So once again my slackness is showing by my lack of updates but I am getting better...maybe...anyway as far as updates go
I was so upset about losing my bracelett and had lost out all hope when it came to the following wednesday and I had no contact from anyone I just assumed it was lost. BUT at about 5 pm on Thursday I received a call from one of the shops to say that a worker from the store had just found my bracelet on a shelf and had handed it in to management. I was estatatic, and went the following morning first thing to pick it up. I was so happy that I left the manager a bottle of bubbles to share with her staff. I find that kind of honesty refreshing...it absolutely made my day.
The other thing I have been busy doing is organising the flights and accomodation for November. With 6 months (209 days 18 hrs and 6 minutes if you are counting along
) to go I figured now is the perfect time to grab some cheap accomodation. I not only managed that but I got some really cheap return airfares...this also enables me to put together the last of my funding request.
I was just about to post off my superannuation forms for my GCS funding and as I read the instructions, I noted that they stated clearly that the entire form had to be filled out by the Dr. Now me in my attempt to help had completed the basic information on the form including in the Dr's area and in each case the information was about the hospital that I was having the op at....long story short I had to race around and get both the Drs to re-write the parts of the report that had been computer filled. I have fixed one and am waiting on the other to come back from the Dr's but that won't happen until at least next week so I just have to sit tight....I should have known better and read the instructions first...sigh...no real harm done it just delays stuff for a week.
Had an uplifting conversation the other day with my wife. I was procrastinating over booking the accomodation and airfares for Melbourne and each time I went to confirm it I hesitated and began running things back through my head and then I would have another go and then stop and so on and so on. When I eventually sat down for a coffee and she asked me if I had sorted out the accommodation and if not then why not? So I babbled on about some stuff, running excuses but no reasons...she stopped me and gently told me that it was time I took care of myself that I had spent a huge portion of my life being who I wasn't for other people and it was now time to take care of me.....WOW what can you say to that...I went directly to the computer and paid for the accomodation and airfares without further hesitation. Her generostiy of spirit never fails to amaze me, even after 35 years.
Today I attended a sugical consult in regards to my bad hip...I have to have a new hip one...a hip replacement at 55...bugger...and I have to have it ASAP....now what that means is it is supposed to be done within 90 days but we will see what happens because I doubt it will happen that quickly. I will be glad to lose my cane which I have had for the last few years although the surgeon did say I needed my right side doing as badly as this side but that will be for another time. I have emailed my surgeon, as with these things it is more likley to go well over 90 days before they will get to me and it could easily be towards November before I have my new hip which of course could potentionally cause me issues if Dr Ives has some rules around how close together he will do surgeries. I should know fairly soon what his parameters are.
Things have become very real as far as surgery goes. I can actually feel a little excitement starting to build now that I have booked and paid for everything...it is taking on a very real feel to it. I am fluctuating between being scared/terrified to happy/elated and all stages in between. Overall I am very positive about it but would love to skip straight to post recovery.
So that is my life at the moment...each day I get one closer to my GCS and also its now one closer to a new hip as well YAY!!! I am looking forward to spending a little time here catching up with everyone's lives over the last week
Take care
Liz
