Archive for the ‘health’ Category

Don’t get kidney stones

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Enough said.

Sciatica

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

According to the wikipedia:

Sciatica is a pain in the leg due to irritation of the sciatic nerve.

While it is just the start of their article, it’s an incredible understatement.

For a few months now I’ve kind of ignored a relatively small pain that’s been making noises in my leg. At first it bothered me, but then since it didn’t get any worse and only appeared with occasional, awkward movements, I mostly forgot about it.

Well forget no more! About a week ago the pain started to grow and show up more and more frequently. Now for the last 2-3 days I have been properly hobbled by pain… and humbled by the results of not taking care of myself properly.

Where once I had to really stretch and twist to find the pain, now I just have to sit down… stand up… walk…

Treatment has begun with gentle yoga and some massage, and this week I may just make my second rarest of visits… a trip to the doctor!

A tale of caution! Ignore not the tingling, small pains that warn of growing trauma!

Sleep

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

It really is amazing how much time can be sunk into into a website without seeing a whole lot change on the surface.

One week ago I was a mild-mannered internet user, whose biggest presence on the internet was a bunch of webmail accounts at different services. Now I find myself with my own domain. An integrated part of the network. A node.

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