I went to the doctor today and learned that I have arthritis in the S1-L4 region. Arthritis? WTF? I saw it with my own eyes though. It was cool that the first thing I did at the office was take x-rays and that the x-rays were up on Dr. L's computer 5 minutes later. So a couple of my discs were "shorter" in the region I feel pain than my other vertebrae. The good news is there is nothing that can be done. The bad news is that nothing can be done...until it gets worse which it probably will over the years. As the vertebrae erode, a disc will slip or get pinched off, and then I will not only have more severe pain, I will have numbness and tingling and decreased range of motion in my lower extremities. Awsome. Shit shit shit shit.
At least I don't have to restrict my activity, and so I can go visit Erin in DC tomorrow and not worry about if walking the mall or whatever will make my injury worse. It won't, it will get worse all by itself. Pictures and posts of my trip to come.
So I was just watching the presidential news conference and this journalist was hounding President Obama about why it took him two days to publicly react to the AIG bonuses, and President Obama came back with this one: "It took me two days because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak." BOOYAH. That was awesome.
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