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No. Tights that women wear every day. Today is cold so tights would have been nice.
Broke my wrist!!!
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Wouldn't tights be colder than pants in cold weather? I wouldn't know myself
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I’m here only on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. That’s why I’m here now.
I’m here only on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. That’s why I’m here now.
Self-diagnosed tendinitis in my wrist now though neither my doctor or physical therapist would acknowledge this. (Noticing the tendency of doctors lately to “stay in their lane”.) It’s no big deal - a little burning & stinging of the tendons on the thumb side. Found the online diagnosis quite easily with many world-class hospitals (UConn, e.g.) illustrating the problem on their websites. Hopefully one day it will go away.
I think the days of house calls had some very positive aspects (aside from just being convenient for the patients). Doctors seemed much more decisive and definitive in their diagnoses, prescriptions and prognoses. I think this had a lot to do with the fact that they didn't want to have to come back multiple times!
But nowadays their typical diagnosis is "it could be this, that or any number of things" - for which they send you for tests and schedule follow up visits and often refer you to go see someone else before the next follow up. Whereas they used to not want to see you again on a house call they had to make, they now want you coming back to THEIR offices endlessly (not because they desire to see you again or sincerely want to work on getting you well, but to collect yet another insurance payment).
But nowadays their typical diagnosis is "it could be this, that or any number of things" - for which they send you for tests and schedule follow up visits and often refer you to go see someone else before the next follow up. Whereas they used to not want to see you again on a house call they had to make, they now want you coming back to THEIR offices endlessly (not because they desire to see you again or sincerely want to work on getting you well, but to collect yet another insurance payment).
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I think the days of house calls had some very positive aspects (aside from just being convenient for the patients). Doctors seemed much more decisive and definitive in their diagnoses, prescriptions and prognoses. I think this had a lot to do with the fact that they didn't want to have to come back multiple times!
But nowadays their typical diagnosis is "it could be this, that or any number of things" - for which they send you for tests and schedule follow up visits and often refer you to go see someone else before the next follow up. Whereas they used to not want to see you again on a house call they had to make, they now want you coming back to THEIR offices endlessly (not because they desire to see you again or sincerely want to work on getting you well, but to collect yet another insurance payment).
But nowadays their typical diagnosis is "it could be this, that or any number of things" - for which they send you for tests and schedule follow up visits and often refer you to go see someone else before the next follow up. Whereas they used to not want to see you again on a house call they had to make, they now want you coming back to THEIR offices endlessly (not because they desire to see you again or sincerely want to work on getting you well, but to collect yet another insurance payment).
Amusing that the wordle word today is WRIST.
It’s so annoying that people think my wrist is fully healed because I no longer have a cast. Yes, casts are done & the bone is fully healed, but “torture therapy” is only just getting started. I still want attention & sympathy. 
Declaring my thread finished now. Three months later quite a bit of discomfort due to tendinitis, arthritis, whatever, but the main thing is I can do everything I did before. I am done with physical therapy & I believe my hand & wrist can improve slowly if I leave them alone. I am a very slow healer & my wrist is no exception.
Last routine visit today when I finally bid my doctor adios.
Thanks everyone who read this thread. Appreciate it.
Last routine visit today when I finally bid my doctor adios.
Thanks everyone who read this thread. Appreciate it.
Cool, sounds like a good outcome. 
Congrats on getting through the tough part, here's hoping it gets all the way back before long.
Congrats on getting through the tough part, here's hoping it gets all the way back before long.
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Cool, sounds like a good outcome. Congrats on getting through the tough part, here's hoping it gets all the way back before long.
Congrats on getting through the tough part, here's hoping it gets all the way back before long.
Amusing to see a fellow sufferer at the checkout in Whole Foods this morning. We both have the same wrist brace and, it turned out, the same doctor. She told me it’s true a broken wrist can exacerbate arthritis even if it was invisible before. This has become a problem for me. She says she wears her brace constantly and I determined I will get mine out & try it more. Wish we’d had more time to talk, but that would hold up the self-checkout line.