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Gasp! A non-book review post!
Feb. 27th, 2018 09:50 amMy life never seems interesting enough to post about. I go to work, go home, play video games all night, go to bed, then start all over the next day.
Health: I did something to my shoulder/arm almost a month ago, and after going downhill for a week, I wasn't able to lift it above shoulder height. It kept not getting better, so eventually I made a doctor appointment. Usually, if you're willing to see any doctor, you can get in the next day. This time it took me a whole week to get an appointment with a random doctor. By the time I got to see her, it was finally improving a little. She said it was tendonitis of the bicep. Usually she would give me a painkiller, but the ones I can take are limited and I didn't really want one anyway, so I skipped that. She referred me to physical therapy as well, but since I was getting better, I decided to wait on that, too.
A week later(ish) and it's about 80% better. I can lift it as high as the other arm, though it doesn't have the strength of it, so I'm just going to give it more time and keep stretching it.
TV: VIKINGS! VIKINGS! VIKINGS! I finally gave that show a try, and my god is it good. :D I'm almost done with the second season. I'm watching at least one episode a day, which is just such a great way to watch a show.
Unfortunately, totally my own fault, I read a big spoiler about something that happens to my favorite character, so that's kind of a downer. The small plus side: I can see all the signs leading up to it happening, I wouldn't have recognized them if I hadn't known the spoiler.
I watched the Blood Eagle ep right before going to bed the other night. I'm amazed I didn't have nightmares about it...
Is anyone else watching?
Health: I did something to my shoulder/arm almost a month ago, and after going downhill for a week, I wasn't able to lift it above shoulder height. It kept not getting better, so eventually I made a doctor appointment. Usually, if you're willing to see any doctor, you can get in the next day. This time it took me a whole week to get an appointment with a random doctor. By the time I got to see her, it was finally improving a little. She said it was tendonitis of the bicep. Usually she would give me a painkiller, but the ones I can take are limited and I didn't really want one anyway, so I skipped that. She referred me to physical therapy as well, but since I was getting better, I decided to wait on that, too.
A week later(ish) and it's about 80% better. I can lift it as high as the other arm, though it doesn't have the strength of it, so I'm just going to give it more time and keep stretching it.
TV: VIKINGS! VIKINGS! VIKINGS! I finally gave that show a try, and my god is it good. :D I'm almost done with the second season. I'm watching at least one episode a day, which is just such a great way to watch a show.
Unfortunately, totally my own fault, I read a big spoiler about something that happens to my favorite character, so that's kind of a downer. The small plus side: I can see all the signs leading up to it happening, I wouldn't have recognized them if I hadn't known the spoiler.
I watched the Blood Eagle ep right before going to bed the other night. I'm amazed I didn't have nightmares about it...
Is anyone else watching?
GIP... but not really
Mar. 16th, 2014 09:34 pmNo one makes GIPs anymore (Gratuitous Icon Posts) -- posts only to show off a new icon. Well, to be fair, this isn't one either. Showing off a new icon is just bonus! Larger version of it:
I wanted one for posts about my upcoming surgery, and I've been watching for an artist I liked/reasonable priced for a while. What the heck happened to cheap/reasonable commissions? So many "artists" (and I use that term loosely) want $15 for an icon, when I wouldn't bother taking their art for free. I mean that literally: Some of them have offered free art as well as charging, and I didn't even like their work enough to go through the effort of posting a description of what I wanted.
Ah well, on to other subjects. Bad start to the weekend. My leg was having issues, so after watching it for 24 hours I decided I better go to urgent care (walk-in clinic) and have it looked at. Doctor there took one look at it (really, one look, didn't touch it or anything) and told me to go to the ER to be admitted to the hospital for IV antibiotics.
I nearly broke down crying, but I didn't have time for that. I went straight home, packed a bag with all the things I wished I had had the first time (phone charger! underwear!), and took Ellie New Cat to the vet for emergency boarding. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tersa, I was going to call you and my boss once I was settled into a room.)
And then I cried. I sat in the vet's parking lot and sobbed for a while. Going back into the hospital is my nightmare, especially for the same damned problem I had the first time!
The ER was great. Almost no waiting time: As soon as I sat down in the waiting room, they called me. I hadn't even had had time to put my bag down. The ER doctor disagreed with the urgent care doctor and sent me home with care instructions and such. I could have kissed him. I did say "I love you!" (in a silly way).
So that was most of Saturday. By the time I got home, I was stressed out of my mind and ready to crawl under my bed and never come out. (All this on top of no more than three hours of sleep per night for the previous six nights.)
Sunday was better. I slept almost ten hours straight. I feel a lot better now.
All I can say is that 2014 sucks. This is the worst year of my adult life. This medical stuff needs to end.
One day I'll write cheery posts again. Or cherry posts. Mmm, cherry.
I wanted one for posts about my upcoming surgery, and I've been watching for an artist I liked/reasonable priced for a while. What the heck happened to cheap/reasonable commissions? So many "artists" (and I use that term loosely) want $15 for an icon, when I wouldn't bother taking their art for free. I mean that literally: Some of them have offered free art as well as charging, and I didn't even like their work enough to go through the effort of posting a description of what I wanted.
