[Sca-cooks] What has happened to Adamanteus?

[Olwen the Odd]

....well.....I *do* have an extra 16 or so pounds laying 
about....hmm....something 60th street...
;-)
'lainie...

>Made out of marzipan?
>--maire...uh....jadwiga (yeah, that's right, I'm Jadwiga <g>)
>p.s. Glad to hear you're still with us, Master A!
>
>Olwen the Odd wrote:
> >
> > .......sounds like he needs a wee violin..............
> >
> > Ol....um..'Lainie
> >
> > >Hello, I'm alive. Sort of...
> > >
> > >Could we have a little tear-jerking music here, Professor? The tale I 
>am
> > >about to tell is not pretty... The not-so-short and not-so-sweet 
>version is
> > >that over the summer I became aware (yeah, this sounds really dumb) of 
>some
> > >problems with my legs -- basically tendinitis in both Achilles tendons. 
>I
> > >attempted to correct this, or at least keep it from getting worse, by
> > >vigorously exercising, hiking locally, and such.
> > >
> > >Eventually, when this did not improve, my doctor sent me to a physical
> > >therapist, who determined that there was some pretty serious,
> > >broad-spectrum joint damage to ankles, knees, and hips. Nothing
> > >irreversible, but requiring a lot of work to more or less redesign my
> > >entire stride. I have about six exercises to do in between the three or
> > >four sessions of PT per week. Not only does this take up a lot of time, 
>but
> > >it is also very tiring.
> > >
> > >A couple of weeks ago, I also came down with some kind of flu-like
> > >symptoms, your basic 48-hour bug, with heavy concentration on chills,
> > >fever, and, of course, aches and pains in the joints. (This is 
>something I
> > >have experienced so infrequently in my life that I honestly didn't
> > >recognize the symptoms for what they were.) While in the middle of all
> > >this, I managed to throw my back out pretty spectacularly (still not 
>sure
> > >how this occurred, but I was probably low-level delirious at the time, 
>so
> > >whatever it was I did must have seemed like a terrific idea at the 
>time).
> > >Naturally, being me, I attributed the pain of this injury to the flu, 
>and
> > >ignored it, apart from the occasional ibuprofen (acetaminophen being 
>The
> > >Devil's Placebo Analgesic).
> > >
> > >It also turns out that I am no longer able to injure my back, see my
> > >chiropractor once, and be 100% healed the next day, which was, once 
>upon a
> > >time, my standard experience. I must be old or something ;-). I'd 
>better
> > >learn how to do that before it kills me.
> > >
> > >Anyway, I have a messed-up back, am dealing with the chiropractor three
> > >times a week instead of the physical therapy (temporarily suspended), 
>am
> > >looking forward to the comparative luxury of painful PT four times a 
>week,
> > >and am not able to sit at the computer for very long stretches.
> > >
> > >Add to this the fact that my lady wife has volunteered for a job in the 
>PTA
> > >of my son's school, and it turns out this involves a lot of computer 
>time.
> > >Naturally, this machine is the only one of three available computers we
> > >have that'll do the job, at the moment. So some of the time I could
> > >actually be at this machine, being a good and more active list-member, 
>I
> > >actually can't get at this machine, it being occupied with all sorts of
> > >Book Fairs, Bake Sales,  auctions, etc. At least she no longer 
>complains
> > >about my changing the OS about every six months... Oh, and I forgot to
> > >mention I have also been transcoding a lot of video footage, which can 
>be
> > >very processor-intensive, sometimes occupying nearly every bit of power
> > >this machine possesses, for anywhere from 20 minutes to two days at a 
>time,
> > >depending on exactly what I'm doing, and how.
> > >
> > >I feel like a cross between some kind of Warner Brothers cartoon 
>villain,
> > >caught out in a rain of anvils and old-fashioned cannonball-shaped 
>bombs,
> > >and Kenny from "South Park".
> > >
> > >I owe profound apologies to several people on this list for being
> > >incommunicado for so long, but the past couple of months have been
> > >difficult. I've been trying to at least read most of the posts from 
>this
> > >list, if not respond to them. I also expect things to improve, 
>gradually. I
> > >stress the word "gradually", because if all this becomes a major topic 
>of
> > >conversation, I probably won't be able to take part in it, not for a 
>while.
> > >
> > >Ah, well, back to Bernard Cornwell... many thanks for thinking of me...
> > >
> > >  Kenn... I mean, Adamantius
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