Torture

Jun. 27th, 2013 02:33 pm
tinhuvielartanis: (Asthma Hound Chihuahua)
The Mother Unit and I seem to have similar taste in a lot of TV shows.  Right now, we're watching this doco called 'Ancient Torture Tech.'  We are total freaks.

Ironically, I watching it whilst lying here in my own torture device - a knee immobiliser.  Oh yes, I finally had to give in and go to urgent care about my knee.  They pulled fluid off it and send me home in this brace.


(direct link is https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152978481640721&l=5b40a5d3cf)

Toby is truly pissed off at me right now, because I haven't taken him on multiple walks.  And I'm not supposed to for the next few days, so he's gonna be well-acquainted with the backyard before all this is over.  Sheesh...

Now they're talking about The Tunica Molesta. I tell you, that Nero was a wicked, wicked man. But he was damned sexy when Anthony Andrews played him in the 80s mini-series A.D.. Oh, yusss.

All kidding and lusting aside, though, this show is pretty horrid. How a species can use its intelligence to create things like the Tunica Molesta and the Pear of Anguish, is beyond me. Yet another reason why we deserve extinction.

We were a very bad idea.

689?

Jun. 26th, 2013 03:55 pm
tinhuvielartanis: (Cliffs of Insanity)
I should be getting my camera charger in the next day or so. When I do, I'll be taking photos of my new Steven Spielberg neighborhood during my walks out with Toblerone.

Today, I got the cooking bug, and have made a beef stew, with top round roast, new potatoes (white and red), carrots, onions, and garlic. It's smelling good, if I do say so myself. This is the first stew I've ever made, so I'm hoping it turns out well, seeing as how this is only the second thing I've ever cooked for the Mother Unit, and she's used to Matt's cooking. Matt is professionally trained. There's no way I can out-do him, but I'm hoping I can at least keep the Unit happy in the culinary department whilst he's away with family in Portland.

My right knee has just about had it. I'm going to have to get to a doctor soon before I scream and die. This is not dramatics, it's just plain fact. I have a large pocket of fluid right on the front of the knee, below the patella. It hurts like all Sith Hell, and walking Toby every couple of hours in a hilly environment is not helping my severe state of disability.

Apparently LJ has a new feature that ranks your journal in, I suppose, popularity. This is what I got:

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I'm not really certain I agree with that, considering I've been more AWOL than not these past couple of years. Surely, I'd be further down on the totem pole. That's okay, though; I'll take it. Hopefully, my ranking will climb now that I'm trying to be more active here again. We'll see.

If you're curious about what your ranking is, just go to the LJ home page, and it should be right there near the top. Of course, you have to be logged in for it to show.

Must go stir the stew again. It's almost ready to be devoured, hopefully with enthusiasm. Gordon Ramsay, eat your heart out!
tinhuvielartanis: (Asthma Hound Chihuahua)
I have had rectal reconstruction surgery. I have had multiple knee surgeries. I have had lumpectomies. I have had gastric bypass surgery. And none of them hurt post-op like this damned knee replacement surgery does. I know it'll get better, but omigawd.

I chatted with Barry on Facebook earlier and he wished me a quick recovery and good drugs. I'm getting good drugs, but not enough of them, so I am constantly in excruciating pain. I asked Barry to bring me a hookah full of opiumm. Maybe Scottles has one. He's just a teeny bit closer and wouldn't have to have a passport to come here.

Neither of them will, though. I'm just wishing for some serious relief, no matter what the cost.

As for physical therapy, I'm doing exceptionally well. Altogether, I walked 220 feet today, not counting the leg exercises they had me do. The therapist had me sit in the recliner and told me call the nurse when I felt I needed to get back in bed. I called her after over an hour of sitting up, but she would not help me back to bed, saying I had to stay in the chair for two hours. This has been typical behaviour of this particular nurse all day long. So I sat there for going on three hours before I got up by myself and made my way back to the bed. Fuck her. When the therapist returned for my second session, I told her what had happened and she was slightly ticked off by it, but pretty impressed that I am as mobile as I am.

