Taking an active role in my recovery efforts. ;)

Instead of sitting back and waiting for the over booked and over worked rehab team at the Glenrose to have the cycles available to punch forward with certain elements of my recovery strategy, we’ve determined that it was time to step up and take a more active role.   Or more to the point, we’ve been prodded into taking an active role.  Okay, so what does that mean?  Well, the vision thing was causing me such distress that I decided to take myself off to an optometrist to have my eyes tested to see what’s going on with the prescription … Continue reading Taking an active role in my recovery efforts. 😉

We are moving forward, even though it seems to be taking forever……

When taking your vehicle in for repair one normally ‘shops the work around’ by asking for a quote and an estimate of the time it will take from a couple of different garages, including the dealer where you bought the vehicle in the first place.  Vehicle mechanics work from an industry accepted and manufacturer approved guide to provide those estimates and those quotes.  I’m not really sure what your corner garage mechanic uses these days, but in the past it used to be ‘The Michelin Guide’.  Not the travel and dining guide, but one that actually documented what it took … Continue reading We are moving forward, even though it seems to be taking forever……

Its not necessarily as bad as it seems; so just to add some clarity…

So I had occasion to send a note off to a friend just to put some things in perspective for him about how I’m doing and feeling.  Maybe it will fill any gaps for the rest of you as well until I can compose a proper note to each of you, or until I can draft the post that puts it all into perspective for you: The note to my friend starts here>> Good morning, dude!  I do have to laugh at the way that my wife and designated household communicator presents things.  Based on some of the communiques that … Continue reading Its not necessarily as bad as it seems; so just to add some clarity…

the Short List Revisited… seven years on….

I doubt that any of the current readers, lurkers and trolls that stumble across this blog have actually read the ‘short list’ post that I put up in 2006.  This is not, nor was it ever intended to substitute for a ‘bucket list’.  Here it is again, just ‘because’  I’m thinking that I will begin to build the core of the current incarnation of the blog around it with homage to my cancer battle and my challenge with the stroke.  What do you think?the ‘re-post’ starts here>> As I am drawn through the day-to-day meanderings that make up my world, … Continue reading the Short List Revisited… seven years on….

Disability Insurance

And while we wait for the ‘all clear‘ that will allow me to take up my position at the assigned desk at the job that I actually like and enjoy, we’ve been told that the ‘general sick leave’ allowance will run out the first week of March.  So now we have to get the Long Term Disability Insurance activated.  I’ve reviewed the forms, passed the appropriate ones on to my GP and the Doctor managing my rehab…  this is getting interesting, and just a wee bit scary.The disability insurance provider that is used by my place of work requires a … Continue reading Disability Insurance