Culling the herd
Aug. 5th, 2002 03:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgStill without a computer at home. Suckage.
Removed the Fuck_You community from my friends list - sorry, the rants were overrunning it. I don't want to think of how many posts I went back before I found where I left off on Friday. It took forever. *whimper*
And Saturday, Sis had us all over for dinner for the kid's birthdays. I guess we passed muster, because she wanted us to come back and go to the movies with them Sunday. So, we did.
But I owe her a letter since she didn't want to discuss anything related to her issues - and she's now off on disability, wow am I so surprised. (i.e., not in the least...) But since she is studying for her State Board Exams, it's all good.
Okay, so you don't need my Speed Racer box set hag. Go you.
I'm sending her a stupid card and a note - likely she'll blow most of it off, but I'm feeling generous today.
I'm going to have to stretch this into a top 10 list - but here are the first two entries:
Quick Comebacks to Stupid Attempts to Be Helpful
1. "Well, what are you going to do with yourself with all the time you have on your hands since you're on disability?"
I'll let you know as soon as the drugs wear off.
2. "You ought to MAKE those doctors do blah-blah! (Or, its corollary, "What do you mean insurance doesn't cover that? MAKE them pay for it!")
Yeah, right. I'm so smart, talented and prescient -- I'll just go into the doctor's office and throttle him until he tells me what I want to know. That's surely the hold-up, isn't it? It's all a big, fat secret conspiracy spun from some sick mind bent on world domination through my dependence on the pharmaceutical industry.
Is it enough that I have repeated what he told me verbatim to you, and everyone else in my general direction enough times that I could take it on the road? Tell you what. I'll get Kreskin, you get a clue and we'll both be satisfied.
No, I haven't been here. I remember looking at people dumbfounded when they would admonish me about what I should be doing - when it was taking everything just to dogpaddle and stay afloat. Have a disabling, chronic illness - lose all respect from others. And they have just the best intentions in the world....honest, they do.
They haven't found a cause for this retinal detach - and likely, won't. Prednisone is keeping the inflammation under control, but when they tried to taper it, the inflammation grew so two steps back again.
I have my own ideas, but I'm confident that the important bits are being covered - and most importantly, she's comfortable with her own level of involvement. If she feels she's done her best, there will be no regrets either way.
Just don't discount the fact I was here first, hag-breath. I may not be the titled professional, but I do know what I know - gained the hard way. Respect that if you don't notice the fact I can be most circumspect about everything else.
And since when did I become the queen of control freaks? Sheesh.
Consider the source, I guess. If I had to deal with her mother-in-law as much as I think she does, hoo. The whole world would appear to be out to get me.
Removed the Fuck_You community from my friends list - sorry, the rants were overrunning it. I don't want to think of how many posts I went back before I found where I left off on Friday. It took forever. *whimper*
And Saturday, Sis had us all over for dinner for the kid's birthdays. I guess we passed muster, because she wanted us to come back and go to the movies with them Sunday. So, we did.
But I owe her a letter since she didn't want to discuss anything related to her issues - and she's now off on disability, wow am I so surprised. (i.e., not in the least...) But since she is studying for her State Board Exams, it's all good.
Okay, so you don't need my Speed Racer box set hag. Go you.
I'm sending her a stupid card and a note - likely she'll blow most of it off, but I'm feeling generous today.
I'm going to have to stretch this into a top 10 list - but here are the first two entries:
Quick Comebacks to Stupid Attempts to Be Helpful
1. "Well, what are you going to do with yourself with all the time you have on your hands since you're on disability?"
I'll let you know as soon as the drugs wear off.
2. "You ought to MAKE those doctors do blah-blah! (Or, its corollary, "What do you mean insurance doesn't cover that? MAKE them pay for it!")
Yeah, right. I'm so smart, talented and prescient -- I'll just go into the doctor's office and throttle him until he tells me what I want to know. That's surely the hold-up, isn't it? It's all a big, fat secret conspiracy spun from some sick mind bent on world domination through my dependence on the pharmaceutical industry.
Is it enough that I have repeated what he told me verbatim to you, and everyone else in my general direction enough times that I could take it on the road? Tell you what. I'll get Kreskin, you get a clue and we'll both be satisfied.
No, I haven't been here. I remember looking at people dumbfounded when they would admonish me about what I should be doing - when it was taking everything just to dogpaddle and stay afloat. Have a disabling, chronic illness - lose all respect from others. And they have just the best intentions in the world....honest, they do.
They haven't found a cause for this retinal detach - and likely, won't. Prednisone is keeping the inflammation under control, but when they tried to taper it, the inflammation grew so two steps back again.
I have my own ideas, but I'm confident that the important bits are being covered - and most importantly, she's comfortable with her own level of involvement. If she feels she's done her best, there will be no regrets either way.
Just don't discount the fact I was here first, hag-breath. I may not be the titled professional, but I do know what I know - gained the hard way. Respect that if you don't notice the fact I can be most circumspect about everything else.
And since when did I become the queen of control freaks? Sheesh.
Consider the source, I guess. If I had to deal with her mother-in-law as much as I think she does, hoo. The whole world would appear to be out to get me.
