Monthly Archives: May 2008

My back doesn’t even feel bad. My legs, however, feel tired. I was encouraged to take it easy on my first day back, and I think I did, but I’m glad to make it back. Several of us made plans to see the new Indiana Jones movie and I even avoided hearing the “big secret” but then my sister told me. Ugh. I’m not telling. I think the place we’re seeing it tomorrow has beer. That should make the movie better.

I lent a buddy my Wii. I figure it’s going to get a lot more use at his mom’s party than here. I probably would have played an hour of Mario Cart this weekend at the most. Heck, I even watched Team America: World Police today. That was sort of like eating saccharine cotton candy with swear words. In any case, I just wish I had the books I ordered from Amazon Marketplace so I could just sit around and read them. That’s what I need. More sitting around.

I went to the D.O. today and he said I’m much better. He gave me some exercises to do to work on my core strength, and I think I’m already on my way there. I’m going to make an appointment with my massage guy and show up at the gym soon. Especially since Amazon Marketplace has screwed me and I haven’t received 3 out of 4 of the books I ordered last weekend and I have to find something to occupy my time. I can’t sit around watching Undercover Brother and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back over and over. Other than that, I think I got bupkis today. A … Continue reading →

My mom got back from Japan today and we all went out to dinner including Thuy who is visiting from San Francisco. I can tell already that I’m going to regain a lot of those 15 pounds I lost so far. My sister is tiny and my brother-in-law is just tall, but they can both put away the food. Not a very good influence, if you know what I mean. And you know how moms like to fatten you up. So there was a big update to Mac OS X from 10.5.2 to 10.5.3 today. I thought that was what was keeping me from watching Big Trouble in Little China … Continue reading →

It feels better. Better enough that I feel like doing something foolish, like going to the gym. However, I promised the D.O. that I’d hold off until I saw him again. You see, I’m a foolish, foolish person and I can’t be trusted to have any common sense. However, I am clever enough to ask the D.O. to make an adult decision for me and I am actually following his suggestion. I keep getting emails telling me to come visit the gym even if I’m unable to work out, but I’ve been holed up either with cramps in my back or with my stack of Michael Connelly mysteries. Harry Bosch … Continue reading →

The last two days the Flexeril hasn’t been helping much. It has relaxed my muscles and my brain but my back still hurt. It went from being an intermittent sharp pain to an almost constant soreness. In any case, it didn’t seem to be an improvement. My guess is that it was keeping me in bed for at least 10 hours and being in bed too long is something that always seems to make my back a little sore. So the Flexeril is going on the shelf with the other medications I don’t take. Back to the Advil for me. I didn’t do all that much this weekend. Probably read … Continue reading →

Last night I just ate things that I found around the house. Cashews, string cheese, and some yogurt. Tonight I’m trying to get myself to go BUY something, even if it’s just another Jack-In-The-Box salad. I finally have to admit that the closest I got to cooking lately is opening the salad dressing and pouring it over the salad, and I don’t always use salad dressing. I even bought an egg steaming gadget because I don’t want to be bothered with boiling eggs. Man, that’s some avoidance of cooking. The only interesting thing I did today was have breakfast with my sister and her running buddies. I was still a … Continue reading →

This stuff is supposed to make you tired and I was sleepy all day. Of course, it’s cold and rainy and that makes me sleepy as well. My back still hurts but boy did I sleep last night. I woke up with my right wrist hurting and I wonder if I didn’t just sleep on it all night long and not notice until I finally got up. Hmm, having trouble thinking of anything else to write about. I’ll blame it on the Flexeril. I’ll write a sentence and then wonder where I was going with my thought. This must be an ADD enhancement drug. My brain is pretty skittish to … Continue reading →

I knew there was something wrong with my back when the D.O. prescribed Flexeril, a muscle relaxant. I wasn’t expecting him to prescribe anything but stretching. We also found something that always hurts, sitting and lifting my right leg while it’s straight out. Right now, after 3 Advil, I was able to bend over to pick up the newspaper, but I still can’t raise my right leg straight out. I also asked him, since I have no sense at all, if I should avoid the gym for a while, and he told me to do nothing but stretching until I see him next week. Here’s an example of having no … Continue reading →

I’m not sure if it was just being sick, or the heat, but I wasn’t all that hungry lately. It was nice not having to work real hard at losing some more weight. But, alas, it’s less than a week after our almost 100°F day and it was only 58°F today. Quite a drop in the temperature, and I’m back to craving fried chicken. Ah, well, no one said this would be easy. My back is feeling a lot better, and maybe the osteopath can tell me something tomorrow. I’m not really expecting all that much (except for him to tell me to keep coming back for more visits) but … Continue reading →

I think my back is probably feeling better because of the handful of Advil I took. The dosing information on the web just says divide the daily maximum into three our four doses over the day. It’s working. I’m still walking around like an old man but at least I’m not in great pain. I’m going to see an osteopath on Thursday to see what he has to say. Probably to watch it when I’m lifting things into my trunk.

Some lazy <moronic> <fiend> put his <friendly> dog <excrement> in my <friendly> garbage can. Why the <fiend> couldn’t carry it one <friendly> block to the public garbage can is beyond me. The dog <excrement> is now going to sit in my <friendly> garbage can for a <friendly> week and stink it the <fool> up. It’s not my <friendly> responsibility to take care of you <f riendly> dog <excrement>. You bought the <friendly> dog, you’re responsible for the <friendly> dog you lazy <friend>. <Golly> <dingdong> idiot.