Christmas Vacation

So far its been a pretty good Christmas. Christmas dinner with adopted family friends, a pot luck with new friends, and some time together for just us. Two Salmon King hockey games and now just Marla, the dog, the cat and me.
I like this just being together stuff.

Pain in the neck

Well it turns out that the trouble I was having wasn't really the trouble I was having. After walking for about 45 minutes my fingers and toes go numb. My doc sent me to see Dr. Pathak so that I could have my neurology checked. the doctor says the reason my numbness happens is because the C6, C7, and C8 nerves are getting irritated. And can you believe it, this all has to do with obesity and losing weight? So he is writing a not to Dr. Amson and we will see what happens. Likely nothing.
But I am not that discouraged because I am expecting very little too.

Christmas is a'coming

After a fairly wet weekend, we had lake Blake in the backyard with the Tributary of Marla leading off to the side. We basically cocooned all weekend and it was nice. It was so nice we continued it monday. On Monday we went out to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 1. It was really good but strangely it felt like it wasn`t over at the end.

On Tuesday I went to watch and listen to Marla sing with her choir. It was a nice night. I was looking at the course in miracles. this time we are on lesson 32 -

a relatively rough friday

I was up early to get Marla to volunteering and then Precious out to the vet. It was a rough day for Precious too because today she got fixed. then I came home and tried to get us tickets for Elton John. the show was sold out 14, 000 seats in 7 minutes. ACK! So I didn't get them. Marla and I went out for lunch at Swiss Chalet - I don't think we will do that again very soon. she had a tummy ache and I had major upsets.

We did some shopping at Wal-Mart and then went out to get Precious from the vet. Poor puppy she was entirely zonk. I am sure she was listening to head music - Precious is into deep purple :) - she was very stoned. She slept all through the evening. we were supposed to go to the symphony but we decided to stay home and look after the sleepy puppy.

Another week almost done

I have been very busy catching up on a lot of projects before the new year. It's coming up fast, only two weeks away. the pain in my chest has subsided and I am feeling better. I think that is mostly due to exercise making me feel better. Still Gillian took a lot of precautions and did some blood work and an eeg. they all came out normal. So as Neil says "I'm normal".
I was thinking about Rory, it has been a year since we lost him. He was such a sweetie of a beardie. I really do miss him.
I am feeling really good. I am getting a little exercise each day, not enough but doing something.

A busy Saturday

Today was a busy day. Chris and I did a really nice walk but boy it was cold. Marla was going to come to the RJH meeting with me but opted to sleep instead. Likely a good thing, I think she would have been bored. I liked the meeting because Dr. A was there an talked with us for about an hour. It was really interesting. After the meeting we went out for lunch at John's place. Marla had her waffles and I went for Hueavoles Rancheros.
We came home in time for me to get ready to go to work. The Salmon Kings were playing Stockton again. For the 10th game they lost. Major suckage but it was a good game.

A month zoomed by

Gee it has been a month since I have written anything. I think the biggest story that I have has to deal with a pain I had been feeling in my side and around my throat for the past three months. Gillian finally decided to send me in for an Ultrasound about the lump that is in my chest. Whenever I think of the lump in my chest I think of it in a very romantic rather than literal. It is like the feeling you get when witnessing a beautiful sunset, or listen to marvellous music. But this was actually a 2.5 cm square located along my diaphram along the breast bone.

the Ultrasound got cancelled so I was mentioning it to Steve. Steve suggested that it could be a hernia. So I looked up the symptoms and found Hiatus Hernia and it matched my symptoms. Because the symptoms involved the stomach I called Ailsa at Dr. A's. She said "Blake, move away from the computer and stop reading medical thing on the internet". She was right because there are so many other things it can be.

In the meantime, I am left with a sore side and sharp occasional pains. I told Gillian and she said keep an eye on it. So here I am keeping an eye on it all.