So this Saturday I sat down and did some research again into my horse's mysterious ankle funk. Finally this search has seemed to be fruitful. Before I always wound up chasing my tail trying to find a condition that fit well. The issue is it is a persistent scratches like funk that hardly responds to even the most aggressive treatments. To get to the point it seems he has Pastern Leucocytoclastic Vasculitis or PLV for those of us who don't speak science well. The big reason fo r trying to find a name to put to it is because we have had vets trying to diagnose and never getting it right most of his life (10+ yrs). This scientific article that really gave me the "AH HA!" moment. Equiderma also has a decent article on it. They have the most layman friendly article that summarizes all the information I found from other sites well. Back to the vet journal article, they described the non-pigmented skin issues, but what no one else mentioned is the pigmented skin issues. Pi
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Day 2 was really good. I got up and exercised. Then had a really productive day. After that thing went so so. Tonight I did all my bed time things and am about to go to bed. I am rubbing a little late, but at least I have routine started. I'm trying to get the house in order so I don't have to live in chaos. I am also trying to get everything ready for candlemas. I'm tired so I think I will go to bed now.
Day 1
I have been playing with the idea for a while now of creating a blog about my life. It has been inspired by many different aspects of my life. For the last six months or so I have also been working on my fitness level. Today, while watching revenge body I became inspired once more to log my fitness journey. I have a want for a revenge body and as the two today realized, I do not want that revenge body as much for revenge against someone, but just for me to feel better. There is a side of me that wants the revenge body to be able to say you see assholes! I am beautiful and awesome, just like the name of the show implies, but for the most part, I just want be fit. For me fitness is not about numbers. Very few fitness programs go after just fit. They always put an emphasis on a number. Now, numbers can help us know how fit we are, but the real test is through life. What can and can't you do? A big reason I feel the way I do about fitness is because at 5'4" my "ideal&qu