It Seemed Like a Long Day

As a watched pot takes forever to boil, so do the days when I am expecting news.  My news was coming from the local hospital.

I had noticed during the spring and summer, my walking was wobbling.  Not to the point of falling, but to the point I would feel like I would stumble.  I kept telling myself that it was the cataract causing my eyesight to be the source of the problem. My eye doctor didn’t buy into it and neither did the eye specialist.

As I am in the waiting game of getting corrected lens for my glasses, I decided to visit our family doctor.  He didn’t pull any pouches as to what may be the cause of instability.  It could have been a small stroke, a tumor or a small aneurysm.  An MRI was ordered on the spot of my head.

Dennis dropped me off at the hospital at 7:30 this morning.  I told him I would call him when I was ready to come home.  I was back home by ten this morning.  And then . . . the waiting began.  For myself, I found I needed to take a nap and let some of the sedative wear off.  Holding your head during the MRI is absolute and I gladly took the sedative for the process.

At 5:15, our family doctor emailed with the report.  Yes, my brain is that of an aging adult.  There is nothing unusual in my brain.  Very good news indeed.  

Early on our doctor thought that perhaps the problem with walking was my shoulders.  The reverse of the shoulder replacements does impact how our arms function.  Our doctor suggested making exaggerated swings of my arms while I walk could naturally give me a better sense of balance. That was the doctor’s thought, but he went ahead and ordered the MRI to make sure we covered all bases.  Our family doctor’s next suggestion would be to ask my chiropractor in regard to a pillow that might make a difference in my neck and shoulders. 

So much to learn about our bodies that we tend to neglect.  I am here to tell you I was nervous to hear the news of the MRI.  It did indeed make for a long day of waiting and now . . . the relief of a good report has taken the starch out of my legs.