Home Again

I got home from the hospital yesterday. I was able to get a bed in the hospital in which my doctor works. They made a few changes, split a dose and I was given time on my own to sort through a tremendous bag of thoughts that had my mind jammed.

The nurses were great. I was able to really talk to one of them about things going on with me.

I made lists:
This I believe...(admitting my true beliefs in God and religion)
self image
Future plans (to keep me engaged and safe)
Things to look forward to in my move
Things that I normally find interesting and enjoyable

I was given the time to work on these lists and talk some things over. I'm thankful to my insurance company for allowing me to stay at Burlington. But don't let me get started on insurance. The night before I went in I talked to my behavioral health counselor on my insurance plan. I really don't know If I was approved to stay there, but no one tried to kick me out early.

One thing I used to do that made me happy was when I took walks during my lunch hour in Carthage Illinois. I would walk around the neighborhood looking at all of the different houses and pick one I really liked, write down the address, buy a Dairy Queen gift certificate and later that day make them a certificate for "house of the day" and send them the $1 gift certificate with their award. It was exercising, creative, fun, annonymous and giving. It sure made me feel good. So I stopped at the Y on my way home from Burlington to pick up my walking shoes to start taking walks again. It has been 9 weeks since I got sick and not able to go to the Y. But the sun is out, it was 71 degrees yesterday. I will get back into exercising by walking around to do the "house of the week." instead of day. I got a $5. gift card to Hardees and will put that in an envelope with the activation receipt to the address that is my favorite. That will be fun and will take my mind off of me.

Ready for round 15