Dimestorehalo @Dimestorehalo@qoto.org
Teacher, parent to 4-pawed children, and know just enough to be dangerous. Litigation disaster tourist--just along for the ride.
Navy spouse in the mountains of AZ.
#rorygallagher is the most underrated, unknown guitar god of all time.
The name is how I always understood the line from #T-Rex #bangagong instead of the actual "diamond star halo."
Joined Nov 2022
#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
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Ueman wiggles.
If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.
#artBot
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Alan Turing's famous mathematical model was right all along, chia seed experiment reveals
For the first time, scientists using chia seed experiments have confirmed that Alan Turing's mathematical model can explain patterns seen in nature
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Here's some seriously classy slow blues for Sunday's Blues Enthused Track of the Day, with 'I Just Can't Wait No More' from Eddy Wilson's Blues Band! 🎸💙 #bluesmusic #guitar #music #SundayVibes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCdv5DEQY2Q
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IT'S ART SHOW SUNDAY!
Drop a picture or link in the comments to something you've made, built or created, anything goes, whatever fires your passion! I love seeing what you all have been up to!
From me: A couple bunnies I drew, and some peach pies I made for the Holiday weekend.
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Yup.
Via Fred Wellman:
We need to all just keep referring to #ClarenceThomas as “Harlan Crow funded Justice Clarence Thomas.”
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Hi! I'm Nora and I have a store! It's about half handmade fused glass and half other stuff. Bolo ties, pendants, earrings, bookmarks and more! https://www.nora.jewelry/
I'm really struggling with reach right now so boosts are very appreciated!
@SavahRellcast Foxes are such beautiful animals.
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As it seems the birdsite is pushing yet more folks away, time for another #introduction post!
Hi I'm Kevin, a #puppet #builder by trade and maker of fun online media. I do #livestream builds, run my own shop(s) and love it here on #mastodon. Small sample of my work.
All links in the linktree in my bio, feel free to follow and don't forget to boost other people here! There's no algorithm, just people! #twittermigration
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Some NOLA vibes for Saturday's Blues Enthused Track of the Day, with 'Bury Me' by guitar/drums duo Hard Stairs! 🎸🥁😀 #bluesmusic #music #saturdayvibes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXOFCY5TQwo
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And here's number 3, shifting the trail length up and down between the full cycle and none, with animated colors also timestepped. There's a lot of stuff going on here. This scribble, it be technical.
#Blender3D #B3D #GenerativeArt
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- A Shelby County commissioner told FOX13 on Friday that state leaders in Nashville are threatening to take away funding from Memphis and other Shelby County projects if the county commission decides to reinstate expelled state Rep. Justin J. Pearson. https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/memphis-could-lose-funding-for-major-projects-if-pearson-appointed-back-to-seat-commissioner-says/article_a314c216-d582-11ed-9766-8f4212e502ec.html
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I just saw
"No Justins, No Peace"
and how perfect is that
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List of major corporations that have headquarters located in Tennessee:
FedEx Corporation
International Paper Company
HCA Healthcare Inc
Dollar General Corporation
Tractor Supply Company
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc
Asurion LLC
First Horizon National Corporation
Regal Entertainment Group
Cigna Corporation
CoreCivic Inc
Delek US Holdings Inc
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
ServiceMaster Brands
Thomas & Betts Corporation
Genesco Inc
CarePayment Technologies Inc
Kirkland's Inc
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Notice how when Republicans do crazy shit like "expel members of the Tennessee legislature for protesting school shootings" there's no hand wringing in the media about how this will change norms and open the GOP up to retaliation from the Dems the same way there is with Trump being prosecuted.
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Please stop laughing at CatGPT. Please stop sharing this picture. It's not funny. This is a slippery slope. It might only meow for now, but what's next? What will our cats do if CatGPT takes their jobs? Do we really want artificial intelligence to sleep all day? To scoff at the $50 worth of cat food you just purchased? To knock your full glass of water over and feel zero remorse when it shatters on the floor? Call me a Luddite, but I believe we must destroy CatGPT to protect our feline friends.
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On today's expulsion of the two Black representatives, but not the white rep, Elie Mystal summed it up pretty darn well: "Tennessee has now given the entire country an object lesson in critical race theory better than any AP history course ever could have. Everybody sees it now. Everybody knows it now. Everybody gets exactly what is going on."
#Racism #SystemicRacism #WhiteSupremacyInAction
#Blues #TajMahal @kebmomusic
Keb'Mo' has a great voice to unstress by.
Diving Duck Blues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iqTRNUOsFI&ab_channel=PasteMagazine
Taj has that deep, smoky voice. And the guitars compliment each other so beautifully.
Teacher, parent to 4-pawed children, and know just enough to be dangerous. Litigation disaster tourist--just along for the ride.
Navy spouse in the mountains of AZ.
#rorygallagher is the most underrated, unknown guitar god of all time.
The name is how I always understood the line from #T-Rex #bangagong instead of the actual "diamond star halo."
Joined Nov 2022
