Put On Your Big-Boy Rants

[Ontarkie 14,306]

On 10/23/2018 at 10:00 PM, cdneh said:

Well, the best laid plans. Nothing ever takes as long as you work out it will.

 

We got to the Vet at 1050 for an 11:00am. Seen at 11:45. Seems the printer was munted, and nobody but the good Doc himself could fix it.  Two office staff hanging about doing some pretty intense hand-wringing, but other than that they were out of their depth. Dog was there for a CBC, and once he had drawn that, he said we could have the results in 15 minutes. Sorry, we could not wait, Himself having an appointment himself an hour away from home at 13:30, and I would have had to bring the dog 20 minutes back here, and then 20 minutes back to the highway.  So, they kept her, and we hit the road, saying we would be back before they shut shop at 17:00

 

Once on the highway, north bound, we saw a 3 mile tailback on the southbound side. One lane closed, and cars creeping through. Still heaps of time to get back to collect dog.

Except.

 

Neurologist was running an hour and fifteen minutes behind schedule. Seems the first patient of the day was late, so everyone that followed, and were on time, sat and waited.

And she annoyed the ever loving heck out of me. I dislike being spoken down to. Hate it. "Your husband has some tricky blood pressure problems!"  No kidding, could you be referring to, just perhaps, his autonomic dysreflexia?  "Your husband maybe has some foot trouble?" Indeed he has, you will find if you bothered to read the chart he has diabetic neuropathy.  I swear I rolled my eyes so hard I saw my brain. The upshot of that wasted hour was the same as we were told at Vanderbilt 3 months ago. They have nothing to offer him. And I think I would question it if they did, some backwoods neuro clinic with a Doc that has barely mastered English. Going through the motions. I get that he is a complicated patient, and so medically interesting, but he is also no prize pig on show. We have declined another CT, MRI, ultrasound. 

 

I set an alarm for 15:00, and when it went off I told her we had to leave at once. It's a hike and a half to the carpark. She seemed surprised, little wonder. And of course I got that "You don't come from here, do you." Thank you for the compliment.

 

Then back on the road, the tailback was less, and we got to the clinic with 15 minutes to spare. The dog is fine, carry on as we have been. She must have heard Himself talking, as soon as she did she lost her mind  in the back room. "Hey Hey Hey! I am back here! Hey! Don't leave me here!" 

Ok I have to ask. Why keep going to appointments with all these doctors other than the one that knows whats what. Seems the others are just a waste of time. 

[cdneh 3,112]

21 minutes ago, Ontarkie said:

Ok I have to ask. Why keep going to appointments with all these doctors other than the one that knows whats what. Seems the others are just a waste of time. 

Because it's the VA. One must be seen to be compliant.

[Ontarkie 14,306]

14 minutes ago, cdneh said:

Because it's the VA. One must be seen to be compliant.

Ah ok that is a pain.

[TBoneTX 45,599]

8 hours ago, SAT said:

Because they're not cheap...

We already said above that it's because they all cost $Many, read and heed man.

[TBoneTX 45,599]

7 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

Slept with window open last night

Don't you know that night air is bad for you, huh and  Nola-B. ma'am?

7 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

Benadryl makes me combative.

Do not frost, give Benadryl to, or otherwise combat the fearsome Nola-B., no man!

[TBoneTX 45,599]

Minor Rant #1a, see man:

We are eating stale dollar-store tortilla cheaps, only thing left in casa man.

 

Minor Rant #1b, see man:

Mrs. T-B. opens bags of cheaps by ripping, thus tearing them halfway down the sides she man.

We, conversely, neatly cut off the top of the bag with use of scissors, proficient we man.

Mrs. T-B. closes bags of cheaps (if at all) by twisting them shut, wring a chicken's neck she man.

We, conversely, neatly fold in one corner, then another, then the top, then clothespin them, proficient we man.

We have put up with this for nearly Many (2x2x2+2) years, incompatible we & she man.

Either Congress should pass a law, or we should devote ourself to the rubias, choice is clear man.

[TBoneTX 45,599]

We have arranged our anniversary din-din, ridiculously expensive place but for a Groupon man.

 

Mrs. T-B. finally asked us what we want for our anniversary, ADD she man.

We promptly and enthusiastically replied, "Rubias, si man!  Many (2+2+2) rubias!"

Mrs. T-B. said, "OK," and cleaned out another half of our financial accounts, $igh man.

(Little does she know that we have squirreled away Many% of our POTS income, hee hee man.)

[TBoneTX 45,599]

1 hour ago, cdneh said:

One must be seen to be compliant.

Compliant visible Eh ma'am!  Compliant, COMPLIANT visible VISIBLE Eh ma'am!

(or, perhaps)

Visibly compliant Eh ma'am!  Visibly compliant, VISIBLY COMPLIANT Eh ma'am!

[TBoneTX 45,599]

QA ma'am must finally be obeying by staying home/going to bed after midnight, conclude we man.

Invisibly compliant QA ma'am!  Invisibly compliant, INVISIBLY COMPLIANT QA ma'am!

[TBoneTX 45,599]

Scintillating repartee since our last post, yawn man.

Today's backupuncture very effective so far, haven't napped or zzz'd overnight however man.

[cdneh 3,112]

Meh. Woke up to a dead heat pump. I suppose it is at least not the dead of winter.

[TBoneTX 45,599]

And at least you woke up undead, si Eh ma'am.

Undead Eh ma'am!  Undead, UNDEAD Eh ma'am!

[cdneh 3,112]

Going to cost as much almost as a new system to repair this old thing. New one on order, space heaters for the next while.

[Ontarkie 14,306]

15 minutes ago, cdneh said:

Going to cost as much almost as a new system to repair this old thing. New one on order, space heaters for the next while.

Something similar happened to our unit. Except it was the ac half and during a heat wave. It was not fun, good thing we have a pool because we about melted. 

[cdneh 3,112]

12 minutes ago, Ontarkie said:

Something similar happened to our unit. Except it was the ac half and during a heat wave. It was not fun, good thing we have a pool because we about melted. 

One bit of good luck was the new insulation, siding, roof, and new windows we had done this summer. It isn't too bad in here. I have the flannel sheets on the bed now, and I do  have a heated mattress topper. I am going to set it to nuke, and have an early night