Posts posted by Francisco 2.0
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I honestly do not recall (old age right?) if I discussed my shoulder in this thread, or any other thread in the past year. If someone recalls it, point me in the direction. Thx.
Having said that, the past 5 months or so have been pretty brutal. When I was in high school, I separated my right shoulder. Lived with it over the years. It would separate 1 or 2 times a year, but it was momentary and the pain would subside within a day or two.
Fall of 2018 it started separating doing nominal tasks, such as putting on deodorant, washing hair, etc. I finally consulted a ortho surgeon in May of 2019, who took one X-Ray and asked if I wanted surgery the following week. Couldn't at the time due to vacation coming up, but he told me I could schedule it any time, I wasn't making things any worse. Torn rotator cuff was the diagnosis.
I scheduled the surgery for mid-October. Pre-op the week prior was fun; an EKG was performed, and due to faulty equipment, the anesthesiologist and cardiologist on duty at the hospital thought I may have heart issues. So, a trip to a different cardiologist was scheduled to verify the findings of the first EKG. Thankfully, nothing wrong with the heart.
Day of surgery, go in. Surgery was to take about an hour. After 2.5 hours, the doctor came out to see the bride. The shoulder had far more damage than the single X-Ray shown, so he took care of all that. I had the following wrong:
-Torn labrum
-Detached labrum, from 10:00 to 2:00, looking at my shoulder from the side
-Torn rotator cuff (resembled seaweed, according to doc)
-bone spurs on the humerus
-torn tendon on top of shoulder, tear 1.5 inches long
I was sent home and started therapy chair sessions for 3 hours a day for 3 weeks, followed by a follow up. At that visit, I was originally to have started PT, but the doctor said due to the amount of damage done, I needed to heal some more. So, it was another month before PT started. No lie, this was painful as shit. Couldn't dress myself, driving was painful, opening doors, anything. Then PT started, and it was uncomfortable.
After just over a month of PT (early January) I really wasn't progressing range of motion wise, so a follow up dr appointment was scheduled. After a few moments, he mentioned a second surgery (manipulation) where they put me under, then manipulate my arm-shoulder to tear loose any scar tissue that built up inside the joint. The manipulation was scheduled Feb 11, and I started therapy 3 hours after it.
The manipulation went well, according to the doc. He told my wife the sound from the scar tissue tearing was very audible in the operating room. Recovery fucking sucked, for the pain meds wore off really quickly.
This was far, far more painful than the initial surgery. Plus, the poor girl at PT (cute, no pics) was just fucking brutal with the stretches. At one point, I actually heard tearing. She assured me it was more scar tissue. I'm not ashamed to admit I have cried in front of her.
That's where things are at today. I have a dr visit next week, where they will go over the range of motion, etc. It's far greater than it was pre-manipulation, so that has been a success to me. Hoping the dr signs off on the progress and I don't have to go back to PT.
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10 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:
We are so screwed. To be fair, at the end of the video the man said he tested negative twice, but this is beyond stupid to go around giving interviews. Even if he is young and not in danger, he is clueless as to whom he exposes and their health issues.
But coughing on Fox News and possibly infecting your daughter to own the libs.
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2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
I mean, he could not tell you that, but it wouldn’t matter - you know it’s going to happen. Abbot and Patrick will make sure that I-35 in Texas is renamed to the Trump SuperMAGAway or some such.Two Oklahoma state senators wanted to rename a section of US Route 66 as Donald Trump Highway last year. The section of road they wanted to rename wasn't even close to their area of representation.
The proposal died after the governor, of all people, spoke out that Route 66 shouldn't be renamed after anyone. And not only that, Oklahoma law only allows the renaming of any section of road only if the person is deceased.
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7 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:
The Trump 2020 flags have taken the place of the Confederate battle flag across rural America.
Serious--look around next time you're out in the sticks. Tell me I'm wrong.
You aren't wrong. I must have seen at least 20 today on my travels of the 2020 variety. In one instance, I even saw the flag flying from the guy wire of a utility pole in someone's yard. Too poor for a flagpole, so they commandeered property of a utility company in order to let the world know their allegiance.
Just now, shnsajax said:
The same people were the last ones to remove their confederate flag.And I saw more than a few that had both a confederate flag and a Trump 2020 flag. Gotta represent.
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Traveled today to a see a few clients I consult with. Very rural area, etc. Noticed several Trump flags flying on various properties on my trip (not really surprised there are cultists out and about) but one thing I thought of. I don't ever recall flags for any politician ever. I'm old enough to have remembered a Reagan flag, if there was such a thing, or Bush 1 & 2, or Clinton, or whatever. Something about this president just makes poor ass folks drop cash on a cheap Made in China flag and fly it with pride. Baffling.
Get home, and the first thing that greets me on Facebook is an ad for a t-shirt company, peddling this:

