Happy New Year, And A New Life For Me

Early part of 2015 - home to recover, working to get my strength back

Celebrating my daughter's birthday in Dec. 2015. Feeling healthy and happy.
Pic taken by my daughter, Melissa.

In case you did not know it, today is my first anniversary.

 

The celebration, it has nothing to do with my birthday or my wedding or any other activity that might be considered similar.  It all has to do really with me staying alive after approaching death as a result of an illness like Encephalitis that can escalate.  It is the kind of situation that is hard to figure out in the first place and one that develops very quickly to bring one's life to an end unless it is successfully looked after.

 

Fortunately, my doctor in the Emergency Department in the Hospital who had some information about my illness was able to treat me while my medical information was sent to Toronto for final confirmation so that I could be looked after. He was able to keep me alive and that permitted me to be treated successfully subsequently when my illness was identified.

 

Obviously, I'm very grateful for what happened and thrilled at the great job undertaken by so many medical people in our area, along with the support of my friends and of course, my family. Their kindness and best wishes were very important and make me feel optimistic about my future.

 

This last week been very difficult for me because I was afraid that I might have a relapse.  I was concerned that maybe I really was not treated completely. Each day I did my best to try to occupy my time so that I would not think about my past and worry about some of the previous events re-occurring.

 

One matter of concern involved my support worker who regularly comes to see me. I was supposed to have my usual time on Friday, January 1, 2016, so I planned accordingly for that. Unfortunately, because I was not a seven-days-a-week receiver of medical care, my treatment day was rescheduled to December 31, 2015. I was very upset when I was suddenly told this news. I had spent so much time planning about what I was going to do on January 1 that I was very distressed at what was being proposed.

 

The long and short of it is that I spoke to a number of the more senior employees at the organization that assists me and asked them to send my worker to me on January 1, 2016. Finally, after a considerable number of telephone calls, they thankfully agreed!  Everything turned out well and I was very happy.

 

To you, dear readers, may I thank so many of you for coming to my new website.  It is a pleasure knowing that you are still loyal to what I write. Your attendance has made it so easy for me to prepare all of these stories on so many different subjects. There will be a lot more to come as well.

 

Please excuse me now. It's time that I turn away from my horrible past and continue to work towards a great future.