Physical and friends therapy

Things are going OK with therapy. For physical, I have mostly been working on balance. Heel to toe walking with me eyes closed, standing on one leg, walking down a hall whilst not watching where I am going, stepping over obstacles,etc. I feel pretty comfortable walking around now. I still take my time on stairs. Going to these appointments a couple times a week is getting old. I don' think my problems here are that serious.

Th speach therapy hit a snag with the insurance. Things the ST wanted to do were not allowed by the insurance for my diagnosis. really? This should be settled soon. 

 

I had the evaluation by the Occupational therapist 'OT' yesterday to work on my arm and hand. This has been getting better, but needs a lot of work. I get startled every day when i see my arm. I can go on all day about the things I have difficulty doing. I have to mentally force my left arm/hand to do things. It's exhausting, especially all this typing.  

I have been trying to exercise my brain too. The dork in me likes to write programs. I have been dabbling in programming languages I am not familiar with. My attention span is ok, but concentration tends to float away.

Oddly, my surgical pain has been flaring up recently. This has been giving me headaches.  

My oncologist is still researching a clinical trial I am eligible for. I have a feeling I will land on the chemo option. This should be decided next week.

    

 Lastly. The insurance plan at work is changing and my current doctor is no longer 'in-network'. Cost went up, coverage goes down. I am worried that I will not be able to afford quality care going forward. The dang insurance company will eventually want cancer patients to go to the minute clinic at Walgreens.  Oh, you want to see a real doctor? that'l be $10,000. I am hoping that the clinical trail will be all expenses paid.