Another Day

Yesterday was pretty calm and even normal, except for a few insights about areas where I tend to focus on the negative. My mom used to focus on the negative (or used me as her sounding board). I thought I was pretty optimistic, and I am in lots of areas, but when it comes to love and friendships, I could do a lot better. There's always something to improve. :)

Today was prepping for an out of state guest coming on Friday, getting ready for the cleaning lady tomorrow, and trying to improve a pulled muscle in my neck, shoulder and arm. whew! It hurts! I got massaged and put ice on it and took muscle relaxers, but there are just some actions that really, really hurt.

On Monday I heard that my MRI had been rescheduled to Thursday, so I have a chance to redeem myself. haha I'll have it done at Iowa Radiology out in West Des Moines. Once that was set, I called the pharmacist about serious medications to help, even though it is an "open" MRI. Just how open is open?? And then called the doctor's office, who prescribed valium. Hope that does the trick! I don't have to worry about driving while under the influence of tranks, as my dear friend Chris is going to retrieve me and then dry me out. haha

I have been having increasing pain across my lower back and walking is difficult, even with the cane. Also some pain in my lower front abdomen, but nothing really awful. I'll be glad to get a diagnosis and get started on improving the situation. For now, PT is on hiatus until we know what we're dealing with. So I'm on my way out to the pool to work on maintaining or improving the current situation.