I do not have much to say,except I finally have a date scheduled for my eye surgery! About time! It will be at Northwestern in Chicago on June 20th @ 12:30...not soon enough,but it is getting done atleast. They might do both eyes and since I am kind of a special case...I might need to stay overnight for which is usally an outpatient procedure. Whatever...I heard NW just remodled the rooms and they have flat screen T.V.s in all the rooms! haha.I am gonna miss the cubs - sox game though...not cool!...I am soooo sick of my double vision and then I can practice my driving finally! I will have a long time to practice!
Yesterday, (Sunday)I was out and about. It was very cool, because my friend Corey picked me up and we went to James house and had a bonfire with the boys.(bonfire in May?) It was nice, because I am at the point now I can go to hangout with them wherever...Last summer I was basically homebound and now it is fairly easy to handle me and I feel way much more safe. It is not the same because half my neck and face do not work...which makes talking exhausting and my voice is weak,slow and my speech is a little slurred.It made me sad, but at the same time it was awesome!!! I was really starting to miss hangin out that way.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Getting Somewhere!
A few weeks back, I was talking about how IUN would only give me 18 of my 94 credits! Well,all that has changed and now I need only 29 to graduate!...That is more like it! But, the only catch is it is a degree in general studies. My first thought...What the hell!...Then, I thought about it. Anymore, employers just want that piece of paper. Yeah, a certain area would be nice, but it didnt work out that way.I plan on getting my masters anyway....whatever...It is a degree. Even cooler yet, since Bloomington was so important to me and I worked so hard...The lady I am working with, knows a way to have my degree, say at that tiny print at the bottom...Issued in Bloomington. Thank you Joan!!(that is her name).
On Wednesday, my awesome friends...James and Joe...who I owe, took me to Evanston,Northwestern where I had my surgery ,to have an MRI which I have every four months and meet with my neurologist that was at my surgery. I never thought in a million years, my friends would be taking me for an MRI...I am so lucky and grateful I have friends like that. Anyways, my nueurologist appoinment went well. No changes in my scan!!! I asked a few questions and she said something I never thought about. How I lived the last year before surgery, living the lifestyle I did.The part of the brain the tumor was in or around was not much bigger than the tumor itself...So, she thought it was nuts that I could have somthing that large in my brain and still function... CRAZY! Also, from how she was talking,I am further along than she expects. You know, doctors are very intelligent and have many years of school, but people tend to forget...They are just human. Just because the book says something does not mean it is right. We all know, books can be wrong. Everyone has different healing abilities,levels of motivation or work ethic and point of view etc. I have a good friend and her Mom is a radiologist. She has to tell people all the time "you have cancer" They always ask, will I live or die.People that she has told will die, refuse to beleive they will die and somtimes have not. The people she has told will live, sometimes die because they let it get to them. When people say "Attitude is everything" ...man, is that true!!!
On Wednesday, my awesome friends...James and Joe...who I owe, took me to Evanston,Northwestern where I had my surgery ,to have an MRI which I have every four months and meet with my neurologist that was at my surgery. I never thought in a million years, my friends would be taking me for an MRI...I am so lucky and grateful I have friends like that. Anyways, my nueurologist appoinment went well. No changes in my scan!!! I asked a few questions and she said something I never thought about. How I lived the last year before surgery, living the lifestyle I did.The part of the brain the tumor was in or around was not much bigger than the tumor itself...So, she thought it was nuts that I could have somthing that large in my brain and still function... CRAZY! Also, from how she was talking,I am further along than she expects. You know, doctors are very intelligent and have many years of school, but people tend to forget...They are just human. Just because the book says something does not mean it is right. We all know, books can be wrong. Everyone has different healing abilities,levels of motivation or work ethic and point of view etc. I have a good friend and her Mom is a radiologist. She has to tell people all the time "you have cancer" They always ask, will I live or die.People that she has told will die, refuse to beleive they will die and somtimes have not. The people she has told will live, sometimes die because they let it get to them. When people say "Attitude is everything" ...man, is that true!!!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Oah yeah!
It is brain tumor action week this week! E-mail your friends the link!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRTQGYiQPJI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRTQGYiQPJI
For Sale
First off,sorry I have not updated this for a while. My friend is buying a bike and it has been my soul purpose in life to find her a great bike...jj...Well, not really. Last week, I was kinda upset that most my fiends are about to graduate or already did. Lol...Not upset b/c they did or will graduate. Just the fact I have missed so much.I knew that, already but it kinda hit me then. Well,I guess at least I had the chance to experience IU while I could! I beleive this happened to me for a reason,what that reason is, I may never know! Anyways, Therapy is goin well but sloooow still and my therapists and I get along well. Hopefully the weather stays nice and I can start pool therapy! Cant wait!!!
Today, I made a monumental decision...I am going to sell my bike! I know...It sucks, but it comes with the territory. Last night, I was brutally(if that is how you spell that?) honest with myself. It is gonna be a looong time before "you" ride a bike on the road again. I mean it is just sitting all by it lonesome...looking like a word I cannot type on this! It will just lose value and I could use the cash.Possibly,by the time I can ride again...I will be working, so I can by the Rolls Royce of road bikes! So,If you know anyone that is in need of a magnificent machine"or bike"lol...Let me know. jabbate@indiana.edu 54cm 2005 cannondale R5000 with almost full dura ace except a carbon FSA crank...no pedals...Fiziks saddle...Mavic kysyrium elite wheels....carbon fiber fork and post...a little over 1000 miles...great bike, just forced to sell! Give me a reasonable offer.
Today, I made a monumental decision...I am going to sell my bike! I know...It sucks, but it comes with the territory. Last night, I was brutally(if that is how you spell that?) honest with myself. It is gonna be a looong time before "you" ride a bike on the road again. I mean it is just sitting all by it lonesome...looking like a word I cannot type on this! It will just lose value and I could use the cash.Possibly,by the time I can ride again...I will be working, so I can by the Rolls Royce of road bikes! So,If you know anyone that is in need of a magnificent machine"or bike"lol...Let me know. jabbate@indiana.edu 54cm 2005 cannondale R5000 with almost full dura ace except a carbon FSA crank...no pedals...Fiziks saddle...Mavic kysyrium elite wheels....carbon fiber fork and post...a little over 1000 miles...great bike, just forced to sell! Give me a reasonable offer.
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