Overheard in our home
Apr. 19th, 2011 10:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ciroccojBackground: Chris has a huge bar of metal in his leg, courtesy of a motorcycle accident ten years ago that snapped his femur in addition to causing various other delightful injuries. We have had a lawsuit going for ten years with the insurance company of the lady who crashed in to him. We have yet another mediation scheduled for the next few weeks.
Chris: (complaining about leg pain, again, that has caused him to not be able to do TKD)
Me: (comforting noises)
Chris: And I hadn't realized till you pointed it out that it's been happening a lot lately. And getting kinda debilitating.
Me: Yeah.
Chris: I'm thinking if it doesn't get better I'm gonna go see Dr. T. See if he'll refer me to a specialist.
Me: Yeah, that's probably a good idea. What could a specialist do, though? Would they be able to operate on it?
Chris: Yeah, maybe. The pain centres on the muscle and the pin. I'd have to find out, though, whether they can do anything about it, what it entails, the risks, the likelihood of it helping at all...
Me: You know, if you're gonna do that, you may want to get that estimated before the mediation.
Chris: Huh. Yeah, you're probably right. Hadn't thought of that.
Me: You know, pointing out to them, "Listen, the longer you keep drawing this out, the more of this kind of stuff keeps popping up. You wanna maybe try and settle this now, as opposed to waiting for even more complications?"
Chris: Yeah. Good thought.
Me: See, I am learning something. I'm becoming a real lawyer.
Chris: ::silence::
Me: ...and I just single-handedly ruined my own day.
Chris: (complaining about leg pain, again, that has caused him to not be able to do TKD)
Me: (comforting noises)
Chris: And I hadn't realized till you pointed it out that it's been happening a lot lately. And getting kinda debilitating.
Me: Yeah.
Chris: I'm thinking if it doesn't get better I'm gonna go see Dr. T. See if he'll refer me to a specialist.
Me: Yeah, that's probably a good idea. What could a specialist do, though? Would they be able to operate on it?
Chris: Yeah, maybe. The pain centres on the muscle and the pin. I'd have to find out, though, whether they can do anything about it, what it entails, the risks, the likelihood of it helping at all...
Me: You know, if you're gonna do that, you may want to get that estimated before the mediation.
Chris: Huh. Yeah, you're probably right. Hadn't thought of that.
Me: You know, pointing out to them, "Listen, the longer you keep drawing this out, the more of this kind of stuff keeps popping up. You wanna maybe try and settle this now, as opposed to waiting for even more complications?"
Chris: Yeah. Good thought.
Me: See, I am learning something. I'm becoming a real lawyer.
Chris: ::silence::
Me: ...and I just single-handedly ruined my own day.
