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Sep. 21st, 2015 04:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dchenesI was wrong, but not entirely. It's tendinosis in three of the four rotator cuff tendons and a possible degenerative SLAP-1 tear. (They're not positive about the tear.) An -itis is an acute inflammation; an -osis is a chronic one. So I was right about the inflammation, anyway. On to cortisone shot, as soon as I get around to scheduling one.
In other news, I attempted a new recipe this weekend and it was such a disaster I threw it away. (And this from somebody who ate oxtail-flavored red wine and shallot jam with carrots stuck in it. But the oxtail was too expensive to throw away.) It was supposed to be Smitten Kitchen's zucchini rice gratin, but I oversalted the grated zucchini, and the whole thing never really stopped being runny in spite of the fact that I didn't use as much liquid as called for. So it came out as inedibly salty Green Goop (related to Green Soup, which is an infamous extended-family cooking disaster), and I threw it out. I think I'll go back to sauteed zucchini with a little olive oil and a pantload of garlic, which is how I usually do it. Although I don't usually grate it. Maybe I will, next time, just to see how it goes.
New voice teacher gave me some new things to think about. Apparently just because it sounds like mush in my head doesn't mean it sounds like mush to anybody else, so worry about airflow rather than diction for a while. Seems my diction is interfering with my airflow. I suppose that explains a couple of issues, but I would never have thought of it myself. That's why I take lessons.
In other news, I attempted a new recipe this weekend and it was such a disaster I threw it away. (And this from somebody who ate oxtail-flavored red wine and shallot jam with carrots stuck in it. But the oxtail was too expensive to throw away.) It was supposed to be Smitten Kitchen's zucchini rice gratin, but I oversalted the grated zucchini, and the whole thing never really stopped being runny in spite of the fact that I didn't use as much liquid as called for. So it came out as inedibly salty Green Goop (related to Green Soup, which is an infamous extended-family cooking disaster), and I threw it out. I think I'll go back to sauteed zucchini with a little olive oil and a pantload of garlic, which is how I usually do it. Although I don't usually grate it. Maybe I will, next time, just to see how it goes.
New voice teacher gave me some new things to think about. Apparently just because it sounds like mush in my head doesn't mean it sounds like mush to anybody else, so worry about airflow rather than diction for a while. Seems my diction is interfering with my airflow. I suppose that explains a couple of issues, but I would never have thought of it myself. That's why I take lessons.
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Date: 2015-09-22 02:35 am (UTC)this afternoon when you posted about this on FB, I looked up -osis vs. -itis, because I had never heard of the -otis condition. Several of the sites I skimmed said that cortisone was counter-indicated for -otis - I remember because it stuck in my head as "wow, good thing she had the MRI before they did a cortisone shot."
I'm not saying your doctor is wrong (being that s/he graduated from medical school and all, but you might want to do a little research and ask a few questions before moving ahead. (and if the cortisone is for the tear rather than the tendons, obviously, I'll go hush in the corner) :)
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Date: 2015-09-22 06:30 pm (UTC)