Sunday Dec 2 |
 | Core Conditioning 40:00 [2] | |
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Saturday Dec 1 |
| Hiking 56:24 [1] | |
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| In the middle of a day full of errands which entailed a tour of Northern Virginia, I met up with Meg to go for a hike at Great Falls, MD. We stayed in the northern part of the park, walking on the Gold Mine Trail and then just walking through the pathless woods, since they are so open. My knee hurt a little and feels a bit tight now. |
Wednesday Nov 28 |
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| I went to the doctor today and I have the beginnings of osteoarthritis in the knee, probably instigated by the trauma of an ACL tear (at an O-meet at Oak Mountain) and subsequent not-so-well-done arthroscopic surgery back in the 1980s. I'm going to try medication (Voltaren) first to see if that helps. As I said to Gail tonight, "Getting older is a bitch."
And an update on my vision story. I thought I had undergone a miracle last Sunday when I could suddenly see much, much better out of my left eye. So good, in fact, that I thought I might still have a contact lens in there. After a few days of my eyesight being so much improved, I finally went to the eye doctor to figure out what was going on. It turns out that even my minimal wearing of contacts further irritated my cornea, to the point that my eyeball has swollen, changing the curvature, and giving me a temporary improvement in sight. I asked my doctor if I couldn't just irritate both eyes to the point where they stayed swollen and I would have perfect sight without any corrective devices!! Her reply was, "I forbid you to wear contacts at all until further notice...at least 4 months."
The moral of these stories? I'm not going to see any more doctors! |
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| C • no doctors 7 |
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| C • Swollen eyes 1 |
Monday Nov 26 |
| Core Conditioning 40:00 [2] | |
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| Something easy on the knee today. I found the name of an orthopedic doctor on my insurance plan today, but I was still hassled by an interested party because "finding the name is not the same as making an appointment!" So, tomorrow comes the appointment making. |
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| C • Making the call 2 |