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Oct. 28th, 2008 07:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tylikHad the cervical epidural steroid injection. Complete non-event so far (and the anesthetic should have worn off by now). K gave me a ride (I was required to bring someone, and no, taking a taxi was not good enough) which was great, particularly because he brought a whole bunch of articles with him. "Want one on Ca channels and Parkinson's?" "Oh, yeah, please. Went to a talk on that a bit ago..." *read read* "Um, actually I went to a talk by this guy on this material." "Oh. How about a review article on exercise, caloric intake and hippocampal function?" "Dude!" (All my to-read articles are on the tablet, which I'd left at home.)
Liked the attending, didn't entire establish appropriate communication. *He and resident discussing imaging as I lay face down with a needle partway into my dura mater* "Are you alright?" "Yeah, the worst bit is that I can't see any of the interesting images." "Oh... Fear of the unknown?" "No! It's interesting, and I can't see them." He didn't really believe me that the anesthetic takes a while to cut in, so I could feel more than I was supposed to, but it wasn't a big deal.
Weird aftereffect - I rely very heavily on my proprioceptive system for balance, whereas most people rely mostly on vestibular and visual feedback. This is not unusual for obsessive martial artists, though pretty rare among the general population. I've know it for years (other issues hit other parts of my balance.) Anyhow, with all the anesthetics hitting a bunch of spinal nerves my vestibular system was just fine... my proprioception was weird. I staggered a couple of steps, and then I was fine. On the way out, while charging down the stairs after Kendrick at our usual off to train break neck pace I mentioned that it would be really fun to spar like this. (Hey, he always complains about my balance being too good.) "I don't think that would be a good idea." "Aw, c'mon, slow, low impact sparring wouldn't be a problem." *Kendrick goes on to make an analogy to degeneration in system that have lacked neural input for months to years. Pfeh.* We were walking out to the car by now. "Well, it would be safer than running down the stairs full speed." *pause* "Oh. Sorry." "No, it was fine, I checked myself and held the handrail until I was sure it was okay."
Then I went to yoga. It was a hard class. My body was doing a bit of the "hey, 'scuse me, you just let someone shove a needly *into my spine*" reaction. And we mostly worked on standing forward bends, which just aren't the most fun ever when a bit dizzy and shaky. (Though the one legged balance poses cheered me up.) And of course there were a few things I am avoiding for the interim. And... My teacher is awesome. So much so that I forget that I don't have the relationship with her that I do with Shifu. Shifu would understand without me having to explain why I came within a few hours of having this kind of procedure done. (Which probably says at least as much about her as about me.) And Shifu would leave me alone if I wasn't up to participating in something. And we've been training together for a decade now. Must remember that.
Liked the attending, didn't entire establish appropriate communication. *He and resident discussing imaging as I lay face down with a needle partway into my dura mater* "Are you alright?" "Yeah, the worst bit is that I can't see any of the interesting images." "Oh... Fear of the unknown?" "No! It's interesting, and I can't see them." He didn't really believe me that the anesthetic takes a while to cut in, so I could feel more than I was supposed to, but it wasn't a big deal.
Weird aftereffect - I rely very heavily on my proprioceptive system for balance, whereas most people rely mostly on vestibular and visual feedback. This is not unusual for obsessive martial artists, though pretty rare among the general population. I've know it for years (other issues hit other parts of my balance.) Anyhow, with all the anesthetics hitting a bunch of spinal nerves my vestibular system was just fine... my proprioception was weird. I staggered a couple of steps, and then I was fine. On the way out, while charging down the stairs after Kendrick at our usual off to train break neck pace I mentioned that it would be really fun to spar like this. (Hey, he always complains about my balance being too good.) "I don't think that would be a good idea." "Aw, c'mon, slow, low impact sparring wouldn't be a problem." *Kendrick goes on to make an analogy to degeneration in system that have lacked neural input for months to years. Pfeh.* We were walking out to the car by now. "Well, it would be safer than running down the stairs full speed." *pause* "Oh. Sorry." "No, it was fine, I checked myself and held the handrail until I was sure it was okay."
Then I went to yoga. It was a hard class. My body was doing a bit of the "hey, 'scuse me, you just let someone shove a needly *into my spine*" reaction. And we mostly worked on standing forward bends, which just aren't the most fun ever when a bit dizzy and shaky. (Though the one legged balance poses cheered me up.) And of course there were a few things I am avoiding for the interim. And... My teacher is awesome. So much so that I forget that I don't have the relationship with her that I do with Shifu. Shifu would understand without me having to explain why I came within a few hours of having this kind of procedure done. (Which probably says at least as much about her as about me.) And Shifu would leave me alone if I wasn't up to participating in something. And we've been training together for a decade now. Must remember that.
