To people with experience wtih arthritis: is one of the symptoms being the affected joint being tender to the touch?
Yes.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[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.
Hil R. - Oct 03, 2013 5:58:17 pm PDT #5287 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Connie Neil - Oct 03, 2013 6:25:52 pm PDT #5288 of 30002
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Joy. Thank god I'm right handed, but keyboards don't really care.
Zenkitty - Oct 03, 2013 7:09:21 pm PDT #5289 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
erin, if I had brownies, I would try halving those amounts and seeing what happens, and go from there.
erin_obscure - Oct 03, 2013 7:55:18 pm PDT #5290 of 30002
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
In completely unrelated news, we just deployed an awful lot of police on halloween decorations. Specifically, a report of someone waving around an axe in front of a Goodwill. I Guess the caller, with the dark and all, didn't notice that the axe was plastic. Or bright yellow. Or being wielded by a mannequin. That was awesome.
Cass - Oct 03, 2013 8:22:03 pm PDT #5291 of 30002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
That mannequin was looking shifty.
erin_obscure - Oct 03, 2013 8:28:09 pm PDT #5292 of 30002
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I just went to Nightvale for a moment
le nubian - Oct 03, 2013 11:11:42 pm PDT #5293 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
(laughing)
erin, I'm such a dweeb, I was like: WTF is wrong with a brownie? I love chocolate!
erin_obscure - Oct 03, 2013 11:51:45 pm PDT #5294 of 30002
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
LOL, i would never take any drug that meant I couldn't eat chocolate!!! I guess I feel the need to be a bit sly, what with my workplace being fully allowed to monitor everything I do while near the building. Pretty sure my home is more than far enough away to allow for the occasional foray into special baked goods. Especially when none of the RX drugs were doing jack shit for sleep. When even ambien stops working....sigh. Depressing pain/insomnia/hate/misery spiral of body loathing. But valium. Ok. we'll keep trying that till the surgical consult at the end of the month. Current best theory is organ adhesions from all the past ovarian cysts and endometriosis, or a femoral hernia. Seriously, a hernia. Aren't those for old men? Apparently neither of those can be ruled out with imaging. *fingers still crossed for non-surgical pain resolution*. I keep telling myself that if i can just break the pain/insomnia loop for a day or two it'll all soon be an unpleasant memory. Pleaseohplease.
Calli - Oct 04, 2013 1:52:44 am PDT #5295 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I hope the combo works and you have a non-surgical resolution, e_o.
I've started taking melatonin for insomnia. 5mg puts me to sleep, but I wake up at 3. Since I don't have to be anywhere tomorrow morning, I'm gonna give 10 mg a try tonight.
ND, I hope you have a more reasonable schedule soon.
Strix - Oct 04, 2013 2:01:58 am PDT #5296 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
erin, even if you ate a crapload of brownies and took 1 valium you wouldn't die. I'd say try 1/2 and 1/2, and if that's not happy-sleep making, 1 valium and 1/4.
I obvs don't recommend eating a pan of brownies, but pot and 1 pill will be fine; I'd be more leery of mixing booze and pills, or upping the pill dosage.