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Kaplan is Retiring
I received a postcard in the mail from my urticaria doctor’s office saying: This is to notify you that Allen Kaplan, MD will be retiring as of December 31, 2007. Please contact your local physician for further recommendations. Dr. Kaplan extends to you his best regards. This is a major blow to everyone who has … Continue reading
Asymptomatic
This is going to be about pee. Read on or not, the choice is yours.
Got Meds?
I had a mostly positive experience with my doctor this morning. I walked in there knowing exactly what I wanted, and I walked out with what I wanted. The purpose of the visit was to discuss my chronic urticaria and see what the options were, but what I really wanted was a prescription for 5mg … Continue reading
UK Smoking Ban
Well color me surprised! I had no idea the entire United Kingdom had banned smoking in “all enclosed or substantially enclosed areas within the work place and public.” According to www.nosmokinglaw.co.uk, the Scottish ban is already implemented, Wales and Northern Ireland are following suit in April, and England will be joining the rest in summer … Continue reading
Get a PAP!
Ladies…you’re never too young for cancer. I read MyDeathSpace.com for morbid entertainment, and today I spotted China Stogner on there. She just died of cervical cancer – and she was 24 years old. I can’t believe that someone younger than me had to write her own obituary (or at least she seems to have written … Continue reading
Hives
My chronic urticaria is flaring. It was bad yesterday but today it’s probably a little worse. Oddly enough it’s not along the corset lines, which is good. But it’s affecting my hands, and I hate that. This whole thing makes me so tired. I did a bit of cleanup today but not yet out front … Continue reading
Bullets Because I Cannot Think
I have had a headache for two and a half days now. I forgot that I had put my tiny diamond earrings on the bed, and then I went and slept in the bed. They are not lost, they are just missing – either on the bed or the floor. But it’s going to be … Continue reading
About Those Ears
This morning I called my primary care doctor and asked the receptionist if I should go there first, or straight to a specialist. She said to come there, and gave me an 11:15am appointment. So I left work and went over there, and my doctor was pretty surprised by how big the hole was in … Continue reading
Hearing Test
I had my hearing tested today. I have flaccid eardrums; the audiologist recommended seeing a physician to make sure nothing is wrong (she implied that sometimes there’s a cause, and sometimes people just are that way). Flaccid eardrums mean that it’s harder for sound to make my eardrums vibrate – the eardrum moves with the … Continue reading
Hearing Loss
Well, this is interesting. I have a mild hearing loss at high frequencies, apparently. This was prompted by an NPR story about the “Mosquito” teen repeller, which plays a 17kHz tone to drive away unruly teens hanging around stores and other establishments. I had been able to hear the sample tone played on the radio, … Continue reading