Whirlwind

Things have felt like a whirlwind lately. I can't believe that it's already January 2010! I've officially passed my 6 month marker. I can safely say that I can definitely feel a difference. I was getting slightly worried for a little bit.

I've been back to work since the end of September. I was surprised that it was getting busy! If I haven't said before, I'm a Medical Assistant for a Pediatrician. Our busy season usually doesn't start until around late October or even early November. Things were already gearing up for me when I came in late September! Our tiny practice that Doc and I started back in January of '05 has grown immensely. At times it's nice, but at times we miss the slow times and reminisce of watching Grey's on slow days and how we used to be ecstatic when we would get close to 10 patients in a day. We are easily seeing double that and at times almost triple! Which is when I started to worry.

Doc...and myself, have a hard time saying no. I feel bad for my sick kids and their distraught parents! Especially the ones who have been with us from the beginning. So, I would "fit" them in that day, and Doc didn't do anything to help stop it. The second week of working nearly 50 hours my poor hip was feeling it! It wasn't used to being worked so much! I told Doc very plainly, that if he didn't want me going back to Dr. Sampson and telling him to take me off work again we were gonna have to do a better job of putting our foot down when we get full. We came up with a "reasonable" number to see during each half of the day and told people no double-booking unless it was run by me.

It didn't seem to help much. I began to pop a lot and I just wasn't FEELING my progress as I had back in August. I kept telling myself I'd call Dr. Sampson and ask him about it. However, when you work in a doctor's office, it's actually really hard to find time to call another doctor! I work the same hours they do. I take lunch when they do. I knew that if I had requested him to call me back after 6:30 or 7:00pm he very well would. He's just a sweetheart like that to me. But time kept flying. Before I knew it Halloween passed in a flash and we were coming up on Thanksgiving weekend. I had to admit I felt a lot better after being off for 5 days! My post-op was just two and a half weeksish from then so I decided to wait.

I loaded up my entourage. Mom, Lil Sis, Sweetie, and myself all piled into my car and we left on our way into The City. Dr. Sampson's office was quite amused with my little entourage. Connie was teasing Sweetie and we gabbed some. She's amazing. Dr. Sampson came in and with his comforting tone and way he soothed my fears that perhaps working nearly 50 hours a week for the past 8 weeks wasn't hurting me! He came in saying, "One year, one year, one year." He explained that sometimes people seem to make great progress in the beginning and then kind of plateau and make more progress later. I instantly felt better and was so thankful that God gave me this surgeon. He has also had pretty much the same procedure and told me that it took him two years to feel healed and normal. That makes me feel so much better. He told me that I'm free until my 1 year anniversary with him and can of course come back between now and then if something arises.

I am pleased with the way that 2009 ended. So thankful for the people and situations that God has put into my life. I'm praying that it will be an even better year for me and my loved ones!