Ah well, on to other subjects. Bad start to the weekend. My leg was having issues, so after watching it for 24 hours I decided I better go to urgent care (walk-in clinic) and have it looked at. Doctor there took one look at it (really, one look, didn't touch it or anything) and told me to go to the ER to be admitted to the hospital for IV antibiotics.
I nearly broke down crying, but I didn't have time for that. I went straight home, packed a bag with all the things I wished I had had the first time (phone charger! underwear!), and took Ellie New Cat to the vet for emergency boarding. (
tersa, I was going to call you and my boss once I was settled into a room.)And then I cried. I sat in the vet's parking lot and sobbed for a while. Going back into the hospital is my nightmare, especially for the same damned problem I had the first time!
The ER was great. Almost no waiting time: As soon as I sat down in the waiting room, they called me. I hadn't even had had time to put my bag down. The ER doctor disagreed with the urgent care doctor and sent me home with care instructions and such. I could have kissed him. I did say "I love you!" (in a silly way).
So that was most of Saturday. By the time I got home, I was stressed out of my mind and ready to crawl under my bed and never come out. (All this on top of no more than three hours of sleep per night for the previous six nights.)
Sunday was better. I slept almost ten hours straight. I feel a lot better now.
All I can say is that 2014 sucks. This is the worst year of my adult life. This medical stuff needs to end.
One day I'll write cheery posts again. Or cherry posts. Mmm, cherry.
Long story short: New infection. Doctor had to make new holes in my toe to help drain things. Hurts like heck, but that's fine so long as I don't have to go back to the hospital. It's still MRSA, but it's the "good" (weaker) form of it. On new antibiotic.
In tastier news, I'm going to make this pot roast tomorrow. Looks easy to make, and in my limited use, I've had good success with envelopes of powder. It's all put together in the fridge now, ready to plug in tomorrow morning. I'm a tad worried what the vinegar might do sitting with the onions for 12 hours (I poured it down the side instead of on the meat), but I forgot to hold it off to the side, so we'll see. Hopefully it won't transmute the onions into some form of toxic sludge or something. Cooking, so challenging. (But seriously, how do people learn about things like that? I doubt many people say hey, let's pour vinegar on various vegetables for 12 hours and see what happens!. How does one learn what's a horrible mistake and what's only minorly bad or what's okay? Vinegar is an acid and onions are strong in something harsh, I'd think mixing the two for long periods of time might be bad. Or maybe I'll get pickled onions! Seriously, cooking, so challenging.)
I hate finishing good books. I've been sad all day, knowing there was no more of the Gone series to read. Luckily he's written a crapton of other books, so I'm going to check some of them out. He and his wife are the authors of all the Animorphs books, as well as some Sweet Valley series (not High, a sidebranch of it) -- those aren't going to be the ones I check out, but just evidence of how prolific the two of them are. Though, hmm, I've never read any of the Animorphs book, so maybe I'll check one out?
In tastier news, I'm going to make this pot roast tomorrow. Looks easy to make, and in my limited use, I've had good success with envelopes of powder. It's all put together in the fridge now, ready to plug in tomorrow morning. I'm a tad worried what the vinegar might do sitting with the onions for 12 hours (I poured it down the side instead of on the meat), but I forgot to hold it off to the side, so we'll see. Hopefully it won't transmute the onions into some form of toxic sludge or something. Cooking, so challenging. (But seriously, how do people learn about things like that? I doubt many people say hey, let's pour vinegar on various vegetables for 12 hours and see what happens!. How does one learn what's a horrible mistake and what's only minorly bad or what's okay? Vinegar is an acid and onions are strong in something harsh, I'd think mixing the two for long periods of time might be bad. Or maybe I'll get pickled onions! Seriously, cooking, so challenging.)
I hate finishing good books. I've been sad all day, knowing there was no more of the Gone series to read. Luckily he's written a crapton of other books, so I'm going to check some of them out. He and his wife are the authors of all the Animorphs books, as well as some Sweet Valley series (not High, a sidebranch of it) -- those aren't going to be the ones I check out, but just evidence of how prolific the two of them are. Though, hmm, I've never read any of the Animorphs book, so maybe I'll check one out?
It's just after 8 AM on Monday morning. Too early to already have lists.
Good things
Had to go to the lab to get blood drawn. Oftentimes, even though I go before 8, the place is packed. Today I was the only person there! Got in and out in less than 15 minutes.
It's raining. Yay! We need rain.
The weekend was lovely. 71 on Saturday and 75 on Sunday. Had the windows open all weekend. Darned cat scratched the screen on one. We don't own the apartment, cat! Stop damaging it!
Bad things
Slept less than four hours last night. Ugh. I have a "tired headache" (in the past year or so I started getting odd headaches when I don't sleep enough).
Driving to the lab and then to work in the dark. Ugh. The rain didn't help. I don't mind coming home from work in the dark, but driving to it before the sun rises is just depressing.
