The swelling is almost completely gone from my left ankle and I'm mostly walking without a brace, which is especially great because it's rough wearing braces or orthopedic boots in weather this hot ( Read more... )

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Scouting NY has made a wonderful post about the renovation of the I. Miller Building in Times Square, complete with before and after comparison photos.

An eclipse, a blood moon, should have been visible in my area last night but cloud cover obscured it too badly. In Queens going outside felt like walking around inside a cloud from the heavy, encompassing water vapor--it smelled like the ocean and spring--but it turned out that Manhattan also had too many clouds over it to let me see the moon. (My ( Read more... )

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The I. Miller Building is being restored: "Tobin | Parnes was commissioned to restore the famed I. Miller building at 1552 Broadway NYC space, a majestic and regal landmark. Designed in 1926 by Architect Louis H. Friedland, the original facade materials included limestone, polished marble, bronze and terra cotta, each carefully crafted into ( Read more... )

So far my pain doctor doesn't want to burn my nerves. He doesn't feel I showed enough improvement from the steroid shots into my neck joints to make it worthwhile. We're doubling the dose of Topamax to see if that helps. I had new injections into my incision, so tonight the back of my head has a pulling feeling more than a hurting feeling and it's ( Read more... )