That's good news, ita. And they think neck relief might also mitigate the migraines somewhat, right?
Well, you'd better not be thinking what I think you're thinking, because my answer is the same as always — no threesomes unless it's boy-boy-girl. Or Charlize Theron.
Harmony ,'First Date'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Scrappy - Dec 16, 2008 11:30:58 am PST #6441 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Connie Neil - Dec 16, 2008 11:37:38 am PST #6442 of 10002
brillig
the diagnosis from the first one was positive for cervical facet disease
It's lovely to have something concrete to throw at people when they say, "Oh, just get over it."
Steph L. - Dec 16, 2008 11:39:40 am PST #6443 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
the diagnosis from the first one was positive for cervical facet disease
I always get confused, just for a second, at the pronunciation of "facet." (Fuh-sett, not like facets of a diamond.)
Jesse - Dec 16, 2008 11:40:14 am PST #6444 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm going in for two more procedures on my neck when I get back in--the diagnosis from the first one was positive for cervical facet disease, so they're going to kill the nerves, which will hopefully give me more long term relief.
That sounds like good news.
Hah! In Indiana! Shocking! (And yes, he's 9 years older, black and Muslim! Well, about as Muslim as she is Catholic, which is to say, his parents are moreso, but...um....he doesn't eat pork or drink alcohol?)
I just like to tell the story. "My friend was nervous about her Catholic parents because she's a lesbian, but then her sister went and married an old black Muslim!!" Good times.
Calli - Dec 16, 2008 11:44:09 am PST #6445 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
the diagnosis from the first one was positive for cervical facet disease, so they're going to kill the nerves, which will hopefully give me more long term relief.
It feels weird to be all, "yay, disease!" but I'm glad this gives them something they can try.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2008 11:50:47 am PST #6446 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they think neck relief might also mitigate the migraines somewhat, right?
It's a hope. But, honestly, the neck and shoulder pain is constant, so it going away will be worth it all by its lonesome.
Theodosia - Dec 16, 2008 11:52:45 am PST #6447 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It feels weird to be all, "yay, disease!"Yes, indeed. Especially becuase it's a disease or disease process which there is a clear and effective treatment path for.
(When I had 'frozen shoulder' it was an incredible relief to be told that even if we didn't do anything, it would most likely clear up on its own within a year. That didn't make it hurt any less at the moment, but sure made it more bearable and less scarey.)
meara - Dec 16, 2008 11:55:15 am PST #6448 of 10002
I just like to tell the story. "My friend was nervous about her Catholic parents because she's a lesbian, but then her sister went and married an old black Muslim!!" Good times.
Hah! I love that someone is telling this story. That cracks me up.
It feels weird to be all, "yay, disease!" but I'm glad this gives them something they can try.
This! So...yay! And fingers further crossed!!!
tommyrot - Dec 16, 2008 12:00:01 pm PST #6449 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
We almost had intertubes 100 years ago!
The Dec. 16, 1908 NYT reports on what might have been a close call: a proposal for the U.S. government to purchase, install and operate pneumatic tubes for the purpose of delivering mail and other goods:
"That it is not feasible and desirable at the present time for the Government to purchase, to install, or to operate pneumatic tubes," is one of the most important conclusions reached by a commission appointed by the Postmaster General to inquire into the feasibility and desirability of the purchase and operation by the Government of pneumatic tubes in the cities where the service is now installed...
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One wonders what our communication system would be like if the government had undertaken a large scale, nation-wide, pneumatic tube system for mail delivery. It seems there was at least a small possibility that we might actually have had a system of "intertubes."
Sophia Brooks - Dec 16, 2008 12:03:14 pm PST #6450 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh my goodness-- I would love a pneumatic tube system!