my new personal swear at the moment is "bosch"

mostly because it's adjacent to "bozhe" the eastern european vocative form of "bog" which means God

i'm saying it a lot at the moment because my left ... idk even what it is... the muscle between the hip bone and the upper thigh that you stretch when you do that arch over to the side stretch

and honestly, at this point, i'm already looking at finally getting off my arse - and laying down and doing the 100 situps program, because of the lower back pain that i know is because my abs are weak, i'm liek, ok. lol... i bet i can rustle up a clear memory of the awesome stretch routine i used to do, and at least do situps first thing tomorrow morning and then follow it up with this stretch routine

the routine kept me limber and actually it was only about 3 years ago i stopped being able to touch my toes, which was when the peripheral neuropathy really kicked in - yes it had been slowly fading in for about 4 or 5 years before that but in 2021 i started to frequently get the cramps and muscle weakness, and then shortly after that, slow healing tendon/bone injury recovery and what tipped me off that it was "type 2 diabetes" or what i consider to be early stage kidney/spleen disease - persistent skin infections

i had already been doing back-of-the-calf stretches because when you climb a lot of slopes/stairs the back of your lower leg gets really tight and sore, and literally to get through a walk sometimes i am doing the classic forward cat stretch every 5 minutes to get through it

well, BOSCH, it is time for me to start doing this fr fr 

 See if leg lifts work better than sit ups for your lower back, hold a weight or something and it can help stabilize core while doing them too 🤷‍♂️✌️🤝 

 oh, ok, i can substitute lifting my legs up to strengthen my abs? i'll combine tho, but that's an easy one on my standing desk

i don't need practise with stability, i can stand on one leg for several minutes while doing all kinds of things with my feet and legs 

 That’s great about the balance too. Holding the weight while you lay flat on your back will prevent you from raising your upper body up while doing the leg lifts and can help you maintain a very good form ✊🤝 

 Hope those leg lifts have started to help with your pain issues bud ✌️🤝✊ 

 oh yeah, i forgot about this... yeah, hell yeah, when my desk is in standing mode i can do this whenever i feel wonky

i'm doing a well designed scheme for situps, did my first session this morning prior to rising from the bed (because situps are easier on a bed, i am always moving around when i do them and my spine is pointy and my nerves are sharp)

but i will remember this for when i'm doing standing desk work because it's so easy, and feels really awesome actually doing left/right/left/right leg lifts when i'm feeling wonky and bored 

 Hell ya. Glad to hear it’s helping and you are working in a healthier regiment. Reach out anytime if ya need any suggestions or anything ✊🤝 

 and, oh yeah... i have DMSO/magnesium spray... just covered my legs... man, this stuff is kinda nasty... gonna stand with it for a bit longer then i'm gonna hose it down in the bathroom lol

and yeah, really really, tonight is a threshold moment... from tomorrow i have to start doing a regular basic exercise regime... the pain in my lower back was one thing but tonight my left hip went spazz and i'm over it... i know i can make this happy

and i'm in my hermitage now, fuck you all, all i have is canaries and blackbirds and tick tick birds (aka washer woman birds) and the odd madeira hawk cooing, and the sound of rain on my metal roof and the power literally just going ought temporarily just now because it's raining hard and there is some good lightning

i might actually shut all this down lol