Brutal morning.

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Not certain what is causing the problem.  Only, the neck is as stiff as a two by four, and about as flexible as one.  I opened the window, beside the bed, half way through the night.  I had thought it open.  Was getting warm.  Not hot, just... ever so slightly stuffy.  Perhaps that made it too chill, and that is causing some seizing in the neck this morning.

Nowhere else.  My body is somewhat stiff, has been for years.  Not terribly, just not as loose as I would like.  More from not moving around much.  Which has me wondering about finding minor exercises, and stretches, I could do while just sitting.

Oh, sure, I could just do things.  But it would be good to have advice from someone who helps with these things, rather than just blindly doing actions that may or may not help, or might hurt me.  Mostly the arms, shoulders, and the neck regions.  Legs are good.

I went looking.  Found one that isn't too much, but actually does something.  I'll put it here, so that I can pull it up a few times through the day.  I can do them, but it did hurt just a bit.  That neck is absolutely tight.  It isn't usually.  Arms are becoming tight, these last few years, slowly but surely.  I really need to begin doing... something... anything.

This is a start.  While I just need it for the neck part, short term, I would like to use it for my arms.  Expand capacity, range, while attempting to get some of that crunchy feel and rough movement smoothed out.  This works, for now.  Not too much.  But it is beginning to iron out the kinks.  Sure, it does hurt.  But not terribly.  And... it seems right.  I might have to, in time, find more, other, stretches.

Getting up off the floor, and even just sleeping on the floor (with several thin mats, albeit), really helps with some flexibility.  A lot of guys my age would have trouble getting up off the floor, if they fell.  It does make a difference.  Still, I am getting a bit crunchy in some joints.  I'll... see if this and others might help.  Ugh.

Food, shortly.  Coffee too.  I will get a shower in as well.  What order?  I think food and coffee first.  After the shower, I'll change my bandage.  Then let it go without compression for an hour?  To dry off.  And, hopefully, to ease up a bit, so it isn't murder with the compression over fresh bandages.

Pain allows wisdom, teaches, is a grace to endure, strengthens.  But there are some limits.  I don't seek pain, especially as severe as this pain can be.  So... I'll... take it slow, easy, today.  Compression is really helping, in lots of ways.  So I want to push through.  But... not... so much as to create agony.  Silent screams, for hours, is... a bit much.  Even for me.  Later.

Oh... but... for some morning watching pleasure.