re: food and diet, I'm pretty much in the "I really don't care anymore what I die of anymore".

Heh, me too. Though I have enjoyed colon regularity since we've been trying to eat through the weekly box of veggies from the local farm. Also helps us menu plan better instead of eating out all the time.

Is it weird? It happens to me a lot. Like, every second doctor's appointment I might hear something like "I have another patient whose headaches..." or "Another woman I treated your age presents..."

Not to mention the conversations that spring up around the ER about cases I can hear from my bed.

Is it weird? It happens to me a lot. Like, every second doctor's appointment I might hear something like "I have another patient whose headaches..." or "Another woman I treated your age presents..."

I think there is a difference in that it's applicable to your situation and it's a situation where the professionals are still searching for a way to treat you, ita. There's relevance.

I don't think it's that weird. I'm pretty sure Dave's cardiologist talked to him about other patients' cases.

My therapist used to talk about stuff that went on with her other patients. Sometimes it was relevant to my situation, sometimes it seemed like she was just chatty.

Hmm, I guess if you put it the way ita did, but I think most of mine have tended to generalize even more ("many of my patients find that Vitamin B...", "I've recommended yoga to many...")

Oooh. For your birthday?!? Yeesh. So did you leave? Kick some ass.

Long story short, I didn't feel like doing anything for my birthday this year (with anyone, not just my mother), but my mother INSISTED, so I agreed to lunch. So, then she called and cancelled lunch and we rescheduled to dinner (imagine that, her getting what she wanted). Then she cancelled dinner because she was tired from all of the activity on Memorial Day the day before, so we rescheduled to tonight.

I would not be surprised if she was being passive aggressive, but OTOH, there was no reservation for tonight, so she may have just forgotten. It's fine with me, I didn't want to see her, so I'm not mad. And I can be gracious and defeat her purpose.

I would not be surprised if she was being passive aggressive, but OTOH, there was no reservation for tonight, so she may have just forgotten. It's fine with me, I didn't want to see her, so I'm not mad. And I can be gracious and defeat her purpose.

Ugh. You are very gracious and maybe there will be no rescheduling. I hope.

um, Vortex - standing right here - not too far from you - we could get together by going across town, not across the country. (And did you get the birthday card I sent? it seemed so ... you)

Goodness gracious, Vortex. I just don't know. Your present was her failure to show up, I guess.

So far today I have: walked Frankie, pulled a load of stuff from the cube, fed the animals (at the moment Bella needs to be sat with and coaxed to eat), and I'm just eating my own breakfast. Next up is a shower, then mopping and some unpacking. When I get tired of that, I'll run errands to the cable co., hardware store, and maybe grocery store. Resume tweaking really needs to be on the list, too.