Toe is worse. Have to call and make an appointment when the office opens. This is part of the reason why I slept so little -- took more than two hours to fall asleep because my brain wouldn't stop running through all the possible bad toe-related outcomes, everything from returning to the hospital to them having to cut my toe off (stupid, stupid brain).
Non-List things
Three weeks ago, they did a culture on my toe. There were two antibiotics that would work on the infection. They gave me one of them, and apparently it didn't work. What will they do if the other one doesn't as well?Cut my toe off?
Good things
Had to go to the lab to get blood drawn. Oftentimes, even though I go before 8, the place is packed. Today I was the only person there! Got in and out in less than 15 minutes.
It's raining. Yay! We need rain.
The weekend was lovely. 71 on Saturday and 75 on Sunday. Had the windows open all weekend. Darned cat scratched the screen on one. We don't own the apartment, cat! Stop damaging it!
Bad things
Slept less than four hours last night. Ugh. I have a "tired headache" (in the past year or so I started getting odd headaches when I don't sleep enough).
Driving to the lab and then to work in the dark. Ugh. The rain didn't help. I don't mind coming home from work in the dark, but driving to it before the sun rises is just depressing.
Toe is worse. Have to call and make an appointment when the office opens. This is part of the reason why I slept so little -- took more than two hours to fall asleep because my brain wouldn't stop running through all the possible bad toe-related outcomes, everything from returning to the hospital to them having to cut my toe off (stupid, stupid brain).
Non-List things
Three weeks ago, they did a culture on my toe. There were two antibiotics that would work on the infection. They gave me one of them, and apparently it didn't work. What will they do if the other one doesn't as well?
I don't know if I'm feeling down (sad, depressed, no energy, no appetite) because my infection is back or because I'm worrying myself sick that it might be. Toe seems to be getting a little worse*, and I have a blister? pimple? something on the bottom of the same toe that hurts like heck (small red bump). Could be a blister caused by having tape put on and taken off three times a day for two weeks. Could be infection from my nail GOING THROUGH MY WHOLE TOE AND COMING OUT THE OTHER SIDE. Okay, maybe probably not that. Try telling that to my brain though.
(* Worse, but still within the parameters listed on the take-home care sheet they gave me. I think.)
I'm watching it closely. If it gets worse I'm going to have to go to the doctor again, even though I'm getting a giant fear about going to them because they might say I have to go back to the hospital for IV antibiotics. I just can't do that again. (I know this makes no logical sense.)
Sort of related to this, I canceled my gym membership. I hadn't been in two months (leg still healing + open toe wound), but more than that the locker room was so gross and dirty that I didn't want to risk going back. One of the infectious disease doctors goes to that exact same gym and we shared a laugh over how disgusting the locker room is. She said the value of exercising outweighs the risk of the locker room (and that she still goes there), but I just can't. I'll walk (once my darned toe heals), and soon enough it'll be warm enough to use outside pools (the town pools and the pool in my apartment complex).
I'm falling behind on posting about things that make me happy, but my brain isn't in a really happy place right now. Mostly I walk around in a fog of worry, losing myself in games and reading when I can. I just want to be healthy, darn it!
Edit: I've had this LJ since 2002, and apparently this is the most religious my friends list has ever been. In all those years, I can only remember one or two mentions of Lent. This year? It's all over my friends list.
(* Worse, but still within the parameters listed on the take-home care sheet they gave me. I think.)
I'm watching it closely. If it gets worse I'm going to have to go to the doctor again, even though I'm getting a giant fear about going to them because they might say I have to go back to the hospital for IV antibiotics. I just can't do that again. (I know this makes no logical sense.)
Sort of related to this, I canceled my gym membership. I hadn't been in two months (leg still healing + open toe wound), but more than that the locker room was so gross and dirty that I didn't want to risk going back. One of the infectious disease doctors goes to that exact same gym and we shared a laugh over how disgusting the locker room is. She said the value of exercising outweighs the risk of the locker room (and that she still goes there), but I just can't. I'll walk (once my darned toe heals), and soon enough it'll be warm enough to use outside pools (the town pools and the pool in my apartment complex).
I'm falling behind on posting about things that make me happy, but my brain isn't in a really happy place right now. Mostly I walk around in a fog of worry, losing myself in games and reading when I can. I just want to be healthy, darn it!
Edit: I've had this LJ since 2002, and apparently this is the most religious my friends list has ever been. In all those years, I can only remember one or two mentions of Lent. This year? It's all over my friends list.
Health and happy things (#6)
Feb. 27th, 2014 08:23 amDoctor OKed me for going back to work full time. That's both good and bad, as I was really starting to enjoy a half-day schedule (so much free time!). And, even though my toe is awfully red, she said it's healing well and no sign of infection. Is it possible? Am I currently infection-free? So it seems! Yay!
Let's just see if I can STAY healthy. I went grocery shopping yesterday and the cashier was sick as a dog, coughing nonstop. If I had noticed earlier I would have left her lane. She handled everything of mine, including the bag (small store, couldn't bag myself). Ugh. I looked for a manager on the way out -- I don't want to get anyone in trouble, but if someone is that sick they should NOT be interacting with the public that way! Unfortunately I didn't spot one.
