Please Shoot Me

[xifeng]

My grandmother had cataract surgery on the 8th, and she seems to be recovering well; she's a little blurry in the eye where she had had the cataract, but the doctor said that was to be expected and it should abate once the swelling goes down. The lolmom is not in such good shape; she was congested and sniffly in Florida, and also managed to get conjunctivitis and had to go to one of those urgent-care places. Plus, people have been calling me about the Baccalaureate Mass, which Mom stage-manages every year, and I have no clue what to tell them.

I'm not in such great shape, either. I went out with Ainsley last week, to the Edgewater Grille, which was delicious, and she's been battling something off and on which has caused her to miss a lot of work. Subsequently, I got sick-sore throat, aches (much ameliorated by the simple expedient of "not sleeping on the damn couch every night"), slight runny nose. I am congested and my throat hurts like hell and everything tastes like phlegm. My number one priority is "not hacking up a lung". The Pains texted me to say she thinks she has the flu. I called in today, but if I miss any more work because of this, I shall kill her. The DayQuil is helping but not a whole lot; we used to have something with codeine in it, but Mom took it to Florida and finished it there.

(Incidentally, we have a fangirl. Wanda was all, "So Ainsley says sometimes you guys hang out together outside of work," and I said, yes, we do. Whereupon Wanda was all, "…can I come hang out with you?" Awww.)

Also, the garbage disposal is completely borked. We have some sort of magical under-the-sink leak going on, which I didn't find out about until a couple of nights ago, when I was just trying to clean up the kitchen, for God's sake. And then I got out the bread, and found that apparently our mouse woes are not over yet. I hope the little fucker asphyxiated on the plastic bread wrapper and died in agony. OH THE EXCITEMENTS, THEY NEVER STOP I TELL YOU.

Also also, I am trying not to become unduly paranoid about an abnormally dry patch of skin on my chest; I have dry skin, and it is probably angry with me because I keep pumicing it off and picking at it and unduly irritating it, so I'm trying to make myself leave it alone and see what happens. In all probability, it's just one of those rough patches you get for no apparent reason and then it goes away again as mysteriously as it came. I like that thought better than some of the alternatives. (See under "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing", apparently.)

(PS: I think I may also be getting conjunctivitis. Mom hasn't been home two hours and she told me she wasn't contagious. FOR FUCK'S SAKE.)

Comments

[samanosukesgirl.livejournal.com]

Best wishes to your Grandmother.

I swear by Buckley's for all my colds, aches, pains, the works. It's now in pill form, so people won't need to do the x( face. I don't think it tastes that bad but that's just my personal opinion.

[shake-the-stars.livejournal.com]

She's actually doing really well; by the time Mom left earlier this week, she was able to drive by herself. :D

I've never heard of Buckley's; is it a Canada-only thing, or have I just always lived in the wrong parts of the US? x)

[samanosukesgirl.livejournal.com]

That's good news. :D

Buckley's is homegrown but can be found across North America. It should be available around the globe. It WORKS. ^__^ For me, I'm MUCH better on the third day of taking it. By day 5, the worst of it is gone.

[shake-the-stars.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's been a load off. :)

Awesome! I shall google it and see if it is available in fine drug and retail stores in my area. :D

[samanosukesgirl.livejournal.com]

It tastes like Vicks VapoRub and looks like oil. It is a required taste. x) That aside, though, it really does work. Now since it's in pill form, no one will have that icky taste. Such a shame. :( More info here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley%27s).

[shake-the-stars.livejournal.com]

I love their advertising slogan: "It Tastes Awful. And It Works." Can't argue with that. XD

If I ever find it and need it, I'll have to try some (as it is, the amoxicillin is clearing me out quite nicely). :)

[duokinneas.livejournal.com]

I hope your grandmother improves and that the surgery worked well. I would be terrified to have surgery on or near my eye... My best wishes to her recovery!

Everyone everywhere is getting conjunctivitis! One of my coworkers thinks she's getting it, and I was like, "Stay the hell away from me." I'm already battling yet another illness and don't need anything like that. So you tell everyone in your life who's sick to stay where they are till they get better. No illness around you. Cut that shit out!

One of the reasons I refuse to keep mice as pets is that those things are vermin. Why was the cat domesticated in the first place, after all? I'd much rather have my kitty. ♥

[shake-the-stars.livejournal.com]

She improved pretty rapidly after the surgery; by the time Mom left, she was able to drive again, so that worked out.

The last time I had been sick like this, I was 16, so the conjunctivitis should have been a tip-off that it was srs bsns and that the big guns (i.e., medical intervention) were needed. Of course, me being me, it took an ear infection to show me that. Stupid l33.

Callice totally fails as a mouser, other than going crazy when the mouse is running around. I'm not sure domesticating her served any real purpose, but she is good for petting and purring.

[tara]

Ugh, conjunctivitis. Not-fun. I hope the l0lmom is better soon and that she hasn't given it to you :(

Dry skin will just be dry skin. Bodies like to panic us by doing things like that.

[shake-the-stars.livejournal.com]

Well, you know what happened there, so. *g*

Yeah, it seems to be plain old regular dry skin--it's clearing up already, which is probably its way of saying QUIT PUMICING ME YOU EVIL BITCH.