Thursday, January 24th, 2008 12:49 pm

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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Thursday, January 24th, 2008 06:37 pm (UTC)
Oooooh. I wonder if I could get my orthopedist to give me some of that.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 09:04 pm (UTC)
You have knee problems too?
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 09:40 pm (UTC)
I'm missing about 2/3rds of the cartilage out of my right knee from a mountain biking accident. (87 degrees of rotation on the X axis.)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 10:18 pm (UTC)
Ow. I don't know how much it would help with that. But it probably couldn't hurt.

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.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 10:23 pm (UTC)
...I thought I was already on it. But yeah, sure.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 10:51 pm (UTC)
Logjam's friend groups list says not. But, you are now.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 07:21 pm (UTC)
Does it feel better? *is fascinated*
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 09:01 pm (UTC)
Too early to say yet, but early impressions are promising. I'll probably have a better idea after I finish the 3-week course of shots.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 07:32 pm (UTC)
<points, mocks> Cyborg!

<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…
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 09:03 pm (UTC)
I didn't even know it existed. I must investigate this further. Warron Zevon has — or had — Teh Goodness.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 08:03 pm (UTC)
Yes. In fact, it's called "Enhanced Articulation" in ShadowRun, and I've wanted it since I read about it in '95 or so...cartilage is a great solution for the first 25-30 years or so, but after that, feh.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 09:08 pm (UTC)
My cartilage was doing fine up until the day some asshat hit me with a full-size station wagon.

What I want to know is when do I get the reflex booster, the cyberoptics, and the auxiliary neural processor?
Friday, January 25th, 2008 12:01 am (UTC)
I want the full skeletal replacement, that's it.
Friday, January 25th, 2008 12:11 am (UTC)
Yeah, I want my place in that line reserved, too. I've often wondered what the mechanical effects would be of replacing calcium carbonate in the human skeleton with magnesium carbonate.
Friday, January 25th, 2008 12:23 am (UTC)
Hollow titanium! Just squish the marrow back in there.

Honestly, I guess it's not the bones I care about as much as the joints.
Friday, January 25th, 2008 01:22 am (UTC)
Replicating the range of a biological joint in a single mechanical joint is, I understand, a really bloody difficult problem.

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.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 08:27 pm (UTC)
You should have a zerk fitting permanently installed on the side of your kneecap. It would make regular maintenance a snap.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 09:06 pm (UTC)
Heh. :) "Wanna see my Zerk fitting, baby?"
Friday, January 25th, 2008 12:24 am (UTC)
But Alaric's already kind of a zerk, sometimes... ;)
Friday, January 25th, 2008 12:24 am (UTC)
No, not really, but I can't seem to resist a funny line these days.
Friday, January 25th, 2008 01:26 am (UTC)
Unfortunately I can't seem to come up with a suitable response right now. Damn. Have to turn in my sardonic-humor license .....
Friday, January 25th, 2008 01:54 am (UTC)
I sure as hell am.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 10:55 pm (UTC)
Would that stuff help artifical knees? My mom is always complaining about hers feeling "stiff".
Friday, January 25th, 2008 12:12 am (UTC)
Honestly, I don't know. It might. Have her ask her orthopedist about it.