Tweaked my back and am sneezing and dripping like mad. If my body wanted me to just sit my ass down and stop doing stuff, it couldn't have sent a clearer memo. Have medicated. If it works, I am hunting down and slaying the dust demon.

The good news is that I got on anti-depressants 2 months ago so I'm probably handling it all better with than I would have without.

Everyone needs to get better right. now.

The ones I like the most say "Q-T Maternity" on them - I think I got them from Motherwear or Expressiva. The cup size is pretty different - a D on the left and a B on the right.

That is a tricky one. I was going to suggest Bravado, because they span cup sizes, but none of the overlap covers B and D both.

Perkins, I adore my GP. He's with Palo Alto Medical Foundation, and he's Dr. Albert Chan in Redwood Shores. Intelligent, quick, and a sense of humor.

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For $60.00 extra a year I can ask him medical questions by E-mail. This *rocks*. Saves me playing telephone tag, telling the answering machine,t elling the nurse, telling him.

Spidra, medications are good. We should figure out a time to go get that tea, soon.

Calling on the Bitches' Hivemind for help with the following request from a friend:

One of the ladies who runs the flower shop, that we are friendly with (B brings the boys by often, they have given the boys many gifts, including personalized mouse ears imported from Disneyland) lost her husband on Thursday to a massive heart attack (he was 56). Obviously a card is in order (and flowers are out of the question). Do you have any ideas for other nice things we might do?

I suggested she find out from the flower shop partner all the birthdays, anniversaries, etc., that this poor woman will have to go through so that she could mark the occasions, but I can't think of anything else. My friend has twin 18 month-old boys, both parents work and juggle their schedules so they don't have to pay for child care, so time-intensive and expensive options are just not possible.

The good news is that I got on anti-depressants 2 months ago so I'm probably handling it all better with than I would have without.

Spidra, that is very good.

I'm having one of those periods where the PMS becomes MS, and my boobs hurt so much that a breeze across them is insanely painful. So this breastfeeding talk is making me wince like woah.

Which is not to say the discussion should stop, I just wanted to bitch about my painful chesticular region. 'Cause, OW.

I suggested she find out from the flower shop partner all the birthdays, anniversaries, etc., that this poor woman will have to go through so that she could mark the occasions, but I can't think of anything else. My friend has twin 18 month-old boys, both parents work and juggle their schedules so they don't have to pay for child care, so time-intensive and expensive options are just not possible.

Are they athletic at all? If they are, and there's a Heart Walk (http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2281) in their area, that's something they could do with the boys (in strollers) and in his name that's meaningful and not too expensive.

Do you have any ideas for other nice things we might do?

Food is often good. When a friend of my parents lost her husband last month, we got her a spiral cut ham. Good for sandwiches and the like for all the family who'd be coming to town for services.

My doctor answers emails too, but for free. It's very relieving, since getting him to call me back, especially while I'm in the office is terribly fraught.