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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.

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.

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?

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 .

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

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.

Where did you get the big emojis?

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.

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.

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.

Good to see you, Glennnn!

Oh, this. A Genius Bar guy. “I’ll have to open one of your apps.:”

Happy belated birthday, Oliver! Hope you had a great one.

It turns out that rest is really important for preventing long COVID. I have a headache but I’ve been restless, so I walking around a lot. I’ll try to sit more.

In answer to the question about IVs, I typically use oral rehydration salts when I’m dehydrated. I just wasn’t able to take in fluids quicky enough this time.

Exactly. I dined outdoors only, whether it was 32 or 90 degrees. And it was always about long COVID, as I was never really worried about severe symptoms. Really sicksvtk get it now, when the surge has receded.