Monday morning dawned bright and early and I looked forward to going to my physical therapy appointment at 7:00am. I love driving over Pt. Loma Avenue early in the morning to see the sun coming up over the mountains. This day was no exception.
My therapist, Eddy, worked me especially hard this morning because, after having breast cancer surgery 18 years ago, within the past 6 months I have developed a severe case of lymphedema. There does not seem to be a cure, and we are trying to get the lymph fluid to flow out of the elephantine arm that used to be my left arm. It doesn’t hurt – just restrictive at times.
Following my therapy I had an appointment to see my Primary Care Physician for a routine check up and all was normal. I left her office; did some shopping at Ralph’s, and walked in the door about 11:00am. One of my former students – Corrine – was coming in the front door as I was walking in the back door. She had an armload of tomato plants with her that she was going to plant in the backyard. When I said “Good Morning” to her I thought something might be wrong. With me. It sounded funny to my ears. [Read more…]