So, I had an appointment with my Neurologist on Tuesday. He was extremely pleased at the six month record that has been set so far do not going to the ER due to migraines. But it wouldn't be an adventure if it were just a "Let's keep it up and see you in six months", now, would it?
Dr. Daniel was a bit concerned about the lack of appetite. I explained that my appetite was dodgy even *before* the Topimax. I truly am making an effort to watch it. I wanted to continue to try it my way. He wanted to try Ensure. We compromised on a daily vitamin regime. (Gah. More pills.)
The only misunderstanding we seem to have had was with the Toredol. At the start of the year, he wrote me a script for 20 with on refill. During the visit, I asked if he could add 10 to it, bringing the total up to 60 instead of 40. (Heat does bad things to my head.) He seemed concerned about the increased amount and questioned me about my usage but agreed. I stopped at Rite-Aid tonight to pick them up and was rather shocked at the price increase in just a few months. Thankfully, the pharmasist signed me up for the stores prescription card that saved me about 13-15 dollars. Then I looked at the bottle and realized the doctor's concern. :) The prescription is for 60 with refills - instead of 30 with refills.
If I were a doctor, I would have been concerned about a request for a 20 to 60 pill increase, too!! And I got it, that part kinda boggles me.

Went to the neurologist yesterday. Kinda nervous because I wanted to change my meds all around to see if I could get better results. Turned out to be a non issue since he also wanted to try for better results. I'm going to use his preventative and he's going to try to get approval from the VA for me to use a different med than Imitrex for the migraines themselves. *And* he gave me a prescription for Toredol - so ER visits should be cut back.

Here is a pic of the new scarf! Nice, thick and made in less than 24 hours. Go me!

Having a couple of friends without their cells for the last week has made me really think about the changes in communications in just the last 15 years.
It used to be that if you weren't home, then you were out of touch. People would have to leave a message (if you had a machine or voicemail) and wait. And wait. And wait.
Then cell phone increased in popularity and decreased in price. People started to get them - but it was a slow intergration. Now, you could get ahold of someone at the store and tell them to buy milk.
Over a decade, the number of cell phones just kept increasing. It got to the point that people with them outnumbered those without. If you told someone that you didn't have a cell, they woukd be surprised. The number of people with landlines began to decrease for the first time.
Then SMS began to increase in useage. You could communicate with some from just about anywhere without actually using the phone function. Wonderful for short blurbs and questions. Also very nice way to stay in touch for times that you were too emotional to deal with actually speaking. It allowed you to think a bit more about what you were saying to a person.
And, of course, now phones allow you to do a lot more than stay in touch. You can go online, read a book, keep track of bank accounts and shoppong lists. In fact, I would be surprised if I actually used more than 3 percent of my time with my "phone" to talk to someone.
In 15 years, we have gone from not having cells (unless you were loaded) to using them daily for a wide range of tasks that have little to do with actually speaking to someone. If our phone is dead or missing, we feel like we are missing a limb.
I am still trying to decide whether this is a good thing or not - but I do know that I am not planning on being without my phone anytime soon.
(Oh, and yes, you can even make posts from it *grin*)

Why does my head hate me so? I have had a low level migraine for about a week now. It's starting to drive me nuts.

Lil is forever telling me that I work too much. And I usually respond with an eye-roll and "Whatever". But this weekend I think that she may have a point.

During a 39 hour period (3pm Saturday to 6am Monday) - I was working for 30 hours of it.

Crap. I hate when she's right.

You take the bus to work. That's not uncommon. The bus gets you here most of time with only one or two minutes to spare. That's a little annoying, but whatever - you're here.

But when you wander in ten minutes late on a night that you and I are the only ones on the floor? That is completely unacceptable. And then to announce "Sorry I'm late, but I don't control the bus"? Are you *trying* to make my head explode?!

Take an earlier frikken bus! It might get you here *gasp* early - but you are a big boy. You can handle it.

Well, I finally got fed up with having only part of one kitchen cabinet to work with when it came to shopping.

I went to Freddies (with Dustin in tow) and picked up two module organizers. Which Dustin not only lugged around for me, but also assembled for me. Gods, that boy rocks. Seriously.

Then, later Andrea (who also rocks for helping her Auntie out) went with me to the grocery store. 95% of the items in there were purchased then. Not bad for less than $200!

Of course, this means I no longer have an excuse to not to cook.

I haven't updated in forever - hope you are still out there keeping an eye on the thing. How do I get ahold if you?

Everyone wants to bitch about gas prices and the big companies right now. However, you might want to at least consider the expenae that is being caused by your fellow customers (and co-bitchees).

I just finished dealing with the work orders from *one* technician from *one* service agent for *one* day. Out of the calls that he dealt with on that day - ten(!) of them were directly a result of damage done to pumps by the customers. These ten calls were generated by just two stations. That is not even considering damage done to buildings and other equipment - this technician only repaired the gas equipment.

How much money are stations all over having to pay because drivers can't be arsed to remember to remove the nozzle before driving away. Or someone thinking it's funny to pull a sink off the wall in the restroom (it happens - depressingly often). Or to commit any other random and casual bit of vandalism?

(Was jusy tlod os a station that had an angry customer literally pick up the register and *throw* it. That's gonna cost to replace at 2:30am on Sunday. Not to mention lost revenue until it is replaced.)

When people steal from a store, the prices go up. When people drive recklessly, insurance goes up. Well, gee. When people regularly destroy property, gas prices might go up, too.