Thread:Llyssa1020/@comment-35594152-20190626193146/@comment-38558458-20190725040424

Hello Sue! ~  I was busy with Mom today. Typically we go out on Tuesdays, but she was sick Sunday night - Monday morning and I told her I thought she would be too weak to do anything and I scheduled an appointment at the Chriopractor for both of us today. So we spent today together instead. She is doing fine, but I am concerned about her. I can see she is really slowing down. I think some of the meds the doctor prescribed are helping with her overall mood, but she has been having gastrointestinal issues for the last 18 months and the GI doctor just really didn't seem to be too concerned. We brought this up at the last GP visit this month and she has continued to take her Probiotics and tries to watch what she eats and the cycle just starts over again. She is afraid to go out anywhere in fear of having an accident. So, I do not know what's going on there. I think I want her GP to have her take that Cologuard test. Mom wants to be diagnosed, but if it's cancer she doesn't want treatment. She doesn't want to take Chemo/Radiation and be sick all the time from that, if it's only going to extend her life by 6 months. Basically, I think a lot of things are slowing down in Mom's body. Anyway, I didn't mean to take up space talking about this.

I'm sorry to hear that you are still not feeling better. I have not heard of maralgia before. I looked it up and it sounds painful. Maybe you can see a PT so you can strengthen you leg muscles or abs. I have back issues and try to stay on top of some exercises in order to keep the musles around the area of issue strengthened (low back/thoracic) - it does seem to help. I asked the Chriopractor today for a referral to their PT. I live in Davenport, which is the home of Palmer Chiropractic College. My sister works there and I can see the students who are getting ready to graduate along with my assigned Doctor. Most of the time I have good students, but every now and then I will ask to change out to someone else. Anyway, they have a whole PT department and the head of that area has worked with many Olympians, so he must be good. My sister was telling me about him and what he has been able to do. I do have a regular PT that I've seen before, but I would like more information on what I'm trying to accomplish with these strenthening exercises specifically in regards to having less adjustments.

So it's the close of day and I've got all my daily house chores done. I have Emma on my lap while I'm answering this thead. Before I head into my game, I'll leave you with a little chuckle. I was picking my Mom up a few weeks ago and I was in her driveway looking up at the gutter over their porch and saw this little finch with it's head tilted far to the side. It was ever so still and not moving at all - I thought maybe it was dead. Then it lifted it's leg (I wanted to say hind leg, but that wouldn't be correct - lol) and scratched its head with its foot. I laughed so loud - I'd never seen a bird with an itch before - lol. Then tonight when I was holding Emma (yes, she likes to be held a lot), I was scratching around her ear and she lifted her hind foot to scratch along with my hand. I don't know what kind of animals we have here in Iowa, but I think they all have morphed into dogs - lol. My cats are 6 years old and they still like to chew - specifically on electrical cords - especially cell phone cords. I think it's revenge because they don't like me to not pay attention to them. Glad you are spending time with Maisey. Give her a pat for me. ~  Llyssa