jfv wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 8:00 am

eephus wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 5:16 pm

Dave N. wrote: If there’s any single good thing about FM Steve’s passing, it’s that it got me thinking about my own ticker. Sitting in the waiting room, waiting on my Steve Albini Memorial Heart Scan.

You are not alone. I had all my shit scanned (fine). I know of many others and one bypass surgery so far as a result.

Why this isn't an annual prescribed routine checkup covered by insurance for middle-aged and older folks (like getting cameras stuck up our asses) is beyond me.

Just looked up how much the scan costs (without insurance) and it's $60 USD.

Ok, am a little less angry and booked an appointment, but still...

jfv wrote:

jfv wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 8:00 am

eephus wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 5:16 pm You are not alone. I had all my shit scanned (fine). I know of many others and one bypass surgery so far as a result.

Why this isn't an annual prescribed routine checkup covered by insurance for middle-aged and older folks (like getting cameras stuck up our asses) is beyond me.

Just looked up how much the scan costs (without insurance) and it's $60 USD.

Ok, am a little less angry and booked an appointment, but still...

I know a woman who did all these stress tests and stuff in the wake of her brother nearly dying of a heart attack--passed them all with insanely good results.

Coronary calcium scan...which she had to REQUEST specifically...900. which is terrible. doctor is like oh wow your widowmaker artery almost fully blocked, you need quadruple bypass surgery immediately.

It should be a set thing for people over 50 every few years, for sure.

Wood Goblin wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:43 am

seby wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 7:25 am Plantar fasciitis

Hilarious #limps

I had this several years ago and eventually got a cortisone injection to cure it. The good news is that the cortisone worked, and stretching exercises prevented it from returning.

The bad news is that the shot was, by many, many orders of magnitude, the most painful injection I’ve ever received.

Still, ten seconds of pain was worth it.

I think I've got it in my right foot, will likely get the shot if offered.

Mentioned this before but I was having extreme pain in my left foot on and off for a couple years. Turned out it was a fractured accessory bone, a bit of bone that never fused to the rest of my foot when I was a baby. Had to have surgery to remove it, then 4 weeks completely off my foot, another four weeks barely using it, and then a couple months of PT to build back up my strength but on man, it's really nice having a working foot now!

I seem to remember that procedure. Sounds like it was a nightmare!