Saturday, November 9, 2013

Just Checking In

Well, here I am, still kvetching and oy veying but not screaming as often nor as loudly.  We will call that progress.  fact that seems to be what I do the most

Happily, I have been able to sleep.......in  fact, that seems to be what I do the most of.  My next problem will be bed sores.  I have not figured out what steps I will take to get out of this mess......perhaps acupuncture, massage, rolfing, or hitting myself over the head with a club.  I have dragged my gravity lounge out of the corner of the sunroom and set it up in my bedroom.....if you do not know what that is, it is an adjustable lounge that goes back farther than most to let you end up with your head lower than your feet, or with your feet higher than your head....however you prefer to look at it   The theory is that, in that position the pressure is taken off of your vertebrae and should do good things for a person.  It does feel nice, but it has its limitations.....I mean, there is not a lot a person can do while in that position other than just breathe so I tend to get bored easily.

  I really crave one of those machines which lets you completely invert yourself so that you are hanging by your feet, but that gets complicated, expensive  and I think I heard that it may not be good for other parts of you, like your brain which I am very attached to and very protective of.  I am also considering having a chinning type bar installed in one of my doorways so I can hang by my hands and let gravity and my 1000 pounds of blubber extend my spine in a downward fashion and perhaps rearrange the errant vertebrae or disc back into their proper alignment.

That is pretty much as far as I have gotten in solving this problem......not very damned far, but I am grateful that things are better than they were a week or so ago.  All I can say is, I am working on it.  As soon as I find the key I will let you know.  Meanwhile, I feel bad that I cannot serve up some decent blog tidbits.  I may attempt to attach a delightful bit of ragtime piano to this wretched offering but I have little hope that I will succeed in being able to capture the right file  Let's see.

Incidentally, the tune is called "Whoopee Stomp" and was written by the fantastic painistabd composer Frank Melrose.  Frank was my husband, Pete's best friend and the father of my dearest friend, Ida Melrose Shoufler.  I love this and hope you enjoy it too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7bW9iRta4w&feature=share


10 comments:

  1. You could listen to audio books while in the lounge. Just a suggestion.
    Pretty sweet video.

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  2. Thanks, I found myself smiling broadly and tapping my feet to the ragtime piece. I don't think I'd want to hang upside down, but the gravity lounge sounds interesting. Hope it helps!

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  3. Sorry you're still not your self but if its any good I can recommend acupuncture for pain, I had a frozen shoulder and the pain was something else, the only thing that gave me relief was acupuncture so it may be worth you looking into.
    Great bit of music...
    Briony
    x

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  4. LOVE that video, and the 2 dancers in true period costumes!!
    Agree with trying acupuncture; and/or physical therapy ~

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  5. That am dancin' music my dear Lo! :-) Thank you for the link. I do hope you are soon feeling better. XOXO

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  6. I once worked with a fellow who had that downsideup contraption. Quite disconcerting to burst into his office and find him "over here", upsidedown, reading papers. My impression was he needed mighty fine stomach muscles and back muscles to support what he was doing.

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  7. My sister had a lot of trouble with pain and I've regretted we didn't get her the gravity chair in her last years--but maybe it's not everything it's cracked up to be. She also wanted to hang upside down, and in the months she stayed with us we kept finding her suspended one way or another. The SFP of it all was she couldn't even have wine, and that would have helped immensely. Her spirit is like yours though. A few minutes of feeling okay and you're off and running again. I played your video and did a little swing step in the kitchen.

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  8. Sorry you can't find "your spot." I tried inversion. It makes my brain hurt. WOW... your hubby wrote that? I played it several times and will play it again. Loved watching the older couple .... gal with the hat and man in the swing shoes. Can't keep sitting still for that one.... I tapped toes only at first but then I was up doing the full dance with a imaginary partner. Hope you are up and about soon and thanks for a delightful dance.

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  9. We have an "inversion table" where I can hang upside down. I like it, as it stretches me out, but the contraption to keep my feet in place hurts my ankles, so I can only tolerate it for about four minutes.

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  10. Hi Lo. I'm so sorry you are still feeling rubbish. Pain is a terrible thing. I hope that you start to feel a lot better very soon. Sarah xxx

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