Been healing, bit by bit. I'm really tired of soft foods, my stomach is
demanding things I'm pretty sure I shouldn't eat, and I'm still generally
worn down. Worked from home on Thursday, which honestly I didn't get much
work done during. Called in on Friday, watched the first 8 'Friday the
13th' movies as is traditional. Yesterday and today was more or less
the same, with more variety in movies though. Back to the office tomorrow,
with a lot of emails to check I think. Plus lots of things to do in general
that I meant to do this weekend. My TODO list is giving me more than a little
anxiety though, so many things to do, so little time. Oh well, going to
do some little things and make something for dinner, then probably spend
the evening in a book. Catch everyone later.
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Not been doing good healthwise. Thought I had a bad sinus infection, but
I woke up yesterday in major pain centered around a tooth. So yay, dentist.
I'm very phobic about dentists. They ended up extracting the tooth, which
was a royal pain in the jaw because I'm a mutant, and I have extra roots
that extend deep into the jaw. So it took forever to extract, I had to
repeatedly remind myself that clenching up every muscle wasn't going to
help things. Still I came out of it in more pain in my joints and neck than
in my jaw. My hands were shaking and I felt light headed most of last
night, and I barely slept. Took today off as comp time (working on
President's day, a Carcosa Corp holiday). I'm mostly spending today eating
soft food and watching 80's horror movies. I'm hoping I'm back to normal
enough to spend some time with friends tomorrow.
Providence trip is a week from tomorrow. I'm kind of a basket case about it at the moment, the trip, the state of me, etc. To be honest, I've thought about canceling it...will decide later on. 'Try to avoid major decisions when depressed, in pain, or stressed'. So we'll see. *sigh*
On the bright side I've read a lot of good books in the last week. I highly recommend 'Widow's Point' by Richard and Billy Chizmar, a classic ghost story that grabs you and doesn't let go. If you like military sci-fiesque, 'The Void' by Greig Beck won't let you down. Super-soldiers vs space monsters. If you rather have movies, 'The Ritual', an adaptation of Adam Nevill's novel will convince you to never go hiking again. Or if you want horror comedy gore, see 'Victor Crowley', the 4th 'Hatchet' movie. So that's my random one line reviews.
That's about it. Hoping I can make til bedtime tonight, and get some real sleep. I'll also like it when my body stops being in full flake mode. Have a good night boys and ghouls.
Providence trip is a week from tomorrow. I'm kind of a basket case about it at the moment, the trip, the state of me, etc. To be honest, I've thought about canceling it...will decide later on. 'Try to avoid major decisions when depressed, in pain, or stressed'. So we'll see. *sigh*
On the bright side I've read a lot of good books in the last week. I highly recommend 'Widow's Point' by Richard and Billy Chizmar, a classic ghost story that grabs you and doesn't let go. If you like military sci-fiesque, 'The Void' by Greig Beck won't let you down. Super-soldiers vs space monsters. If you rather have movies, 'The Ritual', an adaptation of Adam Nevill's novel will convince you to never go hiking again. Or if you want horror comedy gore, see 'Victor Crowley', the 4th 'Hatchet' movie. So that's my random one line reviews.
That's about it. Hoping I can make til bedtime tonight, and get some real sleep. I'll also like it when my body stops being in full flake mode. Have a good night boys and ghouls.
The hits keep on coming
Well, it's been a week. Not a great week. Last weekend I felt lousy,
had to miss visiting with a friend in from the Bay Area who I haven't seen
in years. *sad fox* Was out sick Monday, everything felt wrong, so I
mostly just napped. Work was work, patching before a release on Tuesday, aka
how fast can we do this? Pretty darn fast actually. Last night we had
emergency patching for Windows servers due to the latest ransomware BS.
I hate windows. Slept for crap again last night, and I'm feeling pretty
foul today. Stomach is unhappy, lungs are crunchy, and I'm off most of
my allergy meds for the testing next week.
I'm a mess. Also, my insurance denied my first request
for the new depression treatment. Now my doc and my rep are appealing it, and
I know for any expensive treatments insurance will push back hard, but
emotionally this is a hit. We'll see what happens next week.
So yeah, I'm not doing hot. Mentally/emotionally I'm all over the place. Physically I covered already. At least I have Cthulhu covering the spiritual side of things *wink* Mother's Day is tomorrow, my plan to send out a bunch of mother's day cards to people has been delayed, I just really haven't had the spoons to write cards. Maybe later today/tomorrow. Not thinking too much otherwise about tomorrow...hoping there isn't a ton of emotional foo, I really don't have it in me to cope. So here's to not needing a ton of cope.
Not much else going on. Slowly upgrading my VM horde, at least the Ubuntu ones to 17.04. I need to look at what version of Fedora is default now, I haven't checked in a while. And there's the obvious windows updates. Plus movies, probably going to stick with favorites vs trying to find something new. Can't wait for next weekend and the new 'Alien' movie. I enjoyed 'Prometheus' and 'Alien vs Predator', so I'm pretty sure I'll be a fan.
