You know that commercial for EPT, where the lady is all "I can't concentrate, could I be pregnant?"... well, here's Josh's dee-dedee ,moment.
Heh. Okay, I figure this while get a smile out of you.
I had a real Dee De Dee moment here. See if you can spot the logic error.
I go to Stripes to pick up a taco for lunch. I get back into the car, start it up and drive off, and I'm back at the inter-section of the church when I start patting my pockets. Oh Shit! Where are my keys?!?
Sp I pull into the parking lot fully intending to grab a phone book and call the store and see if I left my keys there. I turn off the car and realize....Oh...here are my keys. In the ignition.
Dee de Dee!
Josh
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Better Late then Never.
It's been a while since I updated. I'm sorry about that, Clauie fans! :) But I thought endless updates of just my vomit-counter would get really boring really fast. So, I've saved my update for some juicy stuff.
First on the list is that I'm now about 8 weeks or so. It's still a rough estimate because I'm a freak and don't have regular periods. All I know is that in midMay, I started feeling like I should be getting my period. All the classic Mood Swing Clauie symptoms, and then... upset stomach for a week. I thought it was an ulcer because let's face it, after 3 years of wanting desperately, I'd pretty much given up fretting, timing, and hoping. I'd tossed the Big Guy a shout out and put it firmly out of mind.
So, now that it turns out I am, I've started the big push to take real care of more than just myself and Josh. Though admittedly, I've always been really bad at taking care of anyone, myself included. But, I'm now not the center of the world. It's really weird... I have moments that I don't feel any different, then other times where I'm scared senseless.
This week's panic attack: Toxoplasmosis aka the Cat Sh!t Disease.
Toxoplasmosis
(TOX-o-plaz-MO-sis)
What is toxoplasmosis?
A single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii causes a disease known as toxoplasmosis. While the parasite is found throughout the world, more than 60 million people in the United States may be infected with the Toxoplasma parasite. Of those who are infected, very few have symptoms because a healthy person's immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing illness. However, pregnant women and individuals who have compromised immune systems should be cautious; for them, a Toxoplasma infection could cause serious health problems.
How do people get toxoplasmosis?
A Toxoplasma infection occurs by:
Accidentally swallowing cat feces from a Toxoplasma-infected cat that is shedding the organism in its feces. This might happen if you were to accidentally touch your hands to your mouth after gardening, cleaning a cat's litter box, or touching anything that has come into contact with cat feces. Eating contaminated raw or partly cooked meat, especially pork, lamb, or venison; by touching your hands to your mouth after handling undercooked meat.
Contaminating food with knives, utensils, cutting boards and other foods that have had contact with raw meat.
Drinking water contaminated with Toxoplasma.
Receiving an infected organ transplant or blood transfusion, though this is rare.
What are the symptoms of toxoplasmosis?
Symptoms of the infection vary.
Most people who become infected with Toxoplasma are not aware of it.
Some people who have toxoplasmosis may feel as if they have the "flu" with swollen lymph glands or muscle aches and pains that last for a month or more.
Severe toxoplasmosis, causing damage to the brain, eyes, or other organs, can develop from an acute Toxoplasma infection or one that had occurred earlier in life and is now reactivated. Severe cases are more likely in individuals who have weak immune systems, though occasionally, even persons with healthy immune systems may experience eye damage from toxoplasmosis.
Symptoms of ocular toxoplasmosis can include reduced vision, blurred vision, pain (often with bright light), redness of the eye, and sometimes tearing. Ophthalmologists sometimes prescribe medicine to treat active disease. Whether or not medication is recommended depends on the size of the eye lesion, the location, and the characteristics of the lesion (acute active, versus chronic not progressing). An opthamologist may provide the best care for ocular toxoplasmosis.
Most infants who are infected while still in the womb have no symptoms at birth, but they may develop symptoms later in life. A small percentage of infected newborns have serious eye or brain damage at birth.
Who is at risk for developing severe toxoplasmosis?
People who are most likely to develop severe toxoplasmosis include:
Infants born to mothers who became infected with Toxoplasma for the first time during or just before pregnancy.
Persons with severely weakened immune systems, such as individuals with HIV/AIDS, those taking certain types of chemotherapy, and those who have recently received an organ transplant.
What should I do if I think I am at risk for severe toxoplasmosis?
If you are planning to become pregnant, your health care provider may test you for Toxoplasma. If the test is positive it means you have already been infected sometime in your life. There usually is little need to worry about passing the infection to your baby. If the test is negative, take necessary precautions to avoid infection (See below).
