Okay. Let’s be clear. Having a bone marrow test is not a walk in the park, but it definitely is not a terror-filled trip to hell. Seriously. Take it from someone who (now) knows. As you may recall, my bone marrow test was scheduled for Monday, but the CT machine broke down at the hospital,…
That was interesting. My brother-in-law retired from the U.S. Postal Service. My sister planned a huge (and well deserved) celebration at the family cottage on Long Lake. Knowing sleeping space would be at a premium, we decided to stay elsewhere. Unfortunately, both motels at the end of the lake were booked solid. But my sister…
Well, this is embarrassing – but when has that ever stopped me before? I pulled something in my left hip area. Owwwww. How did I do that? I’m so glad you asked. I was sitting on the recliner in the She Cave, minding my own business, reading this strange Shirley Jackson book, when uh-oh. Down…
As you may remember, our whole neighborhood is having storm drains installed by the Township. We are doing this because some people have bad flooding problems (we do not, but it was everyone or no one with this project, and it won’t help anyone’s property values to have the Okefenokee Swamp bordering our neighborhood). We…
As stated before, I do appreciate and respect healthcare professionals. But sometimes … This week was sometimes. Third. At least this one didn’t threaten anyone’s life, per se; although the pharmacy employee at Walgreens did have a near death experience, she just didn’t know it. Okay. It’s that time of year. Time for old farts…
As stated before, I do appreciate and respect healthcare professionals. But sometimes … This week was sometimes. Second. My darling and much loved Cousin has been having some issues, much the same as I faced some years ago – where, despite my advanced age, I was having bleeding. My gynecologist first tried a D&C and…
I don’t have much on my bucket list. If an opportunity comes up, great; but I don’t yearn for it. Well, except for certain shows I’d love to do – but I have no control over that; but there was one thing I really wanted to do – sing with a big band – and…
Are you tired of my posts about medical shit? Hopefully, someday something non-medical related will happen that inspires me to start typing, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. I am a fat OLD lady and this is my life now. I take this drug, Promacta, for my ITP (immune thrombocytopenia – basically, an auto immune…
Thanks to the side effects of Promacta, yesterday, I underwent (first of two) cataract surgery. The pre-op was almost the worst part. Jeez. How many drops can you put in a fat old lady’s eye before said eye floats away? And then, you wait, wait, wait and get bored, bored, bored and then there’s more…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 