I'm more broken than you

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Round II of Teeth of the Yeti: The Implants.

Getting 3 implants installed in my bone-grafted jaw in about 30 min. Gonna look like Jaws from Moonraker.

[Greg]

I have returned to the Lair. Might start day drinking.

[Greg]

Round II of Teeth of the Yeti: The Implants.

Getting 3 implants installed in my bone-grafted jaw in about 30 min. Gonna look like Jaws from Moonraker.

GET THE FULL SET!!!!

[thatguy]

Gonna look like Jaws from Moonraker.

Not a Yeti rapper?

--tg

[Greg]

The Queen is heading to the doctor this afternoon for her bee stings. The swelling has increased dramatically and she wants to make sure there is nothing to be done about it.

[Drunk Monk]

Hope all is well. 

One of the naive things you can say about stings is that you're not allergic. In many people, the toxins are cumulative. Just because you didn't have a reaction before, the next sting might push you past the brink. Glad she went because those looked pretty nasty online - they'll probably give her an Rx antihistamine and maybe some topical steroids. Better that than anaphylaxis.

[Greg]

Antibiotics and steroids. Shots and oral. She is taking tomorrow off.

[Drunk Monk]

Good. Stings are not to be trifled with at our age. Like everything else, it just gets worse.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Bought hearing aids at Costco. Get fitted in 2 weeks. Top shelf, it appears, for much less. The testing was equivalent to Kaiser test, results about the same. Costco has a 6 month full refund Buyer's Remorse policy, so I'm taking the plunge.

[Drunk Monk]

LCF just posted this on a private Wing Lam group. I figure she'd be ok with me sharing it here:

I have some bad news.
TLDR: Brother Gary (Shockley) has a rare degenerative neurological disorder known as Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) that is untreatable and (it goes without saying) incurable. We are coping, but expressions of love and support for him would be much appreciated. I think many of you know he writes science fiction and fantasy; he's been self-publishing several books and if you're interested, check him out on Amazon. His writing is very important to him and has been keeping him going, and the more people I can talk into checking it out, the longer he'll be with us.
Somewhat longer version: Some of you folks know about this already but many of you haven't heard yet. This disorder is somewhat akin to Parkinson's. His flavor attacks the cerebellum, and prognosis is 6-10 years after onset of symptoms, which we think was 2019/20. His hips were bad, too, which muddied the issue. Finally got a diagnosis (as much of one as we're going to get since the only way to tell for sure is to autopsy the brain) just before the 4th of July weekend, 2023. No fireworks for us.
He's still walking some, though he needs assistance (trekking poles or a walker, depending on distance) but installation of ramp at the front door is scheduled and if anyone knows of a good contractor who can rip out our tub and install a low-threshhold shower, the info would be greatly appreciated.
One area that has been affected is his voice--anyone who would like to talk to him, now's the time. Unfortunately, we don't have a good idea of how quickly this will progress. He seems to hit a plateau, but then there will be another sudden loss of function.
If you have read this far, thank you. If you want to message him on Facebook, or email, or call, or buy his books--any and all reaching out by our kung fu family would be deeply appreciated. Even if you just keep him in your thoughts. He's got a pretty hellish road ahead.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Heavy, heavy sigh.

[King Bob]

Well I'm having some odd stomach trouble. It's been off and on for a couple of weeks but now always on. It has settled into me feeling very full after eating and sometimes queasy as well, and I'll wake up in the morning feeling queasy and still full from dinner. We often walk after dinner, and I feel a bit short of breath then as well. If I eat less it's not as bad, so I've been doing that for a few days. I could stand to lose some weight anyway.

I've got a phone appointment with the doctor next Tuesday, although I think I'll need to go in anyway so it seems like a waste of time to do the phone thing, but that's what they wanted.

[Drunk Monk]

I could stand to lose some weight anyway.

I suspect this goes for all of us nowadays.

My shallowweb diagnosis is gallstones.

[King Bob]

Well I had my gallbladder out so it's not that. Could be pancreatitis.

Christina is a worrier, and her coworker's brother-in-law was having stomach trouble and wound up with an esophageal cancer that had metastasized to the liver, so she's concerned. I'm less concerned.

[Drunk Monk]

Colitis then? How many guesses do I get?