We're getting old (OO medical complaints)

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:34 am

Brian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:25 pm One week later. Took this during the bandage change.

Physical therapy continues for the next two weeks still. My therapist says I'm making progress but I'm impatient and want it working now. I still have to use a cane since I don't fully trust the knee yet and it still feels like it hasn't fully "settled" into place. Everything still feels a bit thunky and clicky. I'm told that's not uncommon and should go away soon enough.

Unfortunately, because I've had to rely on the right leg so much, that one, which was already dodgy to begin with and is due for replacement in June, has been acting increasingly worse.
Hopefully the left recovers enough that I can rely on it soon.

I sure hope they lined the two sides up right!

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:34 am

I think that's what the horizontal marker lines were for.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:32 am

Are we sure that's a leg we're looking at?

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Sat Feb 03, 2024 1:56 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:32 am Are we sure that's a leg we're looking at?

I mean, pretty sure. It was attached to me at the time of the photo.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:10 pm

RANT: Pills & pill bottles

Why dont they ever cooperate or work right??? Never ever ever never. I want one..ONE pill...I get 2 or 3. One damnit. And then its I want ONE to go back in the bottle..no no not two..one! After that the lids...they dont go right back on the way you screwed them off. They always take a liiiiiiitle back screw to fit back down on the bottle right so they then screw on right. Always.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:31 pm

Here, I fixed it for you.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:10 pm RANT: Pills & pill bottles

Why dont they ever cooperate or work right??? Never ever ever never. I want one..ONE pill...I get 2 or 3. One damnit. And then its I want ONE to go back in the bottle..no no not two..one! After that the lids...they dont go right back on the way you screwed them off. They always take a liiiiiiitle back screw to fit back down on the bottle right so they then screw on right. Always.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:26 pm

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:31 pm Here, I fixed it for you.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:10 pm RANT: Pills & pill bottles

Why dont they ever cooperate or work right??? Never ever ever never. I want one..ONE pill...I get 2 or 3. One damnit. And then its I want ONE to go back in the bottle..no no not two..one! After that the lids...they dont go right back on the way you screwed them off. They always take a liiiiiiitle back screw to fit back down on the bottle right so they then screw on right. Always.

You fixed what with a pic?

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:01 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:26 pm
Smoove_B wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:31 pm Here, I fixed it for you.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:10 pm RANT: Pills & pill bottles

Why dont they ever cooperate or work right??? Never ever ever never. I want one..ONE pill...I get 2 or 3. One damnit. And then its I want ONE to go back in the bottle..no no not two..one! After that the lids...they dont go right back on the way you screwed them off. They always take a liiiiiiitle back screw to fit back down on the bottle right so they then screw on right. Always.

You fixed what with a pic?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:52 pm

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:39 pm

The childproof cap on my ibuprofen bottle is nearly arthritis-proof, too. Lining up the arrows and pushing up with your thumb is a problem when your thumb is the reason you need ibuprofen.

I needed to open a bottle of Worcestershire sauce the other day and struggled with the plastic film wrap over the cap, only to find that they also had a foil seal over the mouth of the bottle under the cap. Damned Tylenol murderers still screwing things up for everybody.

The world at large became a lot more challenging when my hands stopped working right.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:54 pm

Do only we enlightened seniors in Florida have these prescription dual action caps?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:14 pm

Ive seen those caps off and on. Its a bingo game to which cap you get these days round here. I think they recycle or something.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:17 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:14 pm Ive seen those caps off and on. Its a bingo game to which cap you get these days round here. I think they recycle or something.

All you probably have to do is ask. They might even annotate it in your file too.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:40 pm

Got the latest results from my cancer tests. Apparently I'm going to live. Damn!

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:14 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:40 pm Got the latest results from my cancer tests. Apparently I'm going to live. Damn!

Congratulations, that's terrific news. Keep up your efforts, and soldier on.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:16 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:40 pm Got the latest results from my cancer tests. Apparently I'm going to live. Damn!

Haven't squeezed enough taxes outta you yet

Congrats.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:28 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:40 pm Got the latest results from my cancer tests. Apparently I'm going to live. Damn!

Time for that once in a lifetime trip to Everest base camp!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnBEU096Xs8

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:38 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:40 pm Got the latest results from my cancer tests. Apparently I'm going to live. Damn!

This pleases me.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:05 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:40 pm Got the latest results from my cancer tests. Apparently I'm going to live. Damn!

That's great news. Continue giving 'em all hell!

