Physical Therapy and exhaustion and taking a break~~~

Hello Dear Readers,

I can tell you this, what ever you do, do not break a leg or an ankle.  

I've been told it will take at least another 6 months or more for full healing, and at least 3 to 6 months for physical therapy to have full range of motion and strength in those bones.

I had my physical therapy session today, one of many, and I am exhausted, the good thing is my psychical therapist is cute and a real sweet-heart but he says I've got to do "this work" to not be crippled up and to have full range of motion.

Sometimes doing the simplest thing can be difficult,  but there is in "the gym" people with missing limbs learning how to walk,  or move their hands.  One fellow lost both his legs, but he doesn't want to be in a wheel chair, if at all possible,  he is willing to learn to walk with artificial limbs, more power to him.

So for me it's trying to master standing on one leg for 8 seconds, I've made it to 5.  It's just trying to learn my "center".  

And I've discovered I can do things better now than before.  But it's being able to walk around without having any fear of falling again.  My fear is my front porch steps, my therapist and I talked about it,  and he came out to my house and discovered that the tread is smaller than normal, based on what was permitted 50 years ago, now step treads are wider in depth, so for that he said it's o.k. to use the cane for balance.

The ankle does throb from time to time, and all I can do is ice it or take Alive if the throbbing is too bad,  but it's the screws in the bones, in talking to the doctor it seems that I sort of smashed the smaller ankle bones out of shape besides breaking the fibula and that is why the screws are there.   And they will never be removed.   So with the cold and over excersion it will throb like arthritis, but that is part of the new paradime, I just have to get use to it. 

I did keep as a "good luck" charm, one of the metal staples that the surgeons used as stitches to hold everything together, I kept it when they removed them, I'm going to have it put in clear acrylic as a tear drop pendant.   My Doctor thinks I'm weird, my young family members think its cool.

I've been answering questions mostly of late, but I need to take a little break, I'm having family members visiting over this weekend they are arriving later this evening so I will not be able to respond to any questions or comments.

I ask that you be patient I will return.

Bright Blessings,
Ms. Q

Happy 4th of July!!! Taking a short break~~~

Hello Everyone,

Right now I am with my family and friends (and there are a lot of them here) we are celebrating the 4^th of July Independence Day.   

I got “Hi-jacked” to go and see the local parade, with bands, and floats and what I love the most is the mounted horse units, especially the Caballeros with their spirited horses.   And we know when the parade has ended because the last display unit is the city street sweeper. 

At least I could sit in a comfortable chair and out of the sun,  my family has cooked up lots of bar-be-que and they will go and watch the sanctioned fireworks, while some of the older members will stay home with me to make sure the illegal fireworks don’t set anything on fire.  

I am able to walk around a bit better, the Doctor has me in a figure 8 cross-brace now, which is like an extra, extra heavy duty compression bandage with fancy ace bandages,  and I use a cane and always someone holds my arm to make sure I don’t fall.    I need that with the little one’s running around blowing bubbles, sometimes they don’t see where they are going. 

I’m also going to physical therapy to make sure I get full range of motion, but I can forget 3 inch heels, well I never wore them anyway, always pinched my toes.

I’ve managed to squeeze in a few replies to questions and comments but I’m going to have to take a break for the next day or two to recover from the festivities and go to my doctor appointments.

Now I have not forgotten your question Jay, nor yours Onyx, but give me a little time to respond, I did get seriously invaded.

And the little ones want to watch for the next few days a Harry Potter film marathon because some of them are going to the Universal Resort to see the Harry Potter section.   I wish I could go but I’m no longer built for some of those roller coaster type rides.  

One interesting thing that I’ve been having is a chat with some of the family and some of my practitioner friends, is about St. Martha also known as St. Martha the Dominator because it was brought up in one of my questions.    So much so that I may do a blog post about her. 

I’ve always said that sometimes it pays to work with the saints because their energy can help us in dealing with problems.    But we also have to remember that sometimes the saints may say “no”, and that is because they may see something better for us, or because it is a life lesson we need to learn from.

