I have decided that, in order to get through each day, I need to focus on things that I can change...and I'm starting with my spirituality. Every day, I will attend to one Bible verse; complete at least one errand that I have been putting off; complete at least one home task that has needed doing; and reach out to someone who is in pain. Something clicked in my brain yesterday. The mindless hurting is over, even if I can only WILL it so.
What clicked? I'm not sure. I had an "incident" yesterday with my daughter that made things pretty clear to me. It's over now. I am acutely aware that the two months of stress I've been under is destroying my heart and health. Time to get over it.
The good news:
A. The biopsies of the "thingies" that I had removed a month ago have come back as "normal".
B. I am to be "graduated" from cardiac rehab next week. That doesn't mean that I am well. It only means that I've been through 12 weeks of monitored rehab and now need to take responsibility for exercise myself. I am joining the Plainfield Rec Center and will now have to force myself to get there daily. My BP is always lower after exercise. Go figure!
I can't say enough good things about the nurses at the Rehab Center. They have been supportive, sympathetic, attentive, and just all-around good people. I will have to do something nice for them before I leave.
The one "funny" for the day: In rehab, we were using elastic bands for resistance exercises. The nurse leading us said, "Bring the band up to your belly or your chest, whichever comes first." I accused her of making an old-lady joke and told her I'd get even! (I was the only woman in the group.) Bah! Humbug!
:)
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