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37 minutes ago, Todd Jenkins said:

Could it have been...

Long COVID? Maybe. 

2 minutes ago, Unicorn said:

So just go skating without doing squats. Non-stressful activities such as walking or just regular skating (without the jumps, squats, etc.) are actually helpful for arthritic knees. 

Thanks. That’s convenient because, as a child, I only made it to basic spins. By now, all I can do is skate forward. 

5 hours ago, purplekow said:

Now for something completely different.   You knee looks bruised and contused.  You were skating just before the injure so that the knee was good enough to get you through that at that time.  It does not sound as though you did anything but superficial damage to the joint.  I would tell you that if you want to go and see how it feels that would reasonable.  Stay near the edge and go slow and then, if all is well, proceed slowly.  You might want to skip any jumps that you might do, but life is short and so is the ice skating season.  Try it out and use common sense about the speed at which you progress.  If it hurts, stop and don't push it. By the way, I thought cats always landed on their feet.   

Thanks for this response, PK! Today I learned what “contused” means. It’s rug burned too. One ortho I saw said I need to try to avoid any activity that puts too much stress on my knee (like squats) to try to preserve the remaining cartilage. Oops!

I really want to go ice skating, as life is indeed short and skating does wonders for my mood. I notice, however, that the knee is twitching now, and it’s till sensitive to the touch.

And yes, I do usually land on my feet. 🐈

13 hours ago, sniper said:

I'd say go to physical therapy before an ortho. If the PT doesn't work then see about surgery.

Agreed. My aim is to avoid a partial knee replacement for as long as possible. I see ortho/sports medicine for advice on lifestyle. 

1 hour ago, Unicorn said:

Well, as long as you don't get magnetized, with knives and hammers coming after you. Nothing too scary from that report. Maybe you should change your handle to "Magneto" or "Magneta".... 😉

 

When the TSA lines get too long, I get recruited to screen passengers.  

9 hours ago, Unicorn said:

If you're particularly eager to go skating this week, your internist should be willing to answer your question by e-mail. Part of a primary care physician's duties is to answer e-mails. Without the MRI report, "poor shape" is too vague of a description to offer any salient advice. Arthritis in and of itself is not, generally speaking, going to be made worse by a fall. However, if you have a ligament which is partially torn up and hanging by a thread, for example, a fall could easily result in a complete tear. 

Thanks for the response. 

My internist is extremely thorough and quick with his Epic inbox replies. He has an extremely busy academic practice, and he’s probably slammed until New Year’s, so I’ll just wait until next week. My internist may refer me back to ortho or sports med for further advice.  

To answer your questions: Per the almost 2-year-old MRI, it’s all cartilage loss with some arthritis. Ligaments are apparently intact but on both sides, except “mild hyperintensity in the distal ACL, possibly focal sprain or partial tearing, otherwise the ACL is intact.”  Who knows what the situation is now though.

Oh, and I’m not done with the MRIs. I was sent for a new pelvic one. Those are the worst.  There I am chilling in the machine, fantasizing about something, and the tech keeps keeps telling me to relax because my uneven respiratory cycle is ruining the images. 

44 minutes ago, JEC said:

THAT is a wait!    Wait wait wait until all that swelling and redness is gone!

PS I went roller skating at The Wollman Rink in NYC last summer and fell, wrenching my shoulder.   Took several weeks including physical therapy to heal.   You have to take care of your body LOL

Ugh, roller skating spills really hurt. How is your shoulder feeling now? 

I’m going to wait. My PT doesn’t get back until late January but maybe I’ll go to someone else until then. 

Thanks, @Unicorn . The x-ray was done in the ER, and the house staff there simply said it should get better and pointed back to my internist. I'm scheduled for a physical with my internist next week 

I am indeed more worried about the preexisting knee issue and how the fall might exacerbate that. I will go back to my ortho, but it will likely take a while to be seen. 
 

Your MRI joke is cute. Or maybe Persian cats like me are just magnetic. 

2 hours ago, BSR said:

I was pretty horrified to see eggs for $5.99/dozen before Christmas.  I thought for sure that price had to be for free-range or organic, but nope, just regular old eggs.  Apparently a bird flu has killed millions of chickens, causing a severe egg shortage.  I was going to make my own eggnog this year (love a boozy eggnog!) but once I saw those prices, I shelved my eggnog experiment until Christmas 2023.

