and then, there was another day
meanwhile, in all the hubbub and excitement of the tale of the social life summary last night as i was nodding off, i neglected to mention work went fine and i almost got a little of my own work done, but i did start late (10ish) and leave early (3ish) and had a conference call with corporate for much of the afternoon… all is well, relative autonomy is wonderful… another left out portion of yesterday was that i had to take a detour to get to the theatre so i arrived way early bypassing the area where all the restaurants are located and after driving around the theatre for almost an hour in ever widening concentric circles, i discovered there is only one place to eat near the theatre and that is Buca de Beppo right across the street which i ruled out because i did not know they started serving meals for individuals… if you do not know the place, they are known for serving family-style platters of food that people share… but as i pulled up to park at the theatre i found another guy had shown up early and was intending to head to Buca to eat so we shared veal and ravioli's and fettuccini alfredo and yum yum and then we went to meet everybody else for the movie, which is about where where last night's entry began…
oh yeah, i also forget to mention that i went to an orthopedic surgeon yesterday morning before work and he cut my leg off at the hip…
some of you may be wondering just how it was possible to get an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon on a moment's notice at 9am on a Friday morning, well, never underestimate the negotiating skills of a hospital director type person in majorly serious pain… i begged… ultimately, they were happy to take my money…
and my leg…
ok, so i am mostly kidding… i got lucky that the doc would squeeze me in before his daily rush arrived and as most of you probably guessed, the doctor did not really cut off my leg at the hip…
he cut it off at mid-thigh…
ok, i'll stop… he told me to ice it three times a day, rest as much as possible (like stay off my feet?... how does one to do?), and start stretching gradually after a week or so… i asked him if cutting it off and putting it in the freezer for a week would work better and we shared a laugh, but he said no… he explained how muscles bleed when they are torn so a hematoma might develop and could be really big, but i shouldn't worry unless the pain gets worse cuz it's all part of the healing process of muscles… he also explained that any pain pills or anti-inflammatory drugs would make it bleed more, so none of that wussy stuff for the first few days… take it like a man, grin and bear it, rah rah rah...
i know most of this from my experience in emergency rooms and hospitals throughout my career… and i never believed pain pills were logical or wise, most of the time anyway, most especially for muscle pain, cuz the pain pills fool you into thinking you can move and you're likely to do more damage… pain is there to encourage limited movement cuz that is how muscles heal, especially in the first few days…
i've never had a muscle tear or pull before though… guess i'm lucky, i've always been athletic and flexible, especially my legs… i am being taught a lesson that i should be exercising and stretching more regularly now that i am actually playing organized sports a couple of times a week… dumb lazy bloated mindset must go… all by myself, alas, since nobody in the immediate vicinity of personal life has any interest in movement… of course having just two people in this vicinity doesn't help… but then, how many people do most people have in their daily personal home intimate spaces?...
and then i went to work… work went by quickly and sitting was a pain, pressure on the back of the thigh was not fun… as was standing up again, but then, walking wasn't much better… it's amazing how much we use hamstring muscles in the course of a day… i worked on the behavioral data report that is usually done in the first week of the month (what day is it now?) but was delayed due to the Joint Commission visit… i also worked on the new corporate data reports that we were going to review at the conference call… and then the conference call… and then, week over, go out to play and now, we are all caught up on yesterday…
was it good for you too?...
yeah, i know, it's amazing i still have a tongue in my mouth what with the amount of time it spends in my cheek, between teeth and all… you'd think i'd have inadvertently bitten it off by now… so how is life at your end of the internet?... i shall wander over to your words and see… make this a wonderful weekend no matter the challenges or hardships or whatever cuz you've got the power… use it for good, m'ok?...
oh yeah, i also forget to mention that i went to an orthopedic surgeon yesterday morning before work and he cut my leg off at the hip…
some of you may be wondering just how it was possible to get an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon on a moment's notice at 9am on a Friday morning, well, never underestimate the negotiating skills of a hospital director type person in majorly serious pain… i begged… ultimately, they were happy to take my money…
and my leg…
ok, so i am mostly kidding… i got lucky that the doc would squeeze me in before his daily rush arrived and as most of you probably guessed, the doctor did not really cut off my leg at the hip…
he cut it off at mid-thigh…
ok, i'll stop… he told me to ice it three times a day, rest as much as possible (like stay off my feet?... how does one to do?), and start stretching gradually after a week or so… i asked him if cutting it off and putting it in the freezer for a week would work better and we shared a laugh, but he said no… he explained how muscles bleed when they are torn so a hematoma might develop and could be really big, but i shouldn't worry unless the pain gets worse cuz it's all part of the healing process of muscles… he also explained that any pain pills or anti-inflammatory drugs would make it bleed more, so none of that wussy stuff for the first few days… take it like a man, grin and bear it, rah rah rah...
i know most of this from my experience in emergency rooms and hospitals throughout my career… and i never believed pain pills were logical or wise, most of the time anyway, most especially for muscle pain, cuz the pain pills fool you into thinking you can move and you're likely to do more damage… pain is there to encourage limited movement cuz that is how muscles heal, especially in the first few days…
i've never had a muscle tear or pull before though… guess i'm lucky, i've always been athletic and flexible, especially my legs… i am being taught a lesson that i should be exercising and stretching more regularly now that i am actually playing organized sports a couple of times a week… dumb lazy bloated mindset must go… all by myself, alas, since nobody in the immediate vicinity of personal life has any interest in movement… of course having just two people in this vicinity doesn't help… but then, how many people do most people have in their daily personal home intimate spaces?...