And on to happy things! I've been dragging my feet about this one because it's going to sound strange. It sounds strange even to me.
FFXI/FFXIV feel like home to me. Literally home, as in chest-swelling, warm feeling inside, this is where I belong sort of feeling. There's no real life place that gets a reaction even close to that. I like where I currently live, but I feel nothing for it.
I have no idea how that works. It's a game. It's not real. I've not even been playing FFXIV long (a week?), but the feeling hit me as soon as I first stepped foot there.
So, even though I've not been brave enough to even talk to anyone yet, FFXIV makes me so happy. Imagine how much happier I'll be once I take part in RP! And join a FC(guild)!
And mostly as a note for myself, I'm done with the third book of the Gone series. I'll review the whole series once I'm done, but so I remember where things started going downhill:
Gone: 5/loved
Hunger: 5/loved
Lies: 3/ok
Plague:
Fear:
Light:
Let's just see if I can STAY healthy. I went grocery shopping yesterday and the cashier was sick as a dog, coughing nonstop. If I had noticed earlier I would have left her lane. She handled everything of mine, including the bag (small store, couldn't bag myself). Ugh. I looked for a manager on the way out -- I don't want to get anyone in trouble, but if someone is that sick they should NOT be interacting with the public that way! Unfortunately I didn't spot one.
And on to happy things! I've been dragging my feet about this one because it's going to sound strange. It sounds strange even to me.
FFXI/FFXIV feel like home to me. Literally home, as in chest-swelling, warm feeling inside, this is where I belong sort of feeling. There's no real life place that gets a reaction even close to that. I like where I currently live, but I feel nothing for it.
I have no idea how that works. It's a game. It's not real. I've not even been playing FFXIV long (a week?), but the feeling hit me as soon as I first stepped foot there.
So, even though I've not been brave enough to even talk to anyone yet, FFXIV makes me so happy. Imagine how much happier I'll be once I take part in RP! And join a FC(guild)!
And mostly as a note for myself, I'm done with the third book of the Gone series. I'll review the whole series once I'm done, but so I remember where things started going downhill:
Gone: 5/loved
Hunger: 5/loved
Lies: 3/ok
Plague:
Fear:
Light:
This might be the most specific tip I've ever posted. My apartment came with vertical blinds. I love them! Unlike the horizontal one, they don't collect tons of dust. Then they started falling out. How does the little tab break? I have no idea. Is it my fault? It might be? (Sometimes I slide them open without turning them open first.) Since I live in an apartment I could go and ask them to fix it, but I didn't know if they would think it was me. (Let me tell you about the time a squirrel ran across my porch and got caught on my sliding glass door screen, right at the height a cat would scratch... Of course they'll think my cat damaged it even though it was the squirrel!) I tried fixing the blind slat with tape, but that didn't last even a day.
I decided to google before going to management. Turns out there's an easy and cheap-ish fix. Vane Savers! (The official name of the slats is apparently "vane".) This is the cheapest one on Amazon, so I ordered it. Under $10 to fix ten of them? I can handle that.
In other news, my focus for TV shows is so scattered. A friend introduced me to Lost Girl and I love it... but I watched three eps and never returned. I downloaded Teen Wolf to catch up with this season, but watched two eps and now I can't force myself to watch more. I love West Wing, but I've not watched it in ages. So many series on Netflix that I'm in the middle of, but I just can't concentrate on them.
Speaking of that, my google is failing me, so I can't confirm this or not. I wonder if people are more emotional after a long illness/injury recovery period? I swear, I cry endlessly now, at the silliest, littlest things. It's driving me crazy! My doctor said prolonged infections have a lot of effects on your body (for example, your red blood cells explode (I'm badly anemic now) -- "explode" is my doctor's word) Maybe it has an effect on your emotions, too...
On the To Do list for this week: Tomorrow night I'm going to the second information class for my surgery. Two and a half hours (ugh), same exact class I took the first time (sigh). We're required to attend it twice, even though it's the same class. There's not even a break! Two and a half hours sitting and listening to someone talk.
Also must do taxes. I know we still have time yet, but it feels like I'm running late. I'm still trying to catch up with paperwork/bills from my time in the hospital/recovering. Turns out I missed a credit card payment! EEEK! My first one ever, in the nearly ten years I had the card. They waved the fee for me (even without me asking, which was very nice), I just hope it doesn't go on my credit report.
I decided to google before going to management. Turns out there's an easy and cheap-ish fix. Vane Savers! (The official name of the slats is apparently "vane".) This is the cheapest one on Amazon, so I ordered it. Under $10 to fix ten of them? I can handle that.
In other news, my focus for TV shows is so scattered. A friend introduced me to Lost Girl and I love it... but I watched three eps and never returned. I downloaded Teen Wolf to catch up with this season, but watched two eps and now I can't force myself to watch more. I love West Wing, but I've not watched it in ages. So many series on Netflix that I'm in the middle of, but I just can't concentrate on them.
