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Dina:
((((((((DC)))))))))))
I've only read the prologue and ch.1 so far, I've been busy. I hope I can read it on the weekend.

My foot is still sore, even after several kinesiology sessions. My doctor asked me an MRI (I think that is the proper English acronym. For us is Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (RMN) but apparently is nothing wrong. I am in less pain when walking, but when in bed or with the feet raised or sometimes when I am just sitting for a while it just hurts. I do not know what happens, but my doctor gave me more kinesiology sessions.

Regenbogen:
My book has arrived earlier than expected. I'm in chapter 3 now. :)

@Dina
That's weird, that your foot hurts more without movement and weight on it. I have no idea why that can be.
I hope the doctor can help you there.

My knees hurt, if I don't move them. That's because of the arthrosis. My foot has arthrosis, too. But it hurts most while standing and a lot when walking, especially with the wrong shoes. But not at all while doing nothing.

Could it be that there is some inflammation in the tendons? Do you take pain killers. Most pain killers also go against inflammation.
I also do foot massages, foot baths and I roll my foot on a hard massage ball with some kind of spikes. That's good for the blood flow. And sometimes I use a bandage for the foot, but I guess that's the same effect as kinesiology, by distributing the feeling of pressure to other areas and making your brain concentrate on the feeling in those other parts while being able to blend out the original pain.

Dina:
I am only in chapter 6. I am so interested because I like some of the characters so much.
The following day I got the result (information? Summary? Detail? I do not know the name. In Spanish it is informe) of the MRI (It is not the images, which I got  in the moment, but the text were a doctor or technician analyzes it). It says that I had a bunion (I already knew that, it is not super serious) and also "sesamoiditis". Which is what my doctor suspected with the first X-Ray. If I understood correctly, sesamoid bones are small things tangled with the tendons, so you were right in asking about tendinitis. So, more kinesiology, time and patient. The bunion was not a problem before, unless I had been wearing very slender shoes, but since the fall it seems to be much more sensitive.
I do not know why it hurts when not doing nothing but I suspect it is that when I remain still the inflammation is affected by gravity.
I had taken an ibuprofen (which is good against inflammation) last night (as I had a kinesio session some hours before and I won't have another one for a few days) and I slept better. The effect remained, as in general I was more or less all right today.
And definitely the shoes are important. I also hope your doctors help you with your knees and feet, with or without surgery.
Yes, in kinesio I sometimes roll balls, spiky cilinders and things like that.

Presidential elections are on Sunday! Next week I will tell you how it went.

Regenbogen:
@Dina
Oh dear. I'm feeling with you. I don't have hallux valgus myself, but I know some who do, including my mom. So I guess it'll come to me too, some day. Because it runs in families and I also have the kind of foot form which results to that some day.
But I do have the inflammation. It is annoying and it hurts. It is annoying because it hurts. But I have had good results by wearing the right shoes with extra soft soles and doing some of the things you mentioned. Also sometimes cooling the foot helps and sometimes warmth is better.
I'd like to not have to take ibuprofen for a longer period, because it does funny things with my blood pressure. So I try to get by without medication until it gets so bad that I have to take it again. Then I alternate between those causing low and high blood pressure, damaging my liver and damaging my kidneys, in the hope to give everything time to heal in between.

The Olympian Affair: I'm still just in chapter 3. The book is big and I can't take it with me everywhere as I would my kindle. My good friend made a crocheted bookmark for me. It's the form of a black and white cat and I made a picture of it while it was between the pages. And I told her how fitting it is especially for this book. ;D She should definitely read it, too.

Next week we will have a concert with our choir. It's the 30th anniversary.  I am a member for 22 years now.

The kittens are still cute and fun to play with. Yesterday Mini's best friend was visiting and she was very shy and seemed a bit afraid of the cats, though she was looking forward to playing with them. They have a dog. She would like to have cats of her own, but her father is allergic, so we told her she could be godmother of our cats, lol. She's very proud of that. :) personally I think young dogs can hurt you more when playing with you. Also depending on how strong they are and how tall you are, they can run you over. Ok, technically a cat can run you over too and they have very pointy teeth and claws, but it never happened to me. And they are usually much smaller than dogs. The rug rat races excluded.

There are some not so nice names for small dog races.

Like Trethupe:
If you step on the dog, there will be a honking sound.

Halbe Leberwurst: a half liver sausage (not sure if this one is official though, my dad used to say it)

Wadenbeißer: bites you into the calves, meaning the dog is so small, it can't reach further up.

There are no such names for cats though. At least I don't know any.

But imo there are less weird looking cat races than weird looking dog races. Except those without hair and those almost without noses. Poor things.


So maybe I'll read some more today. My favourite characters are Grimm, Benedict and Rowl. But I am generally not so addicted to books that constantly change between different characters. Just when I have adjusted to one, suddenly everything is from another's point of view. Makes it hard for me to stay in the flow of the story.

Dina:
Thanks Regen!
I know hallux valgus runs in the families, but I do not remember any of my parents complaining about it. Even when it is super obvious when you look at my feet, so far it only bothers me if I use really slender shoes, what I try not to do. So do not worry. If you ever develop it, I do not think it will be too bad if you do not have it yet.
I am glad to hear you found several remedies for your inflammation. I hope mine will recede, as it was triggered by a falling and hopefully will get better, but if not, I will learn to live with those things that helped me. I try not to take painkiller or anything so I could track how the thing is going. The day I told you I had taken ibuprofen, it was really bothering me, but it has been moderately good since that moment. Today in particular there are moments I do not feel any pain at all, and others were it really hurts, mostly when I leave it still for too long and then try to move it.

I had a very lazy Saturday and I did not feel like reading the Olympian affair. I had been so emotionally depleted by the political climate, that I ended reading silly things on internet and playing small games, things like that. But I will try to read some tomorrow to distract myself for the news until the results are announced.

I loved your story about Mini's friend. I am sure she is a proud godmother.

I remember you telling us about your choir before. I hope the concert is awesome and that you enjoy the celebration.

We have a word meaning the same like Wadenbeißer for small dogs. It is "Garronero" as garrón is a name for the calves. But I do not remember other names like that. We have cuzquito but that means that it is a small dog and nothing else.

I had a few news about some friends, and I was happy to hear them. One of them is having twins soon! He has twin brothers himself and I hope they help him  :D

Well, I try to write soon, meanwhile I hope your weekend goes well. ((((((everyone))))))

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