October 8, 201312 yr Jacob, time for acupuncture? Worked for me. A new chair and maybe a stiffer mattress too.
October 8, 201312 yr Damn, really nice pics, all! CJ, sorry about the knee. Ten feet is a long way to fall, actually! Glad you're mostly ok! Reks, damn, can't believe your run of bad luck. Unable to walk is not good. I herniated a disc right around your age, and damn, that shit hurts! Hopefully nothing serious for you - good luck!
October 9, 201312 yr Waiting for 3:00 to come around, so that I can see my doctor. I did something to my lower back, yesterday (not idea what), and I can barely walk now, due to pain and stiffness (especially the stiffness). I think my body is falling apart. good luck with the knee, CJ! WTF - I think you had had worse luck than I over the last couple of years!
October 9, 201312 yr If I use a nice wide belt, and buckle it high and tight, I can walk fairly normally, though it's painful. The prednisone has already started to help, I think. So sad. I wore an abdominal support (aka, girdle) under my shirt all day at work for a few weeks around the hospital and in the office just so I could stand and walk without debilitating pain. Horrible. Good news is the vast majority of these remit without surgery. Though that doesn't take into account your apparent curse.
October 9, 201312 yr The chair thing sucks. And if they get behind, it becomes a mountain that's too tall to climb. A few years ago I complained about shitty chairs on the national desk. So I was tasked to do a chair census and discovered that we urgently needed nearly two hundred grand worth of chairs in my location alone. By now, it must be way more than that.
October 9, 201312 yr My first peer-reviewed publication (well, I'm second author, but still...). No big deal.
October 9, 201312 yr Yeah, in my office, I bought an ergonomic chair and it really helped. I asked for an ergonomic chair for years at the VA and for years, I was told yes, they'll put one order. Yeah, right. One day, everyone in the clinic suddenly got one. I would guess someone finally sued them and all of a sudden, they decided it was important. Iain, congrats! Looks impressive and important. Can't understand it.
October 9, 201312 yr Went to an orthopedist ... (upcoming images in spoiler tags for the squeemish) ... Right knee swelled up at the weekend limiting articulation - with no obvious prior cause / trauma. Joanne said you need to get someone to look at that. So, Before ( one of these Knee's is not like the others, one of these knee's is not the same ) ... Had something like this previously in the UK (20 years ago), "Free at the point of delivery" but lots of waiting between stages Here , same day digital X-Rays (no mechanical damage / issues), consult, + aspiration ... My That's a lot of fluid ... 140ml .. That's a decent restaurant wine glass ... Much better - off to be cultured - results back in 5 days or so , and possibly an MRI ..... Fun eh? Edited October 9, 201312 yr by Grahame
October 9, 201312 yr Hope it's nothing serious, Grahame. What's with the rash of bodily injuries around here of late?
October 9, 201312 yr Good luck Grahame and hoping for good news. Top photo ends mid-thigh. Please tell us the swelling stopped there!?! Edited October 9, 201312 yr by blessingx
October 9, 201312 yr [Reminds self to NOT visit the What Are You Drinking thread] Hope all is OK, good luck! And Iain: Iain, congrats! Looks impressive and important. Can't understand it. This, too.....
October 10, 201312 yr Thanks guys. I don't blame anyone for having a hard time with all the jargon. Basically we had a bunch of georeferenced tissue samples from elk and white-tailed deer, genotyped them, and looked for spatial genetic structure in the respective populations. We found that the elk population was structured, and the deer population was not, indicating that deer might be a problem for spreading bovine tuberculosis over long distances. That's it, in a nutshell. Now you don't have to read it. At this point in my life, I sort of doubt if I'll finish my MSc thesis (who knew that having kids would make a guy so busy?), but it's nice to have a bit of closure in the form of a publication. Let's drink.
October 10, 201312 yr Congrat! You have won a chair battle. There aren't many who can claim that. Now if your body parts would just stop hurting.....
October 10, 201312 yr Actually, the prednisone has dramatically improved my thumb and knee/ankle. Maybe they will stay improved. I usually get a week or two of feeling good, then a slow decline, and after about 4-5 months, pain comes back re: prednisone. That first couple of weeks is what made me realize I'm constantly in pain. I thought that was just normal, until I wasn't in pain for a while. G'luck. **BRENT**
October 10, 201312 yr I took a mental health day today. I hadn't been feeling well for a couple of days and didn't have much scheduled today so I decided that rather than get really sick I'd try to get some rest and take care of a few things around the house before the long weekend. I woke up feeling much better than yesterday and almost went to work. I'm glad I didn't. Time to go mail a few packages, one of which is overdue to be headed to Texas for experiments with maths.
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