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6012. judithathome - 3/12/2004 5:46:22 AM It's got a battery pack....but it only interferes with sleep, not TV.
And that's because the area where the break is is so awkwardly placed...I'll have to remember that next time I break a bone in my leg. Don't break it so near the ankle.
I have to place the device almost on the top of my instep to cover the end of the break and leaving that in position for 10 hours wears thin after about 45 minutes. I guess I'll get used to it but it was agravating the first night. 6013. anomie - 3/12/2004 11:28:23 PM Judith, Hope it speeds up the healing, in any case.
Which leg and foot is it, might I ask?
My knee and ankle aches occur in my right leg. I'm beginning to associkate it with all those years of long car trips without cruise control. Gotta be something there, ya think? 6014. judithathome - 3/13/2004 12:34:10 AM It's my left leg.
I am really dreading seeing my doctor next month...my uncle, who is a professor of anatomy at the medical school here and who had my doctor as a student, CALLED HIM yesterday and said I had told him that I felt his bedside manner left a lot to be desired. I thought my uncle was going to ask him about my fracture! Oh well, it's the truth...this guy is cocky and very uninvolved, compassionwise.
Not that I need special treatment but a little explanation would go a long way. He just swans in, looks at the xrays, and says "hmmmmmm" and "see you in four weeks". 6015. judithathome - 3/13/2004 12:34:39 AM And I can't stand that he calls me "Babycakes". 6016. Jenerator - 3/17/2004 6:31:24 AM Is it possible to have Tourette's Syndrome in your sleep? I ask this seriously.
Does anyone know? 6017. judithathome - 3/17/2004 6:33:00 AM No, he just needs potassium. 6018. judithathome - 3/20/2004 4:43:50 AM Man, talk about putting a damper on your weekend. I had a mammogram last week and today received a notice that "your examination showed a finding that requires additional imaging studies forcomplete evaluation. Most such finding's are benign (not cancer)."
6019. Linnea - 3/20/2004 5:31:02 AM I hope you get a clean bill of health, Judith. 6020. judithathome - 3/20/2004 5:34:33 AM I'm sure it's nothng but it's maddening having to go back when I was all smug and thinking it was over for another year. I feel that if they were truly concerned, they would have called rather than send it out in the mail.
We're going to a spring solstice party tonight and were requested to bring something to burn on the bonfire. I'm taking that letter. 6021. SnowOwl - 3/20/2004 5:55:34 AM Sorry to hear that, Judith. I've had that before and it turned out to be absolutely nothing, but it's a nuisance having to return, and it's hard to escape the nagging feeling of "what if..". 6022. Linnea - 3/20/2004 5:56:00 AM The nitpicking side of me insists on pointing out that it's the spring equinox, not solstice ;-0 Have fun.
We have a big summer solstice party every year. I bring out the cardboard-and-tinfoil solar oven and bake cookies. The kids think it's a hoot. 6023. judithathome - 3/20/2004 6:00:42 AM Linnea, another nitpicker beat you to it...ha! Over on the Atlantic.
Well, I know it's usually nothng and I can say I'm not worried but my mom had a mastectomy when she was exactly my age so I am a little antsy.
But after all this crap with my leg, I just know this will turn out to be nothing. 6024. arkymalarky - 3/20/2004 6:16:21 AM That sucks, Judith. I had one with the message you got a few years ago and it was a teeny-tiny cyst. I got one last year after waiting two weeks for the results that said, among other things I don't remember, "abnormal--see your doctor as soon as possible," which about killed me from apoplexy before I could get to the phone and call him to find out that from the report they sent him it looked highly unlikely to be cancer. It turned out to be a cyst too. The result of this one hasn't come back yet and now I'm stressing because of last year's experience. It just makes an already un-fun event miserable.
I hope you get it followed up on soon so you can get on with a fun spring. You deserve it after a winter with a broken leg. 6025. anomie - 3/20/2004 6:40:27 AM Good luck, Judith. 6026. wonkers2 - 3/20/2004 7:43:17 AM Judith, Cap'n Dirty sez "Breast exams aboard the Tomater Sloop. No charge!" 6027. anomie - 3/20/2004 8:06:44 AM Wonks,
Me thinks you may need an assistant, or....First Mate...or whatever. ha!
6028. Magoseph - 3/20/2004 11:00:37 PM "your examination showed a finding that requires additional imaging studies forcomplete evaluation. Most such finding's are benign (not cancer)."
Juds, I have had two similar warnings in recent years, both were caused by Fibroadenoma and I needed no biopsies after second mammograms were taken and examined by experts in such lumps.
6029. thoughtful - 3/22/2004 2:44:59 AM So sorry to hear about your troubles. I'm fortunate in that where I go for mammos, they make you wait and if they see something funny, they ultrasound you right away so you don't have to go back. They did this to me one time when they found "something" and then after ultrasound, several people looking, much head scratching, decided it's not cancer, no way is it cancer, but we're flummoxed as to what it is. Had me come back 6 mos later and looked again...no change, so it is what it is.
I'm thinking of you and hope you get the answers you most want to hear. 6030. judithathome - 3/22/2004 5:04:11 AM Thanks...I called the place and I'm going in on Friday afternoon at 4pm. I figure if it were something serious, they'd have made room for me earlier so I'm not going to worry about it. 6031. wonkers2 - 3/22/2004 7:04:41 AM Judith, we're keeping our fingers crossed for you!
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