Posted on 04/30/2013 5:07:45 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, April 30, 2013
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
stroppy [strop-ee]
-adj
Br. bad-tempered or hostile; quick to take offense.
[1950–55; perhaps (ob)strep(erous) + -y1 , though o is unexplained ]
That was pretty dirty - but hopefully he will end up somewhere that needs/appreciates him
I was drinking coffee as I read that......well, you know what almost happened. ;^)
No - in 1985 I was a newlywed in West Texas....if I was listening to music it was country I guess because there are a lot of songs from around that time that I have never heard! lol
The Hooters were from Philly, but I guess that was before you were in PA.
The stands the surrounding the pitch are filled with stroppin' British lads...
hope you are feeling ok. I have had my own joint issues the past month! i had both hips replaced about 8 or so years ago. Three weeks back i had some horrific pain where i could not put any weight at all on my right leg. had no idea if it was sciatica, if my replaced hip was implicated or what. An xray of the hip showed it was ok, but i still was in incredible pain for weeks. Was going to the chiropractor, massage therapist and PT several times per week. The orthopod called in oral cortisone, it did nothing. Because my hip replacements were those that were recalled, it was still at issue. So the orthopod had me go in last week for an MRI of both hips. Let me tell you, after 40 min in the MRI machine when they said ok Mrs. XS, we finished your right hip we will now image the left i said HOLD UP! i need a break or something right now. So they asked if i wanted to come back later for the left. I thought that was a good idea, since the right was the problematic one and they finished that. NO ONE had told me that i was going to be in that machine for an hour and a half! there was no hint of that little tidbit. So anyway, bottom line, the hip replacements are fine and dandy. I still have no explanation of what the problem has been. I can stand and walk ok now except when i get up from sitting a long time, and when i get up in the AM. it almost feels like the hip joint isn’t fully up in where it needs to be until i put weight on it and get it back in position.
so in any event, i hope your recuperation is smooth and as painfree as possible.
Yes by about 15 years
Have you had any run ins with stroppy voodoo practitioners? ;-)
heck, i was considering acupuncture for pain relief!!
Acupuncture works great-I started getting it after I was injured the second time, and I still go when I’m creaking, and can scrape together the bucks for it-the guy I swear by is from China and has been in business for over 40 years...
I’ve got a bid to finish for my contractor compadre, and I’m going with him to take it to the customer-back later...
Haha
good luck!
Good. But not better.
Ouch! I feel for you. The only thing that I cam imagine that is worse than a hip replacement would be an additional hip replacement.
Keep up your search for answers, and I pray for relief for you soon. Have you saught a second opinion?
And I hear you about the MRI.
actually, from what i understand, knee replacements are far worse to recuperate from than hips— more moving parts! I will see the orthopod next week, haven’t seen him yet, was just communicating via phone and now that we know from the MRI that the hip is intact, we can go from there.
Better for dancing.
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