Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

I had a doctor’s appointment today and was asked to undertake the project of doing a pain diary to track the way it changes over the day and from day to day, and how it interacts with medicine, sleep, activity, and so on. I understand its value but I’m not looking forward to it because it brings pain to the foreground of my life and I prefer to push it as far into the background as I can manage. My primary doctor is actually going on vacation so it’s longer than normal between appointments, but when he gets back I think I’ll have a volley of appointments because as my medication levels move up into the riskier toxicity levels they want to do things like an EKG to ensure that I’m not creating heart problems and so on. I don’t expect that anything negative will be found and am seeing it more as a “better safe than sorry” sort of mission.

More pleasantly, I’ve started working on a new plastic toy… Depending on how I’m feeling I hope to make the molds tomorrow.

The little guy is just a bit over 6″ tall, and he’s got swivel connections in his neck and shoulders, and his hands are able to hold accessories. Right now I’ve made a matching cardboard sword and shield, as well as a ray gun. I’ll probably cast one in a metallic look, like a statue, but most will be painted, which I am quite looking forward to. I’m very pleased so far, although I’m currently fixing the head for the third time because I keep dropping it and knocking bits off, which is a little embarrassing.