Shutdown

Sorry folks, park's closed.

A week ago before bed on Mario Day (Mar10), I had a thought, what would happen if I turned off my DRG stimulator for a day? So, without much more thought, I did. The following day, I walked the most I've walked since my accident. 7.3 miles to be exact. To be honest, I didn't notice much of a difference. Sure, it was more sensitive and my pain increased, but for the most part I felt good. 

I decided to keep going and at the moment, the stimulator is still off. That's an entire week. I've walked an average of 3.4 miles since I started this experiment. My toes feel like they are in a vice at times and the temperature of the CRPS affected foot is about seven degrees cooler than the 'good' one, but really, I think I could survive without the stimulator, which is good to know in light of the current world we are living in. And if you're interested, with the stimulator off, I'd say on the pain scale that I'm sitting at about a constant three with a little fluctuation.

Since my last post I've pretty much given up thinking about going down to that clinic in Arkansas. In fact, my mole that was relaying information to me from the inside has gone silent. It's been two days since I had my last message delivered and I still haven't had any response. I hope all is well and she didn't have to swallow the cyanide pill. Gulp.

This COVID-19 is something, huh? With the parks now closed, I am walking around the neighborhood more and I can't believe the amount of Fireball that is consumed here in Ottawa, Illinois. I was only joking when I decided I'd start keeping track of how many empty bottles I saw during my daily walks. It's been 70 days and I've found 187 empty bottles of Fireball. I am probably going to hold off collecting more bottles I find, because that would be one of the stupidest things to get sick over. I did wear one of those blue nitrile gloves today while collecting, but I don't want to deplete my supply. Especially when I may have to use the gloves for frontier surgery in the near future since the hospitals will become overcrowded because people are selfish and need to eat at Bob Evans like the governor of West Virginia has decreed.