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5 hours ago, Grade of D as in David said:
I read this thread as a constant reminder to not get married and I say this as a single guy so take it with a grain of salt but all you motherfukers should go out and buy your wives a hyundai with the phone key app.
No way they lose their phones nearly as often as they lose their keys.
Get a keypad for the house.
Dude.
Just a few weeks back, I posted about my ex having the keys in her hand and still not able to unlock a door, because she was trying to put the key in upside down.
Not getting married is fine, but odds are, if you ever choose to, she's gonna do some shit that is worthy of this thread.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/26/donald-trump-black-voters-retail-stores-117756
QuotePresident Donald Trump’s outreach to African American voters is coming to a storefront near you.
As part of an ongoing effort to increase Trump’s share of the black vote this fall, the president’s reelection campaign unveiled plans on Wednesday to open a series of “community centers” in empty retail spaces across the U.S. where paid staffers and volunteers will spend the next several months courting black voters with literature, celebrity meet-and-greets and “woke”-branded attire.


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What could possibly go wrong, Chapter 8,722:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/25/college-senior-white-house-personnel-office-117493
QuoteThe White House has hired a college senior to be one of the top officials in its powerful Presidential Personnel Office, according to three administration officials familiar with the matter.
QuoteJames Bacon, 23, is acting as one of the right-hand men to new PPO director John McEntee, according to the officials. Bacon, a senior at George Washington University pursuing a bachelor’s degree, comes from the Department of Transportation, where he briefly worked in the policy shop. Prior to that role, while still taking classes, he worked at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he was a White House liaison, according to two other officials. At HUD, he distinguished himself as Secretary Ben Carson’s confidential assistant, according to two other administration officials.
QuoteBacon worked for McEntee on the Trump campaign’s earliest days and also did some work on the advance team. He later did operations on the Trump transition. Bacon would have graduated on time if he had not taken time off from school to work on the campaign, an official said.
Bacon will be PPO’s director of operations overseeing paperwork and will assist on vetting. The role was previously filled by Katja Bullock, who is in her late 70s and was a veteran of the office in both Bush administrations, as well as the Reagan administration.
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19 minutes ago, HenryJames said:Counterpoint. Think I'd rather listen to the CDC than Larry "Captain Cocaine" Kudlow, but that's just me.
Quote57 people have been diagnosed with novel coronavirus in the U.S., an increase in cases largely driven by the repatriation of American citizens from the cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday.
The big picture: As more countries experience community-wide transmission, CDC official Dr. Nancy Messonnier told reporters that it's now a question of when the same will happen in the U.S. — and how many citizens will develop a severe illness.
Two of the cases were contracted through person-to-person contact.
QuoteThe CDC outlined standard public health measures to mitigate spread of the virus on Tuesday, including what closing schools and businesses would look like in a U.S. pandemic.
"We really want to prepare the American public for the possibility that their lives will be disrupted," Messonnier said.
Schools and workplaces may need to explore tele-commuting and online assignments. Hospitals also may need to regroup patients.
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Also, for more speculation, here's the titles of Season 5 episodes. Episode 6 is interesting.
41 1 "Magic Man" Bronwen Hughes Peter Gould February 23, 2020 TBD 42 2 "50% Off" Norberto Barba Alison Tatlock February 24, 2020 TBD 43 3 "The Guy For This"[48] TBA TBA March 2, 2020 TBD 44 4 "Namaste"[49] Gordon Smith Gordon Smith March 9, 2020 TBD 45 5 "Dedicado a Max"[50] TBA TBA March 16, 2020 TBD 46 6 "Wexler v. Goodman"[51] TBA Thomas Schnauz March 23, 2020 TBD 47 7 "JMM"[52] TBA Alison Tatlock March 30, 2020 TBD 48 8 "Bagman"[53] Vince Gilligan[54] Gordon Smith April 6, 2020 TBD 49 9 "Bad Choice Road"[55] Thomas Schnauz Thomas Schnauz April 13, 2020 TBD 50 10 "Something Unforgivable"[56] TBA Peter Gould & Ariel Levine April 20, 2020 TBD -
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On 2/24/2020 at 2:03 AM, Bama Chick said:I don’t think Jeff is harmless. At first I thought Gene was just being paranoid but when then I realized he’s also the taxi driver from last season.
I’m undecided on whether he’s law enforcement or cartel or something else but looks like Gene is gonna try and take care of him.
After sleeping on this a few days, I don't think he's law enforcement, or do I think he's wound up in a cartel. I think it's one of those small world things that caused Jeff and Gene to come together, and I do believe that Jeff may have a relative or friend that Saul fucked over or somesuch. Francesca's brother?
EDIT. Kim is from Nebraska. Kim's brother?

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