Thursday, August 03, 2023

A Getting Mouthy Weekly Link Round-Up

 


Please send some positive vibes my way. If all goes well today, I will be finished with twice-weekly visiting nurses and weekly trips to the doctor. Dr. K. was so pleased with how everything on my leg and foot looked last week that he told me to bring my normal compression wraps for the leg today. If I come home with yet another bandage wrap, I won't be best pleased!

And what's this about being mouthy? The visiting nurses who've been coming on Mondays and Wednesdays have worked hard with me to develop a way of wrapping my foot so that the bandaging and the medication would stay in place. It's not easy when that leg is the "stable" one and that foot is the "pivot" foot. The wrapping was popping right off. Well, Alex and Amber (the nurses) and I came up with a way that kept the bandaging in place, and that's why my foot has finally healed. Problem is, it is almost completely contrary to the rules of wrapping for anyone with lymphedema, so I was expecting a lot of flak when I went to the doctor last Friday.

I got it.

But I didn't keep my mouth shut. I told them that I knew that it was contrary to what they'd been taught, but something had to be done because what they were doing wasn't working, and my foot wasn't healing. The way the visiting nurses wrapped it worked, and my foot had healed. Guess what? I came home with my foot and leg wrapped My Way. Ha!

On that triumphant note, I'll leave you with a cartoon that makes me laugh every time I look at it. Phoenix went 31 straight days with temperatures of 110°F and above. We've since had a couple of days with temperatures just below that mark, but the forecast says they'll be going right back up again. Ah well. 
 



Enjoy the links!



►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Book Banning & Censorship◄



►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄
 
►The Wanderer◄
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
 
►I ♥ Lists◄


That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

No matter how busy you may be, don't forget that quality Me Time curled up with a good book!

15 comments:

  1. Sending all the vibes for your health, Cathy! And good for you to get mouthy when you needed to. We need to advocate for ourselves. I love that cartoon, too (I know, odd juxtaposition of comments). Now, I'm off to check out that Zapotec underworld; I'll bet it's cooler underground that it has been where you are...

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    1. I think there's very little doubt about that, Margot! LOL

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  2. A cheer to women warriors. So glad you spoke up for yourself and that, as a result of the correct treatment, your leg is healing. And thanks for the links you managed to post in the midst of this situation. But you're improving. That is what matters.

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    1. Yes, that is what matters, even though there was a slight setback. I've been learning patience whether I want to or not.

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    2. Patience is everyone's issue. When I think of my reaction when I'm calling a company to straighten out a problem and I get a robot and I'm yelling "Agent," and it's saying "Did you say billing"? Etc. I have to chill out. By the way, Lincoln Lawyer season 2 on Netflix is so good. The actor playing Mickey Haller is perfect, as is the rest of the cast. Could watch 50 episodes gladly. The showrunner and others aren't sure if there is a third season, although the audience loves it, but due to the writers' strike, they couldn't start on it even if executives greenlight it.

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    3. Denis and I have been enjoying The Lincoln Lawyer, too.

      I absolutely loathe those automated telephone answering systems! I think I came close to popping a blood vessel a time or two when one would refuse to understand my clearly enunciated English. Grrrrr!!!!

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    4. Yep. Wait until the day I get arrested for yelling at a robot on a phone. So much time wasted trying to get the help we need and sometimes it does not happen, so problem not solved (aside to phone/cable monopoly).

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    5. There's been a time or two where I've had experiences with "calls may be monitored for quality control". Sometimes I have a sixth sense about someone "eavesdropping" on the line (and they can be doing it even while the Muzak is playing).

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  3. Positive vibes!! And the cartoon made me chuckle!!

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    1. That cartoon is a keeper for me. I would imagine it wouldn't be unless you were an Arizonan.

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  4. Good for you, speaking truth to power - and reminding the medicos that you are the one with the most experience with your own body. I'm glad to hear about the good progress. Thanks for fitting in time for the links!

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    1. I work on the links in between nurses' visits and the like. It keeps me from watching the clock. ;-)

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  5. Happy for you, Cathy, that you are well on the way to eliminating that problem now. I'm a firm believer that it never hurts to question the so-called experts; they might not like to be challenged, but on the other hand, they might actually learn something new that will help others in the same situation. Congrats.

    Your cartoon reminded me that Phoenix has lately almost matched temperatures with Hassi Messaoud deep inside the Sahara where I worked for so many years. That is not easy to do.

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    1. No, that wouldn't be easy to do, and I'm resigned to the fact that we're right back up in the 110°+ range. I read that someplace in Iran reached 150°. Yikes!

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