Daily Success September 2 – Very Good. The flesh was weak, but the slightest control over whisky consumption got me to the very bottom rung of Very Good.

Yesterday

Daily success yesterday included more chores cleaned up, a start on a schedule for the Explosive Remnants of War system, and decent amounts of exercise and physical therapy. The combination of pain relief drugs that I’m taking seems to be able to hold the pain level to something that allows me to function. Hopefully Dr. Sheikh’s injection Wednesday morning will get the job done in a way that allows me to drop the painkillers.

Today

Daily success today must focus on the ERW system planning, physical therapy, and exercise. The chores are more or less under control.

The Future

Daily success in the future boils down to ending the pain that has dominated my life for the last 13 months. If Dr. Sheikh can do that, wonderful. If Dr. Levine can do a more complete fix, one that gets me off the gabapentin, that would be even better. We will know more about the likelihood of success in this by the end of the week.

Hospitalero training first. My flight to Iowa is out of Reagan at 10:35AM a week from Friday.