I wish your brain would give you a break, ita !
Birthday happies for P-C.
My god...he's gonna do the whole speech.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 12, 2013 4:51:04 am PDT #5008 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Amy - Sep 12, 2013 5:02:11 am PDT #5009 of 30000
Because books.
Oh, ita, I'm so sorry. I wish there was something we could do to help.
Happy birthday, P-C!
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 12, 2013 5:44:01 am PDT #5010 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Happy Birthday, P-C!
Sending you emotional support ita, since I can't be of help in any practical way.
JZ - Sep 12, 2013 6:07:00 am PDT #5011 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Goddamn it, ita. I'm furious at the universe on your behalf, and blind-rage furious at all those bits of it coalesced within the bodies and brains of the medical team that should be doing some fucking thing about this and is failing you so badly. All my vibes. If it'd help, I could ask a couple of the pain management people here for advice -- there's one person in particular I would trust my kid's life and pain with in a second -- but I don't know that it'd be any more fruitful. Broken system, breaking people. I hate it. You deserve so infinitely better.
Jesse - Sep 12, 2013 6:32:56 am PDT #5012 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, what JZ said.
Theodosia - Sep 12, 2013 6:41:05 am PDT #5013 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Yesterday I found out that my friend who I'm staying with has never (at the age of 50+) been in a hot tub. (She also doesn't know how to log out of Facebook.)
Fred Pete - Sep 12, 2013 6:57:29 am PDT #5014 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Happy Birthday, P-C!
§ ita § - Sep 12, 2013 7:04:35 am PDT #5015 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So it turns out a good way to be sure that going into the office is the wrong decision is to go into the office.
Want a shred more backstory? The day before I broke my ankle I had a procedure done that numbed the pain in my left shoulder. Not neck, but shoulder. Pretty cleanly. With the broken ankle I've had to wear a lot of backpacks. Normally I don't wear shit on the left side, because obvious reasons.
Guess what I just learnt (in a very hands on fashion) is wearing off? Guess what is a hotline to migraine?
I'm trying to work out how not to cry at my desk. I'm trying to work out how to get anything done. I'm trying to work out how to last until they've finished washing my (incredibly filthy) car. I'm trying to work out how to explain in my stupidly complicated work situation how I need to bail with looming immovable deadlines that are seemingly more implacable than sick time...and a meeting at noon.
If I laugh, I will cry.
Hil R. - Sep 12, 2013 7:40:23 am PDT #5016 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Another student just let me know that WebAssign is down.
§ ita § - Sep 12, 2013 8:13:08 am PDT #5017 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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