Tep, how would you know if he wouldn't tell you? Conversely, I'm going to miss my dad's real health crisis, because he's always at defcon 5. Oh, dear, Laura, that's awful. Hi, board!

Oh, Laura, how awful. Gotta say, that was one of the most awful things to read when looking at some of the charts for the people in my studies--they'd do these things where they got diagnosed and then decided to do crazy cult doctors' bizarro treatments in Mexico, or just eat lots of ginko because their acupuncturist said it would cure cancer or whatever. And then, shockingly, it didn't, and they got worse. Not to say modern medicine has all the answers, by any means, but almost all the doctors I know have been pretty OK with people who want to do non-traditional medicine in ADDITION to other stuff--go crazy with the ginger and reiki, or whatever. But when they have small children? Ugh.

I hope thing go well and easily for your employee.

I visited with her mother in the lobby first. She had been fighting with her forever to get her medical attention. But she would get ugly with her and she just couldn't fight her anymore. When the husband and I joined her in the fight she gave in. She 100% believes that her Budwig protocol will cure her, and totally would go to Mexico or wherever if she could afford it. Looking in the mirror, and looking at the shock on people's faces that hadn't seen her in a while combined with the intervention finally made her go to the hospital. That and several liters of fluid keeping her from being able to breathe.

I honestly believe adults get to make their own choices, but we really had to insist she at least get the testing and listen to her options. Sad. She is 48 and looks 70.

eta: She is also brilliant and the last few months her level of malnutrition has caused memory lapses and the inability to focus. Enough that she couldn't deny it.

Yikes for the health crisies!

Laura, I hope your employee gets the help she needs, and it actually helps!

And Steph, I hope your dad is okay and the med situation can be evened out. Side-effects suck mightily. I hate the trade off between solving one problem and creating another. I hope his doctors can work something out that will improve his quality of life.

Laura, I'm glad you were able to convince your employee to get some help. All sorts of ~ma to her

My illness is at that annoying lingering cough phase, but otherwise I'm feeling so much better than I was a couple of days ago. And IOmemeN, I have a garden. TCG is in the process of putting together a second raised bed garden for us right now. I posted a couple pictures of the first one on Facebook last night.

There's some miserable cold thing going around. I have a friend who caught it after visiting other friends (clearly cosmic punishment, because I was not there), and my mother-in-law seems to have it as well.

I saw those garden pictures! Nice job. I'd say TCG is a keeper.

Mom is going to be here Tuesday! I'm torn between OMG I need to clean! and eh, it's Mom.

The living room is clean, the kitchen just needs dishes down. My bedroom; however, looks like the closet threw up in it. There are clothes everywhere. I keep having to pull out stuff I packed because of the weird weather.

Teppy, I saw where you were able to attend your shower, but no real news on your dad yet. Is that because I'm paying attention like a thing that is not paying attention? Either way, I hope your dad is ok.

I've been having wacky fun allergy symptoms of tickly throat and weird sloshy sounds in my ears, together with a little dizziness and sometimes feeling like I am not quite getting enough oxygen. But hey, I have allergies. If I go in, the doc will say, yup you have allergies, try this other medication that costs $40 and isn't covered by your insurance since there are so many other OTC allergy meds. Except that yesterday a coworker commented on my "distant, not quite yourself" appearance, and today at work, another coworker alternately suggested I call around to find someone to come in for me and said that I was a heck of a lot of fun while high on decongestants. Oh, and I had to grip counters a couple of times to keep from hitting the ground (massive head rush just from turning to look at someone). Plus... well, I don't exactly feel like I have a weight on my chest, but when Harvey gets on my chest, if feels like he weighs about twice what he usually does.

Yeah, so I'm calling for an appointment first thing in the morning.

ETA: also felt seasick enough while driving to work that the lingering nausea would not let me eat supper four hours later.

Damn, when I put it that way, I really do sound sick.

WS, you definitely sound sick. I'm glad you're going to the doctors, but you might also want to try mucinex when your allergy symptoms get that bad.