No post since August...????

It's so hard to post up everything that's happened since August...... I'll try to remember a little bit... Two primary things..... The first....Those episodes I was having....I went to my Gastroenterologist and had a EGD, Colonoscopy and a CT scan done... The result....Ulcerative Colitis. Doc put me on some meds for it and knock on wood, I haven't had any episodes ever since...Biggest issue, is that I am on a restricted diet.... At one point before my doc had diagnosed me, I had lost a bunch of weight...I was down to 150lbs..... I've been able to figure out how to balance my diet out and have gained back to 165...I guess I can live with that... I'd rather be at 165 than I would be at the 211 that I used to be at..... So...we'll give this a couple more months and if things don't get any worse than I think I'll be satisfied that things are under control.... Second thing....this damn cold weather....Seems that this year has been playing hell with my legs more than it has in years past... I have had a hell of a time sleeping.....I try to go to bed every night by 10pm hoping that I'll get to bed early enough to get some sleep.....but practically every night I am awake by between 2 and 3am..... Tonight was different though.....I went to bed by about 9:45......and all I remember is that my legs were hurting...I wasn't getting any good sleep at all....and then I remember my legs just going on fire..... I must have been hollering out because Lizzie was calling my name to wake me up.... I don't remember what time it was but it seems it was about 11:30....I tried to get comfortable and go back to sleep but that was a no go..... I couldn't go back to sleep for anything so I decided to get up and get some leg stretches in, which usually helps some... My last neuro appointment I talked to him about this and he prescribed me some neurontin to see if it would help and I've been on that now for a couple of months and still have gotten no relief from it yet.... I am getting so, so tired of all these damn meds....the pain meds, the neurontin, meds for Ulcerative Colitis..... As each day goes by I am becoming more and more of a proponent of medical marijuana.....All the research I've done shows that it should help with the issues I have with my legs and also it helps folks with ulcerative colitis and other stomach issues... I've been in contact with the Ohio Rights Group which is a group here in Ohio that has organized to work on doing anything and everything they can to try and get medical marijuana on the ballot for a vote in 2016. I spoke with the president of the organization and he has offered me a volunteer spot of things that I can do from home.....so I am anxious to start on that.....I am ready to medical marijuana to me legalized here in Ohio......after all, there are currently 23 other states right now, that have legalized it.....I think it's about Ohio's turn... Well....I'll leave it at that.... I am tired.....and can't think of a whole lot more to chat about.... I'll try to keep better track of things and update this blog more often.... and for my music track......the younger brother of the great Carlos Santana......Jorge Santana and his band from the 70's...Malo and the song Suavecito... ......Till Next Time.......