Celebrating the minor victories
Aug. 24th, 2022 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cornerofmadnessLike the fact they actually fixed the damn a/c in my building. Woo Hoo. I'm only exhausted instead of stupid exhausted
And when me and the biochem prof pointed out the shitty old laptop in our room takes 20 minutes to turn on even if it IS technically on and you're just logging in (okay it takes 12 minutes in that case) and we can't record lectures on it, they came and fixed part of it AND are going to replace it. Victory laps yinz!
On the downside my knee looks like it belongs on Frankenstein. On the outside of my knee is a scar that goes an inch or two above and below the knee. All the muscle there is gone due to denervation and it's tight so it can't swell there and the fluid builds up at the scar. So it's standing up like a zipper and nothing of this knee looks human. I have taken NSAIDS, rubbed NSAID cream into it. I've hooked the TENS/Inferential unit to it (that helped a lot, go electricity)
And I sat my ass down a couple times today. Like 3 minutes. That works right?
Tomorrow is nothing but doctors' appointments.
no book meme this wednesday because nearly forgot it IS Wed and I've changed nothing since last week.
And when me and the biochem prof pointed out the shitty old laptop in our room takes 20 minutes to turn on even if it IS technically on and you're just logging in (okay it takes 12 minutes in that case) and we can't record lectures on it, they came and fixed part of it AND are going to replace it. Victory laps yinz!
On the downside my knee looks like it belongs on Frankenstein. On the outside of my knee is a scar that goes an inch or two above and below the knee. All the muscle there is gone due to denervation and it's tight so it can't swell there and the fluid builds up at the scar. So it's standing up like a zipper and nothing of this knee looks human. I have taken NSAIDS, rubbed NSAID cream into it. I've hooked the TENS/Inferential unit to it (that helped a lot, go electricity)
And I sat my ass down a couple times today. Like 3 minutes. That works right?
Tomorrow is nothing but doctors' appointments.
no book meme this wednesday because nearly forgot it IS Wed and I've changed nothing since last week.
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Date: 2022-08-25 12:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2022-08-25 01:17 pm (UTC)I'm sorry your knee is giving you so many problems. I know you like to stand up when you lecture, so can you use some kind of leg rest to take the pressure off the knee?
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Date: 2022-08-25 01:35 pm (UTC)No. I think I've come up with the reason for the pain. This room barely has room for your feet at the podium.I think I need to go to the opposite side of the room and walk some which is what I usually do but this room is poorly designed for that.
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Date: 2022-08-25 08:11 pm (UTC)I'm sorry about your knee. It sounds like you're doing what you can to alleviate the pain and swelling.
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Date: 2022-08-26 01:19 am (UTC)The knee might be getting a little used to it