I had an MRI of my lower back a week ago, and the results have come in this week. The MRI confirms that the left channel (fossae) in the L4-L5 vertebrae is compressed. This pretty much explains my sciatic nerve problems: the root cause, so to speak, of my sciatic pain is the degeneration of my lower lumbar spine.
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The last quarter of 2025 was a bit of a mess for me health-wise. It started in October with some kind of sciatic nerve disruption that left me essentially crippled and, on some days, crawling on the floor to move about. It ended with me in the Daly Pavilion for mental abnormality reasons.
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I was surprised a short while ago when I realized that my blog was cross-posting all of my posts to LinkedIn. I don’t really live on LinkedIn at all- my account there was created more or less because a couple of decades or so ago my employer made it effectively mandatory.
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I previously mentioned my occasional frustration with never-ending to do lists. One element that appears and disappears from our lists regularly without ever really getting done: unpack boxes.
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Everyone in the modern world deals with constant distractions. But one of the benefits I expected from retirement was the concept of being able to focus on a task, or to set it aside and come back to it later without nagging guilt. I was, sadly, wrong to expect this.
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Irene had some of her medical tests last week. Included in that was a radiograph- basically, you are injected with radioactive stuff, then you have to wait for three hours before the actual scan is taken. It shows bones, bone density, and bone lesions quite well which is why Irene gets it every three months or so.
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I returned to the Trail (Kootenay Boundary) hospital on Monday night for an MRI. This one was of my lower back, and traces to my original problem with sciatica / sciatic nerve disruption. The X-rays of that back region had shown bone degeneration, but the MRI should also show any nerve involvement.
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I occasionally produce a large food conglomeration in the form of either chili or tacos. Tacos are actually more complex as all the ‘fixings’ like lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, etc. are part of the meal, but both options feed Irene and I for multiple days.
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I put in considerable effort to avoid talking to much about President Cheeto. The fact that I manage to mention this toxic dumpster fire and the destruction he has wrought no more than once or twice a week is testament to my efforts: he really gets into my head that much.
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