Sometimes I check whether an interesting topic or phrase already has its own namesake website. This is partly how I found greenerie.com. It’s surprising how much prime web territory is still unclaimed! For example, there might be some angsty emo-punk band out there called “Phantom Limb” and they are seriously missing out on cyber-staking their claim to that virtual-real-estate. Hopefully their lead-singer moonlights as a computer-geek, and can hack together an enticing website.
Regardless, this is a post about phantom limbs, not dweeby website-hunting.
Today’s learning objectives at school were all about pain, and specifically such bizarro phenomenon as phantom limb pain. Surprisingly, this ClevelandClinic description isn’t very impressive. Don’t take my word for it, but it’s a really oversimplified summary… or maybe rather, we went into tooooo much detail today. Probably both.
NOW, I know that you can have such creepy pains without ever undergoing amputation, and that these painful&invisible hands and feet can eventually feel like they are sticking DIRECTLY out of your surgical stump, also known as telescoping. SO SAD! By the way, I think there should be a more sophisticated term for the surgical site rather than stump. I mean, we say “incision” for CUT, and “hematoma” for BRUISE. Why not dress up STUMP, too?
You might also be interested in bidding on www.telescoping.com, which is currently available. Oh, the possibilities!
