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And everyone - including me - missed it.

While I am certain I've been having one infectious URI after another - underlying everything has been something else.

Acid-reflux disease. If it had been something as simple as heartburn, I'd have noticed it - but the ENT I saw on Friday says 50% of his practice is what he calls 'silent' GERD.

That's stomach acid passing back up the throat, probably while I'm sleeping. Enough so that it's burned my throat, burned the larynx, and invaded the sinuses and eustachian tubes up into my ears. Hence, crunchy ears, constant cough and the sinus stuff? My sinuses are clear and perfectly healthy. Everything follows this like carts follow horses.

The guy sent a camera on a 12" cable down my nose to the back of my throat. We're sure.

It's twice daily acid-reduction medication (Prilosec, but I'm taking generics) for 3 months and re-evaluate.

I'm the only woman in the last three generations to have retained her gall bladder. I also have a mild case of scoli. I'm not grossly overweight - nowhere near my high water mark - but there's some to take off, so I'm doing it. I'm going to blame the GERD incidences on the constant coughing on the true URI's I've had, increased stress and really bad food options - but I'm grateful this is not having to wait until the end of April for a change in tactics.

My ears are still crunchy, I still have a healthy cough (which means I can't recheck BP until that subsides a bit more) and sore throat - but the fever is gone, and both of the former are much less than they were on, say, Wednesday of last week. I started medication on Friday.

And so we go. It's lovely to be able to breathe again.

And everyone - including me - missed it.

While I am certain I've been having one infectious URI after another - underlying everything has been something else.

Acid-reflux disease. If it had been something as simple as heartburn, I'd have noticed it - but the ENT I saw on Friday says 50% of his practice is what he calls 'silent' GERD.

That's stomach acid passing back up the throat, probably while I'm sleeping. Enough so that it's burned my throat, burned the larynx, and invaded the sinuses and eustachian tubes up into my ears. Hence, crunchy ears, constant cough and the sinus stuff? My sinuses are clear and perfectly healthy. Everything follows this like carts follow horses.

The guy sent a camera on a 12" cable down my nose to the back of my throat. We're sure.

It's twice daily acid-reduction medication (Prilosec, but I'm taking generics) for 3 months and re-evaluate.

I'm the only woman in the last three generations to have retained her gall bladder. I also have a mild case of scoli. I'm not grossly overweight - nowhere near my high water mark - but there's some to take off, so I'm doing it. I'm going to blame the GERD incidences on the constant coughing on the true URI's I've had, increased stress and really bad food options - but I'm grateful this is not having to wait until the end of April for a change in tactics.

My ears are still crunchy, I still have a healthy cough (which means I can't recheck BP until that subsides a bit more) and sore throat - but the fever is gone, and both of the former are much less than they were on, say, Wednesday of last week. I started medication on Friday.

And so we go. It's lovely to be able to breathe again.

How to Break Up With a Friend .

I just wrote about this, didn't I? Yikes.

I'm really glad nobody has been asking me about the new Trek movie lately - well, sort of.

Every time it crosses my field of vision, a number of thing come to mind - not the least of which is that I can remember a time where there was NO new Trek, there were NO movies, NO new series...no nothing. I had the novelizations of the animated series that was no longer on the air, carried around in my bag...for years. Not seasons. *thinks* Nearly a decade. A looong time. And Star Trek was not something Good. It was something no reasonable person really thought was worth watching. It was old and not terribly interesting anymore. Star Wars was interesting. Logan's Run was what you went to go see. Star Trek was old and silly. And you were a dope.

You wanted something new, you had to wait for someone to finish publishing their zine and mail it to you. And hope it didn't offend what few sensibilities you had left at that point.

(While you're taking a bath in the testosterone viewing this flick, try to remember that this franchise was kept on life support for decades largely by women...writing everything in the book as far as what could have happened as a prequel to the original series. And what came after. And inbetween. 'Sewing coats onto buttons' was the term used. And oh baby, were they.)

And when talk of a MOVIE first started making the rounds in the late seventies...oh, the hue and cry when there was talk that Nimoy wouldn't even be IN it! (Bogus. He was.) And even louder was the cry of them 'recasting the show with younger, newer faces and remaking the show over again.' HOW COULD THEY. THEY WOULDN'T DARE.

(Hey, this persisted even into Next Generation territory - I'll say it now. Had Next Gen not been so successful at doing just what it did - a new Trek, with new characters in the same framework - you'd never be seeing a recast prequel as a movie. No way.)

So if I'm hearing some of those voices from my past, give me a little room.

I can't believe anyone would think you could spoil this movie for anyone. I MEAN. WHAT?

YOU KNOW HOW THIS ENDS, RIGHT?

Anyone hear word one about Kirk's older brother? NO?

Okay, fuck it. IT NEVER HAPPENED THEN.

