Around Brookside

Today was our fourth day in Kansas City. We are in an area called Brookside. The homes and big trees are gorgeous, the retail areas are great, and there is good walkability.

Our day was a different one, though Beth did get up and run. I had an appointment at an Urgent Care at 9:45am (didn’t get in until 10:45!). I’m having some pain in my left leg and wanted to have it checked out. St. Luke’s Medical’s website differentiated their services as Convenient Care where a patient would see a nurse or Urgent Care where I was to see a doctor. I got a nurse though I had scheduled at an Urgent Care place. I have had great nurses, but this guy looked very young and did not give me confidence in his diagnosis (sciatica and/or maybe femoral neuropathy). He gave me a prescription for a muscle relaxant and steroids. We’ll see how it goes.

I have an appointment in Austin with my doctor in a couple weeks, so if the pain doesn’t go away, I’m hoping he may be able to provide more assistance.

Beth walked to the local farmers market and then checked out the local YMCA. The farmer’s market is held every Saturday morning and is located right off of the Harry Wiggins Trolley Track Trail that we had walked yesterday.

This afternoon we explored a nearby retail area and stopped in a cool store that had big head sculptures out front and in a higher end grocery store/market that had very reasonable prices. We picked up a few items but had done a bigger stock up at Trader Joe’s the other day.

Not sure what the weather is where you are, but today is to be our hottest day here, a muggy 98.