A week ago I was still sucking on cigarettes. Then on Tuesday, it looked as if Mom was going to come home from the hospital after 15 days stuck in that building. Doctors and respiratory therapists said things to my mother like, "If you go home and start smoking again, you're going to wind up ...
Tag Archive: doctors
Mar
15
Peace, Happiness, Two Virgins, and Seventy Sluts?
Had a scare yesterday where I didn't completely read a letter I got from the VA. Thought they were cutting me out of the VA system, but actually, they were denying my emergency room claim from January. Y'know, where I did the faceplant on my kitchen floor? Paying $170 for the damn E.R. visit is much ...
Jan
30
Flowers For Karl
Today is January 30. Already. Shit, where the hell has this month gone? How did we already get 1/12 of the way through 2010? Tomorrow is the last day of the month, which means it's the ...
Dec
04
Faiqa, Eternity, and the Nipple Markers
So...the doctor on Monday. Yeah, I went. If you'll recall, I got a call a week before, telling me that the doctor wanted to speak to me about my MRI results. Weird, since I never had an MRI, but the receptionist said, "Well, whatever tests you just had, she wants to discuss the results." And that ...
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