Done with 3 things on my list, and on to make chicken soup in a bit.
My allergies are killing me; they always do when I clean (dust and pet hair.) I popped a Claritin this morning; if I took another one, would it help a little?
Zoe: Planet's coming up a mite fast. Wash: That's just cause, I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all. Mal: Well, that happens, let me know.
'Shindig'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - Oct 03, 2010 8:51:57 am PDT #27465 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Spidra Webster - Oct 03, 2010 9:24:42 am PDT #27466 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
That's horrible, ita. I hope you're able to find a competent empathetic medical professional soon.
hippocampus - Oct 03, 2010 9:33:35 am PDT #27467 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
ita holy crap that nurse. Is there any way you can show up with legal representation? Wolfram & Hart?
Eta - I mean occasionally those guys could have had a righteous client, right?
§ ita § - Oct 03, 2010 9:44:41 am PDT #27468 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
is there any way you can use a patient liaison to ensure ER staff follow your instructions on file?
I don't think so. Today's nurse was pretty clear in telling me that no matter what worked or didn't work, or what my specialist did or didn't actually recommend, each nurse or doctor was proscribed by their comfort zone.
They often fall back to "what your file says" but...apparently it hasn't been updated since January (despite my doctor calling a couple weeks ago), and they contradict themselves about what's in it, and then they say they can't do it if they don't want to.
Zenkitty - Oct 03, 2010 9:47:04 am PDT #27469 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jesus CHRIST, ita. As I've been reading I've said pretty much what everyone else has said, only I used words like "motherfucker" a lot more.What the hell? If you're calm, you must not be in pain. If you're upset, you're hysterical and must be drug seeking. What the fuck are you supposed to do? You should not have to go through this fucking wringer every time you need pain relief. I want to stomp on that smug bitch doctor. Aren't you going to the same ER every time? Have they no records? Or memory? You so need an advocate, and I wish I could do it for you.
javachik - Oct 03, 2010 9:47:04 am PDT #27470 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I'm pissed off beyond reason for you, ita. I'm sorry.
Zenkitty - Oct 03, 2010 9:48:34 am PDT #27471 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Fuck *their* comfort zone.
-t - Oct 03, 2010 9:51:58 am PDT #27472 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
And that's your best option for treatment. That is so unfair. I wish I had some way to use all my anger that would actually help.
Beverly - Oct 03, 2010 9:55:49 am PDT #27473 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Can I join the convoy to LA and ita's ER? There's some things I want to say to the staff there. ita, I'm beyond appalled that you should be regularly at the mercy of random doctors' comfort level with treatment of severe pain you live with daily, and of which they'll never have a good personal grasp. I'm sort of on board with Scola's plan. In fact I'd be excited to be a part of it.
My whole intent this week was to spend today clearing my desk and updating my paper planner and journals. And still? On the sofa with the laptop, surfin' the netz.
Jesse - Oct 03, 2010 9:59:42 am PDT #27474 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Laundry done, carrot cake in oven. Cleaning not done. Meh.