Speaking of that, my google is failing me, so I can't confirm this or not. I wonder if people are more emotional after a long illness/injury recovery period? I swear, I cry endlessly now, at the silliest, littlest things. It's driving me crazy! My doctor said prolonged infections have a lot of effects on your body (for example, your red blood cells explode (I'm badly anemic now) -- "explode" is my doctor's word) Maybe it has an effect on your emotions, too...
On the To Do list for this week: Tomorrow night I'm going to the second information class for my surgery. Two and a half hours (ugh), same exact class I took the first time (sigh). We're required to attend it twice, even though it's the same class. There's not even a break! Two and a half hours sitting and listening to someone talk.
Also must do taxes. I know we still have time yet, but it feels like I'm running late. I'm still trying to catch up with paperwork/bills from my time in the hospital/recovering. Turns out I missed a credit card payment! EEEK! My first one ever, in the nearly ten years I had the card. They waved the fee for me (even without me asking, which was very nice), I just hope it doesn't go on my credit report.
Whew insurance, WTF hospitals?
Feb. 1st, 2014 05:31 pmI got my itemized bill from the hospital today. I have insurance (THANKFULLY), so it was sent for my information.
I was in the hospital exactly 14 days.
Total bill? $144,769
I nearly fell over. Just the hospital room and (awful) food cost $84,000 for the 14 days.
My antibiotic, the only one that worked, cost $250/dose when put in by the home nurse. When put in at the hospital? $3,990/dose.
I'd like to have a word with those who claim America has the greatest health care system in the world. The service I received was nearly 100% perfect, I have no complaints at all there, but the prices are just so unreasonable that 'unreasonable' doesn't even describe it.
One shot of nasal spray for a stuffy nose, put in by me, cost $179.
In related news, I'm still on the mend. Getting better every day, but still weak and little energy. Returning to work on Monday, so we'll see how that goes.
I was in the hospital exactly 14 days.
Total bill? $144,769
I nearly fell over. Just the hospital room and (awful) food cost $84,000 for the 14 days.
My antibiotic, the only one that worked, cost $250/dose when put in by the home nurse. When put in at the hospital? $3,990/dose.
I'd like to have a word with those who claim America has the greatest health care system in the world. The service I received was nearly 100% perfect, I have no complaints at all there, but the prices are just so unreasonable that 'unreasonable' doesn't even describe it.
One shot of nasal spray for a stuffy nose, put in by me, cost $179.
In related news, I'm still on the mend. Getting better every day, but still weak and little energy. Returning to work on Monday, so we'll see how that goes.
Still alive, not kicking
Jan. 23rd, 2014 06:53 pmSlowly getting better. Small steps. I can now take a shower on my own, standing up. Has to be short, but I can.
Today I started getting bored for the first time -- another sign I'm getting healthier, I guess. I can't sit in a chair (or stand still upright, anything with my lower leg straight down -- but walking is ok), which means no computer for me. My computer is a laptop but it's massive and not meant to be moved off the desk.
I logged on to WoW once to pick up my mail, since it gets deleted after 30 days. I don't miss the game much, but do very much the people and RP.
Seeing doctors and specialists every couple days. Still on IV antibiotics for another week. Lost 25 pounds in under two weeks in hospital. Tomorrow have to sit at computer long enough to look at disability paperwork from HR at work.
Ipad is saving me.
Today I started getting bored for the first time -- another sign I'm getting healthier, I guess. I can't sit in a chair (or stand still upright, anything with my lower leg straight down -- but walking is ok), which means no computer for me. My computer is a laptop but it's massive and not meant to be moved off the desk.
I logged on to WoW once to pick up my mail, since it gets deleted after 30 days. I don't miss the game much, but do very much the people and RP.
Seeing doctors and specialists every couple days. Still on IV antibiotics for another week. Lost 25 pounds in under two weeks in hospital. Tomorrow have to sit at computer long enough to look at disability paperwork from HR at work.
Ipad is saving me.
Home now YAY. Cant be on computer so posting from iPad. Released late yesterday.
Nurse sees me daily at home. Iv antibiotics rest of month. Still 2 heavy painkillers.
Reading friends list 150 posts behind. Sorry for no comments. Hard on pad plus hands shake badly from pain and meds.
Out from work at least until 1/29. Alternating between terrible pain and bored so that's not good.
Miss everyone.
Nurse sees me daily at home. Iv antibiotics rest of month. Still 2 heavy painkillers.
Reading friends list 150 posts behind. Sorry for no comments. Hard on pad plus hands shake badly from pain and meds.
Out from work at least until 1/29. Alternating between terrible pain and bored so that's not good.
Miss everyone.
Hospital update
Jan. 15th, 2014 03:23 pmDay 14? in hospital. Feel disconnected from world. Might de released this weekend. No one knows.
Ever have the second most expensive thing in the world? My antibiotic is $250 per dose for 20 days. Only antibiotic more expensive than it is $1000/day. YAY for insurance.
Painkillers not working well anymore even after they doubled them.
I miss being home. Hope everyone is well. Read 400 of 600 new LJ posts. Sorry no comments. On back iPad overheas makes it hard to type.
