My Motorcycle Injuries

One of the strange things about dealing with my body since the motorcycle accident involves the constant existence of duplicity within my mind. I think that a great many people don't spend their days considering the state of their physical condition (vanity aside). I was that way before the accident. I mean, sure, I dealt with my body's existence and needs. I considered things such as weight and pain. But it was always very much fleeting within my mind. Most of my time was spent "living" without much consideration as to what I was living in. Now, it's more of a consistent focus on pain vs. ability, good blood numbers vs. highs and lows in my levels, energy vs. fatigue, etc. My blood was tested last week and I just read the results of all of the blood work. I have not been doing well the past couple of months and I was certain that my A1C would be high but...nope. The results came back with an A1C level of 5.9 along with most of my endocrinologist's other conce...

I woke up this morning without the dynamic ability to walk normally or close my hand. It happens daily, but not to this extent. The problem with my knee lasted for roughly half an hour, while the issue with my hand persisted for well over an hour. I believe that it's due to some of the maintainance work that I've been doing all week. It included plumbing (toilet water tank repairs, water heater replacement, etc.) along with cleaning the church building and assembling an unusually heavy work desk for my wife. In the end I was able to clear the list of maintainance duties for the week, but I think that it has left me a little bit worn down physically. These types of things continue to take a toll on the parts of me that were damaged by the accident, but I can't really do anything about it, so I write about it here instead. It all seems a little self-serving and psycho at times to me, but life goes on.  The knee that was so heavily damaged in the motorcycle accident, along wit...