...of my recovery and it's been an interesting one. Things have happened. Luckily those things have little to do with my recovery which is going pretty well, actually.
Last Thursday when I was coming back from birding a truck heading the other way on Route 6 kicked up a stone of which I became aware when it smacked into my windshield--right on the edge of the windshield, right over the passenger's seat. Unlike the stone that hit the windshield back in 2010 and left a nickel-sized bullseye about two inches in from the left edge, this one left three straight line cracks which, if I remember correctly would have just continued to spread as the temperatures warmed up.
I called the insurance company and then made an appointment with Safelite to get the windshield replaced. Problem solved. They did the work on Tuesday afternoon. It took them a little over an hour.
Tuesday. PT in the morning and then over to Wellsboro to have the windshield replaced while Terry and I went to Timeless Destinations for lunch--which was delicious, by the way, despite the sudden onset of something that had me shivering uncontrollably even after a couple of cups of hot tea and a bowl of soup. And I ached all over. When I got home, I went right to bed and threw a second cover over myself. I eventually stopped shaking and started to sweat. I stayed in bed all afternoon and all night and by Wednesday morning I felt better. Still ached in muscle and joint, but it was better. By noon I had finished my rehab exercises and the aches had faded to the background.I've no idea what hit me, but I'm very happy it didn't last long.
Thursday I have PT again. Then I have to take the Tundra in to have its engine checked. It told me it needed this service on Tuesday morning when that damn dashboard light did not go off after starting turning the key.
Oh, and we got word that we owe about 9K in taxes--almost all of it federal, which didn't surprise me. I'd rather have to pay than have to try and get MY money back.
Showing posts with label Physical Therapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Physical Therapy. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 08, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Nine Weeks
Hmmpff! Didn't get nearly as warm today as they forecast it would last Monday. Back then they were saying mid to upper 50s. Today it only got to 35. A windy, chilly, damp 35 at that. You see, the clouds rolled in from the south and brought some rain along with them. Apparently the front associated with that rain slid just a wee bit to our south east and we got the cold side.
Hopefully they are just as wrong about tomorrow's forecast (heavy rain and snow? Seriously?).
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I had my first session of physical therapy (henceforth known as PT for "pain and torture") on Monday afternoon. Spent half the time being evaluated by the head torturer before I was given two stretching exercises to do at home and a third to do while I was still on the slab. Needless to say I felt the stretch afterwards. Sorta like being on the rack but it only affected the buttocks and the hamstrings. They were tight!
I added those two stretching exercises to the repertoire the visiting therapist gave me a couple of weeks ago and have been doing them twice a day as ordered. Only good thing about those two new exercises is that I can do them laying down.
Bright and early tomorrow morning I go back to Elite for my second session of PT. Wonder what they'll have me doing next?
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I supplemented my at home PT with a little yard work the past two days. Did a little walking across the yard to and from the burn barrel on Tuesday when the winds were calm. Our garbage mail, boxes and miscellaneous paper had been building up for a good long time and had to go. I figured the extra CO2 wouldn't hurt either since we here at the Aerie are in the cold zone of the globe. Hell, we've been colder than Anchorage all winter.
Today, I tried to make amends to Terry for throwing so many stones into her flower beds next to the driveway. Holy mother Mary! Were there a lot of stones! It's surprising that I "only" broke two shear pins on the snow thrower way back when. I cleared about four square feet and could have filled a 5-gallon bucket. Then my fingers got cold and my back and knees cried, "Uncle!"
While clearing stones I had to be careful not to step on the small, green spears of the day lilies that were just poking their noses above ground. There was some green showing on a few other plants as well even as snow remained heaped on the edge of the driveway a mere foot away.
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Yesterday and today, every time I went outside for more than five minutes I was sure to hear the honking of geese or swans high over head. Yesterday I could watch them head north at a leisurely pace. Today, with the winds out of the south at 20-30 mph with a few gusts higher, they went sailing along like a 20-meter vessel in the America's Cup. If I blinked, they were out of sight.
The feeder birds are still with us. I thought the redpolls had caught on and headed north, but they seem to like my sunflower seeds. The siskins are still here, too. Then there's the usual crew (chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmice, mourning dove, downy woodpecker, red-bellied
woodpecker, dark-eyed junco, and a host (horde?) of goldfinches.
I can hear redwings down the hill near the farm ponds and reeds but they haven't come to the feeders. The robins are also busy establishing dominance and territory although few have visited the lawn. Not that I blame them. The lawn is pretty much still frozen and any earthworm would need tunneling drills to emerge.
