Now that something's out of the way, here's an update on how I'm plugging along. Plugging is appropriate - for the last three plus weeks, I've had a very difficult time writing, or much of anything that required sitting and holding my head up.
I have severe spinal stenosis between C3 and C7, with a disc protrusion between C6/C7. Lots of bone spurs and degenerative disc disease. Not a big deal, other than it hurts like a mother fucker. Enter steroid shots directly into the spine. I had the procedure done four years ago, so I know it works, it just wears off after time. Well, that time was three weeks ago, and it took a little bit of time to get things approved by insurance and scheduled.
Net result is that Tuesday I got a nice steroid shot under what the doctor calls conscious sedation. My ass - he shot the Verced and Fentanyl into the IV, and it was lights out. I woke up in recovery. Now, the report SAYS I was talking and everything during the procedure. My wife just says I don't remember any of it. Yeah, sure.
Anyway, I'm over that now, back to exercising and eating healthier. Oh, and writing again - I couldn't write squat for almost a month, it hurt too much to sit in the chair for the hours needed. Chapter 7 is halfway done. In case anyone is curious, it's a pain in the butt making sure you have calculations for nuclear shaped charges, if not correct, then at least believable. One of my editors is sick with Covid right now, but I think we're still good for Halloween - Christmas release. At least I'm not shelving it like they did 'Batgirl'.