So, I'll call this a post. Hopefully next week won't be as ick as this last one was, and maybe I'll even make some process into feeling human again. Laters gators.
So yeah, I'm not doing hot. Mentally/emotionally I'm all over the place. Physically I covered already. At least I have Cthulhu covering the spiritual side of things *wink* Mother's Day is tomorrow, my plan to send out a bunch of mother's day cards to people has been delayed, I just really haven't had the spoons to write cards. Maybe later today/tomorrow. Not thinking too much otherwise about tomorrow...hoping there isn't a ton of emotional foo, I really don't have it in me to cope. So here's to not needing a ton of cope.
Not much else going on. Slowly upgrading my VM horde, at least the Ubuntu ones to 17.04. I need to look at what version of Fedora is default now, I haven't checked in a while. And there's the obvious windows updates. Plus movies, probably going to stick with favorites vs trying to find something new. Can't wait for next weekend and the new 'Alien' movie. I enjoyed 'Prometheus' and 'Alien vs Predator', so I'm pretty sure I'll be a fan.
So, I'll call this a post. Hopefully next week won't be as ick as this last one was, and maybe I'll even make some process into feeling human again. Laters gators.
And now, the allergist.
After multiple months of insane body crap, I finally got a referral to an
allergist. Had one already picked out, some friends of mine swear by
him. So I went over this afternoon. Already had my paperwork filled out,
like when a doctor makes it easy to do the stupid stuff quick.
Got the vitals checked, and saw the doctor within 10 min, if not less. Nice guy, chatty and has a sense of humor. Given my doctor phobia, it's good not to stress out on meeting the guy. We went over my history, my symptoms, what I've done, etc. Long story short (seriously, we talked a long while.) I have allergies from hell. Seriously, I've seen less OMG looks from doctors telling people about cancer. So, it's not just basic sniffles and me being a hypochondriac. The down side, besides the obvious Mt Cedar...it really could be ANYTHING. My vitamins, my diet, grass, some plant I've never heard of, or, more than likely, some combination of the above. On the plus side, I'm already in a lot of the habits I'll need to be to get over this. And the ones he wants me to start aren't out there for me. So what's the plan ?
Week after next I do the full panel of pricks. (laugh, the only way I'm keeping my sanity is thinking like a 13 year old). 165 of them. But we'll find out what all are the problems. If it's non-food allergies, the next steps are shots. Lots of shots. But I can handle needs if it helps. If it's food allergies, well I change my diet. Which, given my experience with onions, is far more palatable. I know I can change my diet. It will suck, but it's a suck I can control.
So, we'll see. Until then it's more crap up my nose, gargling, and a lot of my current activities. At least I doubt I'm allergic to magnets, for that would make tomorrow SUCK.
Got the vitals checked, and saw the doctor within 10 min, if not less. Nice guy, chatty and has a sense of humor. Given my doctor phobia, it's good not to stress out on meeting the guy. We went over my history, my symptoms, what I've done, etc. Long story short (seriously, we talked a long while.) I have allergies from hell. Seriously, I've seen less OMG looks from doctors telling people about cancer. So, it's not just basic sniffles and me being a hypochondriac. The down side, besides the obvious Mt Cedar...it really could be ANYTHING. My vitamins, my diet, grass, some plant I've never heard of, or, more than likely, some combination of the above. On the plus side, I'm already in a lot of the habits I'll need to be to get over this. And the ones he wants me to start aren't out there for me. So what's the plan ?
Week after next I do the full panel of pricks. (laugh, the only way I'm keeping my sanity is thinking like a 13 year old). 165 of them. But we'll find out what all are the problems. If it's non-food allergies, the next steps are shots. Lots of shots. But I can handle needs if it helps. If it's food allergies, well I change my diet. Which, given my experience with onions, is far more palatable. I know I can change my diet. It will suck, but it's a suck I can control.
So, we'll see. Until then it's more crap up my nose, gargling, and a lot of my current activities. At least I doubt I'm allergic to magnets, for that would make tomorrow SUCK.
State of the Fox: Additional
I forgot, I gave up caffeine, and I'm finally starting to not feel like utter
crap. I've known for a while that my Code Red habit wasn't good for my
health, but I didn't have the willpower or immediate reasons to quit.
Then a number of messages from the multiverse came in, and I decided I
needed to quit before I had big reasons to. Plus, caffeine + anxiety is
not a good mix. Along with that, I've cut majorly down on sugar. It's
been kind of rough. Last time I quit caffeine, I was in the hospital with
Stan, and well, amazing what painkilers can do. It's been a week and change
since I stopped all together, and about 3 since I started tapering down.
I do miss it, especially getting up in the AM (and Friday night movies fests)
but I think the physical foo is over. I've been drinking lots of water,
which is better for me both physically and on the budget. So that's the
addendum, I'm actually trying to be healthier. Go Me!