I actually like both Gershwin Girl and libkitty's suggestion of StrawGirl. I'm thinking Gershwin Girl is the OTNN though.
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Gris - Oct 29, 2005 3:24:22 pm PDT #1363 of 10003
Hey. New board.
beth b - Oct 29, 2005 3:32:38 pm PDT #1364 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
billytea - Oct 29, 2005 4:01:25 pm PDT #1365 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I actually like both Gershwin Girl and libkitty's suggestion of StrawGirl. I'm thinking Gershwin Girl is the OTNN though.
Does that make you StrawMan?
Amy - Oct 29, 2005 4:12:06 pm PDT #1366 of 10003
Because books.
I vote for Gershwin Girl! Gris's post made me absolutely melt. New!love is so very sweet.
pumpkin carving fun
So fun! My eight-year-old is having a ball with this.
vw bug - Oct 29, 2005 4:32:41 pm PDT #1367 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
I'm home. Relatively short ER visit, considering. Got steroids and nebulizer treatment. They also took xrays to rule out pneumonia, which they did. Feeling better. Sleep soon.
Amy - Oct 29, 2005 4:34:48 pm PDT #1368 of 10003
Because books.
Aw, vw! I forgot you were headed to the ER. No adrenaline shot, I hope? I had one for asthma once, and it was awful.
Hope you feel better soon! At least it's not pneumonia.
vw bug - Oct 29, 2005 4:37:31 pm PDT #1369 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
No adrenaline shot. I've heard those are no fun.
I actually felt kind of stupid, 'cause I was doing ok by the time I got to the ER. But, I figured since I was there... and my PCP wanted me to get the steroids to get me through till Monday. So...
§ ita § - Oct 29, 2005 4:40:11 pm PDT #1370 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm assuming medical professionals know that sometimes you're going to reach them after the symptoms have already peaked, and that you shouldn't feel stupid for not feeling like complete hell anymore.
I say assume, because I've never been able to internalise the knowledge enough to not feel silly myself. It makes sense, but that doesn't always help, does it?
vw bug - Oct 29, 2005 4:44:03 pm PDT #1371 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Oh, they were very nice about the whole thing. I just felt a little silly. And I did have a nice little coughing spasm while the doctor was listening to my lungs, so at least it didn't look like I was completely making it up. And my oxygen level went up after the treatment, so that was good too.
§ ita § - Oct 29, 2005 4:49:39 pm PDT #1372 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've never had a doctor that I've thought wasn't an ass anyway treat me badly for not being half-dead right then and there, but I do get diagnosis anxiety -- I worry that I'm not remembering the pain in enough detail, that I'm using the word 'stab' when I really should be saying 'prick,' or that it was a burning sensation and not an ache. Or that I'm pointing half an inch off or something equally probably not a huge deal.