A New Life: Great Expectations! 2024 – 44

A Geode, Shots and Supplements

Two months have passed, and, like I mentioned before, I have been reading more. What joy! It does come at a price though. I am usually not in bed before 11:00 p.m. because the evenings are so cozy, Mike with his music and I with my book. The summer evenings often bring some rain, refreshing for the border. I trimmed and repotted my Poinsettia, which bloomed until April, and it is sprouting new leaves. In September, I will give it 16 hours of total darkness, according to the rules and then I hope it will bloom again in December.

When we lived in our cottage at Waltonwood, a few years ago, the daughter of one of the residents gave me a geode. It has lived on my desk, a small rock, with a few cracks and a hidden surprise inside. The right time to open it came when my daughter and grandkids were over for ten days. We tried putting it in water in the freezer – it did not crack when we defrosted it. We put it in the grass and hit it in the crack with a screwdriver and a hammer. Nothing happened. Finally, we hit it directly on top with a hammer. Hard. It split in two! It is white inside and has a brown edge. I will try to find a gem store in town and see if they have something I can polish it with. It already sparkles in the light.

If anyone can tell me the name of the white crystals inside, please let me know.

Have you ever heard of PRP?  It stands for Platelet-rich plasma, also known as autologous conditioned plasma. It is a concentrate of plasma protein derived from your own whole blood, centrifuged to remove red blood cells, but leaving life-giving platelets.

I found that an injection with it can help my torn meniscus! After a year, my knee started bothering me again, and I was thinking of another cortisone shot. But then I heard about PRP. A week later, I had found a Naturopathic doctor, got an appointment, and received an injection “under guidance”, in my left knee. Ten days from now, I can either ask for a second injection or, if all pain is gone, wait to find out how well it has worked. I am full of great expectations!

Have you ever heard of Hyaluronic Acid? What it does:

  1. Hydrates skin and supports skin health and structure

  2. Fights the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

  3. Provides lubrication for joint health and comfort

I have a note out to my doctor, asking how much of this supplement I can take and if it will not adversely interfere with the two medications that I am taking. But look: with one pill a day, my knee, my skin and my face will benefit. Hyaluronic can also be injected for joints, but I will stick with PRP of my own blood for my knee, and one pill a day for skin and wrinkles everywhere else 🙂 Woohoo!
That’s it for now, I hope to be back soon.
Stay safe and be happy!
Ronny

 

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