Hi Sharon,
Sounds like good news for sure.  Praying for you,

Virgie and Lady Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:06 PM
Subject: Update on Me


> Hi!
>
> Just thought you might like to read this:
>
> I was able to go back to Daybreak, starting yesterday. My head doesn't 
> always hurt, but when it does, I'd say it's been up to a level 3 on the 
> scale of 1-10, 10 being the worst. It's kind of like a headache, only 
> somewhat sharper, at the most. I haven't asked for pain pills since I've 
> been home, but I guess Blanca is giving them to me anyway. Maybe that's 
> the biggest reason why I don't always hurt. It has also hurt more when I 
> open my mouth wide to bite something thick, but i think that's healing 
> too. the way I've been eating those chocolate from the tree box that 
> Dales' gave me, is to put one in my mouth and lick it till it's melted 
> down to the cream-cheesey sort of center, then chew it down. Makes them 
> last a bit longer, huh?
>
> As for dizziness, I'm able to walk without support, for the most part, but 
> I still have to be careful, and I still often hang onto things when 
> they're available. Now it's more like I'm being tilted one way or another.
>
> I don't mind wearing the one-helmet ear muff very much, but I'll be glad 
> when I don't have to anymore! As for wearing only one hearing aid, it's 
> not too bad. I guess when you know that it has to be this way for awhile, 
> you're okay with it. But when something goes wrong with the other one, 
> unexpectedly, that it's more of a pain in the butt to go without it until 
> you get it fixed or get a loaner. I'm also able to communicate and use the 
> computer and phone more easily than I thought I might.
>
> The fact that I chose to have the surgery during the Christmas Season 
> makes for interesting coincidences, (or God-Sent humor). Yesterday, for 
> one thing, My hair probably still looked yucky, as it hadn't yet been 
> dry-shampooed since the surgery. So I decided, of all things, to wear my 
> Santa's hat that I'd won last year when I sang Karaoke, along with my 
> jingle bell that I've been wearing every Christmas Time. Blanca shampooed 
> my hear later that evening.
>
> For another, I had a counseling appointment that morning, and the walkway 
> toward the building was, or had been, slippery. Talk about having Vertigo 
> on snow and ice! I wanted to hang onto the driver's arm, that's for sure.
>
> Stay tuned for more news!
>
>
>
> I have something to share with you.  Please visit:
>
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>
> Sharon