Monday, January 21, 2013

(posted by Greg)

Top 10 Possible excuses for not keeping the blog up-to date:

10.    Been busy with preparations for Obama's inauguration;

9.    low carb diet has affected my typing skills;

8.    I have been distracted --- trying to remember why I put the string on my finger;

7.    I have been frozen to inaction by the sheer drama of the NHL lockout negotiations;

6.   There is a higher priority: figuring out why I keep leaving the stove on;

5.    I have been too busy keeping all of my other New Year's resolutions;

4.    I am observing one of the ancient laws of Festivus: no blogging is allowed before January 21st;

3.    I know I put the login password for the blog in a safe place;

2.    Confused trying to figure out what season it is:  "The actual Christmas season continues until the Feast of the Baptism of Christ, which in the present form of the Roman Rite is celebrated on the Sunday after 6 January. In the pre-1970 form, this feast is celebrated on 13 January, unless 13 January is a Sunday, in which case the feast of the Holy Family is celebrated instead.^[10] Until the suppression of the Octave of the Epiphany in the 1960 reforms, 13 January was the Octave day of the Epiphany, providing the date for the end of the season."

1.    Can't bear to again write: "I am sorry to those faithful readers of this blog but I can't believe how much time has slipped by since the last entry!"

Our New Year has been fairly uneventful as we have settled into what is now our regular routine. The routine  visits to the Drs were broken up by a couple of visits to the dentist as Monica had to have a root canal.

 Monica has had a couple of physio treatments since the New Year. She enjoys having the physiotherapist work on her arm. So, I am thinking of maybe arranging for some massage therapy just because I think she will enjoy it.

We attended the Spasticity Clinic at G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre for an assessment of the botox treatments. Because the next botox treatment was already scheduled for the beginning of February, they decided to give the next treatment that day. The staff and Drs. there are quite impressive. I am glad they gave Monica the treatment a little early as the treatment from October was noticeably starting to wear off. Her arm is much more relaxed now.

The physio will resume again in couple of weeks (after this latest botox treatment has had a chance to work).

The next MRI is scheduled for early February. So, we are looking forward (not sure if this is the best description) to it. I am not noticing any change in Monica so I am (naturally) hoping that the MRI results will again be positive.



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