The pain from it all is pretty much driving me mad, though. I want to run screaming down the hospital corridors, but there's no way I can run in my current state. Hell, I can barely walk.

I just keep telling myself that this, too, shall pass. Once the pain begins to fade and I advance in my physical therapy, my new knee is going to be more than a blessing. And, once I get the right knee replaced later on this year, I'm going to be Shufflin' every-damned-where just like LMFAO.

Knee High

Nov. 23rd, 2010 04:08 pm
tinhuvielartanis: (Dave)
One of the reasons I haven't been around is because it was too painful to put my laptop on my lap. My knee was seriously messed up and it seemed to be getting worse. Last night, it swelled up to the size of a basketball. So I decided that, if it were still causing me such trouble, I'd go to the ER. Today came and, even the swelling had gone down, I couldn't put any weight on it. Off the ER I went. They took more X-rays and shook their heads in horror. They suggested I get a can and gave me 10 Lortab, which won't do me any time at all. For the duration I have the meds and my knee isn't hurting, I'll be around. Otherwise, it's gonna be iffy if my knee goes back to hurting the way it was. I hate not having insurance. If I had insurance, that doctor I went to see a few months back would do the knee replacement.
tinhuvielartanis: (Angry Writer)
If my knee is still the size of a basketball tomorrow, I'm going to the ER. I called my old orthopaedist and he wants $250 up front. Thank you, Dr. Keith, for thinking more about money than your patients! I'll be changing docs as soon as I have money. For now, though, I'll be adding to the healthcare problem by going to the ER and paying nothing. I think I have water on my knee and I'm in a great deal of pain. It sucks. I need surgery. I need help. But I live in a third world nation when it comes to healthcare, so my options are more than a little bit limited. I hate this place.

OW

Aug. 26th, 2010 09:05 am
tinhuvielartanis: (2D and 3C)
Last night I was carrying Toby to bed and Aunt Tudi was behind me, carrying Chester. When we got into the hall, my knee spasmed and I couldn't catch myself. I went down and hit Aunt Tudi, making her fall too. The dogs are okay. I'm sore with a throbbing knee. Aunt Tudi is down. I've apologised and I feel awful it happened. I hate my damned knees. I really do.
tinhuvielartanis: (Farce)
...not...

I went to the orthopaedic doctor. He poked around my knee, told me I needed a knee replacement, then suggested I take Tylenol for my pain. He wrote me a prescription for an anti-inflammatory, which I can't take.

He can suck my ass.
tinhuvielartanis: (Khaaaaaan!!)
My knee never got better from my fall about a month ago. It's still badly swollen and I can't hardly put my weight on it. The urgent care doc suggested I go see Dr. Funderburk, so I emailed the Mother Unit for the money, which will be $250, not counting the prescriptions and injections. What a party that's gonna be. I'm waiting to call him in the next few minutes. He's right down the road so I won't be wasting too much gas. I expect the doc to look at my X-rays and go O_O, like they all do. If he wants to give me new knees, I'm all for it yo.

Freak

May. 17th, 2010 09:01 am
tinhuvielartanis: (Andy Partridge)
I'm listening to OTO by Fluke right now. When I first heard this album in 2000, I was flabbergasted by its beauty and otherworldliness. It's a shame that Fluke never caught hold in America, but what decent band ever does? England gets Fluke, America gets Nickelcrap. Boo.

Finally, I got the Apostate's tale inserted into The Blood Crown's narrative. If people read The Blood Crown, they'll now have an idea of who and what the Apostate is. I picture him as someone who took advantage of his natural power to the point of damning himself and anyone within his proximity. He's the only character in my books that cannot be redeemed. Even Cadmus can be redeemed. Will he be?

The knee is still on the fritz. The longer it takes to heal, the more concerned I grow that I've done something in there that requires a doctor's attention. My dream at the moment is to become fabulously rich so I can go to Europe and get my knees replaced in style. I would then hike throughout Europe, singing German travelling songs until I reach the coast of France, at which time I'd ferry over to England. Once in England, I'd trek onward to Swindon and refuse to ever leave again. And they all lived happily ever after. Amen and The End.
tinhuvielartanis: (wwJDd?)

