In Town
Well, I'll be home all week this week. Wonderful! I have so much catching up to do.
Eating Out
We went out to eat in Culver City tonight, a place called Eat Your Greens. I've been there before and really like their food. Afterward I splurged and had a chocolate ice cream from Cold Stone. While sitting outside eating the ice cream in the totally perfect late afternoon weather, some group was shooting a movie--directly in front of us! If I had talked loudly, I would be in their audio!
Chiropractor
My regular doctor said I have severe arthritis in my shoulder, a tear, two muscles significantly inflamed, and fluid buildup. She wants me to go get a shot of steroids in my shoulder. O god! She also prescribed physical therapy.
I called the rhuematologist and got voicemail. I was glad to leave a message and haven't heard back from the doctor yet. I also returned to my chiropractor who I used over a year ago.
Now, I'll be the first to say that I don't believe in a lot of the chiropractic mumbo jumbo the chiropractors of America blather on about. However, after 4 visits (every day but today as they are closed on Sundays) I am absolutely noticeably, significantly better! The range of motion has improved significantly and both the sharp and constant pains have been significantly reduced. I can assure everyone, this is not imagined. My shoulder issue had grown to be an increasing problem that has even significantly affected my ability to get dressed and shower.
According to the chiropractor, my neck is not to a point that the degeneration is irreversible. My head is constantly held forward, which is probably the result of my continuous use of the computer. As a result, my upper back and neck alignment is a train wreck. In the past I've even had some serious tingling and partial numbness in my arm as a result of pinching nerves in my neck.
My shoulder still has some very significant issues, and I'm not sure if it will ever return to "normal," but it is improving a lot. I hope this continues.
Weather
I still profess to living in paradise! The weather today was flawless.
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