I wanted to share the fact that this last series of injections has really started off great. I came in from the shop at nearly midnight last evening. I feel much improved.

You've read much gloom and doom over the years. I try to also share the good stuff. I've been having a couple of conversations with customer/friends recently. In the threads, I've mentioned that I feel like such a black cloud. But ... unless I lie and just blow smoke, then the facts are often gloomy. People don't like to hear that. Especially when it goes on for a long time. It's human nature to wish for things to get better. And, even though you might not realize it ... when someone just refuses to get better, over a long time ... there's a sort of guilt that gets attached to the person. They're a drag. You can bet that that person realizes it too. Mostly from the fact that people just fall off. They don't want to be dragged down. Bummer. Thing is ... the facts are stubborn things. And when most every topic leads right back into the problem ... that's reality. It's not the guy's desire that it be that way.

So; when there's good news, I like to crow about it a bit. I've been burning up the shop for the past couple of days. So much of the pain has resided to the point where the drugs are once again effective. Oh ... that's the equation. It's not that I'm cured and the drugs are not required. It's that the pain has resided to the point where the drugs can burn thru the pain and give me relief. Thank God.

My condition is annoying to myself - as much as anyone else. For example ... over the last two months, my knees have been absolutely killing me. So much so that I bathed them in Ben Gay. Walking thru the shop was painful and slow. You might imagine trying to work that way. This was a brand new condition. And it was dragging all of me down. Walking painfully was making my hips hurt. It was making my lower back hurt.
My old house is all staircases. I have to climb steps to get to the "First" floor of the house! Much less the rest. The shop has stairs. I could barely lift myself ... after having lost 30 pounds ... so that was not the problem. My pain doctor and a Phd. friend who ran a research lab years ago, recommended that I see a specialist, and start poking around to see what was wrong. That would clearly start with X-rays, and move on from there. I wanted to wait until I got these injections going again, before I started yet another tangled thread of appts.

Well, who knew? The knee problem was tied to my pinched nerves in my damaged back. Wierd. The first injections of this set, and the knee problem just went away. Seriously; it's made my life miserible for two months. And ... it was simply gone! What a relief. My pain specialist had no idea it was related. He'd told me he could recommend another specialist to start with to track it down. But I should start with my GP first. You see how it goes. Make an appt. a month from now ... then another ... then an X-ray ... then another appt. It's been my life for 8 years.

Well, I feel great at the moment. It's a vacation from the pain. And I wanted you to know.

It will all return again, I know that ... but I'm working my butt off right now.

Just wanted to share something positive.

Gary

gary ,i mean this in the best way ,,,, take a break , and unwind , if your pain free , enjoy the time
you havnt gotten all the work finished in all the years youve been at it
you wont get it finished now ,,, so
enjoy some quality time ,,,
there will still be work to do when your not enjoying great health ,
and as i said , i mean that in the nicest way
its nice to hear things are improving for you
regardstom

I agree that you should take a break. You deserve it. Maybe you and Kelly.db

great news!

Generally, if you lose 30 pounds and lower extremity pains get worse, it's not the joints - unless you have a gout attack

glad you're feeling good !

Sweet respite! No more more like
Pleased to hear you're feeling good Gary...
Regards
Neil

Thank you guys. I really appreciate the comments.

Still feeling good. Man ... three days in a row! Whooopie!!!!

Gary

Sure glad to hear it, Gary, you deserve it. Enjoy yourself!

Glad you're feeling better Gary, I can relate to back pain.

Of course we're all thinking "now get back in the shop" like the old programmer joke about the boss standing next to a widow and her kid at the foot of her husband's grave in the rain and he asks her if the programmer had mentioned anything about "code" before he passed.

Lon



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Glad your better, Gary. Don't forget to take a few minutes to enjoy yourself too.

Scott

Yup, don't forget to stop and smell the roses. Just don't crouch down too far, or bend too much, or.....

That's the problem with these bodies of ours. The warrantee service is just plain awful.