Look at my Bee
Meet Bee and her favourite toy Rainbow Llama. According to Bee the only thing better than Rainbow Llama is suffocating me with her love. And honestly, yeah she’s right - breathing is overrated!
u/Kindly_Narwhal9251 — 3 days ago
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▲ 1 r/KneeInjuries
Is this something to worry about?
I’ve been sent my xray images of my left knee but have to wait two weeks to get the report from my doctor. Can anyone give me an idea of what this floating dot you can see in three of the images might be?
I was sent for the X-rays because I’ve recently had osteoarthritis diagnosed in my jaw and it got me thinking about my creaking/grinding knee that I’d been ignoring for years. I can feel and hear it grinding in the top left of my knee behind the patella when I’m going up and down stairs or getting up from a low chair and it gets stiff and swollen sometimes but I don’t really get pain. My GP thought it’s probably nothing but agreed to get a scan to see.
Totally understand that getting reddit to diagnose my X-rays is probably not the best idea, but I also don’t want to spend the next two weeks wondering if I’m just going to be told it’s nothing.
u/Kindly_Narwhal9251 — 14 days ago
Meet Bee. She’s the result of two pure bred show dogs getting together accidentally (sneakily!) and I’m intrigued to know if anyone can guess which two breeds. One I think is pretty obvious but I’m not sure if anyone will correctly guess the second.
u/Kindly_Narwhal9251 — 18 days ago
▲ 9 r/TMJ
I’m hoping there are some people who can share their experiences with arthritis in the jaw.
In a consultation about getting jaw surgery for sleep apnoea my oral surgeon was concerned about the shape of my left condyle in my X-rays. He sent me for an MRI of both my TMJs and found that my left condyle is misshapen (likely from birth), I have disc displacement when opening my jaw and that I have osteoarthritis in the TMJs (worse on the left). My jaw has clicked for forever but I’ve never had any particular jaw pain so the arthritis was unexpected news for me. It wasn’t a proper appointment, just a 5 minute phone call with the doctor to discuss the MRI results, so he basically just told me that, said it wouldn’t effect the surgery and that was it. I didn’t get a chance to ask questions so I’ve been trying to read about TMJ arthritis but it’s hard to find specifics about what this actually means for me - will it get worse? Will I end up with jaw pain? Are there things I can do to prevent it getting worse?
So I’d love to hear from anyone who has TMJ arthritis and what your experience has been like. Particularly if you’ve had jaw surgery as well, because while the doctor said it doesn’t stop us from doing the surgery I’m not sure I entirely believe that this won’t have an effect on the surgery results or the surgery won’t have an effect on the arthritis.
I do have an appointment with my regular GP to discuss this but it’s a while off and I’m someone who likes to be armed with as much information as possible when it comes to medical stuff.
u/Kindly_Narwhal9251 — 22 days ago
I’m hoping there are some people who can share their experiences with arthritis in the jaw.
In a consultation about getting jaw surgery for sleep apnoea my oral surgeon was concerned about the shape of my left condyle in my X-rays. He sent me for an MRI of both my TMJs and found that my left condyle is misshapen (likely from birth), I have disc displacement when opening my jaw and that I have osteoarthritis in the TMJs (worse on the left). My jaw has clicked for forever but I’ve never had any particular jaw pain so the arthritis was unexpected news for me. It wasn’t a proper appointment, just a 5 minute phone call with the doctor to discuss the MRI results, so he basically just told me that, said it wouldn’t effect the surgery and that was it. I didn’t get a chance to ask questions so I’ve been trying to read about TMJ arthritis but it’s hard to find specifics about what this actually means for me - will it get worse? Will I end up with jaw pain? Are there things I can do to prevent it getting worse?
So I’d love to hear from anyone who has TMJ arthritis and what your experience has been like. Particularly if you’ve had jaw surgery as well, because while the doctor said it doesn’t stop us from doing the surgery I’m not sure I entirely believe that this won’t have an effect on the surgery results or the surgery won’t have an effect on the arthritis.
I do have an appointment with my regular GP to discuss this but it’s a while off and I’m someone who likes to be armed with as much information as possible when it comes to medical stuff.
u/Kindly_Narwhal9251 — 22 days ago
こんばんわ、エライザです - or at least I think I am! My name is Eliza and I think the closest I can get phonetically to my name in katakana is Eraiza エライザ。 Can any Japanese speakers tell me if this looks correct to you?
And if it is correct could you tell me if I’ve managed to put together a kanji name (/signature) that reads correctly, flows well and has meaning? And if you have a preference for any I’ve numbered them so you can vote for your favourite.
I’d like to get a hanko made but I want to make sure it’s right. I’m still new to learning Japanese so while I’m mostly confident with hiragana and katakana I haven’t started learning any kanji yet. Any help and feedback is greatly appreciated!
Edited to add: I have just realised I should have laid these kanji out right to left and vertically as they would be written, please forgive this mistake and read them left to right for now.
Add: I’m hearing that a kanji signature might not be the way to go with my foreign name. Which is a pity because I’ve always loved the red chops Japanese printmakers use to sign their work, particularly with the artistry of the kanji characters. I’ve actually made a version of one for myself using a monogram of my English initials! I thought I might get a kanji one for my personal use, not necessarily to sign my art or do anything official - just to have really. Perhaps I’ll opt for a エライザ hanko instead. Thanks for your help everyone!
u/Kindly_Narwhal9251 — 1 month ago