# Chapter 183

After two days on the road we finally arrived and the first and only thing I wanted to do was exercise this leg! However the first and only thing my dad wanted to do was eat! Eating was absolutely last on my list of wants, but I ate a bit just to avoid any arguments and hurt feelings. But the bike was glorious and the day was beautiful and the blood pumping through my body was perfect. The audiobook was entertaining and distracting and made the afternoon a great experience. It is difficult to know what the proper recovery actions for such a diagnosis are, since the drs can’t agree on what causes it and how to treat it and no wonder people turn to google for the answers they are seeking, because they can’t get those answers from the people that are trained in medicine.

Don’t get me wrong, we got lots of answers - just standard, lightly researched SOP answers - the same ones we got off of google! What we need from the medical establishment is just a simple acknowledgment that they don’t know. We can work with that and go from there. That would give credibility back to the medicinal organizations that we all need. But drs don’t often say those words, “I don’t know.”

And the net result is that my aunt Linda’s dr tells her to rest and elevate her blood clot, and my dr tells me to exercise all I want and to elevate when I am not exercising. Who is giving the correct advice? I have no idea and neither do they.