March 17, 2011

• I’ve Been Released!!!!

  It’s official . . .

  I’ve been given permission to drive again!  

  I just love this gyn/surgeon!  He explains EVERYTHING so clearly.  On my last visit, Jesse came with me and he, too, was very impressed with how thorough the doctor was in explaining everything.  He simply leaves NO ROOM for you to misunderstand what he is saying in medical terms.  He reminds me of the doctors who trained me, years ago, in the emergency room work I did.

  Anyway, I have to go back in 4 weeks.  On the whole, he thinks I’m doing really well; and, I’m being smart (wise) with how slowly I move or try new endurance tests with different tasks.

  We discussed several technical things – i.e. when I wait too long to empty my bladder, it literally hurts my whole insides, as I dash to the bathroom.     He said the body can’t process lots of sensations at once.  So, if you are swollen down there (due to recovering from surgery), your brain is  processing those sensations of stitches, swelling, raw & healing tissue . . . and there is no sensation (or signal) from the bladder that it is filling up . . . until it’s REALLY filled. 

  Same thing with my body signaling me that it’s time to lay down.  He said when you begin to think, “I need to go lie down in a little bit and rest,” you should actually go lie down at that moment and NOT wait.  When your brain first registers “fatigue” that is the time to listen. 

  That’s what happened to me at Wal-Mart, the other day.  I  knew I was getting tired, and by the time I got to the check out counter, I was teetering and barely able to stand.  I was so grateful when I climbed into the passenger seat of my cushy Suburban! 

  I find the way God has made our bodies (and so many other things we take for granted) just fascinating.  The reason we have pain is to warn us.  The reason we cough is so our lungs don’t fill up with fluid.  The reason our eyes tear up is so foreign bodies will be washed out of the eye.  The reason we have eye lashes is to KEEP  foreign bodies out of our eyes in the first place (I learned that when chemo made me lose my eye lashes).  The reason we can’t walk on a strained leg muscle is so we will quit trying and let it heal. 

  Just looking at one of my fingers:  the cuticle, the nail, the joints, the colors in my skin & nail, the wrinkles . . . all that in one little finger!  Flip that  same finger over and you have a finger print that is yours alone and all the  sensations in the finger tip that tell the brain whether something is smooth or rough, hot or cold . . . 

  Like I said, God’s attention to detail within my body (and then, THE WHOLE UNIVERSE) just blows me away.  “I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” 

  Only a VERY BIG God could have thought up all of those minute details!   That’s the God I trust.  I bought a book recently called something like, “When People are Big and God is Small” – can’t wait to read it!

  When I try to get a mental picture of God in my head, I picture a hand with the galaxies of our universe and – whatever else is out there – all resting in the palm of His hand.    

  Now, THAT’S a B.I.G. God!!!!!! 

  And, thank you, God, that you are! 

  Be Blessed  ~

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