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Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Centerfield Aug 04 2021 10:40 AM

Hey, injuries aren't just limited to the New York Mets! Have you or a loved one been hurt or injured? Then [CROSSOUT]call the number below and a representative...[/CROSSOUT] post about it here because bitching about it anywhere else isn't going to do any good either. I'll start. I have a corneal ulcer. Started out feeling like I had something in my eye, then it got worse and worse. Took out my contact lenses but it didn't get better. I saw a white spot on my iris, and then everyone said I had to see someone right away. Treatment takes about a week to ten days. Eye drops every hour, ointment twice a day. But get this, after applying the ointment, I have to keep that eye closed for an hour. The doctor recommends taking a nap! I love naps!

kcmets Aug 04 2021 10:53 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

I recommend a prosthetic eye-patch after dosing. It's very sexy in Europe. (I hear)

MFS62 Aug 04 2021 10:58 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Feel better, CF. Eyes are tricky, but meds and naps are good. My injury is far less serious. I trimmed my hedges and the hedges won. I had bleeding cuts and scrapes on my legs from the sharp edges of what I had been cutting, even though I wore long (sweat) pants. Guess next time I wear thicker pants. Later

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 04 2021 11:22 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

I'm, um, sick. Pretty sure it's not the Delta (no fever or anything) but been stuffy-headed and runny-nosed for a couple days, and of course just came off a plane from a week in the midwest. More likely beating my body up on the bike physically and temp extremes (really hot then onto AC)

Benjamin Grimm Aug 04 2021 11:43 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

You should probably get tested anyway. Runny noses are one of the leading symptoms that vaccinated people experience.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 04 2021 01:29 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Doh

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2021 06:12 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Banged my head against an open hatchback of a car today. Not much of a cut in the end but I did briefly learn what I'd look like as a redhead.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 04 2021 07:30 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Do you also have breakthrough Covid? I may have got whatever I have on the airplane

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2021 07:32 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

No. No cold/sniffles/headache/Covid symptoms.

Lefty Specialist Aug 05 2021 08:34 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

I'm fine, but Mrs. Lefty badly sprained her ankle 10 days ago and is only now beginning to recover. I on the other hand have a trip to St Louis scheduled in two weeks, into the deep dark heartland of Covid deniers. I will be tested before and after, and double masking on the plane.

Centerfield Aug 05 2021 12:09 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

My brother and his wife are ER doctors at Wash U in St. Louis. If misfortune should fall upon you, or should Ms. Lefty aggravate the ankle, let me know.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 05 2021 12:31 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Got tested today will know the results soon. Doc says it's most likely a cold.

whippoorwill Aug 05 2021 06:31 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Hurt a toe on my left foot last Monday on a bed leg. Bad! Lots of ice, Advil, Amish remedies, etc Saturday night got stung a few times on the other foot by rogue wasps that came in the house (they live under the deck stairs and have been there for years) Things seemed to be looking up until today when I stepped the wrong way on a pool noodle

kcmets Aug 05 2021 07:02 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

=whippoorwill post_id=73596 time=1628209860 user_id=79]Amish remedies, etc

Grain alcohol? You know them Amish all have stills out in the back of the barn. lol

whippoorwill Aug 06 2021 05:16 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Yeah them Amish also sell solar power to PPL They're not so plain as you think and they're money makers! Anyway my two favorites are Deep Tissue Rub and Oil Based Ointment #43 :)

Edgy MD Aug 06 2021 07:57 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Pool noodles are gonna kill us all.

Ceetar Aug 06 2021 10:16 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

look, it depends on the noodle. Pool cavatelli? bad. Pool spaghetti? a little weird. Pool Rotini? That's the sweet spot.

whippoorwill Aug 06 2021 06:15 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

This one is more like bucatini. With teeth

The Hot Corner Aug 06 2021 08:51 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

CF, I hope you are doing better. Corneal ulcers are serious. Luckily, with modern antibiotics, they can be effectively treated in the vast majority of cases.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 07 2021 09:09 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Test is back negative. Still have a head cold

Benjamin Grimm Aug 07 2021 10:13 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Glad to hear it! (The negative result, not the head cold.)

