May chitchat

[Ikoiko]

Agate, you were unconscious! That is very bad. At least call your doctor. Someone should be on call.

[flatcap]

Once again, agate, please call 911. You might feel OK, but there is no sense in taking chances you don't have to.

[flatcap]

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[Ikoiko]

Interesting, Flatcap.

[Ikoiko]

I am a medically retired environmental science, mostly ground water quality.

[Virginia]

The caps look interesting. It sounds as though you had an interesting career. Too bad it got cut short so early on

I also worked until I was in my 60s, but the last few years was only able to do so part time. I have been out of work for a long time, but I still dream about it.

You stated you have Parkinson's as well as MS. Would you mind telling me how bad your Parkinson's is. Is it giving you a lot of problems? I have a reason for asking, as it has been diagnosed in my family. I have wondered a couple of times if I have it along with MS.

If you like to read you will find that we have a "What are you Reading Thread". I have gotten a number of book ideas from that thread. I love reading, but often life intrudes and I don't get to do as much as I would like

We use to have a lady who posted eagle cams in a special thread all its on. It was fun to log in and see what they were doing during the day.

Agate, I am going to add my concerns here. If you feel there is the slightest chance you have a head injury that might involve a concussion you would be wise to at least call the AARP nurse, or some nurse connected to your insurance. Is that same thumb that took so long to heal one that you have hurt over again? I know you are good at doctoring yourself as far as scrapes and different things go, but you shouldn't take chances. I also know how badly you sometimes pay for these thing

We have had a stormy rainy night tonight, but I think it has passed over. I hear thunder, but it sounds like it is moving away.

So think I will go to bed.

[agate]

Believe me, any EMTs or other medical professionals would wonder why I bothered to contact them. I ate dinner. I revised my dinner plan to make it easy and tasty enough to tolerate. A person (well, I) tends to feel shaken up for quite a while after a fall, and my appetite wasn't great but it's getting better now. I found a great bandaid among my collection and the swelling on my head has gone down nicely. I have a very unsightly bruise over my eyebrow and my left thumb. If the thumb gets worse over a couple of weeks or doesn't improve, I'll definitely look into seeing a doctor about it.

I've had lots of falls with head injuries, and this one just doesn't qualify as anything serious enough to warrant a trip to see anyone. I often find that just getting to medical care takes energy and is stressful--and I'm often better off just letting nature take its course at home if I can. Doctors have a way of sending you for tests, etc., because they have to know exactly what is going on. Or they feel obligated to do that, if only to save their own hides.

They don't necessarily make you feel any better, and if getting there and back makes you feel worse, there isn't much to be gained from consulting a doctor, it seems to me, unless the symptoms are scary. No dizziness, no vision disturbances, not much pain.

Flatcap, about your profile picture issue: I think you should try contacting the moderators or the admins here about it. They have made some changes in the way things work here, and any instructions on how to post a Profile picture are probably going to be most useful if they come from them.

Thank you for sharing some details about your interesting background. I didn't realize that a flatcap is a hat. It looks like what was once called a porkpie hat--?

EDITED TO ADD:

I'm wrong about the porkpie hat. It's a different style, apparently:

[agate]

On another lighter note, here is what might just be my favorite Warner Bros. cartoon.

Rabbit of Seville (1950)

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LOL--I'm a Bugs Bunny fan.

[agate]

Virginia, I'm really grateful for your concern, and I'm so very glad you mentioned that previous finger injury. I'd forgotten about it.

Agate, I am going to add my concerns here. If you feel there is the slightest chance you have a head injury that might involve a concussion you would be wise to at least call the AARP nurse, or some nurse connected to your insurance. Is that same thumb that took so long to heal one that you have hurt over again?

It wasn't a thumb--it was a little (pinky) finger but when you reminded me of it, I remembered that I'd bought a special splint deal for it to help immobilize it, and so I dug it up and found that it fits the thumb well enough to keep me from bending it. It's still quite bruised and swollen, and the only way I know of to get these things to calm down is to rest them.

Luckily, it's the digit that is not used on the keyboard, and so I can still type away.

[flatcap]

Virginia,

Regarding Parkinson's, my course so far has been relatively mild. It certainly could be worse. Probably the main thing is the loss of fine motor control. I can hardly write anymore (by hand). That's a lot of fun when having to fill out a form.

As for MS vs. Parkinson's, I have to admit I was skeptical of the diagnosis at first. But my PCP and neurologist both agree on it, so it seems I do have Parkinson's after all. The main thing they mentioned that comes to mind is "resting tremor." I am taking Sinemet (generic) which helps a lot.

One thing I should add is that Parkinson's is a clinical diagnosis. They kind of look at you and say, "Hmm. There's something going on here." There is no definitive test for Parkinson's.

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[flatcap]

Agate,

The leader of the WWII Manhattan Project that produced the world's first nuclear weapons, J. Robert Oppenheimer, famously wore a porkpie hat. His had a wider brim than we normally see today.

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As time marches 'forward,' men's hats and caps keep getting narrower. It's a shame, really. I think the wider versions have more panache.

[flatcap]

Agate,

I appreciate your help and advice regarding avatars. I uploaded the picture I was hoping to use to imgur: Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register...

That is Pete the Pup from the old Our Gang TV comedy series. The cap is an 8-panel or 8-dart. You would have to view it from above to be sure.

ETA: It worked! I now have avatar.

[flatcap]

Emojis.

For some reason, copy/paste from Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register... only works sometimes here.

The snowflake (❄️) works fine, but a lot of the others don't.

I don't know what's up with that.

[agate]

Great avatar there, flatcap!

Congratulations on getting the image to show up too. It can be tricky.

[agate]

Virginia, ...



One thing I should add is that Parkinson's is a clinical diagnosis. They kind of look at you and say, "Hmm. There's something going on here." There is no definitive test for Parkinson's. ...

I happened to notice this today--it might be of interest:

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