GOT A MINUTE OR TWO

  I had my first session with the Physical Therapist.  She was very knowledgeable and caring in explaing the program she has designed for my knees.  Once a week for seven weeks.  Several different exercises I do at home including the pool.  I did my first pool exercises and found it to be very plesant.  The water was perfect, and I chose a time when I had the pool completely to myself.   As I was doing the exercises in the pool I was thinking how gracious God is to have us living at the Villa where the pool is just very short walk from our unit.  The Therapist said water exercise is one of the best ways to treat the knees. The floor and chair excersises are much more difficult, but I'm determined to do everything on my part to bring healing to my  knees and be in the best shape to continue caring for my dearest.

  Friday morning we realized my dearest had a real problem as he kept getting weaker and weaker.  Took him to ER and discovered he had been slowly loosing blood.  They did an upper GI endoscopy and diagnoised him with Gastritis.  The slow bleeding was from the high powered Eliquis blood thinner he's on.  He got one unit of blood and was able to come home on Sunday afternoon. Was wonderful to have family and friends with us.  The good news is this problem can be corrected with medication.  By the time he was released Sunday evening he was looking my my dearest again. A happy camper, ready to go home. We are home now and he had a good nights rest.  We are so thankful for our medical group and how they treat us like family. Perhaps there was another reason my dearest spent the weekend in the hospital.  While he was in ER, he was wearing his hat that says "Pastor, Anything you do or say could be used in a sermon" He has a new cardiologist and he ...

  Made a vegetable Quiche.  Quiche and Avacado Toast are my two favorite breakfasts. Oh Happy Days, several without pain in my knees.  Sometimes when you live with pain, and get used to it, when it's gone it's like I have "happy feet".  The cordizone shots are working and I start Physical Therapy on Tuesday.  There are all kinds of healing.  Sometimes it's a miracle from the Lord, sometimes it's Doctors and treatment, sometimes it's medication.  We don't limit the Lord, we let him direct our paths and that is the best road to travel. Tried sweet potato rings in the air fryer.  Didn't want them crispy but soft for my dearest! It worked....delicious I do have another health isssue I'm dealing with.  That old lazy bladder has been overworking lately and I won't go into the details but has gotten progressively worse.  Have a appointment the 29th for a proceedure to see if we can find a fix!  My parts are wearing out!! But on the brighte...

  It is our custom to kneel for prayer in our Sunday Morning service.  Pastor always says "If you are able" before kneeling.  Several weeks ago I went to early service as my dearest was having a "slow day".  I sat up near the front with a friend and as my custom when it's time to kneel in prayer I do!  However when I knelt down my shoe caught on the back of the pew behind me and I went down HARD on my knees, and because of pride, I stayed in the uncomforable position until prayers were finished.   I didn't hear any thing pop or crack, only pain.  Since then I've experienced pain in both knees, but especially my right knee.  Fast forward I had Xrays of both knees and I have an appointment with an Orthopedic doctor for Osteoarthritis of the patella with knee effusion. (that's a mouth full)  In the meantime I have been taking meds and icing my right knee.  Getting old isn't for sissies, as I've said before, but now really feeling it....