You guys must be good luck. I’m back in physical therapy!
Your advice and well wishes gave me such hope and pride. Pride that I have such loyal and kind friends in my life. Because I look at you all as friends. You lift me up when I am down. And you help me celebrate when I am glad. That’s what friends are.
I have a funny story. Yesterday I stood staring at a tablescape I’d created. I was trying to jog my memory. I stared at the centerpiece. And I couldn’t for the life of me think of the words for what was in the dough bowl.
After a bit, and out of sheer frustration, I called Judy. She answers the phone: “Hello.”
“Judy,” I said. “I just have one question. What are those things called that you roll dough out with?”
She paused for a minute, probably wondering what one earth was going on. “Rolling pins?” she said tentatively.
“Rolling pins!” I said, so happy I had the words. “Thanks, Judy!” And I hung up.
I don’t know where she was, but it was her cell phone. Later, I thought, I wonder if she’s seated eating lunch with someone? What a strange conversation that would be to overhear!
I’ll keep you updated as to my progress. I have high hopes for this. How can I feel otherwise when I have women like you around me?
There are still a few flowers blooming. Probably their last or nearly last hurrah. The smiling sun is almost totally obscured. You can’t see his eyes any more. Some perky morning glories keep him company.
We all get by with a little help from our friends.
(NOTE: Over at Cozy Inspiration today, I am talking about branding our blogs.)
Hooray!!! I had to chuckle at the phone call to Judy! I do that all the time. The lapse of memory. E gads……!!
xo Kris
Not what will I do when she doesn’t remember the word either?
Brenda
It’s normal to lose your memory of items during stress, and you have been under a lot of it….wonderful news to hear that you made it back to PT.
Let’s get you healed up, and moving forward!!!
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
Oh Jen, I hope so!
Brenda
It happens me to more often than I’d like to admit. And several times a day I get up to do something and then question myself “now what did I want to do?” :/ Take care, Tammy
Yes, I do that a lot too!
Brenda
cheering from the sidelines– GO BRENDA GO BRENDA ~!
Thanks!
Brenda
Brenda, that is the best news. Physical therapy can do so much when the patient is motivated and I’m sure you are one very motivated patient. Good luck. I am so happy for you.
Yes, I’m very motivated. I hate that Judy has had to spend so much of the last four and a half months doing things for me. I want to be somewhat independent again!
Brenda
Brenda I am so happy to hear this news! I know that you and so many others life my spirits and keep me going when things get tough. Your late blooming flowers are so pretty! I am cracking up over the rolling pin phone call. I call those my Senior Moments and they are happening more and more!
Have a wonderful day!!
Linda
Just a few pretty flowers. But enough to lift my spirits.
Brenda
So glad to hear you’re back to PT! Great news! I think your flowers are celebrating your good news too! So pretty and cheery.
Have a great day!
Charlotte T
Thanks Charlotte! You’re always so supportive of me. And I appreciate it.
Brenda
That’s fantastic news about the PT. I’m glad somebody listened to you and set you back up with it. Your pictures are so beauitful today. I feel like you have a way with your photos of making us slow down for just a few moments and drink in the beauty of the flowers. Now just because you’re back in PT please don’t overdo it!
They had to tell me to slow down a few times. I was talking to Judy and just peddling that recumbent bicycle. I seem to be set at “fast.” I want this to work, so I’ll do whatever they tell me.
Brenda
Oh Yay, as long as you have been stationary you need PT. I have had so much of it I call them Physical Terrorists because they are relentless. For my shoulder surgeries I used to beat the wall and scream but I now have nearly full range of motion. Totally worth the pain involved. hang in there, olive
This isn’t my first round either. But it’s been many years.
Brenda
Oh, sweetie, I’ve done that so many times!!! Drives me crazy until I can find the word and it is to OBVIOUS!!! LOL
Yes, always the simplest of words!
Brenda
Beautiful flowers! Best of luck in therapy.
Thanks, Tammy. I’ll probably need all the luck I can get.
Brenda
That word thing is common to all of us, that’s why it takes a village….
Lovely flowers, happy to hear you are in therapy. That will help you get comfortably back on your feet!
I sure hope so, Gayle!
Brenda
Hi Brenda!I am so happy to hear you are getting the physical therapy you need now…I went to every one of my daughters with her when she broke her ankle and had 8 big screws and an 8″metal plate put in her leg…she had the option 1 year later to have it removed but she chose not to…so its been a part of her for 19 years now…she is 38 today and was 19 when she fell on some ice and broke it…and was a newly wed!! it was a long process and she still puts off alarms at the airport…lol…Take it one day at a time Brenda…Time has a way of flying by so fast any more…soon this will all just be a distant memory…Take care!! Love ya! Carol
I don’t know what I’d decide to do in that instance. I guess it depends on how much it bothers me.
Brenda
I hope the PT helps you. I know everyone that goes just speaks so highly of it so there must be something to it. Hang in there!!
I hope so too, Elaine. I want to get my strength back.
Brenda
Brenda ~ I am so thrilled that you have coverage~! Hooray ~!
