I’m not sure why I am thinking about it, but I just realized that it’s been a long time since I’ve updated my blog, and that I kind of left things hanging with the whole physical therapy thing. It won’t be easy to recap everything … Here’s the short version: Physical therapy was cancelled The [...]
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Physical Therapy – Day 1
I have this pain in my shoulder/back that’s been there for a long time and for whatever reason started bothering me recently. The therapist thinks that it may be mostly neck related and suggested the following exercises: So we’ll see how all that goes. UPDATE: My doctor called today and said to forget about the [...]
Quitting Smoking – Day 16
I recently ready the book The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr, and I have to admit that I agree with lots of what he says. A big ol’ point this book makes is that one needs to give up the nicotine habit as soon as possible. Mr. Carr does not recommend any [...]
Quitting Smoking – Day 10
Tonight I went out for dinner with a fellow employee and a couple of customers. It turned out that the fellow employee and one of the customers were both smokers. (I could totally smell it on them from the get-go, which is a new thing for me.) It felt pretty good to sit there and [...]
Quitting Smoking – Day 9
Today I travelled on business as a non-smoker for the first time in my 14-year career! I’ve got to say it was quite enjoyable (although the exit row aisle seating probably helped) in the sense that I wasn’t out huffing down three cigarettes while cutting things too close before takeoff so as to spend as [...]
Time to Quit Smoking
I’ve been a smoker for … Ug! 21 years now. No more. I set my quit date for Sunday, 28 February, 2010. So far so good, but I am somewhat amazed at how many times I’ve thought, “Time for a cigarette,” and went to look for the ashtray or pack of smokes. Nicorette will be [...]
Finger Boo Boo
What a sucky night. I just figured out that tonight is pretty much the last chance I will have to do a day album before the next Bullet Lodge. Fine, I’ll do an album. I was all looking forward to it, actually. So I pick up my guitar to play a few licks, and then, [...]
Another Holter Monitor
Eghads, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything. What’s happened? A very good friend of mine at work was fired. I got an iBook and MBox (I think I already posted that), and I’m doing another Holter monitor for the next 24 hours. The purpose of this monitor is to see what effect the [...]
Heart Diagnosis
The cardiologist called today with my test results. Well, not the actual doctor, but one of his nurses. Long story short, my heart is beating faster than it probably should, and they recommend I take beta blockers to lower my blood pressure and heart rate. The results: Echocardiogram: Normal 24-hour urine analysis: Normal Holter monitor: [...]
Holter Monitor
I do not have much time to write. Got my Holter monitor yesterday. Writing down everything I do is annoying, and the leads which are stuck to my chest are annoying. It’s also annoying that I have to take more time off from work to get the thing back before 17:00 today. I feel fine, [...]