Aloha yourself, Ben!

I haven't had much time to post lately. It's the beginning of the semester and I've been working much more than usual. Things should calm down in another week or two.

The adventure? Well, it's been adventuresome lately, I'll give it that. After the visit to the Pittsburgh rhuemy a few weeks ago, I had a pelvic MRI done. He wants "objective evidence of enthesitis" before he'll prescribe serious drugs. Had the MRI almost two weeks ago, called the doc's office twice, but they still haven't relayed the results to me.

Pittsburgh rheumy referred me to the venerable Khan, the Cleveland rheumy. Called Khan's office and was told I couldn't make an appointment until they got my records. Took 18 phone calls and 2 faxes, but finally got the records successfully transferred. Khan's office called to tell me they had the records, but Khan isn't taking new patients? WTH????

Got cortisone injections in the feet, but they didn't help much. Will probably repeat the pleasant cortisone experience on Monday.

Either my ribs are inflamed or I have pleurisy. That's a new one for me.

PT of almost 2 years up and quit on me. Saw a new one last week and he seems to be a bright spot in the medical morass. He's not a "Stretch and Strengthen" PT. Has good manual skills, listens to me and believes what I tell him.

I think there is an evil deity out there who wants to see how much frustration we earthlings can tolerate before we snap.

Take care of that garden, Ben.

Karen

I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.

Thomas Merton



Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

Emily Dickinson