Monday, March 10, 2014.

I guess you could say this has been an interesting week but I am not sure what to say. 

I am trying to figure  out how to do more things by myself. One thing that would make things easier for me is elastic shoe laces. I really prefer to use regular laces but tying my shoes can take longer than I like and elastic laces can essentially turn my tie shoes into a kind of Slip on.  So I guess if I would like to not have to work that much right now.  

I guess I had never realized how many things we rely on. And most everything is physical even if we don't like to think of them as "physical" or "mental"?.  The physical and mental differance in jobs that people talk about is negligible for me right now.

So today has been an interesting day.  

I guess I am a bad person because I don't want to stay in a hospital anymore. Sure there is probably more to the story to bad you don't know.  

The past few days have been kind of interesting. There have been highs and lows. Monday was kind of ho-hum. Tuesday was pretty good.  Wednesday was pretty awful and nice. Thursday busy. Friday was a day. Saturday was Saturday, I have had better days.  Sunday I just watched movies after church.  

Last night when I was going to bed I realized I hadn't written my blog. It was kind of distressing,  but I was so tired I didn't care last night. I am not sure what the DSM 5 says the criteria are for depression but I am not sure I fit the old criteria in the DSM IV. Just so some of you know DSM stands for diagnostic and statistical manuel. It is the key for most mental health diagnosis. The reason I know that in case you are wondering is because before my stroke I worked as a social worker in the area of mental health. Could I do it now? Not at the speed any one would want. 

I just finished my therapy for the morning. It wasn't to bad.  I have a new swallow study tomorrow so I hope that every thing goes well so I can have regular liquids. Please pray for me.  Right now I can only have thickened liquids. I have been told that soda drinks are ok but not the best idea. I have drank soda on occasion but not very often.

Well I know the world is busy, and I promise I am not contagious, so this is a blatant plea for visitors since I can't come to you right now. Again what I have is not catching so people won't leave from here in wheelchairs, but if you did you would still be better off than me because you would still be stronger. Long story short, stop by if you can and come visit if you can. 

Well, I need to stop for right now. Hope everyone is well take care.