I went to see my surgeon today, the guy who had fused my foot joint in Sept. 2000. He remembered me with absolutely no prompting, which I find astonishing and terrific. He took an X-ray or two of my foot to make sure I hadn't stress-fractured it, and decided that we needed to treat it with topical pain-killers (a patch/sticker with the pain ( Read more... )

Well, I did go to PT this morning. It turned out to be the dumbest thing I did all day, on a day which included driving in frozen rain.
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For all of the marshals on my flist: The myth of the longbow.

We know about the Thomas Tank Engine Recall, thanks. Have you seen this recall?

Do you still use antibiotic soaps and detergents? Maybe you shouldn't.

This airport is so near my home I can walk to it if I want to. I'm very interested in the Carolina North debates ( Read more... )

This morning I went to see yet another medical professional. This is actually a PA, not an MD, but the only real differences from my point of view as a patient is that he can't prescribe narcotics and he's easier to get an appointment with. This particular PA has a great deal of experience in diagnosing herniated muscles, especially ones that ( Read more... )

I'm a medical mystery. This is not a good position to be in. I have a list of symptoms, and I've taken a huge number of tests (most of which have -oscopy in their name), and I have NO diagnosis and no prognosis. And it is getting worse. ( Details )