Rooms · Fixing my body
What the rough stretches, calm water, and unexpected bends have taught me about maintaining the one body I cannot replace.
I often tell people that life is like a flowing stream. Sometimes you flow through rough, rocky sections that test your resolve. Sometimes you flow through sunny, calm sections that are warm and beautiful. Most of it is something in between—rocky sections that can still be beautiful, like this scene from Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
You never know what is coming around the next bend, but you can be sure it will be interesting.
The Health section
The habits, perspectives, and practical adjustments that help me stay mentally healthy through changing circumstances.
What I have learned about pain, movement, treatment, and living productively with a troublesome back.
Why flexibility matters over the long haul and the practical ways I work to preserve it.
A practical approach to preserving strength, capability, and independence over time.
The methods, tradeoffs, and long-term habits involved in keeping weight under control.
How I sort evidence, claims, personal experience, cost, and risk in a market full of confident promises.
My experience with a rare swallowing disorder, from recognizing the problem through diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
A family history shaped by muscular dystrophy, caregiving, adaptation, and the practical realities of a progressive disease.
A record of what happened, how I evaluated a flood of changing information, and what the experience taught me.