Just up for a little air... Finished my second quarter of school and the toughest accounting class of the cycle of three I need for my Business major.  It is now Spring Break, a week to 'relax' before Spring Quarter starts.  I say 'relax' in quotes because all the stuff I've put off this winter due to schoolwork needs to be addressed now.  Projects ( Read more... )

... I have to get another surgery ( Read more... )

Well, the CAT scan came back... and it's pretty bad.  So now, I'm waiting for the insurance authorization to get a Bone Scan which will definitively determine what's going on.  Turns out, the bone stimulator really only works if there's blood flow across the break and right now we don't know if sufficient blood is moving over that area for the ( Read more... )

Long time, no update... so here's catch-up information ( Read more... )

I got good news/bad news from the podiatrist this week: The good news, my right foot is not developing a bunion like my left foot had.  The bad news is that the pain I've been experiencing is due to a misaligned bone, the metatarsal bone of my big toe.  The only way to correct this misalignment is to slice through the bone diagonally, reposition it ( Read more... )

Actually, it's the Phrase of the Day for Saturday after seeing "Sucker Punch" ..... Nazi Steampunk Zombies.

As coug'r said, "That's original."

(I have to assume the movie is based off a graphic novel/comic as some of the imagery looked like it could've been splash pages)

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On the Medical homefront, my knee is still healing.  I have to ( Read more... )

I have an appointment with the orthopedist tomorrow afternoon (amazing!) where we'll go over the MRI and look at what options I have.

Based on what I've read so far (I know how to filter internet, thank you) I may have to deal with an unstable knee for the rest of my life....   in spite of anterior cruciate ligament tear being the most common form ( Read more... )

I just got back the report from the MRI I did last week, and looks like I have a torn "anterior cruciate" ligament in my knee.  This explains my continuing problem with instability in rotation of that joint, even-though I can walk without the need of a brace.  You just don't think of the complexities of what a joint goes through until you've ( Read more... )