Sometimes I hate Facebook because it lets me know exactly how much I'm being excluded from events and suchlike.

Tru fax. The NYE party that is held every year by the former friends ("that's not really teaching") invite went out the other day. I felt a lot more about it than I anticipated. On the other hand, there are people that have avoided the party a couple of years now because Joe and I have been there that will probably go so good for them. Maybe I will find a place for the Punk to spend the night while Joe and I go to the movies and then come home and put on our business socks.

I have had two courses of treatment 3 treatments each with Avasitin injections in my eyes. The surgeon who did this reccomednts another course of treatments. But I'm going on medicaid next year, and she does not accept medicaid. She has referred me to another surgeon who looks to me like a good doctor An acquaintence of mine who is the daughter of a surgeon, says it is a really bad idea to switch doctors during the course of a treatment, and that further she is obliged to finish treating me since she started the course of treatments. I am not a lawyer (and neither is she) so I don't know where the law stands on this. Even assuming there is a law that can would require this, it strikes me as a really bad idea to force someone who treats you by sticking needles in your eyes to continue sticking needles in you eye. So my inclination is not to put stand on my legal rights even if I have them. (Though, given that there is another qualified doctor who does accept mediciad for the new course of treatment my common sense is skeptical that I have a legal leg to stand on.) Also the place I was treated at is a mill. The whole point about continuity of care is that the surgeon knows my eyes. She looks at pictures which will be avialable to the next doctor. She spends aboout 15 seconds looking in my eyes, and about a minute sticking the needle in. Everything else is prep by other people, and her looking at pictures. So I'm not even sure how strongly the "continuity of care" argument applies.

I felt a lot more about it than I anticipated. On the other hand, there are people that have avoided the party a couple of years now because Joe and I have been there that will probably go so good for them.

People avoid parties because you guys go to them? That's very confusing and sad. Makes no sense to me.

It's a lovely family photo, Steph. I'm sorry your Aunt can only see herself in it.

People avoid parties because you guys go to them?

A different falling out with other people from the Group. Joe and I are basically coming to the conclusion that there are a lot of people in that group that Suck.

Typo is the new doctor at the same practice? Because the only big glitch I can see is needing to port over all your medical info from one doctor to the next.

And Aimee, I'm sorry about the continuing tsuris with the former friends. Whether it's romantic or friendship, breakups are hard.

No not at the same practice. The current doctor part of a giant mill. The mew one is an independent practioner. One thing about medicaid. About 95% of doctors do not take it. So very limited pool to select Howver those who do take it are about evenly divided between quacks who make in profitable by giving inadquate care to huge numbers of people and really good doctors who are willing to take a loss to help people. If you are on medicaid and can avoid the former and get the latter you are golden.

Joe and I are basically coming to the conclusion that there are a lot of people in that group that Suck.

Yeah, well.... Thinking about it, I can't disagree with you there.

Sign of excessive computer usage: while editing a paper manuscript, you glance down at the bottom of the page to determine the time.

And Yah Trudy for being back in hotmail!