Yesterday was a milestone in my life - I had a significant birthday. Not telling which one!! It just happened to coincide with Mike's trip to the Calgary Chronic Pain Center - which was actually a very fortuitous accident for me. Here I thought that it was going to be a very boring day and it turned out even better than I could have expected! Here are my 10 unexpected, yet delightful surprises from an otherwise depressing pain center birthday:
The first good thing that happened was that Myra's GPS got us right to the door of our hotel and then right to the Pain center without causing any stress. THANKS MYRA!!!! Having driven in Calgary with Mike and not knowing exactly where to go can cause some tense moments. No such problem!!
The second thing that occurred was that we actually got a doctor with some compassion and understanding - more rare that one might think! He was EXCELLENT, and I would like to mention him by name because he was that good, but I am old now and I have forgotten his name, seeing as I have only met him once. The Doctor sat with us for an hour and a half and actually explained and sympathized with us. Much better than being told that it is all in your head and you are addicted to Percocet (that actually happened to us this year) It forced me, yes, ME - Cindy, non confrontational Cindy, to lodge a complaint against a Doctor. REALLY!!! I did!
The third, highly unusual, thing is that this doctor had some ideas that had not been tried on Mike before and he was willing to try all of them, in order, to be able to find even just one thing that might make a difference in the quality of his life. The most interesting ( to me) is the idea of freezing parts of Mike's leg and killing them. Okay, you can probably see why it appeals to me and not Mike. It is not my body parts that they are going to freeze and kill! It sounds sort of futuristic, but he has evidence to show that it works in certain situations. We would try just about anything at this point!
Most importantly for both of us, the doctor suggested that a lot of the work that needs to be done on Mike (that makes him sound like a project) can be done in Pincher Creek, without him having to stay for five to six weeks in the city. All of the drug tests, therapy etc can be done under the guidance of Doctor No Name and be monitored by his local doctor, thus leaving Mike at home back here with me. I was really worried about what could happen if it snowed like it did two years ago and my staff and I were not able to get into the workshop. Without Mike and John Deere, we could be up the snow drift without a shovel!!! The downside to that, is that I had planned on doing a lot of scrapbooking with friends while he was in the clinic. The good news is that when they freeze him up, he will have to be in Calgary, so I still get to come, just not for as long as I thought! Last night I had a bad dream - or at least a partially disturbing dream. Lots of people, when they meet both Mike and I, think that he is a lot older than I am. I guess falling 30 feet and having your body parts amputated on a regular basis can age you a little! Really, there is only one year between us, but most people think he is much older than me. I guess the whole cryonics thing must have been in my brain when I went to bed, because I dreamt that they totally froze him and kept him frozen, until I was wrinkly and then they thawed him out so that we looked more "even". God! What I don't think of!! Don't tell him about this, he is sensitive to the fact that everyone believes he is older. LOL.
The fifth great thing is that our hotel was only a couple of blocks from the Keg and I got to have supper - truly, the supper was not that great, but the ring that I got WITH supper is pretty damn cool! I got a major blingy diamond and lots of little blingy diamonds in a new wedding set.
Number six and seven are a toss up - on the way out of the city, Mike took me to Chinook Centre to Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma. My mothership!!!!!!!!! No, he would not buy me any dishes, but obviously kitchen gadgets and goodies do not fall in that category, so I got a whole bunch of new shiny things to play with. I did see some dishes that I could easily die for, but I did not want to push my luck - that ring is pretty sparkly!!! I am just hoping that they have them next year!
Then for number eight, we went to the Nanton Candy store. They did not have cotton candy - which would have made my day perfect, but they did have a lot of my favorites! (Cotton candy is one of my worst addictions).
The ninth best thing is that while we were there, I found out about a cake decorating course that is taking place after Christmas and I am going to enroll! Megan is going to come with me, she just does not know it yet. I want her to see how hard it is, so that she will quit bugging me about making her wedding cake (when the time comes). She already expects me to take the photos, do the flowers and cater the event. The cake is just too much!
Finally, we got home and the tenth best thing happened - Megan had cleaned the workshop and totally did all of my work, so that I did not have to. Sweeeet!
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