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Friday, December 25, 2020

Yeh my sister fixed my blog after the wind storm on December 5th 2020

 12/6/20 Sunday 

we had lost power last night do to a big wind storm witch screwed my blog up and some other internet things. At 9:40 I had woke up this Sunday morning with the power out and had ritz crackers and peanut butter for breakfast. I than took a picture of a tree that fell down on our deck. luckily it missed the house. At 10:00 I then brushed my teeth before filling out gift card for my sister. At 10:05 I watched my father cut up a tree that had fallen during the wind storm. At 10:30 I then wrapped my sister gift for Christmas. After doing so I then made my bed. At 11:04 I had made my bed. before putting my laundry away. At 1:10 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in some air. At 11:26 I then did my easy back stretches. before doing my stroke stretches. At 11:35 I then played a game of cribbage with my mother before eating some lunch. Once I had finished eating, I hen went to my bedroom at 1:00 to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 1:00-3:55 after brushing my teeth. the lights and power came back on at 12:15 a.m.

12/7//20 Monday 

My Monday morning began at 8:00 a.m. by shaving. At 8:11 I then went into the kitchen so as to eat some fruit and drink some cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of hot cereal with half of an english muffin with cream cheese. Once I had finished eating at 8:35 I then brush my teeth and washed my face before taking in some air. At 9:00 I then cleaned and organized my desk top. At 9:15 I then made a list to talk to Nurse Sally about. After doing so, I then took the sheets off of my bed then made it with clean sheets. At 10:00 I prepared my motes to talk to sally about. At 11:00 I had my tela health call with Nurse Sally. We had talked about my back, seizures, and a.f.o. until 12:00 I then ate my lunch. We also spoke about my case manager Trevor for the devision of the bling. Sally then said be careful there is another boss in your life, HA HA!!! We then ended our call. At 11:38 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 11:50 my back stretches. I then began to do my new P.T. stretches. At 12:30 I then had a fish sandwich for lunch with a glass of egg nog. Once I had finished eating, I had brushed my teeth at 12:50 and lied down to rest. I had slept from 12:55-4:00 before waking. Once I had taken a shower I then played a game of cribbage with my mother. At 5:06 I then had a bowl of soup before returning to my bedroom to blog of my day. 

12/8/20 Tuesday

My Tuesday morning began at 7:45 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. After doing so, at 8:12I then had an omelet with half of a toasted English muffin, with some cucumber. Once I had finished eating, I then I then returned to my bedroom at 8:27 to make my bed. At 8:30 I then made my bed and shaved before brushing my teeth. At 8:40 I then shaved At 8:37 I then had brushed my teeth before taking my shower. At 8:50 I the put in my eye and nose dose drops. I then took in two puffs of air. At 9:30 I then left the house for my P.T. session with my father. We had arrived at physical Rehab at 9:50. Once I had called and checked in, I then went inside. To start our session Tamara let me know that today was progress summary day. I was given all these tests. Effection, then the Tennety. She then had me walking testing my balance. Tinnetty balance assessment. She then had me cycle for ten minutes. She then had me in the parallel bars doing heel to toe raises. At 10:54 we then left p.t. We had arrived home at 11:25 Once I had eaten my lunch. At 12:00 I then went to my bedroom to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I slept from 12:10-3:30. Once I was up I had filled my empty pill containers. At 4:05 I then took. a shower before before having a bowl of soup. At 4:52 I then pulled up my blog, so as to type of my day. 

12/9/29 Wednesday

My Wednesday morning began at 8:20 a.m. I had gone into the kitchen so as to eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. I then had an egg cup after doing so. aT 8:53 I then brushed my teeth. At 9:00 my father then gave me a haircut. At 9:15 I then shaved and washed my face. I then put eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of my inhaler, I then brushed my teeth. At 10:00 I then had my tela health call with Frank. We talked about things outside of our control. Frank and I also spoke about using cognitive resources. He then gave me homework for the week say three times daily a positive statement about gettin an a.f.o. We finished our session at 11:57. At 12:00 I then did my stroke exercises. At 12:12 I then had eaten my lunch. before talking to a friend briefly. I then brushed my teeth I then took in some air before doing my back and other p.t. stretches. At 1:20 I then went to bed and slept until 3:50. After taking a shower I had eaten my dinner. I then got ready to go to bed. I then watched the Christmas movie "Most Wonderful Time of the Year." 

