allergy to medical dye. I hadn't heard of such a thing, but I guess anything's possible since latex allergies are out there.

ita,

can you go to another apple store? that sounds like a bummer.

Oh, Burrell. That's more than scary. I hope they can find a way around that.

Yikes, Burrell! I hope they can figure out another solution soon.

So, I just found out this morning that a friend of mine died a couple of days ago. She went missing over the weekend and was found yesterday at a campsite several towns over from where she was living. Our friends are pretty sure it was suicide. I feel awful; we'd drifted apart in the last few years, but she was a lovely, kind, passionate person, and I always liked her a lot. It's just so awful, a huge shock.

That's awful, Kate! I'm so sorry.

The Apple Store sent it out to the depot for repair, so my only option would be to go to a store with better customer service (unlikely since they tend to be bigger and more busy) or to a non-Apple but certified place that doesn't use the depot (never worked well in the past).

Kate, that's tragic. I am sorry.

I just sent this email to my neuro. I wonder what the response will be...

I have reached out to [neuro] through you multiple times to get treatment for my shoulder pain since medication for it was handed over to him. I have received no response whatsoever.

The pain is sufficient that I have missed work and suffered exacerbated headaches because of it, and I'm not willing to sit by and miss more work. [pain doc] will not prescribe medication due to his agreement with [neuro], but I was at least able to get more [lidocaine patches] prescribed and a nerve block scheduled in anticipation of another radio frequency ablation.

At least I have one doctor taking this seriously, but this is not enough. I need the whole team on my side. The unmanaged pain is bad now, but immediately after the nerve block and the RFA it will be even worse. I need to know from [neuro] right now if he intends to manage this, or if I should seek alternate management.

I will defer the explanation for being ignored until my next appointment, but I can't responsibly accept inaction when I *know* I will miss more work because of this. I missed one day last week, and there's no reason to expect that will not continue.

I'm tired of just asking. It's not working.

Good for you, ita. I hope that does the trick.

Kate, that's just awful.

Oh my god, Kate, that's terrible. I'm sorry.

Thanks, everyone. I'm still in shock, and really wishing I could be with my Boston friends today -- they're having an even tougher time with this than I am, since they saw her all the time.