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pecuniumNo, I've not dropped off the face of the earth, in fact I am more in
the world than I was.
My arthritis (for that is what Reiter's Syndrome is, a form of
arthritis) is worse, and the available drugs, in theater, are not able to
do more than take the edge off the symptoms. Which means I am enroute to
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, sometime in the next few days.
The last week has been glorious. I am in Germany, at Landstuhl (a city near Mannheim) and until today, when I was moved into the care of the evac-system, I was pretty much at liberty to go where I wanted, so long as I was back to the hospital by 2200, and didn't miss my appointments.
I could have milked it for a few more days, because there is no real oversight. If I had wanted (and if I knew how screwed up things were going to be this weekend I should have) I could've just played hooky on Friday and had the weekend to play tourist.
But I didn't, so I saw some of the immediate area, and made a day trip to Frankfurt (I made the acquaintance of a fellow Californian, who saw a piece of jewelry and immediately knew I had, at least, been to the Renassaince Faire. Turns out she worked it, many moons ago. We had an afternoon with no obligations and drove over). Walking back up the hill from the village I took a path through the Wald.
The area here has chunks of leftover forest, and one can see why Wald, and wild are related words. As I gimped along I was startled by a pale face staring out at me. Seems someone saw fit to carve faces, and animals in a line of stumps at the sides of the trail. That at the wild raspberries (himbeer, in German) made the extra length of that trip worth it.
It does, however, seem that my war is done. It may be that I am done with wars altogether. That depends on the outcome of my treatments, and what the Army thinks my usefulness will be. It may be that the possiblity of recurrance is such that I am not deployable, but that my ability to teach will make it worth keeping me.
But if this is chronic, they may just give me a discharge. I am not certain how I feel about the possibilty of being medically retired. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
the world than I was.
My arthritis (for that is what Reiter's Syndrome is, a form of
arthritis) is worse, and the available drugs, in theater, are not able to
do more than take the edge off the symptoms. Which means I am enroute to
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, sometime in the next few days.
The last week has been glorious. I am in Germany, at Landstuhl (a city near Mannheim) and until today, when I was moved into the care of the evac-system, I was pretty much at liberty to go where I wanted, so long as I was back to the hospital by 2200, and didn't miss my appointments.
I could have milked it for a few more days, because there is no real oversight. If I had wanted (and if I knew how screwed up things were going to be this weekend I should have) I could've just played hooky on Friday and had the weekend to play tourist.
But I didn't, so I saw some of the immediate area, and made a day trip to Frankfurt (I made the acquaintance of a fellow Californian, who saw a piece of jewelry and immediately knew I had, at least, been to the Renassaince Faire. Turns out she worked it, many moons ago. We had an afternoon with no obligations and drove over). Walking back up the hill from the village I took a path through the Wald.
The area here has chunks of leftover forest, and one can see why Wald, and wild are related words. As I gimped along I was startled by a pale face staring out at me. Seems someone saw fit to carve faces, and animals in a line of stumps at the sides of the trail. That at the wild raspberries (himbeer, in German) made the extra length of that trip worth it.
It does, however, seem that my war is done. It may be that I am done with wars altogether. That depends on the outcome of my treatments, and what the Army thinks my usefulness will be. It may be that the possiblity of recurrance is such that I am not deployable, but that my ability to teach will make it worth keeping me.
But if this is chronic, they may just give me a discharge. I am not certain how I feel about the possibilty of being medically retired. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
