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Whoa, a nerve block is IMPRESSIVE! Surgery went fine; I have 5 metal screws and a metal plate in my wrist. I woke up in a pretty serious amount of pain, and did actually ask for the nerve block the anesthesiologist had suggested probably would be desirable post-op.

Not only can I not feel a thing below my left elbow, my left forearm and hand are completely immobilized; I can't control it at all. Without the sling, it flops around like a dead fish! It's very, very strange and is supposed to last 12-14 hours.

And despite the anti-nausea patch they put on, I thought I would hurl when i got home and lay down, but didn't. I ate a piece of bread verrrrrry slowly, with sips of water. I tried to write something amusing, but my eyelids literally kept drooping shit and it was all:

myyyy===== ae \ ju7s kewe===

Mo, really. So I fell into bed for two hours, and up. Arm still completely as described before! DH made me broccoli and cheese soup and gave me a cookie, and I am drinking a huge glass of water with lemon: BLISS

Such times deserve a cookie.

Hooray for modern medicine!

YAY!

I use Tom's and like it, but I live in the desert and don't sweat all that much. It's not an antiperspirant, so. But I'm switching now to my "headed to the swamplands" deodorant.

Glad you're feeling better, Strix, here's hoping for a good recovery.

SO's ortho appointment went moderately well. He needs to be on ibu for another two weeks, in the boot for another six. So that puts him in the boot for at least the start of tour. But the ortho lectured him enough about the nature of the surgery should he reinjure it that I think he's going to behave.

It was a WONDERFUL cookie. And the soup, while not the best broc/cheese soup I have had WAS the best broc/cheese soup I've ever had, you know?!

And if I didn't know it would probably injure my arm/make it hurt worse when the block wears off, I would videotape it flopping. (I've only done it by accident; I am being very careful wiith it now.) It is FASCINATING to me. Utterly no control, can't even twitch a finger.

ETA: I didn't hire someone well-qualified once because he stank so vilely, we actually had to go and send a student to buy room spray, the smell was so strong, it permeated our large uni offices and lingered an hour after he was gone. The interview was torturous.

It was a WONDERFUL cookie. And the soup, while not the best broc/cheese soup I have had WAS the best broc/cheese soup I've ever had, you know?!

Ahahaha, I know just what you mean.

Man, I just talked to my sister and she had a rough weekend emotionally. We're in similar places in a lot of ways. Frustrating.

Strix, I'm glad the surgery went well and that you're not currently in pain.

I once had a coworker who was an animal horder. The cats would pee on her clothes and so on. I think she was at the point where she just didn't smell it anymore. I felt sorry for her; she seemed to have some problems and no one knew how to help her. But working close to her was unpleasant.

Amyth and other localistas: please let me know if my cat's territorial marking can be detected 10 yards away from me in social situations.

Glad to hear the surgery went well, Strix.

WRT LA trains, I am so looking forward to the day they open the train station near me that will take me RIGHT TO WORK! I can hardly wait to ditch the car and commute on the train.

And speaking of cats and their territorial marking, our cat has developed a bad habit of peeing. It started in the bathroom that used to be hers, which while annoying is also somewhat understandable. But she's peed on our bed 3 times now. That shit will not stand. I'm trying out that Feliway stuff, I hope it works to minimize the temptation to pee on things.

Strix and D - thanks for updating - and i'm glad to hear the procedure went well.

I hate the Tom's of Maine deodorant. Somehow, it made me smell worse than I did without any deodorant. There's something in there that encourages bacteria growth, or something. I know a few other people who've had the same issue with it. I've got super-sensitive skin, and after several deodorants that I knew were safe for me changed their formulas and I got a rash, I gave up on the regular brands and started using the Crystal kind, which I actually think is better than most of the others at preventing smells rather than covering them up.

Most deodorants, including the crystal thingies, give me a rash. Tom's is one of the few that do not. It has been a long time since I could spend less than $4 on a stick of deodorant (not including the time I found a stash of a good brand that I liked even better than Tom's at Big Lots for less than $2 a piece).