a work of the Holy Spirit,
Then we are observing Jesus, not as a man but by His power as God.
And the Church leadership knew this,
And hated him all the more for it .....
No., ?I am not talking hard grey area stuff, but just the story itself!
Take for example, 1 John 5 .....
A simple story of a healing ... or is it?
First up comes a problem with the modern Bible.
Its history is not necessarily valid.
When the Latin Vulgate was put together, only Greek manuscripts were thought to be valid.
There are two schools of thought here:
The Greek manuscripts are correct and the onkly ones valid,
Or, the more ancient Aramaic copies are the valid ones.
Aramaic was an archaic language, no spoke it really, except some Eastern slaves.
Greek was a culture and language the Roman culture had tried to aspire to.
Which would you choose had you been there?
Yeah, Greek was chosen as the preferred source language.
It was a simple choice for the Vulgate translators!
Of course, my refusal to even enter into allegiance to the Greek texts, has always made me a pain in Bible School.
Why would I prefer a circa 160 AD translation over the internally dated 78 AD text?
So modern scholars scoff atthe tale in Bible, because the best, "original", texts omitted this!
And yet the oldest Book of John we have flat out states it was wtitten in what would be 78 AD, to us!
Yes, there are Aramaic texts which did not have this either ... just to be fair with the argument.
This the story of Jesus going to a pool, which was rumored to have healing powers.
Somehow, a tradition rose up that once a year, angel would touch the waters of the pool.
First one in got healed.
Yeah, because that is how God works, right?
So, large numbers of people gather for this observance.
No different today, if you think of Lourdes, France and their annual gathering!
The one I was at, in 1966, I saw a dead girl restored to life.
Very weird, very frightening, and the police were very shaken!
But then, that is how superstition is validated - by observances just like that being misunderstood.
Then again, it did make my farher stop for a moment and think about God!
So Jesus goes to watch.
Will the water be troubled?
Will someone be healed?
What will Jesus do?!?!?!?
Why woulf Jesus not go with the Disciples there?
Why incognito?
We are not told!
Well, Jesus did healed a single man there that day.
Why not the crowd gathered there?
We are not told!
The observers, are of a split opinion as to what they had seen.
And of course, just like today, they discounted what they could not understand!
And many were silent, for this was politically incorrect!
Church leadership was not going to like this!
Did this event happen?/
More than likely.
I it is exactly how God works.
Quietly, in the background, not seeking to create a show for the crowd gathered.
Equally, it was observed by those within ear shot!
So, Jesus did not wait for the water to be troubled.
He healed, by command, when the time was right for this man and his faith in - albeit - superstition.
He showed the REAL power of God, not the ripple of superstition!
If the water is symbolic of the Holy Spirit,
And the resultant healing a work of the Holy Spirit,
Then we are observing Jesus, not as a man but by His power as God.
And the Church leadership knew this,
And hated him all the more for it .....
July 23, 2018
Aargy Bargs!
Life just continues to provide interesting situations.
Not all of which I can discuss, but trust me - interesting!
As in, has all sanity ended around me?
Remember, my memory is terribly afflicted and I have lost all analytical skills!
So, when people whom I thought (until recently) I could count on - disappear!
Conversely, people I may have known for years are suddenly friendly!
Why?
It is hard to ask someone their intention when there may well be none at all!
See my dilemma?
Last week was Swede's 65th Birthday and he was utterly freaked out!
So, he planned a cruise for himself, sister, nieces and their families.
But he is fearing death.
This is when his father died many years ago.
And all of the uncles.
No male has made it past 65!
So, he left on Saturday to go do the trip I did last year.
Should be really interesting with eight kids under 10 in tow!
On a cruise ship.
I wonder what the odds are for losing one overboard!
I took Swede out for the day.
We did Red Lobster for lunch and ate everything he will not encounter on the cruise ship!
Shopped some bookstores.
And went and saw Jurassic World again.
Still a good movie to me.
But Swede got too excited at times!
I told him later there was a warning:
Might be too intense for seniors!
He had a good laugh and then got back me with a hair raising drive back home!
Yeah he scared the tar out of me!
And it took him about 5 minutes to remember my PTSD and I was not faking it!
Lord that was awful!
Then following dinner, yup, heart attack time.
sigh
And today I have dialysis again.
This ought to be a fun one!
As I opened this with:
Aargy Bargs!*
* an expression I first heard at Jesus Explosion in 1971, somewhere in Texas
Not all of which I can discuss, but trust me - interesting!
As in, has all sanity ended around me?
Remember, my memory is terribly afflicted and I have lost all analytical skills!
