I has been over a week since i wrote in an update, but this finds me doing OK. I went to rehab once last week and it went good. It makes me hurt some the next day, but this tells me I am moving forward. I can live with this. Every day I wake up breathing on my own its a good sign! I plan on going to rehab tomorrow to move some more.
Betty and I went out of town this past weekend to see some family on my Mom's side. My Aunt and Uncle along with two cousins, one wife and three second cousins, too. It was a great time even though it was quite a drive to get there. Life is so much different there than is at home. Getting somewhere and time seem so important here, but there, these two items are much less important. It has always been like there. I think this is one of the things that mean so much to me when I visit. We sit around a lot and enjoy visiting with each other. I think it was three years ago last time I was there. This was Betty's first visit there. It is like when I see my family on the Bradley side. I get so excited inside over seeing people I have not seen in a while. Then, if this was not enough, I got several birthday cards from many special people. Nora sent me one as did Linda Kay. I also received one from Mom and Dad, too. I got some in e-mail from several others that knew when it was. All of this attention used to drive me nuts, but these days, it is good to be remembered and here to enjoy them. Most of these notes have so much meaning in these words that are included. This makes me feel great. I even got two special notes from several friends that meant well, too. One was from my first girl friend that has known me forever and is friends with Betty these days. This girl was special to me in the 6th and 7th grades. We have stayed in touch since then. The other one was a girl I knew from when I worked in the lab at work. She was a student co-op working with me in my last year there. She has a super sweet husband and two special children that mean the world to both of them. They live in Tennessee but she said she was coming to town to see her parents in Galveston. I did not realize she knew about my accident, but Betty said she told her. So, see, getting older is not always a bad thing. From my point of view, having another birthday was the greatest gift God could give me. I love you all so much. Don't be afraid to ask God for help when you need it. He is the One that kept me here.
Mark 2/26/08
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Saturday, Feb. 16 and moving along
Hard to believe, another week has gone by. I am doing OK, but still have pains. These pains seem to be getting better slowly, but moving me along in the right direction. Work is going OK. Some days are worse than others, but I think most people out there are glad I am back. Certain things that are part of my job were not getting done and now they are. I have to deal with purchasing people several times a day, but I work with them as well as I can and I think they like this. I am not one of those people who makes no mistakes and God has helped me realize this and I move forward with my life. I try to give people what they need without it becoming a problem to someone else. Sometimes this does not work out that way, but when I can, I try to be easy to work with. I would like to think I was this way before, but I don't know for sure. My mind does not know how I was or who I was, but I like to think that is how I was. So many people kept up with my progress in life through this BLOG and most loved having the information so easy to get to and current. I can only give credit to Betty and Megan for keeping this information updated. It really scares ME to go back and read a lot of this information. To realize where I was and how I was, I can only thank all of you for the effort and prayers put towards me and my recovery. I hear it a lot of times where people tell me that they were praying for my recovery. You just don't realize how great this makes me feel. Many people were involved in my ability to still be here, but the person that was with me when I fell, did the most critical part to save my life. Thanks Shane for that. I know this was not easy to deal with at the time, but I am still here because of you and your ability to make the right decisions for me.
I went to physical therapy yesterday and I can feel it this morning. My recovery was not moving along as I thought it should be, so I decided to move this bar forward again. My shoulder still hurts when I reach for something and my pelvic area hurts to get up and moving. I know with time, I will be ME again. God is a great help to me to get me there. This physical therapy makes me tired, but that is part of me getting better. I have many things to do around the home that I am not able to do right now, but when I am, look out. I was told in the hospital that I would be in a wheelchair for about 6 more months, maybe up to a year and then on a walker for another year. I guess these people did not know me or who I am. God helped me become stronger everyday. My hard headedness would not let me wait for these time frames. I think my doctors realized where I was and how I was doing and let me keep moving forward as my body would allow. He told me not to push too fast or I would end up back where this all started. I knew this was a bad place to be and would not go back if I could help it.
