The Busy Day Off
Sep. 20th, 2017 08:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kybearfuzzI took the day off from work since I had a lot of things happening.
First, I had a doctor's appointment with the orthopedist this morning. She took a look at my foot and said I could leave the boot off. I told her that I had taken a few steps without the boot and just had a slight ache from using muscles that had been locked up for a while, but she told me that was normal. She said that in the future, if I started having this pain again, that I didn't need to see her, just use the boot again for a week. It's certainly strange to have a doctor tell me not to come see them, but it makes sense.
I've noticed that my foot has been sore today. I've backed off the ibuprofen because I'm sure my system is sick of it, but I caved tonight before I go to bed.
When I got home, I had a few hours before the cable guy was to show up, so I decided to clean out the car. I cleaned the windows, had Armour All wipes for the dashboard, and brought out the vacuum cleaner to get cloth free of lint and stuff.
There was a bit of time to rest before the cable guy showed. He was a nice ginger cubby named Ben. I tried to sneak a pic, but he was pretty alert. I showed him the severed cable and he agreed that the door installer was an idiot. It took him a whole five minutes to fix it. Since he was here, he checked the cable boxes outside the house for some routine maintenance. There was supposed to be a separate work order (second cable guy) to come and put in a cable line in my spare bedroom, but he never showed. The cable company said that there was no second order, though Ben found it on his tablet, so I'm not sure what happened. They said I'd need a second cable box for the house and it just seemed like too much trouble for the spare bedroom, so I canceled it, since it didn't appear to be happening anyway.
I'll be back at work tomorrow, no boot, so I hope my feet will hold up.
First, I had a doctor's appointment with the orthopedist this morning. She took a look at my foot and said I could leave the boot off. I told her that I had taken a few steps without the boot and just had a slight ache from using muscles that had been locked up for a while, but she told me that was normal. She said that in the future, if I started having this pain again, that I didn't need to see her, just use the boot again for a week. It's certainly strange to have a doctor tell me not to come see them, but it makes sense.
I've noticed that my foot has been sore today. I've backed off the ibuprofen because I'm sure my system is sick of it, but I caved tonight before I go to bed.
When I got home, I had a few hours before the cable guy was to show up, so I decided to clean out the car. I cleaned the windows, had Armour All wipes for the dashboard, and brought out the vacuum cleaner to get cloth free of lint and stuff.
There was a bit of time to rest before the cable guy showed. He was a nice ginger cubby named Ben. I tried to sneak a pic, but he was pretty alert. I showed him the severed cable and he agreed that the door installer was an idiot. It took him a whole five minutes to fix it. Since he was here, he checked the cable boxes outside the house for some routine maintenance. There was supposed to be a separate work order (second cable guy) to come and put in a cable line in my spare bedroom, but he never showed. The cable company said that there was no second order, though Ben found it on his tablet, so I'm not sure what happened. They said I'd need a second cable box for the house and it just seemed like too much trouble for the spare bedroom, so I canceled it, since it didn't appear to be happening anyway.
I'll be back at work tomorrow, no boot, so I hope my feet will hold up.
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Date: 2017-09-21 07:05 pm (UTC)Hurray for getting rid of the Dreaded Boot, at least some or most of the time. But guy, noooo, take the ibuprofen at least 2-3 times a day regardless of pain! Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory as well as pain reliever, but it only works if the amount in your bloodstream is at the effective level. As you exercise & stretch muscles & create micro-tears, keeping inflammation down leads to quicker healing *and* less pain. Really, I can attest to this because of foot & ankle injuries I've suffered & from articles in the Cinnamon Bear's medical journals.
Hope work has gone OK & hasn't stressed your foot too much. I'm finally back home, with electricity *and* A/C; believe me, I am WAY too mature & fluffy (& Northern European) for Florida without A/C. :-p~·
Somehow I fell into the Internet the other day & fetched up on BuzzFeed, gawd help me. However, you might like this: 17 Pictures of Bearded Men That Might Get You Pregnant (except for the m-preg of course ;-). I think the #5 fellow is absolutely luscious, #13 *makes* me smile, & #14-17 show considerable potential, but really (aside from being too thin) almost all of them are very easy on the eyes.
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Date: 2017-09-24 01:37 pm (UTC)And thanks for the advice on the ibuprofen. I am finding I still need it as my muscles are readjusting to being used again. I am looking forward to exercising again and I'm sure I'll need it even more then.
Yay for air conditioning! It is an absolute must in my mind, especially down where you are!!
And the pics were cool... I liked a couple of them. I suspect they are models.