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 07 2021 11:03 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

It was actually your suggestion uptrend that convinced me go. That and the fact that I didn't want to kill people that much

kcmets Aug 17 2021 03:24 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Have poison ivy in my eyes, I look like an alien. (more so than normal)

MFS62 Aug 17 2021 03:31 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

=kcmets post_id=74761 time=1629235466 user_id=53] Have poison ivy in my eyes, I look like an alien. (more so than normal)

Yikes! Feel better.

I hope you didn't take a pee before you realized you had it. :)



Later

kcmets Aug 17 2021 03:40 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Was very careful a few days ago when messing with the evil vine and washed hands and arms thoroughly with some tecnu skin cleanser. It didn't occur to me to wash my face... oh well...

whippoorwill Aug 19 2021 09:04 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

=whippoorwill post_id=73596 time=1628209860 user_id=79] Hurt a toe on my left foot last Monday on a bed leg. Bad! Lots of ice, Advil, Amish remedies, etc Saturday night got stung a few times on the other foot by rogue wasps that came in the house (they live under the deck stairs and have been there for years) Things seemed to be looking up until today when I stepped the wrong way on a pool noodle

Update on this. Finally got an X-ray; toe was broken.

Much better now

Frayed Knot Aug 19 2021 10:27 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

=kcmets post_id=74761 time=1629235466 user_id=53] Have poison ivy in my eyes, I look like an alien. (more so than normal)

I never heard of this prior to your mention ... and then the next day some guy at work had it too.

Maybe it's contagious like Covid.

Centerfield Aug 20 2021 12:13 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

The Hot Corner wrote: CF, I hope you are doing better. Corneal ulcers are serious. Luckily, with modern antibiotics, they can be effectively treated in the vast majority of cases. Thanks Doc! Lots of drops, ointment and frequent checkups. It's been two and a half weeks and it's finally closed up. The doctor says I can go back to wearing contacts part time in a few days. I start steroids on Monday. If you see me touching 95 at my son's next batting practice, you'll know why.

Centerfield Aug 20 2021 12:15 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Hurt a toe on my left foot last Monday on a bed leg. Bad! Lots of ice, Advil, Amish remedies, etc Saturday night got stung a few times on the other foot by rogue wasps that came in the house (they live under the deck stairs and have been there for years) Things seemed to be looking up until today when I stepped the wrong way on a pool noodle Update on this. Finally got an X-ray; toe was broken. Much better now Oh no! That must have been so painful. This happened to my wife a few years back. Never knew that the treatment for a broken toe is "suck it up and deal with it".

whippoorwill Aug 20 2021 12:25 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Yes that's pretty much what the doctor said. All I could wear was flip flops and crocs. Well and slippers :)

MFS62 Aug 20 2021 12:33 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Oh no! That must have been so painful. This happened to my wife a few years back. Never knew that the treatment for a broken toe is "suck it up and deal with it". Yes it is. I had to limp around with a broken big toe several years ago. I had to use a cane to ease the pressure on that foot when I stepped down. But I guess people didn't care. One of my co-workers stepped on my foot and didn't even excuse himself. I looked him in the eye and slowly said "If you do that again, I will disembowel you". He avoided stepping on my foot after that. I hope your toe heals quickly, Cooby. Later

whippoorwill Aug 25 2021 05:26 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Lol with the disembowel quote. While mom and I were shopping I had on flip flops and scampering children that normally would not have bothered me made me cringe and hide my foot. Since it was not an obvious injury people probably were wondering Anyhow now I'm on my second day off work because I hurt my back on Sunday…and it locked up Sunday night. I couldn't even get up to pee. It was quite the spectacle for a while, me rolling around trying to get an angle I could stand the pain, my hubby trying to help, and that making it worse, bless his heart Funny thing is once I finally got upright, and it took about 15 minutes, it got much better immediately. But still can't twist around so watering and weeding are out

MFS62 Aug 25 2021 06:58 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Take care of yourself, Coob. Feel better. Later

kcmets Sep 16 2021 11:16 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Sciatic nerve issue today, haven't had it in like 20 years. I blame the Cardinals.

