In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Supper tonight is my version of a Spanish rice dish called a paella. I think I have the spelling right.
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Quote:At one time my right shoulder was hurting, and x-ray showed a possible torn rotator cuff. Since I was playing tennis a the time maybe that's what happened.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out for my walk in a bit. Got a referral for some physio from my doc yesterday. I messed up my right shoulder over a month ago and thought it was getting better. But it's not completely. So, I had to go to my doc and he examined it, sent me for x-rays and gave me the referral. I am off to see about that as well as hit the library. Later peeps.
But now my LEFT shoulder hurts, same problem,but I'm not playing tennis or throwing bball, so WTH? There's no fix for it. Shoulder surgery I'm told is complicated with a long recovery and I don't need that. Plus it seems ALL of my tendons are weak...DXd with tendonitis, tendonitis, etc in most of my major joints.
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Originally posted by SignyM:Quote:At one time my right shoulder was hurting, and x-ray showed a possible torn rotator cuff. Since I was playing tennis a the time maybe that's what happened.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out for my walk in a bit. Got a referral for some physio from my doc yesterday. I messed up my right shoulder over a month ago and thought it was getting better. But it's not completely. So, I had to go to my doc and he examined it, sent me for x-rays and gave me the referral. I am off to see about that as well as hit the library. Later peeps.
But now my LEFT shoulder hurts, same problem,but I'm not playing tennis or throwing bball, so WTH? There's no fix for it. Shoulder surgery I'm told is complicated with a long recovery and I don't need that. Plus it seems ALL of my tendons are weak...DXd with tendonitis, tendonitis, etc in most of my major joints.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
There is a chance that I have damaged my rotator cuff and maybe even arthritis in the shoulder joint itself. That's why the x-ray the doctor said. The poor technician yesterday wanted a certain view of my shoulder but couldn't get it as my right arm wouldn't do what he wanted it to and he had to give up.
The physio will help get my mobility back and may be able to suggest some exercises I can do on my own. My new family doctor doesn't want to go with shots and I agree with him. Though the doctor said I have good arm strength when he stress tested both my arms. So, that's something.
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Cool visit with Dad. Blown away by the updates.
With some rain in the forecast, I probably shouldn't have had him over and I should have been working, but it's not every day that he tells me he wants to come over without me throwing out an invite first.
I needed it though. Back to the salt mines tomorrow.
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Have either of you tried reducing gluten in your diet?
I know it sounds like some hippie mumbo jumbo, but I finally got my old man to do it a few years back. He complained about joint pain all the time and was taking that Osteo Bi-Flex (Which is for Osteoarthritis) for years to deal with it. But all that harping on him about it must have stuck in his craw because when he had a medical procedure coming up and he didn't eat anything solid for 3 days he called me up and told me that his joint pain was basically gone. I used that opportunity to talk him into cutting the unnecessary gluten from his diet and he listened this time.
For two or three years now he hasn't even used Osteo Bi-Flex and whenever I ask about it he says all that joint pain he was living with is gone.
He hasn't cut it completely out of his diet, but he says he probably only eats about 20% as much as he did before.
It also didn't help his back problem or his hip pain. He's since gotten a good mattress to take care of the back pain, but he probably needs to have hip surgery eventually. Going gluten free isn't magic that will fix any serious damage, but maybe in the case of both of your shoulder pains it might reduce or even get rid of the pain over the course of a week or two. Especially if it's arthritis related.
It's not easy at all going completely gluten free, but maybe you can will yourself to try it for a few weeks and if the pain gets better you can go back to gluten in lesser quantity and see how that goes?
Even I'm not truly gluten free anymore. It was easy to do when I was a hermit, but once I started hanging out with friends and family again that was a burden I didn't want to put on anybody else. I had actually done it once or twice and realized how awkward it was to put somebody who was preparing a meal for me to tell them what I would and wouldn't eat. It's not as if I had a doctor's order to stop eating gluten. It just works.
And besides... On the rare occasion I do eat a pizza or some great Italian food, it tastes 100 times better than it used to when I ate that stuff all the time.
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Alright...
Time to get out to my shed and clean that crack up so I can put the cement patch in there.
There's nothing I can do about the fact it's not level anymore, but hopefully this will keep it from shifting along with the watertite seal I put out there yesterday.
Had to make a long trip last night to another store to get the stuff since the one by me didn't carry it, and because of how potentially serious this issue is I didn't want to just go the easy route and get some inferior stuff that's easier to acquire. Hopefully I use at least part of the 2nd bag or else I'll have to find another reason or two to drive that far again to return the 2nd bag.
Rain moved up a day and there's no way I'll have anything ready to seal up by tomorrow, but now we're not getting any on Friday and it's only .10 inches tomorrow, so I should be fine just covering up the work area with some old plywood.
I'll need to be busy this weekend though because it looks like were in for a decent sized thunderstorm on Monday that wasn't in the forecast.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Have either of you tried reducing gluten in your diet?
Yes, I did. I took gluten out of my diet for quite a few months. The only thing I got out of it was an allergy to rice and potato. I was also tested for wheat gluten sensitivity as well as sensitivity to the two compounds that react to form gluten (gliadin and glutenin) and was negative. In fact, it was only after I had extensive allergy testing that showed I was alergic to potatoes and rice but not gluten, gliadin or glutenin, that I switched back to wheat.
:-)
I have a crapton of food allergies and dozens, literally, of environmental allergies (you should see my allergen report!) as well as a possible autoimmune issue for which I've been Rxd medication. I suspect that all of these tendon issues are either a mild autoimmune attack on my collagen (set off by a round of levaquin antibiotic) or a result of one or several of my many food allergies. And for all that my immune system is hyperactive, it's all misdirected since I used to get frequent sinus infections, asthma attacks, and, of course, cancer.
Curiously, when I was on chemo one positive side effect was that my joints stopped hurting. That could either have been one of the chemo agents or the steroids they were giving me to counteract the chemo agents.
I suppose I could possibly narrow it down to whether it was a food allergy by going on a three-day fast. Unfortunately it wouldn't tell me which food I was reacting to, and I sometimes think I react to the solinaceae (tomato, potato, eggplant = tested +allergy).
One thing I didn't win was the DNA lottery.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Have either of you tried reducing gluten in your diet?
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My body needs gluten as I have low blood sugar. Foods missing ingredients isn't good for me as my body has nothing to work with. And I have tried eating gluten free things and have felt terrible afterwards.
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Anyways off for my walk in a bit. Need lunch for mah jong tomorrow. Nothing good on the menu. Hope the physio calls me early.
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Quote:er... if you have low blood sugar the answer is glucose, not gluten. Glucose is a sugar. Gluten is a protein found in wheat and closely-related grains like barley and rye, and primitive forms of wheat like spelt. (Oatmeal, rice, and corn are OK. https://www.livestrong.com/article/522560-gluten-content-of-grains/) Entirely different things.
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Have either of you tried reducing gluten in your diet?
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My body needs gluten as I have low blood sugar. Foods missing ingredients isn't good for me as my body has nothing to work with. And I have tried eating gluten free things and have felt terrible afterwards.
But if you react badly to gluten-free foods (Most foods are gluten-free, and include rice, potatoes, oatmeal, corn, quinoa, fruits, vegetables, meats, nuts and dairy products) that would be worth pursuing, since many foods specifically made to be gluten-free (gluten-free pancakes, cookies, breads, and flours) tend to have additives that you could be reacting to and should definitely be avoided.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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