the id, the ego, & the single misfiring brain cell - Latest Comments on stuff i do to myself, episode 218 https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Hinermad [Visitor] in response to: stuff i do to myself, episode 218 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:57:12 +0000 Hinermad [Visitor] c85634@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Diana,</p> <p>That&#8217;s better news than it could have been. But I&#8217;m sorry your running is going to have to wait a while longer.</p> <p>Dave</p> Diana,

That’s better news than it could have been. But I’m sorry your running is going to have to wait a while longer.

Dave

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2014/07/18/stuff-i-do-to-myself#c85634 admin [Member] in response to: stuff i do to myself, episode 218 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 04:30:59 +0000 [Member] c85633@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>So. Specialist says I only tore the muscle/fascia, which is a bit like saying, &#8220;Congratulations! The shark only took your fingers!&#8221; I suppose. It&#8217;s very happy news that the doc&#8217;s guesses up to this point were wrong. No surgery required! (So far as we know.) I&#8217;m on rest and relaxation with crutches and a walking boot (for when I can put weight on it). Painkillers, anti-inflammatories, elevation, and ice. </p> <p>In a couple of weeks, I should (?) be able to put weight on it again. :)</p> <p>d</p> So. Specialist says I only tore the muscle/fascia, which is a bit like saying, “Congratulations! The shark only took your fingers!” I suppose. It’s very happy news that the doc’s guesses up to this point were wrong. No surgery required! (So far as we know.) I’m on rest and relaxation with crutches and a walking boot (for when I can put weight on it). Painkillers, anti-inflammatories, elevation, and ice.

In a couple of weeks, I should (?) be able to put weight on it again. :)

d

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2014/07/18/stuff-i-do-to-myself#c85633 admin [Member] in response to: stuff i do to myself, episode 218 Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:41:02 +0000 [Member] c85632@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Hi, Dave. :)</p> <p>The doc who saw me briefly (and who didn&#8217;t run any tests) thinks it won&#8217;t need surgery. I&#8217;m hoping he&#8217;s right. But&#8230;what this means is several weeks of hobbling around on crutches, at best; at worst, being immobilized for a while. :/ </p> <p>Right now I&#8217;m wrestling with more basic problems, like how I will get to work and to my doctors&#8217; appointments and such on the morrow. And dealing with the rank and file saying, &#8220;You hurt yourself <em>again</em>?!&#8221; *sigh* Like I <em>plan</em> to do this stuff to myself. </p> <p>d</p> Hi, Dave. :)

The doc who saw me briefly (and who didn’t run any tests) thinks it won’t need surgery. I’m hoping he’s right. But…what this means is several weeks of hobbling around on crutches, at best; at worst, being immobilized for a while. :/

Right now I’m wrestling with more basic problems, like how I will get to work and to my doctors’ appointments and such on the morrow. And dealing with the rank and file saying, “You hurt yourself again?!” *sigh* Like I plan to do this stuff to myself.

d

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2014/07/18/stuff-i-do-to-myself#c85632 Hinermad [Visitor] in response to: stuff i do to myself, episode 218 Sun, 20 Jul 2014 13:39:43 +0000 Hinermad [Visitor] c85631@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Diana,</p> <p>Old age isn&#8217;t for sissies, but that doesn&#8217;t sound like the result of old age. Besides, you&#8217;re not old enough to be old yet.</p> <p>I hope it&#8217;s something that can be corrected without surgery, but it&#8217;s a slim hope. They were able to correct a separated tendon in my son&#8217;s finger with a compression splint to hold the end in place until it healed, but that only worked because the end of the tendon was still in the right location.</p> <p>Dave</p> Diana,

Old age isn’t for sissies, but that doesn’t sound like the result of old age. Besides, you’re not old enough to be old yet.

I hope it’s something that can be corrected without surgery, but it’s a slim hope. They were able to correct a separated tendon in my son’s finger with a compression splint to hold the end in place until it healed, but that only worked because the end of the tendon was still in the right location.

Dave

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