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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

My weird doctor's visit.

I do not have a cast or a boot on my foot. They called me after the MRI and I went in yesterday to get one, but they didn't have any. They said they'd call me and have me come in another day (with no co-pay next time.) Also, when the doctor was reading the MRI report, she said that I had a tear in the tendon on the outside of my ankle (not the inside where it has been hurting) and that I had an ankle sprain. I said "Really?" and she said "You haven't sprained your ankle?" and I haven't, at least not recently. I did hurt this ankle really bad on my oldest son's second birthday, so 16 years ago. I wonder if this tear occurred then and they can't tell on the MRI? I'm starting to wonder if doctors really "know" anything or if it is all 100% educated guessing. Anyway, at some point, I'm going to be wearing a boot for a little while to see if it helps. Who knows?

2 comments:

Mother Mayhem said...: Gack.; 7:17 AM
Amy said...: Oh my mom would totally agree with you on what the Drs. 'KNOW'(or DON'T know, as the case may be). She tries to avoid them as much as is reasonably possible. She's a great fan of Home Remedies!; 8:55 AM

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1. Try it. You might enjoy it. It might change your life. It might not be your thing, but you won't know if you don't ever try.

2. Find out what your state (or country) requires, the bare minimum. Do this and then with the rest of it, have fun with it. It doesn't have to be all serious and it doesn't have to look like the inside of a classroom. You're at home. Relax. Play. Read. Learn together. Enjoy your kids. They grow up way too fast.

3. Don't let a written curriculum boss you around. If it works, great. If it's not working for you, throw it out. If only parts of it work, use those and throw the rest out. It's not the boss of you. When shopping for curriculum, read reviews. Try to go somewhere where you can actually hold the book in your hands and look through it. Print out a sample day or week and try and implement it or borrow it before buying. It's kind of hit and miss buying books without being able to see them.

4. Find a homeschool support group. Or two. If you can't find one in real life, find one online. Get support where ever you can.

5. Make a mess now and then. Go outside and put some mentos in coke. Make alka-seltzer rockets. Make some great art. Make a timeline and a map. Grow some borax crystals. Use levers to lift things. Make a trebuchet out of whatever you can find around the house.

6. Go on as many field trips as you can.

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"there is a theme, if you read, you'll get a growing conviction that homeschooling is a lifestyle that is worthwhile, that it is extremely good for kids and families, that it promotes bonding, is a personalized education that is superior to what you can get anywhere else for your kids, is fun and can be done even if you have a 400 track mind, no math skills (thankfully my husband does though), through working, job changes, bad hair days, home remodeling, deaths, illness, surgery, broken bones and various other things and it actually makes dealing with these things easier, not harder, than it was when we were in the public schools, because homeschooling is so incredibly flexible. That's the point I've been trying to make for the last 5 years or so."

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

My weird doctor's visit.

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