On the Speediness of Doctors and Other Sad Tales

[rolanni]

Yesterday afternoon, as planned, Steve and I met at Fortin's to peruse the tent sale. As a tent sale, it was...a little sparse; nothing in the way of either a nice scratch-n-dent bureau at all, nor even a reasonable bookshelf. Also? The prices on mattresses, even at a supposed Large Percentage Off, were...bracing.

Eventually, we left that place and wandered down into Waterville to visit the mattress store there -- which is only open Thursday, Friday and Saturday. From there -- now we were on a Mission, you see -- we went to Marden's, where we found mattresses a-plenty. While we were meandering about, reading Product Information, my knee, um, gave out entirely. I grabbed onto Steve, who was happily to hand, and hung on, swearing, until the pain got manageable and I could walk, sorta. I limped out of the store, Steve found the Magic, Adjustable walking stick that lives in the back of the Subaru, adjusted it for me, and off we went to our meeting at the soon-to-be new market on Main Street.

It was an...interesting...meeting, and a joy it was to see so many young people on hand and willing to work. We signed up to help with PR/writing things. I had gone with the intention of offering my services as a Shellacker of Shelving, but the knee voted otherwise.

After the meeting, we limped -- OK, I limped -- up to the Bread Box, where we feasted on baked brie, fresh, hot crunchy bread, and a variety of fruit, with a nice Chilean chardonnay. Then we came home, and I fell on my face.

This morning, the knee didn't want to work at all, so I decided that the better part of valor was the comfy chair and an ice pack, rather than the day-job staff picnic. I can't seem to find my knee brace, which is aggravating, especially since I learn that the Very First Moment that an orthopedic doctor can see me is...July 2. So! I'm gonna be putting up with this for a while. I'll try not to whinge about it a lot.

I've done some office furniture shopping on ebay, and have some promising leads there. In the meantime, the cats are making a compelling case for a nap. I may just join them.

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Damn. I hope you can find that brace . . .

Ouch!!

[bigbananaslug.livejournal.com]

I seem to have lots of friends and acquaintances with bad knees. My wife has a badly botched total knee replacement, and needs it re-done and the other knee done...we know all about "When Knees Go On Strike" at our house. Do take care, take lots of Advil or Motrin, and see if you can train the cats to bring you tea. (Right.)

[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

Best wishes on the knee. Mine's been dodgy for the last few months, so I can totally sympathize with the "complete rest" of the joint being highly impractical, and how even just the suspicion that it might protest an action weighs heavily on your ability to do things.

Of course, I also found that re-reading the complete Liaden Universe series was an excellent way to keep me motionless on the couch for days at a time, but that solution won't really work for you. :-D

[hapaxnym.livejournal.com]

oww owww owww owww

I feel your pain.

Knee karma on the way. It hasn't worked for me, so maybe it was meant for you?

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

I have a child home with a low fever today and rather than cancel my appointment with the allergist (which I was able to schedule this week only because someone else had cancelled), I dragged said sick child with me. I really didn't want to have to wait weeks for an appointment.

So, here's hoping something opens up before July 2! It's really so much better when the body parts work the way they are supposed to.

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

Oh ow. I feel your pain.

In more ways than one, given that last October I pulverized my bone below the knee, and at the moment I'm wearing a Taylor Spatial Frame with five pins going into and three wires going through my bones in various places, and making do with canes. It's kind of hard to walk, especially if I have to walk a long way.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

No, that's a lot more trouble than I've got. What'd you do? And, more to the point: Can they give you a cyborg leg -- or is that the cyborg leg?

Knee pain

[(Anonymous)]

My very sincere sympathies on having your knee give out on you. It can be a real pain in the proverbial.

If the orthopedic specialist offers you the option of trying the injections of synthetic hyaluronan (Hyalgan or Synvisc), give the offer serious consideration. I had the 3-shot series of Hyalgan last fall, and it helped a lot. I am now getting a second 3-shot series of Hyalgan (you can get the series of shots once every six months). The knee is somewhat uncomfortable right after each shot, but the discomfort goes away.

[serendipoz.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly, Craigs list might help for mattresses. When I was looking the local craigslist had a number of *new* mattresses (still in plastic) available. It's workth trying.

Luck to you in the shopping!

Joyce

ice packs

[apolias.livejournal.com]

I don't know how the local weather interacts with your ice pack, but around here the unusually high humidity condenses on mine. I end up with my pain lessened, but my shirt damp. Changing the shirt involves straining the shoulder, which requires more ice. And so it goes. I start PT on 23 June, which wasn't as long a wait as it could be.