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I am beside myself with joy! Gracie and I are strolling through the park near our home, and I noticed leaves are falling from the trees. Some of the leaves have turned a beautiful bright yellow. And a gentle rain has begun to fall. I cannot tell you how happy I am! The only thing that would add to my joy, would be if I could actually smell the new rain.
I still have no sense of smell. My taste is greatly diminished too.
I am so happy that I had that MRI yesterday. The results should be coming within a week they told me. It was actually a very interesting experience!
The most difficult part was holding still. Especially since I suddenly had the urge to cough. Violently. I shared this information with the technician. She shook her head and told me no coughing, sneezing or any kind of movement whatsoever.
"It would ruin the scan", she said somberly.
I told her perhaps I should use my inhaler. She told me that was a good idea. So I hopped off the scan machine and went to the room where I had changed into my scrubs. I took a long draw on my inhaler and a swig of water.
They put a washcloth over my eyes and lay a blanket on top of me. Another technician handed me a set of earbuds. She told me they would be communicating with me the entire time I was being scanned.
The whole process took about 45 minutes. I dozed off shortly after I was drawn into the machine. I felt like a DVD being inserted. The machine itself was rather noisy. It felt very science fiction like. It took me back to my Star Trek days. Many blips, beeps, and squeaks. But the oddest thing was I could feel it in my joints. Especially my TMJ joint. I felt like my bones were being rattled.
I felt a little light-headed afterwards. And it did leave me with a headache.
I decided not to teach that afternoon. My son and his girlfriend are attempting to get clean and sober. I had made a care package of food and clothing donations for them from my daughter and son-in-law. I also brought coloring pages and colored pencils, and protein bars.
I headed over to their apartment. I was really pleased with their progress. Today was, I believe day 6 for them. They were tired, but very coherent. And very committed to their sobriety. I asked them to come sit outside with me. I had written a prayer for overcoming addiction that I had found on the internet. It really touched me deeply. I asked if I could read it to them. I reached out to put my hands on their shoulders, but my son's girlfriend grabbed my hand. So I took both of their hands in mine and bowed my head.
It was difficult to read aloud through the tears welling up. But I made it. Afterwards they both smiled a little awkwardly. But it was a precious moment.
Then they asked me if I would go to dinner with them. We had a lovely dinner with her mom at my son's girlfriend's restaurant downtown.
My heart was full as I caught the bus back home.
9/15/2018:
Finally blogging again. This week has been very busy. I moved with my daughter, Baby Gracie, Honey Dog and my son-in-law. Same complex, different apartment. The old apartment apparently smelled of dog urine even though they had replaced the carpet and steam cleaned.
I could not smell it, of course because of my lack of a sense of smell.
It is a blessing really. The old apartment was on the 3rd floor. This new apartment is ground level. No more stairs! Easy to push the stroller out, hop on my bike, or bring my parents over for a visit!
So we have been busy packing, unpacking, cleaning... Plus in the midst of it all, my son-in-law had gone hunting. And Baby Gracie is teething. 12 months old and still no teeth!
I received a call from the ENT two days ago. No brain tumor! But they did find "significant, serious sinus disease".
I asked her if their was a medical diagnosis for that. She said no.
They are treating me with....
wait for it...
STEROIDS and ANTIBIOTICS!
Arrggg! I have been this route before. But I humbly accepted. She said after I finish my meds, they will see me again. If there is no significant improvement, they will do a CT scan.
In the meantime, I have another symptom. A little embarrassing. So skip this if you are not a fan of TMI.
I have a chest rash. On one side, little bumps. On the other side a big boil!
I have been reading, and it could be do to sweating, and hormones. My daughter thinks all of my weird ailments have a hormonal component. I am going to try some home remedies, including an alkaline cleanse which my daughter recommended.
My diet is not the best these days. And I have not been exercising much. Aaccording to some experts, an acidic diet can lead to all kinds of health problems, including cancer.
So, starting tomorrow I will be eating mostly fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and legumes.
Sound familiar? I have been attempting to eat this way for many moons!
But I keep sliding back to meat, dairy and carbs. Especially when I am broke and on the road teaching. My McDonald's app may be the death of me!
Oh, let's not speak of death. I am still alive. I have a wonderful, crazy life. I will keep on kicking.
But God has been answering my prayers. My son has a new job! And my father had surgery to remove his skin cancer yesterday. My mother called me and told me it was successful. No further surgery needed.
And Baby Gracie is pulling herself up to standing. About ready to walk!
But poor Honey Dawg. She ran outside two days ago and cut her paw on glass. Her dad patched it up nicely. She is no longer bleeding. We are watching for signs of infection.
Gracie has been by her side comforting her.
We all need a little comfort sometimes, don't we?
On that note, I need to run and pick up my prescriptions.
I sound like a broken record, but I need to blog and exercise daily. I will keep you posted on my alkaline diet.
I need to do more research but here is a link to an interesting article, if you are so inclined. (I will spare you articles about boils!)
https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-and-nutrition/diet/comprehensive-review-alkaline-diet-what-it-how-it-works-what-eat/
Talk to you tomorrow I hope!
Love,
Zita
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