2 July 2024
Feeling good! I met Chris and Tucker this morning on the walk and followed along with them for 0.9 miles. I asked them to defer movie night from Wednesday to Friday due to a conflict and they agreed. Tucker a little miffed but OK with it.
On the walk, I passed by the night blooming Cereus again.
Here is yesterday’s photo.
Here’s today’s photo.
As you can see, all the flowers are closed up. Since it only blooms one night, the blooms are said to be ephemeral. Hopefully those bees did their job!
I got two medical test results back today. The first was the MRI. In essence, I’ve torn two ligaments (talofibular and calcaneofibular) , torn my peroneus sheath, strained the flexor hallucis longus and the Achilles tendon and have subcutaneous edema (swelling).
In short, my ankle is a mess. I’ll have a follow up with Dr. Mills sometime in the future to determine my treatment.
The second test that came back was the bone density test. The T score was -1.7. Anything between -1 and -2 is considered to be osteopenia which may lead to osteoporosis. There was no Z score that I could discern. The suggestion was active therapy since there was a fragility fracture or unusual risk factors. I predict another drug in my regimen.
I felt good enough to do some yoga stretches this morning. I also worked on my balance with heel-to-toe walking. Shannon wants me to practice that as often as I can to increase my balance. Right now, I have to hold on to something to do the heel-to-toe exercise.
Checking the weather on my trip, Camden, SC is mid 90’s for highs and mid 70’s for lows. Banner Elk, NC is high 70’s for highs and low 60’s for lows. Hawley, PA is mid 80’s for highs and high 60’s for lows. Saint Michaels, MD is highs in the high 80’s and lows in the high 70’s. Summer has arrived except in the mountains. Since I’m not camping, I’m not worried about the rain.
Today is get the suitcase out and start packing. I’ll take my day pack, walking stick, etc. and try to do some short hikes to test my mettle. Not to worry. I’ll have my satellite device to send an SOS if I get in trouble.
Stay tuned!
