Still haven't figured out what to do with some of the stuff I cleared out of the trunks. Do I really need my merit badge sash? No. My Eagle Scout medal? Yes. But what to do with the stuff I'm keeping? Display it? Stick it in storage for another thirty years? I may set the husband loose on display options, that's more up his alley than mine ( Read more... )

My body chose to make the end of 2023 exciting, by having another TIA mid-afternoon on the 31st. The husband was home this time, so I grabbed him, packed supplies for an overnight stay just in case, removed my piercings, and zipped over to the ER. Again, it's amazing how quickly they jump when you walk in and say you're having/had a TIA. As with ( Read more... )

The week between Xmas and New Years can be an odd one. Cleaning up from Xmas, figuring out where new things need to go. Finishing off leftovers. Etc ( Read more... )

Toward the end of the stay in the hospital I was getting my full grump on, because all the tests were coming back normal, but no one was telling me when I was getting discharged, and when they came to ask for food orders for lunch and dinner that day I. Was. Over. It. Lack of sleep, semi-planned dehydration (so I didn't have to call the nurse to ( Read more... )

First off, I'm fine. Don't you love when an entry starts out that way ( Read more... )

Knee is improving in fits and starts. I'm on my third brace now. I originally had a neoprene one from urgent care and a big complicated one from the orthopedist. Ortho cleared me last month to go back to the neoprene one, which was doing okay but started to tear and get stretched out, so just yesterday I got a replacement brace (recommended by the ( Read more... )

Saw my sister-in-law and niece off this morning, after they popped down for the holiday weekend ( Read more... )

Physical therapy is proceeding apace. Flexion in the knee is increasing; was 85 degrees last week, 110 yesterday. Still sore as fuck after PT, of course, but improving, which is the point of it all. Trying to concentrate at work afterward is annoying, but since we're not shut down the panicked mood has subsided there. Heaven only knows what ( Read more... )

The TL:DR version: 1. No surgery. 2. I dislocated the patella and it snapped back into place pretty much immediately. 3. Lots of PT. 4. Might take up to 3 months to get back to normal. 4. Follow up with Orthopedist in 3 week. 5. No driving ( Read more... )

On Monday I was on a grocery run when I slipped on some oil in the parking lot and very badly wrenched my right knee. I didn't feel anything pop, but I definitely went down and there was a lot of loud vocalizing about pain. On the upside, it's a shopping center with an urgent care center, so after a bit of denial I leaned on a shopping cart and ( Read more... )