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My OG mend has started.

I guess I’m lucky. I don’t have arthritis nor any pains. But I have had a stroke with many of its attendant symptoms. Life is sometimes unpredictable.
 
I did see this last night on tv.

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Watching the "twerk" function, got me wondering, , ,
Slow isometrics, after a hard workout, slowly flex and release, to a relaxed muscle flapping, shaking out that lactic acid.
May be the thing to have?
 
Seems to me you are on track to resume your life. :thumbup Keep on with the martial arts moves, kadas, tai chi etc. in bed or upright. It occurred to me to mention one manipulative surefire way to get beseeched to return upstairs since her fear of your safety has been a powerful driver. And yes it is passive aggressive but with pureness of motive and offered tongue in cheek. Mebbe discuss or make a mock but realistic design plan to alter the basement for you to remain there indefinitely since it may feel like a hotel. It should be costly and show specific renovations with clear paper representation. Like the perfect live-in man-cave replete with bike in-house if believable. Hope she doesn’t lurk but the plan is to be reuniting after all. Keep on!
 
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Thank you.

Just back from another gym session for the lower body. Sporting my "I do my own stunts" T-shirt that @m0t0_ryder gave me. Seeing a guy walking with a cane wearing it is probably gets a couple extra smiles and two people commented on it. :laughing

I like the idea but unfortunately she owns the home. I am only a tenant that paid for it and have zero say in what happens there. Hence....I cannot wait to heal and get on the road to nowhere.
 
budman said:
Thank you.

Just back from another gym session for the lower body. Sporting my "I do my own stunts" T-shirt that @m0t0_ryder gave me. Seeing a guy walking with a cane wearing it is probably gets a couple extra smiles and two people commented on it. :laughing

I like the idea but unfortunately she owns the home. I am only a tenant that paid for it and have zero say in what happens there. Hence....I cannot wait to heal and get on the road to nowhere.
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I see you as a Talking Head budman!😊
 
Isn’t going downstairs to the basement the same as going upstairs to your bedroom?

When my wife and I bought our home, we specifically decided against a two story home. Three steps is all it takes to get into the house from sidewalk level.
 
It was explained earlier.
It had a better restroom shower set up. Much more favorable specially with all the HC hardware needed.

Now mostly because I stink like Ben Gay using Icy Hot deodorant.

All the hardware long gone. Easy access to the bicycle / rowing machine is good too. Then There is the cat. :laughing
 
Try some Mineral Ice by Mane 'n Tail. It's hella strong, and smells like Ben Gay on steroids because it's for horses.. My weight lifter nephew turned me on to it. Apply at night and ideally wrap the area you apply it to. The first time I used this it burned, but I got used to it. Occasionally it helps me with some of my ailments.

https://manentailequine.com/search?q=ice&options[prefix]=last They also make products for Humans, but the Ice is on their Equine site.

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easy wind said:
Mebbe try Voltaren anti-inflammatory cream, no stink and available everywhere now with no prescription. Or Bio-Freeze, stinks less.
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I have used that for my wrist. Just need to be super careful not to get anywhere near the eyes. Bio-Freeze has been used as well as ICY HOT and Ben Gay.

Thinking horse shit make sense :laughing
 
That is scary shit. My nail is inside, but that bolt into the femoral head looks similar. 😱

I have noted what feels like a tendon sort of catching and releasing on it in certain motions. Not painful but fucking weird as hell. Scary weird.

In PT yesterday we start to do lying side leg lifts. Again.. I had tried a month ago and that weirdness scared me away. I noted it again yesterday, but not as bad and shifting the angle a little eliminated it.

I follow up last night with a solid bike ride, exercises including just fricking walking forward and back, and then laying in bed doing 3 sets of the leg lifts, some other strengthening exercises and then stretching. The leg lifts went OK.

The Mrs. actually hung out when I did the 1.5 hr first part and decided it would be good for her to do many of the exercises too so she is going to join me here and there moving forward. She recognized quite a few from her badly sprained ankle 3 years ago.

Going to 45 minutes of PT in the AM (which is mostly stretching and strength improvement analysis) and then knocking out another couple hours in the evening has got to be getting me better than just being an old goat watching TV. The Mrs. certainly has noted all the effort I have been giving and is routing for a full recovery.
 
Hit the gym for 1.5 hours of fun today.

Rode the bike for 22 minutes hitting a goal I made a month ago when I started back at the gym. That was to get to level 10 on the bike and do 4 miles in 20 minutes. Last week I did hit level 10 but not for long as the controlled breathing got away from me. Today I hit it on the nose and then cool down. 2.5 min warm up and level 10 for 17.5 min maintaining the controlled breathing. Now I will start to see how far I can go in 20 minutes. Started at about 3.2 miles cruising level 6. So progress is easy to see. That feels pretty good.

Today was upper body but really not shoulders per say as I am fighting the shoulder. It is getting better and I will get a status check from the physical therapist tomorrow. Typing this I can feel the pump in the arms I happy that the amount of weight I am doing is creeping up as well.

When I get home another 20 minute bike ride and the PT exercise program assigned to me for the leg.
Going to invite the Mrs. to kick my ass too. Looking forward to treating myself a little over the weekend.
Bong hit, a vodka and some food that I have been steering clear of on Saturday.
 
When I broke metatarsal for my pinky in my right hand they decided against surgery since it was only midly displaced. This meant it healed with a bit of an arch. For about a year the tendon that is meant to run across the top of the bone would occasionally snap to the side doing things like catching a baseball or whatever. Definitely hurt, but I assume it grew and or stretched and now sits there full time as after a year or so it never bothered me again.
 
March 22nd update.

Feeling pretty positive about the progress in the last 10 days.
Gym going well and I have reached a spot where I am not using the cane 100%. Actually closer to 25% but it does take a minute to get the leg warmed up so if I walk with an ugly limp for a bit. Once it warms up I look almost normal.

I got applause from the staff at Togo's on Friday when I went in without a cane. It was cool to be acknowledged.

I have an appointment with Mrs. Budman next Saturday AM to try to mount up on DU CAT. Not in Moto Gear so it will be a bit easier than wearing heavy boots and such but a start and some feel good as I hit 6 months of this fight to get back to health.

Next month will be a shift in my PT as they feel changing the "official" visits to once every other week is what the insurance program dictates. I will get the opportunity to :rant at the Doctor to see if I can stick with weekly. I think the stretching and range of motion checks and the new exercises warrant sticking with it.

I do plan to rant at the Doc. "I am not some old guy who is going to stay on the couch. I have physical goals and the determination to obtain them and my PT is an important part of being successful and enjoying that last decade of my life." :x

Looking forward to heading to the gym after watching MotoGP.
I am enjoying it mucho and seeing younger people more often is cool :teeth
 
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