As of Friday, with my actual doctor visit/check-up, to go over the mammo and the blood draw results, I will be done with onerous medical tasks, except for finding a new gyno and getting my speculum on (which I am grumpy about, because I feel like I have had enough medical stuff that's not fun happen to my vagina and lady parts that I should get a lifetime pass on the whole thing.)
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - Oct 28, 2014 8:06:10 am PDT #9093 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Rick - Oct 28, 2014 8:14:20 am PDT #9094 of 30000
My twins are four now, and this is the first year they understood and remembered that shots hurt (they got their flu shot in August).
This morning I mentioned that I was getting a flu shot at the office and they both burst into tears. I thought it was an impressive display of empathy for their poor old father, but when my wife said "Don't worry, it's not going to hurt you, it's only Daddy getting the shot" they brightened up immediately and said "Be brave, Daddy!" The gap between empathy and Schadenfreude can be quite narrow.
Lee - Oct 28, 2014 8:22:33 am PDT #9095 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
We get free flu shots at work, but always late in the flu season (November 6 this year), so I spend a month wondering if I should just go get one earlier. I never do, but I always wonder.
Kat - Oct 28, 2014 8:34:39 am PDT #9096 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
G. was pretty worried about me getting a shot yesterday. She is actually heartbreaking to take to get a shot. She gets very teary then she looks at the nurse who gives the shot and says, "Be careful! PLEASE be careful."
She does this for IVs and blood draws also.
Strix - Oct 28, 2014 8:59:21 am PDT #9097 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Big HA for Rick, and awww for Grace.
Burrell - Oct 28, 2014 9:43:42 am PDT #9098 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The gap between empathy and Schadenfreude can be quite narrow.
It's funny because it's true.
Aww, poor Grace.
My kids are usually good about getting shots. Isaac makes a scene at home but puts on a brave face at the doctor's office, and Franny is just super stoic. She took the HPV vaccine without a tear or a yelp. Impressed the nurse.
Typo Boy - Oct 28, 2014 9:55:59 am PDT #9099 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Apropos of nothing on this thread today, a Good Wife observation:
In Good Wife this season, one of the character takes 'charmingly quirky' (scare quotes deliberate) to such an extreme that I'm wondering if the writers are planning a later reveal of a brain tumor, or if they really think some of this is not a serious clinical symptom (more from the episode before the latest than from this one).
I think that is vague enough to be nonspoilery, while being clear to any one who watched the last two episodes. But I spoiler fonted anyway, just in case.
-t - Oct 28, 2014 10:01:37 am PDT #9100 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I hope that is not where they are going, Typo. I love that she is good at her job because of how odd she is rather than in spite of it, I'd hate for that to become pathology.
SuziQ - Oct 28, 2014 10:03:39 am PDT #9101 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Ugh, I am freaking tired. I slept well, but feel like I still haven't achieved "awake".
I got my flu shot last month. I don't mind needles unless they are going for the arterial blood gas test - that hurts like a $#(*^#@@. Thankfully it has been years since I've had to go through that. ::knocks on wood::
Laura - Oct 28, 2014 10:06:30 am PDT #9102 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I've only had one flu shot, and that was 40 years ago or so. I have this thing with needles. Never have had the flu either so I guess I am ahead of the issue.
I do have to get my other medical appts scheduled and that hasn't happened quite yet although I am talking to a couple new potential PCPs.
We voted! I messed up my first ballot, then the poll worker voided my good one instead of the bad one, so they ended up printing 3 for me. This while DH is calling me from the parking lot repeatedly wondering why he finished so much faster than me. Please Floridians don't make me deal with Gov Scott again. Crist is no prize either.