Ever have the second most expensive thing in the world? My antibiotic is $250 per dose for 20 days. Only antibiotic more expensive than it is $1000/day. YAY for insurance.
Painkillers not working well anymore even after they doubled them.
I miss being home. Hope everyone is well. Read 400 of 600 new LJ posts. Sorry no comments. On back iPad overheas makes it hard to type.
May kill self, but in hospital so ok
Jan. 10th, 2014 01:29 pmKeep pushing off release date. Maybe Monday now.
Sorry lack of reply to comments/posts.
Stats:
Days so far: 8
Showers: 1 (hopefully second today!)
Times brushed teeth: 5 (feeling better, going up)
Typical breakfast:
Half slice toast, diet jelly
Oatmeal plain
1 serving fruit
Thank god I don't feel like eating most days...
Sorry lack of reply to comments/posts.
Stats:
Days so far: 8
Showers: 1 (hopefully second today!)
Times brushed teeth: 5 (feeling better, going up)
Typical breakfast:
Half slice toast, diet jelly
Oatmeal plain
1 serving fruit
Thank god I don't feel like eating most days...
Alive though not feeling it
Jan. 8th, 2014 05:15 pmBeen in hospital since Friday. Infection spread, keeps outsmarting antibiotics. Might be released Saturday. Long term worst case is out of work "months". People were right in last post. Things started with that.
Dr thinks fever finally broke for good.
Boss was a wonder and brought her phone charger for me and gift flowers and cards from coworkers.
Mother flying in tomorrow. Ellie ok
Will update better from home.
Dr thinks fever finally broke for good.
Boss was a wonder and brought her phone charger for me and gift flowers and cards from coworkers.
Mother flying in tomorrow. Ellie ok
Will update better from home.
I felt horribly sick Wednesday night, and I noticed I had an odd pain on my leg. A very painful, red. No cut or broken skin though. I felt bad enough and "wrong" enough that I went to the urgent care walk-in clinic the next morning. Somehow I have a skin infection even without a cut.
I slept most of the last 48 hours, other than going to the doctor yesterday. I have to go back today to see if it's responding to the antibiotics, otherwise I'd be asleep now.
I still feel so bad. Weak to the point of walking to the bathroom wears me out.
I was supposed to go back to work yesterday. I'm sure it looks very suspicious that I called in yesterday and today, after the company was shut down the previous week.
I'll be very slow to reply to comments from the past couple days and today.
I slept most of the last 48 hours, other than going to the doctor yesterday. I have to go back today to see if it's responding to the antibiotics, otherwise I'd be asleep now.
I still feel so bad. Weak to the point of walking to the bathroom wears me out.
I was supposed to go back to work yesterday. I'm sure it looks very suspicious that I called in yesterday and today, after the company was shut down the previous week.
I'll be very slow to reply to comments from the past couple days and today.
If I fall over dead, we know who to blame.
Dec. 4th, 2013 09:16 amOn Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays I skip lunch and leave work a little early to swim. That means I don't have lunch until later in the afternoon, so I try to have something solid for breakfast. This morning I went to a sandwich place and ordered an egg sandwich.
I got about halfway through it, thinking about how different it was to have a runny yoke... then I realized why it was different. No one is supposed to serve it that way anymore! Even the CDC says so! Arg!
Man, I hope I don't get sick. I know the chances of it are low, but arg! It's not supposed to be served that way! I threw out the other half, even though I knew it was pointless not to finish it.
I got about halfway through it, thinking about how different it was to have a runny yoke... then I realized why it was different. No one is supposed to serve it that way anymore! Even the CDC says so! Arg!
Man, I hope I don't get sick. I know the chances of it are low, but arg! It's not supposed to be served that way! I threw out the other half, even though I knew it was pointless not to finish it.
I'm in love. Fiber is the best thing ever. For most of my adult life, I've had "stomach problems", the kind that require you to go running for a bathroom frequently and too often by surprise.
Unrelated to that, I needed to work on my cholesterol and other assorted blood things. Not wanting to change my lifestyle (yummy, yummy fried foods), I thought I could "cheat" -- ear fiber.
And know what? Not only did it work for that, it 100% solved my stomach issues.
"But Thistle! I thought you hated all vegetables! How are you eating fiber?" The answer is simple (and yummy): Fiber One cereal. I eat basically three bowls a day (the "twigs" kind, so low low low calories) with a little of one of the flavored Fiber One cereals tossed in for taste. (And soy milk, which has tons more calcium than regular milk.)
Without any other change in my lifestyle, it did wonders for my bloodwork. Nearly as important, I now have NO stomach issues. They used to be a daily thing, bad enough that I never wanted to go shopping or visit or anything, because if I ate any food (or didn't eat any food) I might have a bathroom emergency.
While I'm already getting about 250% of the recommended amount of fiber, I want MORE MORE MORE! So I decided to find the Fiber One snack bars and brownies. Both have about 90 calories in them.
Today I tried the "Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie". Um. Wow. So very much not a brownie. Not bad, but if you go in thinking it will be brownie-like at all... just don't. There was a very slight chocolate taste. Mostly it tasted like burnt coffee. (And no peanut butter flavor at all.) BUT! One brownie is 20% of your daily fiber needs! So that rocks!