Thanks for reminding me to buy egg nog while it’s still in stock. I don’t know how to make it! 

Here is my knee, 8 days after the fall. As you can see, this hurt. 

I think I'm going to wait, as the rink is full of careless adults and kids who ram into people. It would be easy to fall again. 

11 hours ago, FrankR said:

Not a medical professional, but if it is painful or you feel like you need to wear a brace/sleeve the I would avoid going skating.  

Not wearing a brace. Just a hydrocolloid dressing on the scraped part. 
 

‘And I definitely feel that sense of urgency! Edit: Urgency to ice skate before the season ends, I mean. 

A week ago, while running to get something in the house, I somehow tripped and fell on a hardwood floor. My left knee was scraped and bruised pretty badly. It was x-rayed and is not fractured. I have no trouble walking, but parts of the kneecap still feel sensitive to the touch. Also, per an MRI from last year, both knees were in poor shape before this. The doctors were pretty surprised given my age and weight  

I’m kind of klutzy. But I have good balance and am a reasonably good ice skater. (In fact, all this happened after I returned the ice skating rink, having successfully navigated around a million skaters who were tumbling all over the ice.)

Is it ok to go skating again this week, or should I wait a few weeks? 

7 hours ago, Coolwave35 said:

I got a 3 day suspension for asking “are you offering escort services?”  

But if you asked someone to accompany you for a month-long trip, that’s presumably ok. How many sessions does it take before “escort services” becomes a proper arrangement?

Merry Christmas! This is one place where I know I’ll be accepted as I am, and I’m grateful for that. 

And of course, I love the snow .

6 hours ago, samhexum said:

Well, I've heard that many are considered sluts.

At least they try to be sluts. Usually, potential mates quickly swim away. 

1 hour ago, Rudynate said:

I don' t understand why people aren't more alarmed than they are about this newest surge.  In the last two weeks, 7-8 people I know well have come down with COVID, more than I knew about through all of  2020-2021.  I'm being ultra-cautious since I'm taking two immuno-suppressive drugs.

 

 

We’re they repeat infections? If so, do you know when they were last infected?

The submission element is fun.

Other than that, it— er— sucks.   

23 hours ago, samhexum said:

And how am I supposed to sleep pondering THAT?

 

quo·tid·i·an

adjective

 

1. of or occurring every day; daily.

   "the car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic"
   • ordinary or everyday, especially when mundane.

     "his story is an achingly human one, mired in quotidian details"

     MEDICINE

     denoting the malignant form of malaria.

      

      🤢🤯🤒 

Where did you get the big emojis?

On 11/11/2022 at 10:59 AM, purplekow said:

At one of the Palm Springs weekend, I went to buy some items at the popular gay men's wear store in town.  As I was checking out, the tall and fairly handsome clerk, in his forties told me he was a "chaser" and could he give me a kiss.  We made out at the counter for a short time but I did not pursue it further.  So even in your sixties you should be on the alert for a possible unexpected encounter.  I regret not going further with this guy but I was so astonished that an fat old man such as I could still get a bone thrown in his direction.  If I had been a bit bolder, I probably could have been getting some of the meat off that bone.  

If a female patient liked you enough to paint her nipples orange for her Halloween physical with you, as you once recounted,  I’m not surprised that a hot male clerk would be interested too. 

5 hours ago, sniper said:

The female PT who I went to 6 years ago has always called me "my guy."

I think it's blown up on Twitter more recently. Specifically "my brother in Christ" and "Beloved" tend to be used when arguing with someone the speaker deems stupid.

Agreed. I think “my dude” is also used the same way on Twitter. This is the first time I’ve heard “beloved” though. 

“My brother in Christ” is the other new one

@Oliver, I am so sad to read this. He was thoughtful and extremely intelligent. I always enjoyed his stories about teaching high school classes, and I had hoped to meet him.

Please accept my condolences. 

54 minutes ago, RadioRob said:

The IPB software most likely won’t be released until late October.  Once the functionality is there, my goal is to give another few weeks. That means the change most likely won’t be until November. 

Part of my goal from posting this now when I first learned of the upcoming feature was to help give people lead time to prepare. 

How long are you potentially looking for?

Thanks for the reply, Rob. Late November or December should work. 

@RadioRob Thanks for all you do. I can see why you want to reduce site's data load. Would you give us more time to go through our PMs? I PM maybe once every few weeks, but over time, I've accumulated a lot of threads.