Physical Therapy

Still going to physical therapy.  I also have a name for what I have.  It is VOR which is short of Vestibular Ocular Reflex.  The therapy is really rough.  I always feel dizzy, have a headache, nauseous and off balance.  The exercises they give me, which are supposed to help, don’t seem to be doing so.  I make sure I do them when I can rest for a while.  Driving, walking, all the important things that a person does daily has become a problem.  

Meanwhile I am still working on my genealogy.  No more classes right now.  Just getting caught up with the info I have, and I have a lot.  My yard looks awful.  Renea and Kevin have been mowing the grass.  However, the weeds have taken over.  Most of my plants have died.  I have been watering Jim’s tree and it looks pretty good.  Some of my new trees look really sad.  That includes my weeping willow – which needs a lot of water.  Rain has been really scarce this year.  We are definitely in a drought.

I started this blog on 8/2 and a lot has happened since then.  Today is 8/17.  Monday was my last day of physical therapy.  It has helped my balance somewhat.  As for the dizzy/headache/nauseous feeling I am not any better.  In fact, it is worse.  I cannot do the exercises they give me to help this problem.  Next Monday I go back to the neurologist.  Not sure what he is going to tell me.  We shall see.

Meanwhile Kevin has been mowing my grass and doing the weedeating.  My so called garden is a disaster.  If the weather ever cools down I hope to get outside and work on weeding it.  Most of my plants have died.  I can’t see two of my bushes because of the weeds.  I have only two hummingbirds coming to eat, and they don’t come very often.  I am having trouble with wasps and carpenter bees eating the hummingbird food.  I have not been putting out birdseed this summer. 

Yesterday I had a new toilet installed.  It is one of those ADA compliant ones that are taller than I had.  It’s weird when you are happy to get a new toilet.  I also had a dishwasher installed.  I hired this “handyman” from Opelika and I really like him.  He actually built a cabinet for my dishwasher so it would blend in with my cabinets.  He is checking on the parts to install a shower only in my bathroom.  I don’t use the bathtub, and it is hard for me to step into it, so I am having it removed. The problem is, because I live in a mobile home nothing is standard size.  He is having trouble finding what we need.  I also talked to him today about having the carpet removed from my dining room and having wood/laminate flooring installed.  He said, yes, he does do that.

Other than that and working on my genealogy, nothing else much is happening.