I GOT THE CLAMP OFF MY POOR BROKEN ARM AND THE STRAP THAT WENT AROUND ME FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS OFF TODAY!!! It is healing – maybe not as fast as they would like but really well considering that I am diabetic – usually well controlled. I’ve not been as good as I should in remembering to shoot myself with Byetta. It keeps me in great control but sometimes it hurt to think, much less remember to do what’s good for me.

Now to keep going to physical therapy twice a week, doing what I can to stretch myself at home and just be good. I am and I’m not looking forward to going to bed tonight without that clamp. I’m not going to fall apart but I do have to be really careful. No surgery, no pin, no MRI on the wrist or elbow – at least for now. YEA!!!!

Sometimes it has felt like forever then, well, I guess not so long.

Day of Appointments

Today was a full day, not rushed, but enough to do to keep us busy. Kathleen had a couple appointments today that pretty much took a big chunk out of the middle of the day.

She had a doctor’s appointment this morning at 1045, which went very well. The x-rays looked good and the doctor told her to take the brace off her upper arm. So now she feels very vulnerable. She is very protective of her arm right now, which is understandable.

Then this afternoon at 1300, she had her first physical therapy appointment without her brace. I think that it went pretty well for her. I think that the brace was somewhat limiting in her range of motion. She did not seem as sore afterwards, but we will still need to see what tomorrow brings.

Tomorrow she has her monthly hair appointment so that should make her feel better. Usually the day after her physical therapy appointments are the hardest days for her…I cannot wait!

We took a walk after dinner tonight, something we have not done on a regular basis since she broke her arm, I would like to make it a regular happening for us. We took Reggie with us tonight, the last few days his arthritis has been making it really hard for him to get around. So the walk was not only good for Kathleen and me, but Reggie as well.

Well, I think that is all for tonight.

Bob

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