Happy Sunday

Happy Sunday and I'm another day closer to my 60th.

For those who don't know I had a incident last week. I was going to go for a walk with my husband and as we got out of the car at the Wild Mile trail I wasn't quite up to par. I was a little stiff, walked a little funny and my thoughts were a little jumbled. My sweet hubby became concerned and after a few minutes turned me back to the car and proceeded to take me to the emergency room. I must admit that the entire few hours are in fog for me so most of what I am telling you seems more like a movie rather than real but my hubby assures me it's real.

At the emergency room they asked me questions which I remember thinking I need to really think hard and answer correctly or they might charge me double, our insurance doesn't pay for this and I'm sure the doctor knows he gets more if I answer wrong. So, "Birth date?" "Yes I do. It's every year at the same time!" I'm 59 going on 60. I'm going to blog about it with my friends when I get out of here!"...the doctor just smiles...I think he just added $$ to my bill.

After I napped a little I got to go with the nice young man on a little gurney ride around the hospital which cost a few more $$s. I wanted to tell him I had already been on a tour of this hospital as I'd been a volunteer here for the last 8 years or so but he was having so much fun I couldn't disappoint him so I just napped and kept quiet as he wheeled me in and out of the lab area where they took photos of my brain which I think was for the lobby art walk and then wheeled me back to the emergency room where the doctor said all test looked good, blood pressure fine, blood sugar good, no sign of stroke, etc. I am good to go!

Richard took me out to the car, drove me home and I slept for hours.

Now I am not sure why I had this episode from soap "The Doctors" but I am really not worried about it. My family doctor is, my husband is, but I am not. Of course I haven't got the bill for the tour of the emergency room from the hospital yet and that might change my entire perspective, but for now I am doing fine. No more slurred speech, stumbling or sleepiness but there's always tomorrow.

I am not taking it lightly I am making changes to my diet and exercise. It's not easy and some days are easier than others. I am overweight and eat badly, exercise little and sleep badly. I want to thank Alice and Jan for encouraging me to lose weight and focus on getting better without being crazy about it. I want to enjoy my life but have quality of life as well.

Thank you friends and family for being so wonderful that I look forward to being with you every day and laughing with you always. I will always be silly and I hope we can all laugh at ourselves together. I know that you will always love me for who I really am, someone who loves you dearly.

God Bless you for being the best people God ever put on this earth! You make me a better person because you are in my life!