Saturday, February 1, 2025
This is my all time favourite memory of my good friend Terry. Maybe favourite isn’t the right word but it is a memory I will never forget. Lorie and I were visiting Terry and Norma at Rock Garden. I was a few months removed from having shoulder surgery and it wasn’t going well. I developed frozen shoulder and couldn’t lift my arm up if someone offered me a million dollars. Both my surgeon and physio therapist were getting extremely concerned. Little did they know Dr T. Alexander was going to come to the rescue. As the four of us sat talking, my “good” friend (I use the term good very loosely for this story) asked me if I wanted to see his new badminton racquet. Terry playing badminton? That should have been my first clue. Little did I know it was actually an electric bug zapper turned on. Of course he handed it to me strings first. Well, when I grabbed the damn thing, it felt like a thousand volts shooting through my recently repaired shoulder. My arm suddenly shot straight up for the first time in about 6 months. The pain was incredible as I screamed in agony grabbing my shoulder. Now most people would have been concerned. So as I had tears streaming down my face with pain, old Terry was also having tears streaming down his face. The only difference was Terry’s was from trying to hide his laughter. I think Terry strained a few muscles that day from trying to stopping himself from bursting out in laughter. For the record, Lorie and Norma had no problem laughing out loud at the whole situation. After everything calmed down and the pain eased, I was finally able to move my arm over my head. Terry had done what no doctor could, cure my frozen shoulder. I could also tell you a similar story how Terry laughed uncontrollably as I was choking, unable to breath after a June bug somehow flew down my throat, but that’s another story. I love you big guy! Kerry
