ita, you deserve those hospital folks every damn time. Thank goodness Nurse McQuietpants, RN, was on the dilaudid train for you.

Competent and caring medical shouldnt be too much to ask. I'm sorry it is so often.

Thanks for the birthday wishes. I need to motivatte myself up and showering soon. But I'm comfy.

Happy bitthday Cass!

Happy birthday, Cass!

Super yay for decent humans in the ER.

I told nut shot guy that it was his life and his anus, to do with whatever he deems honourable, but did ask outright that if it was what stood between him and sexual violation, would he just lay back and think of England. And then I called him a romantic as I signed off.

ita !, my hero yet again. And Tim with the assist.

So, yesterday was my fun day. Today really ought to be my getting-shit-done day, but so far all I've managed is a grocery store run and running the dishwasher. Looking at my to-do list makes me want to hide under the bed with the cat.

I am Zenkitty, except that I just got up and haven't even had breakfast yet. Also, I don't have a bed frame, so hiding under my bed is not so possible.

ita,

here is an article on Reuters about pain management/war on drugs with the patients' perspective in the article.

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Happy Birthday, Cass!!!

ita - glad that Nurse McQuietpants isn't just quiet - but quietly competent.

I've been reading Doonesbury all my life. 40 years of a strip where people change and have kids and die leads to wonderful things like today's strip.

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As one of the commenters said a couple of days ago "40 years is a long way to go for a punch line."

Good nurses make such a huge difference. I'm glad Nurse McQuietpants is there for you, ita.

Happy birthday, Cass! I plan to eat cake in your honor.

Happy birthday, Cass!

I need it. I say this as I eat red velvet cake for breakfast. Self-sabotage is my middle name.

Yeah, I'm not sure that my toast smothered in lingonberry jam was much healthier. Yummy, though.

Happy birthday, Cass!

Happy Birthday Cass!

The drug shortage things happened to my student with Adderall. Also, he has a hard time getting a prescription. The thing is, he does abuse it, in that he doesn't take it regularly, but instead saves it up for when he needs to concentrate. I am not sure what came first, the chicken or the egg in that scenario, but he is a hot mess unmedicated and could use, at the very least some coping techniques.

My rash from 2 years ago is back. I think I may be allergic to anti-fungals, or maybe the first part of the rash wasn't fungal, but now I have hives (or something) on my arms and legs and under my eyes. I have discontinued the antifungals, since at least before them the rash was confined to a small portion of my body. Allegra seems to being some relief, but I will need to go to the doctor. Going to the doctor with a rash in your skin folds when you are fat is never pleasent (even though it actually started on top of my breast. This time I have (so far) managed not to scratch so much that I am a bleeding mess, so maybe I will get a better diagnosis than I did before.