If you are already pregnant, you and your health care provider should discuss your risk for toxoplasmosis. Your health care provider may order a blood sample for testing.
If you have a weakened immune system, ask your doctor about having your blood tested for Toxoplasma. If your test is positive, your doctor can tell you if and when you need to take medicine to prevent the infection from reactivating. If your test is negative, it means you have never been infected and you need to take precautions to avoid infection. (See below).
What should I do if I think I may have toxoplasmosis?
If you suspect that you may have toxoplasmosis, talk to your health care provider. Your provider may order one or more varieties of blood tests specific for toxoplasmosis. The results from the different tests can help your provider determine if you have a Toxoplasma infection and whether it is a recent (acute) infection.
What is the treatment for toxoplasmosis?
Once a diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is confirmed, you and your health care provider can discuss whether treatment is necessary. In an otherwise healthy person who is not pregnant, treatment usually is not needed. If symptoms occur, they typically go away within a few weeks to months. For pregnant women or persons who have weakened immune systems, medications are available to treat toxoplasmosis.
How can I prevent toxoplasmosis?
There are several general sanitation and food safety steps you can take to reduce your chances of becoming infected with Toxoplasma.
Wear gloves when you garden or do anything outdoors that involves handling soil. Cats, which may pass the parasite in their feces, often use gardens and sandboxes as litter boxes. Wash your hands well with soap and water after outdoor activities, especially before you eat or prepare any food.
When preparing raw meat, wash any cutting boards, sinks, knives, and other utensils that might have touched the raw meat thoroughly with soap and hot water to avoid cross-contaminating other foods. Wash your hands well with soap and water after handling raw meat.
Cook all meat thoroughly; that is, to an internal temperature of 160° F and until it is no longer pink in the center or until the juices become colorless. Do not taste meat before it is fully cooked.
For further information on safe food handling to help reduce food borne illness visit the Fight BAC! ® Web site at http://www.fightbac.org/main.cfm.
If I am at risk, would I be able to keep my cat?
Yes, you may keep your cat if you are a person at risk for a severe infection (e.g., you have a weakened immune system or are pregnant); however, there are several safety precautions to avoid being exposed to Toxoplasma:
Keep your cat healthy and help prevent it from becoming infected with Toxoplasma. Keep your cat indoors and feed it dry or canned cat food rather than allowing it to have access to wild birds and rodents or to food scraps. A cat can become infected by eating infected prey or by eating raw or undercooked meat infected with the parasite. Do not bring a new cat into your house that might have spent time out of doors or might have been fed raw meat. Avoid stray cats and kittens and the area they have adopted as their "home." Your veterinarian can answer any other questions you may have regarding your cat and risk for toxoplasmosis.
Have someone who is healthy and not pregnant change your cat's litter box daily. If this is not possible, wear gloves and clean the litter box every day, because the parasite found in cat feces needs one or more days after being passed to become infectious. Wash your hands well with soap and water afterwards.
Once infected with Toxoplasma is my cat always able to spread the infection to me?
No, cats only spread Toxoplasma in their feces for a few weeks following infection with the parasite. Like humans, cats rarely have symptoms when first infected, so most people do not know if their cat has been infected. The infection will go away on its own; therefore it does not help to have your cat or your cat's feces tested for Toxoplasma.
Alright, firstly, I'm not in full-blown panic mode. After all, the chances are pretty slim in my book for me having come down with this disease. Fuzz is an indoor cat. He doesn't have access to wild birds or rodents. We've only seen two mice in the 3 years we've lived here, and that one was at least a year ago. He didn't eat it. Rather, he offered it to Josh for dinner. The second he called me out of bed to help him hunt and teach me how. I have to admit that I'm a terrible student and the mouse got away. But clearly, Fuzz is more interested in helping us than eating it himself. Plus, I haven't found any rodent corpses laying around. Also, I don't eat my cat's poopie.
As for raw meat, I tried the rawfood diet for him, and he hated it. He likes his ground beef cooked, salted, and spiced. Maybe with a bit of diced onion and fresh minced garlic too. he's not a fan of the cilantro, but then, neither is Josh.
So the real worry for me was the rare steak I had at Tony Roma's last Thursday.
