Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?

You tore a hamstring, ouch! I've heard that's really painful. When I was in my early 20s I tore a couple of ligaments in my left foot, talk about pain! My foot swelled up like a football and was dark bluish purple except for a couple of my toes which were a nice shade of golden yellow I didn't walk for a month. Then I was on crutches and it took me many more months before I could walk without them. It's still a tricky foot to this day.

Yuck that sounds awful. Shame it still bugs you.

Yeah the pain was awful. I was in undergrad at the time, so I had to walk to and fro classes, which took some endurance. Thankfully campus wasn't that big, so I wasn't late with much frequency, and the instructors knew about the leg injury, so they were lenient. I can actually feel where it tore if the weather changes just right.

I probably didn't tear my hip this time, which would make me happy. No tear? Sign me up. Unfortunately I'll probably need my hip replaced in a couple of decades. We'll worry about that one later.

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"Some day this war has to end."
"Wash your mouth out with soap!"

One thing I learned fairly recently that I didn't realize was legitimate is a thing called the "migraine hangover". I thought of it because I'm fighting off a migraine, which I saw some pieces of it leave my field of view, though I'm still having cognitive issues, and then when the migraine goes, I sometimes have some issues with a pounding headache. Apparently that's normal. So I get a migraine, and then a headache afterwards because of the awful headache. Like holy crap...

Broke my ankle in November and got a plate and screws in there now. It's mildly painful to walk most times but no PT yet.

Today I learned about the earliest known fatality on a film set:

"Across the Border (1914). On 1 July 1914, while filming on location in Cañon City, Colorado, cast member Grace McHugh was filming a scene where her character was crossing the Arkansas River in a boat. When the boat capsized, camera operator Owen Carter immediately jumped into the river to save her. He dragged her onto a sandbar that was reported to be quicksand. The rest of the film crew watched helplessly as they were both sucked into the sandbar and drowned. Carter received a posthumous Carnegie Hero Award for his rescue efforts." - WP

I had heard of nasal irrigation but never tried it until last week when I came down with a bad cold. I think it works great! I used this

Ian Fleming and Christopher Lee were step first cousins.

I learned this when I watched Brooks’ documentary

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a better film but Brando was hysterical in the original and makes it worth a look.

News to me! I can’t imagine Lindsey as Spock in a million years.

Oh no! I don't produce bile anymore so it'll get past that. I guess the profane substances won't get past my iron stomach though. I can take solace in that.

I'm in the process of doing a saline rinse like that three times a day. I had sinus surgery on Tuesday and the doctor required me to rinse my sinuses thrice daily. I'm due for one more today. It's amazing the gunk that comes out. Getting it all out of there feels good.

I guess I found out recently that even having your sinuses cleaned out can wear you out for days. I can't say I'm surprised though.

One thing that may surprise people is how I now react to needles. I used to hyperventilate just thinking about them. Now, even when getting blood drawn when fasting, I barely get woozy. I have a trick; I focus on and regulate my breathing. The phlebotomist will always tell you what she's doing, which is fine, so once she says, "Big poke," I start taking deep and slow breaths and just focus on my breathing. I also never watch. Watching doesn't help you feel good about it. I sometimes don't even realize the blood's been drawn and I feel fine. Not great, but well enough. Sometimes I sit for a minute, which has never been an issue, and I might get a drink or something, and then I'm good. I never passed out from a needle poke, but I came close roughly 100 times. It's too routine for me to react that way anymore.