My leukemia's back.

[Bunnylady]

Quote: For those who don't know, my husband had a mid-life crisis and bought a 49'er skiff a few years ago. These things are extremely fast and very unstable - if you are optimistic enough to tie one up to a pier and walk away, it WILL have turned turtle when you get back. They take a lot of skill and cat-like reflexes to sail; the question isn't if the boat overturns on you, it's how often (6 times or less per hour = you're a pro!) After BB2K got knocked cross-eyed by the boom a couple of times, she decided she really didn't like sailing very much. DS lasted longer, but even he finally got tired of having to do split-second calculations about which way to jump to avoid either landing on the sail or getting trapped under it. As for me, well, I get motion-sick in a swing, calling what I do in water "swimming" is outrageous flattery, and though my reflexes may still be cat-like, the body is rather more caterpillar-like in movement. I told Critter there was no way I was ever setting foot on it. The boat was designed to have at least 300 pounds of crew to act as "ballast," so it's pretty much impossible for even an excellent sailor to sail one alone. After the boat sat here unused for about a year, Critter sold it, and we all breathed a sigh of relief (when telling me about the buyer, Critter said wistfully, "his wife sails with him . . ." I developed a sudden case of deafness - not going there! When the couple came to pick up the boat, as expected, they were only a little bit older than our son.) Critter still has his Force 5, and as he has flipped it a few times and broken various bits of it, he seems content enough without a boat that tries to kill him every few minutes.

 

[donrae]

This was interesting......I got a call from the dr office, one of the nurses telling me the Dr wants me to increase my cyclosporine to 100 mg twice a day. I asked her if she was calling that in as a new Rx....she kind of paused and said I should just be able to increase my current pills (25 mg capsules). Told her I couldn't do that as I was out and waiting for a refill, had none to take this morning. I just got silence for a minute, not sure what that was about, then a sigh and "I'll see what I can do about getting that called in for you". Wow honey, sorry to put you out or anything. I'm just so frustrated again. Things had been going better, now I've spent a lot of the morning on the phone with the office for various issues. It's just crazy. I think I'm going to tell them I need a specific contact person. the office is so compartmentalized, and the phone-answerer will never give me to a nurse, it's always a "medical secretary". WTH is a medical secretary? I'll tell you what it is, it's a minimum wage off the street person with no medical training whatsoever. they can't answer my questions, they simply say "I'll get this to the nurse and someone will call you back".

And I'm eating way too much post- Halloween candy.......

 

[N F C]

Well that about tears it Rachel. Phil forget the deviled egg sit in. I saw we all storm the office and demand action on Rachel's behalf.

Someone remind me again what these people are good for? It can't be to help people get well. That can't be it.

 

[Bunnylady]

Ooh - I bet Eggsy's son and mine could arrange a Denial of Service attack on the office computers; they would only get 'em back when Rachel gets her Rx

 

[LittleLakePhil]

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Originally Posted by Blooie ....or I could just go beat 'em up for ya - that'll get 'em moving!
In addition to the sit in, I suggest that we each bring our biggest, meanest, baddest rooster (and if we don't have one, borrow one... we all have connections, right?) and turn them loose in the Dr's reception area. It takes diligence to deal with a Dr's office that does not meet the needs of the patient adequately.

I don't have a rooster...but I have a mean duck....we actually call him "mean duck"...I could maybe disguise him as a rooster.

 

[3goodeggs]

I think a mean duck will add a level of crazy that they won't be prepared for.

 

[lazy gardener]

Agreed. Everybody knows that roosters can be mean. The average civilized citizen has never even met a duck in person, let alone, a mean one.... "That's Mr. Drake, to you, dr. so and so!"

 

[3goodeggs]

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Yeah I love my mean duck.....well with all this hoopla going on I checked my prescription....I've been to the VA three times this month because they keep messing up my morphine refill...now I'm not one of those whose up there trying to get extras because I "lost" my pills or anything like that. In fact I always take less than prescribed. But on about three days I'm out and apparently they never got re ordered...ouch...I really don't want to go through those withdrawals....hopefully I can get this straightened out tomorrow....I'm good friends with the receptionist at the VA so I don't expect to have the problems Rachel had...I'm just kinda blown away that we are having this discussion today so I go online to check my prescription status and now I got a problem too....Okay I'm done grumbling again.....I'm going to have a deviled egg....

 

[LittleLakePhil]

THAT'S AWESOME