Yesterday I went to the eye doctor and got the okay to wear my contacts again! Hooray!! He was VERY happy that the mesh had been removed and that it was no longer effecting the shape of my eye. So, back to contacts :-). It is funny though, I feel like I am starting all over and having to get used to the all over again after having so much time without them.
I tried to make my follow up appt with my neurosurgeon-AGAIN, but when I called Wednesday the only appt they had in all of Feb was Thursday AM at 930. Considering that my surgeon is 6 hours away-I said no thank you. They said to try back in March. Good grief. It is going to be a 3 month post op follow-up! Oh well. Apparently, he only does one clinic day a month.
I didn't do too many exercises with Cesar yesterday. He seems a little sore so I may give him until Sunday before we do too much. Maybe just massaging and stretching for a few days. Poor guy. I wish I had some idea on how to get him all better. He is just still a little sore on his right front. Our only guess is that it is an unhealed bruise or that his sole is just really sore. His left front is the only one that suffered any rotation, and that has been clear on his last two sets of x-rays-so I hope that time and softer ground will help him. It will be nice when the ground isn't frozen every morning!!
So, I am off to work today for only 6 hours, but at least I will be wearing my contacts!!
TGIF!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
02/06/11
What a great weekend. Yesterday work went well. I was a little stressed but, health-wise, it went okay. Then, two of my friends came over to do Cesar's exercises with me. He did well but there was a storm coming in so all the horses were being a little silly.
Today, Vicki came over and we did Cesar's exercises together. He did amazing today-And, he was SOUND! A great day! He is getting better and better and the neck stretches, and I think that the same will happen with all the leg stretches. He is still loving every minute of his "physical therapy." I guess he gets that from me because I love it too! I will be sad this Tuesday b/c it is my last day!
Then, I helped Hubby clean the barn and the pastures and then went to the spa! Today I decided to go ahead and include the scalp massage portion. It went okay. I am definitely still sensitive in some areas (especially anywhere in front of my incision site-the temple is the worst!) but overall I think it is so relaxing to have a scalp massage that it was worth it! She was careful and did a great job.
So, now I will stay up and watch the Super Bowl just so that I can see the newest Budwieser commercial with the horses. I have to say I am one of those people who just watch for the commercials. The sad thing is that Hubby wanted hamburgers for the game and I still can't open my mouth very wide-so I will have a heck of a time eating a burger...fries and baked beans for me :-). Hopefully someday my jaw will be fixed so that I can open it like normal!
Today, Vicki came over and we did Cesar's exercises together. He did amazing today-And, he was SOUND! A great day! He is getting better and better and the neck stretches, and I think that the same will happen with all the leg stretches. He is still loving every minute of his "physical therapy." I guess he gets that from me because I love it too! I will be sad this Tuesday b/c it is my last day!
Then, I helped Hubby clean the barn and the pastures and then went to the spa! Today I decided to go ahead and include the scalp massage portion. It went okay. I am definitely still sensitive in some areas (especially anywhere in front of my incision site-the temple is the worst!) but overall I think it is so relaxing to have a scalp massage that it was worth it! She was careful and did a great job.
So, now I will stay up and watch the Super Bowl just so that I can see the newest Budwieser commercial with the horses. I have to say I am one of those people who just watch for the commercials. The sad thing is that Hubby wanted hamburgers for the game and I still can't open my mouth very wide-so I will have a heck of a time eating a burger...fries and baked beans for me :-). Hopefully someday my jaw will be fixed so that I can open it like normal!
Friday, February 4, 2011
02/04/11
Any of you other clipping survivors get really bad headaches everytime a low pressure weather system comes in? Yuck. These headaches are horrible! I hardly had headaches before my surgery and now I have these horrible ones.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
02/03/11
Wow-blogging takes time-and apparently, I don't have any!
So, last week ended well. I worked Saturday and all went well.
This week I worked 9 hours on Monday. I came home and CRASHED! I was SO tired. The weird thing is that over night my face got all swollen again. It hasn't been puffy for a long time now, but I guess at work I talked more or just moved around a lot and it got so swollen. So, Tuesday I went to physical therapy. It went okay but it was obvious how tired I had made myself on Monday.
Then, Tuesday after my physical therapy, I started Cesar's (my horse) physical therapy. He loved it. My trainer Vicki Kelley came over to help me and we did a combination of massage, acupressure, stretching and some light exercise. It was amazing. I got three books recently to read before we got started and then put some exercises together and made a rehab plan for Cesar. I thought since physical therapy has helped me so so so much, he deserves to have it also. I really think it is going to help him a lot. I am planning on doing around 2 months of these exercises and then we will start under saddle again but continue these exercises. If anyone wants more detail about what I am doing-please let me know and I will happily pass it on. I am so excited about it. Cesar still isn't totally sound so we are going to have to see how it goes-we may not ever do dressage again-but we can certainly do physical therapy! Wish us luck!
Today I had a nephrology appt at UNC. Everything went great. My kidneys are hanging in there! Keep up the good work guys :-)
So, last week ended well. I worked Saturday and all went well.
This week I worked 9 hours on Monday. I came home and CRASHED! I was SO tired. The weird thing is that over night my face got all swollen again. It hasn't been puffy for a long time now, but I guess at work I talked more or just moved around a lot and it got so swollen. So, Tuesday I went to physical therapy. It went okay but it was obvious how tired I had made myself on Monday.
Then, Tuesday after my physical therapy, I started Cesar's (my horse) physical therapy. He loved it. My trainer Vicki Kelley came over to help me and we did a combination of massage, acupressure, stretching and some light exercise. It was amazing. I got three books recently to read before we got started and then put some exercises together and made a rehab plan for Cesar. I thought since physical therapy has helped me so so so much, he deserves to have it also. I really think it is going to help him a lot. I am planning on doing around 2 months of these exercises and then we will start under saddle again but continue these exercises. If anyone wants more detail about what I am doing-please let me know and I will happily pass it on. I am so excited about it. Cesar still isn't totally sound so we are going to have to see how it goes-we may not ever do dressage again-but we can certainly do physical therapy! Wish us luck!
Today I had a nephrology appt at UNC. Everything went great. My kidneys are hanging in there! Keep up the good work guys :-)
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