I am now the last remaining member of my team

Huh. I was going to say it was impossible, but it's like you're an Army of One.

My 2:00 called and said we should meet tomorrow morning, which means I can take my meds, become less conscious and then resume working when the pain is less. Yay, world.

Lovely turtle. I'd name a daughter Caretta in a heartbeat.

So, not breeding.

So not breeding.

Stopped at a crosswalk to let a bunch of schoolkids cross, and as soon as I came to a full and final stop I thought "Fuck. I hope there's no cow."

I don't just show up at the lab and say I've fasted, take some blood, do I?

That is what I had to do at Kaiser -- which, in a way, was good since I had complete control over the day.

I'm glad the phone finally rang, sarameg.

So sara ... your cat's literally foamy?

I don't just show up at the lab and say I've fasted, take some blood, do I?

The last lab where I had to get blood taken was like this. Walk in, that is, no appointment necessary. (And I'd also left them a message on their machine and didn't get a call back and was confused until I asked my doctor's office about it...sheesh)

When I try to shove flagyl down her throat, yep!

Huh, well, I'll give them today to call me back and then I will try the Just Show Up approach. It's Quest Diagnostics, who I haven't dealt with before.

Yay meds

That's astonishing, Kevin. How bizarre.

It gets worse. They have new anti-terror doors, but they have a side entrance that lets tourists in to get to the cafe. The side entrance and main terror doors go to the same area, as the cafe is next to the lifts. So, if you want to get into the building and have a bomb? Turn up and say you're a tourist. You're in.

I actually found out about the bomb policy when they get a letter saying a bomb was going to explode through the post one morning. So they set off the alarm and got people searching. Needless to say, I left the office, figuring if I was going to die it wouldn't be from stupidity.

yup. Fast and go in. there are a number of places around here that just do tests.

ETA: Quest is one of the places. even when it is crowded, things don't take too long , because most people there are just there to give up some blood

When I have blood drawn, I get a form from the doctor, show up at the place early in the morning, go through the process, they take the blood, and I leave (early morning is best, so I don't have to spend too much time awake and hungry; also, it's less crowded then). Results are sent to the doctor (with any luck).

Cool, I will pop in tomorrow morning. I didn't want to fast and then show up and have to wait, all grumpy and hungry. Seems like they could put that info on the recorded message if they aren't going to call people back.