(Hey, I can pick a petty piece of crap to toss that out on. Tons of other folks have, with less to work with.)

As far as I'm concerned, this is just another piece of fan fiction to me.

Very expensive, will make a lot of money in the theaters, YEEEEHAAAAAW - fan fic.

(Where's Nicholas Meyer when you need him?)

Kirk also had a nephew - this is a personal point, I'll admit it. I wrote an entire trilogy of stories about him once (his name was Peter, BTW). Oh, after I completely rewrote Speed Racer.

*snaps fingers* Hey, they remade that into a movie too!

I sense a pattern. And probably, a reason this stuff doesn't impress me all that much.

It's nice to see this, don't think I'm tossing the entire matter out wholesale. But at the same time - I'm growing weary of it.

I still have my zines on the shelf.

People are talking about the Uhura/Spock things in the movie. I wonder what people would think of the huge number of fan fics I can recall that got some of their authors in deep sauce because of the whole mixed race (and I don't mean human/alien) issue when they were written. First time I saw some people go underground to write their stories - and it was over Uhura and Kirk having some kids, and I shit you not. And then in the Kraith Universe, the ooohs and ahhhs over the 'incredibly exotic afro-Vulcans' - other half-human hybrids, of course. First time I saw Tuvok, I was happy for weeks. For reasons nobody could have ever guessed.)

The few trailers I've seen make me smirk when I see Sulu duking it out with a sword...because I can remember what a big deal letting Takei fence with a foil had been. Big deal, justification and OMG WHAT AN IDEA letting an Asian fence with something other than a samurai sword! (...no, I'm not kidding....) And guess what. Yeah. Weapon of choice. Long way, baby. Not so much.

And oh, as much as I've missed McCoy - I miss Dee Kelly, who I'm told used to live on vodka, lemons, limes and salt at conventions...and kept a pet tortoise around to have 'something older than we are.' Years and years of Not Talking About the fact George Takei was gay...or had spent time as a child in a concentration camp during WWII - in Arkansas. Shatner doing bad theater, bad movies and just being a real PIA, living on ego and momentum for decades. (Oh, how we waited for him to grow up. Thank God he did.) Nimoy just doing anything and everything, including writing poetry for greeting cards.

You know I really wish BSG had just been its own show, right? Own name, own character NAMES...the works? (But anything that puts Edward James Olmos to work is OKEY DOKEY ANYTIME. Remember that.) It had plenty of everything any story ever needed to stand on its own and be its own person...so to speak.

But, no. It's a remake.

Tired of it. I'd like to hear about some new places. And not because I'm tired of this - it's because someone will do this, mention a thing - and you can see where my mind goes. You can only take so much of 'I know that, move on!' before - well, you do.

Blam, blam. Jim wants to see it. I can wait for a video rental.

I know how this ends, after all.

Nice people casted - hope I get to see them do other things. Soon.

I'm really glad nobody has been asking me about the new Trek movie lately - well, sort of.

Every time it crosses my field of vision, a number of thing come to mind - not the least of which is that I can remember a time where there was NO new Trek, there were NO movies, NO new series...no nothing. I had the novelizations of the animated series that was no longer on the air, carried around in my bag...for years. Not seasons. *thinks* Nearly a decade. A looong time. And Star Trek was not something Good. It was something no reasonable person really thought was worth watching. It was old and not terribly interesting anymore. Star Wars was interesting. Logan's Run was what you went to go see. Star Trek was old and silly. And you were a dope.

You wanted something new, you had to wait for someone to finish publishing their zine and mail it to you. And hope it didn't offend what few sensibilities you had left at that point.

(While you're taking a bath in the testosterone viewing this flick, try to remember that this franchise was kept on life support for decades largely by women...writing everything in the book as far as what could have happened as a prequel to the original series. And what came after. And inbetween. 'Sewing coats onto buttons' was the term used. And oh baby, were they.)

And when talk of a MOVIE first started making the rounds in the late seventies...oh, the hue and cry when there was talk that Nimoy wouldn't even be IN it! (Bogus. He was.) And even louder was the cry of them 'recasting the show with younger, newer faces and remaking the show over again.' HOW COULD THEY. THEY WOULDN'T DARE.

(Hey, this persisted even into Next Generation territory - I'll say it now. Had Next Gen not been so successful at doing just what it did - a new Trek, with new characters in the same framework - you'd never be seeing a recast prequel as a movie. No way.)

So if I'm hearing some of those voices from my past, give me a little room.

I can't believe anyone would think you could spoil this movie for anyone. I MEAN. WHAT?

YOU KNOW HOW THIS ENDS, RIGHT?

Anyone hear word one about Kirk's older brother? NO?

Okay, fuck it. IT NEVER HAPPENED THEN.

(Hey, I can pick a petty piece of crap to toss that out on. Tons of other folks have, with less to work with.)

