Oh, sad about James Garner. I had such a crush on him in The Rockford Files.

Typo, much health~ and no-bleeding~ma to you and your mom! How did you tear your rotator cuff? I don't even know what a rotator cuff is, exactly. Sounds quite painful.

What is it about this summer? Everyone I know is tired all the time. Even my sister, who is normally a tiny hurricane of activity. I did about an hour of yardwork yesterday and was exhausted the rest of the day. This summer isn't more humid than usual, and it's actually been a little cooler than normal, so I can't blame the weather.

I contemplated getting up and going running before I'm supposed to meet my coworker. And then I hit snooze a few times, and then read some internet, and then decided I didn't have enough time. So I'm eating waffles instead.

I woke up from a dream where I was on this bizarrely configured plane, which had SUPER tiny seats, but all along one side of the plane? And it was so uncomfortable, and the lady next to me was HUGE and I was apparently traveling to London (??) so I knew it was going to be a long long flight, and was thinking "Why would I book an economy ticket? This was not worth it!" I have no idea where that dream came from. So weird.

How did you tear your rotator cuff? I don't even know what a rotator cuff is, exactly. Sounds quite painful.

It's a bunch of tendons and muscles in the shoulder that stabilize your shoulder and let it -- ta-da! -- rotate. Injury/tearing is common in baseball pitchers, as an example.

A tear is in the tendon. It happened to my dad, and surgery reattaches the tendon to the bone. His was a fairly quick and easy outpatient surgery. Recover is longer than you'd think, though.

A common non-tear injury is tendonitis, from repetitive use, like a baseball pitcher. It can also get injured/inflamed from trauma, like -- for example -- falling while skiing and landing hard on your shoulder. That would be me. The orthopedist said he had never seen a shoulder injury from skiing (it's usually knees). But mine wasn't a tear; it was just horribly inflamed, and drugs and PT fixed it.

This has been your Medical Science Minute.

A common non-tear injury is tendonitis, from repetitive use, like a baseball pitcher. It can also get injured/inflamed from trauma

Yeah, I'm pretty sure my right shoulder is getting to the tendonitis stage. It's achy and hurts very frequently. The level of pain and frequency are increasing, so that's not fun.

Rotator cuff injuries are no joke - my mom has destroyed both of hers (one car accident, one bike accident), and the second surgery had complications that extended recovery time to over a year. (The surgeon stretched a nerve and there's basically no treatment for that other than wait for the nerve to fix itself, and nerves grow reeeeeaaaalllllyyyyy slloooooooooowwwllllyyyy.)

Vacuuming is hazardous to my safety. Rapidly darkening bruise in the middle of my back.

Sounds like you should not vacuum anymore!

You know, if someone offered me a deal where I sign over my house and in exchange get to live in a dormitory with housekeeping and meals provided I would seriously consider it. My house being far from paid for would complicate the deal, but still.

Oh sadness over Jim Garner. Maverick. 36 Hours. The Great Escape. Polaroid commercials with Mariette Hartley.

Timelies all!

Went out to brunch with my folks, then hit Barnes and Noble.(Most of us had gift cards to use.) Now we are trying to watch Pacific Rim by hooking up Gary's laptop to the tv.

I want to run away to a Buddhist monastery. I've considered this fairly seriously in the past, and one of my more flexible friends just got out of one, and it's supposed to be lifechanging.

I need my life changed. I also need to get my insurance organised, because I am still current without and therefore can't pick up prescriptions nor go to doctor to complain of residual pain.

OY. PAPERWORK.

TB--take care of yourself. Grey understood.

I put my dilaudid session on Skype to try and de-traumatise my parents. My father just likes to know stuff, but my mother could barely watch and she's the one who's had chemo. Goes both ways.