Three Days Countdown to Surgery

Hi !!!

Happy sunny day here in Michigan. My sweet husband is home for a @ 3 weeks and I am really looking forward to this long stay. It has been challenging for us both with him on the road. It seems there is so much to do when he is home that we hardly take time to enjoy the summer together. This time we did and had a fabulous weekend. Now he is at the hospital doing his volunteer work with the children's ward as they decorate their new IV stands on which Doug put fun wheels that light up when they roll , and he will be working on the computer and in office all week while I prepare for the shoulder surgery. He loves the yard and garden !!!



The right shoulder replacement is a resurfacing technique and plug which will replace the dead bone. It will not last forever and is being placed knowing that there will be an eventual(elder years) total replacement once we preserve the healthy bone, clean it up and hopefully regrow healthy new bone, which happens daily for humans and is constantly building and wearing away as long as there is blood flow, proper calcium absorption and the Oesteoblast-clast proccess is happening as it should. That is why it is important to get right amounts of Vit. D, Cal and Mag on a daily basis along with bone strengthening exercise. Walking and light weight training is the best !!! I am nervous and yet anxious to get it over and get on with an active late summer-fall. So say your prayers and hold good thoughts as always that the surgery will be safe and easy with short recovery time. Then I focus on the knees !!! Did you know Cartilage supposedly stops growing at age 15? Glucosumine and Chondroiton may help repair cartilage but does not grow new.



A few people I want to mention.... My cousin Sally for her courageous battle with cancer. She has survived three or four episodes and now is in a precarious place so please send her your thoughts as well.



I also want to say I had a great visit with my eldest brother, who is actually my uncle by blood and is a long story. Nothing weird just unusual. He stayed with me for five days and will be back in England where he lives with his family. I was blessed to have the time with him for the first time in our lives. I got to know him on a deeper level and it was very important to us both. One never knows when the end is near and regrets of not connecting to loved ones plague the soul. I can honestly say I really have spent much of the past two years getting to know family and friends on a more intimate level. That is one gift lupus has given me. I am able to take the time to smell the roses, contemplate, meditate, ponder and spend time with loved ones. It is a gift we should each allow ourselves to enjoy before it is too late. Do the things you have on your list as if it were your last year. Do not wait for retirement or the lottery !!!



Garden is overflowing again this year. Someone come pick greens before they die out !!! Just pull up to garden and pick. Lake is still up and clean for swimming and I will be taking advantage of it this week with 90's today and Tuesday....



Make it a great day !!! Angela