My Motorcycle Injuries

I'm finishing off the last of my medical appointments in a couple of weeks. I go through several of them at the start of every year, and I've had nothing but good news thus far. My A1C is at 5.6 (prediabetes begins at 5.7 😎). My CT scan showed that there is no movement involved with the stent in my aorta, and all of my bloodwork results came back squeaky clean. So yeah, my body's doing great. Except...I pinched something in my lower back that I think relates to the sciatic nerve. It's at the top of the leg that I injured in the accident, and I can't help but to feel that it's related to the way in which I must compromise the use of that side of my leg and hip in everything that I do. Sciatica is totally painful, but it does go away in time. I've had it for a while, but I really aggravated it on Saturday afternoon while lifting a heavy box. Today is Wednesday, and the pain is significantly less than it was this weekend. I'm pretty certain that the pain w...

Why, you may ask, do I feel like using British slang? Because my wife and daughter are presently binge-watching a TV show made in England and I’m in a good mood. I had a visit today with the endocrinologist. COVID-19 has really changed the way in which these visits are done. I had to sign a couple of forms confirming that I have been, am, and will always be germ and illness free. I had to have my temperature taken before they would allow me to sit in the waiting room. Everyone within the building was wearing a mask and gloves. I was eventually seated in the examination room, but in the farthest corner of the room, away from doctors and nurses alike. I felt as though I was in trouble and thought for sure that they would place an old-fashioned dunce cap on my head and make me clean a chalk board later. The doctor wouldn’t even physically touch me. The whole thing was a real freak show, but it made me laugh a little inside. Anyway, the point of this post is to report that my diabetes ...