Ligament injuries can be worse than breaks, can't they? I speak as someone who needed ankle surgery on a non-broken ankle.

My attitude towards the interview (beyond "Oh, no, not oil and gas again") is that I probably need the practice.

Instead of sitting hunched over my netbook waiting for the coffee to brew, I could spend 20 minutes a day with Rodney Yee and His Enormous Package and have a happy spine again!

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(clicking on netflix)

Ligament injuries can be worse than breaks, can't they?

Absolutely! Soft tissue is a bitch to heal, and bones can knit up really nicely. But broken a) is true b) has guaranteed impact (not everyone considers the hard/soft thing) c) makes me want to hurl less than "severely torn ligaments". So it wins.

Ortho has put me in the work-through-the-pain phase of recovery, so the ACE bandage is off and I'm trying to cane it through the office without even a brace. GOOD GOD this hurts.

No physical therapy??

I think I'm gonna grab myself a cane, having the top of the crutch get stuck the wrong way in my armpit is sketchy.

So the ER people told me to call their ortho doc (which I never did, because I only just looked at my papers now, and the office is like an hour away). Talked to the workman's comp insurance guy, and he said that they would contact me about setting up PT, but that hasn't happened yet. I've seen the chiro three times so far and he's been doing wonders for me. I'm sure he's not going to be covered by workman's comp, but I don't care.

But, do I call up the ortho recc'd by the ER, or call back the WC insurance dude?

No physical therapy??

Not from a physical therapist, no. But he has given me the mandate to walk more, brace less, and a couple twice daily exercises.

Sad thing from the TJ's parking lot: An NM license plate, and it says "New Mexico USA." Because people are idiots.

Aaaand, Nunya brought in a chipmunk and it just crawled feebly behind my fridge. No doubt it will die back there, and stink.

Hey, jobseekers. Even though these job app ideas didn't work for this person, maybe they do have legs: [link] Just make sure the currency conversion is sufficient.

I'm looking at an announcement of someone's departure that's made "with mixed feelings" and I can't help but wonder...really? Can I ask about, you know, the whole mixture?

I can do this! Two and a half more hours of pain, I can do this.

Call the WC doc. That's how they know what $$ to give you.