Phillip Sherwood

Friday was a real busy day for me but I was able to move pretty far ahead on the house. I went in to do the final review of the house plans with the builder’s site foreman and many of the items I’d requested that needed modifications except one so I signed all that needed to be and was told the next step was to start getting all the materials on order and permits in place. The groundbreaking should happen within the next 1-2 weeks. Next event will be the frame walk. I took a long nap in the afternoon to try and recover from this weeks’ trip. I had an appointment earlier in the week on Tuesday and had a cortisone injection into my right shoulder and the doctor said I should feel the full affect in approximately 48 hours. After 24 hours, my shoulder felt as good as ever but come the 48th hour, the cortisone started wearing off and now today it feels as if I never had an injection at all. I have another follow-up on Thursday so on the Plan B. I have a special interest in this medical care bill being addressed in Congress and the Senate but nobody knows how the veterans would be affected. If anyone out there knows how the Veterans Administration or the Federal Blue Cross Blue Shield will be impacted, I’d really like to know.

Saturday morning I slept in late and really enjoyed chipping away at my sleep deficit in hopes my pains will diminish but Saturday was not the day this was going to happen. In fact, just the opposite occurred. Too sore to exercise, I spent the day doing office work and on the web-site here at the apartment. This morning I slept in again but this time feeling better rested and with less pain. I took my anti-osteoporosis pill, drank a bunch of water then got in the stander for about 1 hr 20 min and watched the season finale of So You Think You Can Dance. Those kids are amazing. I ate a palm full of almonds after getting down from the stander and got a massive case of the hiccups. They didn’t last too long but they were bigger than I’ve had since the accident. I then had breakfast and did dishes then hooked myself to my stim-bike and did an hour session while watching motocross previously recorded on my DVR. Usually within about 30 minutes I start a pretty good sweat.

The afternoon was spent folding two weeks’ worth of laundry while watching NASCAR. One of the really difficult things for me to do is fold king sheets. The maid didn’t get them dried before she left last week so after I finished them, they’ve been sitting in a heap on the floor developing crisp wrinkles not even a Marine could get out in time for an inspection so I just dampened a washcloth and tossed everything into the dryer y voila… no more wrinkles  My friend Julia came over and brought me some homemade soup and fold them for me when they were done. I broke down my folding wheelchair today and put everything into the back of the mini-van because tomorrow I’ll be bringing the motorized standing chair with me so I can start standing during the day. The pictures I’m posting tonight are of a homemade tryke I saw in the monthly PVA (Paralyzed Veterans Administration) magazine. I need to find someone local who might be able to fabricate something like this for my Harley. Well it’s late and I have a long day tomorrow of getting caught up at work…phillip