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  I couldn't let Earth Day pass without a post. Here's a short video I found on Youtube: My neurologist's office called yesterday.   He wants me to set up a second opinion for my treatment.  Wish me luck.  

Sorr y I haven't been posting or visiting your blogs lately.  It seems my CIDP is getting worse. My physical therapist is not going to come anymore. I think it's because Medicare will stop paying for a therapist if there is no progress. In my case I've been slowly getting worse.  I'm keeping up with a set of exercises he gave me, like walking for five minutes several times a day and using a four pound dumbell. My neurologist told me it's the nature of my condition. It can get better for a while then relapse.  It can completely disappear.  It can get worse. I don't want to go back to using a wheelchair. Enough of the melodrama. -----  I found this ouroboros surrounded by other symbols. Let me know what you think they could mean. Some of them look like to me but not what they could actually mean. Here are the symbols: Simple enough, I guess. It could be a sword with a  laser projection. ----- Some sort of rooster/wolf in front of a crescent moon? ----- Sperm? Is t

  I would not want to play.

 

    I really don't know much about playing music. I can't read the notes and I'm not sure if  my hands are agile enough. But when I came across the lap harp while I was looking through Amazon, it seemed easy enough to try. You don't have to know how to read the music sheets and anyone can play it right away. It's sometimes advertised for use by children but I found some videos on Youtube where it was played very well by adults. Anyway, it might encourage me to move on to other easy instruments. Above are photos of my lap harp. As you can see I only have to pick at the notes on the inserted music sheet, easy enough for kids. It's not me playing but here's my skill level: Expert musicians seem to be playing without sheet music: Lamento Di Tristano - 14th century Italian Renaissance tune The man in this video must love the instrument: Right now I'm trying to get my harp in tune. There's a free tuner for the iphone called "Plusadd lite" I had t

 

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