I woke up and got out of bed only to realise I couldn't put weight on my left leg. O_O Fantastico. So I held on to furniture, door handles, and anything else I could find to make my way into the living room. Aunt Tudi had to feed the dogs this morning because I was unable to do it. My ankle isn't so bad, but my knee is ska-rewed. We've put off going to Walmart until tomorrow because Aunt Tudi doesn't feel at all like going today and I'm hoping my leg will be a little better by tomorrow. Tomorrow I can get my prescription for the hydrocodone filled, so that'll make a serious difference. I think the knee is simply wrenched. With binding the offending joint and pain medicine, I should be able to avoid a doctor's visit. $13 is a far cry from $150 +, dig?

Around 10 this morning, I had a friend call me and ask me for a ride home. She and her cabana boy were at a local hotel, having a celebratory weekend. They were in a severe car accident last year and are now just getting their settlement money (around $16,000 each). Tomorrow, they're going to check out vehicles, since they've been without one since the wreck. I went and got them and drove them to a couple of places they needed to go before going home. In return, they filled my gas tank as full as it could go. I really really needed this as I had a quarter of a tank, places I need to go, and no gas money until June. The fill-up thrilled me silly. Now I can keep my appointments and Aunt Tudi can visit her doctors like she needs to.

Oh, Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there.  I'll be calling my Mother_Unit around 4 just to be certain I don't wake her up.  She's three hours behind me and works on second shift, so I'm making sure I don't end up being a pest when I'm trying to be a thoughtful Spawn.  It's her birthday today as well.  I've bastardized the birthday song to accommodate both her birthday and Mothers Day.  I hope she appreciates it, especially since I'll be singing it in Richard Cheese Lounge Music mode.



tinhuvielartanis: (Cadmus Wrath)

I'm what-ifing myself to death. What if the book is published and Barry actually reads it? Is he gonna hate me for Cadmus' numerous crimes against humanity and Vampire-kind? Carl is interested in the book, too. Is he gonna freak out over Cadmus? Should I tell him that Cadmus' name is his name bastardised? Would he mind if he knew? What if the book is published and nobody buys it? Or they buy it and hate it? What if people actually like it and start clamouring for The Blood Crown, which I haven't finished yet? What if I start getting pushed to finish it? Deadlines make me crazy, even though I do well writing under pressure. Take NaNoWriMo for instance. Still though, the thought of a bunch of people poking at me makes me extremely uneasy.

ANY...way. Fibro is kicking my ass right now. I'm in desperate need of a massage, but I'm to sensitive to be touched. It hurts to be touched just when I need to be touched. If I didn't have the Lyrica, I'd probably crawl off and die. On top of that, I think my left knee is getting water on it. I have no idea what I'm going to do if that's the case. If I have to, I'll go back to Dr. Keith since he's paid off, but I really don't want to because his financial person is a bitch who reamed me out about the money I owed in front of all the waiting patients. Her exact words were "You don't take your car to a mechanic without paying for it." Gee, I didn't realise Dr. Keith was also an auto mechanic. ...bitch.

I'm thinking of selling all my books on Witchcraft, except for <i>The Witches Bible</i> and a couple of others as resource information for any future rituals I attend or officiate. I never look at most of these books and I think it's time to let them go to someone who needs them. I could use the money too.

That "World's Greatest Spokesperson in the World" is irritating as all Sith Hell. I want to take that blue phone of his and shove it up his chocolate wizway. I've had Nationwide Insurance since the early 80s. I don't need some bozo with a blue phone to tell me how good they are. Nationwide needs to come to grips that their advertising ploy will never measure up to Geico commercials and just shut up and sell insurance. Idiots...

I sound like I'm in a bad mood. I'm always in a bad mood. My counselor tells me I need to essentially re-program myself to think good thoughts and my depression will ease up. Is she right? I don't know. I'm trying that half-smile technique, but I feel like I'm grimacing when I do it. I need to think positive thoughts, she said. I always come up on the negative side, which is why I feel so bad. Again, is she right? I don't know. I'm afraid that she's trying to kill my Inner Sith. Rosa told me that I was the most difficult case she's had in six years because I'm so smart. In so many words, she suggested I try to dumb myself down because the therapy will be more helpful. Apparently ignorance is bliss. Who'da thunk?