So, when people whom I thought (until recently) I could count on - disappear!
Conversely, people I may have known for years are suddenly friendly!
Why?
It is hard to ask someone their intention when there may well be none at all!
See my dilemma?
Last week was Swede's 65th Birthday and he was utterly freaked out!
So, he planned a cruise for himself, sister, nieces and their families.
But he is fearing death.
This is when his father died many years ago.
And all of the uncles.
No male has made it past 65!
So, he left on Saturday to go do the trip I did last year.
Should be really interesting with eight kids under 10 in tow!
On a cruise ship.
I wonder what the odds are for losing one overboard!
I took Swede out for the day.
We did Red Lobster for lunch and ate everything he will not encounter on the cruise ship!
Shopped some bookstores.
And went and saw Jurassic World again.
Still a good movie to me.
But Swede got too excited at times!
I told him later there was a warning:
Might be too intense for seniors!
He had a good laugh and then got back me with a hair raising drive back home!
Yeah he scared the tar out of me!
And it took him about 5 minutes to remember my PTSD and I was not faking it!
Lord that was awful!
Then following dinner, yup, heart attack time.
sigh
And today I have dialysis again.
This ought to be a fun one!
As I opened this with:
Aargy Bargs!*
* an expression I first heard at Jesus Explosion in 1971, somewhere in Texas
July 2, 2018
Barb Status
An update as to my friend's wife's status:
Your prayers have availed much for her through her recovery.
She is mostly pain free!
Healing well.
Her husband is greatly relieved!
So, amazement and relief at her recovery.
And yeah, people are still surprised and stunned at the diagnosis.
But, then, we do have a God whom is real and does care for us.
But, even if Basrb had died on the operating table -
He is still God.
This life is not our last bastion.
Itr is our trainiing ground for whatever comes next.
Your prayers have availed much for her through her recovery.
She is mostly pain free!
Healing well.
Her husband is greatly relieved!
So, amazement and relief at her recovery.
And yeah, people are still surprised and stunned at the diagnosis.
But, then, we do have a God whom is real and does care for us.
But, even if Basrb had died on the operating table -
He is still God.
This life is not our last bastion.
Itr is our trainiing ground for whatever comes next.
June 29, 2018
Clearing Fog
So, imagine my delight Wednesday, when I awakened with a working brain!
For three years I have slogged through a wasteland of nothingness in my mind!
Oh, it worked, there just was no analytical ability!
And only short term memory!
Mighty short!
Then, a week ago, I realized I had a fairly complete memory through grade 7.
Then, Wednesday came the realization I had through college.
I could remember names and faces!
I could once again THINK!
But now, I only have up through 1978 back.
So, sort of still missing my entire work history.
sigh ....
Plus, I am now missing the past three years.
Sigh,
A brain, such a waste on me!
But I have enough to survive better on for now!
Maybe one of these days I will be able to remember what disseminated my first blog back in 2001.
But I remember that much - it happened.
Now, I have to wonder at why, I have a brain again ..... ?
..... sigh .....
For three years I have slogged through a wasteland of nothingness in my mind!
Oh, it worked, there just was no analytical ability!
And only short term memory!
Mighty short!
Then, a week ago, I realized I had a fairly complete memory through grade 7.
Then, Wednesday came the realization I had through college.
I could remember names and faces!
I could once again THINK!
But now, I only have up through 1978 back.
So, sort of still missing my entire work history.
sigh ....
Plus, I am now missing the past three years.
Sigh,
A brain, such a waste on me!
But I have enough to survive better on for now!
Maybe one of these days I will be able to remember what disseminated my first blog back in 2001.
But I remember that much - it happened.
Now, I have to wonder at why, I have a brain again ..... ?
..... sigh .....
June 12, 2018
One Hundred Miles
Well, the day had to come, in which I have to face my PTSD, and drive move than just a few miles.
I have done one 25 mile drive a month ago, but terror was so bad I could not drive back home!
Yeah, not pleasant!
So, Oldest Daughter, was holding a BBQ and I opted to drive.
I was a mixture of terrified and excited.
But, I held at highway speeds for the 50 miles down there and back!
I also drove all of us up to Bonnie Lake to shop a sale at their Ben Franklin craft store.
Daughter had arm loads of stuff, grandchildren found toys and slippers.
For me, they had a new travel watercolor set by Koi.
Added some small paper pads and a few water brushes and I am ready for Colorado, again.
And that was really what the drive was about, doing distance.
I have to drive 250 miles each way to the memorial service.