Well, I forget words all the time and I sometimes go somewhere in the house only to end up and not know what I was going for. That is called “Men-o-pause” aka “mental-pause”. I laugh at myself all the time
I think it’s good to be able to laugh at ourselves!
Brenda
I had to laugh, these memory blackouts are crazy! Glad Judy could remember, glad you thought to call her – hey, glad you remembered her number!!! I’m with you, girl, and I’m thrilled you’re back in PT!
Oh, I don’t have her number memorized. I have it on speed dial! I’ve had a cell phone for a year and never use it. I still can’t remember the number!
Brenda
So happy to hear your good news! You deserve it! So sorry you have had all this stress when you are down.
Love your photos! So cheerful! ♥
Martha Ellen
Good luck in therapy. Insurance is a nightmare and I can’t
see how things will get any better. Those with money will have
care and those without, well, die younger and suffer more.
I will probably smoke pot when I am 75 to deal with the Arthritis
pain!!!
I imagine you’re right. Awful for the richest country in the world, isn’t it?
Brenda
What good news, Brenda! Friendship, Luck and Prayers….What would we do without these treasures!
Smiles,
Carolynn
Have fun stitching and please let us see what you are stitching on.
I’m thinking maybe something with felt…
Brenda
Hi Brenda,
With the cold weather arriving felt sounds like a good choice for some hand stitching. My sweet adopted daughter, Paula, (who I met on the internet a few years ago) made me a tiny wool felt appliqued Autumn quilt. I just received it and will be sharing it on my next post. I just know you’ll like it.
Hang in there and happy stitching!
Blessings, my friend,
Carolynn
Oh…I forgot to make mention of your “rolling pin incident”…Just a reminder that life over 50 isn’t for sissies!
You are perfectly normal and need not be too concerned…If you wake up one morning and ask “who am I”…then, there’s something to be concerned about!
Smiles,
Carolynn xo
I agree!
Brenda
So glad that you are able to get your physical therapy. Your pics are so pretty. I had to laugh out loud about the rolling pin conversation. Every once in a while I have a brain block on a word. Words that I know as well as my own name. If I’m patient and go on to something else, the word will come to me. Last week my brain- block word was alum, I looked up words about pickling and bitter tasting on
Google because I was impatient and needed the word right then.
I thought about googling it. But I couldn’t figure out how to word it.
Brenda
Woo-hoo, so glad you’re back in PT! How did it end up happening?
I think it must have been the messages I was leaving saying I was four weeks behind and no one was doing anything. Do doctor’s offices ever actually answer the phone anymore?
Brenda
Brenda, so glad you are back in Physical Therapy! You need it as much as food and water! Know it will help tremendously with your recovery. Put your nose to the grindstone and do it all, even what they tell you to do as homework!
I am!
Brenda
So happy to hear about physical therapy. I had to chuckle. I can really relate to your memory loss event. It happens to me all the time!
Well, I’m glad I’m not the only one. Makes you feel silly though.
Brenda
Glad you are back in therapy- it makes the difference. When i broke my wrist in 2002, was not in a cast but an external fixator instead for 3 months- my hands and fingers and wrist were frozen and I was in therapy a year and also had to wear 2 kinds of braces 8 hrs a day-to get my wrist to move painful. but i can move my hand today though not perfect. they gave exercises to do at home too. glad you are back on the mend.
I know it won’t be easy. But I want to take control of this situation back.
Brenda
I am so glad you are getting your therapy. I hear the most appalling stories now. I am having a bit of a dispute over the shots I had in my knees because a third-party outfit whose sole purpose is to find a reason for the insurance company not to pay has determined that they don’t need to pay for the shots after all — after I had them, of course.
I hope to spend some time with your new blog this weekend when I have some time. I always need technical advice!
Couldn’t they put money to better use just paying for what we need instead of paying a third party to argue us out of it? Shameful. I hope you enjoy the new blog.
Brenda
Great news, let’s hope the physical therapy does it’s job – you need it!! Wishing you well . . . and fast!!
I’m sooo happy to hear you’ll be back in physical therapy! Great news for sure. Now you need to tuck a little label under your rolling pins:-)
Very happy that you got that straightened out!
WOO HOO! and a big YEAH! SO SO SO happy about the PT!! Not easy, but necessary and worth it!
and I’m sorry but rolling pins??? That’s just TOO funny!
Mare
So glad to hear the good news Brenda! As for the rolling pin thing at least you remembered Judy’s phone number so you’re still in the running girl!
So good to hear that you are getting physical therapy again. Hope you see improvement soon!
It’s the right thing to do, so glad you’re back at it!… and ah, yes, those senior moments…lol…
Your morning glories still look wonderful! I wandered around the yard the other day taking a few pictures of what is still blooming etc but not much is left…looking at your pics I feel like it is still summer!
Great that you are back in therapy. That is important. Laughed at your “Senior Moment”, have them all the time. I don’t have a Judy, so my Pom, Leopold tries to keep me on track. Keep on posting. Thanks,
Wonderful news. Work hard and soon you will be running around the block.