Oh, my health.
What a piece of crap my body is.
I had a seizure at work the other day, which was awful, of course, although that's kind of only the start of all this business. My blood pressure was absurdly low when they first took it: 90/45, although it went up again soon after. Was in the hospital for about 4 hours (bloodwork and so forth) and got a CT since I haven't had one in 4 years and the clinic I'm going to in July is asking for as up-to-date information as possible. They didn't find anything (of course) except for a seemingly completely random UTI, for which I am now on antibiotics. Antibiotics that make me so nauseated that almost any movement leaves me nearly vomiting up my lunch.
I had a doctor's appointment today just so that my doctor could order and schedule another MRI, but while my mom and I were there, we got a lot of other stuff taken care of. Had a neurological workup, which was fine (of course) and discovered that I have inflammation in the wall of my chest, which is accounting for the chest pain I've been having the past few months. They also found a heart murmur. (Awesome.) Did an EKG, which was normal, but put me on a 24-hour heart monitor, currently hooked up to my chest.
If only I had House. HE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CONNECTIONS. And on top of all this, the ol' piece-of-crap knee has been killing me the past few days.
Still, though, I am handling this with my usual brand of stoicism and self-deprecating humor because, y'know, I'm just used to this crap by now. It's just the way it goes with me.
The kittens are fantastic, albeit unbelievably needy. My mom and I still can't decide what to name them - right now they're going by "boy kitty" and "girl kitty," and/or whatever name we feel like calling them that moment. But yeah, the kittens and I get a whole lot of quality time together. It's awesome.
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Oh, Cassie. Illness, kittens indeed. I am not very good at the whole "hugs, hang in there, hope you feel better" thing so I'll just say what I was really thinking: I enjoyed sitting beside you today in silence.
ReplyDeleteAs for the kittens, have you considered Mittenface and Puppybundle? *cracks self up* Or, ooh, you wouldn't have a black one and a batty one would you? We can has pikshurs? :kitty:
Mittenface and Puppybundle...oh my dears.
ReplyDeleteAnd the sitting beside me in silence is a lovely sentiment, and more unique and appropriate than a generic "hope you feel better" or some such. Thank you. :)