12/10/20 Thursday

My Thursday morning began at 8:45 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. After doing so, I then had a piece of toast with a bowl of cereal. Once I had finished eating, I then picked up the kitchen before starting the dishwasher. At 9:32 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth and shave. At 10:05 I began to do the stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 10:20 I continued to stretch by doing my back stretches.  Once I had done my new stretches that I am learning now and doing at P.T. each week, I then cute the kinesio tape on my foot. It starts to wair off after a while, praying to god that it stays on before my next P.T. session. At 10:40 I then put ice on my back. At 11:12 I then empty the dishwasher and put the dishes away. After doing so, I had taken a shower before putting some laundry away. At 1:30 I had left fro my P.T. session. Upon my arrival I had to call and check in answering the questions about the corona virus. Once I had done so. The first the I did was ask my P.T.  about the rules around the holidays on wearing  masks when having a small gathering. He replied you should wear a mask or be six feet apart. While exercising with Ian today he first had me do the bird dog. He then had me do bridging. Once I had done those two exercises Ion then had me do the clam shell. I then continued my doing lunges on the bosu ball in the parallel bars holding each one for ten seconds without holding on. At 2:42 I then left my P.T. session and my father took me home. We had made one stop along the way at wal-greens We had arrived home at 3:00 p.m. I then lied down to rest and slept until 4:40. Once I had taken a shower, I had eaten dinner soon calling it a day. 

12/11/20 Friday. 

My Friday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by opening some Christmas cards that came in the mail for me. I then ate some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. At 9:20 I then had eaten a toasted bagel with strawberry cram cheese. I then returned to my bedroom at 9:44 so as to make my bed before brushing my teeth. I then clean my bathroom before sitting down to write out some Christmas Cards. At 11:00 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 11:18 I then started in with my back stretches. While I was doing so my sister had called. about gifts for Christmas. At 11:38 I then cycled for twenty minutes before watching the news at noon. I then made myself a B.L.T. for lunch at 12:30. Once I had finished eating, I had brushed my teeth and taken a shower. At 1:30 I then lied down to rest and slept unitl 4:08. I then opened some more Christmas cards before writing out some more. At 4:36 I then ate dinner. I then soon called it a day. 

12/12/20 Saturday

My Saturday morning began at 8:40 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat some fruit. Once I had done so, I then returned to my bedroom to make my bed. At 9:32 I then brushed my teeth before cycling for twenty minutes. At 10:10 I then returned to my bedroom to do my easy back stretches. I then took in two puffs of air  before doing my hard back stretches. At 10:24 I then did my new p.t. stretches before continuing with my older p.t. stretches. At 11:25 I then put in my eye and nose drops before making my bed. At 11:26 I then lied down to rest and slept until 2:48. Once I had taken a shower, at 3:15 I then had a bowl of pea soup. At 3:22 I then returned to my bedroom to put some clean laundry away before going online to chat with Naomi a visually impaired friend of mine that I met at Westside Nero Rehab. We spoke about the wind storm, the notes app on eye pad, and my riding the brain train. She then let me know how she received her tactile maps to her get around her community. She then let me know to con tact Trevor my case manager for the devision of the blind to get things started or to see if there are some thing that I can be doing at home. She also let me know to ask Trevor about getting an A.T. person assessment in technology. At 4:30 I then ended my call with Naomi and ate dinner. At 5:10 I then returned to my bedroom to fill my empty pill containers and order some medication. 

12/13/20 Sunday

My Sunday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. At 10:15 I then had scrambled eggs a toasted popover. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 10:35 to brush my teeth and shave. Once I had made my bed, I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air. At 11:05 I then began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 11:25 I then cycled for twenty minutes before doing my back stretches. At 12:12 I then read some of the Sunday paper before watching a Hal-Mark Christmas movie. At 1:15 I then took a shower before laying down to rest at 1:30. At 3:48 I had woke. I then played a game a cribbage with my mother, before sitting down to eat dinner at 4:30. I then soon called it a day. 

