OK, so it's not quite organic superlubricant. But after visiting the orthopedist this morning (details of the reasons here, as well as in a couple of other recent posts also behind my medical filter), I now have bio-engineered high-viscosity synthetic lubricant in my right knee. (If it goes well, we'll probably do the left too.)
Is that cool, in a sort of cyberpunk way, or what?
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Do you want me to add you to my medical filter? I posted more details there. The specific stuff in question is called Euflexxa, from Ferring Pharmaceuticals.
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<only mocking because he wants to be one, too>
In other news, if you haven’t yet listened to Zevon’s When You Gonna Make It Stop Raining, Lord?, you might want to look for it—it’s well worth the time. Hell, most of the Preludes album is worthwhile. It’s one of the only posthumous record releases that I think is actually something other than a brazen attempt to exploit a corpse…
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Cyberpunk?
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What I want to know is when do I get the reflex booster, the cyberoptics, and the auxiliary neural processor?
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Honestly, I guess it's not the bones I care about as much as the joints.
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Titanium skeleton ....... that would be SOOOOO much fun at TSA checkpoints. :) Why, you might have to go to and from the departure lounge several times, just to make their day more interesting.
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