'The Message'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Max Out of Pocket is the best! Free healthcare! If they can get you scheduled, since lots of people tend to be in the same boat.
So, I started the new job, and...okay, so there's this goose, and it's the state bird and endangered, and you Do Not Mess With Nene (up there with sea turtles and monk seals). And we get them just...wandering around campus. Like, I regularly have a pair of highly-protected birds less than 10 feet from me.
Steph, here's hoping you can get that done -- I will say that, anecdotally, both my 88-year-old aunt and her 64-year-old daughter had really easy and speedy recoveries (and are SO much happier) after each had a hip replacement, so maybe it's the kind of surgery that will get a thumbs-up even though it's right on the heels of the other one. Fingers crossed.
Sorry you had all that rigmarole, askye. Enjoy the staycation, though.
That's pretty dang cool, Debet! I mostly know about the Nene from their appearance in crossword puzzles. I hope they are less aggressive than, say, Canada Geese...
Bummer on the rental and the weather, askye. I hope the staycation gets better as it goes on.
Makes sense to start seeing about swapping out the hip, Tep, if stopping the NSAIDS is that debilitating you probably aren't doing yourself any favors walking around with he pain masked!
We were supposed to have a department lunch today to celebrate October birthdays, but Panda Express canceled our order at the last minute so now I have to figure out my own lunch again. I only saw the email that we'd have lunch after I was in the office so it is not really a big inconvenience for me but my co-worker who was trying to organize all this is pissed. We'll try again next week, I guess.
Everything is healing very well, and the surgeon's PA said that clinically there should be no problem getting my hip replaced in December! They'll take x-rays again in early December to be totally sure, but it looks like it's a go on their end. So now I need to meet with the orthopedic surgeon (who will be a totally different ortho guy than the dick that I initially saw).
Yeah, it feels crazy to have 2 surgeries in 3 months, but my hip pain is so fucking bad. And since we hit the out of pocket maximum, we should exploit it!
Woot! Get all the shiny new parts!