Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

'Objects In Space'


Spike's Bitches 32: I think I'm sobering up.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Cass - Oct 04, 2006 4:39:21 am PDT #5939 of 10000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

His exact words were, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
But...but...how is it not broke?
This? Broke. Want us to thwack him for you? See if we can convince him that "not broke" != "shiny"?

I should not be awake yet. Going to go for the first nap of the day before dawn today apparently.


§ ita § - Oct 04, 2006 4:48:47 am PDT #5940 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

vw, I think he shouldn't be trying to separate the psychological from the physical. I mean, if you can't astral project, what business does he have splitting the two?


Lee - Oct 04, 2006 5:08:43 am PDT #5941 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

What ita said, vw.

It's not okay for him to rule out all the migraine meds, and you shouldn't have to wait 2 months to talk to him about it.

In completely different news,

Hey Suzi, Want Spike?


SuziQ - Oct 04, 2006 5:29:38 am PDT #5942 of 10000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Hey Suzi, Want Spike?

Tempting.

I'm working from home this morning. At 10 (game time) I hit the road (tune in the radio broadcast) for Sacramento to pick up my mom! She gets to come home today!

She still has a way to go with her recovery, but this is a big first step.


Nora Deirdre - Oct 04, 2006 5:31:09 am PDT #5943 of 10000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Suzi, that's fantastic! Earlier than previously thought, correct? Wonderful, wonderful news. I'll keep vibing that things continue to improve.


SuziQ - Oct 04, 2006 5:34:26 am PDT #5944 of 10000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

It is earlier than I expected - but she sounds so much better than she did on Sunday - so hopefully it is not too soon. It is a heck of a drive for follow-ups, though.


Steph L. - Oct 04, 2006 5:40:38 am PDT #5945 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Nope. He's talking about abortives and pain meds. "This one causes mood changes." "This one is dangerous and shouldn't be prescribed outside of the hospital." "This one I just don't like." There aren't any he'll allow me to take.

Whoa, there. Full stop. "This one I just don't like" is NOT a legitimate medical reason to not prescribe a drug. EVER.

If your psychopharm isn't "allowing" you to take meds for other medical conditions -- what if he wasn't keen on your asthma medications? steroids cause big mood changes, after all -- then I think you need to either switch to a new psychopharm who will actually care for you as a whole patient, or you need to tell him that leaving your migraines untreated is NOT an option, and he'd better figure out what migraine med he can live with you taking.

I don't mean to sound harsh, but I'm so irritated right now from The Boy's pharmaceutical ups and downs. There's this big amount of bullshit around his providers not writing an Rx for his Ritalin, because they think someone else should do it -- like, the NP at his therapist's office thinks his PCP should do it, and his PCP says that the NP needs to do it. I, not surprisingly, flipped my shit and told him that *I'd* call both of them and tell them to get their heads out of their asses and stop denying psychoactive medications to someone who has a legitimate medical diagnosis for which those psychoactive medications are needed. He said no, he'll call today; I told him he'd better be channelling my rage when he calls them.

Sorry. Sidetrack. Anyway, vw, I feel the same way about your psychopharm -- he has NO business denying you access to drugs that you legitimately need.

If you want, I can look up interactions and so forth with potential migraine meds, if you tell me what you're currently taking.


Amy - Oct 04, 2006 5:40:40 am PDT #5946 of 10000
Because books.

Yay Suzi's mom! So glad she's doing so well, Suzi.

It is a heck of a drive for follow-ups, though.

That kind of sucks, though.


vw bug - Oct 04, 2006 5:51:51 am PDT #5947 of 10000
Mostly lurking...

Yay Suzi and Suzi's mom! That's fantastic! I'm so pleased for both of you.

If you want, I can look up interactions and so forth with potential migraine meds, if you tell me what you're currently taking.

I just might have you do that, 'cause I get overwhelmed when trying to do the research. And, in his defense, the "I just don't like that one" is also a "I don't think it's going to do anything, because it's not actually a migraine medication." He's going to be talking to my PCP (or having an e-mail conversation, at least), and she REALLY goes to bat for me, so I'm not completely out of hope yet. It's just frustrating, you know?

Of course, this is extra frustrating, because I feel a migraine coming on. Just got back from the chiro, though, and the neck moved well. I'm hopeful that that will help keep it at bay.


Steph L. - Oct 04, 2006 5:55:07 am PDT #5948 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

If you want, I can look up interactions and so forth with potential migraine meds, if you tell me what you're currently taking.

I just might have you do that, 'cause I get overwhelmed when trying to do the research.

You can either e-mail me a list of what you're taking, or just post it here quickly and then delete it -- whatever you prefer.