Willets Point Sep 16 2021 11:35 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Sorry. I know that pain. I hope it heals soon.

Frayed Knot Sep 16 2021 12:23 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

[FIMG=500]https://miro.medium.com/max/1280/1*zaPEgWwDREOH7nyNquywdQ.jpeg[/FIMG] Sciatica! Sciatica!

kcmets Sep 16 2021 03:08 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Willets Point wrote: Sorry. I know that pain. I hope it heals soon. Thanks! Tried a little afternoon yoga, made things worse.

Fman99 Sep 16 2021 07:14 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Man, the list of persistent annoying shit breaking on my body would astound and bore all of you. Trust it to say that most days I feel like the Bluesmobile right when it gets parked in front of the Cook County Assessor's office by Jake & Elwood. Most prominently, today, is this nagging recurring cough that has been bothering me on and off since spring time. My initial doctor/nurse type person's diagnosis was allergies, only I don't think that's it. An albuterol inhaler script hasn't helped much and any time I'm around anyone I feel like they're looking at me trying to see Covid jumping out of my mouth.

Fman99 Sep 16 2021 07:15 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

It's a wonder I can still log 20-25 miles running each week as par usual, honestly.

Willets Point Sep 16 2021 07:29 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

=Fman99 post_id=78034 time=1631841316 user_id=86] It's a wonder I can still log 20-25 miles running each week as par usual, honestly.

#humblebrag

kcmets Sep 16 2021 07:32 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Me and naproxen sodium (generic Aleve) have got it going on. Take way more than what the label says but my doctor has prescribed this for me so I go by her milligrams than by BJ's label warnings. I'm told if your poop still floats in the morning, you're good to go.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 17 2021 09:22 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

I was exercising the other day and felt a pop in my knee and now I'm hobbling around on a cane until the MRI confirms I have another tear in my knee. Yay, aging.

Ceetar Sep 17 2021 09:38 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

i pinched a nerve in my neck (self diagnosed) a little over two years ago and my arm still spasms when I bend it too tightly/weirdly so I'm gonna try some physical therapy starting next week. We shall see. Probably unrelatedly, my thumb is pretty fucked up too.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 17 2021 10:16 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Probably unrelatedly, my thumb is pretty fucked up too. https://res.cloudinary.com/ybmedia/image/upload/c_crop,h_649,w_1157,x_465,y_0/c_fill,f_auto,h_495,q_auto,w_880/v1/m/9/6/96552b5da28901269a26b8045bba5fa286b34530/javier-baez-explains-mets-thumbs-down-celebration.jpg>

metsmarathon Sep 17 2021 10:25 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

=Fman99 post_id=78034 time=1631841316 user_id=86] It's a wonder I can still log 20-25 miles running each week as par usual, honestly.

one day, i'll tally up all that's wrong with me.



but not right now. these miles don't run themselves.



(and if i stop, i might just feel all those things that are wrong)

kcmets Sep 17 2021 10:58 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

The thumb thing is pretty funny. The pic, not Ceet's fucked up thumb.

Ceetar Sep 17 2021 12:26 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

yes, I chuckled. I can do both thumbs up AND thumbs down, it's things like carrying a heavy plate on a flat hand or angrily mashing the X button trying to kill Hades that aggravate it.

The Hot Corner Sep 19 2021 04:58 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Damn! I'm 61+ with arthritis in both knees and hips, but listening to ya'll* are making me feel pretty spry. *What can i say, I represent the southern contingent of our cyber community.

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 20 2021 05:15 AM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Day to day with a mild groin strain here

Edgy MD Oct 20 2021 03:38 PM Re: Just a Flesh Wound - CPF Injuries 2021

Related to your trip to Stony Brook?