Fringe comes on in 10 minutes. That makes me happy.

Then sleep. Blessed sleep.


Grass

Apr. 26th, 2009 08:34 pm
tinhuvielartanis: (Podling)
Mowed the grass for the first time this season.

Kill me, kill me now, please please please.
tinhuvielartanis: (Frustration)
After standing on one leg for four hours straight, followed by sweeping and mopping the entire store, I am unable to put weight on my left leg at all today. That is all.

A Decision

Oct. 22nd, 2008 10:40 am
tinhuvielartanis: (Here is the news!)
It can't get much worse. Well, it can and it will without the proper care and treatment, which I can't give and I'm not getting, but that's neither here nor there at the mo. So I've decided that I'm continuing to work the DG job until I'm able able to see the rheumatologist next month. He's the best in the area, being a teaching doctor, and he takes this crap insurance that Dollar General provides for their employees. This may set me on the road to getting disability since it's obvious I can't do what I'm doing and I can't find work doing what I'd been doing. If I'm scheduled, my next day to work is Saturday. Maybe, by then, I can put some weight on my knee and go about business as usual.
tinhuvielartanis: (Yay....)
Okay okay okay, if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!

Here's the scenario. ::does her best Sophia Petrillo voice and says:: PICTURE IT! The parking lot of Sally Foster. 4:35 PM. A young Sicilian girl pulls into the parking lot.....okay, I'm busted! I'm not a young Sicilian girl. I'm a middle-aged American woman. But the rest is true, so this must make me a Liberal! If I were a Republican, I would have said that what I'm about to tell you took place in the Hamptons twenty-five years ago during the glory days of Ronald Reagan when there'd be no such thing as an African American running for the, GAWD FORBIYUD, office of the Presifink of the United States of Ameriduh! But I'm not that much of a dirty, rotten, stinking, underhanded, yellow-bellied liar.

So, anyway, Sally Foster, 4:35 PM... I parked my car and stepped out. As I hoisted my person onto my bad knee (do you see where this is going??), I hear a *click* and then my leg bones turned in a manner not conducive to leg-bone turning. Yeah, it hurt. But I hobbled on in and did my job to the sound of my leg bones and knee joint doing their own version of the Country Bears Jamboree right there in my pants. But, by the time 9 PM rolled around, I needed to be, in a wheelchair. I called Aunt Tudi and asked if she wanted to join me in another lovely sojourn at the Spartanburg Regional ER. Filled with glee at the prospects, she threw on her duds and, thirty minutes later, we were underway. Three hours (which ain't too shabby when it comes to the ER) and a couple of X-rays later, Dr. René Auberjoinois came in and asked how I was doing, he was doing great, but he had knees! His words. He then proceeded to tell me that I have no cartilage on the inside portion of my knee joint. It's just bone on bone grinding around in there. He put me in a knee immobilizer and on crutches for two weeks, and he ordered me off my feet (my Dollar General job) for a week. Yee... So I get to call Tami later on this morning with the smashing news that not only will I not be in this morning, but I won't be in for a week! And, when I do go back, I'll have to sit down because I can't stand on crutches for three to four hours straight, depending on when she let's me take my break! So, my job there is pretty much knackered, because I can't count the hopeful applicants to whom I gave applications just yesterday on my fingers and toes on account of I'd run out of digits. And the job at Sally Foster ends at the end of November which means I'll be totally out of work!

But. There's a reason for everything and as I was pulling out of my friendly neighbourhood Walgreens clutching all five of my pain pills (you read that right. five.) to my depressed bust at 2 AM in the morning, Aunt Tudi spotted that reason.

and here it is, by god )

Why not have a gander at that fashion-crashing knee immobilizer?



And, with that, I'm a dead woman.
tinhuvielartanis: (Cadmus Castigation)
I went to see Dr. Keith today. He reiterated that I needed to have surgery on my left knee immediately at which time I reminded him that I have no insurance, could he please work with me. Boy did he! He injected my left knee and gave me a prescription for pain medicine, and he did all this at no charge whatsoever. I loves me some Dr. Keith. Yes I do, yes I do.