Sunday, Josh noticed a thing on my eye, like a bruise. I remember that on Saturday night my eye itched bad, so I rubbed and rubbed. I'm mostly sure that I just scratched my eye a bit too badly. Melinda said she noticed it on Tuesday last week but forgot to ask me about it. I cleaned the litter box the Saturday before that.
Over all, I'm just confused and don't know what it might be.
I have a doctor appointment on Tuesday with my new doctor. Yes, new doctor.
OMG, let me tell you!!! *insert Josh's girlie hand-motion that he denies he does here*
Okay, so the doctor I had originally started with was Dr. Rodriguez from the Women's Clinic in Edinburg. While the doctor was okay, he really was in and out, and not just with the wand-of-baby-viewing. This is my first pregnancy. I know ZELCH and have all sorts of really dumb questions. (Am I supposed to ache? "Yes, Clau, but if you bleed go to the doctor." - Ceci. My cat jumped off my tummy! Is the baby going to be okay? "Yes, Clau. The baby is much more protected than you think. My sister had boston terriers spring boarding off her tummy and her baby's just fine!" -Arlene. OMG! I'm feeling uber fat already! Can I go swimming?! "YES!!!" - just about everyone.) But how can I ask my questions if he barely has time to lube the wand of baby viewing +5? Seriously! o.o!
And the staff. OMG. Incompetence is too pleasant a word for the level of stupidity in their office. First it was: OMG, I'm having pain and I don't know if that's normal! I now my appointment is this weekend, but can I please move it up to day? "Yes, of course. Your doctor's at McAllen." I get to McAllen. "I'm sorry. That doctor hasn't come badk from vacation. I mean, he just walked in 5 minutes ago. I mean, he came by, but he left early. I mean, he was here but had an emergency. OMG the doctor's hand was really hurt and he had to go to the hospital." Okay... what? Is there another doctor that can see me? "You can see hte Nurse Practioneer. I mean, you can't see the nurse. I mean, new patients have to see the doctor first. I mean, new patients have to see the doctor, but we'll make an exception. I mean, we can't make the exception after all, but you can go see a different doctor in our Edinburg Office." Okay... call it in so I'm not treated like a walk-in. "Sure. I'll call right now. I mean, I'm calling them right now. Okay, I talked to someone." Whatever. Off I go, across town. Hi. I'm Claudia. McAllen office called me in over here cause my doctor stepped out. "Who are you? Do you have an appointment? Fill out this paperwork. Oh! You've already filled it out? Who are you? Have a seat. No, we don't have room. Childern aren't allowed passed this point, but you, stupid woman with the 14 childern that's mooching off the welfare system, yes, you can take your brood and invade the back office and not watch your dirty childern while they run amuck, but miss first pregnancy paying customer you have to wait 3 hours cause we're going to treat you like a walk in anyway." 3.5 hours and 16 screaming childern later. "Ms. Cavazos." It's Carranza. "Whatever. You can go to the back now." okay.... there's another waiting room back here. what the h3ll, man? What is this? Waiting Room Purgatory?! "Who are you?" >.<' "We need you to pee in this cup." Why? "To see if you're pregnant." Umm... hello... didn't I DO this already? Here's my stick. "Pee in the cup, please." >.<' Fine.. Good thing I just had some juice. "Where's the cup?" In the window, like you told me. "We can't find it." THen look again, stupid. "Oh, we found it." Fifteen minutes later. "You're pregnant. Can I schedule you to....?" I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE DOCTOR RODRIGUEZ YOU MORONIC EXCUSE FOR AN EDUCATED NURSE'S AIDE NOW TAKE MY DAMM BLOODPRESSURE AND GET ME THE DOCTOR!!!!!!!! *pantpantpant* Doctor: -zoooooom, papsmear, wand, wham- "sac. empty, see you in 3weeks." -zoooooooom gone-
o.O WTF?
Okay. So, that coupled with the office staff knowing nothing about how to treat a paying customer really sent me over the edge on Saturday and I blew a gasket at them. Josh got annoyed. I forced them to refund my copay, and we left. Tuesday, I try on a new doctor.
So much for the 8wk sonograph picture of my lima bean for Josh's Father's Day card. *cry* At least he got one of the things he had asked for yesterday. I'm very glad the steak was optional.
This month's vomit counter: 1/day average.
What's next: I travel to Austin next weekend for HFS CRW X. And I still haven't gotten medical clearance to go. Stupid Women's Clinic. After that, a day-trip to either Rio Bravo or South Padre to hang with Josh's Dad and bros. The only ladies: the bro's women. This ought to be interesting.... And then, family reunion in midJuly.