No worries about eating too much fiber, so long as you drink plenty of water.
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In other news, the best icons ever were being offered for sale on teenycom. They look like cave paintings! And for only $1!
So I ordered some. My four -- three of Penny, one of Ellie. I don't need more icons, and it took me all day to think of what to get them of, but I liked the style so much I really wanted some. And only $1 each! Wow!
Unrelated to that, I needed to work on my cholesterol and other assorted blood things. Not wanting to change my lifestyle (yummy, yummy fried foods), I thought I could "cheat" -- ear fiber.
And know what? Not only did it work for that, it 100% solved my stomach issues.
"But Thistle! I thought you hated all vegetables! How are you eating fiber?" The answer is simple (and yummy): Fiber One cereal. I eat basically three bowls a day (the "twigs" kind, so low low low calories) with a little of one of the flavored Fiber One cereals tossed in for taste. (And soy milk, which has tons more calcium than regular milk.)
Without any other change in my lifestyle, it did wonders for my bloodwork. Nearly as important, I now have NO stomach issues. They used to be a daily thing, bad enough that I never wanted to go shopping or visit or anything, because if I ate any food (or didn't eat any food) I might have a bathroom emergency.
While I'm already getting about 250% of the recommended amount of fiber, I want MORE MORE MORE! So I decided to find the Fiber One snack bars and brownies. Both have about 90 calories in them.
Today I tried the "Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie". Um. Wow. So very much not a brownie. Not bad, but if you go in thinking it will be brownie-like at all... just don't. There was a very slight chocolate taste. Mostly it tasted like burnt coffee. (And no peanut butter flavor at all.) BUT! One brownie is 20% of your daily fiber needs! So that rocks!
No worries about eating too much fiber, so long as you drink plenty of water.
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In other news, the best icons ever were being offered for sale on teenycom. They look like cave paintings! And for only $1!
So I ordered some. My four -- three of Penny, one of Ellie. I don't need more icons, and it took me all day to think of what to get them of, but I liked the style so much I really wanted some. And only $1 each! Wow!
Avengers, fandom, TV, health
Jun. 11th, 2012 01:08 pmA mishmash of somewhat related stuff.
So sad that Game of Thrones is done for another season! And worse yet, next week Korra is over for the season. D: D: My two main TV shows! Weeds returns July 1st, but that's a half-hour and story-light. Homeland returns in September, but that's forever away.
I'm being strongly nibbled on by the Avengers fandom. Usually I'd say I was eaten by it, but I don't feel the connection I had with my previous fandoms. This is odd, as I've been reading Avengers fics nonstop for nearly a week now.
A question: Why in fics is Clint/Hawkeye so disliked by the other Avengers? Is it something from the comics or some "fandom canon" thing? It seems really odd.
It's interesting how much characterization varies from fic to fic. I don't mean this marks a bad fic or bad writing, I think it's more that different people see the characters so differently. (Or, hm, might be comic book canon vs movie canon...)
I've only seen Thor and the Avengers once each, so I feel kind of weak in canon. My mental "correct" version of these characters is formed by the good fics I read. I never would have thought that Loki/Steve would be my pairing of choice. I love Tony to death, but something about Loki/Steve is just so touching and sweet and longing and eeee. Heck, I'm surprised how much I like Steve in general! I usually run screaming from nice guy/good guy characters.
I really should have kept a better list of the fics I like, so I could make a rec post. Everything I've read so far byteh_helenables would be on it, but especially Tell me the story of how you ended up here. Loki/Steve, though gen. It's so sweet and I love Loki so!
Health: It's a darned good thing my coughing has mostly stopped, because I'm leaning more and more towards my rib being fractured instead of it being a pulled muscle. I got almost no sleep last night because it hurt so much. The pain has expanded, it now wraps around from the front of my ribs to the back. Sitting/standing it's okay, but when I'm in bed it's horrible. I picked up over the counter painkillers at lunchtime, and happily they take the edge off the pain. I hope that'll be enough to let me sleep.
So sad that Game of Thrones is done for another season! And worse yet, next week Korra is over for the season. D: D: My two main TV shows! Weeds returns July 1st, but that's a half-hour and story-light. Homeland returns in September, but that's forever away.
I'm being strongly nibbled on by the Avengers fandom. Usually I'd say I was eaten by it, but I don't feel the connection I had with my previous fandoms. This is odd, as I've been reading Avengers fics nonstop for nearly a week now.
A question: Why in fics is Clint/Hawkeye so disliked by the other Avengers? Is it something from the comics or some "fandom canon" thing? It seems really odd.
It's interesting how much characterization varies from fic to fic. I don't mean this marks a bad fic or bad writing, I think it's more that different people see the characters so differently. (Or, hm, might be comic book canon vs movie canon...)
I've only seen Thor and the Avengers once each, so I feel kind of weak in canon. My mental "correct" version of these characters is formed by the good fics I read. I never would have thought that Loki/Steve would be my pairing of choice. I love Tony to death, but something about Loki/Steve is just so touching and sweet and longing and eeee. Heck, I'm surprised how much I like Steve in general! I usually run screaming from nice guy/good guy characters.
