Amazing

It is a beautiful day...albeit a little crisp ,the sun is shining and there are very clear skies today.

This is a first for me. I have always be interested in writing and in being creative. It has been years since I have sat down to do any wordsmithery. Hey, new word?

I am in a totally new space now, physically and spiritually. I had a small stroke, the kind that happens when you are sleeping. I awoke to tinging on my left side and first thought I was having a heart attack and then I wondered if it was a stroke. I wasn't able to reach my best friend, so I took two aspirin and made my way to the hospital.

The doctors there ruled out both a stroke and a heart attack. Although the tingling was still there, they didn't know what was causing it and suggested I see a neurologist. Well, it was clear to me that they had little concern for my fear of what was to come. "If it gets worse...give us a call back" Whatever!!! I was a bit afraid, was it a pinched nerve or what?

Within a week the pain came. My left side was on fire. Every nerve from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet was affected. It was crazy and I didn't know what was happening to me.

I had been to four doctors within 6 months trying to find out what was causing a skin irritation that I was having. Two of them were Doctors who studied Natural Medicine as I was interested in finding someone who was interested in a "fewer drugs" approach.

Two of them never even checked my vitals. One of the others, nurse mentioned that my blood pressure was very high but the Doctor never said a thing to me about it.

I was just three days before the stroke that I found Dr Troy in Columbia falls, Montana. She took my vitals and was very alarmed about my pressure and wanted me to get on a diuretic right away. We set up an appointment for the following Thursday. I didn't make it in time. June 27th,2009, a little over 5 months ago. It seems like a lifetime ago now. Everything is different now. I