Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.

Kaylee ,'Shindig'


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.


le nubian - Sep 16, 2011 2:52:53 am PDT #29670 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Barb is one of the lucky ones. For awhile I had to take quite a bit of iron (I probably still need to, but apparently I'd rather faint in public) and I had to take iron, with vitamin C AND orange juice in order for my stomach to even be moderately okay.

Most often I'd have to do some kind of bread afterwards as well.

No DAIRY after iron!


Hil R. - Sep 16, 2011 2:58:51 am PDT #29671 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

My blood test results always confuse doctors. My iron levels are consistently borderline high. I take a multivitamin every day, but I've got to get the iron-free kind, because too much iron can be a cardiac risk.


sj - Sep 16, 2011 3:48:34 am PDT #29672 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Barb is one of the lucky ones. For awhile I had to take quite a bit of iron (I probably still need to, but apparently I'd rather faint in public) and I had to take iron, with vitamin C AND orange juice in order for my stomach to even be moderately okay.

Why did my hematologist never mention the vitamin C with the iron thing? I can't drink orange juice because of my acid reflux, but I can take vitamin c. Good to know.

Sorry, was out at a ballgame.

You mean you don't sit around waiting to answer our questions?

The drug info I found said that if it's a calcium supplement (as opposed to, say a glass of milk), take the Cipro 2 hours before or 6 hours after the supplement, because otherwise the calcium will interfere with the absorption of the Cipro.

Thanks! I ended up calling the pharmacist last night (I guess that is what people without a Teppy have to do) and he also said 6 hours.


Calli - Sep 16, 2011 4:16:19 am PDT #29673 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm not sure if I'm bragging or complaining. Possibly both. Due to the lovely cool weather, I opened my bedroom window. While eating breakfast I heard the blinds rustling, the the screen jangling, then silence. I got up to look, and saw that my cat had torn a roughly 5" X 5" hole in the metal wire screen and was outside, menacing one of the neighborhood strays. (I nabbed Leifur and brought him back inside with no trouble.) I'm kind of impressed. The screen was old, but it wasn't all that battered. I have a pretty fierce cat. I also have a trip to Lowes for a new window screen in my weekend plans.


Toddson - Sep 16, 2011 4:24:43 am PDT #29674 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Since Calli mentioned her cat, I thought I'd point you at this - cats as a renewable energy source.


sumi - Sep 16, 2011 4:26:07 am PDT #29675 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!

Nicely done Leifur.


Zenkitty - Sep 16, 2011 5:51:19 am PDT #29676 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

That's what I can't remember-sincere death threats against strangers. Am I that numb?

If you are, I guess I am too. I recall hyperbolic "curses" at people who especially annoy us, meant for lifting the spirits of the annoyed one. I don't recall any die in a fire type of curses, which also make me uncomfortable. I don't like hearing death wished on anyone even in jest, but, like, plagues of exploding fleas? that's just silliness.


Barb - Sep 16, 2011 6:30:24 am PDT #29677 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

Barb is one of the lucky ones. For awhile I had to take quite a bit of iron (I probably still need to, but apparently I'd rather faint in public) and I had to take iron, with vitamin C AND orange juice in order for my stomach to even be moderately okay.

Eeeeek. I can't drink OJ because it really does a number on me and frankly, I was skeptical when my doc suggested the vitamin C because every time I'd ever tried taking iron, I'd wound up violently ill. Even when I was pregnant, they had to give me a low iron pre-natal, because of how sick the regular ones would make me. (Apparently, not everyone can taste the iron in iron pills-- who knew?) But he suggested the right combo of iron supplement and vitamin C and I've been good ever since. And as a bonus, I haven't gotten a cold beyond the mild sniffles in nearly three years.


sj - Sep 16, 2011 6:31:55 am PDT #29678 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

But he suggested the right combo of iron supplement and vitamin C and I've been good ever since.

Can I ask what dose you take of each?


Nora Deirdre - Sep 16, 2011 6:33:14 am PDT #29679 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

"Do you want lip or ear?"

LOVE.