Things are going quite well! Sunday was a harder day which I will explain later. Yesterday however went beautifully and I felt that I accomplished quite a bit. It was the second time I took a shower since surgery. My first one was in the hospital on the day I checked out. I had to sit in a seat and have my mom and sister help me bathe and comb out my blood matted hair.
Harley installed a nice setup which works wonderfully in our bathroom and I can bathe myself! I just need monitoring and assistance getting in and out of the tub. Our bathroom is a clawfoot tub shower so there was a concern about how I was going to shower (can't soak the head like in a tub). The bathroom was remodeled after my cyberknife brain radiosurgery in 2004 which left me with imbalance issues. Therefore Harley installed a shower grab bar for me to get in and out of the tub.
However, it is much more complicated at present and we had to do some problem solving. Seeing it is a raised tub the issue was me safely getting in and out and standing there showering without falling over. We do have a slip mat but there is only room enough to bathe myself in the shower so really it is up to me. I was thinking perhaps I could kneel down and use the sprayer and then have help getting in and out.
Ahh Harley is so ingenuitive! I am so very lucky! He picked up a nice shower seat at Home Depot that is light weight and fits in the tub perfectly! It is actually fun to sit there and shower. It is comfortable and relaxing. In addition, he installed a longer horizontal shower bar (the other is vertical for a standing position). Thus I can safely get in the tub, pull the curtain around me, and shower away without worry! The pomegranate soap sure smelled lovely so much so that the dogs could not help licking me up later!
Also, yesterday was the very first day I applied makeup since the day prior to surgery. It felt nice to beautify myself, walk the dogs at the park, go to the store to do errands, and have some normalcy. More innovations and updates later. I need to take maximum advantage of my productivity currently while on the steroids. I started the taper (means they lessen the dose) so I have to try to adhere to a schedule and getting things accomplished while I can. In 2005 I hit a huge wall (meaning I got very ill and had a horrific drug withdrawl when I was taken off the steroids) which lasted about 3 weeks of feeling like I was literally 90 years old with the flu.
Have a great week all! Happy October and thanks for your messages! I will try again to post later today/this evening! - Beck ;o)
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Yesterday I was waiting for the bus and I saw a hawk flying majestically through the air. The way it swooped one way and then another so effortlessly had me mesmerized! Everyone else around me seemed oblivious to the beauty I was witnessing, but I thought to myself, "Beck would notice such things."
What I am tring to say is that you, too, bring a beauty to this world that sometimes leaves me in awe. Your inspirational achievements and your never-ending appreciation for the world around you will never go unnoticed. You have touched so many lives and I am so grateful that you are doing so well in your recovery.
Love,
Laura, Cody & Destiny
BECKY, JUST DROPPED IN TO SEE HOW YOU WERE DOING AND WOW WHAT A SURPISE! BUT I SEE THAT MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. PRAISE BE TO GOD. THE POWER OF THE ROSARY. YOU SOUND SO GREAT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. GIVE YOUR SELF A HUG FOR ME. WHAT LARUA SAID IS SURE TRUE. LOVE AUNT WILLIE
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