Entries tagged with medical

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So . . .

How many pastors do you know that write encouragement e-mails to the congregation, signed off with:

And all God's people said, "Bring it!"

Yeah, me neither. :-)

( Fly-by update )

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So. For the last week, I've had an ache in my shoulder blade. Sometimes it's a dull ache; other times it's a sharp pain and makes me want to cry. Sometimes it just feels like a pulled muscle. Sometimes it feels tired. But it's been an almost constant presence, waxing and waning for a week.

Today I went to the doctor. After doing a couple of muscle and flexibility tests, he said that summertime is prime time for obnoxious viruses. (Yes, that's what he called them.) He said that the obnoxious virus that I've been vaccinated for is polio, but there are a lot of obnoxious viruses that are related to polio floating around, and this one has settled in my scapula. He wrote out a prescription for me and told me to exercise what didn't hurt, and drink more fluids to help flush it out. It should be gone in a week.

This has been your public health announcement.

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Current Music: the office A/C valiantly trying to cool the room

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It's been a year (medical update)

( Possible TMI beyond the cut )

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Evil Dead and meds will knock you out

No, not together.

( Watched the original Evil Dead for the first time last night. )

( I had every intention of going to zumba tonight )

And finally, for those who haven't seen it yet, via

spn_glee:
Jensen and Danneel at large in the Big Apple.

Alternate link from YouTube

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Loss of appetite, a great way to lose weight . . . not . . .

I'll post a locked medical TMI later, because it's a long good news/bad news thing.

In the meantime, I haven't had a full meal in . . . a week? And I have, more often than not, skipping one meal a day (usually lunch, since I need to take my new med with food).

I hate being on the edge of queasy all the time. And when I'm not, the thought of food makes me so. Part of it is one of the meds I'm on. And when I told him this, he was . . . happy? . . . about it. Said that's what he wanted to hear. Bzuh?

I know part of it is stress, stupidly self-inflicted stress, because it's accompanied with the elevated heart rate/edge of a panic attack that hits me when I've been put on the spot and think too much. Times like that I wish I could just turn my brain off and tune it out until it goes away. Which, you know, leads to coma-like naps in the middle of the afternoon.

On the upside, I got the first coat of color washing done on the master bath walls yesterday. Go me.

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Back from the outpatient center

I know you know this, but if you don't need surgery, don't do it. Turns out everything with me is A-okay. Which is good. And we wouldn't know this unless I had the surgery.

What is not good is that I don't remember being this out of it after my last surgery last summer. My throat hates me, even more than the little incisions. And I want to faceplant somewhere, but restless and my throat too uncomfortable to actually do so.

In short, any SPN or N3 squee will have to wait.

Blech.

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CSI InnardsCam, Take 2

Second verse, just like the first . . .

( Medical, could be TMI. Feel free to skip )

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Just an update

( Medical update )

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I'm home . . . early . . .

Thank you so much to my f-listies and the thoughts and prayers sent my way. I'll get back to each of you individually. :-)

Due to the results of a pre-op blood test, my surgery was cancelled. I have a follow-up appointment next week.

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Just a heads-up

Goin' in for some out-patient surgery today. As a result, my comments on last night's SPN--and believe me, I have a lot of comments--will be delayed. As will the final installment of Project Still Life recap, which I have had to delay by about a week.

Prayers and good thoughts are appreciated.

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Current Location: motel in Culpeper

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God Help Us

We made an offer on a house. The seller accepted. I'm really scared.

( Leap from the Lion's Head )

We head back home tomorrow. We're planning to have an open house on Sunday. Thank you for your prayers.

ETA: Many thanks to

kalquessa for letting me snag the icon. (I credited it in my userpix, but it occurs to me that I should give her proper props here, too.) :-)