When one of us hurts, all of us cry ~

[Chuck]

"each additional eye"...reminds me of how I like to joke and tell people that my mom has had 3 hip replacements...

[balrgn]

Originally Posted by overlander63

Thanks, we can use all the good wishes we can get.
Marie just got back from the eye surgery center, she is pretty woozy from the drugs they gave her, but she says she can see better in the eye she had surgery on better than she has since she was 16.
Sometimes you get the bear...

Hope all goes well from here on! Give her a hug from the Balrgn Family! (please)

[sd90mac]

Originally Posted by balrgn

Hope all goes well from here on! Give her a hug from the Balrgn Family! (please)

Very nice hug from the Balrgn family and all others.

Just left the eye surgeon's office and all is good. I can already see beter than before, even though the vision fluctuates at times as it should, no pain and feeling good.

Marie

[maxandgeorgia]

It sounds like you two are getting a wholesale spring cleaning this year (and I don't mean the cleaning-for-the-move!), all parts fresh and new again Our best wishes continue for both of you as together you heal and return to full health. ~G

[Sugarfoot]

Marie, I'm glad to hear things went well with the cataract surgery. After the second eye is done you can truly agree with the old saying, two eyes are better than one. Some say the eyes of love are blind. That being said, was Terry a sight for sore eyes?


OK, OK, I'll stop. Don't want to get charged $200 for each additional eye.

[sd90mac]

The eyes have it!!!!!!!

Boy is the vision better today. I was pointing out things to Terry that I would not have seen a few days ago. Now I can't wait till Monday to get the other one done.

Plus today I went for round 2 of symvisc injections in the knees. My doctor is great, since he uses the "freezing spray" so they don't hurt. Yes I did the FMLA and The disability forms for work. I'm out until 7/01, then I'll have to find something that does not require prolonged running or standing, as the knees have had it. Been a nurse to long. 37 years. Poke me with a fork, I'm done.

(Sorry Terry, we hijacked your thread.)

Terry goes back to Dr. DiPasquale in Tampa tomorrow, and we are hoping for increased weight bearing, actually any weight bearing would be good.

Take care all of you, back at you later.

Marie

[codybear]

Great going, Marie!!..that's cool you can see better!..my mom (who's 87) had both of hers done, and she sees great too..still has to wear glasses for distance, I think (she got a choice, she said she didn't think she needed to see far out there!)..

[sd90mac]

HI,



Took Terry to Dr. in Tampa. Yeaaaaaaa! He is off the walker, on crutches, back on therapy, 3xweek for 6 weeks for strengthening of the right leg, re-teaching him how to walk full weight bearing and also he will be having massage therapy for his hands and to prevent scar tissue. (my sister is a licensed massage therapist, and so is our daughter in law and they suggested this) Dr. Sagi thought it was a great idea. Also, he looked closer at Terrys hands, and will be x-raying them next visit. I'll let him tell you about the x-rays today.

All in All a good report.

Marie

[wkerfoot]

Marie,

Good news for you and Terry. Glad to hear that he is still improving and glad that your eye surgery went well.

Bill

[balrgn]

Very nice! He's getting better in leaps and bounds. Sounds like you are doing well too!

Wow Our daughter inlaw is a massage therpist too!

[Foiled Again]

So glad to hear you are both healing fast!

In addition to the massage therapy I'm sure responding to questions on this forum is helping build strength and dexterity in the hands.....

I'm looking forward to hearing the good news when you'll be taking the Airstream out for the first time. I'll even try to take a few days off and head down there to meet you two personally. Meanwhile just keep getting better!

Paula Ford

[silver 67]

Good to hear of the improvement of both of you.

I can feel your pain Terry. I remember the summer of '85 - My entire summer was spent either in a wheel chair, on crutches or walking with a cane (clear into October). My accident? A karate move gone bad. I ended up with a spiral break in the lower part of my leg and my knee joint bolted together.

My full leg cast (from hip to toes) caused hubby to take out the front passenger seat of the Ford Escort. I sat in the back seat with my leg propped on a wooden box built the right height.

Some day I'll tell you the story of how my wheel chair got away from hubby on a hill.... Ah yes, that was a year!!!

Anyway, keep up the good work - and if you want a funny image to keep up your spirits picture me and hubby looking in the trailer toliet and watching it flush for the first time! Non Airstreamers would have thought we were nuts being so excited watching the water come in and go out. It's the little things that count!

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by sd90mac

I'll let him tell you about the x-rays today.

