Cake anyone?

A friend mentioned that I should be tracking my progress so I could look back and see that I really am progressing. At the time it did not sound like a good idea. I thought it would read something like:

• Day 1 – Sat on couch
• Day 2 – Sat on chair, ate all the girl scout cookies in the house.
• Day 3 – Moved back to couch, ate the chocolate chips by dipping them in the hot fudge sauce.

Though all of these things are also true, I realized there was another way to document my progress:

Saturday will be 100 days since I first noticed my toes were numb.

• 96 days ago I was diagnosed with GBS.
• 82 days ago I was sent home after two weeks in the hospital because I was able to walk 264 feet with a walker, climb three steps, and dress myself. Ah the good old days! I miss the days when the bar was so low…
• 75 days ago my neighbors had to help me back to bed because I was being all wild and crazy by showering AND unloading the dishwasher on the same day.
• 45 days ago I walked around the block for the first time.
• 25 days ago I walked ½ mile
• 14 days ago I walked ½ mile with just a cane

Ok so that is a little bit better way to look at the progression and if I treat Saturday as a 100 day milestone then I can justify CAKE! So if anyone is around I will have cake, if everyone is busy – refer back to Day 2 and do not worry about the cake getting old. I do need new goals and now that I have started physical therapy I have a whole new exercise plan that seriously cuts into my snack time. I’ve also started working on the house again. Below are my before and after pictures of the dining room chairs. 

On Saturday I will also be saying good-bye to my walker. I have not figured out how to move the coke holder to the cane, but have decided it will be ok to give up the walker anyway, bell and all. So between the updated chairs, the loss of the walker, and cake it has been a busy week. Thank goodness I know where Kris hid her girl scout cookies in my basement!