Well, first off I'd like to apologize for once again not posting for quite awhile. Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years.
MIne was pretty great. Jen and Wade were here for almost 5 days. It was good to have the whole fam together. I was able to get some pretty sweet presents from WCB for Christmas which will help in my recovery and make life around the house more comfortable. The one is a recumbent exercise bike which is the exact same model as at my physio which means its of pretty good quality. The other is a lazy boy that is able to recline completely flat so I can be comfortable in the living room without having to lie on the floor.
This week its been back to physio as usual except that my regular physiotherapist has been sick so I've been working with a different one. Its been good to mix it up a little and do a couple of new exercises. This week I also began to experience blurred vision that gradually got worse as the week went on. So today I went in to see the doctor to find out what was going on. I'd been suspecting that it was a side effect of one of my medications and after doing some research of my own, decided that it had to be Lyrica. He said that he agreed with me although he said it could be one of two other drugs. But since Lyrica is the most likely, he reduced my dosage by one third. Hopefully, that will begin to make some difference soon, as the blurred vision has made it difficult to do anything as my daily life consists mainly of reading, working on the computer, and watching TV. Oooo .... I've also taken up drawing. If you're wondering how my spelling and punctuation have taken such a dramatic turn for the better, I am dictating this to my mother, as I can't see the letters on the screen or the keys for that matter. Hopefully she has been writing what I say, and not writing something like "Robert stinks."
To top this week off, I've also had a very sore neck. Today I woke up with such a bad kink in it that it made it almost impossible for me to turn my head. However, the weekend is looking more promising as Colin, Mike, Ryan, and Dylan are coming down to visit me. That should be heaps o' fun.
Once again, I'd like to thank you all for continuing to follow my progress and for encouraging and praying for me.
Robert
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Hi Robert, happy new year to you and the "fam". We went to Abbotsford to visit our newest addition to the "fam", our grand-daughter of just over 9 months. We drove to Grande Prairie and then flew Westjet via Calgary. Our flight was cancelled due to snow in Abbotsford Christmas eve so we and Judy's oldest son, Pat who flew out from Winnepeg, spent Christmas eve in Calgary downtown at the Sandman and having some delights from the Macs which was the only thing open. We had a good visit with Pat though. Glad you had a good Christmas. Larry and Judy.
Hey Robert!
It was great to visit you and see you scooting around so well at home. That's too bad about your vision though. Hopefully it will improve very soon and then you can see what your mom really wrote in the blog! I hope you have a terrific time with your friends this weekend!
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Hey Robert; Good to hear from you once again. I'm so glad the Gilmore guys made it to see you. I bet it was fun and noisy! You're in our prayers and we thank the Lord for what he's done and going to do. Happy, happy new year! Love Shelene and gang
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