03-08-2006, 07:54 AM
Current issues:
- Cholesterol, right around 300.
- Ongoing left hand/wrist -- depending on which doctor you talk to, it's either carpal tunnel, thoracic outlet, tendonitis or median neuritis.
- Teeth disintegrating: three more crowns needed, root canal probably not far behind.
- Migraines (seem to be mostly solved by wearing an NTI when I sleep. Ever so attractive, but whatever, it works.)
Fun tests:
#1 - cardio catheterization (wires and tubes threaded from your femoral artery into your heart. Oh, and you have to be awake for the whole thing. It's lots of fun, really. Answer: prolapsed mitral valve - prognosis, someday might need to have it replaced, in the meantime just live with it and take craploads of antibiotics before going to the dentist, just in case.)
#2 - two nerve conduction studies (dozens of electric shocks. Lots and lots of fun!)
Stitches:
27 in my nose. (Dog bite when I was 16. The good news is that telling the story to Kevin & Bean 20+ years later got me a Kevin & Bean flashlight!)
10 in my knee (outdoor theatre, slid on the gravel in the aisles during an amusing battle sequence.)
5 in my left shoulder (doctors removed what they thought was a chicken pox scar, then a cyst, then finally realized I healed keloid and left it alone. Except for the five staples of cortisone they pumped into it to flatten it and make it stop itching.)
- Cholesterol, right around 300.
- Ongoing left hand/wrist -- depending on which doctor you talk to, it's either carpal tunnel, thoracic outlet, tendonitis or median neuritis.
- Teeth disintegrating: three more crowns needed, root canal probably not far behind.
- Migraines (seem to be mostly solved by wearing an NTI when I sleep. Ever so attractive, but whatever, it works.)
Fun tests:
#1 - cardio catheterization (wires and tubes threaded from your femoral artery into your heart. Oh, and you have to be awake for the whole thing. It's lots of fun, really. Answer: prolapsed mitral valve - prognosis, someday might need to have it replaced, in the meantime just live with it and take craploads of antibiotics before going to the dentist, just in case.)
#2 - two nerve conduction studies (dozens of electric shocks. Lots and lots of fun!)
Stitches:
27 in my nose. (Dog bite when I was 16. The good news is that telling the story to Kevin & Bean 20+ years later got me a Kevin & Bean flashlight!)
10 in my knee (outdoor theatre, slid on the gravel in the aisles during an amusing battle sequence.)
5 in my left shoulder (doctors removed what they thought was a chicken pox scar, then a cyst, then finally realized I healed keloid and left it alone. Except for the five staples of cortisone they pumped into it to flatten it and make it stop itching.)
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.