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3/13/2007 - Just sitting around, literally

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My legs were bad yesterday. I didn't go to Islanders Karate this morning. Haven't missed a day in a year but it is pointless. I will plan on going Thursday and maybe just sitting. They will understand. I'm not going tonight either. I can't find my March schedule and missing this test probably wouldn't be that detrimental. I cancelled the babysitter yesterday and I feel guilty about it. I tell myelf that she's had a steady job for 3.5 years and I shouldn't feel bad. Legs feel great today until I go to do something. Dawnie's right, I better stop and let them heal. Dawnie herself has written about her struggles with a painful condition. Mine isn't so much excruciating pain, it's just that if I do anything, the pain escalates. It's terrible. There doesn't look like there's anything wrong with me but I have to avoid lifting boxes at school fundraisers, worry about walking if we go to the zoo, anything. I have some good massage techniques that I got from an e-book. I can work out the point tenderness temporarily and hopefully keep the damaged muscle from bunching up and tugging on the periosteum. Here I sit on the floor with my little computer on a little stand on the floor. I have a hand-held roller massager, a regular electric massager, an electric massager that provides heat and different attachments, a heating pad, bath oil (works great for massaging), my work, and a diet pepsi. It's so nice and warm out.

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