Just a little note to anyone still following me to express the amount of love I have for all of you and thanks for praying for me. I am still here because so many people knew God would help me. I love you all so much!
Mark 2/16/08
I went to physical therapy yesterday and I can feel it this morning. My recovery was not moving along as I thought it should be, so I decided to move this bar forward again. My shoulder still hurts when I reach for something and my pelvic area hurts to get up and moving. I know with time, I will be ME again. God is a great help to me to get me there. This physical therapy makes me tired, but that is part of me getting better. I have many things to do around the home that I am not able to do right now, but when I am, look out. I was told in the hospital that I would be in a wheelchair for about 6 more months, maybe up to a year and then on a walker for another year. I guess these people did not know me or who I am. God helped me become stronger everyday. My hard headedness would not let me wait for these time frames. I think my doctors realized where I was and how I was doing and let me keep moving forward as my body would allow. He told me not to push too fast or I would end up back where this all started. I knew this was a bad place to be and would not go back if I could help it.
Just a little note to anyone still following me to express the amount of love I have for all of you and thanks for praying for me. I am still here because so many people knew God would help me. I love you all so much!
Mark 2/16/08
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Every day has good times and bad times... 2/9/08
As a general rule, I am feeling better as each day is upon us, but there are those things that don't work out as expected. We went to San Marcos on Friday to do so work to the trailer and I have found MORE things that don't go with the new me. We had to put a new floor tile in the bathroom and it hurts to be on my knees to kneel on them or sitting on my butt (broken tailbone makes this unpleasant). Then on top of that, I have to reach to the ground to set the tiles. My body does like like doing things like this that aren't pleasant. I put some of the tiles down, but Betty took over when it came to cutting the tiles for fit. I don't have the strength or patience for this right now and that bothers me a lot every time. I think that my short temper gets moving when I can't do something that I always done. My wife knows this and is real key to where I am on it. I did not have this bad of a temper before and I am not sure if this is a bad effect of my fall and another was God stepped into my life to make me become a better person in the long run. I just need to try to control it better. I am sure once I am fit to do a lot of things, this will go away, too, with my help to push it out.
Well, we have a big day come up soon. I will be turning 40 AGAIN on my birthday. I think this is the eighth time for this to happen. (One real one and then seven more REAL ones, too). I am usually one of those people that don't make a big deal off of birthdays, but this year I am going to celebrate the fact that I am still here. I am planning on sticking around for a while, so I can be here to bother people. We all have to good at something, right?
There were two replies to my last note. One of our friends, Sallie and Scott, sent there best wishes and thanked me for keeping this going. I did not figure many people read it too much, but I guess I was wrong. Thanks for that note. I know how many people care about me and my progress, but progress in not a "daily" change anymore. I am moving along in the right direction, but the steps don't change much except over larger times. There was also a note from Sarah and Nicholette sending me sweet thoughts. Sarah was worried about the ladder climbing I did at work. I did OK on it and did not go up too far or every feel like it was a problem. It really pushed my upper body to do more than usual and was tired later from this, but I need to see what I can do on this without causing any issues. I will not do anything that creates any issues with my body because I don't want to start all of this from the beginning again. This is not something I would every wish on anybody, but where I was at first, I was one lucky person to have so many people praying and wishing well for me. I think that is the reason I am still here! God listens to concerns of people that need his help and I have found that I had SO MANY.
I love you all so much and sorry the updates are not daily anymore, but the same story every day would get old, too. So I figured once or twice a week would be a well needed update for me. I am only away from you as far as your mind let's you be. Take care and more information on me as I think of it... It you want a personal comment, my e-mail at work is a little different than it used to be. I am there Monday through Thursday of most weeks and it can be sent to me if needed. My new address is:
msbradley@lyondellbasell.com. One of the things that happened while I was down, is that our company was bought out by Basell and this is the new name they decided on.
Well, we have a big day come up soon. I will be turning 40 AGAIN on my birthday. I think this is the eighth time for this to happen. (One real one and then seven more REAL ones, too). I am usually one of those people that don't make a big deal off of birthdays, but this year I am going to celebrate the fact that I am still here. I am planning on sticking around for a while, so I can be here to bother people. We all have to good at something, right?
