tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post2252368243876467711..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: Cooped UpThe Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-38676618827741018332010-03-30T02:19:35.705-07:002010-03-30T02:19:35.705-07:00Well, I made it through, but it turned out to be q...Well, I made it through, but it turned out to be quite painful! The position I was forced to recline in sent my ailing hip into spasms. At one point, the tech asked me if I could continue and, when told it was only another 10 minutes or so, I told him I would gut it out.<br /><br />However, once out of the tube, I couldn't sit up. I had to have the tech and his assistant pull me up. Both of them commented that they could hear the cracking going on. It took me a good three hours to stretch it out somewhat.The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-81083647285567030732010-03-29T18:27:12.954-07:002010-03-29T18:27:12.954-07:00good luck. :) actually it seems as if most of th...good luck. :) actually it seems as if most of the blogs i follow are written by people with fibromialgia or another severely painful condition.<br />perhaps life gives people with these painful conditions the ability to effectively communicate with others through the written word.Iktomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06764173102454691516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-10397462066383393252010-03-29T18:25:03.935-07:002010-03-29T18:25:03.935-07:00Hang in there... it's only a tunnel. (not that...Hang in there... it's only a tunnel. (not that I have any experience to confirm with).Gavin Bollardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833941398375568706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-56975938567558230582010-03-29T10:37:19.912-07:002010-03-29T10:37:19.912-07:00Taoist-style belly breathing helps. Focus on the ...Taoist-style belly breathing helps. Focus on the bellows. And I think of things like this as opportunities -- times when I can't be bothered by annoying phone calls!baroness radonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593108634484542286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-76571390244899217712010-03-29T08:44:14.179-07:002010-03-29T08:44:14.179-07:00Best Wishes! You'll make it...as you said, you...Best Wishes! You'll make it...as you said, you've done it before.David "Shinzen" Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.com