Author: lulualissa83

Today is Thursday, September 21, 2023 and I’m happy to be ending the week with more good news. I had my fifth appointment with my nutritionist at Amiri Hospital at 9:00 am this morning. Although we saw a slight decline in my muscle mass in early August which was right after I got sick, we…

Today is Tuesday, September 19, 2023 and I had 2 appointments for the day, one for my physical and the other for my mental wellbeing. The first was my 6th and last session with the occupational therapist at PMR for my scoliosis. The second appointment was my weekly Zoom therapy session. I arrived at PMR…

Today is Sunday, September 17, 2023 and I’m SO happy! I had my blood test at Amiri Hospital this morning and as you can see from the picture above (drum roll) for the first time in a very, very long time my CK level is finally within the normal range!!! ألف الحمد لله! No you…

Today is Thursday, September 14, 2023 and I can’t believe we’re half way done with this month already. Where does the time go? With the kids back at school and back to their after school activities, time is just flying by so fast. It’s been great seeing them get comfortably back into their routines but…

Today is Wednesday, September 6, 2023 and I had my third session at PMR for my scoliosis. My second session was two days ago on Monday. So far it’s been going well…I just didn’t realize how much work and effort is required on my part! I don’t know why I was under the assumption that…

Today is Sunday, September 3, 2023 and it’s the first day of school for my kids! It’s crazy how time flies and the summer is over already. I feel like they just started their summer break! It’s a great feeling to be going back to a routine and some sort of structure for them and…

Today is Tuesday, August 29, 2023 and it’s been a few days now that my mood hasn’t really been that great. I just feel like there’s a lot going on and I’m having a hard time processing it all. My Daily Care program at PMR ended last Thursday and that has made me feel unsure…

Today is Sunday, August 27, 2023 and I know I said adios to PMR but I’m actually not done completely there just yet. This morning I had two appointments…The first was a follow-up with my dermatologist at 8:00 am in Abdulkareem AlSaeed Dermatology Center and the second was an appointment with a new occupational therapist…

Today is Thursday, August 24, 2023 and I had quite a busy morning. We had an early start and Yasmine joined me for all my appointments. We were out of the house at 7:15 am, arrived at Amiri at 7:35 and went straight to the laboratory for my bloodwork. We were in and out of…

Today is Wednesday, August 23, 2023 and it was my second to last day at PMR. I can’t believe my days there are coming to an end. Honestly it’s a bittersweet feeling…I’m happy to have come this far because of my work there but I’m scared of what I have to do on my own…

Today is Tuesday, August 22, 2023 and it was quite a busy day for me. There were four items on today’s agenda…Let’s begin with the first one, the Family Meeting. I’m not sure if you remember or not but I had posted earlier about a Family Meeting that took place at PMR with my PT,…

Today is Monday, August 21, 2023 and I woke up excited to get back into the pool for my PT session. I was glad they called me from PMR this morning and informed me that the pool pump was working today. I arrived a little early since the swimming session starts at 9:45 am. It…

Today is Sunday, August 20, 2023 and I can’t believe this is my last week at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center. While the past two months flew by, they also draaaaagged on forever. It seems like it was yesterday I was starting my therapy sessions at PMR…Not two months ago! I woke up this…

Today is August 17, 2023 and it’s Thursday! I’m so glad I had restful night’s sleep after yesterday’s procedure. I woke up energized and so ready for the last day of the week. My physical therapist had already informed me that she would not be attending today’s session due to another work engagement. So after…

Today is Wednesday, August 16, 2023 and I was scheduled for my upper endoscopy and colonoscopy today at Royale Hayat Hospital. As I had mentioned in yesterday’s post, I didn’t go to PMR today because of my scheduled procedure and I was so ready to just do it and get it over with. We arrived…

Today is Tuesday, August 15, 2023 and it was a back to back to back kind of day. My first appointment for the day was physical therapy and we continued with the same exercises we did yesterday for my lower body. All the leg movements were done standing and with the ankle weights on. My…

Today is Monday, August 14, 2023 and I was genuinely looking forward to going to PMR today because my sister told me she wanted to join me! Lucky me! Unfortunately my OT couldn’t make it to our session today so my sister only got to see me ‘at work’ during my PT session. Still, I…

Today is Sunday, August 13, 2023 and it’s starting to feel like groundhog day over and over and over again…Same routine, different day. Luckily my day did not have to start too early though. We arrived at Amiri hospital at 9:00 am and I went straight to the laboratory to get my bloodwork done. I…

Today is Thursday, August 10, 2023 and I’m so thrilled it’s the last day of the week! Aren’t you? Thankfully, it’s been a good week….But it was also a tiring week. Going from 10 days of barely moving to 5 days in a row of daily workouts is a lot. It really hit me this…

Today is Wednesday, August 9, 2023 and I’m glad it was a lighter day than yesterday. I only had PT and OT at PMR, followed by two quick personal errands afterwards. I must say the heat is quite exhausting these days because as soon as I got home I just wanted to rest, rest, and…