My stupid blood pressure is still high, per our home BP monitor. I started a new inhaler 2 weeks ago, and based on a little googling, the inhaler can cause hypertension. It's very uncool that the drug I need to breathe makes my blood pressure get weird. Time to make an appointment with Awesome Doctor. Bah.
Buffy: Dancing with you is way better than trying to hook up with some good-looking guy. Xander: I think I liked it more when you were kicking me in my puffy groin.
'Get It Done'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
Steph L. - Jan 26, 2024 6:34:28 am PST #28262 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
-t - Jan 26, 2024 7:16:56 am PST #28263 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You want oxygen and blood flow at the same time? So demanding!
Steph L. - Jan 26, 2024 7:28:40 am PST #28264 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
You want oxygen and blood flow at the same time? So demanding!
AND avocado toast!
Jessica - Jan 26, 2024 7:37:42 am PST #28265 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I need to find a new OBGYN, because while I like the one I saw last time, her office is next to impossible to get ahold of and so I'm way overdue for my annual. (Like...years overdue.)
Jesse - Jan 26, 2024 7:42:17 am PST #28266 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jeez, Steph, you want a lot!
I'm sorry for so many medical/body problems!!
I am lucky that I basically have an old-style HMO set-up that works with my non-old-style-HMO insurance. When my PCP retired, she just transferred me to another doctor at the same center, and I've never actually seen her -- I get my care from a PA (or nurse practitioner? I forget.) in her practice. Most specialty care I've gotten is also in the same center (GYN, mammogram, PT, etc.), all of which is walkable from my house. It's very convenient!
JenP - Jan 26, 2024 9:03:50 am PST #28267 of 30000
You want oxygen and blood flow at the same time? So demanding!
AND avocado toast!
Entitled hipster! (Is 100% NOT how I think of you...)
Guys -- gabapentin RULES. I slept well and comfortably last night, and I'm feeling almost normal today... uh, in terms of shingles nerve pain, that is. Bless, bless, bless. And my doc was able to visually inspect to see that, yup, that part of my back is still "warm" so still inflamed.
I go through One Medical, (now owned by Amazon, I'm pretty sure), because it came as a free perk for a year at my previous job, and I have to say, it's been awesome. The access is primo, and the app is actually useful, my doc rules and the PAs I've seen have been good. I pay for it now, but it works out to $16 monthly, and I am happy to pay that surcharge for the stress free access and service.
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Steph L. - Jan 26, 2024 9:08:50 am PST #28268 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Entitled hipster! (Is 100% NOT how I think of you...)
Reader, I snorted.
Guys -- gabapentin RULES. I slept well and comfortably last night, and I'm feeling almost normal today... uh, in terms of shingles nerve pain, that is.
Excellent news!
Jesse - Jan 26, 2024 9:27:00 am PST #28269 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Guys -- gabapentin RULES.
Woo!
-t - Jan 26, 2024 9:46:16 am PST #28270 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hooray for meds doing their job!
Y'all, my work laptop got upgraded from an ancient Toshiba Tecra to a newer if not new ThinkPad (I keep wanting to say IBM but actually Lenovo these days? I am also ancient) and it is surprisingly disorienting! Everything looks slightly different and the keyboard not only is a different enough size to throw off my not-quite-but-almost-touch-typing but, like, the ctrl key is in a different spot. Change is hard! So many typos. Seems to leave a bit more room on my lap for the cat, though, so that's a plus.
JenP - Jan 26, 2024 10:04:48 am PST #28271 of 30000
Cat room is a plus! It is weird changing laptops, though. May your adjustment period be short!
It's so warm and sunny today. So freaking weird.