Tag Archives: Spina Bifida

Getting My Glow On

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I visited the hospital this morning for a CAT Scan of my back as my doctor wants to see if there is any nerve damage causing my left foot problems. Now I do not have a problem getting up early but since the hooligans were out last night late the noise level made it a little tough to sleep. Oh well I get to hear in about a week the verdict and then see what the doctor has in store for me. Guess my body is rebelling a little or maybe a lot :-)

Not much to report been very busy with work and not been up to much.  Nothing really exciting going on at the moment.

Hope River Classic 2008 Edition

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I have been so busy with work and in the past couple of months and weeks helping with the organizing of the Hope River Classic. This is the third annual event which is in support of the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of British Columbia. This year as well as the local event held in Chilliwack there were events held across the country from Nova Scotia to Alberta.

The Chilliwack event had about 325 participants and raised at last count over $25,000.

Hope River Classic 2008

Matteus

Impromtu Hiatus

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I had some great intentions to post all kinds of things including (I am embarrassed to say) the final stop on my Bourne World Tour. That post is coming but some reason I have not had much time in the last 5-6 weeks to accomplish much on the blogging front. A simple question is why, what the heck have I been doing to keep me from blogging about my exploits?

There has been some things going on including being very busy at work which translates into long days and a very tired Aargh. I figured I would post an update and see where things go from here.

The saga of my wrist has continued and last Monday I went for a Bone Scan in Surrey Memorial Hospital. They inject Radioactive tracer into the opposite arm and quickly take some pictures then you wait 3 hours and more pictures are taken. This all went well and as I was leaving the hospital I felt kinda funny and as I stepped around some folks standing on the sidewalk I fell and cut my knee open. Oh yes I also put my right hand down again so yes I hurt it again. Luckily this time it only hurt for a couple hours and did not swell. I had to wait till this Friday to get the results and visit my doctor. The results, well apparently the Radiologists cannot agree if the bone has a break but the consensus is as I am pretty much pain free and have full mobility any pain is from ligament damage.

This takes me to something I have been noticing for the last 9 or 10 months and is related to my wrist issues. As I was born with Spina Bifida I have a few challenges with my left leg and left foot which causes me to experience some weakness and lack of control of my left foot. When I was much younger I tended to fall a lot as I would either twist my left ankle or misstep and fall. This caused a lot of skinned and bloodied knees and ripped pants. Over the years I learned to adjust and would concentrate and pay attention when I walked and in the last 10 to 15 years I noticed that I was no longer falling. I would still twist my ankle but would not lose my balance and fall. That is until last summer and over the last several months I have not only twisted my ankle several times I have fallen multiple times with the worst being in March when I broke my wrist. As I am seeing a pattern I am quite concerned and will now be visiting an orthopedic specialist to see what is up with my ankle. More fun and games but I guess as this is causing me to fall it would be the best way to help my wrist stay healthy.

Wish me luck!