Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.

Mal ,'Serenity'


Natter 70: Hookers and Blow  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


le nubian - Oct 23, 2012 10:29:16 am PDT #26827 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Ohio to have gotten very close recently. I forget where I saw it--possibly in one of Sullivan's doom-mongering posts....

At this point, I think the only people who should be reading Sullivan right now are people who want Romney to win. If this does not characterize your personal position, Sully's rantings are not helpful.


Steph L. - Oct 23, 2012 10:31:49 am PDT #26828 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Those cookies are $40 a dozen. I was gonna buy some, but, seriously?

I know! I bought a dozen for the office 4 years ago, and they were less than $20 for a dozen. CRAXY.


msbelle - Oct 23, 2012 11:00:29 am PDT #26829 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Bailey is coming over Thursday for a meet and greet and then sleepover!

I am still Debbie Downer today I really want to go home and sleep.


Strega - Oct 23, 2012 11:07:13 am PDT #26830 of 30001

a regimen that has never gotten my pain below a 5 is what will happen from now on.

For fuck’s sake.

If anyone not-ita ! is feeling advocate-y (and is good on the phone, because I’m so not...) here's what I could dig up.

The CA Medical Board's guidelines for pain management are here [link]

These Guidelines are intended to improve effective pain management in California, by avoiding under treatment, over treatment, or other inappropriate treatment of a patient's pain and by clarifying the principles of professional practice that are endorsed by the Medical Board so that physicians have a higher level of comfort in using controlled substances, including opioids, in the treatment of pain.

If I’m reading correctly, the reasons for changing previously effective treatment should be documented with more than a shrug and "don’t wanna." Everything I’ve found says that CA’s laws and guidelines about this are basically a model for other states. Doctors have been reprimanded and sued (successfully), for failing to treat intractable pain.

They have a form for officially filing a complaint, but there's also an 800 number for information and they seem open to the possibility of anonymous calls, even if they can’t necessarily act on them. Maybe someone could call and discuss the issue, without naming any names, and see what the reaction is. They might just say "we don’t know, we don’t care, all I can do is tell you how to fill out the form." But on the other hand, you might get "before you file an official complaint, try X and Y to resolve this." And if possible get a feel for whether this the sort of complaint they would take action on, and what kind of action, and what's the timeline, and would that help?

Under-prescribing and delaying treatment are both listed on their complaint form, for whatever that's worth. How those things are defined might be another question to ask. Anyway, the contact info is here: [link]

Oh yeah, and

I'd be sticking a battery in my ass and getting a remote control for my neck and not reducing the migraine count (or, really, the ER visit count--just the required dosage from 3x to 2x).
Reminded me, this is part of state law:
A patient who suffers from severe chronic intractable pain has the option to choose opiate medications to relieve severe chronic intractable pain without first having to submit to an invasive medical procedure
[link]

There are a lot of pain management orgs & advocacy groups also, but it's hard to find the practical info; I'll poke around some more tonight.


Jessica - Oct 23, 2012 11:14:08 am PDT #26831 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Who wants to lend me a million and a half dollars so I can buy this house?

[link]


sumi - Oct 23, 2012 11:14:54 am PDT #26832 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

I hope things go well with Bailey.

Spanish and Portuguese kids in an all Iberian Horseball showdown.


Jesse - Oct 23, 2012 11:19:20 am PDT #26833 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good stuff, Strega!

Those cookies are $40 a dozen. I was gonna buy some, but, seriously?

If you really cared about political advocacy.... you'd probably give that $40 to a candidate, huh.


tommyrot - Oct 23, 2012 11:24:53 am PDT #26834 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I bet Romney made them raise the cookie prices in order to skew the results to favor him.


§ ita § - Oct 23, 2012 11:26:00 am PDT #26835 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So I have three things on my ita ! gives a fuck due diligence list (because if I don't jump through the right hoops, I don't deserve help, clearly):

  • acupuncture (not covered, weekly, between 9 and 5)
  • water therapy (not covered for the first $500, three times a week, between 11 and 2:30)
  • electrodes in my neck

Well, will you look at that? Electrodes just jumped to the top of the "I can fit that into my schedule" list. Because 5 days off work for the test implantation is easier to schedule than 6 weeks of driving up to Culver City three times a week for a long-assed wet lunch.


Jesse - Oct 23, 2012 11:32:26 am PDT #26836 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Go, go Gadget ita ! (?)