Can I stop yet?
Oh, wait. That's a no. I still have to corner the bank guy into giving me my mortgage so I can buy a house. GAH!!! Why aren't you calling me back?! I've left like a half dozen messages!! What's it take, man? Do I have to go over there and show you what a phone is? If I shoved it up your @$$, you'd call me.... wait... eww... scratch that. Stupid banker.
First on the list is that I'm now about 8 weeks or so. It's still a rough estimate because I'm a freak and don't have regular periods. All I know is that in midMay, I started feeling like I should be getting my period. All the classic Mood Swing Clauie symptoms, and then... upset stomach for a week. I thought it was an ulcer because let's face it, after 3 years of wanting desperately, I'd pretty much given up fretting, timing, and hoping. I'd tossed the Big Guy a shout out and put it firmly out of mind.
So, now that it turns out I am, I've started the big push to take real care of more than just myself and Josh. Though admittedly, I've always been really bad at taking care of anyone, myself included. But, I'm now not the center of the world. It's really weird... I have moments that I don't feel any different, then other times where I'm scared senseless.
This week's panic attack: Toxoplasmosis aka the Cat Sh!t Disease.
Toxoplasmosis
(TOX-o-plaz-MO-sis)
What is toxoplasmosis?
A single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii causes a disease known as toxoplasmosis. While the parasite is found throughout the world, more than 60 million people in the United States may be infected with the Toxoplasma parasite. Of those who are infected, very few have symptoms because a healthy person's immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing illness. However, pregnant women and individuals who have compromised immune systems should be cautious; for them, a Toxoplasma infection could cause serious health problems.
How do people get toxoplasmosis?
A Toxoplasma infection occurs by:
Accidentally swallowing cat feces from a Toxoplasma-infected cat that is shedding the organism in its feces. This might happen if you were to accidentally touch your hands to your mouth after gardening, cleaning a cat's litter box, or touching anything that has come into contact with cat feces. Eating contaminated raw or partly cooked meat, especially pork, lamb, or venison; by touching your hands to your mouth after handling undercooked meat.
Contaminating food with knives, utensils, cutting boards and other foods that have had contact with raw meat.
Drinking water contaminated with Toxoplasma.
Receiving an infected organ transplant or blood transfusion, though this is rare.
What are the symptoms of toxoplasmosis?
Symptoms of the infection vary.
Most people who become infected with Toxoplasma are not aware of it.
Some people who have toxoplasmosis may feel as if they have the "flu" with swollen lymph glands or muscle aches and pains that last for a month or more.
Severe toxoplasmosis, causing damage to the brain, eyes, or other organs, can develop from an acute Toxoplasma infection or one that had occurred earlier in life and is now reactivated. Severe cases are more likely in individuals who have weak immune systems, though occasionally, even persons with healthy immune systems may experience eye damage from toxoplasmosis.
Symptoms of ocular toxoplasmosis can include reduced vision, blurred vision, pain (often with bright light), redness of the eye, and sometimes tearing. Ophthalmologists sometimes prescribe medicine to treat active disease. Whether or not medication is recommended depends on the size of the eye lesion, the location, and the characteristics of the lesion (acute active, versus chronic not progressing). An opthamologist may provide the best care for ocular toxoplasmosis.
Most infants who are infected while still in the womb have no symptoms at birth, but they may develop symptoms later in life. A small percentage of infected newborns have serious eye or brain damage at birth.
Who is at risk for developing severe toxoplasmosis?
People who are most likely to develop severe toxoplasmosis include:
Infants born to mothers who became infected with Toxoplasma for the first time during or just before pregnancy.
Persons with severely weakened immune systems, such as individuals with HIV/AIDS, those taking certain types of chemotherapy, and those who have recently received an organ transplant.
What should I do if I think I am at risk for severe toxoplasmosis?
If you are planning to become pregnant, your health care provider may test you for Toxoplasma. If the test is positive it means you have already been infected sometime in your life. There usually is little need to worry about passing the infection to your baby. If the test is negative, take necessary precautions to avoid infection (See below).
If you are already pregnant, you and your health care provider should discuss your risk for toxoplasmosis. Your health care provider may order a blood sample for testing.
If you have a weakened immune system, ask your doctor about having your blood tested for Toxoplasma. If your test is positive, your doctor can tell you if and when you need to take medicine to prevent the infection from reactivating. If your test is negative, it means you have never been infected and you need to take precautions to avoid infection. (See below).
