I'm more broken than you

[Drunk Monk]

I already have plenty of scars from the yeti.

On the inside.

Where it counts.

[Drunk Monk]

I had a crippling allergy attack yesterday and today. I had been feeling sniffly and sneezing over the last few days, but it reached a climax today with intense symptoms plus a migraine level headache and some other odd issues like cottonmouth and jaw pain. I thought it was the new cat but today was too much. Turns out these are all possible Lipitor side effects so I emailed my doc and am not taking anymore of that. 

It was fun while it lasted...until it was total misery.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Crap. That sucks. Glad that you resolved it, though. I was on the generic for that for years. I pretty much tapered myself off, figuring that there is shifting thoughts on it and the long-term effects are not well known. SInce I get tested semi-regularly, if my numbers go over 200 again, I'll start taking it again.

[Drunk Monk]

I feel much better now. Sore, but some of that is because I started back in a kung fu class formally after a two month break (my previous teacher went back to China).

My tinnitus cranked up to 11 again, but I think it's because I started a lose dose aspirin regimen. I forgot I stopped taking aspirin be use it exacerbated my tinnitus. If it's not one thing, it's another.

So what's up with the blood clots? Did they give you some sort of expectorant or is a blood thinner supposed to dissolve them?

Man, it's a bummer that this has become our most active thread. What a drag it is getting old.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Getting old beats the alternative...until it doesn't.

I was surprised to find out that the bloodthinners do *not* dissolve the clots; they just prevent more from developing while your body either reabsorbs the clot or scars it over. Saturday was a bear of a day: The shop had it's largest single day of sales and then I rode over to teach my lessons, which is back-to-back 7 lessons over 2.5 hours. My lungs were not up to the job. The reward was the annual end of the season awards and pot-luck. It was the most I've had to eat in a month. There is always a whole roasted pig, too.

[Greg]

Sounds good? Glad to hear you are on the mend? At least you got some pig!

Does getting hit in the chest for 2.5 hours by little monsters have any impact on the clots?

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Apparently my chest has the consistency of old shoe leather. I just don't seem to bruise there. I used a rigid chest-plate for about 2 weeks last time I was on 'thinners, but soon discovered that it wasn't really a problem.

Further good news is that my numbers ramped-up quickly (I don't know what the numbers mean, but they want me between 2 and 3)
so I no longer have to give myself shots.

Pretty much "back in the saddle".

[cranefly]

Yeti says:

Pretty much "back in the saddle".

Please tell me you're not jousting.

P.S. Good to hear you're doing better.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Surely you joust.

[thatguy]

Eventful day...I slept pretty well. Got up, made some coffee and breakfast. It was a beautiful morning, so I took the bike in. Waze showed terrible traffic and was actually directing me to go the long way around the backside of Lexington. I took Old Santa Cruz Highway to Idlywild, but figured if traffic was that bad, I could get through it better on the Highway where there's 2 lanes. I lane-split all the way to 85. Then, traffic there was pretty crappy, so I lane-split there for awhile. It finally started moving along, so I pulled into the middle lane. Someone in the fast lane thought the same, but I saw them signal, so I slowed down while they came over in front of me, but then they stopped abruptly, so I stomped on the rear brake pedal (which I rarely use) and the back wheel locked and came out from under me and I dumped. I wasn't going fast, and traffic wasn't moving much either, but I had to hop up, brush off and pick the bike back up. 

I got a few boo boos and the bike did too. Nothing terrible. The leather jacket kept my 2 long shirts from getting scuffed at all, but I have a raspberry up my arm. 

I was on adrenaline for an hour or so after that and down for another hour after that, but I got through my work day fine, then drove carefully home. 

As a good Yeti once told me: "Always wear protective gear!"

--tg

[thatguy]

And I just discovered that someone knocked out the tiny rear window on the passenger side of my car when I took the shuttle to work on Wednesday. They made off with a crappy old knapsack with some flares, work gloves, a rain hat, rain poncho, possibly a leatherman tool, and a partial roll of TP in a ziplock back. Maybe even a spare toothbrush...



--tg

[Drunk Monk]

Sorry to hear tg. Good that you're unhurt. Major bummer about the break-in. I've been paranoid since my break-in before our tournament and don't keep anything in my car anymore.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Holy Fuck! I'm so glad that you came out of it with a good story and not much else. How are you feeling now, a little later? I get progressively stiffer for a week and then things even out and lighten up. How did your legs fare? Your ankles?

[thatguy]

Holy Fuck! I'm so glad that you came out of it with a good story and not much else.  How are you feeling now, a little later? I get progressively stiffer for a week and then things even out and lighten up. How did your legs fare? Your ankles?

The raspberry on my arm is starting to bruise slightly. Not stiffening up as far as I can tell. Mostly irritated about the damage to the bike (all minor), the pair of jeans that are now "for painting and car repair tasks" only, and the stuff I'm remembering was in the backpacks that were stolen (nothign valuable, but now needs replacing). 

I'm thankful that I get to be irritated!

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

I'm thankful that I get to be irritated!

--tg

Every moment is a blessing....and a curse.  The curse here as the yeti so eloquently puts it is 'holy fuck'