#3 came home today, announcing that he has a new girlfriend. Needless to say I am quite happy about this. He has been obsessing over his last girlfriend all summer, and she is not responding to his e-mail or MySpace messages, which has had him somewhat depressed. He seems to have shaken it off with this new girlfriend. He showed me a picture of her today, and she is quite a cutie!
It is once again Fair time around here, so I need to plan an upcoming day to take the kids to it. #1 and #2 went today with #2’s girlfriend; entrance was free if they got to a certain gate before 10. They arrived at about 8 this morning and got home about 4:30 or so, tired and happy.
My brother is getting married on Sunday. I would like to go, but the location he and his new bride have chosen is quite a hike up a trail. He described part of it in a manner such that suggested it is a bit of a challenge. I’m not sure if I am up to that kind of a hike.
I should mention why…
Last May after gardening, I was quite sore in the muscles just inside of my right shoulder blade. The sore-muscle feeling evolved into true pain, which radiated down into my right arm. After the doc gave me meds for it, and time, meds and ice did not ease the problem I was a little concerned. I was more concerned when it started to get worse. I was to the point where I was eating Motrin like M&M’s, 800mg every 2 hours and it was barely touching the pain.
I asked my doc to refer me to a specialist, so he sent me to a physical therapist. The PT poked and prodded me, and finally announced that there was no problem with my back or my arm. Rather, I had a slipped disc in my neck. Strangely, I’ve never felt any pain in my neck, but it is apparently pinching the nerves that go into my right arm.
For the past couple weeks I’ve been going back to the PT and having my head pulled off my shoulders for 20 minutes at a time. OK, maybe not, but traction sure feels like they are trying to pull my head off my shoulder!
I’m FINALLY starting to feel some relief. I go back to her next Tuesday to see if I need more traction, or something else.
I discovered over this summer, that I get rather cranky when I’m in pain for a long time. Go figure!
At least I'm feeling better for the fall cleaning up of the garden. I haven't felt well enough over the summer to do much out there as moving my right (and might I add dominant) has, until recently, sent searing pain back up my arm and into my back. I’m hoping to get out there with the kids in a week or two and pull out the mutant radish, gone-to-seed lettuce, spinach and broccoli, pick the corn (which should be ready by then), and try to tame the berry patch that has had a very enthusiastic summer.
Doesn’t that sound like fun?