Dimestorehalo @Dimestorehalo@qoto.org

Today, we meld #RoryGallagher #blues #classicrock with #caturday Gentle, mellow blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjxhwNrhIgA&ab_channel=NelsonCiappa

@FindingHobbes That's a supervisor for you!

@FindingHobbes My Percy's favorite perch is on top of the printer too, especially in the middle of the night. I'll hear him get down because he hits all the buttons on the way down, and I've yet to figure out what he's trying to print.

@Fuman@sfba.social The dogs were sprayed so much that they knew to just rub off the discharge when sprayed. I think they weren't all that happy about getting multiple baths per week.

I hit on making a paste with baking soda and vinegar, and regular Pantene got rid of the rest. I don't know why I didn't try Dawn.

@Fuman@sfba.social #skunk Here's my skunk story:
I moved, with 2 dogs, into a house in the country. The first night we were there, the dogs killed Grandma Skunk. For the rest of the summer, the skunk family became the Terrorist Skunks. Every night, either the dogs were sprayed or the house was sprayed.

It took the terrorists 2 years to forgive. Meanwhile, baking soda, vinegar, and Pantene shampoo became my go-to stink fighting tools.

I saw a NOVA or NatGeo doc on skunks. Evidently, they are pretty territorial and hang around the same area. If they are relocated, they usually starve to death because they don't know where to find food in an unfamiliar location

@norcalgrandma@sfba.social What a happy girl!

@danbelliniart I really want people to boost your paintings because they are lovely. Either describe them in the text, or use the edit when you attach the JPG and describe.

Percy joining a Zoom meeting. #caturday #Catsofmastodon

#orthopedic #medical #nickel #kneereplacement #TKR #rant #inflammation #orthopedicsurgeon

This is a rant and a medical story, so please just skip this if you wish.

I'm in a bit of a sad and don't want to worry SO more than I already have, but I need to get this out somehow.

Background: Short version--Knee replacement almost 2 1/2 years ago. (Long version involves Bear Bryant and a #orthopedist showing up in a tux from a wedding.)

3 months after TKR, I wasn't making progress in #PT anymore. Besides the swelling and pain, I also developed a pretty bad, consistent case of 💩 💩 💩. Doc said come back in a year. No change, came back in a year, "Come back in a year. Inflammatory markers in blood tests don't mean anything."

So, I went back this year. Doc has left the hospital and there isn't anyone else who does joint replacements here. I told the PA about all the inflammatory issues I'm having and reminded him that I told everyone I have a nickel sensitivity. There's a very expensive blood test available which tests for sensitivity to all components of the replacement.

Turns out--I am very reactive to nickel, which is in my implant. The PA got on the phone with the original, now departed, surgeon, who recommended that I see another surgeon from the city who does office hours up here a couple of times a month.

Saw this new surgeon Friday. Turns out the plastic fake meniscus is faulty and that is the least of the worries. I will have to drive/fly down to the city for a 3-phase bone scan which may/may not show the cause of the swelling in my leg and knee. He's pretty suspicious of the nickel sensitivity, and repeated "Your implant has nickel in it" at least 3 times.

The new guy can do the insert replacement but not a revision. Also, I'm looking at starting a new teaching job (not renewing my current position) and being out for 3-6 months will mess up any new contract I might sign.

Then, there is the future #GI appointment I have at the end of May, also in the city. That appointment took nearly 10 months to get scheduled.

The rant part of this--I told him I had an allergy to nickel, I knew 3 months into this that something was wrong, and no one was listening! Maybe the problem is just the insert, but the original doc should have taken the complaints more seriously--allowed me to come back in 3 or 6 months for additional follow-up. This may seriously affect me professionally and financially