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DH and i mt biked the neighborhood late this morning. weather has been pretty dismal lately and is supposed to basically rain for the next week. there will be flooding. so it mostly stopped raining so we went for a mt bike ride for 40 minutes. turned out dry all afternoon. not the...

diane sue thanks for mentioning the name of that book again. i was going to ask you for it. i am going to look at it. more info cant hurt. i will look up the scoliosis one also. i cant get to them from our workout room but could from other places here. i walked for half an hour late...

did a 25 min spin last night. along with therapy today did therapy once and will walk the yard if it stays somewhat dry. the crew finished the main part of the deck project this morning. we changed the plan on the last section and need to wait for an order from Canada. hopefully no more...

i got the soft foam roller. i thought it would work. DH took one look at what i was doing and said it was dangerous to my back fusion. sigh.... cant win here! i will hold on to it until i see PT next week. it is a lot softer and feels ok. its raining and looks like it will rain forever...

probably taking the day off today. DH had an oral surgery this morning. it went fine and he didn't need sedation he thought he would need. still, its hard on both of us. i need to get some meds for him as soon as the pharmacy contacts us. the deck project continues. all the crew trucks...

walked the local park today for 1 hr 20 min and then grocery shopped. there was some sort of trail repair going on so it was a little longer than usual. our deck project is coming along nicely. yesterday i did stacked upper body later in the day. carolyn hope you have a good visit with...

tee hee thanks so much cathy! we will likely catch up soon. this week looks wet and colder. plenty of precip has fallen but its been a little warmer than usual, but more to come. driving here was ok even over all the passes. north cascades is highest and usually closes nov 17 but...

If the soft roller doesnt work, there is a super soft one too. we'll see when it gets here. we tried a hike in mountains this morning and got in a short one. took snow gear but very little snow so didnt need it. hiked uphill for about 30 min to the end of the route, but came right...

I had PT yesterday late afternoon. today i only did stretching and then did 30 min on the spin bike. not really spinning but pedaling fast. trying to watch a Ken Burns series on the Revolutionary war but not so sure I will get thru it. its the same style as all his things and way more...

got our walk done this morning, completely different weather. sunny, warm and springlike. our usual 3 miles plus/minus. 1 hr 15 minutes. we missed seeing some orcas who were playing near the shore . other people saw them but we missed it. Boo!! the trail is on a bluff above the...

I did a mt bike around the neighborhood this afternoon. 5 miles 45 minutes. we'd planned to walk but it was raining a lot. also therapy work and some more ab work. trying tomorrow for the walk. we stained some lumber that will get used for the ceiling on a covered section of the...

Happy Turkey Day everyone!. we are having quiet day ourselves. our deck is walkable now. no railings and some open spots but its going along well and looks great. its so nice realizing we will never have to stain it. got to dread that job especially the one million wood spindles...

i walked uphill fast on the treadmill for 35 minutes. used a hand weight during it too. did therapy x3 today and other ab work. looking around i found OPTP has soft foam rollers and also super soft rollers . if you look at the videos on the individual products, you can see how much...

Thanks judy. i looked at these yesterday and i think i will give it a try. DH is less enthused. he thinks rolling anything around my surgery site isnt a great idea. I can tell in a heartbeat if its too hard and can return if it wont work.

I did several therapy sessions and then a 5 min spin warm up and then stacked upper body. our deck is moving right along. so glad i convinced DH this was WAY too much for us to do. he loves doing projects but this is a huge one. 4-5 guys working on it all day. we would have been...

I accept I'm a crank about judy garland. everyone else loves her. oh well. the new Wicked movie did well we haven't used Prime much since they went with commercials. poor Jeff hasn't made enough money yet. DH mutes ads if he cant skip over and runs them all ads muted before he starts...

I was trying for something i could do myself. DH is perfectly willing to do back massages but i still would like the ability to do it when i want it. all the things i tried so far were aimed at that. i liked the hand held massager but he wont use it anymore because of a chance it...

foam roller came yesterday. easy to test without unwrapping. no, i cant use this for my back. this was slightly softer than the firm roller, but wow, not by much. my back said "no!". too hard to massage the area without getting the bony parts that don't enjoy it at all. so back it goes...

foam roller didnt get here yet but probably tomorrow. Im diligently doing my stretching/ab exercises and am feeling like its improving. not in leaps and bounds but i need the back brace less and need to sit less. also tried some capsaicin cream on the itchy areas and it helped. i...

Thank you. my back is not very cushioned. this is left side of my spine/ribs from lower thoracic thru lumbar region. there is no way to use a firm foam roller there. there is no padding, just the visible raised irritated muscle. i ordered a softer foam roller and a round device in a base...