Still hear the occasional owl on the hill after dark, but I'm still waiting for my first woodcock flight at twilight.
There have been a few turkey vultures come soaring by and the ravens are still dancing in the wind--when they can get away from the nests.
I need to get out and do some birding! Unfortunately, all the lakes are still frozen as are the marshes. They are the main attractants around here until the warblers show up.
Hopefully they are just as wrong about tomorrow's forecast (heavy rain and snow? Seriously?).
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I had my first session of physical therapy (henceforth known as PT for "pain and torture") on Monday afternoon. Spent half the time being evaluated by the head torturer before I was given two stretching exercises to do at home and a third to do while I was still on the slab. Needless to say I felt the stretch afterwards. Sorta like being on the rack but it only affected the buttocks and the hamstrings. They were tight!
I added those two stretching exercises to the repertoire the visiting therapist gave me a couple of weeks ago and have been doing them twice a day as ordered. Only good thing about those two new exercises is that I can do them laying down.
Bright and early tomorrow morning I go back to Elite for my second session of PT. Wonder what they'll have me doing next?
******
I supplemented my at home PT with a little yard work the past two days. Did a little walking across the yard to and from the burn barrel on Tuesday when the winds were calm. Our garbage mail, boxes and miscellaneous paper had been building up for a good long time and had to go. I figured the extra CO2 wouldn't hurt either since we here at the Aerie are in the cold zone of the globe. Hell, we've been colder than Anchorage all winter.
Today, I tried to make amends to Terry for throwing so many stones into her flower beds next to the driveway. Holy mother Mary! Were there a lot of stones! It's surprising that I "only" broke two shear pins on the snow thrower way back when. I cleared about four square feet and could have filled a 5-gallon bucket. Then my fingers got cold and my back and knees cried, "Uncle!"
While clearing stones I had to be careful not to step on the small, green spears of the day lilies that were just poking their noses above ground. There was some green showing on a few other plants as well even as snow remained heaped on the edge of the driveway a mere foot away.
******
Yesterday and today, every time I went outside for more than five minutes I was sure to hear the honking of geese or swans high over head. Yesterday I could watch them head north at a leisurely pace. Today, with the winds out of the south at 20-30 mph with a few gusts higher, they went sailing along like a 20-meter vessel in the America's Cup. If I blinked, they were out of sight.
The feeder birds are still with us. I thought the redpolls had caught on and headed north, but they seem to like my sunflower seeds. The siskins are still here, too. Then there's the usual crew (chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmice, mourning dove, downy woodpecker, red-bellied
woodpecker, dark-eyed junco, and a host (horde?) of goldfinches.
I can hear redwings down the hill near the farm ponds and reeds but they haven't come to the feeders. The robins are also busy establishing dominance and territory although few have visited the lawn. Not that I blame them. The lawn is pretty much still frozen and any earthworm would need tunneling drills to emerge.
Still hear the occasional owl on the hill after dark, but I'm still waiting for my first woodcock flight at twilight.
There have been a few turkey vultures come soaring by and the ravens are still dancing in the wind--when they can get away from the nests.
I need to get out and do some birding! Unfortunately, all the lakes are still frozen as are the marshes. They are the main attractants around here until the warblers show up.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Weekly Report from the Aerie
It's been a quiet week with Terry off on her Grand Tour. Since Wednesday, the weather has been...well changeable. If you didn't like what was happening, all you had to do was drive five miles or wait 15 minutes. It was spitting rain, snow and sleet between periods of sun--sometimes while the rain was falling--and grand blue skies. Friday afternoon that spelled a beautiful rainbow that lasted for all of five minutes before the clouds got in front of the sun. Daytime temps have been in the low 40s and it has dropped to around 30 over night. And the nights are definitely longer each and every day. Autumn has certainly arrived.
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Terry's SAGA Convention in Frisco, TX has ended and she headed west today. Went 300 miles and she's STILL in Texas. She plans on being in Anaheim, CA on Tuesday to visit with Jessica for a couple of days. (And empty the Jeep!)
After that, she's heading up the coast to visit her sister Lucille and niece Laura. There might be some guys involved there too, but the only one I remember is Laura's baby Matthew. ;-)
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Thursday I drove down to my buddy Joe's place to return a jacket Terry had repaired for him. I brought my S&W M&P .40 with me and we ran through a box of ammo. I'm still searching for the "right" ammo for that pistol. I've not shot it a great deal, but the Winchester 165 gr JHP seems to be better than the 180 gr I bought when I first got the gun. Still shoots a little low, but at least I could get it on the paper this time.
