After lots of logistics problems, phone calls, phone tag, and other malarkey, I made it to the gyno's office. ( You know the drill... )

I was finally able to sit down properly today. It's still a grimacing effort, but I can manage. ( Gross details inside... )

Year of the Dragon had better be better than Year of the Rabbit. Other than a friend's baby getting made, a lot of that year was pretty darned horrid. Lots of chaos, strife and loss. Let's move on and up ( Read more... )

I'm really tired, y'all. I'm trying some Traditional Chinese Medicine for a month, to see if I can get warm and stop my joints from hurting so much. I'm glad the formulas I'm taking right now aren't especially smelly and they come in capsule form. I had a really smelly tea when I used to see an acupuncturist and was accused of smelling bad, so I'm ( Read more... )

Dir En Grey (Dir en grey, DIR EN GREY--hah!) show at the House of Blues tonight. I'm warily excited for the show. I'm still recovering, so I'm tiiiiiiired, but I want to ROCK. I'm so glad I get to see my band this year and right before Christmas. I'm sure to have little moments of flashback for when I'm having brunch at the In-Laws' place on Sunday ( Read more... )

Heyyyy, no puking today. I've been drinking lots of water and some cranberry juice since last night. I feel loads better. Luh-OADS. I still feel a dull throb in my lower left back, so I'm concerned about that. The Hub and I are watching me. I found a couple of places I can walk in. CVS has clinics staffed by doctors and/or nurse practitioners, too ( Read more... )

I've been watching the Cards tear it up in the post-season, after a lackluster regular season and luck in the race for a wild card spot. It's a relief to not have to deal with Lakers flags flying on cars and such, so baseball's been good to watch, after the Rugby World Cup. It's a way to pass the time, watch the seasons go. L.A. does have seasons, ( Read more... )

I'm almost 100% done with a cold, but had intermittent coughing yesterday. I watched the awesome Breaking Bad finale, then dosed myself with the nighttime/nightmare/but you take it so you can sleep/medicine. Put the iPod on, kissed The Hub goodnight, and fell asleep. I awoke exhausted, after dreaming HARD about a magic-powered version of Venice. I ( Read more... )

Finally able to get on LiveJournal. I missed this place. It feels like a half-empty dorm at the end of the school year. I know a lot of people use Facebook or reddit and have moved on, but I really like having privacy, community, and all the other stuff here. I have to figure out how to back up my LJ though. I wrote some good stuff here ( Read more... )

A friend of a friend is a Qi Gong practitioner, migraine sufferer, and not inclined to religious thinking, so I recently called him to talk about Qi Gong, what it is, and how it might help me with my migraines, which have been sort of scary recently. He asked me a lot of questions about my temperament and habits, made some keen guesses, and he ( Read more... )