Yes, I am still stressed over this, and only 24 days to prepare!
Oh, yeah, the BBQ was great.
Burger building bar.
And awesome potato salad ----- :)
So, very successful day with number one daughter!
And while enjoying our time together, next youngest daughter, was writing a piece on the internet about living in a toxic family!
No reason to assume she is referring to her Russian family, they only killed all of her siblings and then left her to die on the Siberian ice sheet in mid-winter!
My guess, due to her narcissism, she thinks me evil and not even remembering the HORRORible teenager she was.
sigh ....
No, it is always someone else's fault with her.
All of her decisions.
Life just is not fair!
I dearly love her, but next to my last God-Daughter, she is the hardest teen I ever had to deal with!
As you might remember, not so long ago, troubled God-Daughter surprisingly appeared one night at my door. Bringing gifts and gratitude!
I am still moved by this.
Well, time to get my day going!
I have done one 25 mile drive a month ago, but terror was so bad I could not drive back home!
Yeah, not pleasant!
So, Oldest Daughter, was holding a BBQ and I opted to drive.
I was a mixture of terrified and excited.
But, I held at highway speeds for the 50 miles down there and back!
I also drove all of us up to Bonnie Lake to shop a sale at their Ben Franklin craft store.
Daughter had arm loads of stuff, grandchildren found toys and slippers.
For me, they had a new travel watercolor set by Koi.
Added some small paper pads and a few water brushes and I am ready for Colorado, again.
And that was really what the drive was about, doing distance.
I have to drive 250 miles each way to the memorial service.
Yes, I am still stressed over this, and only 24 days to prepare!
Oh, yeah, the BBQ was great.
Burger building bar.
And awesome potato salad ----- :)
So, very successful day with number one daughter!
And while enjoying our time together, next youngest daughter, was writing a piece on the internet about living in a toxic family!
No reason to assume she is referring to her Russian family, they only killed all of her siblings and then left her to die on the Siberian ice sheet in mid-winter!
My guess, due to her narcissism, she thinks me evil and not even remembering the HORRORible teenager she was.
sigh ....
No, it is always someone else's fault with her.
All of her decisions.
Life just is not fair!
I dearly love her, but next to my last God-Daughter, she is the hardest teen I ever had to deal with!
As you might remember, not so long ago, troubled God-Daughter surprisingly appeared one night at my door. Bringing gifts and gratitude!
I am still moved by this.
Well, time to get my day going!
May 25, 2018
Box of Memories
I have been looking for my Great-Uncle Leonard's wedding ring.
I know I had it back before the trip to Canada, but 7 surgeries wiped any memory of it from my mind!
Where the heck could I have put it?
I thought it was in my safety-deposit box. but no.
Perhaps in my keepsake box? But no again!
Out of ideas!
Somewhere in this house ... sigh
But, I did go through my box:
Cards from my grandchildren.
Little notes from my children.
A thank you from my youngest for having adopted her ....
A thank you, from the SHE, for not having been like every other male.
In the end, she never understood.
Her worldview was too far from my reality.
What do I know now, other than sorrow?
Thanks for nothing amnesia!
(you will have to know your H Rider Haggard,to understand!)
School pictures.
All of my report cards.
(yeah, well, they said it all!)
The map from my canoe trip into Canada, longest taken in 650 years!
All of the newspaper articles.
The target from the first time I ever shot a rifle.
Awards for school attendance.
Old passports with the "NATO Death Stamp" - " not allowed within 70 miles of a communist border!"
Funny photos which will never appear here!
A letter from a friend in high school.
Who just now popped into town as I was writing this!
I have NO memory of him.
What-so-ever!
So it will be interesting to see what "pops" loose in my mind!
(and i now have my first fiancee's name, thanks to the letter! yeah, really old! 1974!)
In fact, I would guess than my memories are now solid through age 12 only!
I know I had it back before the trip to Canada, but 7 surgeries wiped any memory of it from my mind!
Where the heck could I have put it?
I thought it was in my safety-deposit box. but no.
Perhaps in my keepsake box? But no again!
Out of ideas!
Somewhere in this house ... sigh
But, I did go through my box:
Cards from my grandchildren.
Little notes from my children.
A thank you from my youngest for having adopted her ....
A thank you, from the SHE, for not having been like every other male.
In the end, she never understood.
Her worldview was too far from my reality.
What do I know now, other than sorrow?
Thanks for nothing amnesia!
(you will have to know your H Rider Haggard,to understand!)
School pictures.
All of my report cards.
(yeah, well, they said it all!)
The map from my canoe trip into Canada, longest taken in 650 years!