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Friday was PT at Elite. I've got just two more session paid for by the insurance company (unless they give the okay for more) so it looks like I'll be "graduating" to self torture. I have the option of paying a small fee to use their facilities under the guidance of a tech. For just $60 a month I'd have two land sessions a week. For $90 I can go in the pool twice a week. And for $75 I can have one-and-one. I'm thinking about it for both the use of the machines and also the socialization.
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Saturday and Sunday have been wall to wall football. If that means I missed the end of WS Game 2 well, so be it. I don't need to spend time looking at the pitcher's nose hairs before every pitch. Or listening to an announcer tell me what's happening when I can see it right in front of me. (Things are different in football, basketball and hockey. So many people are involved in every play and the action is so quick that you need some one to tell you what's happening. Heck, even the announcers have spotters in those sports to tell them WHO is involved. Think a baseball announcer NEEDS a spotter?)
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Terry's SAGA Convention in Frisco, TX has ended and she headed west today. Went 300 miles and she's STILL in Texas. She plans on being in Anaheim, CA on Tuesday to visit with Jessica for a couple of days. (And empty the Jeep!)
After that, she's heading up the coast to visit her sister Lucille and niece Laura. There might be some guys involved there too, but the only one I remember is Laura's baby Matthew. ;-)
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Thursday I drove down to my buddy Joe's place to return a jacket Terry had repaired for him. I brought my S&W M&P .40 with me and we ran through a box of ammo. I'm still searching for the "right" ammo for that pistol. I've not shot it a great deal, but the Winchester 165 gr JHP seems to be better than the 180 gr I bought when I first got the gun. Still shoots a little low, but at least I could get it on the paper this time.
******
Friday was PT at Elite. I've got just two more session paid for by the insurance company (unless they give the okay for more) so it looks like I'll be "graduating" to self torture. I have the option of paying a small fee to use their facilities under the guidance of a tech. For just $60 a month I'd have two land sessions a week. For $90 I can go in the pool twice a week. And for $75 I can have one-and-one. I'm thinking about it for both the use of the machines and also the socialization.
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Saturday and Sunday have been wall to wall football. If that means I missed the end of WS Game 2 well, so be it. I don't need to spend time looking at the pitcher's nose hairs before every pitch. Or listening to an announcer tell me what's happening when I can see it right in front of me. (Things are different in football, basketball and hockey. So many people are involved in every play and the action is so quick that you need some one to tell you what's happening. Heck, even the announcers have spotters in those sports to tell them WHO is involved. Think a baseball announcer NEEDS a spotter?)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Eight Weeks
It was eight weeks ago yesterday that I had both knees replaced. During the past week I used the tractor to cut the lawn, spent four days (about 3 hours each) working in the yard and walking over uneven surfaces, gained considerable range of motion and generally gotten around pretty well as we went out to breakfast and did some shopping. I'm pacing 1/4 mile daily--sometimes twice--on the deck's flat surface and am thinking of going down to the bicycle trail a couple days a week to lengthen my walk on the paved surface. I've been able to get on the stationary bike in the basement and pedal for 10 minute sessions against some resistance. (I am NOT ready for the Tour de France!)
I've still got trouble walking down stairs normally as the muscles, ligaments and tendons don't want to cooperate. Going UP is slow but not nearly as bad. However, my only real complaint is while I'm in bed and trying to sleep on my side. That's when the knees collide and even a pillow between the legs gets uncomfortable. And, when I get up in the morning, after being in bed for 8-10 hours with the legs stretched fairly straight the knees are very, very stiff for that first half hour of the day. A good time to do either the bike or a 1/4 mile on the deck to get them moving again.
I think I'm making pretty good progress and people tell me I am, but I've not much to compare myself with. I've never done this before. I personally know no one closely enough to compare notes with and those Terry speaks to--well, let's just say she doesn't ask the questions I would. A few folks have told me to expect some discomfort for six to eight months but that, "It will get better!"
I've got two more pool sessions scheduled for this week and they have helped considerably. I may also have to have a "land" evaluation for a report card to the insurance company and my surgeon. I'm to have a second follow up with that office on the 18th and I hope to get some idea of where I stand (no pun intended) at that time.
