GOOD PHYSICAL THERAPY DAY

My PT went really well today. Still painful but constructive.  When L rubs my tendons and ligaments I swear I almost jump off the table. It hurts much less than it did two weeks ago. I spoke to her about my foot cramping issue.  I guess the ligaments and tendons are tightening up since I am not walking much on my foot. I have to roll a tennis ball under my foot to loosen things up.  The only thing is, my dogs keep stealing the ball to play! 

When we adopted the second dog we had to take away all dog toys because the dogs kept get into fights over the toys.  See Happi is a toy hoarder. She doesn't know how to play with toys (you throw a ball and she runs after it, picks it up and runs away with it) but she wants them all for herself. Lucky loves to play with toys and I spent a lot of time teaching her to return the ball but she will get the toy, take it to her cage, growl at you, chew the toy up and eat it.  So all the toys got taken away and put in a drawer.  For awhile there were moments of crying dogs near the drawer but soon they gave up. They did not understand my resolve.

Today I also found out I can go down to using one crutch.  For times like a concert situation I will still use the two crutches for safety but from now on one crutch. Yay!

I rode the stationary bike for 1 hour/10 miles today. Feeling good.

Until tomorrow...

JUST A RELAXING DAY, IT IS DRIVING ME CRAZY

Today I sat outside in the the backyard and I finished my book.  Then I started another. Then I ate lunch. Then I read some more. I rode the stationary bike for 45 minutes and took a bath. 

I know this is supposed to be relaxing and it was for the first hour. Then I got antsy. I am just not good at relaxing.

Until tomorrow...

WATCHED A COUPLE OF MOVIES

Yesterday we watched That Awkward Moment. Today we watched August Osage County.  Tonight I watched Prometheous.

That Awkward Moment was funny. Not fall on the floor funny but cute. It reminded me a lot of a Matthew McConaughey movie where he didn't want to get married and tried to get his group of buddies to stay single too. 

August Osage County, what can I say? I liked it better than the play.  I had a hard time hearing all the dialogue during the play. It is a hard balance to play a drug addict AND be able to speak clearly.  It is easier in a movie because if the dialogue us not clear they just do a retake.  Plus it is Meryl Streep. Need I say more.

Prometheous. This is a hard one. For about one-third of the movie I was lost. What was going on? Then I would figure it out then get lost again.  There were some requisite gory scenes where I covered my eyes.  I didn't dig the story line. 

Today the gardener came by to schedule the work on the backyard. Only a couple of more weeks. Yay! 

Road the stationary bike for 30 minutes today. I am pushing my foot just a little.

Until tomorrow...

COMCAST CONTINUED

Today I took a digital adapter and a cable box back to Comcast. It was quite a quick trip and I got the two new boxes.  I had a problem activating one of hem and that meant three phone calls to Comcast. But now it works fine. Once again I can listen to music or watch TV while I workout in the garage in our workout area.  It helps to have something distracting.

Today I rode the bike for 20 minutes. I don't seem to have any pain from riding the bike.  I have more from walking or driving. 

Until tomorrow...

CHECK UP ON FOOT

Today I went to the doc to have my foot checked. She did not like the bump/lump on top of my foot. So back to x-ray I go. Can you believe I got the same x-ray technician for the third time? Three times he x-rayed my foot.  I asking him if he was the foot guy. Turns out it is a lottery system. I just won the lottery and got him three times out of all the techs doing x-rays. I guess I should play Lotto! 

The x-ray showed no abnormalities just a healing stress fracture. Yay! 

Until tomorrow...

BACK ON ENBREL

Okay, today was an incredibly uneventful day. PT was uneventful. I cleaned out more of my office.  The most exciting thing that happened was I started up my Enbrel again.  I have been off for three weeks due to the antibiotics I was taking.  I am anxious to see if it helps with my fatigue.  I have been quite tired lately and have been falling asleep in the afternoon.  Maybe the Enbrel will help.

Until tomorrow...

MAKING PLANS

Tonite Brenda and I had plans to go to a play. Because I am on crutches I don't want to walk too far so take the bus. Brenda wanted to walk. I missed the bus I was aiming for and had to wait an extra 15 minutes. Brenda didn't see me waiting for the bus when she left the house so she arrived at our meeting point before I did.

Since she didn't see me still waiting for the bus she was confused when I was not at the meeting point first. When I arrived she was not there which left me in a conundrum. Did Brenda continue on to the play or did she go back home? I waited around for a few minutes but then I was worried about time. I continued on to the play alone and there she was outside the theatre. Of course I had the tickets. 

Now this could have all been avoided if Brenda would carry her cellphone. I could have just called her and said wait at the bus stop. Communication is key especially when one person is on crutches.

Until tomorrow...

RSD INFORMATION

Okay, I did fall into a pit of despair. The information I read yesterday about RSD was tough to hear.

Today I did some more digging and found some testimonials of people who had their RSD symptoms cease.  They were diagnosed and started treatment within 3-6 months from their first symptoms.   I started treatment one month after my symptoms began. This bodes well for my recovery.

I am in a better place now.

Until tomorrow...

RSD RESEARCH

Tonight I did what "they" tell you not to do.  I googled RSD. I was talking to a relative and they told me they knew someone with RSD. So far I have heard of three people with RSD that friends of friends know. I guess this is not as rare as I thought.  

So tonight I googled it. Boy, that was a mixture of scary and depressing. I had to close the window after a few minutes. I am hoping only the people who couldn't be cured were the ones writing into this website and the people who could be cured didn't write in. Otherwise no one ever gets cured. People have been misdiagnosed and living with this for 20 years. Even those diagnosed seem to have it for years. That is not my plan.  I see the foot doc this week, I guess I need some more info.  I got kinda freaked out. 

I guess this is why they tell you not to google things. 

Until tomorrow...

MALEFICENT

We went to see Maleficent today. It was a last minute decision.  A friend and I had talked about going to the movies this week but the iPad debacle kinda took up most of my week. Oh that and the possible UTI. So we never connected.

Today Brenda and I were supposed to do various things but we had all sorts of excuses: it is really windy and we don't really NEED food to eat, heck, you can do that tomorrow. You know how it is. Why complete a chore when you can put it off until tomorrow and go to the movies today? 

The movie was good. As Brenda would say: not what we expected. I am not sure what she expected but I don't ever remember reading the original Sleeping Beauty. I grew up on the Disney versions of life. Because it is the happiest place of earth!  I know this was Disney also but it was a darker Disney. 

Overall I liked the movie. The pace was good. The characters were good. The story kept me interested. Four out of five stars from me.

On a side note: since you have never been to our home, we have a giant framed picture of old original Maleficent in our dining room. I mean giant. Okay not 64" flat screen giant but 3'x4.5' big.  People always comment on it. 

 Until tomorrow...