In a year's time, I'm sure I'll be having surgery, Goddess Willing. Meanwhile, I'll be a pill head so I can scamper about and do my job without crying like a babe in swaddling.
tinhuvielartanis: (Default)

Diane aka   [livejournal.com profile] readinfool is back online and invited me to use her 'puter during my unfortunate Internet Exile. I am a happy camper. I don't have to wait on some idiot teenager to trawl through MySpace for an hour before I'm allowed my hour on the computer. Baaarrrrrgggh!!! I went to the doctor today. I needed to get x-rays for my impending visit with Dr. Keith. When Dr. Yost eyeballed the x-rays, he was unimpressed with what he saw. He told me that it wasn't right to have geriatric knees, or a geriatric knee as is the case with my left knee, at my age. He doesn't care that I am supposed to wait until I'm 50. What's the point in hobbling about now when I could live a normal life and hobble about later one when I'm supposed to be hobbling? His logic was impeccable. That's because Dr. Yost is a genius. I have known this for many moons.

While I'm here, I'm gonna try to figure out how to change Diane's ringtone on her new phone. It's a Samsung, like mine, and I hate it with a passion. Not hers, mine. I keep trying to assign ringtones to certain people, and the only one I've successfully assigned so far is My Friend Todd's, who is graced with "Take Off" by the MacKenzie Brothers and Geddy Lee. Everyone else is currently enjoying Mister T saying "Answer the phone and don't be talkin' too long. Ain't no time for the jibber jabber," which is fine because I adore Mister T, but it'd be nice to know who's calling without having to look at the phone every single freakin' time.

I found out that I'm one of the friendlier canteen attendants. According to Dick, one othe repairmen, he was asked for change, which he couldn't provide. He told the dude that he'd have to ask the attendant to which the dude replied, "I don't want to ask him. He's mean and won't do anything I ask." Another attendant was so hostile to his flock, he ended up having a knife applied to his throat. No cutting was involved, but the very act screamed "our working relationship with the Cromer person isn't the best in the world." So far, everyone seems to be rather fond of me and were deeply concerned when I was out with the Slobovian Death Plague. It's been confirmed that my week without pay has been scheduled for the week of 7 April, which is the week that Aunt Tudi has her hand surgery. I expect that I will be sincerely missed, or at least I hope so. I don't think any sharp objects will be applied to my goozle upon my return the following week. So I must be doing something right. Who knows? They might even throw me a big honkin' "Welcome Back Kotter" party and buy me a dollar BBQ sammich.

Whilst I was away working, going to the doctor to find out my knee has gotta go, and visiting Diane, Llew installed our new smoke detectors, mowed all the grass, and basically did manly household things. Aunt Tudi was duly impressed and so, by god, was I. He told me that, once he was finished, he hopped in the shower and used my Tramp shower gel. He used it on every inch of his skin and also shampooed with it. Apparently, it was one of the longest showers he taken in a while, which is far from surprising, because Tramp is quite possibly the most heavenly bath infusion ever to have been concocted by a Human Being. I've shared a fair amount of it with Diane and, if <lj user="clumsycake"> would like a dollop, I'll be more than happy to bestow upon her this magickal gel for lo! it is a gift of the Mighty Goddess, She who graces all things having to do with cleanliness and joy.

It just occurred to me that I'm a tad peckish. Aunt Tudi and Llew probably are as well. Perhaps I should ply them with Mexican food and we can all retire to our beds with unseemly flatulence and other such gastric issues beyond our control. But it is worth it because our local restaurant, El Agave, is a smidgen of delight here in Duncan and should be lauded with as much praise as is humanly possible. I say this because it is true. True and filled with much....truth.

