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Feb 02, 2024 07:52PM
Thanks! Will give it a watch. 🤸♀️
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The pain has gotten crazy bad in the past 24hrs...
Just when I thought I was mostly healed and tried to stop limping all the time... (Got cocky, I guess)
Uh... don't be me and get stuck in looped reinjury + healing cycle. Let us know what happened. Did you end up doing too much?
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I figured I knew all the things... Should have probably just gone to doctor and light work weeks ago...
Waiting on X-ray results... Nurse tested range of movement and right toes were lacking... Pain radiated out from the bone/joint at side of foot above the big toe... Probably did some real damage... Find out how much soon...
Timelord Iain wrote: "My foot injury stopped feeling better and started getting worse/swelling, so now I'm at urgent care for X-ray and probably light duty or leave of absence from work while it heals unhindered... We'l..."Damn pal. Hope you start to feel better. Keep us updated
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Honestly, the best secondary news to come out of this is that the other main clinic in town finally settled a multi-year dispute with Blue Cross Blue Shield, and I no longer am limited in my doctor/specialist options, locally… I switched PCPs 18 months ago because they had been out of network for nearly 1 year and I had medical issues that needed solving
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Glad to be home where I can give it an ice/cold water epsom soak and numb it up for a bit…
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Timelord Iain wrote: "My foot injury stopped feeling better and started getting worse/swelling, so now I'm at urgent care for X-ray and probably light duty or leave of absence from work while it heals unhindered... We'l..."Oh man, that stinks. Good luck Iain. Hope you heal quickly. You may be interested in cold therapy I put a couple posts back... ;)
Iain, glad ya know what's wrong and have plan to fix it. 👌
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I’ll look into your posts the other day later Narilka…
That sucks Iain... Hope it heals well now that you've gotten a look at it! Take it easy!
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Ignore the blister forming on my finger, cause it touched a hot surface cooking... my first words were definitely "are you F%^&ing kidding me right now?"
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Feeling a bit better after sleep... slept in support boot to protect more from jostling, and the pain has died back down (no pain most of the time, able to walk almost pain-free to get around house as needed, etc...)
I needed these 2 rest days + 2 regular days off to reset my foot for light duty at work, where I hopefully sit down most of the time and have elevated support sandal... clearly, walking around on it in regular shoes for 4-8hrs/day was only escalating the problem, especially whatever I did to re-trigger it the past few days...
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Recommend walking barefoot in house. Use a good running socks for when ya go back to work. Foot will swell and be larger than normal when injured. If your shoe is too tight cause of injury, easy for foot to be too confined and get more injured. Look up vids for resistant bands exercises for strengthening ankles. That has good stretches and controlled movement to help heal & strengthen your feet muscles.
Glad it's a known problem vs mystery ailment. 👌
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Last night, I was minimizing movement as much as possible, to the point of just sitting in the kitchen while cooking to avoid walking back and forth more times than necessary... things finally stabilized/recovered 75-90% overnight... mostly just twinges now...
Monika wrote: "@Soo did you start Book of Night?"Starting later today! You can post about it here with spoiler tags for spoilers. How do you like it thus far? It'll be an evening read for me.
@Iain - Take the time to get yourself good running socks and shoes. We all need healthy feet for ease of movement. I grew up trying to save money. Had to retrain my mindframe about quality + cost to go from select areas to all areas that are part of my base life. I love my sale buys! Who doesn't enjoy a good discount and saving money.
But cheap shoes & clothes of poor quality leads to poor body care and spending more money on replacements.
We all gotta live to the golden elderly years and chat about life and books for many happy years. 🤗
@Soo interesting I have to admit 😊. I'm like 120 pages so far. Meantime read book 1 of The Belgariad and started one of new from Michael Jecks.
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Monika wrote: "@Soo interesting I have to admit 😊. I'm like 120 pages so far. Meantime read book 1 of The Belgariad and started one of new from Michael Jecks."Belgariad is great! I read those as a teen to adult. I don't think the series comes across well in audio, but great adventure stories in print. I love the family & friendships.
Could call it cozy re-reads.
Timelord Iain wrote: "I buy Hoka shoes now... thick soles, good support, better for cement floors... cost like $150... and I generally wear compression socks, so don't have much in the way of regular socks anymore, othe..."You want althetic light compression socks. Running or Biking compression socks are made for active wear and more likely to deal with sweat & friction better.
Regular compression socks are ok for light walking or sleeping. They don't do much for better fabric weave on foot areas to adjust for movement frictions & cooling/drying faster.
I have thicker running or biking compression socks for winter and thin running socks for all other seasons.
🤭 I let altheticwear become a big chunk of my wardrobe. Hehehhe
@Soo I did read The Elenium (few times), but never had others by David Eddings in my hands, now I have all five of Belgariad, need #2 from Malloreon, if I'm not wrong I have full Tamuli and half of The Dreamers. Need to check piles of books I gathered in last few months and make some order there 🤣🤣🤣
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The Green Tea’s Crushing Victories in the ’70s - I wish the translation was better! The story is super funny!🤣🤣🤣
(Setting: 70's Mainland China, Most jobs are male centered. Main Character is Tong Xue Lu. She is a spunky, smart modern gal that was transmigrated into a story. Just took Chef certification test & only one to pass. Bunch of 30s men mocked her for being a young female taking test.)
