Living with MCL

It’s hard to believe today could be worse than yesterday, but it is.

The high today is only supposed to get to 60°F, and it’s mostly overcast, although the sun has been trying show itself on occasion.  Plus there’s a 30% chance of rain all day.

Even worse, my lower back is still hurting, and it doesn’t seem to be getting much better. It may even be worse than yesterday.

I can’t sit down for more than a few minutes at a time, so I can’t even watch TV, to pass the time away, on this miserable day.  And laying down on the bed doesn’t help much either.

The only consolation is, I picked a good week to hurt my back, as the weather really isn’t good bike riding weather.  Still I would rather be out on the bike regardless.

Oh well, sorry for boring you all with my petty complaints, but I just had to vent and get that off my chest.

Maybe going to a wine tasting later this afternoon will cheer me up some.

Just another day in paradise!

But I can’t complain too much.  My back is still hurting slightly, so now I have two excuses for not riding my bike today.

I just received a telephone call from a Miss Potter (no relation to Harry) at American Express (AMEX), concerning the cancellation of my Starwood Preferred Guest credit card, after numerous attempts to get a $45 good will credit for the annual membership fee failed.

It appears there is at least one person at AMEX, still versed in the now almost lost art of mathematics, who realized, losing a customer, who generates well over $500 annually in merchant fees, by trying to squeeze an additional $45 out of that customer, was not good business.

She’s over nighting my new cards to me today, and even gave me her direct telephone line, in case I encounter a similar problem in the future.

My faith in American business [at least my faith in American Express] has been restored.

Uhm! I wonder if maybe she read my blog.

With the real estate market in the toilet, and gasoline, oil and food prices going through the roof, now it appears one of the Criminal Minds, Behavior Analysis Unit (BAU) agents has been killed by a terrorist bomb. 

That was just totally unexpected.  I was shocked to say the least.

And even worse, I have to wait for next season [and who knows when that may be] to find out who it was.

I sure if you’ve been a loyal fan of Criminal Minds, you understand how I felt after watching the ending of last nights season finale, but if you’re not a fan, or have never watched the show, I suggest you watch the reruns, or rent/buy the DVD’s.

It is definitely in the top five of my all time favorite shows.

Anywaze, I did get the results of this months bloodwork, and for the third time in six months, I have cracked the 100K thou/cumm lymphocyte count threshold.  

At least my hemoglobin rose slightly (from 12 g/dl to 12.3 g/dl), and my platelets have remained stable at 213K (reference range 130K-400K), and while I was hoping for better news, due to all the bike riding I’ve been doing, I’m content to believe my disease is still somewhat stable, and I’m good for another month without any treatment.

Now if only my back would start feeling better.  I think I may have hurt it racing Tuesday evening.