12/14/20 Monday

My Monday morning began at 8:30 a.m. by going into kitchen to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. I then peanut-butter and honey on an english muffin toasted. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 9:07 so as to brush my teeth and shave. At 9:20 I then made my bed. At 9:.25 I then washed my hair before cleaning my bathroom. At 9:54 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air. At 10:00 I then listened  to my audio book until 11:00 I then had a tela health meeting with Nurse Sally. Sally let me know that she would call my doctor for an order to be sent to get my a.f.o. started at Hangor Orthotics. Once she had done so, she had called me back to confirm that she had done so today. She let me know that notes from my neurologist had to be faxed over to Hanger. She then let me know we had to get my neurologist and my primary care doctor on the same page, so that the notes can be easily transferred. We soon ended our call. I then did my back stretches and my stroke stretches before having a bowl of soup for lunch. At 12:40 I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 1:07-3:30 before waking. I then took a shower before playing a game of cribbage with my mother. After doing so, I had eaten dinner with my parents. 

12/15/20 Tuesday

I began my Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. by making my bed. I then shaved and took my shower. After doing so, I had gone into the kitchen so as to eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. Once I had eaten my breakfast, I had returned to my bedroom at 8:15 to brush my teeth Once I had put in my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. I then listened to Christmas music while to go to Physical Therapy. My father and I had left the house at 9:43 to go to P.T. Upon our arrival at 10:00 a.m. I had called to answer the usual questions about covid-19 Ian then came out to get me. Once he had put new kinesis tape on my ankle, I began to exercise. He first had me on the nu step for on level 8 for fifteen minutes. He then had me doing sit to stand exercises holding each on for five seconds. Once I completed that exercise, he then had me put a thera band around both legs, he then had me spread my legs and holding for ten second for resistance. Before leaving Tamara let me know that she will  be moving over to the Franklin Memorial Hospital to do P.T. with acute patience. At 11:30 I had arrived home. At 11:45 I had eaten my lunch I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept fom 12:23-4:00. After taking a shower I then played a game of cribbage with my mother. At 4:30 I then ate dinner with my parents. At 5:50 I then opened some Christmas cards. After doing so, I had watched a hal-mark movie called "nine lives of Christmas. 

12/16/20 Wednesday

I began my Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. I then had a dropped egg on a bagel. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 8:37 to brush my teeth. At 8:45 I then shaved before making my bed. I then washed my hair and face. At 9:00 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking two puffs of air. At 9:07 I then got dressed and ready for the day ahead. At 9:15 I wrote positives things to talk about with Frank during our tela health meeting. At 10:00 I then called Frank on tela health. We spoke about my A.F.O. that I will be getting, the tape that is helping my ankle now, how anxiety and how it keeps us alive. How I use to get nervous before road races and how I use to belly breath to get control of body heart rate and brain. Develop plan with sister and parents for holidays. At 10:55  I had looked at last years Christmas cards before throwing them away. At 11:15 I then changed and made my bed. At 11:30 I then dusted my bedroom. At 11:41 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 12:00 I had wrote out some Christmas cards. At 12:30 I then ate lunch. I then brushed my teeth. At 1:00 I filled out a survey from Goodwill. At 1:22 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 2:40 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 4:22, Once I had taken a shower I had eaten dinner and soon called it a day. 

12/17/20 Thursday 

My Thursday morning began at 8:00 by going into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. I then had a toasted bagel with cream cheese. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 8:25to brush my teeth and shave. I then made my bed before taking a sh shower. At 9:10 I then took in two puffs of air before putting in my eye and nose drops. At 9:12 I then cleaned my bathroom befoe laying down to rest at 9:25. I did so until 10:20 before leaving for P.T. with my father. At 10:48 we had arrived at Physical Therapy. Once I had called to check in Tamara came out to get me. She first had me ten minutes on othe nu step. She then had me doing two sets of ten with the clam shell exercise. She then had me sitting on a ball to do leg balance exercises. I then did five sets of five sit to stand exercises. I then leet her know I have to cancel some sessions to prepare for Christmas and make sure all in safe. At 1:20 I then left P.T. arriving home 1:40 Once I had eaten a bowl of soup, I hd lied down to rest as to 2:00 and slept until 4:25. Once I had taken a shower I then ate dinner at 5:00. After doing so, I then called it a day at 5:30.

