Ugh, it's those adjustment days that are really annoying. But getting back to work means improvement in things...right?

LOL Not really, because of all the sitting in a position that puts a bit too much pressure on the wound. :P

The salt mines?! HA! LUXURY! When i was a lad I'd have given both my testicles and an eyeball to have some salt. but noooo. I had to work in a gasoline mine! with only a candle as my source of light! :)

you were lucky! XD

Wow! You had it rough. Working in a gasoline mine with only a candle to provide your...

Wait...

*durrrrrs*

*snicker*

YOU get a candle??? I just get matches.

You had matches?! Luxury! I had to bash two flint stones together to light my candle!!

Used matches. I had to rub them against rocks really really fast and hope for enough friction to light them for a few moments at a time. ;)

YOu had socks??!?!?! :)

It's all good dude! =D

I start my first job in a half hour! So I'm pretty pumped up about it.

It'll be good dude, sometimes workin' can take the pain off of some things ;3

Good luck with the new job!

Thanks yo! It's a lot of fun.. =D

Be sure to gently stretch a couple times a day at work... it will do wonders for your soreness.

Can't stretch yet, but when I can, I will!

heh, good luck with the healing...at least you dont have to do any heavy lifting :) and can get sympaty(and coffee) from co-workers.......

"oh...{insert female co-workers name here}, could you please go get me a te/coffee/donut (delete as applicable), you know how i cant move about too much"
:D

Actually--if I can just get people to go upstairs and get stuff for me, I am happy!

Damn i hope you take care about your pain my friend. Don't go easy on such things, it could end even more worse then it is now ... *nods*
All great wishes from germany here for you.

-- Drakon

Thank you--my German blood stirs with happiness. ^0^

If you drink large amounts of low fat milk, it will provide some pain relief assistance. Milk naturally contains a small but physiologically significant amount of morphine, and an orally active analgesic peptide called caseomorphan. You will need a couple of quarts per day to have an effect. If you are lactose intolerant, get Lactaid brand lactose-free milk. I hope that you feel better soon!

I am certainly no medical expert, but twenty minutes' Googling seems to argue against the "physiologically significant." Quantities in milk are on the order of 0.2-0.5 micrograms/litre [1], while low-dose therapeutic morphine regimes seem to be on the order of ten milligrams per day [2], [3] The lowest documented dosage I found was 0.3 micrograms per kilo body weight, [4].

I infer that you'd need to drink at least your own weight in milk.

[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6267691&dopt=Abstract

[2] http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/c.....ract/175/4/312

[3] http://www.thh.nhs.uk/Departments/C.....Analgesics.htm

[4] http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/558584

Oh, and Puppy? Get well soon. *whine*

Thanks!

recover well sir...

Thanks! I definitely don't want to recover badly!

awwr *snug* hope you get better soon

Thank you! ^0^

Eeewww, wounds x___x

seriously though, glad to hear you're back and getting better! ^-^

Thanks, I am. Still have a ways to go, but I AM healing.

Hey Pup, glad to hear you're on the road to recovery if not there yet. *(hugs)* Hope to chat at ya again soon.

soon you'll be wagging tails with the pencils in hand again. maybe i will find a place to live by then too, (truck is a bit cramped, i can't afford to get fat or sick at all) ah you have a life of luxury compared to me. heal faster i am impaitient! - love mericus :)