As far as I'm concerned, this is just another piece of fan fiction to me.

Very expensive, will make a lot of money in the theaters, YEEEEHAAAAAW - fan fic.

(Where's Nicholas Meyer when you need him?)

Kirk also had a nephew - this is a personal point, I'll admit it. I wrote an entire trilogy of stories about him once (his name was Peter, BTW). Oh, after I completely rewrote Speed Racer.

*snaps fingers* Hey, they remade that into a movie too!

I sense a pattern. And probably, a reason this stuff doesn't impress me all that much.

It's nice to see this, don't think I'm tossing the entire matter out wholesale. But at the same time - I'm growing weary of it.

I still have my zines on the shelf.

People are talking about the Uhura/Spock things in the movie. I wonder what people would think of the huge number of fan fics I can recall that got some of their authors in deep sauce because of the whole mixed race (and I don't mean human/alien) issue when they were written. First time I saw some people go underground to write their stories - and it was over Uhura and Kirk having some kids, and I shit you not. And then in the Kraith Universe, the ooohs and ahhhs over the 'incredibly exotic afro-Vulcans' - other half-human hybrids, of course. First time I saw Tuvok, I was happy for weeks. For reasons nobody could have ever guessed.)

The few trailers I've seen make me smirk when I see Sulu duking it out with a sword...because I can remember what a big deal letting Takei fence with a foil had been. Big deal, justification and OMG WHAT AN IDEA letting an Asian fence with something other than a samurai sword! (...no, I'm not kidding....) And guess what. Yeah. Weapon of choice. Long way, baby. Not so much.

And oh, as much as I've missed McCoy - I miss Dee Kelly, who I'm told used to live on vodka, lemons, limes and salt at conventions...and kept a pet tortoise around to have 'something older than we are.' Years and years of Not Talking About the fact George Takei was gay...or had spent time as a child in a concentration camp during WWII - in Arkansas. Shatner doing bad theater, bad movies and just being a real PIA, living on ego and momentum for decades. (Oh, how we waited for him to grow up. Thank God he did.) Nimoy just doing anything and everything, including writing poetry for greeting cards.

You know I really wish BSG had just been its own show, right? Own name, own character NAMES...the works? (But anything that puts Edward James Olmos to work is OKEY DOKEY ANYTIME. Remember that.) It had plenty of everything any story ever needed to stand on its own and be its own person...so to speak.

But, no. It's a remake.

Tired of it. I'd like to hear about some new places. And not because I'm tired of this - it's because someone will do this, mention a thing - and you can see where my mind goes. You can only take so much of 'I know that, move on!' before - well, you do.

Blam, blam. Jim wants to see it. I can wait for a video rental.

I know how this ends, after all.

Nice people casted - hope I get to see them do other things. Soon.

Yay IE tabbing.

I have This little jewel in one tab....

this delicious morsel in the next one.

It is begging me to write a post. Taunting me. Daring me.

If this wasn't so painful to discuss...in (literally) a heartbeat.

The fact the conversation took some VERY tricksy turns at dinner on Saturday? Doesn't help. (Oh discuss weighty matters with folks who take X-rays for a living. You won't get much acceptance...unless you can get into the headspace and realize that it IS acceptance...and grieving...at the same time.)

I'm giving you guys the coin. Flip it.

[Poll #1331119]

I'll be back later.

State and local investigators allege that Mark Jacoby fraudulently registered himself to vote at a childhood California address where he no longer lives so he would appear to meet the legal requirement that all signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California. His firm, Young Political Majors, or YPM, collects petition signatures and registers voters in California and other states.

...

The firm was paid $7 to $12 for every Californian it registered as a member of the GOP.

Oh, I am so glad I moved to Torrance. Why yes - yes I DID live in Ontario for fifteen years. And no - I am not at all surprised by this. I am surprised they arrested him. Period.

Folks, we recalled our governor because someone had the money to pay people to get the signatures. Period, full stop. It's been tried since, and well - nobody got anywhere. Go figure.

Yeah, go ahead and claim voter fraud. Those who smelt it, dealt it.

State and local investigators allege that Mark Jacoby fraudulently registered himself to vote at a childhood California address where he no longer lives so he would appear to meet the legal requirement that all signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California. His firm, Young Political Majors, or YPM, collects petition signatures and registers voters in California and other states.

...

The firm was paid $7 to $12 for every Californian it registered as a member of the GOP.

Oh, I am so glad I moved to Torrance. Why yes - yes I DID live in Ontario for fifteen years. And no - I am not at all surprised by this. I am surprised they arrested him. Period.

Folks, we recalled our governor because someone had the money to pay people to get the signatures. Period, full stop. It's been tried since, and well - nobody got anywhere. Go figure.

Yeah, go ahead and claim voter fraud. Those who smelt it, dealt it.