My degenerative disc disease is acting up again, the pain is keeping me from sleeping, my right leg usually can't support my weight. Ended up at the Urgent care place instead of the allergist appointment I had scheduled, so I have to re-schedule that. After I hit the orthopedist's office today. Anti-inflammatories aren't doing crap to help. X-rays showed no fractures or real injuries, but there's steadily increasing osteocytes (arthritis), and most likely more herneation of the lumbar discs.

No fun. No fun at all, despite the enforced time off work.

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Sorry to hear of the pain and difficulties you're experiencing. We're keeping you in our prayers and hope sincerely that a way to ease the discomfort and pain will soon be found. Just take care!

Ortho-dude said take there steroids, and get an MRI.

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Today's avatar is the ship we sailed back from Japan on in 1958. The USS Gen. William Mitchell. My Dad was stationed there from 1954 to 1958. Mom, my brother and I joined him in 1955 spending a year and a half in Sendai (remember the tsunami) and a year and a half in Yokohama. If we had returned to the US a week later, we might well have sailed by on the USS Gen. Daniel Sultan the ship we took to Germany in 1947. That would have been an amazing coincidence, wouldn't it?

Hunh, never knew Billy got a transport named after him. Thatks for the bit of capsule history, DB.

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hi gg, so sorry to hear you're having such pain. hope the docs come up with something to help you really soon!

Just in case any of you are wondering...

I had nothing to do with this truck!

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Clever? Nah, I ran out of that years ago. But if you find this, let me know, k?
"The road goes ever on..." ~ Tolkien

In memory of my friend skip...
Go then, there are other worlds than these

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If that doesn't say Happy Valentine's Day,
I don't know what does!

Are you sure? Would they find your fingerprints if they looked?

I don't know if by just reading that if Dave Assman (owner of the truck bill board), is related to Dick Assman. If they ever get together they'd have one hell of an ass-kicking party.

I get to have an MRI today for my spine.

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Hopefully the results will be good and results encouraging. We're thinking of you, that's for sure!

Guess I'll go and see my cancer doctor this morning. Just a regular meeting but I saw the blood test results and there are a couple of items I hope can be answered positively. In any case, if you're inclined, please keep me in you thoughts. Thanks.

Thinking about it very carefully.

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Thanks. She is scheduling a CT Scan just as a precaution. She said the tests are a little ambiguous … "Like a weather prediction", but checking it out and being sure seem prudent to me. Don't have it scheduled yet, but hopefully we'll find out today or Monday. All things considered, she said the tests were really quite positive and getting this scan may just add proof that all's okay.

Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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