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If I could speak, I would respond with something like, "Really? They let you get away with that?" This remark probably comes from the same genius who thought up, "God only gives us as much as we can manage." What the ??? How did God get dragged into this? To be fair, this was the same guy who initially recommended lots and lots of narcotics on my previous visit. So he was just trying to be helpful. The glass is half full kind of thing. I don't take it personally, but it is pretty funny! "Pain means you're alive?" Then I must be out living large. I'm too alive! I guess the alternative is the opposite of being alive and no, as Charlie Brown put it in "Kill Bill, Vol I","No, I don't think I would like that.", in Japanese.
Yesterday, I saw a neurologist, I refer to as "Dr. Zhivago". Patient Spouse thinks seeing him is a waste of time but I think I caught a glimmer of thought from him once. We have him off the headache cure (never felt anything) and onto the Vertigo issue which is the primary impediment to my recovery. Dr. Z. actually tested me on some parallel bars where I can actually show a little skill. So he ordered me a set. Biking to nowhere and walking in circles, oh boy! And this is the stuff I aspire to! This is a good day. I won't be seeing him for awhile and I'm glad he's done trying different anti-seizure medications on me, he was repeating himself, pharmaceutically speaking, and I never had a seizure or migraine in my life.
Today I weigh myself at the gym, I do this once a week, if used to depress me a little until I got the numbers going in the right direction anyway (less). It's a part of the rehab experience and going to the gym so it doesn't bother me (much). Of course, in the big scheme of things I ask the same question,"Is it cancer? No? Who cares?" OK, that's technically three questions but as long as the answer remains the same (No), that's all I care about. It's all about setting the bar. And I set it low. No cancer? That's good enough for me! "C" is for "Cookie" Whoa! "Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C!" If it's good enough for the Cookie Monster it's good enough for me.
If I could speak, I would respond with something like, "Really? They let you get away with that?" This remark probably comes from the same genius who thought up, "God only gives us as much as we can manage." What the ??? How did God get dragged into this? To be fair, this was the same guy who initially recommended lots and lots of narcotics on my previous visit. So he was just trying to be helpful. The glass is half full kind of thing. I don't take it personally, but it is pretty funny! "Pain means you're alive?" Then I must be out living large. I'm too alive! I guess the alternative is the opposite of being alive and no, as Charlie Brown put it in "Kill Bill, Vol I","No, I don't think I would like that.", in Japanese.
Yesterday, I saw a neurologist, I refer to as "Dr. Zhivago". Patient Spouse thinks seeing him is a waste of time but I think I caught a glimmer of thought from him once. We have him off the headache cure (never felt anything) and onto the Vertigo issue which is the primary impediment to my recovery. Dr. Z. actually tested me on some parallel bars where I can actually show a little skill. So he ordered me a set. Biking to nowhere and walking in circles, oh boy! And this is the stuff I aspire to! This is a good day. I won't be seeing him for awhile and I'm glad he's done trying different anti-seizure medications on me, he was repeating himself, pharmaceutically speaking, and I never had a seizure or migraine in my life.
Today I weigh myself at the gym, I do this once a week, if used to depress me a little until I got the numbers going in the right direction anyway (less). It's a part of the rehab experience and going to the gym so it doesn't bother me (much). Of course, in the big scheme of things I ask the same question,"Is it cancer? No? Who cares?" OK, that's technically three questions but as long as the answer remains the same (No), that's all I care about. It's all about setting the bar. And I set it low. No cancer? That's good enough for me! "C" is for "Cookie" Whoa! "Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C!" If it's good enough for the Cookie Monster it's good enough for me.
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