Monday, October 3, 2011

Snakes To the Rescue

There's weird things are going on with Linda's back again.  The pain is definitely manageable, but her left leg is just buckling in weakness.  She goes to take a step and it feels like there are no muscles in her leg to support her.  During her class today, it kept being wobbly on and off.  (Being the trooper she is, she just kept teaching.)  After class, one of the members came up and said she was a massage therapist.  Since Linda did not have another class and the lady did not have any clients, Linda was able to go right after class for a short massage.  The women used all different scented oils on her hurt areas, and even put different oils on her pressure points to help it all work together.  All I know is she smells very herbal-ish right now.  I wonder if she also does snake massages?  How do the snakes know to stay on the persons back?  Linda had a 3 foot long baby Python named Rocky. He did a pretty good job of massaging her shoulders and neck now that she thinks about it.  Rocky is at a new home somewhere, probably 6 feet long by now.  The crafty snake got out of his cage once and tried to eat her kitten (Linda saved the kitten just seconds before he went to strike!), so he had to find a new family.    Linda's at-home work to ice-heat-ice-heat to get some of the swelling down.  Now she is icing (and freezing too!).  Today is lawn mowing day, but with how she is feeling, the lawn will just have to wait until tomorrow.