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So, last week Monday I went through a rather horrific diagnostic test called a discogram which gave the surgeons a rock-solid diagnosis on the lower part of my spine.  There is no structural integrity in my lower two discs in … Continue reading →

The docs have given up on the facet injections.  They are helping, but not doing enough.  My right leg is atrophying and is markedly smaller muscle mass than the left now.  <sigh>  So, next step is getting run through a … Continue reading →

So, though I am not feeling great at the moment, by the time Christmas actually is here I have high hopes that my back is feeling ok, and my leg is working.  Yesterday was a cortisone shot into the right … Continue reading →

Well, I am still laid up.  Tomorrow is another facet injection.  Last week I had a double (left and right side) epidural.  The procedure went fine, but the relief it gave was minimal, with significant discomfort for 4 days after.  … Continue reading →

My right leg is working. I have not needed a brace on it to keep it facing forward, or a cane to steady myself since Monday last week.  There is a lot of general weakness on the right side and … Continue reading →

We left the home for one hour yesterday, Patti and I, simply to pick up empty hive flats left out at the Ness farm to have the bees clean the last remnants of honey out of them.  In that hour, … Continue reading →

So I have had most of a week pretty flat on my back.  They did an epidural on Tuesday which is supposed to make things work better, but I had been told that the spinal injection would make things worse … Continue reading →

What happens when  confused elderly person drives the wrong way on a 70 mph freeway? Our Honda Odyssey is the vehicle shown above. This is the car driven by the person who thought the southbound lanes were the northbound lanes. … Continue reading →

The weather is hot.  Not too hot for plants.  In fact, it is idea, growing conditions for beans, corn, squash, and tomatoes.  The heat is only too much for me. So I sat out most of the day.  Patti’s parents … Continue reading →

So that was my weekend.  Phoebe and Nell came down with me as gophers.  The actual contribution on their parts was pretty minimal, but they stayed out of my parent’s way which was good because they had a full-house at … Continue reading →