My family is fractious and contentious enough that my response is likely to be the most muted if racism or homophobia breaks out. Which takes the strain off, I guess. But it's not trivial to assume that relatives may not want to rile us...may want to make sure we don't go off spouting that gay-loving miscegenating stuff.
Family is hard, when you can't just leave them by the roadside. Especially when they're growing new people.
My sister's about to wrap up two weeks here, and we haven't quite fought which is a hell of an accomplishment. Just letting it go does pay off sometimes. Being tired may have an upside.
But she has to let me play Upwords against her! She's in the middle of a low self esteem bout and so doesn't want to lose (and, I am way too old to lose to make the younger sister feel better) so she's trying to avoid it. I thought this visit was supposed to be all about me.
It's weird to see, with us both so old now, that she still looks up to me. She considers herself a failed academician, with two Cambridge degrees in pocket, but when she looks at my lack of ambition she sees someone who doesn't try because she knows she'll succeed, so why bother.
Families are crazy strange.
In less disturbing news, we purchased a new tv and entertainment system today.
Pioneer 50" plasma, surround sound and PS3. Geek Squad won't be able to install and hook up for two weeks but I'm fairly excited about it.
My brother's inlaws, well, um. They consider themselves so much more enlightened than THEIR parents WRT to prejudices of various ilk. Which, truth be told, they are eons better. But still ridiculous. Brother & SIL have told them that if certain words or attitude ever come from their kids, they'll know where it comes from and it will be bad. Honestly, I don't know how SIL avoided incorporating it- maybe it was learned in the Army, maybe just her.
Damn.
Prescribing gap may leave blacks in more pain
Study shows minorities are less likely to get narcotics from ER doctors
Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds.
Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine less frequently than whites.
The analysis of more than 150,000 emergency room visits over 13 years found differences in prescribing by race in both urban and rural hospitals, in all U.S. regions and for every type of pain.
That article makes me feel kind of sick.
Today's ER visit went well. The doctor is familiar with me, and apologised for not knowing my dosages off the top of his head, and let me dictate how much of each medicine, narcotic or not. It was a very successful mission, and I'm pain free and comfortable right now, while
not
under the influence, which is my modest goal.
The last visit started out with reluctance, but I ended up with a doctor who trusted me personally, and another who just wanted to know, from my lips, what worked in the past so he could duplicate it.
I don't want to malign either of the hospitals--the prevalent concern of me stopping breathing is a laudable one. I just don't know why sometimes it's complicated and sometimes it's not.
I'm pain free and comfortable right now
Lots and lots of this in 2008. Helpful doctors are a good thing, a real solution would be a better thing.
My dad seems to have worked very, very hard at making his computer run like it's on dial up.
I tried to plug my laptop into his cable, and NADA. Nothing. No dice.
WT Fucking F?
Reason number 12,657 to flee, yo. I just want to download a movie. I'm bored and need to do something to prevent me from screaming.
in an attempt to prepare for my first day back to work tomorrow. i think i'm going to bed early. wish me nyquil coma!
Allyson, can't you dl things on your Touch? does no one have wifi you can snag to use iTunes and buy a movie?
That article makes me feel kind of sick.
As it should. Maybe you should try a more posh accent next time?
