i got a speeding ticket on my way to work today. nevermind that i've never (ever) been pulled over for speeding before. nevermind that my birthday's in two days. i now owe the state of pennsylvania $115.50 for going 65 in a 45. at least he didn't give me the 4 points i should have gotten, though ( Read more... )

i had my second follow-up with dr. kim. i went in there so optimistic - it was the second day in a row that i'd worn pants. i'd found a way to dress my incision without causing me pain through the use of non stick pads under the gauze. showering was becoming less painful because my incision was closing up and the water wasn't hurting so much ( Read more... )

i had my follow-up with dr. kim today. she told me, in her own words, that i've got a really fucking bad case of staph. the kind that only responds to one kind of oral antibiotics. unfortunately, my pcp and first surgeon were prescribing me antibiotics that couldn't even begin to touch this bacteria. i was on three rounds of completely useless ( Read more... )

i thought i had really good health insurance. apparently, i was very wrong. after a lot of calls back and forth with my aunt and my pcp, i finally got in for an appointment with dr. kim. dr. kim is a lovely older lady from korea. she is the doctor who took the 9-lb tumor from my grandmother's abdomen years ago. so i left school two hours early ( Read more... )

look at me, updating from school. i'm currently leaning as far back in my desk chair as i can, wishing i could cut this last cyst out of my body myself. i called my aunt last night who is a nurse in the icu unit. she's going to talk to her favorite surgeon and try to get me in to see her because i've decided i'm not going back to "my" surgeon ( Read more... )

ok, i need help. i'm investigating plane ticket prices to fly round trip to birmingham in november (nov 9-12, to be exact). i thought southwest was supposed to be ridiculously cheap, but a ticket from them would be over $200 with all the taxes. priceline can give me something for $186, but i can't see the flight times until i actually make the ( Read more... )

wow, look at that...lots of people deleted me from their friends lists. well, if you are still reading (i'm not holding out for many of you here, considering one of my best friends even went and deleted me), hey there. i just realized that i still have livejournal set up to email comments to my temple email address, which died months ago. which ( Read more... )

we went to see charlie & the chocolate factory at the drive-in tonight. laurel, ryan, kara, adam, colleen, bonnie and me. such good times ( Read more... )

i am sitting in my very low ikea chair with my leg propped up on my cpu as i type this. i just got back from the surgeon's office about 20 minutes ago. wait, back up...

so this morning, my leg looked like this:


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my aunt had a barbecue today for the family. i really wish i had brought my camera with me. she had a bar set up on one end of the deck and such a big spread of food. and i totally missed the opportunity to take a picture of mom floating around the pool in a giant pink tube, holding the margarita i made her and with her hair in the cutest little ( Read more... )