It’s all good. I have a 5” scar on my left forearm. Went through a tattoo but my surgeon did a great job with the sutures.
I told him I was telling people it was from a knife fight.
Take care of yourself. Recovering from something like that takes time—and it can be incredibly frustrating.
I had to learn how to rest. I didn’t really the day after all the medical visits, as I am usually pretty resilient. I realized the next day that I just DID need to rest so i’ve been doing that for 4 days now. You are totally right on that account.
Glad you’re okay.
I’m glad you’re doing all right! Falls are no joke at any age, and that one sounds nasty.
Never do anything half way. 
Ouch. That must be incredibly painful. It’s good you’re feeling better, but as Biz says, take care of yourself. Fractures like that can take 6 weeks to heal.
You should sue Doc Marten for malpractice :). So is your wrist working okay now?
I broke my hip last year (displaced femoral neck fracture), and had to have a hip replacement. I’ll have to remember the knife fight thing for my 5" scar, although people don’t see that part of me much anymore.
I will find out my prognosis tomorrow - surgery, not surgery. I’ve canceled every interesting thing that I do for now until I know that I can actively participate without hurting or killing myself. Mainly Pilates, because I injured my ribs as well - my secondary injury.
Plus, I look like I was in a boxing match. Beginning to ‘look’ a lot better though with these ever moving and morphing bruises.
Sorry to read about your own injury. Hope you are doing well.
@Kelly_A Yeah, my wrist is working fine. It is a little bigger then my right wrist. I also had an arthroscopy when they shortened my ulna bone (I have a plate in my arm now), so I used those tiny scars as a reason to get a hand tattoo. I wore a splint for a year-plus before my surgery, so I was more than willing to deal with the issue of surgery and the three-month recovery.
@phlmth Good luck with the doctor’s appts. And probably a good idea to take it easy, but don’t isolate too much.
Corporate life is wild. I moved over to a new gig in January and it’s a massive change from academia. I’m not underpaid and told I’m “hurting the mission” by complaining about pay and hours and treatment. On the other hand I am currently on hour two of a three hour long Zoom “rally” about the company and its history so… shrug I dig not having to care about the work after work though.
I left corporate life for higher ed 20 yrs ago. Some days I think about going back….
I can understand why. I HAD to get out of higher ed, though, especially working in Georgia and the Ivies these days. I was in publishing and it was killing my love of reading, books, music, everything. Plus I put in some 15 years so I think I did my time. I’d like to make money for a while at least hahaha
I’ll try to be brief. We’ve just said goodbye to my wife’s dad. No need for condolences, guys, I know you mean it, thank you so much! He passed away under the best healthcare the family could (not) provide, and now my brother-in-law is in some debt, but we guess he can deal with it in a few months. We couldn’t help with any money, unfortunately, but we’d been buying all sorts of things in the last couple of months, and had to ask my dad for help too. I just had to see some horrible people these last couple of days, my wife’s mother most of all. Picture a bitter old woman who can’t say anything remotely nice, who can’t follow one correct line of thought, simple as it might be, who is incredibly, bafflingly stupid and somewhat proud of it. Just in the middle of that, our boy has got a cold, but he’s recovering.
I don’t mean to unburden myself here, you know. I got some means to do that in person and friends and all. But this seems to be the spirit of this particular thread, isn’t it? It hasn’t been a good month. Bye, February, you won’t be missed. So I’m really glad we got Murmurs back to feel again this sense of community. I don’t think I’ve thanked Ethan in threads before, but now is a good time as any: thank you.
I got to thinking, and there is one reason why I posted that above: I liked the guy and he liked me. He was the only family member who really welcomed me on my wife’s side. And he knew I meant business with his daughter. He never doubted me. I think I lost a friend there, even if we didn’t know each other very well, or barely indeed.
I feel like this is a safe space of sorts, especially when you compare it to some other online spaces. The beauty of having this group where most of us really do care about each other is that you’re allowed to share your sorrows as well as your joys.
It is, indeed. It’s like maybe we all have nothing in common but the love for this rock and roll band (“please, don’t put your life in their hands”, NG) – which, for its turn, means that a question of similar sensitivities is actually in order. We are not the KISS army or random “fans” of the latest trendy DJ. This feels like a much more private space filled with, if not friends, because that’s a loaded definition, then friendly and well-wishing people who are inclined to understand each other better. It’s great to be a part of something like this.
Today was not so great as I’m having to make some difficult moves at work that kind of suck. Ultimately its for the best, but you know how it goes. It’s also hard to remain optimistic when the world seems to just be kind of crappy. It’s almost hard to rememberer the last time things were “good”.
That said, I’m heading to New York Wednesday night to see a certain bald person who sings songs, who’s exhibiting some artwork. A change of scenery might be good.
It’s the last day of February, and I only have 56 more workdays before I retire! I think I’ll be able to make it by concentrating on the days off between now and then. We bought our plane tickets to go see Melissa defend her dissertation in mid-April, and I’m actually looking forward to the trip (with a little bit of trepidation).
I sent out an email to the org that I would not remain chair after my term is up in August. It’s a four year elected term, and I could seek to be re-elected. I don’t want to. I’m done. I’m going back to being a librarian who actually has time to work with students, and I’m very happy about that.
Have fun. I was thinking about making that trip, while visiting both boys, but my fall canceled any plans. Would love some pictures of some of the pieces if allowed.
It’s got to feel great being able to meet up again, and even doing something so normal again. Safe travels.
Still trying to find my way around the site, a little different from the last time I was around but it’s almost like there’s a warm hug in the air so I’m not complaining 
And now I can’t even locate the topic where re-inteoductions were made…gosh. That’ll be my next stop.
Almost eight hours of sun after a tricky winter was such a joy today! Visited a psychologist today as I’ve not been too happy at work lately and he seemed up to the task for a five appointment set where we clear what’s going on. Optimistic about this, a little help to clarify the last year or so will do good.
My dear girlfriend is moving to a much bigger place (we’ve not lived together yet and it’s good to wait awhile but could easily happen this year) so she’s been stressed, helping her with packing tomorrow. Possibly trying out a little recipe in the new kitchen even.
I managed to secure a good slice of whitefish from my favourite seller and I’ve got blood orange and tarragon at home. It’s easy, cheap and absolutely sumptuous so I better start cooking, yumz.