Foot, Part Seven

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020Cat Story TimeTags Fishing, Hiking, Hostibule 2020, Story Time, World of PainLeave a comment

This isn't really a medical update, but it's been a while and I didn't feel like waiting until Monday, so here we go. I have another wound care doctor visit Monday. I’ll do an update on that around noon. With a lot of luck it'll be "looks good. Take that thing off, mail it back, and… Read More »

Big Mac On The Cheap

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 20, 2020August 14, 2020Cat FoodTags Budget, Condiments, Diabeetus, Easy, Fast FoodLeave a comment

One of the biggest and best pieces of side advice the dietitian gave us was to check out the nutritional information for every restaurant we frequent and figure out what we can eat within our carb budget for a given meal. So I spent the next few days casually building meals at various fast food… Read More »

Chef Sunshine’s Basic Lo Mein

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 17, 2020August 14, 2020Cat FoodTags Chinese, Easy, Pasta1 Comment

8 oz noodles1/8 cup soy sauce1/8 cup sugar1/8 cup oyster saucesesame oilveggies (onion, red pepper, peapods, etc)2 green onions, choppedcorn starch Boil the noodles until slightly al dente. While they're boiling, mix the soy sauce and sugar in another pan and heat until they start to caramelize. Add the oyster sauce and sesame oil, and… Read More »

Fixing Voyager

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020Cat NerdTags Geek, Science Fiction, Star Trek, TV, WritingLeave a comment

Janeway has always been a problematic character. She wasn’t much of a Captain, and her incompetence was legendary especially when it came to the Prime Directive. Her expertise was in the Star Trek sciences, with repeated mention of her time as a science officer and endless smug “look at me sciencing” scenes. This is clearly… Read More »

Spam Awesomeness

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 14, 2020August 14, 2020Cat FoodTags Budget, Diabeetus, Easy, Fast FoodLeave a comment

Someone posted this picture in a food group I'm in, and all I can say is Madre de Elvis. Difficulty: I am diabetic, and thus on a carb controlled diet. When I met with the dietitian I was told my carb budget is 45-75g at a meal, and 0-30g at a snack. They assumed 3… Read More »

Dollar Menu Disturbances

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 14, 2020August 14, 2020Cat FoodTags Budget, Fast FoodLeave a comment

Arby's had a commercial a while back for their sliders. The pitch was that they're just like the full-size sandwiches, but smaller, hence the lower price. Mister Voiceover (Ving Gorram Rhames goes on to say that if you can find a full-size sandwich for a buck somewhere else, you shouldn't be there because there's something… Read More »

Foot: Little Things

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 14, 2020August 14, 2020Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2020, Story Time, World of PainLeave a comment

Sometimes it's the littlest, dumbest things. It's been just over a month since the Saga Of The Foot really started. It had been acting up badly enough that I went to Urgent Care on 9 July, but it went berserk on 13 July. Thanks to the open wound, I had a bandage on my foot… Read More »

Foot, Part Six

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 13, 2020August 13, 2020Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2020, Story Time, World of PainLeave a comment

Back in Devil Monkey Laboratories. Finally. Foot is doing well enough that I can climb the stairs again. Not often, but with my meds being on track I’m not running up and down the stairs to the bathroom every half hour either. You’d be amazed how tired growing back a chunk of meat that size… Read More »

Foot, Part Five

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 5, 2020August 5, 2020Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2020, Story Time, World of PainLeave a comment

Saw the wound care doctor on Monday. He looked it over really good, poked it with a stick (not joking), and said it looked really good. Foot hole looks healthy, no infection, no tendon or bone visible, is getting shallower, and 4cm x 1.5cm x .5cm. Had yet another follow-up appointment today, this one with… Read More »

Disability

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 2, 2020August 2, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Ethics, LosersLeave a comment

I’ve known several disability scammers in my life. They went to a doctor with a sob stary and list of symptoms from the internet, got a depression diagnosis, and proceeded to live in poverty for the next several years. I’d say the rest of their lives, but I stopped hanging around the most noteworthy losers… Read More »