So I will return in a day or two,  right now I have to go,  they brought out dessert!   I always say “Life is short, eat the dessert first!”  but oh my how my nephew cooked up those ribs!!

Bright Blessings,

Ms. Q

Need to take a little break~~~

Hello Everyone,

Some of you have posted questions to me, and I will get to them but I need to take a break for a couple of days.

I have company visiting and we are taking advantage of the sunny but cold weather.

I will respond to your questions and concerns in a couple of days.

Thank You.

Bright Blessings,
Ms. Q

Once again taking a break for surgery~~~~

Dear Ms. Q and to my blog readers,

I am going in for eye surgery next week and I will be unable to post for a while.

I had been postponing it because its only a cataract in one eye, not visually endangering but now it has reached a point where it is becoming difficult to read either on my computer or my notes, even with the aid of a magnifying glass.

My Doctor has said that of late he has seen more cataract problems with the increase of computer and e-books (such as Kindle etc.) and all those small apps on cell phones and his surgery on cataracts and other visions problems has increased.

Even the use of filters doesn't help, another thing is that more and more people are going out into the sun wearing fashion sunglasses and not those that are designed for your eye care or even the wearing of hats to shade ones eyes.

All that glare has increased the amount of eye problems that he is seeing in his medical office.

He honestly told me that although the removal of the cataract will solve my problem I have to think of it as cleaning a dirty window---I will Not get the vision of a 20 year old, No, but I will have the clear vision of someone who is 70 plus and still needs to wear glasses and use other visual aids.

At least he's honest about it.

However I will have to endure not being able to read for several weeks while my eye heals, but I have family to help me, and I can at least listen and watch  Television with my other good eye without straining it.  But it will be a bit boring.

I am going to have my niece go through my notes and such to at least help me organize it and attach comments to my notes as I dictate to her.  She is a good girl and is a bit surprised about her great-grandmother and her grandmother, I may have awakened her mind.

Until later Many Blessings to all of you and to you Ms. Q.

An interruption in my writing or taking a short break~~

Dear Everyone,  all of you who read my blog,

I'm going to need to take a short break from posting information for a while, some family matters have come up that need to be attended to.

I recommend to all of you who have just newly discovered my blog to start reading it from the Very First Post.

Do NOT SKIP around and read only what You think is interesting to you.  I have found that when new readers do that, they may miss out on something that is important to them.  Or will find the answer they need in those earlier posts.

The first part or early part of my Blog was dealing with wicca, witchcraft, but I need to remind everyone that I do a lot of things in terms of witchcraft, Catholic mysticisms and ritual, a touch of conjure and a bit of hoodoo, Not Voodoo.

As I was growing up My Grandmother had a group of ladies who were pretty much from all over the United States and the World who immigrated here to the US and eventually to where my Grandmother lived.

So my learning was eclectic or a mix-bag.  The ladies in my Grandmother's group were from Germany and Russia, England, Italy, Louisiana, Hawaii, Portugal and the Azores, Brazil, France, oh we were a mixed bag, and even though a few were Protestant, most were Catholic.

One of my earliest religious teachers was an old Jewish Rabbi who was very old and could not be quiet as active in his temple, but people who knew him would go to him for advice, which my Grandmother felt would help me get a very good grounding in my religious teaching, his children were grown as well as his grandchildren, so having a child around him, playing checkers or Old Maid amused him.  I remember he said to me many times that I kept his mind young, asking him questions all the time.  And I learned from him as well.  And from his wife who was 20 years younger than him.

Just as I learned from the ladies in Granny's group and from my Grandmother.  I did say I'm over 60 years old---I just didn't say how much over 60, lets just say I was born before World War II.  That will give you an idea of the era I grew up in.

But I do need to take a short break,  To one person whom I recently posted to, I have not forgotten you, and I will conclude with what you and others may need to do for protection, but I do have to take care of some things.

Blessings to all,
Ms. Q