There would appear to be a good reason why they make you wait half an hour after an allergy shot before you can leave the doctor's office - I had a bad-ish reaction twenty minutes in. Sudden dizziness and tightness of throat does not a happy lunacy_gal make (and tends to concern the allergist's staff, too...)

There are nicer ways to wake up than getting a charley horse in *both* calves... But boy, is it effective!

Went to a Chinese restaurant today that's supposed to be the best in the city. Asked the hostess whether they used MSG. Oh, you can ask for your food without it, no problem. So when I ordered, I specified no MSG. No problem ( Read more... )

* Bizarrely, my right hip has been seizing up on me lately. The bizarre part - no matter what time I go to bed, it's been waking me up at exactly 4:00 a.m. every morning.

* I've pretty much got my Nano novel all planned out. Stay tuned for updates and general moans of frustration.

* Happy Hallowe'en!!!  (And Samhain, for those of us so inclined *

So, um, been sick lately. As it, kind of seriously sick. As in 'I've lost ten pounds in eight days without really wanting to' sick.

But I'm (somewhat) better now.

* Sick. Allergies from hell are morphing into a nasty cold. Blah ( Read more... )

My cold turned out to be worse than I was expecting (sort of the Martian Death Cold). I spend most of the week either sleeping or coughing up various internal organs. Add to that the fact that my computer was out of commission for the week as well (I'm now the proud owner of my very first laptop, a spanking new HP Pavillion) and I'm very glad to be ( Read more... )

I seem to be coming down with the cold that's been going around. (No, not the swine flu, silly.)  It's at the stage I particularly loathe, where you feel like you've swallowed an aged and dusty chicken, and it's lodged somewhere in your esophagus. And you're afraid to start coughing for fear you'd never be able to stop again ( Read more... )

Last Saturday I pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder. It's been hurting like a mofo all week, depsite visits to chiropractor and acupuncturist. Today I go in for a massage.

Y'know, I've said this before, but I'm getting really sick and tired of pain. Really.

I tried acupuncture this morning. I won't be sure for a day or two how effective it was, but the experience was way cool. (I felt - slightly - the needles that went into my jaw muscles; the others, I didn't feel at all ( Read more... )