(October 25, 2017 at 3:44 am)Joods Wrote: Bottom line: they found nothing. I'm being referred to an orthopedic specialist for a follow up and an MRI.

Oh and crutches suck.

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And its nearly 4am. We are just now heading home.

If you can stand without crutches, you can use only one - on the side opposite your bad knee.
Maybe a cane would work just as well? Or a walking stick?

I got 3 hours of shitty sleep. Good thing I don't have to really do anything today other than rest in my recliner and try and take it easy. I'm not happy that they didn't find anything wrong. Good news is that at least they were able to rule out some things. No infection, no gout, no blood clots. Bad news is that I'm going to have lots of bruises on both legs due to the amount of compression the ultrasound technician had to use to make sure my veins compressed when pushed on.

Next up: MRI for possible torn things in there or whatever else that kind of test can find.

(October 25, 2017 at 4:01 am)pocaracas Wrote: If you can stand without crutches, you can use only one - on the side opposite your bad knee.

This is exactly what my physical therapist advised after my knee surgery - it's a lot easier to get around that way.

(October 25, 2017 at 9:17 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(October 25, 2017 at 4:01 am)pocaracas Wrote: If you can stand without crutches, you can use only one - on the side opposite your bad knee.

This is exactly what my physical therapist advised after my knee surgery - it's a lot easier to get around that way.

Seems counter-intuitive, but makes sense because you don't need to compensate for the weak leg, rather find a way to support your center of mass.

Yuck! Hope you feel better soon, Joods.

My daughter and I just sat out the front under the awning while a massive thunder storm rolled through.
We saw heaps of lightning with thunder that made windows the rattle.
Just when it seemed like it was all over we got hit with a huge hail storm that almost turned the ground white.
Ten minutes later it was gone with a lovely blue sky and the start of a lovely sunset.
Good times. :-)

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Holy shit, we just got hit with another hail storm, twice the size.
The hail was about half the size of golf balls.
The ground looks like snow mixed in with the leaves and branches it cut down.
Blue skies again like nothing happened.

What am I up to?

Umm... I'm decently evil and immorally kind. I deserve capital punishment for being polite to some people and offering them a helping hand such as cooking food for them and doing some garden work.

Will anyone please endorse execution of me?

(October 26, 2017 at 7:45 am)Adventurer Wrote: What am I up to?

Umm... I'm decently evil and immorally kind. I deserve capital punishment for being polite to some people and offering them a helping hand such as cooking food for them and doing some garden work.

Will anyone please endorse execution of me?

Umm... I don't know you well enough yet.

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Eating breakfast, then I have to switch some sheets out in a drawing set and take them to the county - it's a jurisdiction day!