Progress

Apologies if I left folks worrying.  I haven't died; I'm actually on the mend.

I had to go back to work Thursday of last week, mostly because with <lj user="umbran"> still out of work and my meds costing an arm and a leg, we couldn't afford for me to miss any more shifts.  Luckily, the clinics I was working at were patient and understanding, and willing to let me bring a chair into the exam rooms to sit down when standing and talking at the same time got too challenging.

And meds eventually kicked in, and I got some more rest over the weekend, and at this point... I'm mostly better.  I have no strength and no stamina - I get winded just walking around - but I'm breathing without any pain, and I'm completely off meds.  Now it's just a matter of taking my recovery slowly, and not pushing to get back to full activity too quickly.

Other than that... I'm hanging in there.  Hospice work is slowly taking off; I had three house calls today.  I'm not seeing enough patients yet to support myself with hospice care, but I'm at least able to support the business itself with its own income - I can pay my lab fees and buy the equipment I need with the money I get from house calls.  It's more than I could have hoped for from my first month in practice.

And in the meantime, as I continue ramping up, I've started writing a blog about hospice and palliative care.  One of the biggest challenges I'm facing, I've realized, is that most people don't really know what hospice *is,* and this is a chance to help remedy this.  Y'all are welcome to take a peek, if you want....

http://autumnvet.com/category/blog/

Slowly, days get longer, I get healthier, and I inch closer to my dreams coming true....