and then i went to work… work went by quickly and sitting was a pain, pressure on the back of the thigh was not fun… as was standing up again, but then, walking wasn't much better… it's amazing how much we use hamstring muscles in the course of a day… i worked on the behavioral data report that is usually done in the first week of the month (what day is it now?) but was delayed due to the Joint Commission visit… i also worked on the new corporate data reports that we were going to review at the conference call… and then the conference call… and then, week over, go out to play and now, we are all caught up on yesterday…
was it good for you too?...
yeah, i know, it's amazing i still have a tongue in my mouth what with the amount of time it spends in my cheek, between teeth and all… you'd think i'd have inadvertently bitten it off by now… so how is life at your end of the internet?... i shall wander over to your words and see… make this a wonderful weekend no matter the challenges or hardships or whatever cuz you've got the power… use it for good, m'ok?...
Labels: amused, egmo, emo, food, irony, loneli, meetup, ouch, pain, sigh, sniffles, writing
posted by candoor at 12:58 PM
10 Comments:
buca di beppo?
I'm sorry to hear about your leg and glad you went to the doctor, and wish I could mail you some really good homemade Italian food to help. I hope the pain is better soon, and make sure you don't overdo too soon!
:)
hugs
z- buca is a decent Italian restaurant chain that serves small and large platters of appetizers, entrees, and sides... small platters serve 2-3 (usually 3), large platters serve 6-8, sides serve two... the company i worked for in Buffalo, NY did the construction clean-up for the restaurant up there... they were impressively meticulous in their inspection of our work...
s- thank you for loving as you do and for letting me know... every day the visceral signs of death's approach become more evident and the good news is i am just as amused and enjoying the moment as much as ever, though the wisps of sadness about maybe not falling in love again before this life ends puff up like deep-sigh filled balloons at times like these when the body hits a physical wall that screams aging at me... i still ignore the reality of the mortality of this life and just live in the immortality of the moment most of the time...
wish everybody did...
god should make them all do it!
incorrigibility is my secret power :)
z- buca is a decent Italian restaurant chain that serves small and large platters of appetizers, entrees, and sides... small platters serve 2-3 (usually 3), large platters serve 6-8, sides serve two... they recently started serving single portions too... the company i worked for in Buffalo, NY did the construction clean-up for the restaurant up there... they were impressively meticulous in their inspection of our work...
s- thank you for loving as you do and for letting me know... every day the visceral signs of death's approach become more evident and the good news is i am just as amused and enjoying the moment as much as ever, though the wisps of sadness about maybe not falling in love again before this life ends puff up like deep-sigh filled balloons at times like these when the body hits a physical wall that screams aging at me... i still ignore the reality of the mortality of this life and just live in the immortality of the moment most of the time...
wish everybody did...
god should make them all do it!
incorrigibility is my secret power :)
Love Alice Cooper
is it the one they let you have a table in their kitchen?
because that's what i'm trying to determine, if it's the same italian restaurant i sometimes eat at...
are we links in the same chain?-)
Oooh, finally, lots of updates, maybe global warming is just but a myth then. I hope all your boo-boo's will be okay soon.. and dont write such terrible stuff as cutting legs off, as I read that my stomach froze over for a sec, sheesh! Dying couch swan.. somehow made me think of Bjork's dress. :|
i'd love to see you with wheels instead of hind legs, yanno like them little crippled doggies you sometimes see on the streets... who let z creepo out?
morbidity in a sense of humor is a side effect of working in hospitals for a long time... especially working in psych hospitals, emergency rooms, and with MR/DD (mentally retarded/developmentally disabled) people... everything we can find humor in makes the hard stuff, the trauma, the tragedy, and the challenges somehow easier to deal with... i'm keeping my leg a while longer though, so no worries :)
yes, that's the buca - they have a table in the kitchen... linked right here... though there's also one in mira-something too that may be near you...
at the moment, i wouldn't mind wheels... the left hamstring is really preventing much of the movement i am used to (I guess that's why i am thin-athletic from the waist down, my legs are used to much movement, walking, running, even when i am not running daily as a workout)... i am just getting back into group athletics and now runing is no-way for the next few weeks, at least... the doc said maybe six weeks to be sure... especially not stop and go baseball (or tennis or racketball or so on) type running and that is just what i was starting to get back into... bummerness, majorly...
my Thursday night league has two more games and they expect me to pitch... my Sunday league starts this Sunday and they expect me to pitch... pitching i can do, but no fielding or hitting or running bases, so it sucks to be me now...
but i'll survive... and get better... eventually...
even without a nurse... or mommy...
and as silly as it seems on some levels, your words here mean so much cuz they are the only words that really express caring for me in this world these days... even z creepo words :)
so thanks...
much.
and may you feel the respect and appreciation and love i have for you too :)
yay :)
Thank you Alice, I love you too :)
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