Ok, so I'm examining the bill from my visit to the doctor a few weeks ago. It turns out that presenting with a cough and a fever, causing the doctor to use the finger oxygen sensor thingy and resulting in orders for an antibiotic and another day off work is a complex enough case as to be coded "moderate complexity", so I get to pay $35 more than those times the NP ordered double strep tests.
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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WindSparrow - Nov 18, 2009 10:43:58 am PST #942 of 30000
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.
JZ - Nov 18, 2009 10:44:04 am PST #943 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I thought that was just to keep the head attached to the body.
Yes, but only if they're black velvet ribbons, not to be removed on your wedding night.
Stephanie - Nov 18, 2009 11:14:18 am PST #944 of 30000
Trust my rage
Anne, my grandma had/has vaso-vagal attacks. (That's not quite the right word, I guess.) Still, she has passed out many time for that reason. Unfortunately, I have no advice or anything about it.
Seska, that is great news and I'm happy for your upcoming wedding, now with extra dad.
Polter-Cow - Nov 18, 2009 11:18:43 am PST #945 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Anne, my grandma had/has vaso-vagal attacks. (That's not quite the right word, I guess.)
Vasovagal episodes.
§ ita § - Nov 18, 2009 11:19:46 am PST #946 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The advice I got from my doctor for my postural hypotension was to get up more slowly. Irritating advice, but it does work, even if I didn't always follow it. Never get straight up from lying down--sit up, stand up, then walk, pausing for a few seconds inbetween each.
Eat more salt. I hate salty food, so it was salt pills for me. But even eating food commercially available probably significantly ups my salt intake.
I also have to stop stretching my hands above my head while I'm walking. Even when I'm feeling pretty good that can trigger a wavery episode.
Aims - Nov 18, 2009 11:20:19 am PST #947 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Also called Cardioneurogenic Syncope aka the Common Faint. My cardiologist wanted to treat it with los doses of Celexa or the like.
smonster - Nov 18, 2009 11:25:49 am PST #948 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Vasovagal episodes.
I'm pretty sure that's what mine was this morning, too. No idea why it happened the third time I jumped up to hit snooze but not the first two.
sj - Nov 18, 2009 11:26:35 am PST #949 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Anne, I'm so glad you got checked out again. Feel better.
Cashmere - Nov 18, 2009 11:36:08 am PST #950 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm glad you got it checked out, Anne. I hope it gets better.
Yay for you and the Girl, Seska!
Kathy A - Nov 18, 2009 11:37:29 am PST #951 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I remember the time I was on Xmas break from college and had fallen asleep on my mom's couch. I woke up, stood up, and was so woozy that I fell backward, landing right on her glass-topped coffee table which just shattered in big pieces. Luckily, I only had a few scratches on my legs.