Madipose Tissue

So, I have these two growths on the side of my hips and Dr. Patt, my dear Dr. Patt, just to be safe, wanted me to see a hip specialist to find out what they are and completely verify they are not malignant. We were hoping they were irritated, swollen, bursae. I do have bursitis, but the two tumor like areas are not bursa. I am going in for an MRI as soon as we can schedule it, but my new orthopedic surgeons preliminary diagnosis is inflamed, irritated fat! 

So I don't just have a buttload of fat, pun intended, but it's also inflamed, irritated tissue? What the hay???  I mean I'm irritated it's there - that's for sure. I asked my new Doc if there was a technical word for this kind of different fat and he said nope. So I have a suggestion; if fat is technically adipose tissue and a synonym for irritated, inflamed is mad?  

I suggest we call it madipose tissue.

;-)

On the no-mo-cartilage-knee front, before I do knee replacements, I am thinking of trying SYNVISC (hylan F-F 20) knee injections. 

Anyone have any experience with these injections?

If you have knee problems, you might check out their web site for a FREE knee exercise program guide: SynviscOne.com/ontrack

Rise. Shine.

An Apple A Day

Ever wake up and think, "How can I save 30,000 lives?" Well today is your lucky day. (via @Upworthy) http://www.upworthy.com/an-apple-a-day-does-a-hell-of-a-lot-more-than-keep-the-doctor-away?g=2

The only thing I would change about this video's information is that I believe you should eat twice as many non-starchy vegetables as fruit, so I would adjust that to 2 cups of fruit for every 4 cups of vegetables.

Embrace Imperfection --- but not too much.

I have been stalling, hem-hawing, procrastinating, out and out delaying --- you name the word that means put off and that's what I've been doing; all in the name of overachieving satisfaction. I want this to be the perfect scenario. I want to have all my ducks in a neat elegant row and have everything prepared & planned to perfection. The oh so OCD me trying to minimize the stress of making decisions along the way. I mean, if the plan is perfect, that guarantees the outcome to be no less, correct?  The problem with this is it has now been days, weeks, months, maybe years? .... of me waiting for that oh-so-lovely scenario.

So now it's time to embrace a little more chaos, a lot more imperfection.

But not too much. 

I don't want, in the name of imperfection, to cut myself too much slack. I don't want to see the chocolate cake in sight and say it's okay to have just a little bite. I don't have to be perfect. I'm just worried that "just a little bite" will quickly turn into a big bite and then the whole slice and then the whole freaking cake.

Kickstarting myself in the bum.

I am ready to kickstart my road to wellness once again.

So, it's time to lace up the All-Stars and pray with my feet.

https://www.facebook.com/RemissionRoad

Crumbs anyone?

My adventures in cancer-land were a ride even more surreal than Mr. Toads. My challenge now is to travel Remission Road and find my way back to the person I want to be. My problem is I forgot to leave a trail of breadcrumbs or any other landmarks along the way to help me navigate this dreary territory I find myself in at the moment.