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flemmings ([personal profile] flemmings) wrote2017-05-08 12:30 pm

Well, that's that, then

Went for a cortisone shot this morning at unreasonable o'clock. $25 cheaper than at the old place and a much simpler transit, or would be if they weren't renovating the station. Meaning one needs a transfer to go from subway to bus except when the bus goes into the station as the Coxwell bus does. But as they're putting an elevator in- and about bloody time, guys, since you serve Toronto East General Hospital- the bus stop is out on the street. Either pay again and the driver doesn't give change period even if you only have a twenty, or walk. I walked. Lovely cool morning, white and blue, and bushes still white with blossoms, so worth it.

Tell the joint man I have bursitis. He manipulates leg painfully. 'What you have,' he says, 'is no cartilage in your knee at all and a bloody big bone spur sitting where the cartilage should be.' So, well: see what cortisone does if anything; strengthen knee muscles more; and lose as much weight as I can. To which end I broke my twenty on an egg white breakfast bun (250 cals) and walked back to the station.
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[personal profile] incandescens 2017-05-08 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ouch. Lots of sympathy, and I hope the cortisone helps.

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2017-05-08 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Was surprised to be told I wouldn't see effects for three or four days. Must have been placebo effect that made me think it worked faster, back when I was getting them every three months.
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[personal profile] incandescens 2017-05-08 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Seems almost a shame they told you, then...

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2017-05-09 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Made no difference. Where I was limping and stumbling all through the weekend with grinding pain, this evening I am limber and braceless. This may change with tomorrow's foretold swelling, but who knows?

[identity profile] mvrdrk.livejournal.com 2017-05-08 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
You , me, my sister, tons of others, we need the youngsters to invent reliable replacement joint cartiledge!

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2017-05-08 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Reliable and injectable. Yes, would be nice.

[identity profile] i-am-zan.livejournal.com 2017-05-09 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Late to the party ... but as everyone up there says glad the cortisone is helping, and yes something for the knees that's fast and painless.

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2017-05-09 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Fast I'm sure they can do; painless depends on me getting stuff into shape. Luckily I have till December at the earliest.