What are you doing?
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@Mik said in What are you doing?:
the foot surgery
What kind of foot surgery did you have? I’m having a lot of problems with my right foot/heel (arthritis, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis and Haglund's deformity). I did six weeks of OT earlier this year and the PF has mostly resolved but the heel/ Achilles tendon problems are intractable. I’m starting to get discouraged about the possibilities for a non-surgical resolution.
BTW I also have osteoarthritis in my knees and I had a cortisone shot in my right knee about three weeks ago and it has been a godsend!! I’m going to talk to the doc about a shot for my foot but I’m less clear on that because of conflicting things I’ve been reading about it.
@ShiroKuro I had a myopericytoma removed from the top of my right foot right behind the big toe. Looked like someone stuffed a golf ball under there. It’s a form of tumor, but benign. I thought it was a lipoma like old dogs get but it wasn’t. Longest pathology report I ever saw and I have reviewed many thousands of them. I had to run it through AI to figure out what it really said.
This was May 9. The scab is almost gone, only a half inch left.
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
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@ShiroKuro I had a myopericytoma removed from the top of my right foot right behind the big toe. Looked like someone stuffed a golf ball under there. It’s a form of tumor, but benign. I thought it was a lipoma like old dogs get but it wasn’t. Longest pathology report I ever saw and I have reviewed many thousands of them. I had to run it through AI to figure out what it really said.
This was May 9. The scab is almost gone, only a half inch left.
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Why did the universe make human being so fragile? I'm not talking about 14 year olds who can lose control of a bicycle going down hill, land on asphalt, and walk away with some cuts and pains that miraculously heal within three days.
I'm talking about the over 50 demographic who seems to live as if on the Father Time section of the Baby New Year/ Father Time wheel of life and death.
Health issues seem to get exponentially worse as time passes once a person gets over that hill.
There are exceptions.
There are also babies and younger adults who drop dead.
I wonder where birds go to die. You see them living in all their glory. You almost never seen one dying. I've seen that once.
I guess it's a big world.
I think death has become too sanitized in our society, and I also worry about people loosing autonomy over their health care.
Get well soon, every one.
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@ShiroKuro I had a myopericytoma removed from the top of my right foot right behind the big toe. Looked like someone stuffed a golf ball under there. It’s a form of tumor, but benign. I thought it was a lipoma like old dogs get but it wasn’t. Longest pathology report I ever saw and I have reviewed many thousands of them. I had to run it through AI to figure out what it really said.
This was May 9. The scab is almost gone, only a half inch left.
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Starting week two of living by myself. No, my wife didn’t leave me, she’s traveling with our daughter, DIL, and the two grandsons. I decided to skip that trip and I’m glad I did. I can’t even imagine…
On Friday I leave to meet her in Munich for the start of a bus tour around Central Europe. I know little about that area and I’m looking forward to learning more about it. An all-inclusive bus tour is my preferred way to travel these days - no hassles with rentals, reservations, etc. Less road time and more personal time to explore on this tour and that sounds good as well.
Knees here too, and the doc told me I’m a candidate for new ones if I want them. Got cortisone shots instead which worked miracles, and being as the last cortisone shots I got lasted two years I figure to worry about them then.
Commiseration, sympathy and support for all of us who are learning how to deal with the rapid and sudden onset of geezerhood. It’s not so bad, really, at least not so far, and if it does get bad we can deal with that too.
Cheers!
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@Steve-Miller wow sounds like a fun trip!!
Knees here too, and the doc told me I’m a candidate for new ones if I want them. Got cortisone shots instead which worked miracles, and being as the last cortisone shots I got lasted two years I figure to worry about them then.
Wow, I’m sorry to hear you have this too! But it’s very encouraging to hear that your shot lasted two years! I’ll check back in two years and let you know if my lasts that long too!
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Apparently it’s rare for cortisone shots to be effective for that long and you don’t want to get them very often. The ortho said he was very surprised.
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Steve, I've been a bachelor this past week too. Janet went on a free junket to Vegas with a gambling friend and got to see Kelly Clarkson and spend her birthday with our daughter. Just been me and the cats, but great for the diet. I've been able to make fish every night!
I've gotten the cortisone shots twice over the past ten years. They work like a charm. I haven't had any knee pain for several years, but if my foot is planted and my torso twists, causing the upper leg to rotate a bit I can feel that things are moving around in the knee - not crunchy exactly, but loose. I'm going to see my ortho and find out what I might do to prevent it from getting worse or if it's nothing to worry about.
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Ditto on the diet thing. I leaned way heavily in to Mediterranean last week and I really like it. Lost weight. Watched the vids, made the fish stew, ate the veg. Even made Indian food, which I would have to do outdoors if Sharon was here. She can’t stand the smell.
If I can buck the family traditions and stick with it I may get my own parking spot at the farm stand!
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Yeah, Janet does not like curry in any form, so a lot of things I love to eat I can't fix. She will grudgingly eat fish because it's healthy, but she doesn't love it like I do. I prefer it to meat.
I find it hard to really enjoy food these days if I know it's not good for me. One thing I'm going to make this week is a Sopa de Ajo. Recipe looked good, and healthy.
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
― Douglas Adams -
Apparently it’s rare for cortisone shots to be effective for that long and you don’t want to get them very often. The ortho said he was very surprised.
@Steve-Miller said in What are you doing?:
you don’t want to get them very often.
Yes, this part I have heard. So far I’ve only had one, in one knee.
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Yeah, Janet does not like curry in any form, so a lot of things I love to eat I can't fix. She will grudgingly eat fish because it's healthy, but she doesn't love it like I do. I prefer it to meat.
I find it hard to really enjoy food these days if I know it's not good for me. One thing I'm going to make this week is a Sopa de Ajo. Recipe looked good, and healthy.
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Yeah, Janet does not like curry in any form, so a lot of things I love to eat I can't fix. She will grudgingly eat fish because it's healthy, but she doesn't love it like I do. I prefer it to meat.
I find it hard to really enjoy food these days if I know it's not good for me. One thing I'm going to make this week is a Sopa de Ajo. Recipe looked good, and healthy.
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Yeah, Janet does not like curry in any form, so a lot of things I love to eat I can't fix. She will grudgingly eat fish because it's healthy, but she doesn't love it like I do. I prefer it to meat.
I find it hard to really enjoy food these days if I know it's not good for me. One thing I'm going to make this week is a Sopa de Ajo. Recipe looked good, and healthy.
That looks great!
My grill has a side burner and I cook things outdoors when I don’t want to make a mess of the stove (searing meat) or cook something with a strong smell (fish, curry). It works out well and I like cooking outdoors anyway.
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@Steve-Miller said in What are you doing?:
Did you do your wash?
I just finished mine and I feel quite virtuous!
Nope. haven't run out yet.
But I've minded her anthuriums (we have 5 in pots, taken care of the hummingbird feeders (three), and kept the cat boxes (three) clean.
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Cheers, Steve! I hope you enjoy your alone time and your upcoming trip. I'm glad to hear your knee treatment is working. My left knee and right hip are going bad but I swim in the pool and soon I'll have my 3 wheel/ no pressure points bike for productivity and exercise. I manage the pain mainly by swimming every few days. I'll have to think about what to do one day but not today.