There were two replies to my last note. One of our friends, Sallie and Scott, sent there best wishes and thanked me for keeping this going. I did not figure many people read it too much, but I guess I was wrong. Thanks for that note. I know how many people care about me and my progress, but progress in not a "daily" change anymore. I am moving along in the right direction, but the steps don't change much except over larger times. There was also a note from Sarah and Nicholette sending me sweet thoughts. Sarah was worried about the ladder climbing I did at work. I did OK on it and did not go up too far or every feel like it was a problem. It really pushed my upper body to do more than usual and was tired later from this, but I need to see what I can do on this without causing any issues. I will not do anything that creates any issues with my body because I don't want to start all of this from the beginning again. This is not something I would every wish on anybody, but where I was at first, I was one lucky person to have so many people praying and wishing well for me. I think that is the reason I am still here! God listens to concerns of people that need his help and I have found that I had SO MANY.
I love you all so much and sorry the updates are not daily anymore, but the same story every day would get old, too. So I figured once or twice a week would be a well needed update for me. I am only away from you as far as your mind let's you be. Take care and more information on me as I think of it... It you want a personal comment, my e-mail at work is a little different than it used to be. I am there Monday through Thursday of most weeks and it can be sent to me if needed. My new address is:
msbradley@lyondellbasell.com. One of the things that happened while I was down, is that our company was bought out by Basell and this is the new name they decided on.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Tuesday, Feb.5 and moving along
Well, week one working my old job went by with out any major problems. It was a busy week for the most part, but I did OK. I got to see a lot of people that I have not seen in a while and most knew what I went through. Most were able to keep up with me on this site. A new shift started on Monday, so I saw more people that I had not seen for quite some time, too. I had a job Monday morning where I had to climb up a ladder to get to. My wonderful wife was not happy about it and my boss was a little concerned, too. I made it up about 20 ladder steps without any issues. It was hard to get up, but the coming down was better. I thought the coming down would be my problem, but it wasn't.
After lunch today, I got into a conversation with two guys that I recently met (new hires in my old work group). We had a good talk but they asked about why I was so tender at times. I gave them the whole story as I know it. They, like many others, were surprised that I was walking and actually still alive. I know I am one of the fortunate ones in life and God helped me out so I could stay here for a while longer. I know my wife is going through a lot of concerns for me right now, but with time, my body will adjust and she will get used to me as I improve. I know I still have a lot of pains, but He lets me breathe EVERY day. For this, I am thankful. I am not taking my pain medicine every day, but I take it every once in a while. My tailbone still hurts and my pelvic area is still sore, too. I do not try to lift anything with weight from the ground. There are certain things I know not to do to push myself in the wrong directions, so I work around these and move forward.
I will close for now as I am and hopefully with keep moving in the right direction. Keep your prayers moving in the right direction and ask God for help if needed. He is the Great one that helped everyone save my life. Thank you all for being there for me. I love you all so much.
Mark 2/5/08
After lunch today, I got into a conversation with two guys that I recently met (new hires in my old work group). We had a good talk but they asked about why I was so tender at times. I gave them the whole story as I know it. They, like many others, were surprised that I was walking and actually still alive. I know I am one of the fortunate ones in life and God helped me out so I could stay here for a while longer. I know my wife is going through a lot of concerns for me right now, but with time, my body will adjust and she will get used to me as I improve. I know I still have a lot of pains, but He lets me breathe EVERY day. For this, I am thankful. I am not taking my pain medicine every day, but I take it every once in a while. My tailbone still hurts and my pelvic area is still sore, too. I do not try to lift anything with weight from the ground. There are certain things I know not to do to push myself in the wrong directions, so I work around these and move forward.
I will close for now as I am and hopefully with keep moving in the right direction. Keep your prayers moving in the right direction and ask God for help if needed. He is the Great one that helped everyone save my life. Thank you all for being there for me. I love you all so much.
Mark 2/5/08
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