Still keeping up with PT exercises. My last (probably) visit is this week and then back to the surgeon in early January to see what he thinks. I only did half the exercises on a few days because I was trying not to do anything that would tense up my back muscles, and my therapist thought the balancing exercises might be too much.
I ended up donating to International Relief Teams last week for my generosity challenge, specifically earmarked towards helping Puerto Ricans who are trying to recover from Hurricane Maria. They have been supplying temporary shelter, baby formula, canned foods, and bottled water, as well as some basic medical supply kits.
I was really hoping to give some more time/thought to this challenge towards the end of the month, but throwing my back out really spoiled everything :-/ I spent the last week and a half struggling through heavily sedating medication and constant pain. Blargh. Not a terribly charitable state of mind... if I'm being honest, I've been in a very UNcharitable state of mind towards a lot of people. I'd been thinking of a one-week mini-challenge of being emotionally/psychologically generous with the people in my life. Being patient with people, assuming the best, forgiveness, kindness, etc. This week would be an incredible challenge in that category for a few reasons. And I think I might really need to do some standing up for myself this week and putting my foot down, so I'm not sure it would be good timing... hmm.