Jilli, how do you feel about nasal irrigation? I use a neti pot, feels weird but really helps.
Daniel brought me a mint-chocolate shake from Arby's. Teh Yum. Of course, now I'm huddled up with a blanket, shivering.
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
WindSparrow - Nov 19, 2008 6:36:01 pm PST #1896 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
WindSparrow - Nov 19, 2008 6:42:57 pm PST #1897 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
And he's giving chicken to the cats. Treats all around!
Atropa - Nov 19, 2008 6:44:37 pm PST #1898 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
WindSparrow, I've tried a neti pot, and I'm trying to decide if the feeling of almost drowning is worth any possible relief at this point.
I hope you feel better soon, you poor girl.
omnis_audis - Nov 19, 2008 6:48:07 pm PST #1899 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Ha! I am f'ds with Meara in Facebook! I see both pictures! (I'm such a geek, I forget who is what real names). Very nice new doo there Meara.
Here in dallas, the sound tech table is counting down the minutes before we can leave for the night. 12 to go!!!
Hil R. - Nov 19, 2008 6:52:44 pm PST #1900 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil, what meds were they giving you? When they give me compazine or dilaudid without benadryl I tend to anxiety attacks and feel a huge urge to rip out the needle and run for the hills.
No meds, actually. They put the needle in to take blood, and they were going to give me something for the headache and nausea, but the headache and nausea were really not that bad, and it seemed like it was mostly, "Well, of all the complaints you have, there's one we know how to fix, so let's fix it!" I really didn't feel like putting another drug into my body to fix a minor problem just so that it would seem like they were doing something, and I told them that, and they said OK and didn't give me the drug. But left the stupid needle in my arm for another hour, anyway.
Vortex - Nov 19, 2008 6:57:01 pm PST #1901 of 10000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
ah yes, treating the symptom, not the problem.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2008 7:04:18 pm PST #1902 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
treating the symptom, not the problem.
And yet I go in with just a symptom to be treated and get grief.
Though, I must be honest, it's not been that bad recently. There must have been a meeting--and my specialist says he was leaning on them. They ask me what I usually get, and then give it almost always to me, despite being surprised at the number of drugs (4--used to be 5) and the dosages. I have to admit I'm kinda sad they're so used to me.
hippocampus - Nov 19, 2008 7:14:11 pm PST #1903 of 10000
not your mom's socks.
to improve your mental health by starting out the year not working at current job. Yay!
I agree! So why won't my brain let me sleep.
DavidS - Nov 19, 2008 7:18:58 pm PST #1904 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There must have been a meeting--and my specialist says he was leaning on them.
Way to go Mr. Specialist. At least you don't have to start from scratch every time and convince every attending you're not a junkie.
Hil R. - Nov 19, 2008 7:24:47 pm PST #1905 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The ER also offered me a free HIV test. I said no, and they needed a reason why I was refusing. Apparently, "It's 4:30 in the morning, I've been here since midnight, and I want to go HOME" is not a good enough reason. Why do they need a reason? The guy wouldn't leave until I'd given him a reason to write down on his clipboard.