Tong Xue Lu: What can a man do, he can't have children, and now he can't even cook food. To put it bluntly, there is no egg!
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Monika wrote: "@Soo I did read The Elenium (few times), but never had others by David Eddings in my hands, now I have all five of Belgariad, need #2 from Malloreon, if I'm not wrong I have full Tamuli and half of..."Hahahha! One of the reasons I liked David Eddings was due to how well the female characters (witty, strong) and family/friend bonds were written. Way before it was publicized and author pen changed, I figured David Eddings had a female editor or co-author. Turns out the stories were written by a married author duo! Husband and wife team. The newer prints have David and Leigh Eddings on cover.
Once you read the books in Belgariad series, get the prequel books:
- Belgarath the Sorcerer
- Polgara the Sorceress
The prequels are fun to read after the series. Good as additonal standalones. Probably not as great as standalones without the established reader connections to the series.
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Timelord Iain wrote: "I've been wearing compression socks for a few years for leg circulation and varicose veins and nerve trigger issues that were causing me problems with pinpoint pains... visited doctor and had nerve..."Knee high compression socks are good for sleep. You can always get knee high athletic compressuon socks. Like soccer, running, long distance biking. There are variety weights/thickness & compression range.
I put all my althetic socks in mesh washing bags, wash gentle cycle and dry with medium gentle cycle. Only air dry while traveling.
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Timelord Iain wrote: "Clicked on the author page, and the bio tells the whole story of their year in prison for child abuse in the 60s/70s, before going on to be successful authors... and how nobody connected the dots, ..."Yah, people can be crappy and still write good books. That's not news.
I forgot about the child abuse. Never dug into the news about it.
I honestly don't think about that part. I just remember the books and enjoying them. I did re-read some Belgariad and prequels after hearing about the abuse. Still liked the books.
It's up there with Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch shady grooming/mentor abuse. Way more people read Bear. The controversy and gossip was a big part of Lynch's 'depression'. Take everything with a grain of salt.
I'm not a fan of Bear's writing. Love Gentleman Bastards by Lynch. More than likely, will never see more work out of Lynch. Doesn't make me sad though.
I didn't read Orson Scott Card for a good while cause he's a jerk. But I started reading his books via library & sales. I enjoy the books. He sucks as a person though.
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I only have one author down as don't spend money or read. That's based on personally seeing questionable actions by author that I felt were crappy as a person and negative author influence on readers/reviewers/authors.
As normal, it's based on case by case on whether an author is a crappy person will make me not read their work.
That's another rabbit hole. Finding out which authors have bad reps and why. Like Marian Zimmer Bradley. Glad I read most of her books when I was a kid and before I heard news about her being child abuser.
Timelord Iain wrote: "Probably need to look into that more, at a sporting goods store..."I don't think you are allergic to wool like I am. So you can get smartwool athletic socks/etc.
REI/Dick's Sport/Running stores.
Nike, Asiacs, etc have good socks. Once ya figure out which socks you like, it may cost more than normal but they will last a long time.
I'm super hard on my socks when I'm hiking and working out. Lots of impact/friction and my go to socks last for years. About 3-4 years.
I gave away most of my regular socks to friends cause they're in good condition and I stopped using them. 😆
I wonder what GR Libriarian/editor person put the abuse stuff on Eddings author page.Like, would that info be published on each shoddy author page? 🤔
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Like, would that info be published on each shoddy author page? 🤔"
No idea... it's more like an obituary, since the authors have been dead for a decade... gives a bit of a life story, random interview quote, and date and cause of death... and short blurb about a house fire destroying many original manuscripts...
Eh, most people will read "child abuse" and not read any books by them. Mildly malicious.
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Most older books either don't have audio, or have lower quality Tape Cassettes converted to digital format...
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Timelord Iain wrote: "You're not really doing good at cutting down on typing, Soo... talking is too addicting..."I enjoy our rambling chats! Goof times with pals! Woo!
The Green Tea’s Crushing Victories in the ’70s:
🤣🤣🤣 The romance in this is super low key and adorable.
Tong Xue Lu is a modern gal that transmigrated into a story. Wen Ru Gui is a super smart, introvert science guy with military grandpa upbringing. He's completely naive about relationships.
Xue Lu got into a bit of trouble and Ru Gui marched out like an avenger to help.
She's all like, You passed my tests and we're official boyfriend + girlfriend.
Then she kissed his cheek. He turned red as a tomato and emotionally stayed on cloud 9 of happiness.
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She's all like: He is so cute! I can't wait to see how he reacts to being called baby or honey.
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I'm bad here... Not too chatty in virtual when massively chatty in real 🤣🤣🤣. Time to hit the hay for me 😁. Have a nice chat/reading 😉. Catch ya in few hours 😁
Lots of chat here today!Best wishes for your foot Iain, I'm glad you will be able to relax and take care of it for a few days.
re: bad people authors--I definitely have trouble ignoring it... though I love books... same with actors and movies...
Book #2 of Belgariad finished, 60+ pages of Book of Night too. Charlie - main character of Book of Night - is interesting, peculiar... human being... She's intriguing me.
From my current LN that I'll finish soon:- gentle scum: a kind looking man, like a nice teacher with a black heart
- sassy comeback: "Put away your nonsense. What you said, I don't believe the punctuation marks."
Basically, shutup liar.
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