Last night I went to services. I was looking forward to going this morning, but I had too much paperwork to fill out for my podiatrist appointment this afternoon ( Read more... )

My right leg has been getting stronger since I started physical therapy, but my knee has been getting bigger and has been hurting a lot during the week. Last Friday I saw my orthopedist, and at the recommendation of my physical therapists, I got cortisone injections into the bad knee ( Read more... )

Thursday night I couldn't sleep because I was crying from missing Lady so much ( Read more... )

Last night I set up tethering on my iPhone so I could get work done while I had to wait for the guy from Comcast to fix things. It was faster and more reliable than Google's free wifi. It's also expensive, so I will see about canceling it when I'm sure I won't need it ( Read more... )

( Unpleasant health stuff underneath. Not graphically icky, but icky enough to put behind a cut-tag. )

I used to have a life. It was a very busy one, but I enjoyed every minute of the business, whether it was hopping from one job to the next, practicing guitar, arranging music, or going to science fiction and filk conventions ( Read more... )

The other day I went to the worker's comp dentist to have my teeth looked at.

The good news: I'm getting feeling back in my lower front teeth (the ones that lost it after I broke my jaw).

The bad news: It hurts, and it's going to continue to hurt as the nerves grow back.

Given someone experiencing the following:

• a couple of ulcers on their big toe
• infected bone underneath the ulcers
• when they go to the hospital they are suddenly diagnosed with Type II diabetes
• they have never been treated with antibiotics for the toe
• there's cellulitis (infected skin) on the top of the affected toe and foot

I'm now in the "feeling congested" stage. The dressings don't need to be changed much, but my ears are blocked and my nose is all stuffy. The nature of the dressing on my nose is such that I now know what it's like to have a big moustache ( Read more... )

I'll be brief because I'd rather not get gross ( Read more... )