Day 338

A long time ago, in a previous life (okay, this life, but so long ago it FEELS like a previous life – that happens when you start getting old), I raced motorcycles. Road racing at 180 mph, dragging a knee on the asphalt, flat tracking at 100-125, dragging a steel shoe. Then I crashed. Bad. Took out a fence and dislocated my left elbow, all the fingers of my left hand, tore my ACL(s) again, and woke up in traction. And, I messed up my hip – again.

These last few days I have not blogged as I have been in pain. A lot of pain – as much as I was when I injured it a long time ago. I could barely walk and I was living on Aleve, as often as I could take them. Without the Aleve, I did not sleep and again, could barely walk.

I have also been going through Rolfing this past year and into this one and it has helped will all the past injuries (Rolfing is sort of like massage on steroids – I often refer to it as “Ninja Massage”). It generally hurts, but it also works like nothing I have ever tried – and it doesn’t hurt THAT much (usually). I called my Rolfer and she said to get into her office ASAP, so I did. Friday, as soon as classes were over. I went from 100% pain to about 25% with just the one visit, and then returned again yesterday (Monday) for some additional work. Absolutely amazing. No Aleve, can sleep, walk mostly pain-free. Kathleen is unbelievable. Still hurt some, but it is back to “manageable.” We all gotta pay at least some for the things we did, right?

Breakfast was going to be a couple of biscuits this morning, as I am getting really, really tired of cereal, but they take too long to cook and I don’t have a lot of time in the mornings. Tried one of the “ready to go” breakfast bowls (I think it was one of Jimmy Dean’s) on Monday, and it was just so-so (and that is about as good as it was). Won’t do that again. So it was cereal today, and I tried a new one. Smart Start. Tastes a lot like graham crackers – which isn’t as good as it sounds like it might be – but the vitamin list is excellent – nearly 100% on most everything, and that is good. SO, I’ll likely keep eating it and mixing the days between Smart Start and Cheerios (us old guys have to also eat oatmeal – cholesterol reduction and all that). Might make some biscuits and then re-warm them. Yeah, that would work.

Weather here is expected to get cold again, and might dip into the high 20’a tonight. Expecting some snow – at least a little – which is unusual for us. This isn’t snow-in-the-winter country, so no one has any idea how to drive it in and cars are not set up for ice/snow. Will have to play it by ear in the morning to see how the trip into town and classes works out. We are up 1800 feet on the side of a hill and slip-sliding down to the main road might be a possibility, but not if I can’t make it back up again. Have to see in the tomorrow light.

Oh, yeah, on top of the uber pain from the hip, I also I have a cold sore. I have no idea why as I don’t get cold sores, but my lip is royally messed up and that’s sure what it appears to be. Huh – that is about all I can say. Huh.


Lunch was a shake (one of the Chopra specials) and they are surprisingly filling. Dinner was Chicken Kiev and some roaster garlic mashed potatoes with corn – a favorite here. KL and I do them occasionally and they are quick, easy, and always good.

We had a tiny bit of ice cream left in the freezer, so KL mixed some o f it (Blue Bell light vanilla – one of the all-time best ice creams ever made) with some nasty rice ice cream she had in the freezer, and I ate what was left of the REAL ice cream. Wow. Was it good.

All is semi-back to normal, pain-wise, anyway. Still hurt (I always hurt some – misspent youth and all that – but cool memories…). Guess it’s goodbye for today. See you tomorrow.

-Average Joe
Somewhere, USA