Last week was somewhat challenging to say the least! There was an appointment with a surgeon who in my view was ill prepared, asked some inappropriate questions and performed a very unpleasant examination albeit at my request. Then came Wednesday and after taking Denise to the doctors my car received a $3000 plus dent in the near side rear quarter from a P plater who reversed into it! The final challenge of the week came by way of an unsolved mystery as to the whereabouts of the brew unit out of the coffee machine. It was there when we left for Nannup on Wednesday evening and missing on Saturday morning. There is no sign of a break-in so a mystery it will remain!<\/p>\n
This week in comparison has been much more pleasant. I have done work for two very nice people and earned good money in the process and I\u2019ll come back to that later in this post. The best parts of the week have been several appointments with the various people who look after the various areas of my medical needs. This week has had no less than four appointments all of which have started with a hug and finished with a longer one. It started with one of the wonderful GPs who look after me. She is relatively new to me but has made a lovely impression already. She is thorough, caring and genuinely wants to help me find a solution to the pain I\u2019m in. The second was a visit to \u2018H\u2019 my psychologist, they are always helpful and i leave with strategies and plans to deal with things and of course a hug at either end of the appointment. The third was a visit to the other wonderful GP who looks me especially my head and my girl bits. When i enter her room i get an amazing feeling of calm and genuine caring which before we even speak puts me at ease. The heartfelt hug at either end of the appointment is the best and has been a part of every single appointment i have had with her. They are so important, I don\u2019t think people hug enough nowadays! My final appointment of the week was a visit to the lady who started the ball rolling back in 2012 when she recommended a GP to me as I didn\u2019t have one. Without her I most likely wouldn\u2019t be the person i am today so i owe her the world. I don\u2019t know how she does it but somehow she is able to relieve pain from all sorts of areas without painful techniques and again has an a lovely calm and thoughtful manner. All of these people have one wonderful thing in common, i always leave their rooms feeling better than when i entered it, better physically and most importantly better mentally. I am only just realising how much physical pain is caused by emotional pain. Above all i know how blessed and lucky i am to have these people in my life, I\u2019m not sure what i did to deserve them but i am so thankful they are there! I even got a hug from the lovely lady who took my blood at the hospital this morning. I haven\u2019t seen this particular lady for some time so she was very interested in my progress, she said i look amazing which made my day.<\/p>\n
Going back to one of the jobs i did this week, replacing a vanity unit in an old house in Abbey. The tenant was a very typical Aussie who kept an eye on progress as the job went on. It turns out he had a rent inspection recently and the subject of the vanity unit came up in his conversation with the property manager. He asked if the job had been given to someone as two people had been to quote for it including me. When she said that the work order had been done he replied \u201ci hope you\u2019re sending that chick to do it, she seemed to know what she was talking about\u201d when i heard that it really did give me a huge buzz, it wasn\u2019t the easiest job I\u2019ve done but it was one of the most satisfying as it looked perfect when finished and as I\u2019ve said before, meeting the people i do jobs for has to be one of the best things about my work, there are some truly lovely people out there. I am indeed blessed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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