12/18/20 Friday

My Friday morning began at 9:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. I then had an egg sandwich. At 10:10 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. At 10:20 I then took in two puffs of air before putting my eye and nose drops. At 10:30 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 10:52 I began to my back stretches. At 11:00 I then did my new back stretches. At 11:15 I then cycled for ten minutes At 11:25 I then watched a Christmas special. At 12:10 I then took my pills before putting a sweat shirt on. I then watched television. while resting. I did so until 3:00. After taking a shower, I had put some laundry away. After doing so I had taken a shower. I then played a game of cribbage with my mother before eating dinner with my parents. 

12/19/20 Saturday 

I began my Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa while eating  some fruit. After doing so, I then had a banana sandwich with peanut butter. At 10:12 I then brushed my teeth and took in some air before cycling at 10:20 until 10:42. I then put some clean laundry away before doing my stroke stretches at 11:00. At 11:15 I then did my back stretches. At 11:33 I had finished stretcing. I then showered and shaved. At 12:00 I then made coconut kiss cookies before having a bowl of soup. and a sandwich from mc Donald's. Once I had finished eating, I then opened Christmas cards I then brushed my teeth and went to bed. I slept from 1:20-4:25. I then played a gamed of cribbage with my mother. At 4:50 I ate dinner. After doing so, I then watched some Christmas specials. At 6:00 I then brushed my teeth and went to bed. 

12/20/20 Sunday 

My Monday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. At 10:15 I then had some french toast before returning to my bedroom at 10:30 so as to brush my teeth and shave. At 10:50 I then made my bed At 11:00 I then filled out thank you cards. I then filled out my empty pill containers before taking in some air. At 12:00 I then continued to fill my empty pill containers. I then order some medication. At 12:23 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 12:30 I took a break to eat my lunch. At 1:15 I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept until 4:00 

12/21/20 Monday 

My Monday at 8:55 by going into the kitchen so as eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bagel with cream cheese. At 9:27 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before making my bed. At 9:50 I then washed my hair. At 9:44 I then made my bed. At 9:50 I then washed my hair. After doing so , I then put in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air, at 10:00 I then cleaned my bathroom. After doing so, I then took notes to talk to nurse Sally about. At 11:00 Sally and I had our call. Once we finished talking about medical issues, At 11:45 I began to do my stroke stretches. I then continued to stretch by doing my back stretches. After doing so, I then had a bowl of soup at 12:30. Once I had finished eating I brushed my teeth and rested. At 4:00 I then played a game of cribbage with my mother before taking a shower. At 5:30 I then watched "The Santa Claus" staring Tim Allan. I then called it a day. 

12/22/20 Tuesday

My Tuesday morning began at 9:45 a.m. I had gone into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat some fruit. After doing, at 10:00 I then had a bowl of hot cereal with half of a bagel toasted. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 10:20 to do my stroke stretches. I then brushed my teeth before putting laundry away. At 11:02 I then did my back stretches. while listening to my audio book. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 3:50 before waking. Once I had taken a shower, I then ate my dinner before watching "Home Alone." 

12/23/20 Wednesday 

My Wednesday morning began at 7:25 a.m. by making my bed. After doing so, I then washed my face and hair. I then changed the sheets on my bed and made it. At 8:15 I then went into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat some fruit. Once I had finished eating my breakfast, I then returned to my bedroom at 8:54 to brush my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air. At 9:10 I then cleaned my bathroom. At 10:00 I then spoke to Frank during my counseling session. We spoke about thingsii to do on how to stay safe during the holidays. like using hand sanitizer. We also spoke about how sage I feel with my sister and aunt coming to visit  and how I can help myself stay calm. Look at the weekend as a two day marathon. To reduce anxiety keep telling myself it is like a long distance race. Make jokes with sister. Belly breath. Goal for week, have a great Christmas. At 10:55 my sister had arrived. Once I had put some laundry away, I then helpt her in with some things. She then fixed my computer. I then began to do some blogging. At 12:30 I then ate lunch with my sister before laying down at 12:30. I had slept until 4:20 before taking a shower. I then sat with my family. 





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