What should I do if I think I may have toxoplasmosis?
If you suspect that you may have toxoplasmosis, talk to your health care provider. Your provider may order one or more varieties of blood tests specific for toxoplasmosis. The results from the different tests can help your provider determine if you have a Toxoplasma infection and whether it is a recent (acute) infection.
What is the treatment for toxoplasmosis?
Once a diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is confirmed, you and your health care provider can discuss whether treatment is necessary. In an otherwise healthy person who is not pregnant, treatment usually is not needed. If symptoms occur, they typically go away within a few weeks to months. For pregnant women or persons who have weakened immune systems, medications are available to treat toxoplasmosis.
How can I prevent toxoplasmosis?
There are several general sanitation and food safety steps you can take to reduce your chances of becoming infected with Toxoplasma.
Wear gloves when you garden or do anything outdoors that involves handling soil. Cats, which may pass the parasite in their feces, often use gardens and sandboxes as litter boxes. Wash your hands well with soap and water after outdoor activities, especially before you eat or prepare any food.
When preparing raw meat, wash any cutting boards, sinks, knives, and other utensils that might have touched the raw meat thoroughly with soap and hot water to avoid cross-contaminating other foods. Wash your hands well with soap and water after handling raw meat.
Cook all meat thoroughly; that is, to an internal temperature of 160° F and until it is no longer pink in the center or until the juices become colorless. Do not taste meat before it is fully cooked.
For further information on safe food handling to help reduce food borne illness visit the Fight BAC! ® Web site at http://www.fightbac.org/main.cfm.
If I am at risk, would I be able to keep my cat?
Yes, you may keep your cat if you are a person at risk for a severe infection (e.g., you have a weakened immune system or are pregnant); however, there are several safety precautions to avoid being exposed to Toxoplasma:
Keep your cat healthy and help prevent it from becoming infected with Toxoplasma. Keep your cat indoors and feed it dry or canned cat food rather than allowing it to have access to wild birds and rodents or to food scraps. A cat can become infected by eating infected prey or by eating raw or undercooked meat infected with the parasite. Do not bring a new cat into your house that might have spent time out of doors or might have been fed raw meat. Avoid stray cats and kittens and the area they have adopted as their "home." Your veterinarian can answer any other questions you may have regarding your cat and risk for toxoplasmosis.
Have someone who is healthy and not pregnant change your cat's litter box daily. If this is not possible, wear gloves and clean the litter box every day, because the parasite found in cat feces needs one or more days after being passed to become infectious. Wash your hands well with soap and water afterwards.
Once infected with Toxoplasma is my cat always able to spread the infection to me?
No, cats only spread Toxoplasma in their feces for a few weeks following infection with the parasite. Like humans, cats rarely have symptoms when first infected, so most people do not know if their cat has been infected. The infection will go away on its own; therefore it does not help to have your cat or your cat's feces tested for Toxoplasma.
Alright, firstly, I'm not in full-blown panic mode. After all, the chances are pretty slim in my book for me having come down with this disease. Fuzz is an indoor cat. He doesn't have access to wild birds or rodents. We've only seen two mice in the 3 years we've lived here, and that one was at least a year ago. He didn't eat it. Rather, he offered it to Josh for dinner. The second he called me out of bed to help him hunt and teach me how. I have to admit that I'm a terrible student and the mouse got away. But clearly, Fuzz is more interested in helping us than eating it himself. Plus, I haven't found any rodent corpses laying around. Also, I don't eat my cat's poopie.
As for raw meat, I tried the rawfood diet for him, and he hated it. He likes his ground beef cooked, salted, and spiced. Maybe with a bit of diced onion and fresh minced garlic too. he's not a fan of the cilantro, but then, neither is Josh.
So the real worry for me was the rare steak I had at Tony Roma's last Thursday.
Sunday, Josh noticed a thing on my eye, like a bruise. I remember that on Saturday night my eye itched bad, so I rubbed and rubbed. I'm mostly sure that I just scratched my eye a bit too badly. Melinda said she noticed it on Tuesday last week but forgot to ask me about it. I cleaned the litter box the Saturday before that.
Over all, I'm just confused and don't know what it might be.
I have a doctor appointment on Tuesday with my new doctor. Yes, new doctor.
