Well, sure, Ginger, if a woman is swept up into fame and influence by sheer random chance, that's one thing; but if she has a lifelong intellectual career starting from her highly educated, influential, and politically activist family, and thence continuing into an independent career of her own after her marriage to someone from the same circles? TOTALLY not okay!

'scuse me, my smashy fist seems to have escaped again.

I hadn't mentioned it but I had a follow up appointment today about my whole UTI on going saga.

Basically it boils down to -- the doctors aren't sure if the vestigal stumps on my bladder are causing me to get UTIs. They could go in and remove them but that's major surgery that would include not only cutting into my abdomen but quite possibly cutting into my bladder so that's pretty much off the table.

The doctor at the big teaching hospital confered with many doctors, non of whom had really seen anything like my case and most couldn't offer an opinion of what to do. One did however -- go in and enlarge the opening of the stumps. Except that may not work either and while it wouldn't be big time surgery it would be done via endoscopy. I could have that done but the doctor wants me to think about it.

In the meantime he's prescribing some medicine that's not an antibiotic but helps reduce infection in people prone to infections. And Vitamin C, they need to be taken toegether. I'm picking up the prescription tomorrow and I'll have a name for whatever the medicine is.

So i can take that and see if that helps any. Basically it's a big long -- wait and see what happens.

5 hours round trip for a 45 minute appointment. I'm supposed to call back and give him an update in a month or so since it's such a long way to go for follow up appointments.

I pretty much decided on the long boring drive back that I'm goign to give the medicines a chance and if I have another UTI between now and the end of the year I'm goign to have the endoscopic procedure done.

That sounds like a good course of action.

askye, I think I'd have made the same decision. I hope this works out for you.

askye, that sounds like the most sensible approach. I really hope it turns out to work for you.

Honestly I was hoping for an answer of "We can totally fix this!" even if it meant the more serious surgery. But, I'm something of an anomaly I guess.

That is so frustrating, askye. Sending you lots of ~ma.

I went to the grocery store after dbt, then fed the animals, made chili, emptied the dishwasher and did dinner dishes, watched Dr. Who, walked the dog, did a load of laundry, and took a shower. I'm writing it all out b/c I'm annoyed that I keep not getting stuff done. I have a hard time with the "only so many hours" thing.

Speaking of, it is the hour for bed. Night, mah Bitches.

I'm annoyed that I keep not getting stuff done

Seriously? That's more than I did today.

If nothing else, you reminded me that I need to put the laundry in the dryer!

Drat, me too. And I should throw another load into the washer too. Why don't we have laundry fairies?