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the_siobhanEnd result: Still testing negative. THANK YOU for all the suggestions and advice, I will keep them in my pocket for next time.
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You would think that having a week off work would give me time to finally get caught up on all the things. You would be entirely incorrect in that assumption.
This is probably because I hit a pretty solid wall on Friday night and just went, welp no more work for me. Take-away roti and beer and video games was how I spent the last two days of my week off work.
Maybe this weekend.
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Housemate is still in the hospital. They are now testing negative for covid but the doctors are trying to chase down the reason for all the other health problems they've been dealing with. This is a good thing, their doctor has been trying to get a specialist referral for eight months so they are finally getting some traction on that.
This is what it takes now I guess. Same thing happened with the Old Man was referred to a specialist with a two-year waiting list. He finally got the tests he needed done when the issue landed him in Emergency.
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As for me, I think I might have actually done something to my knee - either the gout actually damaged something or I also managed to twist it maybe when it was already hurting so much I didn't notice. I can bend it fine now, but it seems like it doesn't want to completely unbend all the way? Like if I straighten it fully it legit feels like there is a twig lodged under one side of my kneecap.
It doesn't hurt and I've been walking around on it for the past couple of days - yesterday to my gf's place and today to the hospital to drop off some clean laundry - both places about a half hour walk each way. But every once in a while one of the muscles to the side or back will spasm, and that does hurt.
Very weird.
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Builder didn't come around all last week. I told him we were plague house so he scheduled his crew to work on other sites. In theory he's back tomorrow.
This is the sooong that neeeveer ends...
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You would think that having a week off work would give me time to finally get caught up on all the things. You would be entirely incorrect in that assumption.
This is probably because I hit a pretty solid wall on Friday night and just went, welp no more work for me. Take-away roti and beer and video games was how I spent the last two days of my week off work.
Maybe this weekend.
***
Housemate is still in the hospital. They are now testing negative for covid but the doctors are trying to chase down the reason for all the other health problems they've been dealing with. This is a good thing, their doctor has been trying to get a specialist referral for eight months so they are finally getting some traction on that.
This is what it takes now I guess. Same thing happened with the Old Man was referred to a specialist with a two-year waiting list. He finally got the tests he needed done when the issue landed him in Emergency.
***
As for me, I think I might have actually done something to my knee - either the gout actually damaged something or I also managed to twist it maybe when it was already hurting so much I didn't notice. I can bend it fine now, but it seems like it doesn't want to completely unbend all the way? Like if I straighten it fully it legit feels like there is a twig lodged under one side of my kneecap.
It doesn't hurt and I've been walking around on it for the past couple of days - yesterday to my gf's place and today to the hospital to drop off some clean laundry - both places about a half hour walk each way. But every once in a while one of the muscles to the side or back will spasm, and that does hurt.
Very weird.
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Builder didn't come around all last week. I told him we were plague house so he scheduled his crew to work on other sites. In theory he's back tomorrow.
This is the sooong that neeeveer ends...
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Date: 2024-03-06 08:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2024-03-06 02:53 pm (UTC)The health care system has been underfunded for years and our current premier is moving funds from public to private practices so it's an entire mess getting care right now. Once you can get in it's good and it's covered. And we still do triage for urgent conditions like cancer. But fuck the whole access to specialists thing has become A Problem if you have anything more subtle than a broken bone.
My sister is one of the very rare people who was able to get a GP who was accepting new patients. He graduated in June and his patient roster filled up in like... two days.
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Date: 2024-03-07 11:27 am (UTC)Isn't that where they are going to move?
(I mean, I'd not be moving to Trumpistan in the next year or so).
The health care system has been underfunded for years
I think it's a western world thing. I was pondering last night when the peak social state was and, ignoring a lot, I reckon it was between the '70s and '80s. It's been all downhill since the '87s crash.