Lunch Walk

I have just returned from a nice little 1.3 mile lunch time walk. I have to do that more often so that I don't feel like I currently do after the walk. A little doughy.

It's a nice day for walk and I took the ol' GPS with me to track the distance and course. It only took me 25 minutes which is not a great pace. I was trying to maintain 4mph but I'm not sure how well did.

Learning from Cats

I figure it has now been a month with this back thing and it is finally starting to fade. Everyday seems different and everyday is unpredictable as to how much pain I am going to experience. Hell, it's unpredictable from one hour to the next.

I was working in the yard on Monday and I was up and down and bending over and not having any problems.

I am stiffest in the morning and I think I need to take a hint from the cats and get in the habit of a routine of morning stretching. I never see the cats just get up. They always incorporate a good long healthy stretch into their process. I am sure I am wound as tight as a rubber band on one of those balsa wood planes. Hey, whatever happened to those? Are they still around? I used to buy those by the bushel and fly them for endless minutes until it crashed and broke.

Uncomfortable Night

What a night! My back pain flared into my legs after I went to bed. It was not conducive to allowing me to sleep. I got up at 2:00 and went down to the hot tub. I was in it for about half an hour and it kind of helped. It at least helped to move the pain from my legs back to my back.

I slept somewhat better through the rest of the night but it still hurt.

I'm going to try and have a massage at lunch and see if they can't rub this thing out.

Dull and Annoying

So I slept but I spent a good portion of the night dealing with this pain in my leg.

It starts in almost the same place were my back pain has been and radiates down my butt and on down my leg. It is painful but in a dull, annoying way. It was really hard to drive to work this morning as it was most uncomfortable. I might describe it as dull and annoying.

I have one other thing to complain about but this is only to note it here and have a date for the noting of it.

A while back Robin Williams was on the David Letterman show and they were talking about their respective heart events. Dave asked if Robin noticed his emotional reactions had changed. They got talking about how much more emotional they were when watching something sad or really happy.

This caught my immediate attention because I hardly ever watch Letterman. Can't stay up that late. No, this caught my attention because I have noticed this in me. I can cry at the drop of a hat. And at stupid stuff. A Hallmark commercial, when they yell, "Bus driver, move that bus!", or anything designed to draw a faint hint of a tear. I'll go ballistic.

Okay, it's noted!

One more thing to note. The last couple of nights I have had a very difficult time trying to stay awake on the drive home. It really concerning. I'm wondering if I am developing Narcolepsy.

So far it has been controllable but is still a bit of a concern to me. I'll be watching this one.

Okay, that is noted too.

The Feeble Decreptitude of a Whiney Complainer

I'm not one to complain. Ask anyone!

I have been wanting to get in here and write for a week about the failing state of my body.

I woke up two Fridays ago to a sudden dull pain in my back. It's on my left back side just above my butt. I was taking the day off to clean the garage and I didn't need the inconvenience of back pain to add to the mix.

I got up and sat in the hot tub for awhile, but that didn't really help. I found that it kind of faded and went away and occasionally returned as I went through the day and nothing I did was going to make a difference.

The pain is still with me a week and a half later. I've been hitting the ibuprofen but can't say that does much. I'm going to do my best not to complain about it. That's what I have this Blog for. My own private OUT LOUD complaining.

Susan and I were working on getting the house cleaned up in preparation for the upcoming Solstice Party on Saturday. She was vacuuming and I was finishing projects. I was up and down the stairs all night and it didn't help that I had a sudden soarness in my right knee. It made tackling the stairs a little extra effort. By the end of the night, I was hobbling on it.

I'm better this morning but it's still sore.

These pains have come upon me with no particular help from me. I went to bed feeling fine on Thursday and woke up with the back pain on Friday. I haven't banged my knee into anything so I can only surmise I have some sort of knee cancer.

But I'm not going to complain.