A Slow Recovery

So, I had a virtual appointment with my speech pathologist on Tuesday and I had a virtual appointment with a nutritionist. I thought I could have two virtual appointments in a row because I did not leave my house at all so I didn’t think it would be a problem. Well, I was wrong!

I never thought that it would be difficult to speak and having an hour long conversation is quite difficult. I actually just had a half hour video visit but it was still quite difficult!

I was tired Tuesday night for sure! But then I got ready for Wednesday. I was extremely nervous about this appointment! My ability to chew has been increasingly diminishing. I knew that I was not getting all of the nutrients I needed so I knew it was imperative to speak with a nutritionist.

My Mom recently told me that she thinks that Meira sees a lot of patients who are dealing with worse issues then with what I am dealing with. She told me that I must be one of her ‘shining stars’ or some thing. I agree with her! Meira told me that she is very nitpicking with me because I only need to see her once a month now to make sure that my speech is Chris for in clear! I am grateful that I only need to see her once a month but it is exhausting! And on top of that exhaustion is the fact that I used to speak with such ease.

I had my appointment with Sara the nutritionist and she sees all of my information through Henry Ford. She actually saw how much I have weighed for a while. And she noticed when my weight loss started probably in about 2018. We talked about things I can do. I am switching to a smoothie diet because I cannot chew any longer.

My mom asked me today if that ability will come back and I told her that it would not. So, it’s a slow recovery from my back to back virtual appointments but I have to gear up for next Wednesday and Thursday for my haircut and doctor’s appointment. With both of those appointments completed, I can’t stop hearing this song in my head because all of this is so heavy!:

Rando Tune #30

I like waking up and clearing out my Facebook alerts and my emails as well as alerts on Twitter. I saw this one:

The song from Lit began playing in my head immediately and I was back in my senior year. I had seventh hour prep so I left school early because I had enough credits to graduate. I borrowed the CD from my friend, Dominic, and I played it on loop for probably a week!!!

I responded with this:

I love that I Got to listen to this song all day long!!!

Reeling

So, I had my ‘2 fer’’ for September but I have another appointment next week for my pressure sores. But with the steady progression of my disease, these two days of getting out of my house are starting to take its toll!

I am kind of reeling still as I write this! I feel like I am Bono just as he is pushed out of the van. I hope I feel better soon…:

Rando Tune #28

I am sitting at my table in our first apartment while the maintenance guy is fixing something in the utility closet just off the kitchen, right across from the washer and dryer. I was fairly new to the complex at that point but I will never forget the ease with which he sang the refrain from this song what kind of a country twang to it but it sounded pleasing:

Just Another Day

My Mom got me out of my bed kind of early today because I did not sleep very well last night. I am sitting in my chair drinking my shake and taking my vitamins. I checked my phone to see what day it was and when I saw that it is August 26. I paused! My heart stopped.

Ttoday was the day that I was hired for my only “Big Girl” job in 2005. My only teaching position. I taught for 12 years until MS decided that I can no longer do it.

I remember that my school leader used to write on an index card because we had to fill out paperwork and our date of hire was a question that we were asked every single year and I remember getting those index cards with his writing on it.

I was thinking about that today and I had to pause my prayers and my water drinking to jot this post because I didn’t wanna forget it. That’s happening a lot now these days…:

this song reminds me of summertime when I was in middle school. My friend’s babysitter really liked Jon Secada so we listened to him a lot!

Grounding

So, after some hesitation, I have a new phone and I also have a new chair (at least that’s what it feels like). I thought that everything was transferred over to my new phone but I have lost some of my subscriptions on YouTube so I am blindly scrolling through YouTube to find something to watch. But then I received the grounding I needed:

I was at WMU when this song came out. I think that I needed to be reminded of a simpler time because this is proving to be so real!!! At least somewhere in there, my phone still knows me!!!

Beef

Okay, I am exhausted and my Mom is resting before I get ready for bed. Purple Hearts is over now and I took my contacts out already. I got on Facebook and I saw that a Facebook friend posted this which made me laugh hysterically!:


My son is about to be 21 and as a teacher, I would never homeschool because I was working when he was supposed to be learning. But when I read that meme, I laughed because probably a month ago, Sean was talking to my Mom and me on the phone and he said that he didn’t know that ‘beef’ was slang and frowned upon when you were speaking with customers. He is working with an irrigation company.

My Mom was holding the phone and we were on speaker and after he told that to us, I said, “What’s beef? Beef is when you need to gats to go to sleep.”

I just said that in passing because I was in high school when that song came out and Sean stopped talking and said that, “I never thought the day would come when he would hear me “Biggie Smalls! “I started to laugh and was reminded of one I was puzzlin’ at home when he came home from school and I was jammin’ to some Bob Marley and singing it as loud as I could! He knew that I knew the words and he was blown away that I did!

I told him that Bob Marley is even before my generation so it’s crazy that he knows it! We both are both know why he knows it and I knew it but I love it today still!!! He’s classic for sure!!!