Slideshow at the top right

I wanted to identify the players in the slideshow that has been out on the upper right side for a while on this blog.

(1) It usually starts with Jennifer standing beside me with her arms crossed. She is one of the Physical Therapists, who is a tried and true Carolina fan. We gave her tickets to a game and she was thrilled. It is nice to make someone that happy every now and then. I wanted her to be my main therapist but that did not happen because Jennifer was certified to work with children and the PT unit has to use those folks for the children mostly. Not every therapist is certified to work with children so the unit has to use their time to best advantage to accommodate the many children who need help.
(2 & 3) Then comes LeAnn and then LeAnn again. She is Dr. Asher's nurse in whom he places a lot of confidence. I guess so, she (at least she tries to) cajoles people into thinking a fall on solid concrete is nothing to worry about.
(4 & 5) Dr. Asher and Me, Dr. Asher and me. Cutie pie - him, not me. What a great surgeon and how lucky I feel to have happened across him.
(6) Then comes Teri, the 6 foot tall office manager who still wears her high heels. She gets things done so if I ever have trouble getting to the right person, I call her. She'll get me there.
(7) Then comes LeAnn again,
(8 & 9) then the appointment card for the scalp inspection, and again the appointment card,
(10) then me alone,
(11, 12, & 13) then info that is in the office on Dr. Asher, and more info on Dr. Asher and again more info on Dr. Asher.

I love and admire these people for what they are capable of doing, I will miss them if I ever get finished with them. I think I might have to have periodic MRIs though as I had no real definable symptoms all the years I must have been growing a tumor in my head. The only thing that really told the tale was the MRI that Dr Bullock recommended be done. I was evidently not behaving as if I was interested in much of anything and Don says I was downright ignoring of him - and rude, to boot. I walked off once when he was telling me about a surgery he was about to have. Fine example I am, huh? I didn't mean to be mean to anyone, but evidently these things in the front of your head cause you to be oblivious to what your actions are doing to other people. I had to be dragged back in to the doctor practically. I had just had a physical with result that nothing showed up as being abnormal so I thought this extra bit was ridiculous and unnecessary. So, ladies and gentlemen, get an MRI occasionally as this might save your very life or at least your eyesight. Listen to those who might tell you that you are not yourself lately. Maybe you are not and maybe there is a reason. You won't know but they will. (I also lost my sense of smell before the surgery but I thought it was just that I had recurring sinus infections that must have damaged my ability to smell. So much for self-diagnosis. It was the tumor.) And now I have real trouble with my eyesight as a result of the surgery. I have no peripheral vision and that makes things difficult to focus on and makes it hard to read, impossible to drive, makes me very cautious about walking outside on sidewalks, grass, gravel, etc., and I am convinced hurts my ability to balance when exercising or walking. I really do feel myself veering to the right or left often and I have to steady myself for a moment when this happens.

I think I am going to get through the Bible well before year-end and maybe before June 30th. I am finished with Lamentations and have begun Ezekiel. Wow, Jeremiah and Lamentations are sad and horrifying. God got so mad with the tribe of Judah that He told them He would make things so bad and desperate for them that they would eat their own children and each other. And He did too. Now, God is deciding to keep his promise to make them a great nation and is blessing them once again. I guess all of us are prone to taking a country mile when offered an inch or becoming complacent, as opposed to thankful, when we are used to more blessings than troubles. I know I felt I was sailing along pretty well and then, BAM, big trouble. I really do know what it means to turn things over to God and others. Anytime I think I can impact a result, I am in there fighting but this time, I saw nothing I could do to effect a positive outcome except to trust the doctors.

Happy Easter (soon anyway).

I will keep plowing away with reading the Bible all the way through (or rather listening to it on tape). I am listening to the King James version but now have on my Kindle 2, the NIV and the English Standard Versions. Kindle 2 will read to you if you push a certain button. Amazon sent me the ESV for free. I went out and looked at "Amazon's recommendations for Linda", clicked on it and up came a description of this ESV Bible which said the cost was $0.00, a savings of $9.99. So guess what, I ordered it. I can handle free and I like it too. I guess I will be checking those recommendations more often from now on. As much as the Kindle 2 cost, they can afford to send me a free book every now and then. I can also order periodicals, newspapers, magazines, certain Blogs on the Kindle 2 but I think I prefer most of those on paper. I would like Ben Witherington's blog on Kindle but I didn't see it as one that was offered. Here are a couple of really funny ones from his blog that also goes along with the Old Testament (well sort of).

http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-things-get-squirrelly-at-church-or.html

and

http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2009/03/human-behavior-finally-explained.html

Type at you another time.