So I saw a doc today about the MRI. The good news is that the elbow is predominantly normal. They did find a slight edema deep in the joint. A bone bruise or something. He said they take up to 12 weeks to heal. There's a possible chance there might be something else, so I guess I get to talk to a surgeon Wednesday morning to see if there's anything ( Read more... )

My elbow's sore and full of goo. It's been bothering me for the past few months and now that I'm back from Europe I had an opportunity to get an MRI. To prep for the MRI they shot my elbow full of contrast goo and put me in a tube in the most awkward position possible for 20 minutes. It'll be worth it to finally know what's actually wrong with the ( Read more... )

( trip wrapup )

It was a rainy day in Gimmelwald today. I woke up this morning and was greeted with a wall of white outside the window instead of the usual absolutely stunning alpine view. A lot of people still went out hiking and we were no exception. Today we had to reserve train tickets in Lauterbrunnen for the night train back to Roma tomorrow, so we hiked ( Read more... )

( Gimmelwald )

( Colmar! )

( PARIS! )

I forget that the significant portion of people on my flist actually don't care about my vacation posts.

( So for you, I'll cut this shit. )

Lessons learned ( Read more... )

In the course of three days, Kathy and I visited no less than 7 hill towns in the regions of Umbria and Toscania/Tuscany. Orvieto, Bagnoregio, Civita (di Bagnoregio), Pienza, Montepulciano, Assisi, and Spello. Here's what I've learned ( Read more... )