Hello faithful blog readers! Remember me? I can't believe it's been almost a month since I did a post. The past two months have been busy and quite a bit stressful for me as both parents have battled illnesses. We have spent a lot of bonding time--in medical facilities and in the car on the way to medical facilities. I looked at my calendar for next week and see only one doctor's appointment and nothing medical on four days of next week.
My other news from my world is that I will be getting a mechanical hip two days before Thanksgiving. I believe that's 24 days from this day. The countdown is on and has been on for two months already. I can't believe the day is so close.
Over the past two months I have found myself so busy I have a hard time mentally focusing on one thing at a time--the focus seems to boggle all the I-need-to-focus-on-this things in a messy mental wad. As I feel a bit anxiety about the upcoming surgery, I have been seeking a way to become un-anxious. Yes, that comes from me, the Queen of Surgeries, about fifteen or so under my belt (well-some over my belt) at last count. I don't know if it's the fact that what is installed will be mechanical or it lends me to my aging process or some of both. Either way, I will admit with all the other hoopla going on, I've struggled a bit. And yes, I have sought the Lord's guidance in this just as I preach to others to do. That guidance seemed to come in an unexpected way.
That way was a type of role reversal just as I have spent with my parents. When I was voicing something about this upcoming event for me last Sunday at lunch, The Girl responded, "Just as horses in races wear their blinders to not be distracted by other horses, you have to do the same so you can stay in your own lane, keeping your eyes totally in YOUR lane ahead." Well duh. Ain't that the truth? Here I was thinking of the what if I don't recover as quickly as others? What if this doesn't go as planned? Well duh, if those things happen, I still have a Lord and Savior who is still providing for me in my own pace in HIS own way, IN MY OWN LANE. So there you are....let the countdown continue.
The Husband (or should I say The Caregiver) and I did pre-op last week and attended the in person class. He made lots of notes. I joke around saying he will have me ice cold for three days after with the icing they say to do every half hour. He and I are also working on my learning not to pivot. That's the big restriction for 6 weeks. I'm not a basketball player but my every day life has a lot of pivoting. The Husband says he owes me for caregiving. Well I say, with my fifteen surgeries, he's certainly had the raw side of that sickness and health vow. Anyways, we have a Thanksgiving week plan that is filled with gratitude for all that goodness of the Lord.
Consider.....
"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:14
(That Philippians has some good stuff.)