I've still got trouble walking down stairs normally as the muscles, ligaments and tendons don't want to cooperate. Going UP is slow but not nearly as bad. However, my only real complaint is while I'm in bed and trying to sleep on my side. That's when the knees collide and even a pillow between the legs gets uncomfortable. And, when I get up in the morning, after being in bed for 8-10 hours with the legs stretched fairly straight the knees are very, very stiff for that first half hour of the day. A good time to do either the bike or a 1/4 mile on the deck to get them moving again.
I think I'm making pretty good progress and people tell me I am, but I've not much to compare myself with. I've never done this before. I personally know no one closely enough to compare notes with and those Terry speaks to--well, let's just say she doesn't ask the questions I would. A few folks have told me to expect some discomfort for six to eight months but that, "It will get better!"
I've got two more pool sessions scheduled for this week and they have helped considerably. I may also have to have a "land" evaluation for a report card to the insurance company and my surgeon. I'm to have a second follow up with that office on the 18th and I hope to get some idea of where I stand (no pun intended) at that time.
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Under the Heading:
Be Careful What You Wish For
I may have mentioned last week that I really, really enjoyed my hydrotherapy session on Tuesday and felt I got quite a bit out of it. Apparently the clinical (land based) therapists thought I had too. She recommended extending my time in the pool and switching both my weekly sessions to the water. As a result, yesterday's pool session was ninety minutes instead of an hour and I've got another scheduled for Thursday.
Let me just say that, while it's nice to be immersed in 4 feet of 92 degree water while performing my exercises and stretches, that pool session really takes it out of you. Sure, you don't have the fancy machines to assist with some weight training--they do have a submerged treadmill, however--but that hardly matters. The water itself provides both resistance and support that more than compensates for the lack of machines and weights.
Try walking normally across the pool with swim fins on. The need to really bend the knees to move the foot forward is really exaggerated. Stand on one foot while rotating the other first clockwise and then counterclockwise--ten times each-- and you really get a balance workout that strengthens the leg upon which you are standing and also work the muscles of the leg you are rotating against the resistance of the water.
Add a therapist who can really do some deep muscle/scar tissue massage with her thumbs in such a way that you would swear she's going right down to the bone.... The lady has some very strong hands!
Well, after a ninety minute session I was really pooped!
[UPDATE: I forgot to mention that I was just 197.4 pounds this morning. If this keeps up--or down as the case may be--I'll soon reach the weight I was immediately after the football season ended my senior year in high school: 192 pounds. I know, kind of light for an offensive guard/nose tackle. Still, coach wanted to know how much I ate for Thanksgiving since I started the season at 185.
If not for the knee surgery and physical therapy, and the dental problems (abscessed tooth leading to extractions and eventually an upper denture that has pretty much reduced my tasting ability) that preceded that, I would be concerned about the "rapid" weight loss. I was 220 on July 15 when I entered the hospital for the knees.]
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Our local Agway is closing up shop. The owner has two stores--one in Mansfield and one in Wellsboro just 13 miles down Route 6--and he has decided to consolidate to the Wellsboro facility. The close proximity of both a Lowes, with its huge garden section, and a Tractor Supply just down the road in Mansfield probably aided him in making this decision.
Before they close up, however, they are selling everything "down to the walls." That started last Friday and you couldn't find a parking spot for the days of the long weekend. Terry and I finally got there Tuesday afternoon and found that there was still a lot of great stuff to buy at excellent prices. We got a couple of bird feeders (30% off), ten bags of black oil sun flower seeds for less than $20 each (last year I paid as much as $27 for the same bags), and two pieces of bronzed metal trellis for the garden (20% off).
I'll be going back this afternoon for some more garden supplies.
I managed to move things around in the garage enough to make unloading and stacking 400 pounds of sunflower seeds relatively painless. The birds and squirrels will be happy this winter.
Let me just say that, while it's nice to be immersed in 4 feet of 92 degree water while performing my exercises and stretches, that pool session really takes it out of you. Sure, you don't have the fancy machines to assist with some weight training--they do have a submerged treadmill, however--but that hardly matters. The water itself provides both resistance and support that more than compensates for the lack of machines and weights.
Try walking normally across the pool with swim fins on. The need to really bend the knees to move the foot forward is really exaggerated. Stand on one foot while rotating the other first clockwise and then counterclockwise--ten times each-- and you really get a balance workout that strengthens the leg upon which you are standing and also work the muscles of the leg you are rotating against the resistance of the water.
Add a therapist who can really do some deep muscle/scar tissue massage with her thumbs in such a way that you would swear she's going right down to the bone.... The lady has some very strong hands!
