Joints

This morning Layne mentioned his joints again. They've been a little bit of an issue this time around - it's one of the things that this clinical trial is testing. I guessed his feet were bothering him because that's been a common one. I then asked about others. He mentioned his hips and one of his knees. He then stated, "I don't know if I can bike today since I can't move my leg."*. Then...being the ever supportive care giver that I am...I laughed. Out loud. What other person is going to give serious consideration to the exercise routine when they can't even move one of their limbs? Maybe it's just me. That and it struck me as funny that it was such a statement of the obvious.

Later, he casually described the 'discomfort' as this knee hurts less than this one. So...the translation would be...this knee hurts and this one is killing me and I'm feeling it constantly.

*From Layne: This sounds much worse than what I meant when I said it.  I can move fine, but raising my leg like I would when I ride a bike hurt, and I felt like I couldn't do that.

Feet and Joints

Layne's feet have been hurting since Saturday. We're guessing too much standing at the party. He's having a hard time getting around. It's slow going.
This morning he woke up with joint pain. I'm not sure if it's been a gradual thing and it's bad enough that he's finally commenting on it...or if it's just starting. I do know he commented about possibly needing a wheelchair at the airport this week-end. Yea. Love it when we start out gimpy. As usual, we'll see how things go.