I'm glad 2013 is over. I'm hoping that 13 is really an unlucky number and now it's over! Several people, mainly of Indigenous ancestry think that I had bad medicine put upon me. In any case, my condition continues to improve (go into remission). I was able to travel again in November - this time to Chile for research and then a short trip to Buenos Aires and Uruguay (the latter is definitely a place I'd like to visit again in the near future). I was able to walk up to 10 blocks as long as I don't rush and rest when necessary and cycle for much longer. Here is a photo from Montevideo- reading a paper in the same restaurant where Eduardo Galeano does much of his writing.
Of course little setbacks remind me of the disease and how it still controls my body. I worry about going back to teaching (something that has put me into a wheelchair on two occasions). I also have my first cold in over a year and wonder how this will affect me - so far it's my stomach that seems upset but because of the autoimmune nature of this disease I have to constantly be wary. Overall however I am optimistic that I will gain more mobility and slowly make a physical recovery that permits long walks and avid cycling - something I long for in many ways.
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