Marie

We drove 2.5 hours to the doctors' office today. We got there at 12:30, I hobbled into the downstairs lobby (office is upstairs, er, up the elevator), and noticed the lights were off. Hmm. Maybe they are conserving electricity, and if so they should be commended for their efforts. However, I was quickly informed by the several non-stair-climbing patients waiting there, the electricity is out.
Terrific.
So I guess they are going to take my X rays by candlelight?
Marie limped up the fire stairs to let them know I was there, and would be willing to climb the stairs if they could find a pair of crutches (walkers are not well suited to stairs, they are wider than most stair treads).
They quickly declined the offer, and the doctor came down to visit me. (the mountain came to Mohammed)
After taking a few minutes to review my chart, he asked me to move my leg around as much as I could. I did this, then stood up, knelt down, sat up and begged, rolled over, played dead...oh, that was another game somewhere else...
He seemed impressed, then asked if I could walk. I stood up, and using the walker to steady myself, clomped around the lobby under my own steam for the first time in months. Yay!
Next appointment is in 4 weeks, I should be able to get the filter removed from my kidney the same day. I should be able to drive up, but where the incision is to remove the filter, I don't think I'll be driving home. Kind of like jogging home from your vasectomy surgery, if you get the idea .
The doctor knows me too well, he told me just because I am able to walk, does not mean I can climb on the roof of our travel trailer and work on it...So, which one of you guys told on me???

[2airishuman]

Originally Posted by overlander63

...So, which one of you guys told on me???

nurse hands the doctor his chart

doctor : all rightly . let me just review your history before we begin .

terry : where did you get my chart ?

doctor : from your last doctor . it's a standard procedure .

terry : you know i can tell you my whole history . let's just .......

doctor : okay . let's take a look . well that doesn't look to serious. you'll be fine .

terry : please , please . it's really , really itchy .


terry : and then he starts writing on my chart .

george : well why don't you get a hold of it and change what you don't like .

terry : you can't change your chart . it's your chart .

kramer : yes , yes . i am dr. vanostran from the clinic . i need terry's chart, he's a patient of mine and he's not going to make it . it's uh very bad very messy .

attendant : i see and what clinic is that again ?

kramer : that's correct .

attendant : excuse me .

kramer : from the hoffer-mandale clinic in belgium .

cheers
2air'

[sd90mac]

Originally Posted by Foiled Again

So glad to hear you are both healing fast!

In
I'm looking forward to hearing the good news when you'll be taking the Airstream out for the first time. I'll even try to take a few days off and head down there to meet you two personally. Meanwhile just keep getting better!

Paula Ford

Paula,

We were going to Ocala for Memorial weekend with my SOB owner sister (we still love her), but the very nice lady who is loaning us her mobile home will not be ready to leave until that weekend and we will need to move to her house then.

If we can swing it, we will still try to go. By then Terry will be able to drive and tow the coach. If not we will definately go somewhere for the 4th of July weekend. I say we have an impromptu rally to celebrate the healing. We'll bring the mudslides!!

For all who ask, yes I can tow the coach, but he has these weird transmission box things on the gear shift lever in his truck that are greek to me. I can start it and drive it around town, and given 4 lanes I can make a u turn.

Marie

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by sd90mac

I can start it and drive it around town, and given 4 lanes I can make a u turn.

Marie

Counting the two sidewalks and the center median...

[sd90mac]

Originally Posted by overlander63

Counting the two sidewalks and the center median...

I guess he was looking!!!!!

Marie

[overlander63]

Thursday I graduated from 6 legs (4 on walker + my 2) to 4 legs (my 2 + 2 crutches). Today I graduated to 3 legs. As in cane. Also, the orthopedic surgeon told me Thursday that when I was able to walk without crutches I could drive. Soooo....Marie went grocery shopping this afternoon, and returned to find Moose, and myself, gone.
Today was also special because we had our first rain in about 6 months this afternoon. Of course it was a severe thunderstorm. And I was out driving around in it. Naturally. Remember, my Native American name is Little Black Cloud, so it figures... Anybody else need rain? I'll be happy to drive through your town for a nominal fee.

[sd90mac]

Originally Posted by overlander63

. Also, the orthopedic surgeon told me Thursday that when I was able to walk without crutches I could drive. Soooo....Marie went grocery shopping this afternoon, and returned to find Moose, and myself, gone.

Imagine my surprise when I got home and no Moose, or Terry. I was not upset because I know him. He did very well.

Marie

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by sd90mac

Imagine my surprise when I got home and no Moose, or Terry. I was not upset because I know him. He did very well.

Marie

I haven't told her yet about the mailboxes, or the trash can...