...a step in the right direction...

my chiropractor uses accupressure to re-balance the nerves & muscles...
believing that the body & mind can heal themselves if balanced properly...

I went to the chiropractor, again, for the 3rd time in a week...
I knew that we were getting closer...
but I continued to have such pain standing...
[my quads in both legs would stiffen and become rigid...
making movement really hard & painful...]
trying to do more than sit or lay flat was really a trial...
with both legs weak & as the rigid muscles throbbed...

my chiropractor said that it was a "weight bearing issue"...
meaning that the nerves & muscles were not balanced...
so I dealt with the weakness in standing by over-tightening the quads...
in order not to lose my balance when trying to walk...

of course, there were ancillary issues mentally...
which I had to visualise while he was balancing my nerves and muscles...
and when he was done, RELIEF !!!

there is still some arthritic pain...
but the tight throbbing pain in my quads was gone...
along with the burning up & down my legs...
as well as the weakness & the resulting lose of balance...

so I'm hoping to move on to better health from here...
I really need to exercise more...so does Molly...
but I was so weak & clumsy... afraid that I would fall down...
because the quads would just "let go" & I'd stumble...
so every step I took made the tightness worse...
as I would struggle to stay "in control & upright"...

so now I need to keep my "head" right...
not stress over stuff I can't control...
[ie let God take care of it...]
and get my self back into becoming more fit...

Molly & I have an appointment Thursday at 1:15 PM...
with the elusive dog trainer for an evaluation...
I need to learn how to be the "alpha" dog...
and Molly needs to learn that not all other dogs will attack her...

then we can go to the training classes with other dogs, safely...

I also have a ton of house cleaning & yard work to do...
hopefully I'll be able to get it done...
without reverting to the painful situation...
since it all involves standing[dishes & cooking]
cleaning [sweeping & vacuuming]
and getting the office moved around...

we're not mentioning all the outside clean-up...
[leaves, lawn, roses, etc...]

in other areas...

I had a really nice chat...
with the "trumpet maker" in Oaktown last Saturday...
he customized most of my professional instruments...
and has been offering most of my collection for sale...
since I retired from the symphony orchestra in 2003...

he's a really good guy & I've missed chatting with him...
I called to get an update on what still remains unsold...
if he owed me for any items recently sold[he does...]
and to have him send me the natural trumpet, if it hadn't sold yet...
so that I could use it with the Renaissance group...

it hadn't sold, so he put the natural trumpet in the mail today...
and I should have it real soon [no charge for shipping, what a guy...]



today was also the first day for sign-ups in the new health care plan...



everyone flocking to the sign-up center was already on Medicare...
[I have about 4 more years...]
so it took about 15 minutes of standing around...
before I found a chair & finally got my turn to ask MY questions...
fortunately, I had been to the chiropractor...
BEFORE I went to the open enrollment fair...
so I have no pain, the standing around did NOT "get" to me...
the way it did at church yesterday...
[I could barely lift my legs to get into my car...
after all the standing around...]

so after getting my questions answered...
there is an annual $500 deductible...
AND a $3000 annual co-pay on all the 20% fees...
[I pay 20%, they pay 80%...surgery, P.T., etc.]
after a maximum annual payment of $3500...
there are no more costs to me, that year...

annual physicals, mammograms, etc are free...
there is a $20 office co-pay, $15 for pharmacy...
and I get to keep my doctor of 30+ years...
but I do have to stay in their "system"....

however, I checked the lists and all the doctors I've liked...
are there... but my plan is to stay healthy...
so I don't need to pay anything extra...

because...

this plan is fully funded by my former employer...
NO MORE $175 PER MONTH !!!



so with my newly pain-free legs...
as well as an end in sight for the expensive insurance...
I'm feeling a renewed sense of soaring free...
which I hope remains when I go walking in this ugly heat...

God is good, all the time...