I am back home again. While I am happy to be home, I really would have loved to be able to stay at my parent’s house a while longer.  It was not possible for me to do that because of a Psychiatrist appointment I have this week.  Next week is full of appointments as well, blood work – again -, group, counseling appointment, and also an appointment with my medical doctor.  My daughter-in-law will be arriving in Augusta in about four weeks, so I am going to try and schedule my appointments in such a way that I can be there when she arrives.  She will be driving all the way from California – with her grandmother.  Mom and I had a brief discussion about having them over for at least one meal.  None of us have met her before and we were thinking it might be a nice low key way to get to know her better.

I realize that my Thankful Five is a day late this week.  However, we spent most of the day traveling yesterday and I was too wiped out when we got home to work on it.

1. I am thankful that it seems as if the worst of the withdrawal symptoms seem to be gone.
2. I am thankful that so far it looks as if going off of Effexor was the correct decision.  My blood pressure had been running around 183/128.  I took it before we left yesterday and while it is still high, it is significantly lower, 130/90.
3. I am thankful that I felt good enough to walk several miles in the last few days.  For such a long time, my blood sugar and blood pressure were so high that I felt too awful to do any type of exercise.
4. I am thankful for all the work my husband did while I was gone.  I came home to THREE new windows in the house, and also to a clean house.  He was incredibly thoughtful.
5. I am thankful for being able to be thankful.  Everyday I am amazed that I am still alive, and I am constantly amazed at how much I have changed in a relatively short  amount of time.