Member News Discussion

[Angakuk]

I don't want a pickle,
I just want to ride my motorcikle.

And I don't want a tickle,
I'd rather ride my motorcickle.

And I don't want to die,
I just want to ride my motorcy............cle.

The Motorcycle Song

[Deadlokd]

dragar, I'm sorry you had to leave your beloved Scotland and your chosen field but congratulations on your new job. And hopefully everything will pick up and you can slide back into cosmology.

[Ymir's blood]

[Legs]

[Qingdai]

I'm sorry to hear you've had such a rough year, Legs.
I am glad to hear from you though.

[Deadlokd]

Damn Legs, just damn.

[curses]

Dearest Legs,





Sorry to hear about your year from hell. Glad to hear about Horsegirl going to uni, though!

[livius drusus]

I'm sorry about the hard times, Legsy, but I sure am relieved Widget has pulled through. Congrats to Horse Girl! I can't believe she's a college student already.

How are you feeling these days?

[Legs]

thanks liv,

I am not sure exactly how I am feeling, but I'm not my happy-go-lucky self of years gone by.

[Crumb]

Legsy: Sorry you've had a rough time.

[livius drusus]

Suffering has a way of draining the happy out of people. How's the MG treating you?

[Legs]

Actually I've been fine, no attacks in a couple of years now, could be in remission. I have an appointment with the MG specialist on May 3rd.

[livius drusus]

Well that's a big positive. With all the stress you've been under, I was concerned that it would have taken advantage of the opportunity to attack you even worse than before. Go remission!

[Legs]

I've been having some trouble with sciatica and discovered I really really really really really like percocet.

[Stormlight]

Oh Legs, I'm so sorry.

[Anastasia Beaverhausen]

[Demimonde]

Any one of those things would have been tough enough, but all piled on top of each other like that?
You have some serious strength, lady.

I am glad to see you back.

[LadyShea]

Legs, I am very glad Widget survived, and that you survived all of that, and to have you posting.

[Dragar]

What a load of stuff to deal with Legs. Glad to see you're posting again.

[Sock Puppet]

Welcome back, fancy-gams!

Ew, sciatica seriously sucks. I had it off and on for a good decade, but then suddenly it just decided to bugger off. Hopefully it will leave you alone sometime soon, too.

[Legs]

thanks, sock

[Dragar]

Originally Posted by Deadlokd

dragar, I'm sorry you had to leave your beloved Scotland and your chosen field but congratulations on your new job. And hopefully everything will pick up and you can slide back into cosmology.

Oh, I missed this post. Sorry Deadlokd, and thanks for the kind words.

At this point, even if the economy recovers in a year () my time as a cosmologist is pretty much at an end. Without continued experience as a researcher in the field, there is no chance of ever getting a stable job (professor with tenure). The odds are not in your favour if you go from good postdoc to good postdoc, churning out papers as you go. The odds are slim-to-none if you take multiple year gaps in industry. And I don't want to be doing the postdoc lifestyle at 45.

Scotland, on the other hand, is not entirely out of reach.

[Dingfod]

Originally Posted by ravenscape

I've had a good recovery from my total knee replacement surgery, and am starting to feel grumpy about other (minor) medical inconveniences. I think I'll schedule a 60K mile checkup with my regular doctor.

And I return to work on Monday after 9 weeks of loafing around watching my knee slowly deflate among other things.

I'm glad it's working out for you. My dad got both of his done in the last year and a half. He's back to walking 3-5 miles per day again. We don't know where he is.

I am soon to get my right knee "scoped" due to having a torn meniscus. I am scheduled for an MRI this Tuesday.

[ravenscape]

"scoped" = arthroscopic surgery? I hope it goes very well!!

[Ymir's blood]

scoped= looked at