JZ,

I thought the same thing! I had forgotten overnight who was being discussed, so I'm thinking, "damn" Pete from "Mad Men" is a bastard in real life too!

Happy wedding day vw!!!

I have a friend who does something closely related to this -- or rather, he's not a cardio, but an internist who specializes in the medical (not surgical) side of treating people born with various congenital issues as they grow past their initial round of repairs and into adulthood. Just tonight, he was talking about how new it is to really treat post-congenital-defect stuff as its own specialty, because (a) it's gotten to be a much more common & expected thing for their patients to live that long and (b) as they do so, they've gotten to understand the lifelong issues so much better.

So, for sj's nephew, there will be docs who are trained to really know his issues, and not just as an exception. But the hell if I can remember the name of the specialty, or if it even has one yet. Also, my friend might even be out of residency by the time the wee one is grown!

amych, that is fascinating and makes perfect sense. Just from my own personal experience with spina bifida, there is a ton of information and resources for children with spina bifida, but just try and find information for adults.

It's bug/batman wedding day! Fabulosity! I won't be able to watch, but I'll lift something alcoholic in your direction.

Congrats, erika, you made me bark with laughter before I've had coffee.

Tep, so sorry. I love the prescription yeast infection pill, can't remember what it's called. Also, a piece of garlic wrapped in gauze up the hoo ha actually does help and is way less messy than the other stuff (thread dental floss through for easy removal). This message brought to you by Where There Is No Doctor.

Absolutely, and very sound reasoning, but it still made me blink to see Pix say, "VK can bite me." My first thought was, Oh, no! What did Connor do to ND?

Same here!

Absolutely, and very sound reasoning, but it still made me blink to see Pix say, "VK can bite me." My first thought was, Oh, no! What did Connor do to ND?

Or Vonnie!

I don't doubt that the garlic tampon has an effect, but boy does it take me a very badfic place

Did Andi mention that my mom came visiting less than 24 hours after we got engaged?

Funny how things work out...

Because I often hem and haw and dawdle over decisions, I didn't just go ahead and order that blue dotted dress that I linked the other day. Until yesterday, when I went to buy it, since the link was still open in one of a billion tabs in Firefox.

OUT OF STOCK OH NOES.

But you can ask to be notified if/when it's back in stock. So I did, and resigned myself to finding a different dress for the wedding. This was yesterday.

This morning I got an e-mail that it's back in stock. You DAMN betcha that I ordered that shit right then and there. Plus, when you register on the site (eShakti. com), they give you a $20 credit to use within the next 7 days. So I got the awesome dress for $50!

I believe it ships from India, so my digits are crossed that it'll get here by May 27.

And now I gotta find shoes.

I use the garlic method because the creams burn me. I haven't tried the prescription pill.

Plus? It keeps the vampires away...

Steph, that is awesome about the dress!