KnottaBiggins
KnottaBiggins t1_j8xcdsk wrote
Reply to comment by RabidBeaverLake in Religious Hermit Found Buried in The Fetal Position. The woman buried was living with septic arthritis and also advanced venereal syphilis. This would have meant she lived with severe, visible symptoms of infection affecting her entire body, and later on, neurological and mental health decline by Wagamaga
Probably why she spent her whole life wasted in prayer - wanting that god to cure her.
Thoughts and prayers...
KnottaBiggins t1_j3kcd6r wrote
Reply to Amazing shot of our beautiful Atlantis! by wizwort
It's amazing that we got such a huge flying brickyard into space. Seeing one in person is literally awe inspiring.
A couple of months ago, I got to see the Endeavor at the California Science Museum. They're building a new display building to have it stand erect, attached to a tank (that they have behind the building now) and boosters. It's going to be configured as "ready for launch" with viewing platforms all up the sides.
KnottaBiggins t1_j3kbw94 wrote
Reply to Milkdromeda. by Acuate187
Just wait. It won't be long before the two actually are colliding.
Better set up your gear now, it's only two billion years in the future.
KnottaBiggins t1_j2do1iw wrote
Reply to comment by Hydrocoded in Nerve block (an injection around a major sensory nerve for the shoulder) is an effective treatment for painful shoulder condition by giuliomagnifico
Believe me, I understand. Just the other night, my back was in such pain that I had to take an opiate myself. (Half of a low-dose Vicodin, but still...) Pain sucks.
I hate that I had to take one, too. Opiates are one thing my daughter and I choose to avoid as much as possible. (We also lost her brother to them.)
KnottaBiggins t1_j2bwfyt wrote
Reply to comment by Hydrocoded in Nerve block (an injection around a major sensory nerve for the shoulder) is an effective treatment for painful shoulder condition by giuliomagnifico
Yes, I can understand that. When absolutely nothing else works, they can be a miracle.
But they are very risky. Be careful with them, and make sure your doctor keeps an eye on your blood chemistry. That was my wife's situation, she never took any more than prescribed yet they still built up to a fatal level in her body.
I can't stress this enough - if you are on potentially fatal medications, make sure your doctor is staying on top of your labwork. Twice a year at least.
KnottaBiggins t1_j1x2inw wrote
Reply to comment by Hydrocoded in Nerve block (an injection around a major sensory nerve for the shoulder) is an effective treatment for painful shoulder condition by giuliomagnifico
Yes, because the one doctor at my pain clinic refused to reduce the opiates he was giving my wife.
Those opiates killed her.
He no longer works there.
(They are big on "we help you get off of opiates.")
KnottaBiggins t1_j1x2b1r wrote
Reply to comment by giuliomagnifico in Nerve block (an injection around a major sensory nerve for the shoulder) is an effective treatment for painful shoulder condition by giuliomagnifico
That's one study. Has it been reproduced, in larger and more statistically significant numbers?
KnottaBiggins t1_j1x2257 wrote
Reply to Nerve block (an injection around a major sensory nerve for the shoulder) is an effective treatment for painful shoulder condition by giuliomagnifico
Yeah.
Takes 1-2 weeks to have full effect, only lasts another 2-3 weeks.
And insurance only covers it once ever three months.
And the more often you get it done, the less effective it gets.
This is the voice of experience speaking.
KnottaBiggins t1_ja0qmi4 wrote
Reply to Euclid space telescope launch scheduled for July — ESA mission to chart a 3D map of the universe, in search of dark matter and dark energy by marketrent
Well, at L2 it won't be lonely - JWST is already there.