I miss you people. I'm not even trying to read my f-list because if I start, I'll realise how far behind I already am, and I shall be saddened and stressed. Once I have my computer back, I want you LJ people to link me to important posts you've made or read, so I can be as enlightened as you. Because I miss you and I want  to involved with all the hooha that's going on with you.  I got a surprise call from <lj user="brujah"> the other day, which was was an absolute joy in every way.  The only call I'd ever gotten from <lj user="brujah"> was one of her singing  all jacked up on helium, so it was a joy to hear my Sithster speaking with a voice that wasn't high and squeaky.  And everything she she had to say was lovely and filled with genuine "Essence of Friendship."  I don't usually like to talk on the phone but, this time, I didn't mind at all.  It was a true pleasure. 

So I guess this is me saying that I miss you crazy bunch hooligans.  Please don't go anywhere until I can get my computer back.  This is something you don't normally, if ever, see:  a Sith imploring you, some of you even Jedi.  Please don't go anywhere.  Don't defriend me, kick me to the curb, forget you know me, or have me killed by a ruffian by the name of Knuckles O'Flannign.  I beg for your patience Oh and, as for the knee-knob x-rays, I'm taking pictures of them before I have to turn them over to Dr. Keith.  Then everyone can be as squicked as I am by apparent lack of cartilege that makes my unlife filled with complete and utter horror.  Not even Pinhead could think up this kind of sublime suffering.

On that note, I'll conclude this wee speck of insanity on a high note.  EEEEEEEEE!~~~~~~~!!!.  The end, dammit!

tinhuvielartanis: (King Julien)
So saith the Knee Nazi.

Well, I just made that up, but it's rather amusing, neh? I saw Dr. Jowarski today and, not five minutes into my office visit, she was dragging out the gigantic 3 foot needle attached to the oil barrel-sized syringe filled to overflowing with opalescent cortisone fluid. I watched as every painful inch of that needle sunk into my horrified knee flesh and I didn't flinch one bit when Dr. Jowarski began to inject the 40 gallons of cortisone behind my patella. She finished off with a flourish and a tiny band-aid to cover up the gaping maw left by the metal tube of doom.

She prescribed 60 pain pills and sent me home to pretend that I'm Annie Wilkes' latest lucky houseguest. And I feel just like that, yes I do yes I do. Bring on the sledgehammer, and I don't mean Peter Gabriel, although I'd prefer Peter over Annie any ole day.

I should be okay enough to work tomorrow and, by late tomorrow afternoon, my knee should start to feel better. I should be dancing like King Julien for at least ten seconds or so by the weekend.
tinhuvielartanis: (Here is the news!)
I got an email from Jesus. The subject line says "Monday will be amazing." If Jesus says this, then it must be so. I'm looking forward to Monday because Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.

It snowed this morning. At first I thought my car was being swarmed by bugs because we're inundated with bugs in February here in the Armpit of Hell. But then the bugs got bigger and fluffier, and there were many more of them than before. By the time I got to work, it was snowing pretty heavily. Pretty it was. And I took a couple of pictures, just to prove that it actually did snow for about 15 minutes in Upstate South Carolina.

wanna see? )

This afternoon, I took Llew over to the library to check out a repair book for his car. While he was there, he got a library card. Aunt Tudi went with us because she needed to go to the store. She checked out a couple of movies at the library: Hotel Rwanda and Black Dahlia. She was well-pleased when I informed her that Josh Hartnett was in Black Dahlia. She thinks he's very cute....better looking than Danny Huston. Aunt Tudi has taste for shite when it comes to men. Just sayin'.

When we left the library, I had to take a picture of their current display. It's of outhouses. Only in the South.

wanna see again? )

My knee is singing a tune again, one that is off-key, very loud, and incredibly obnoxious. I called Dr. Jowarski's office and got an appointment for tomorrow afternoon. They're gonna work with me on the charges since I don't have insurance. The office visit is pretty spendy and I know that the doctor will want to give me cortisone injection, so that will be even more. I hate my left knee as much as it apparently hates me. What's worse is that we can't get away from each other, at least not until I turn 50 and have insurance to where I can get a replacement. I want the surgeon to put my knee in a jar so that I can put it on a shelf and whisper "fuck you" to it as I trot by with my new bionic knee. It's a dream of mine. You can't take away a woman's dreams, especially when she has a rebellious and inflammatory joint.

Despite my pre-owned knee problems, I rest happily in the knowledge that Monday will be amazing.

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