Diaries

Warm and sunny today with highs in the mid 70’s.

I had a long talk with my family doctor this morning on the phone. He is a great doctor and and I have a lot of confidence in him. He explained all the test results from Monday. We discussed what to do from here, the issues with my right foot and left leg, and how to treat what’s going on now.

I am somewhat more mobile today but still on the pain meds for the back. So, I am just continuing to do what I am doing. He will do a follow up via phone next Tuesday, I am hoping things will continue in a forward direction so I can do some things this weekend.

48 degrees and cloudy this morning. Things are about the same with my back and leg. I would rest then take a few minutes to do some chores in the kitchen to keep things tidy. The sun came out and it got warm by the time James showed up to mow.

I am reading Careless Whiskers by Miranda James.

Chilly with occasional rain showers. Last night I had my first really good night sleep in over two weeks. I did not even need to use the heating pad.

Today I am working on getting more ambulatory. The back is better with the pain meds and the swollen foot is already feeling better on the antibiotics. I a working on stretching and bending the bad left leg that is slowing down my movements. I am still using the cane for safety.

I am also going back to my regular eating. I ate my usual cereal for breakfast and a salad for lunch. I have stuff I can heat up for lunch. I loaded the dishwasher and washed up the non-dishwasher stuff before I fixed lunch. I feel a lot better today than I have in two and half weeks.

So, the plan of attack is to get things moving better using both ice and heat. I am used to rehabbing and know what to do to get things back on track.

Two o’clock appointment with the ortho in Elkin. Lots of discussion about when can and cannot be done. Nothing right now as I have an infection in the right foot which mean no steroid treatments. I’ve said all along I’ve had a lot grade infection somewhere. So. on antibiotics for that which might also clear up the back issues. Until then I just struggle to around with the left leg acting up.

Yesterday was  a total wash out. I could not anything due to the pain in my right foot and left knee and back pain. All I could do was sit with the heating pad on the back.

Joyce took me down to Elkin this morning for my MRI. I go back tomorrow for the results. Hopefully I can get whatever relief I need to get this over with.

We are having winter like weather the last couple of days. Frost and freeze warnings last night and tonight. It’s sunny but temperatures are in the low 40’s with 15 to 25 mph winds and gusts over 40.

I am still hanging in there. I managed to do a load of laundry and tidied up the kitchen but that’s about it. I rest a lot and use small bursts of energy to do a few things try to keep house from going to hell in the hand basket.

Thanks Ric and others who have been concerned. Two weeks ago Friday the 1st I got up to bad back spasms in the middle of the back. I see Dr. Rob, the chiropractor periodically he makes things fine. i went on about my meeting Joyce at the bookstore but as the afternoon wore on they became much worse. I stopped by his office the on the way for a treatment. Buy by six pm I am in excruciating pain. I call my doctor but a muscle relaxer but by 11 pm i was in horrible pain.

I called EMS to take me to the emergency room. they gave me iv pain killers and did a CT of back and stomach. Needless to say it has a been all down here from that point. The spams finally stopped first of this week so Dr. Ambler changed my pain meds twice until one started working. I am unable to each much so I don’t have a lot of strength. This afternoon we had a phone conference. He call in another refill to the pain meds to get me through until I go for MRI on Monday.

Since I was out I decided to do a little bit of shopping. What a chore but I got what I needed.

So that’s where things stand. I can just barely function to feed and take Coin out, Hopefully we will get the bottom of all this next week.

Partly sunny, windy, and chilly temperatures. Tonight, gusty winds with maybe a snowflake or two mixed in. Otherwise, nothing new.