Thanks guys, and thanks Hec! I'll read and respond when the idea of 900 emails in my inbox doesn't make me want to hurl.
This may, may be the only thing that can actually make me feel a little better [link]
We knocked 'em deader!
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
Daisy Jane - Dec 20, 2010 12:45:54 pm PST #11393 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
brenda m - Dec 20, 2010 12:46:51 pm PST #11394 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Aw, DJ. I'm so sorry.
sj - Dec 20, 2010 12:47:01 pm PST #11395 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{{{DJ}}}}}
beth b - Dec 20, 2010 12:54:50 pm PST #11396 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I'm sorry DJ. I wish I could do more
and just as an FYI, you 'adjust' to being short of breath. Most of the people I know that are asthmatic don't always recognizes how bad things are
Daisy Jane - Dec 20, 2010 1:07:06 pm PST #11397 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Ok, cousin K just made a funny that actually made me lol. I posted the link to HHGTTG on facebook and other cousin K said "I know the answer!" To which first K responded "Darren Sharper."
smonster - Dec 20, 2010 2:01:52 pm PST #11398 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Your cousins just made me laugh, too.
I am trying to decide whether to eat the other half of my tilapia filet or leave it for lunch.
Je suis le tired et le cranky.
Calli - Dec 20, 2010 2:26:27 pm PST #11399 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Much surgery~ma to Frankenbuddha's brother and Grace.
Spidra Webster - Dec 20, 2010 2:41:53 pm PST #11400 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Not to get all Blazing Saddles on ya, but ditto.
beth b - Dec 20, 2010 2:45:08 pm PST #11401 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
surgery ma is heading out form CA
Steph L. - Dec 20, 2010 2:54:55 pm PST #11402 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Verdict Diagnosis: Pleurisy!
Dude, who GETS pleurisy?!? They tested my oxygen with that finger-monitor thingy (it was 100%), and Awesome Doctor listened to my lungs extensively and said there was NO wheezing and no junk (like lots of mucus) that would indicate pneumonia.
I asked him why the shortness of breath, and he said partially because I was trying to not cough and partially because the inflammation from pleurisy can put enough pressure on the lungs that they feel like they can't fully expand.
So. I got a steroid shot for the inflammation (in the ass; truefax: when I said, "I have to get a shot in the butt?!?", Awesome Doctor said, "Yep, you're getting a butt-shot!"), codeine* because my cough won't go away, and an antibiotic because (1) I've been sick for 3 weeks and (2) I am now blowing green stuff out of my nose. (I know green doesn't necessarily mean bacterial infection, but Awesome Doctor said he really thinks after 3 weeks of an illness that only got progressively worse, antibiotics were called for. So I acquiesced.)
*The codeine is just in the form of Tylenol 3. When I said my cough wasn't helped by the Tessalon Pearls (I know we talked about these in-thread a month or so ago), I said, "I hate to ask for codeine, but..." and Awesome Doctor interrupted, "Why? Lots of people come in here and ask for it!" He asked me if I wanted a cough syrup or pills, and I said, "Oh, definitely pills; I hate cough syrup! I didn't know pills were an option."
And he said that the pill option is just Tylenol 3. Basically the body doesn't give a shit what the delivery vehicle is for the codeine; it just knows it's gotten codeine. So that's cool.