Tuesday, January 12, 2010

News

The tension between Turkey and Israel is brewing. Not a good sign.

And Israel and Egypt has agreed to build a wall between them .... more wall building ..... http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147868727&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

And the last survivor of the family that saved Anne Frank unsuccessfully and her diary has died. She was an employee of the Frank family and chose to protect her boss's family from persecution by the Nazis by hiding them and bringing food to them. Thus an unassuming heroine dies.

And less heroically, my slip disc was successfully manipulated back into place .... by myself. Wasn't easy, but having suffered this twice before, I knew more or less what I should do. So after two bedridden days, I decided to warm it up with the medibeads (great stuff) and actually sat in front of my "hot air fan" for 20 minutes till the muscles relaxed, then lying on my side, I slowly pushed and twisted my back until it got back into place. No more excruciating pain now. It still hurts only when I begin to sit or stand, and my right leg is slowly getting back its strength. I shuffle. But the sharp cutting pain is gone and remains only a dull pain. But sitting too long hurts. I'm still trying to stay put until I'm alot better. Not one painkiller tablet was taken during these 60 hours.