All of the newspaper articles.
The target from the first time I ever shot a rifle.
Awards for school attendance.
Old passports with the "NATO Death Stamp" - " not allowed within 70 miles of a communist border!"
Funny photos which will never appear here!
A letter from a friend in high school.
Who just now popped into town as I was writing this!
I have NO memory of him.
What-so-ever!
So it will be interesting to see what "pops" loose in my mind!
(and i now have my first fiancee's name, thanks to the letter! yeah, really old! 1974!)
In fact, I would guess than my memories are now solid through age 12 only!
June 7, 2017
Its Offical!
So my surprise surgeon review went very well.
He agreed the wound has finally closed and healed!
And he did not stab it with a stick this time.
So, he is done with me!
Then the artificial leg guy was next.
He is not real sure what do as the wound did not heal smoothly.
So I have to go with a friction/pressure fit leg.
Not as elegant as mt bayonet mount.
Sigh ...
Nothing in life seems simple anymore.
So - major achievement!
I am ready for the leg!
He agreed the wound has finally closed and healed!
And he did not stab it with a stick this time.
So, he is done with me!
Then the artificial leg guy was next.
He is not real sure what do as the wound did not heal smoothly.
So I have to go with a friction/pressure fit leg.
Not as elegant as mt bayonet mount.
Sigh ...
Nothing in life seems simple anymore.
So - major achievement!
I am ready for the leg!
May 31, 2017
Yet Again
So, there is skin again over the wound!
This time, rather than rush into thr surgeon's and show it off - I will wait.
This will allow more skin to form and thicken over what remains of the wound.
I did my first physical therapy session and had the leg covered in tape to restart the lymph system.
And the tape worked.
I can now see the actual wound!
And now there is some form of growth in the wound channel ....
So this is short because rest of today will be on the phone arranging further doctors visits.
If more surgery is needed, then it must be now - so that wound heals before casting!
So, trying to coordinate doctor, surgeon, dermatologist and insurance .
What a day this will be!
This time, rather than rush into thr surgeon's and show it off - I will wait.
This will allow more skin to form and thicken over what remains of the wound.
I did my first physical therapy session and had the leg covered in tape to restart the lymph system.
And the tape worked.
I can now see the actual wound!
And now there is some form of growth in the wound channel ....
So this is short because rest of today will be on the phone arranging further doctors visits.
If more surgery is needed, then it must be now - so that wound heals before casting!
So, trying to coordinate doctor, surgeon, dermatologist and insurance .
What a day this will be!
May 18, 2017
Celebrate!
Short post today
Beeeeeeecause
I am celebrating my leg healing!
Yeah, the wound suddenly shrank to a 4x4 mm opening!
So far from thew 14.4 cm canyon carved through my flesh!
Five months of sitting
Being good
Time to Celebrate!
(Thank you God ...
It took many healing hands
And an army of those willing to remember me in prayer ...)
Beeeeeeecause
I am celebrating my leg healing!
Yeah, the wound suddenly shrank to a 4x4 mm opening!
So far from thew 14.4 cm canyon carved through my flesh!
Five months of sitting
Being good
Time to Celebrate!
(Thank you God ...
It took many healing hands
And an army of those willing to remember me in prayer ...)
March 30, 2017
Life
It has not been an easy recovery this time around.
TV on ox-codone is hilarious. Commercials such as JG Wentworth and Oasis are so pathetic that it is hard not to be the brunt of jokes and the more ox-codone, the more the hilarity!
But some commercials are so annoying that I am beyond my tolerance for them! Copper coated cookware, diamond vapor coated cookware - and yes, you can now get two for the price of one! (Dai mi pokoi!)
I have been restarting a study on the book of Lamentations, several times - as each surgery has forced a restart of all aspect in life! And I found some notes on the Kingdom of God, from 2016 - lost with the first surgery of this year. So, I have something of interest for you, for next week!
Until then, please keep me in your prayers.
Healing, closing of the wound, pain control, environmental stability, attention span and no doubt many more items I can not remember at this time!
Thanks ...
TV on ox-codone is hilarious. Commercials such as JG Wentworth and Oasis are so pathetic that it is hard not to be the brunt of jokes and the more ox-codone, the more the hilarity!
But some commercials are so annoying that I am beyond my tolerance for them! Copper coated cookware, diamond vapor coated cookware - and yes, you can now get two for the price of one! (Dai mi pokoi!)
I have been restarting a study on the book of Lamentations, several times - as each surgery has forced a restart of all aspect in life! And I found some notes on the Kingdom of God, from 2016 - lost with the first surgery of this year. So, I have something of interest for you, for next week!
