I wanted to give a brief health update to everyone.   
      
     First, after several postponements of the MRI and the EMG (electric   
   nerve conductivity test), due to snow and ice, the weather has finally   
   allowed me to proceed with them.   
      
     I had the MRI of my neck done this past Thursday...and the neurologist   
   didn't see any evidence of bones pressing on my spinal column, which   
   would be cervical osteoarthritis. However, he thinks the burning in my   
   hands, arms, and elsewhere, may be due to a pinched nerve...but the EMG   
   that'll be done on Tuesday will reveal more. I know it'll be very   
   uncomfortable, and quite painful...but I've got to go through with it,   
   to find out what's wrong.  And, while it appears that neck surgery   
   isn't completely "off the table", it seems less likely.   
      
     I am currently on a clear liquids diet, as if preparing for a   
   colonoscopy. That means no solid food until after the procedure is done   
   on Tuesday afternoon...or I may not eat solid food again until   
   Wednesday. While I can stand to lose a few pounds, this isn't the way I   
   want to do it. :P   
      
     The reason I'm doing the clear liquids diet through Monday...then will   
   do purgatives overnight Monday into Tuesday (I doubt I'll get much sleep   
   that night), is because the electrical surges, although minor, could   
   cause problems with the urinary and anal sphincters, leading to more   
   incontinence issues than I have now...and, I basically don't want to   
   urinate and defecate on the table...but may do some, anyway.   
      
     I hope to have an update by the latter part of next week.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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