OMG, let me tell you!!! *insert Josh's girlie hand-motion that he denies he does here*
Okay, so the doctor I had originally started with was Dr. Rodriguez from the Women's Clinic in Edinburg. While the doctor was okay, he really was in and out, and not just with the wand-of-baby-viewing. This is my first pregnancy. I know ZELCH and have all sorts of really dumb questions. (Am I supposed to ache? "Yes, Clau, but if you bleed go to the doctor." - Ceci. My cat jumped off my tummy! Is the baby going to be okay? "Yes, Clau. The baby is much more protected than you think. My sister had boston terriers spring boarding off her tummy and her baby's just fine!" -Arlene. OMG! I'm feeling uber fat already! Can I go swimming?! "YES!!!" - just about everyone.) But how can I ask my questions if he barely has time to lube the wand of baby viewing +5? Seriously! o.o!
And the staff. OMG. Incompetence is too pleasant a word for the level of stupidity in their office. First it was: OMG, I'm having pain and I don't know if that's normal! I now my appointment is this weekend, but can I please move it up to day? "Yes, of course. Your doctor's at McAllen." I get to McAllen. "I'm sorry. That doctor hasn't come badk from vacation. I mean, he just walked in 5 minutes ago. I mean, he came by, but he left early. I mean, he was here but had an emergency. OMG the doctor's hand was really hurt and he had to go to the hospital." Okay... what? Is there another doctor that can see me? "You can see hte Nurse Practioneer. I mean, you can't see the nurse. I mean, new patients have to see the doctor first. I mean, new patients have to see the doctor, but we'll make an exception. I mean, we can't make the exception after all, but you can go see a different doctor in our Edinburg Office." Okay... call it in so I'm not treated like a walk-in. "Sure. I'll call right now. I mean, I'm calling them right now. Okay, I talked to someone." Whatever. Off I go, across town. Hi. I'm Claudia. McAllen office called me in over here cause my doctor stepped out. "Who are you? Do you have an appointment? Fill out this paperwork. Oh! You've already filled it out? Who are you? Have a seat. No, we don't have room. Childern aren't allowed passed this point, but you, stupid woman with the 14 childern that's mooching off the welfare system, yes, you can take your brood and invade the back office and not watch your dirty childern while they run amuck, but miss first pregnancy paying customer you have to wait 3 hours cause we're going to treat you like a walk in anyway." 3.5 hours and 16 screaming childern later. "Ms. Cavazos." It's Carranza. "Whatever. You can go to the back now." okay.... there's another waiting room back here. what the h3ll, man? What is this? Waiting Room Purgatory?! "Who are you?" >.<' "We need you to pee in this cup." Why? "To see if you're pregnant." Umm... hello... didn't I DO this already? Here's my stick. "Pee in the cup, please." >.<' Fine.. Good thing I just had some juice. "Where's the cup?" In the window, like you told me. "We can't find it." THen look again, stupid. "Oh, we found it." Fifteen minutes later. "You're pregnant. Can I schedule you to....?" I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE DOCTOR RODRIGUEZ YOU MORONIC EXCUSE FOR AN EDUCATED NURSE'S AIDE NOW TAKE MY DAMM BLOODPRESSURE AND GET ME THE DOCTOR!!!!!!!! *pantpantpant* Doctor: -zoooooom, papsmear, wand, wham- "sac. empty, see you in 3weeks." -zoooooooom gone-
o.O WTF?
Okay. So, that coupled with the office staff knowing nothing about how to treat a paying customer really sent me over the edge on Saturday and I blew a gasket at them. Josh got annoyed. I forced them to refund my copay, and we left. Tuesday, I try on a new doctor.
So much for the 8wk sonograph picture of my lima bean for Josh's Father's Day card. *cry* At least he got one of the things he had asked for yesterday. I'm very glad the steak was optional.
This month's vomit counter: 1/day average.
What's next: I travel to Austin next weekend for HFS CRW X. And I still haven't gotten medical clearance to go. Stupid Women's Clinic. After that, a day-trip to either Rio Bravo or South Padre to hang with Josh's Dad and bros. The only ladies: the bro's women. This ought to be interesting.... And then, family reunion in midJuly.
Can I stop yet?
Oh, wait. That's a no. I still have to corner the bank guy into giving me my mortgage so I can buy a house. GAH!!! Why aren't you calling me back?! I've left like a half dozen messages!! What's it take, man? Do I have to go over there and show you what a phone is? If I shoved it up your @$$, you'd call me.... wait... eww... scratch that. Stupid banker.
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