Day 1976 Trifecta

10th January 2023

Well the day I never thought would happen, happened. I had an appointment with Kelli’s kinesiologist, more out of curiosity than any problems I was having.

We arrived ten minutes early because I had to fill out forms noting any medical conditions I had in the past or current. The answer to most of them was no, so I thought he would have met his match and declared me a perfect specimen.

As soon as I was in the room he went through the paperwork, I knew he was determined to find a flaw in my profile. He talked about old traumas that can effect the body all though life, even though they might have been forgotten.

I held out my left hand and pointed to a couple of fingers that gave me problems at times, mainly in the cold. I put the index finger as having arthritis in the joint, the one next to it sometimes locks up at certain times.

He asked me questions about any bone breaks.

I mentioned that at age eight I fractured my left wrist, His eyes widened, this was a front door to my soul.

He smiled, telling me that the effect of that could cause problem in different parts of my body.

That was the start, an hours worth of muscle manipulations, tracking everything that hurt.

By the time I left the surgery my dodgy finger felt less restricted, and other tender muscles seemed calm. Time will tell if the treatment has made a difference to my quality of life, I will keep you informed of progress.

The other big event was the purchase of new appliances for the kitchen redesign.

We went to Lowes because I researched several different manufactures product offering. There were Samsung, LG and Bosch to explore. It is a little overpowering entering a large store and wading through a jungle of appliances many of which are bloody ugly.

Fortunately we had a very friendly and helpful sales specialist, he put up with my jokes, I think he enjoyed our buying experience as much as we did.

“ Don’t go with Samsung “ Greg warned, “they had a high quality failure rate last year”. That was enough to scare us off that brand.

We ended up going with Bosch, and Kelli even got a copper sink courtesy of a generous discount.

The other important thing that happened was the booking of my ticket to return to the UK for a month long visit. Kelli still isn’t strong enough to join me on this one, but it will happen.

We took pictures of the two door cabinet, it certainly changed from when we picked it up.

That is the reward we get, being part of the transformation, and watching it go to a new home, hopefully that will happen soon.