Category: Medical Stuff

Remember back in November and December I was in a lot of pain? Trouble with my shoulder that was interrupting everything from sleep to knitting to playing the violin? I got a cortisone injection and spent several weeks in physical therapy and it was better. Then it started to hurt again. This time I started [...]

Suffering for Art. Well, not quite art but crafts and they’re commonly grouped together. My shoulder still hurts. I did eventually go to the Prompt Care place and got some extra strength pain killers. They don’t actually kill the pain, but they do bring it down from an 8 or 9 to a 5 or [...]

Shoulder: still hurts. Saw doctor. Said “It hurts when I do this.” He said “Oh.” Sense of humour is not strong in that one. Anyhow. I have a referral to see an orthopedic surgeon for a cortisone injection. … in December…. Like, a month from now. For what will probably be a 15 minute visit [...]

Let me start this off by making one thing very clear. I AM FINE. PUT DOWN THE PHONE, MOM. I AM NOT AT THE HOSPITAL. I DON’T NEED A DOCTOR. DEATH IS NOT LURKING JUST AROUND THE CORNER Death is actually sitting in the dining room having a nice coffee and some cookies. Seriously, I [...]

I just made an appointment with a chiropractor. I’m nervous, but not too nervous. Kitti has seen chiropractors before and I know a lot of people who see them regularly and love them. But it’s A New Thing and A Stranger and therefore I am Nervous. There’s not really a lot I can do about [...]

I don’t know what’s blooming today, but this is the first “my allergies are going to drive me to suicide” day I’ve had all season. They won’t really drive me to suicide… but death really does seem like the better option right now. I’ve maxed out the antihistamines for the day and I’ve gotten no [...]

I sent a letter to Smart Balance asking them why there isn’t an allergy warning on some of their products that contain fish oil. Because, y’know, I don’t expect to find fish oil in my milk. I will always check any sort of margarine for fish oil because it’s oily. But milk? Who even thinks [...]

Today Kitti emailed me to let me know he finally made his dentist appointment. About a month ago he had an appointment and they realized there was some pretty serious decay going on in one of his teeth. On the down-side, it’s a molar. On the up-side, it’s a wisdom tooth. That means they’re just [...]