Well, after a ninety minute session I was really pooped!
[UPDATE: I forgot to mention that I was just 197.4 pounds this morning. If this keeps up--or down as the case may be--I'll soon reach the weight I was immediately after the football season ended my senior year in high school: 192 pounds. I know, kind of light for an offensive guard/nose tackle. Still, coach wanted to know how much I ate for Thanksgiving since I started the season at 185.
If not for the knee surgery and physical therapy, and the dental problems (abscessed tooth leading to extractions and eventually an upper denture that has pretty much reduced my tasting ability) that preceded that, I would be concerned about the "rapid" weight loss. I was 220 on July 15 when I entered the hospital for the knees.]
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Our local Agway is closing up shop. The owner has two stores--one in Mansfield and one in Wellsboro just 13 miles down Route 6--and he has decided to consolidate to the Wellsboro facility. The close proximity of both a Lowes, with its huge garden section, and a Tractor Supply just down the road in Mansfield probably aided him in making this decision.
Before they close up, however, they are selling everything "down to the walls." That started last Friday and you couldn't find a parking spot for the days of the long weekend. Terry and I finally got there Tuesday afternoon and found that there was still a lot of great stuff to buy at excellent prices. We got a couple of bird feeders (30% off), ten bags of black oil sun flower seeds for less than $20 each (last year I paid as much as $27 for the same bags), and two pieces of bronzed metal trellis for the garden (20% off).
I'll be going back this afternoon for some more garden supplies.
I managed to move things around in the garage enough to make unloading and stacking 400 pounds of sunflower seeds relatively painless. The birds and squirrels will be happy this winter.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Wednesday Night Ramble
We got another 0.15 inches of rain Tuesday night which really soaked everything in the garden where the closely packed tomato plants lean against one another creating a nearly impenetrable jungle. I decided that rather than get myself soaked picking a few that ripened since Tuesday noonish, that I would let them stay until I get back from physical therapy on Thursday. That should give me another full bucket of cherry tomatoes and another half dozen Rutgers. Processing the accumulated tomatoes will take the rest of Thursday afternoon and should produce a couple of quarts of tomato sauce. The exact amount will depend upon how much I want to boil it down to thicken it.
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I managed to get on the stationary bike in the basement today and succeeded in peddling for 10 minutes. I had been having trouble getting the left knee to go around because the peddle placement wanted to bend the knee a tad too much. I guess PT has given me a little more bend to the knee. I can add the bike to my regimen. (Good thing too since walking the deck is out when it rains and I've got to do figure eights in the house until I get the garage cleaned up and the treadmill operational.)
PT tomorrow morning will be what they refer to as "clinical" which means on land. Standard "pain & torture" exercises. All (or at least mostly) self inflicted under the watchful eye of a therapists aide who is on hand to direct you to the next exercise, hand you any needed equipment or time a particular activity. They can also pick up the pieces when you start to fall apart. The young man (yeah, there's only one now that the other has gone back to college) and girls who serve in that role are actually very nice and encouraging. Virtually every one has had some major injury requiring therapy and they know what you're going through. We laugh and joke and they see to it you're doing the exercises correctly and push you to the limit. I know that I will eventually "graduate" and I will miss them.
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Got an email from Terry today saying they were having a wonderful time in Poland. She loved Krakow and they had a semi-private Chopin concert. (Only seven people in the audience. There's got to be a story behind that. At the museum perhaps?) Today they were heading for Auschwitz and the salt mines. Then they get in touch with family and visit them for a couple of days. One, Anna, was here in 1972 and attended our wedding. Terry then sent her wedding dress to Poland and Anna wore it when she got married. It may have been used several more times since then.
***
Just as well I didn't plan to do anything this evening outside. It started to rain around 4 PM and poured (thunder off in the distance towards Wellsboro in the west) until nearly 7:30 PM. We may still get a bit more before midnight but the next two days look to be lovely.
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I managed to get on the stationary bike in the basement today and succeeded in peddling for 10 minutes. I had been having trouble getting the left knee to go around because the peddle placement wanted to bend the knee a tad too much. I guess PT has given me a little more bend to the knee. I can add the bike to my regimen. (Good thing too since walking the deck is out when it rains and I've got to do figure eights in the house until I get the garage cleaned up and the treadmill operational.)
