Here is it, another week gone by. Life is great to me. I just know certain things are not to be done by me. This is getting easier to accept now than it was a month ago. Changing light bulbs used to be easy for me, but no, they are a problem now. I have to get a stool out to do them. When you are as tall as me, these should be much easier than they are. The reaching part is what gets me to hurting. I got out and mowed yesterday and the effort made me hurt yesterday. The flat part goes OK but the slope of the ditches make me fight more.
I got a message for my cousin Jo since my last note. She is one of the many that still watches my progress. She was always one of those kind of people that helps watch out for me. Many of you do this and I always appreciate the thoughts and prayers. I started to quit writing here, but several people like to know where I am and how I am doing.
Work is going OK, too. There are many parts of it that I can not do, but most of them out there know this and help out when asked. I told one of them that I needed someone to climb and look at a job and that I could do it, but would be out for a couple of weeks in pain. He told me NOT to climb up there. He would make sure this got done. The last thing he needed was for me to be out again! Another guy at work talked with me about an issue and we had discussed it before, but I did not remember any details. I apologized for my mind not being like it was before my accident and that I am only about half of where it was before. He was OK with this because me, at half of where I was before, is better than others at full capacity. This made me feel good to hear this. I have known him for many years and for him to have this much faith in me helps a lot.
Betty is talking again about me going in and having my mind capacity checked. There is a doctor that the hospital recommended that does this. She wants it done but I am afraid to find out the truth here. I know it is not where it used to be, but someone telling me the truth may hurt a little bit. She will line this doctor up for me and figure out what needs to happen from there. She also wants me to go back to the hospital physical therapist and find out this information, too. Another person hurting me with truthful things I may not want to know. The truth hurts sometimes! I am still here because of her so if this is something she wants, off I go.
I am trying to find out what needs to be done around the house to fix it up for us to move out. I know there are a lot of things that I can't do, but we will hire someone to do them. A little bit here and a little bit there and then, we can look forward to where we are and how we need to be.....
If you are one of the people that reads this, Thanks. Even if you only look once in a while, I am OK with that too. You people are all part of me now. I love each of you more than you realize. I am still here because of these feelings.
Thanks and may God be with you as needed. It means the world to still be here breathing on my own...
Mark 3/30/08
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Just stopping by to say hello, its always nice to hear from you. I check here everyday, but I don't always stop and take the time to send a comment. It always amazes me at how far you've come, even though you feel you aren't able to do a lot of things there is so much more that you can do compared to 2 months after your accident. Keep up the progress, your doing great, just remember complete healing takes time. We continue to pray for you everyday. Love and prayers, the Keatons
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