Daily Success September 7 – Mandatory Rest Day.

Daily Success Yesterday

Daily success yesterday was, effectively, zip. A Mandatory Rest Day if ever there was one. I woke up late in the wee small hours with a cough that would not let me sleep, then felt poorly and fatigued all day. Nothing was accomplished across the board except for a lengthy nap.

Daily Success Today

Daily success today requires continuing to feel better, pacing myself to match my energies, and keeping my focus on what’s important. There is lots to do and insufficient time and energy to do it all. Choices are needed.

Daily Success in the Future

Daily success in the future continues to take shape. Last night’s sleep was interrupted repeatedly by discomfort in my lower left back. This was not the kind of pain that has been disrupting life in general, but it was significant and, very importantly, it was position specific.

My interpretation of this is that Dr. Levine’s thoughts about stabilizing the “SI Joint” on my left side are on target. Monday, I will investigate accelerating the MRI and Xray stuff in the hope that I can cut a week or two off the evaluation cycle. If the surgery Levine suggested is what is needed to end 14 months of severe limitations on my activities and a lot of pain, I want to get it done sooner rather than later.

Hell, I’d crawl onto the table right now if he suggested it. The physical sensations FINALLY make sense, fit a diagnosis, and call for a specific treatment.

Beyond that, a week from today I will be at hospitalero training. On one hand, that is incredibly attractive because I do want, desperately, to give back to the Camino and the peregrinos who are following me. On the other hand, my spirit is incredibly unhappy with the idea of being a hospitalero instead of a peregrino.

Peregrino – the title that has defined my life as much as anything for the last half dozen years. I may have to give it up, but it will be a bitter pill to do so.