I was putting together a much longer spiel, but honestly it just evokes a whole lot of stuff in my mind that runs from “really humans know nothing about how they really work” to “why the hell am I so stupid?” (To answer the second question, because no one likes to really accept that they’re [...]

Last Friday they sprung me from the ICU. Here’s what we now know: my thymus was enlarged (hyperplasia) as opposed to sporting a tumor. First glance looked very much not cancerous, so it’s off for testing this week. I should hear on Thursday, when I see the surgeon to have the stitches removed.
Hyperplasia means there’s [...]

I was composing a nice lengthy response to Momshoe, and I realized that stuff has happened that might be worth an “up here” post.
So the run down:
After further meetings with the anesthesiologists and such, it’s a little freaky. Especially since I get the impression that the rheumatologist I saw — who did indeed call me [...]

I knew the past two weeks were going to be less than fun, but you know how it is: brace for the worst, hope for the best, and then something that you wouldn’t have ever imagined in a million gazillion years happens.
Last week I got my repeat chest CT to follow up on that little [...]

I sorta don’t have one. Hey now!
The immunologist I wanted to see is no longer seeing patients, so I was plopped in with someone I saw previously — once. He’s… Well, truthfully, for a much older guy I was surprised (back then) how empathetic he was. And there was a lot less to go on [...]

I made the right call. Truthfully, every last doctor in this area goes through the practice I just left and says that it’s a bureaucratic nightmare. That was my problem. My doctors have the hard part. The paperwork (or faxing and email thereof) should not be the hard part.
I love my old new GP. I [...]

I just went to see my sleep doctor. This is the time of year when what ever this is flares up, and my sleep doctor has doctors in training come through.  I could tell halfway through this poor guy this time was just feeling useless… I think he at least had the sense to realize [...]

…heh.
So, well, first the extraneous stuff. My dad was kicking serious ass after his quadruple bypass, but because my dad is… well, part of my family, his blood pressure wouldn’t come down. Except when he was exercising (yes, we’re all busted. Fine.) So the doctor prescribed a teeny dose of an additional, very benign and [...]

So this smily guy (or girl, I didn’t ask) was out on our pussy willow bush/tree this afternoon (yeah, it’s a really well established pussy willow. It’s a damned tree).  I was heading out to try to squeeze something out of Penny real quick because it’s cold as sin, and I happened to look out [...]

If you know me and you’ve got a pulse (and if you’re reading, I’m kinda hoping you do, otherwise, that’s creepy), you’ll know this year has been a large pile of steaming suck. With an olive on top, because I think olives taste like — well, olives, and that’s the problem.
But two good things happened [...]