Strength Today

It has been a looooooong time since my last post. Hope nobody was worried. My health is doing great. Bloodwork has been coming back better and better and I'm actually getting tested a lot less. I preferred getting tested every week because then I had a better idea where I was at. Now when I have tired days, it's a mystery whether it's the medication or my blood going south. Luckily my blood has been good aside from a slightly lower than normal WBC count.

The gout is finally friggin' gone!!!! It was a solid 2 months of pain before any relief set in. The swelling has finally disappeared and I'm back to my normal antics including riding. For those with gout, Celebrex is the hot setup. A couple times I thought the gout was gone, but it was just the Celebrex doing it's job.

So it's still just a game of watching and waiting making sure my blood counts stay where they need to be. Luckily, I've moved beyond any sort of dwelling on my condition. Often times I forget that anything is even wrong. CML really only occurs to me in the evening when I take my medication or when I'm super tired for no apparent reason which has been my only real side effect. I've found that I can get past the fatigue by simply kicking my ass in gear and doing something physical.

Let's get off the health topic and talk about the realization that the Ohio State Buckeyes really are the greatest college football team on the planet. Yesterday's game was FANtastic! I couldn't help but pace the house blasting the Ohio State fight songs most of the day. I even made the family dress up in scarlet and gray. It was a lot of fun and for the first time in YEARS I woke up Sunday morning, post OSU vs. Michigan without a hangover! It was nice.

And best of all, I had a really cute Buckeye cheerleader by my side the whole game...

Posted by James on 11/19/2006 at 11/19/2006 07:56:00 PM | Permalink