Ardith Hinton wrote to James Bradley, "By the Pricking...  1." on 08-05-05
15:32

[RE: kindness]
 AH>           Yes... it takes on a new dimension, doesn't it?  :-)



 JB>  I may have given you the clinical definitions to my
 JB>  situation, but perhaps I skipped the affliction? They
 JB>  either nicked my sciatic, or cut into a muscle.


 AH>           Okay.  I'm no doctor, but it seems to me both are probably
 AH> repairable with time & effort.  You know those cans of

Muscles can be a problem for the remainder, and have a habit of
 knotting so I've heard. If it mends like a muscle strain, things is
 peachy. Mending like a bundle can be the inoperable malady. The nerve
 can be disconnected by drowning it in alcohol. 


 AH> corned beef which come with a key?? I sliced the large
 AH> knuckle of my right thumb to the bone with one of them
 AH> years ago.  Needless to say, I don't use the key any
 AH> more... I use a can opener!  For a long time afterward I
 AH> had prickling sensations in my thumb.  Maybe the nerves
 AH> didn't get joined up precisely.  When I had about 90% of
 AH> the normal sensation I figured that was as much as could be
 AH> expected & thought no more about it.  Then I re-examined it
 AH> when you reminded me & my right thumb apparently works as
 AH> well as my left does now.  I gather you've made quite a lot
 AH> of progress too....  :-)

Two steps forward... I just refuse the one back. I know I shouldn't be
so hard on myself, but it's just like me. I drove almost all of the
way to MB and back. I'm proud I lasted, because it was Twelve hours in
a vehicle each way. Instead I'm pissed at the amount of Aspirin I've
been taking since. My best composition to date is still being modified
in my brain, but now that it was pressed, I just start charting the
next tune. I do have to pat myself on the back though, as only a grace
note, and a delayed accent is the only fix I'd implement if we were to
revisit the work.

 JB>  Because I had only the dirt where I wanted it, I was
 JB>  perplexed why I was not at all enthusiastic to prep
 JB>  the beds.


 AH>           The mind can play tricks on us sometimes.  When Nora was in
 AH> treatment for leukemia I didn't have much interest in
 AH> reading books.  I got involved with Fidonet.  And
 AH> eventually, the thought occurred to me that apart from the
 AH> social interaction... which I really needed then... there
 AH> was the matter of print size & message length.  I needed
 AH> new glasses but I hadn't realized it... [wry grin].

It's amazing the hints we take away from the table, isn't it?

1) Feed the organism
2) Feed intellect
3) Feed the emotions
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 JB>  Well, either the nerve was firing when it shouldn't
 JB>  be, or the muscle would just complain every time I
 JB>  used it.


 AH>           The same thing happens with people who have had strokes... the
 AH> nerves may be hypersensitive and/or transmit inaccurate

I just visited with the God-Mother. She seems to be MUCH better than
 the last time I saw her. $600 of annuals alone in this year, and she
 scaled back. Quite a girl! What a bunch of laughs too.

 AH> signals.  My father told me he experienced cold as pain,
 AH> for example, and Nora's "startle" reflex kicked in at the
 AH> slightest provocation.  Then, when the muscles in any given
 AH> area started to function again, they hurt.  Although the
 AH> reasons may be different I imagine the healing process
 AH> occurs in a similar way.  The brain & the nerves re-
 AH> establish a connection, but the muscles which are weak...
 AH> maybe in part because others were overused in an attempt to
 AH> compensate... need to be exercised as well.  The body has
 AH> amazing abilities to heal itself.  Tincture of time is very
 AH> effective.  And you can help speed up the process, I think,
 AH> by doing as you have been.  You may find it difficult &
 AH> painful to work in the garden but do it anyway, and you are
 AH> able to apply some of the insights your sister has gained
 AH> from Pilates....  :-)

Shoot... Just what I didn't need.... 

I think the nerves are exactly the same but different. THIS is what I
think of the half-full/half-empty scenario. I too cut the end of a
finger pad clear off. The same tingling you speak of was there, and a
few numb sensations bracketing the over-activity. For my hip, we are
now treating it successfully by addressing how the brain is responding
to those sensations. The other way, I can't imagine how a hammer blow
to the thumb could wake up a brain synapse. /-:


 JB>  "Here, try some of these." Oh, GREAT! I can do laundry
 JB>  again. "But what about the cause?" Here, try some more."


 AH>           I'm with you there... it's important to address
 AH> the cause.  But since nobody seems willing or able to tell
 AH> you what the cause is, you're more or less on your own.  I
 AH> must say this is starting to sound very familiar too...
 AH> (sigh).

Na, I'm just babbling on, and on. 

I think I mentioned how astonished I was at a lack of measuring
 equipment for my case. There's talk about a conduction test, but even
 a CAT scan will miss a nerve. 

 JB>  I'm just starting to get around with any expediency on
 JB>  a cane.


 AH>           Good for you!  And now you'll probably find little old ladies
 AH> taking an interest in you who hadn't noticed you before...
 AH> that's what I found when I was using a cane for awhile.
 AH> Older men would stop me on the street to ask for directions
 AH> & whatnot.  I found it amusing, but rather flattering...
 AH> [chuckle].

Ardith???

They're just smart enough to know you know the shortcuts. 


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