I Know I am Recovering Nicely From Spinal Cord Injury Because...

there are things that frustrate me more than the speed of my recovery.

like when my current books don't sell as I'd like for them,
or when I have a short story that hasn't sold even one digital copy,
or when I forget to bring my cell phone with me when I go out,
or when I forget to bring my re-usable shopping bag when I go grocery shopping,

I read somewhere that last Saturday was "gratitude day." I am grateful for my recovery, thusfar, and the people who have helped me during this time: family, friends, caregivers.  And though not a religious person, grateful to God.

Writing as Therapy

For those who don't know, for the past 15 months, I have been recovering from spinal cord injury brought about by an unknown agent - the doctors were never able to determine whether it was a virus, or of my body reacted with a severe auto-immne response - but my ability to walk, talk, and other bodily functions went kaput - and slowly, these finctions have returned.  The talking came back within a week, but the others ares till awork in progress.

As happy as I am with the current state of my recovery, I still get frustated at the pace, and writing about it provides me with an outlet.  I am working on a book journaling my recovery, but as a time out, I wrote  a short story and created an alter ego for myself, who had transverse myelitis as a child, and still walks with a cane - but when needs be - he turnes into an agile ninja.  It is a short story, and is currently available on Amazon Kindle. Please check out, Zombie Brawl, or Rants and Raves of a Mass Transit Commuter the Day the Zombies Attacjked the Train.

Just too funny

Just adding to the number of people sharing a version of this television clip from Japan.

Dinosaur in Office Hallway

0% discount? I think I'll pass up this offer

I recently got an email offering a 0% disccount on a tour.

Change the World - J-Pop song

It's really more of a love song, and the opening theme to the anime, Inuyasha, which is really aimed at the teen-aged girl audience, but it's got a lot of fighting and action to capture boys' attention as well.

Anyway, the song, sung by boy band (whose oldest members are now 40 years old), V-6, when they were in their teens and twenties inspires me - and I hope the book I am currently writing about my recovery from spinal cord injury, as well as the financial planning book, $10 a Day Towards $1,000,000 will inspire people to act positively one reader at a time.  As long as I'm engaging in shameless self-promotion, check out my vampire novella, Sword of the Undead

Change the World, with Japanese and English lyrics, by the band, V-6.

Lucky and Blessed

I've felt blessed since my eyes opened, and in my recovery blog. http://www.toeupto10k.blogspot.com/, each week, I write about an inspirational person. They are not hard to find. There are lots of inspirational people around in many different ways - its just that I focus on those who have recovered from spinal cord and brain injuries.

Sometimes I can't help but think about those who did not survive, and feel sad, and lucky at the same time. And the same goes for those who had to have limbs amputated for survival - and with those people, who have recovered, I get extra inspiration. 

In a Christmas Carol, Ebenezer the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, provided the trigger for Scrooge to change his life.  I'm not physically 100% yet, but meningitis and the resulting transverse mylenitis have caused me to make adjustments physically and socially, but it also provided me the trigger to start a new chapter - doing what I've always wanted to do for a living - that is to write  - and hopefully, alos provide inspiration to people who also are recovering from spinal cord injury.

A New Chapter

I was out of work for exactly one year due to complications from meningitis - in hindsight, I think it was a little too early to return to work full-time, albeit from home.  It took time away from my exercises, which I believe has helped me tremendously in my recovery. 

Last week was my last week working for an organization I worked at for 19 1/2 years, and over 17 years as an official employee.  It's kind of scary, but I will keep occupied, with my recovery, and I have a whole pipeline of books and writing projects lined up to work on.