A week after I was supposed to be called to schedule an MRI, I finally got scheduled and had three studies done of my left leg last night (one of the knee, and two of the calf, one with and one without contrast ( Read more... )

In my last post about my leg issues I ended one paragraph with "More when that happens." It's happening! Well, it's on its way to happening ( Read more... )

As of January 21st, starsplattter and I are a couple. She and I have been friends for a few years, and both of us are heavily involved in the local Makerspace. Both of us have had mutual interest for a couple of years, but for various reasons neither of us acted on it (well, she says she flirted heavily, and I'm blind to flirting, so...). At the beginning of ( Read more... )

As of last night, skitten and I are no longer a couple. The breakup was relatively amiable and mutual, and we remain friends. Which is good, because like all long-term couples we are entangled in ways which will take a while (years, maybe) to separate. This has been coming for a long time, so the talk we had last night was more saying-what-had-been-unsaid ( Read more... )

So Yesterday morning I went to see an orthopedist. My PCP referred me to him about 3 weeks ago, before the most recent blowup of cellulitis and calf pain, because of recurring left knee pain and visible swelling of the knee during my routine 3-month exam ( Read more... )

Since last I posted about my leg, I've been to see the doctor. He basically checked out that the swelling and redness seem to have gone down, gave me some more context on the fluid pocket in my calf, added a potassium supplement to my prescription regimen, and told me to come back in a week, at which point he might renew the antibiotics if they ( Read more... )

For a few weeks/months now, my left leg and knee has been bothering me. It feels like whenever anything goes wrong that'll hurt a leg, it's my left leg that gets it, and that includes slipping and falling on ice during this brutally cold winter. I went to the ER earlier the year where they ruled out blood clots, broken bones, arthritis, etc. They ( Read more... )

I've been playing a lot of Assassin's Creed lately. A friend showed me the game (AC2, for those keeping track) on Christmas Eve, and I've been playing it since. I'm most of the way through it, and I expect to get future Assassin's Creed games once I finish this one ( Read more... )

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