ANA Discussion Forum
AN Community => AN Community => Topic started by: msmaggie on August 01, 2009, 01:42:28 pm
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I was up on a ladder, taping off the crown molding in my dining room so I could put a fresh coat of paint on it. I was in the slow (painful!) process of working my way around my house. I stopped to go run an errand, and that was when I got the news from my ENT about my MRI. The ladder was put away and the project was jettisoned in favor of my new hobby, researching brain tumors. :-\
The blue masking tape around a third of the dining room remained, a constant reminder of my life on hold. So-o-o-o-o, today I very carefully climbed back up on the ladder, finished taping around the molding, and painted my way around the room. I can't wait to pull the tape off, although the tape that was left from last summer will no doubt pull off the paint under it. I don't even care if it does. :D
I feel like accomplished something toward blessed normality.
Now, I just have to keep working my way around the rest of the house. Or better yet, hire someone else to do it! ;)
Priscilla
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Oh, Priscilla .....
Please be careful up on the ladder! Shortly before I was diagnosed with my AN, my husband and I were painting our guest bedroom ..... I was up on a chair, helping him dismantle the ceiling fan in preparation to paint around it ...... stepped off the chair and kept on going ...... did not even realize I was headed for the floor until it smacked me on the hip. Fortunately I only ended up with significant bruises.
Now, 17 months post op I have again been painting (our kitchen and dining room this time) ...... well, actually I have been doing the taping, my husband the actual painting (he doesn't trust me to balance a roller and paint pan :o) ..... and I agree, it does feel good to resume doing more normal things again!
Clarice
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Wow! Has it been a year already? It seems like yesterday that we PM'd for the first time after your diagnosis. Like myself, I'm sure this last year was a year of "firsts since surgery" for ya.. Keep having them as they're great accomplishments! Congrats!
I've scared Jenni half to death by getting up on a ladder several times changing high light bulbs, drilling holes for hangars, etc.. Imagine that? ME on a ladder with a POWER TOOL! ;)
I bet it was sweet justice that you were able to get up and finish what was started a year or so ago.. Sweet!
Regards,
Brian