https://derien.dreamwidth.org/ I'm not hot shit in a wineglass, more curried goat in a paper cup - Dreamwidth Studios Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:52:23 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios derien personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/129860/158479 https://derien.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://derien.dreamwidth.org/1133841.html Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:52:23 GMT https://derien.dreamwidth.org/1133841.html I had my first screening appointment with the sleep apnea people, and will go back on Feb 27th to get trained on how to use the at-home equipment. <br /><br />This is much further out than I had anticipated, so I have called the surgeon's office and ask if it's absolutely necessary that I have had the study before scheduling the surgery. Message just left, no answer yet. I expect that they'll need to know I have a machine before they will schedule the surgery, but I don't really want this surgery to be pushed off until May. April has it's good and bad points - I have a vacation scheduled in April, but if the surgery is a week or two before that vacation that would be fine, I guess.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=derien&ditemid=1133841" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://derien.dreamwidth.org/1133841.html surgery medical health public 0 https://derien.dreamwidth.org/1132397.html Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:10:31 GMT https://derien.dreamwidth.org/1132397.html Well, today I see the surgeon to discuss my options regarding this tear in my rotator cuff. My Physical Therapy guy is amazing and has me feeling almost normal again after four appointments, but it took only three weeks after I stopped seeing him, last time around, for me to go from feeling fine to having shots of quite extreme pain. I mean, possibly if I went just once every two weeks he could keep me feeling okay, but that still seems like too many appointments. OTOH, six weeks with my arm in a sling. I probably won't even be able to drive. (Maybe I could rent a car with an automatic shift.)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=derien&ditemid=1132397" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://derien.dreamwidth.org/1132397.html surgery public 3