Before the surgery yesterday, Tim was 5’4” because of the curvature in his spine. Today he’s as tall as me (5’6”), and maybe a little taller. That’s freaking amazing!
That is amazing!
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Aug 01, 2023 12:57:09 pm PDT #23410 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Laura - Aug 01, 2023 1:01:19 pm PDT #23411 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
That's incredible, Teppy. How is Tim's pain level doing?
Steph L. - Aug 01, 2023 1:36:18 pm PDT #23412 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
How is Tim's pain level doing?
Much better today! Last night it was a 7, and today it’s a 2 or 3.
brenda m - Aug 01, 2023 1:43:33 pm PDT #23413 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh very good news.
brenda m - Aug 01, 2023 1:46:40 pm PDT #23414 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I was going to say, are any of us great patients?
Whenever he was hospitalized, my father was always the favorite patient on the floor. Also in rehab. And in fall class where the olds go to learn how to fall. (Better, not more.)
meara - Aug 01, 2023 1:53:55 pm PDT #23415 of 30000
I’m probably not a great patient because I know too much and am willing to speak up for myself. But I am generally a compliant patient (take meds prescribed, regularly/on time, track blood pressure as requested or whatever).
Went to the US game last night and they looked awful. Just sloppy and couldn’t find each other when passing etc. so not sure I’ll be seeing them beyond the next game, even though I have tickets to several more! V sad.
Yay Tim feeling better, what does the next surgery do then?
Steph L. - Aug 01, 2023 2:04:58 pm PDT #23416 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Yay Tim feeling better, what does the next surgery do then?
He gets the hardware for the vertebral fusions, which involves a lot of vertebrae.
Laura - Aug 01, 2023 2:37:59 pm PDT #23417 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Doing the indictment dance!! Woot Woot!!
Dana - Aug 01, 2023 2:52:12 pm PDT #23418 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Aw, Indictment Day is my favorite holiday.
DebetEsse - Aug 01, 2023 3:31:14 pm PDT #23419 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Lots of surgeries! My mother apparently had surgery this morning, lump-ectomy for recurrent breast cancer (last round was...15 years ago? And pretty minor). I did not know that today was the day.
We're excellent communicators.
She's holding off on the radiation treatment until after she comes out for birth of grandbaby number 2 sometime in the next just-under-4-weeks. I am 100 percent ready to be off on maternity leave.
Every 20 patients or so, we get someone who follows the guidelines, does the exercises independently, is pleasant and easy-going, and inevitably leaves in a quarter of the time of the patients who, for example, decide to not even try to use the bathroom for their toileting needs all weekend, just hanging in bed and not using any of the skills we've been working on all week, dammit.
So, it's a continuum. I'm sure all Buffistas are on the "not actively self-sabotaging" end of the spectrum.