11/19

[fish]

Back

great trip

about a week before leaving began to have symptoms of sciatica - left leg.

very bad for first two weeks, with gradual improvement through forth week.

now symptoms have migrated down to foot.

pretty bad. numbness and pain w swelling.

x rays were monday no report yet.

mri scheduled for 15th.

on prednisone.

lots of limping around in Spain, i mean lots and lots.

so that was the exercise.

also lots and lots of stretching against possibility of piriformus syndrome.

so, how's by you ?

[Smoke]

You were missed... lonely here.
Sorry about your leg, get the swelling down and go to chiropractor for alignment. Gal that works with me was out for a week with it... bulging disc was the factor but it was against the nerve... still had to wait for swelling to go down.

Glad you had a good trip in spite of the leg.

I be doin.. really busy with work, had 30 hours in by Tuesday!
Trying to go see dad but that is getting tough as well.
Other than that life’s a blast! Lol

[fish]

lots and lots of stretching.

forward pigeon pose is a good one.

eye of the needle

etc

walking daily

can't believe it, but it is what i have to do for now.

at least until the mri.

clubs too.

hope things are getting better for you, Smoke.

too many demands on you, and you try to answer them all.

take care of yourself.

[fish]

stretching

clubs

and i am reduced to this.

but do what you can do while you can still do it.

keep fighting.

keep fighting.

hoping that i will be rowing next spring, and willing to do what it takes to be able to do it.

of course, we are scheduled for a 28 day trip to europe beginning in early May.

[fish]

mri - how do they get big people into that tube ?

results report maybe Tuesday.

moving wood to keep the home fires burning.

before the snow files, use the wheelbarrow to move loads from the woodpile to the porch.

don't use the porch pile yet.

lots of stretching.

NC still has the airplane cold, so no walking.

still residual numbness and discomfort in ankle and foot.

[fish]

MRI report equivocal.

No clear indication of what is/was compressing the nerve root at L5.

Primary is going to refer me to a specialist.

First read of report is scary.

Reads as though lower back is a mess.

But cutting all the technical terms out and chasing them around the internet for meaning and then pasting them back together again results in maybe this is what an old high mileage back looks like.

I need a lot more information to have context.

All in all, it's a downer.

Left ankle swollen and sore because who knows why.

so lots of stretching

clubs

walking

[Smoke]

This getting old chit sucks!
Sorry you didn’t get better news.

Keep the faith!

[fish]

ok, last day in November, 19

we have been walking 3 miles a day and i have been stretching.

i'll  post the stretching another day.