PT tomorrow morning will be what they refer to as "clinical" which means on land. Standard "pain & torture" exercises. All (or at least mostly) self inflicted under the watchful eye of a therapists aide who is on hand to direct you to the next exercise, hand you any needed equipment or time a particular activity. They can also pick up the pieces when you start to fall apart. The young man (yeah, there's only one now that the other has gone back to college) and girls who serve in that role are actually very nice and encouraging. Virtually every one has had some major injury requiring therapy and they know what you're going through. We laugh and joke and they see to it you're doing the exercises correctly and push you to the limit. I know that I will eventually "graduate" and I will miss them.
***
Got an email from Terry today saying they were having a wonderful time in Poland. She loved Krakow and they had a semi-private Chopin concert. (Only seven people in the audience. There's got to be a story behind that. At the museum perhaps?) Today they were heading for Auschwitz and the salt mines. Then they get in touch with family and visit them for a couple of days. One, Anna, was here in 1972 and attended our wedding. Terry then sent her wedding dress to Poland and Anna wore it when she got married. It may have been used several more times since then.
***
Just as well I didn't plan to do anything this evening outside. It started to rain around 4 PM and poured (thunder off in the distance towards Wellsboro in the west) until nearly 7:30 PM. We may still get a bit more before midnight but the next two days look to be lovely.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Tuesday Evening Ramble
Yesterday morning I wrote about how we were enjoying lovely weather at the Aerie with virtually no rain. Of course, it rained later in the afternoon and into the night. We ended up with 0.45 inches int he rain gauge, but since most of it was well after I had any desire to go outside...no worries!
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Hydrotherapy today was a blast. The pool water wasn't as warm as I feared it might be so things were pretty comfortable on that side of the coin. The chest deep water provided buoyancy and resistance at the same time allowing me to do different exercises. I was disappointed that the session only lasted one hour. Oh well, I've another scheduled for next Tuesday. Thursday it will be back to the land based exercises.
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I went into the garden again today. I harvested half a dozen Rutgers tomatoes and another gallon of cherry tomatoes. I tell ya, I can't eat my way out of this one. I'll probably go harvest some more tomorrow and turn them into tomato sauce. Never did this with cherry tomatoes but I've run out of suckers to give them to (Joe says he won't come up form Jersey Shore--140 mile round trip--just to save me from my killer tomatoes.) and I sure can't eat them all before they go bad. Tomorrow afternoon will be canning time.
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I read today that the Mets traded Marlon Byrd and John Buck to the Pirates the two of them have a total of 35 or 36 home runs for the Mets and have been bright spots in the Mets line-up. (Although Buck's production has fallen off considerably since his red hot start.) Both players are in their mid to late 30s and both are scheduled to become free agents after this season. The Mets were unlikely going to resign either of them since they have some prospects in both the catching and outfield positions so it was a good move for the team. As for the two players...they suddenly find themselves in the midst of a pennant race with the pirates only a half game out of first int he Central Division so they have got to be happy. The Pirates needed some punch from the outfield (Byrd) and a back-up catcher (Buck) so they're happy too. Here's hoping everybody prospers from this.
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Hydrotherapy today was a blast. The pool water wasn't as warm as I feared it might be so things were pretty comfortable on that side of the coin. The chest deep water provided buoyancy and resistance at the same time allowing me to do different exercises. I was disappointed that the session only lasted one hour. Oh well, I've another scheduled for next Tuesday. Thursday it will be back to the land based exercises.
***
I went into the garden again today. I harvested half a dozen Rutgers tomatoes and another gallon of cherry tomatoes. I tell ya, I can't eat my way out of this one. I'll probably go harvest some more tomorrow and turn them into tomato sauce. Never did this with cherry tomatoes but I've run out of suckers to give them to (Joe says he won't come up form Jersey Shore--140 mile round trip--just to save me from my killer tomatoes.) and I sure can't eat them all before they go bad. Tomorrow afternoon will be canning time.
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I read today that the Mets traded Marlon Byrd and John Buck to the Pirates the two of them have a total of 35 or 36 home runs for the Mets and have been bright spots in the Mets line-up. (Although Buck's production has fallen off considerably since his red hot start.) Both players are in their mid to late 30s and both are scheduled to become free agents after this season. The Mets were unlikely going to resign either of them since they have some prospects in both the catching and outfield positions so it was a good move for the team. As for the two players...they suddenly find themselves in the midst of a pennant race with the pirates only a half game out of first int he Central Division so they have got to be happy. The Pirates needed some punch from the outfield (Byrd) and a back-up catcher (Buck) so they're happy too. Here's hoping everybody prospers from this.
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