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Had to go to doctor today and due to various considerations (like I work with children who go to schools that have been closed due to flu and then come to the library instead, and my asthma had me coughing like a badly tuned engine) I was persuaded to allow the doctor to take a couple of flu swabs for testing.
They're nasal swabs.
Before she started, she gave me a kleenex box to hold.
Why? you wonder. So did I, and she explained nicely that the box was for me to hold so that when I hit the point when I felt like punching her I couldn't.
Even with that kind of fair warning, I must say that nasal swabs have now topped my list of medical pokings designed to send one immediately from "gosh, that's uncomfortable" straight to "WHATTHEMCWHOSITDOYOUTHINKYOU'REDOINGTOMELADY???!!" without passing GO or collecting 200 dollars.
And gee, whiz, kids, we get to do it twice! To the same nostril!
*whimper*
I think, after all that, I'm kind of hoping that it will turn out to be the flu. Just to make the pain worth the gain and all. And because if I have it now, no one's going to make me have to swab my nose again on the next round of flu, because I'll be immune, right?
They're nasal swabs.
Before she started, she gave me a kleenex box to hold.
Why? you wonder. So did I, and she explained nicely that the box was for me to hold so that when I hit the point when I felt like punching her I couldn't.
Even with that kind of fair warning, I must say that nasal swabs have now topped my list of medical pokings designed to send one immediately from "gosh, that's uncomfortable" straight to "WHATTHEMCWHOSITDOYOUTHINKYOU'REDOINGTOMELADY???!!" without passing GO or collecting 200 dollars.
And gee, whiz, kids, we get to do it twice! To the same nostril!
*whimper*
I think, after all that, I'm kind of hoping that it will turn out to be the flu. Just to make the pain worth the gain and all. And because if I have it now, no one's going to make me have to swab my nose again on the next round of flu, because I'll be immune, right?
Had to go to doctor today and due to various considerations (like I work with children who go to schools that have been closed due to flu and then come to the library instead, and my asthma had me coughing like a badly tuned engine) I was persuaded to allow the doctor to take a couple of flu swabs for testing.
They're nasal swabs.
Before she started, she gave me a kleenex box to hold.
Why? you wonder. So did I, and she explained nicely that the box was for me to hold so that when I hit the point when I felt like punching her I couldn't.
Even with that kind of fair warning, I must say that nasal swabs have now topped my list of medical pokings designed to send one immediately from "gosh, that's uncomfortable" straight to "WHATTHEMCWHOSITDOYOUTHINKYOU'REDOINGTOMELADY???!!" without passing GO or collecting 200 dollars.
And gee, whiz, kids, we get to do it twice! To the same nostril!
*whimper*
I think, after all that, I'm kind of hoping that it will turn out to be the flu. Just to make the pain worth the gain and all. And because if I have it now, no one's going to make me have to swab my nose again on the next round of flu, because I'll be immune, right?
They're nasal swabs.
Before she started, she gave me a kleenex box to hold.
Why? you wonder. So did I, and she explained nicely that the box was for me to hold so that when I hit the point when I felt like punching her I couldn't.
Even with that kind of fair warning, I must say that nasal swabs have now topped my list of medical pokings designed to send one immediately from "gosh, that's uncomfortable" straight to "WHATTHEMCWHOSITDOYOUTHINKYOU'REDOINGTOMELADY???!!" without passing GO or collecting 200 dollars.
And gee, whiz, kids, we get to do it twice! To the same nostril!
*whimper*
I think, after all that, I'm kind of hoping that it will turn out to be the flu. Just to make the pain worth the gain and all. And because if I have it now, no one's going to make me have to swab my nose again on the next round of flu, because I'll be immune, right?
Went and saw the new endocrinologist today.
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Of course I also started the Low Iodine Diet today.
Let me just state that to the uninitiated tongue, no-salt matzo crackers are absolutely dreadful...
*bleah!*
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Of course I also started the Low Iodine Diet today.
Let me just state that to the uninitiated tongue, no-salt matzo crackers are absolutely dreadful...
*bleah!*
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Oct. 14th, 2005 09:03 amI don't have swear words strong enough.
I overslept.
ETA. She can't see me today. It's rescheduled for November 3rd at 2:30. At least it's two more weeks instead of two more months.
I'm going to go sit in a dark theater and cry.
I overslept.
ETA. She can't see me today. It's rescheduled for November 3rd at 2:30. At least it's two more weeks instead of two more months.
I'm going to go sit in a dark theater and cry.
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Oct. 14th, 2005 09:03 amI don't have swear words strong enough.
I overslept.
ETA. She can't see me today. It's rescheduled for November 3rd at 2:30. At least it's two more weeks instead of two more months.
I'm going to go sit in a dark theater and cry.
I overslept.
ETA. She can't see me today. It's rescheduled for November 3rd at 2:30. At least it's two more weeks instead of two more months.
I'm going to go sit in a dark theater and cry.
I'm talking about politics on the 'net and wandering around my house staring at the laundry and dishes trying to remember what I'm supposed to do about them...
Did you ever see a movie called "The Road to Wellville", or read the book? I'm asking, because we rented it once when my friend's father was still alive, and her mom howled with laughter -- she had a great appreciation for the humor of the lower colon, just then, because so much of managing a man with a stroke and a new puppy involved dealing with s***.
Well, my brain keeps wandering in that direction, so, if you don't mind the language or the topic, here goes.
( In which Our Sufferer ruminates on the interesting process of getting a medical test done... )
Well, my brain keeps wandering in that direction, so, if you don't mind the language or the topic, here goes.
( In which Our Sufferer ruminates on the interesting process of getting a medical test done... )
Did you ever see a movie called "The Road to Wellville", or read the book? I'm asking, because we rented it once when my friend's father was still alive, and her mom howled with laughter -- she had a great appreciation for the humor of the lower colon, just then, because so much of managing a man with a stroke and a new puppy involved dealing with s***.
Well, my brain keeps wandering in that direction, so, if you don't mind the language or the topic, here goes.
( In which Our Sufferer ruminates on the interesting process of getting a medical test done... )
Well, my brain keeps wandering in that direction, so, if you don't mind the language or the topic, here goes.
( In which Our Sufferer ruminates on the interesting process of getting a medical test done... )