I really should have kept a better list of the fics I like, so I could make a rec post. Everything I've read so far by
teh_helenables would be on it, but especially Tell me the story of how you ended up here. Loki/Steve, though gen. It's so sweet and I love Loki so!Health: It's a darned good thing my coughing has mostly stopped, because I'm leaning more and more towards my rib being fractured instead of it being a pulled muscle. I got almost no sleep last night because it hurt so much. The pain has expanded, it now wraps around from the front of my ribs to the back. Sitting/standing it's okay, but when I'm in bed it's horrible. I picked up over the counter painkillers at lunchtime, and happily they take the edge off the pain. I hope that'll be enough to let me sleep.
Life imitates RP
Feb. 21st, 2012 02:27 pmWith all the IC talk about cultists, it's somewhat ironic that now everyone is going to think I'm one RL.
I came home from work, my cat was on her cat post wanting love, so I scooped her up as I've done many times before. But, as sometimes happens, she freaked out over something she had previously been fine with. I now have a pitchfork-shaped bloody clawed mess across the front of my throat. c.c If it's anything like the clawing she did to my leg, it's going to be a week of scabbed over mess before it heals up and fades. It's in the shape of a pitchfork.
I swear that I'm not a devil worshiper.
Maybe I can claim it's shaped like a chicken footprint instead. I'm not sure if that's actually better or not.
At least I'm not a teenager. If people saw a teenager with a three-pronged injury on their throat, I'm sure the first assumption would be that they did it on purpose.
My leg mauling was actually kind of interesting. It looked like I had been attacked by a small lion. The jagged cuts were interesting to see, the patterns claws can make.
Dear Ellie: Let's keep these things in out of sight places, okay? If you have to do it at all? Love, me
I came home from work, my cat was on her cat post wanting love, so I scooped her up as I've done many times before. But, as sometimes happens, she freaked out over something she had previously been fine with. I now have a pitchfork-shaped bloody clawed mess across the front of my throat. c.c If it's anything like the clawing she did to my leg, it's going to be a week of scabbed over mess before it heals up and fades. It's in the shape of a pitchfork.
I swear that I'm not a devil worshiper.
Maybe I can claim it's shaped like a chicken footprint instead. I'm not sure if that's actually better or not.
At least I'm not a teenager. If people saw a teenager with a three-pronged injury on their throat, I'm sure the first assumption would be that they did it on purpose.
My leg mauling was actually kind of interesting. It looked like I had been attacked by a small lion. The jagged cuts were interesting to see, the patterns claws can make.
Dear Ellie: Let's keep these things in out of sight places, okay? If you have to do it at all? Love, me
Welcome back to 1950 (RL, TV, health)
Nov. 8th, 2011 06:54 pmOh America, how you continue to scare me. 50% of people think it should be LAW that a woman take her husband's last name when they marry. I have zero issue with a woman taking a man's name by choice, or a man taking a woman's, or one man taking another's, or both coming up with some spiffy new last name, but the law requiring that the woman take the man's? Sigh.
And speaking of scary: ( Homeland of the week (spoilers) )
I'm not one for "new age" medicine, herbs and potions and the like, but sometimes a problem goes on long enoughand you hate going to a doctor so much that you're willing to try other things. I'm sick with "stomach issues" two days out of three. This has been going on for months if not years. It's bad enough at home, but having it happen at work is a real problem. Plus anything like movies, road trips, anything where I can't run home at quick notice just isn't a good idea. Some nights even RP is a problem, because I hate having to go AFK multiple times during a scene. So, doing online research, I read about peppermint oil. Some people have great success with it.
I bought a bottle of oil caplets ($10...), but it's a pain in the butt to use. You have to take it 30-60 minutes before a meal, three times a day. I never know when I'm going to eat! But it may be a moot point.
The instructions say if you get heartburn, you should stop taking it. It gave it to me, alas. It's only mild, but the lower inside of my throat and upper chest feels hot and burning, too. Peppermint burps are a big side effect, though those are pretty darned positive (and seriously strong!). Oh well! I don't usually drink tea, but I might try a cup of peppermint tea instead.
...oh LJ, why did autocomplete on tag names suddenly stop working? Sigh.
And speaking of scary: ( Homeland of the week (spoilers) )
I'm not one for "new age" medicine, herbs and potions and the like, but sometimes a problem goes on long enough
I bought a bottle of oil caplets ($10...), but it's a pain in the butt to use. You have to take it 30-60 minutes before a meal, three times a day. I never know when I'm going to eat! But it may be a moot point.
The instructions say if you get heartburn, you should stop taking it. It gave it to me, alas. It's only mild, but the lower inside of my throat and upper chest feels hot and burning, too. Peppermint burps are a big side effect, though those are pretty darned positive (and seriously strong!). Oh well! I don't usually drink tea, but I might try a cup of peppermint tea instead.
...oh LJ, why did autocomplete on tag names suddenly stop working? Sigh.
