What an interesting week this has been. My roommate left on Monday and they put another young woman with me that has been here for a few weeks and left on Wednessday. Well the days we shared a room were a nightmare to say the least! Put it this way, there is a reason that in the weeks she was here we never said more than good morning to each other! Inconsiderate must be her middle name. I was really missing Tova, my previous roomie!!
Anyway, she left and a new lady arrived. Her name is Wafa and she speaks arabic with very little understanding of hebrew. So this is interesting. She talks away to me in arabic and with hand gestures and guess work, I understand that she lives with her parents and 4 children. She fell at home and had an op on her leg. She is quite stubborn and will not take a wheelchair. Instead she has a walker and hops around at a snails pace. Things are very very quiet in our room. I thought my previous roomie exagerated with showring at 6 in the morning, until I heard Wafa saying good morning and off she went to the shower at 5:30!
There was lots of action at breakfast today. A fellow wheeler was told yesterday that his medical fund are not going to continue to pay for him to stay here and they want to move him to a more permanent home. He refused to go and told the doctors that they are rubbish and apparently there were a few threats involved too. Anyway, the police arrived and almost removed him by force. Not sure what the decision is, but he is still here and there is security posted outside the doctors rooms.....just like the movies! It sure takes ones mind off the pain for a while.
Anyway, back to my situation. So it looks like I will be going home October 5th. I will go home this weekend and part of sukkot and then continue therapy at a center in Rishin Lezion. I am walking quite well. The ankel is still a bit swollen and bruised. The arm is still very stiff, but we are working on it all the time. I try all the time to close my eyes and picture my elbow flexable. To see my wrist and hand working as it should. I am doing a lot of additional excercises to strengthen the muscles in my arm and wrist area. I will get there for sure. the surgeon, who I met this week, basicaly told me that there is a solution for every problem and there is no need to worry. Funny thing is, I have not been worried about it. I have this feeling deep down in my stomach that just knows that my physical state will return to normal soon.
Wondering when the training for the triathlon should start............
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