Gotta remember that I have a DW/LJ!
Feb. 1st, 2016 02:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thezHELLO FELLOW HUMANS! I HOPE YOU ARE ALL RELATIVELY WELL!
I haven't been posting about my terrible life adventures here, but this about sums it up to now.
Obvs I am still sick. However! I’m finally seeing an Itis-specialist. Or, rheumatologist I guess. I like him! Though his assistant needs to dial back the smiles. I get unnerved when someone is grinning from ear-to-ear while saying things like “stool sample” and “pelvic exam”.
It still looks as though the DM has not spread to my muscles, though it HAS spread to either the tendons or joints of my hands?? (I didn’t know it could do that.) But my skin seems to be improving even without medication, score.
I think most of my blood is in California right now. You know when you go to get blood work done and the phlebotomist pulls out one, two, three, maybe four vials to fill with your precious life fluids? She just kept GRABBING MORE VIALS. “Man, I still gotta drive home.” Anyway, I guess there’s a special lab out there that specializes in autoimmune diseases. I’m not sure what they’re specifically looking at this time.
AND NOW BEGINS THE MONTH OF CANCER SCREENINGS! Because DM is more likely to develop in people with malignancies? Or people with DM are more likely to develop malignancies? Or BOTH? I’m not super-clear on that point, but “we have to be proactive!” (too-intense smile) so I got a couple of CT scans, a MAMMOGRAM, and a GODDAMN COLONOSCOPY, the last two being things I hoped to avoid another 15-20 years. Oh, and I get to poop in a bag for the second time in my life. I never expected to do that even once, so, I guess I’m ahead of the game? (I’m not sure I like this game.)
And on top of that, I might have to look into buying a new car because my current transmission is being a jerk. Literally. It’s kinda jerk-y. I dunno. I’m hoping to put off buying a new car a little longer if I can; I’ve never really bought a car before! My first car I got off my grandparents for $20 (’87 Impala) and my current car was a “Sorry for Spending Your College Fund on Cocaine” gift from my parents (is that not a traditional gift in other families?).
So I’m a little tired and a little irritated because I really wanted to get back into writing this month, BUT????
I haven't been posting about my terrible life adventures here, but this about sums it up to now.
Obvs I am still sick. However! I’m finally seeing an Itis-specialist. Or, rheumatologist I guess. I like him! Though his assistant needs to dial back the smiles. I get unnerved when someone is grinning from ear-to-ear while saying things like “stool sample” and “pelvic exam”.
It still looks as though the DM has not spread to my muscles, though it HAS spread to either the tendons or joints of my hands?? (I didn’t know it could do that.) But my skin seems to be improving even without medication, score.
I think most of my blood is in California right now. You know when you go to get blood work done and the phlebotomist pulls out one, two, three, maybe four vials to fill with your precious life fluids? She just kept GRABBING MORE VIALS. “Man, I still gotta drive home.” Anyway, I guess there’s a special lab out there that specializes in autoimmune diseases. I’m not sure what they’re specifically looking at this time.
AND NOW BEGINS THE MONTH OF CANCER SCREENINGS! Because DM is more likely to develop in people with malignancies? Or people with DM are more likely to develop malignancies? Or BOTH? I’m not super-clear on that point, but “we have to be proactive!” (too-intense smile) so I got a couple of CT scans, a MAMMOGRAM, and a GODDAMN COLONOSCOPY, the last two being things I hoped to avoid another 15-20 years. Oh, and I get to poop in a bag for the second time in my life. I never expected to do that even once, so, I guess I’m ahead of the game? (I’m not sure I like this game.)
And on top of that, I might have to look into buying a new car because my current transmission is being a jerk. Literally. It’s kinda jerk-y. I dunno. I’m hoping to put off buying a new car a little longer if I can; I’ve never really bought a car before! My first car I got off my grandparents for $20 (’87 Impala) and my current car was a “Sorry for Spending Your College Fund on Cocaine” gift from my parents (is that not a traditional gift in other families?).
So I’m a little tired and a little irritated because I really wanted to get back into writing this month, BUT????