Tuesday, June 20, 2006

So, my doctor's appoinment on Monday went well. It was strange though because they gave me an eye exam, and then asked me a lot of strange questions, but it turned out that Mark had freaked out about my arm going numb Friday night, and had told them that I was also there to talk about my migrains, which I wasn't. I talked to my doctor about it, just to get her opinion, and she agreed that I simply suffered a fairly normal side effect of intense migrains. The rest of the visit went quickly enough. I got a referrals to Gastroenterology & Dermatology. The former, so that I can get some idea of what is going on inside my body. My acid levels are out of control, and I want to know what that's doing to me, and what I can do to prevent them. It's also possible that I have an ulcer. This was news to me, and doubly shocking only hours after learning that Pat from work was suffering from one. Why has this never been mentioned to me before? Also, I was told that I was taking my meds wrong, even though I followed their directions from years ago, which they have since changed their minds on. They should send out a memo or something. Anyways...The dermatology referral is for this random skin thing, which I've been told isn't harmful to me or anybody else; I just want it taken care of. I've had odd rashes my whole life; I had a really strange one on my neck for a year or 2, with all kinds of strange patterns; it was almost pretty.

Before I went to the Doctor, Mark & I had to trade the car, and so I had to go with him to the bank & the post office, and he had to go with me to drop off my film. I'm only pointing this out now, so that when I talk about picking up my film it will make sense. lol

Anyways, the doctor visit went well, and hopefully my insurance covers the visit this time. I swear that Mark told me that it didn't pay for my last visit, but now he doesn't remember that, and says he has no idea where the paperwork is. Maybe I'm just going crazy. It's not like it doesn't run in the family. As a matter of fact, when I picked up my film on the way to pick up Mark from work, there were a couple of the black & white pix that made me realize how much I still resemble my father. They're really good pictures though; I might have some of them framed for friends & family, even though Mark (who is his own worst critic) isn't impressed by them at all.

After we got home, I scanned all of the pictures, plus half a roll that I missed last time (about 90 pictures); it took me about 8 hours to finish the scanning. Then I started working on resizing the ones that people had requested seeing, and e-mailed those out. I posted 3 of the new ones on myspace, including one that I made into my main picture, which has already earned a positive comment from Chris; I love her. I also started working on a dedication page for Jeremy. I had a dentist appointment this morning, but I had to reschedule it, because my acid was pretty bad, and I couldn't deal with all those people in my mouth at the same time. My new appointment is on Thursday, next week. I continued working on my webpage for several hours, and got a call from Jeremy. He sounded tired, but it sounds like he had a blast in Chicago, and he said that he can visit my family with me on Monday, which I'm psyched about. I called Janice to tell her Monday's the day, and I'll stop by Hollywood later to put in my requests for Monday & Thursday off, plus I need to return Munich & some Smallville dvds that are due today. I haven't called on my referrals yet; I'll probably do those next week, as I don't think I'm free for anything until after that.

I eventually took a nap, which helped a lot. I then finished the webpage stuff (for now), and had a snack, then wrote this. I'm going to take a shower, and then go pick up Mark from work. I have to do an insane amount of laundry.

   posted by Bald Jason at 05:12 PM
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