Daily blah - lists, lists, lists
My "To-Do" list for the start of this week is mostly completed, w00t. Soup's put away, dishes are soaking, I even cleaned out the microwave a good bit before I sat down to eat. (It's not spotless, but it needed to be cleaned, so every bit helps. I'll maybe get the rotation plate later.) Library books are renewed, a tape is in the VCR for House, my uniform is in the dryer. Whee!
Oh, and I need to feed the cats in twenty. Just remembered that. *adds*
(I figured I might try making use of lj's to-do feature, since I'm on here so much. I also have a to-do on my Google home page, but I haven't been using that because it's too simplistic. The one thing I dislike about this one is you can't cross things off. Crossing things off is the most satisfying part of to-do lists!)
For my doctor's visit tomorrow, I have to decide what to discuss, because it won't be the longest visit.
1) We have to cover what the specialist said about my eyes (which she sent me to get checked, because I was having episodes of temporary blindness). However, I know that the opthamologist thought my eyes were fine, and that given my family history (migraines on both sides, in at least three different people), that I'm probably getting "migraine auras without the headache." Only if my "episodes" start lasting more than 20 minutes at a time does he think I should go for more scans. So. That shouldn't take long.
2) I need refills.
3) The pelvic pain thing, maybe? Maybe I should just schedule a full physical, and put this off until then.
4) I want a full blood work-up, and I wonder if I could just ask for one without us going into a long conversation about it. It's just that I lost quite a bit of weight over Christmas, and seem to be having trouble gaining it back, so I want to know what's going on.
5) My back/shoulders - I think I've developed some chronic tearing in some major tendons in my back and/or shoulders working on the till at work. (Our tills like to slide under the counter, and I think most of the damage is from pulling them forward.) I should probably tell her I started taking Tylenol No. 1's for it at night a few weeks ago because I couldn't lie on my back or sleep because of it, and took it at work for a week and a half or so to be able to do work. It seems to be better now since I had a three-day vacation over Easter.
I'm thinking my back actually probably has priority over the pelvic pain or the blood work-up I want, because if it flares again so badly I can't work, I'll be in trouble. I don't know what she can do right now, but she should probably at least look at it.
Meh. And I have an even longer list than this, too. It feels like all I'm doing these days is existing between doctor's visits. That's no way to be going about things, but I'm not sure what else I could be doing differently.
I'm pleased, however, with my increased ability to get the smaller stuff done these days. I have some bigger projects I need to start planning to approach.
Ho hum.
Oh, and I need to feed the cats in twenty. Just remembered that. *adds*
(I figured I might try making use of lj's to-do feature, since I'm on here so much. I also have a to-do on my Google home page, but I haven't been using that because it's too simplistic. The one thing I dislike about this one is you can't cross things off. Crossing things off is the most satisfying part of to-do lists!)
For my doctor's visit tomorrow, I have to decide what to discuss, because it won't be the longest visit.
1) We have to cover what the specialist said about my eyes (which she sent me to get checked, because I was having episodes of temporary blindness). However, I know that the opthamologist thought my eyes were fine, and that given my family history (migraines on both sides, in at least three different people), that I'm probably getting "migraine auras without the headache." Only if my "episodes" start lasting more than 20 minutes at a time does he think I should go for more scans. So. That shouldn't take long.
2) I need refills.
3) The pelvic pain thing, maybe? Maybe I should just schedule a full physical, and put this off until then.
4) I want a full blood work-up, and I wonder if I could just ask for one without us going into a long conversation about it. It's just that I lost quite a bit of weight over Christmas, and seem to be having trouble gaining it back, so I want to know what's going on.
5) My back/shoulders - I think I've developed some chronic tearing in some major tendons in my back and/or shoulders working on the till at work. (Our tills like to slide under the counter, and I think most of the damage is from pulling them forward.) I should probably tell her I started taking Tylenol No. 1's for it at night a few weeks ago because I couldn't lie on my back or sleep because of it, and took it at work for a week and a half or so to be able to do work. It seems to be better now since I had a three-day vacation over Easter.
I'm thinking my back actually probably has priority over the pelvic pain or the blood work-up I want, because if it flares again so badly I can't work, I'll be in trouble. I don't know what she can do right now, but she should probably at least look at it.
Meh. And I have an even longer list than this, too. It feels like all I'm doing these days is existing between doctor's visits. That's no way to be going about things, but I'm not sure what else I could be doing differently.
I'm pleased, however, with my increased ability to get the smaller stuff done these days. I have some bigger projects I need to start planning to approach.
Ho hum.