How do all you newbies like that title? If I were you, I'd reach through the computer and bitchslap me. I wouldn't have felt that way in your shoes five years ago.

Heck, I wouldn't feel that way one year ago.

And some days, I don't feel that way still.

But gratitude is a choice. So every day I choose acceptance combined with openness to try new things.

One of those things is Brain Balance. (See a few posts below.) I finally got the results of Stink's cognitive and motor tests yesterday. I do feel Brain Balance could help even out his left and right hemispheres and we could get all around improvements without drugs.

Shock of all shocks, even my husband agrees!

The negative side to this is the cost. Six grand is nothing to sneeze out. I've said it before, but I'm likely going to go back to work and then embark on this journey for Stink. I just need to have something in place before I sign the papers.

On other notes, Stink had strep yet again this week. A visiting doctor asked if he was ever tested as a carrier for strep. "No, I don't think so," was my honest answer. But I will say this: When my kid is on antibiotics, his tics practically disappear. What's up with that? And is life long pennicillian the answer for this? Doubtful.

In closing, I'd like to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for joining me on this journey. Many of you write to me saying that my blogs help you cope with a scary diagnosis, but I can whole heartedly admit that having you on my side makes all the difference in my life.

This week, for example, I was a bit more down than I've been in a while. Why? Thanksgiving prep? Stink's illness? A dying ex-husband or thoughts of a new job? Perhaps. But more than that, it was not writing. Focusing on you all, rather than ruminating on things I can't control, make all the difference.
I hope this Thanksgiving you can focus on all you can be to your son or daughter, not what you can't change about T.S..

What are your plans this year for Thanksgiving? I'm hosting my in-laws, my mom and my brother. Topanga T, God bless her, is coming over tonight to cook my side dishes for me. She's bought the food and is bringing a bottle of wine. Her hubby is making us crab cakes. I am, indeed, a blessed person. Go friendship!
 


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