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:37 am

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:40 pm Got the latest results from my cancer tests. Apparently I'm going to live. Damn!

That's awesome! It's such a relief knowing that the treatment process will come to an end (or, rather, the active treatment process - expect lots of exams and tests for the next few years.)

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:59 am

Evidently I'm going to keep taking my infusion medicine for a couple of years but yeah things are peachy.

The bad news is that while I was leaving I tripped while trying to is into get in the car. Hit my head pretty good and twisted my leg.
Fortunately my cap cushioned the blow but my leg is all screwed up. Both my ankle and my knee and I can't walk.

KKBlue · Post by **KKBlue** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:28 pm

That was a BIG rollercoaster there DBT!
Maybe have your lower limbs looked at on Monday to make sure things are good so you will heal properly?

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:45 pm

Fell down and broke other leg yes that’s two
Plays hell with going to the bathroom

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:13 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:45 pm Fell down and broke other leg yes that’s two
Plays hell with going to the bathroom

2 words
Condom catheter.
Very convenient.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:48 pm

My custom cane has arrived. I figured, since I'm going to need one anyway, why not get one with some style.
These are made by a company in Ukraine and a portion of each sale goes to the war effort so I'm seriously considering getting a second one in a different style.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:57 pm

That shit is going to bite you.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:17 am

Thats really cool! Link?

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:31 am

Asterom Canes

Scraper · Post by **Scraper** » Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:20 am

I went to the Dr. yesterday and was told I have to go on Cholesterol meds. Bloodwork said I was at 300. So I'm officially old now.

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:08 pm

Brian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:31 am Asterom Canes

Damn. They have a lot of nice ones. Too rich for my blood but super nice.

EvilHomer3k · Post by **EvilHomer3k** » Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:15 pm

Brian wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:48 pm My custom cane has arrived. I figured, since I'm going to need one anyway, why not get one with some style.
These are made by a company in Ukraine and a portion of each sale goes to the war effort so I'm seriously considering getting a second one in a different style.

You just need the hat and coat now.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:46 pm

Punisher wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:08 pm
Brian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:31 am Asterom Canes
Damn. They have a lot of nice ones. Too rich for my blood but super nice.

The nice thing is, since I already have the cane, now I can simply buy different handles.

EvilHomer3k wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:15 pm You just need the hat and coat now.

Who says I don't already have that?

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:33 pm

Joy.

Sunday I woke up with me knee feeling tender. Monday it was painful and had started to swell. Tuesday the swelling was from the top of the tibia down four or five inches. Today? Almost to the ankle. I'm going to try to keep the thing elevated and find a way to ice it, but I have a feeling that I'm going to be making a doctor's appointment soon.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:36 pm

You just woke up like that? No injury? Could be a blood clot my man. Better get it looked at sooner rather than later.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:30 pm

I feel like I'm in an alternative reality. Blackhawk not acting on it, Daehawk giving medical advice to not wait.

WTF is going on

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:51 pm

naednek wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:30 pm I feel like I'm in an alternative reality. Blackhawk not acting on it, Daehawk giving medical advice to not wait.

WTF is going on

I'm not not acting on it. My doctor is a 100-mile round trip and the facility she works in is a huge pain in the ass (but the doctor herself is fantastic, which is the only reason I put up with it.) I don't have many risk factors for clots, other than swelling, I don't have other symptoms of a clot (or serious infection.) I'm watching, and I'm paying attention, but I'm giving it a day or two of careful rest, elevation, ice, etc. and seeing if it is something that will ease on its own.

If it doesn't, I'll be calling.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:47 am

Brian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:25 pm One week later. Took this during the bandage change.

That gangrene looks bad.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:52 am

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:40 pm

I reworked my leg wedge and kept the leg up overnight, which seems to have helped. I have it on the bed now as well, and rigged a long gooseneck tablet holder so that it can hold either my tablet (for videos) or my Paperwhite (for reading) in front of my face when I'm on my back, which lets me elevate the leg comfortably for a while every couple of hours. Oh, and the new ice pack came in, too

My BP and pulse are still fine (my normal resting heart rate is is under 60 BPM anyway), and I still don't have other warning signs of serious problems.

I'll give it another day or two and see if it continues to improve.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:18 pm

Brian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:46 pm
Punisher wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:08 pm
Brian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:31 am Asterom Canes
Damn. They have a lot of nice ones. Too rich for my blood but super nice.
The nice thing is, since I already have the cane, now I can simply buy different handles.

You should get that Snake Head from Star Trek TNG, Time's Arrow