I began my Tuesday morning at 6:00 a.m. by doing my stretching. At 6:30 I then went to the kitchen to eat my breakfast. Once I had finished eating at 7:00, I then went back to my bedroom to do my weight exercises. I then took my shower continuing to get ready for my day ahead. United soon arrived to bring me to WestSide at 7:40. Upon my arrivel for my 9:00 a.m. appointment, I had finding meaning group with Jennifer who is an intern at WestSide. During group today Doug talked about how he has been knitting at home while he watches his daughter while his wife is at work. During group I felt anger towards the situation that I am in, not towards Doug. I am finally starting to feal what it is really like to live with this problem and getting more frustrated by the day. I know there are some who have it worse off then I, but as one doctor of mine said I am not just visually impaired, I am not just brain injured and live with a short term memory loss, I am not just physically disabled, I have to deal with all of these things on a daily bases. Jennifer then gave Doug and I a paragraph to read and to think about over the week.
"Meaning" and Purpose" have different connotation. "Meaning" refers to sense, or coherence. It is a geral term for what is intended to be expressed by something. A search for meaning implies a search for coherence. "Purpose" refers to intention, aim, function. When we inquire about the purpose of something, we are asking about its role of function: What does it do? To what end? After a half an hour break I then had a nursing session with Sally, theWestSides Nurse. Sally first took my blood pressure, we then used my inhaler. Once that was done we then talked about doctors appointments. At 12:00 I then went to the dinning area to eat my lunch with some of the other clients that were there today. At 12:30 I then went to the ywca with John and Michelle and other clients for aquasize. Today John had me using a noodle kicking my feet forward and backward so as to get use to the motion so when I am able to run again the legs will know what to do. John also had us walking side to side, crossing our legs behind and forward as we went. I arrived back to WestSide after aquasize at 2:50 getting right into the United van from John's vehicle. I was soon on my way home. I arrived home at 4:15 thus sitting right down to blog. What a busy day.
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