[Leica] Sciatica

[gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)]

Been there, done that, never want that pain again. Take it easy Mark, I am 
sorry to say that age is not only a state of mind.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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On 10 Jun 2012, at 21:52, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Sciatica
> I've just had the most painful three  of weeks of my life.
> But went to bed last night with my sweatshirt on and the AC down to 75.
> Instead of tee shirt and 72.
> And woke up not wracked in pain in my legs for the first time in 3 weeks 
> and
> I got 8 hours of sleep not 5 or 4. I start Physical therapy Tuesday. I had
> to cancel my Spring Lug Gallery gallery as normally I'd spend the morning
> working on it and I've not been able to sit down for more than a minute 
> till
> the sun went down. My last entry was May 24th.
> Its from lifting boxes in my storage cubical in Portland May 10th - 16th. I
> got a glimpse of my body of work in the large boxes in the back and my pots
> and my books. My CD' are ready to go; to be sent over here. I'll have them
> here soon though not my negs still they were in the back of the room and I
> didn't make it to there.
> The lesson is - when you hit middle age or older:
> Don't loose your inner core strength.
> Do exercises in the morning like Ted has his whole life.
> I'm getting a folding mat. And taking up Yoga and anything else which
> resembles it. Then I'll make up my own.  Publish it and be asked to
> demonstrate it on a radio show.
> You never know how many cameras you may have to carry and what they'd all
> weigh. The Leica lenses don't just cost more they also get heavier every
> year.
> 
> Summer is in ten days and I'll start and finish a Summer gallery. Picture a
> day. From whatever year.
> 
> - - from my iRabs.
> Mark Rabiner
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
> 
> 
> 
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