Until then, please keep me in your prayers.
Healing, closing of the wound, pain control, environmental stability, attention span and no doubt many more items I can not remember at this time!
Thanks ...
February 20, 2017
Friday
Friday started out excitingly!
Just for fun I checked to see if my artificial leg would go on - and it did!
But I dare not stand on it as the two inch gash being used to drain the leg would be mighty unhappy to have pressure put on it!
I did some cleaning before the nurse arrived.
So much to do!
Then suddenly, out of nowhere, my kneeling scooter spit apart!
I bounced off the floor, the leg seems okay.
I found that the two bolts which hold the scooter in an upright position had sheared!
What are the odds? I mean really!
Nurse came, luckily I had unlocked the door earlier as I was now stranded.
So, all doctored up.
Lots of notes written to my surgeon and her home company.
The leg was swelling ... sigh ...
My nephew showed up and we were able to perform a repair to the scooter.
I found a replacement on Amazon.Com, ought to have it by Wednesday.
So, a set back of a few weeks in shrinking the leg - again!
Plenty of pain pills available.
Time and sleep to heal.
Well, with lots of prayer of course!
Just for fun I checked to see if my artificial leg would go on - and it did!
But I dare not stand on it as the two inch gash being used to drain the leg would be mighty unhappy to have pressure put on it!
I did some cleaning before the nurse arrived.
So much to do!
Then suddenly, out of nowhere, my kneeling scooter spit apart!
I bounced off the floor, the leg seems okay.
I found that the two bolts which hold the scooter in an upright position had sheared!
What are the odds? I mean really!
Nurse came, luckily I had unlocked the door earlier as I was now stranded.
So, all doctored up.
Lots of notes written to my surgeon and her home company.
The leg was swelling ... sigh ...
My nephew showed up and we were able to perform a repair to the scooter.
I found a replacement on Amazon.Com, ought to have it by Wednesday.
So, a set back of a few weeks in shrinking the leg - again!
Plenty of pain pills available.
Time and sleep to heal.
Well, with lots of prayer of course!
February 7, 2017
Checking In
So, it has been an exhausting week plus!
Absolutely no energy, lost too much blood.
Can't ever get warm!
Sleeping 14 to 18 hours a day.
Daily nurses visiting, changing the leg packing and bandaging.
Gees, what a routine!
My nephew continues to babysit me, which means he watches tv until I need help - LOL!
He is pretty helpful though - there is little I can for myself.
My tale has become urban legend now amongst the local nurses.
Just all me the human, "whoopie cushion"!
And the all say the same thing,
"I have never heard of such a thing!"
The everyone wants to measure the cavity in my leg!
Still alive
Too tired
Going back to sleep ...
Absolutely no energy, lost too much blood.
Can't ever get warm!
Sleeping 14 to 18 hours a day.
Daily nurses visiting, changing the leg packing and bandaging.
Gees, what a routine!
My nephew continues to babysit me, which means he watches tv until I need help - LOL!
He is pretty helpful though - there is little I can for myself.
My tale has become urban legend now amongst the local nurses.
Just all me the human, "whoopie cushion"!
And the all say the same thing,
"I have never heard of such a thing!"
The everyone wants to measure the cavity in my leg!
Still alive
Too tired
Going back to sleep ...
January 25, 2017
One Week Review
I had my first review by the amputee specialist.
Aways fun having your stump man-handled! eEEPAH!
He was impressed by my hives, all over my body!
But, the "residual" leg looks good.
Healing nicely.
Then my insurance company called and wanted a run down.
They were rather unhappy that the hospital discharged me covered in hives and unable to sit up ... yeah, something in my back or diaphragm is damaged.
So, I geuss that was the last sraw, as far as Blue Cross is concerned.
Fransican now gets a down grade?
Last time the CDC came down on them like a ton of bricks
Now the insurance company
I think I am going to get an "avoid this patient", if such a thing exists!
Sigh ...
Aways fun having your stump man-handled! eEEPAH!
He was impressed by my hives, all over my body!
But, the "residual" leg looks good.
Healing nicely.
Then my insurance company called and wanted a run down.
They were rather unhappy that the hospital discharged me covered in hives and unable to sit up ... yeah, something in my back or diaphragm is damaged.
So, I geuss that was the last sraw, as far as Blue Cross is concerned.
Fransican now gets a down grade?
Last time the CDC came down on them like a ton of bricks
Now the insurance company
I think I am going to get an "avoid this patient", if such a thing exists!
Sigh ...
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