It’s Linda here.
Just a quick post for you. Beth was all set to write the blog but then she had an episode or seizure. Her whole body arched and spasmed and the home care worker and I had to lift her off the chair she was sliding out of and put her on the floor.
She’s recuperating now and is showing her care worker the Hello Kitty Vibrator she got as a gift (and claiming it is mine!! And whispering ‘Pervert”) She still can’t move around very much and has lost some cognitive ability.
In terms of chest pain and seizures, I told her she’s practicing for the weekend when Cheryl is visiting. Hey, maybe something will show up on the EEG she’s taking tomorrow morning at 8am. We got a phone call this afternoon reminding Beth of her appointment tomorrow and we’re saying appointment – what appointment?! Welcome to Canada.
She wanted me to let you know that she’s put the FEAR OF ELIZABETH into the YMCA. She’s getting the president of YMCA Canada calling her back tomorrow. Elizabeth spent most of today ‘tilting at windmills’ but I’m sure she’ll write about it when she’s feeling better.
I will leave you with this news: Someone searched for “Why Are Men are So Screwed Up” and Elizabeth checked and she’s the number one response! She’s the answer to that question.
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Crap.
The two times (EEG & YMCA) don't conflict? Very good.
They weren't windmills! Don Quixote just saw things differently, that's all. Pablo obviously needed glasses.
Thank you Linda, for keeping us posted. Beth, hope you are feeling better soon (as better as you can be)
Sending lots of love and hugs to both of you.
Thanks for filling us in Linda.
Beth, will be thinking of you tonight & in the morning.
Sharon
Crap. I hope Elizabeth bounces back soon... Her post showing up each night is one of the highlights of my evening -- I usually read it while prepping my cat's immune/heart meds.
I found something that Elizabeth might find interesting to look through, knowing her love of Goth stuff: an antique store specializing in the macabre; in-person, they have the items arranged in creative scenes. They used to be in my city, so I have a bunch of pics of their displays that I'll find & share tomorrow. (I was going to not comment about that until I had the pics up, but since Elizabeth isn't well and I wanted to wish her well, I thought I'd share the website for her more immediate entertainment.)
Sis, I hope something does show up on the EEG and I hope someone in the medicos gets slapped with a clue and does the CT scan on your head.
I will see you tomorrow.
Isn't that just like Elizabeth to lighten the mood while everyone is worried about her! And chance the care worker is actually horrified at the prospect of a Hello Kitty vibrator?
I'm not surprised that the president of the Y has decided that calling Elizabeth is the wisest move he can make. There'll be some changes made now! Though, I am willing to cut the guys at the Y some slack now that I know that Elizabeth is the reason they are screwed up in the first place.
My inner computer nerd/brat wants to know if, when Elizabeth is down, do you use the Hello Kitty vibrator to reboot her? The real me wants to know if branding and logos have gone too far. God help me, I don't know how, but I found a Sponge Bob Squarepants rectal thermometer online. A MUSICAL one.
Beth, I hope you're back up to your usual self soon. Do I dare wish you many abnormalities in the EEG? Temporary ones, of course!
The YMCA should definitely be called to account for its actions. But remember your Canadian reputaton, dear. We're polite while we're terrorizing corporate heads. :)
It HAD to be a woman searching for why men are so screwed up. Men don't want to know that kind of information.
No, wait. I know why I'm screwed up: it's the branded vibrator market. Now I can't get the Star Trek Vibrator theme out of my head - "To boldly go where-"
NOOOOOO! I'm sorry, Beth; that's in terribly bad taste. Ohhhh, quick honey, where's the Donny Osmond 8-track? I gotta get that music outa my head....
Ahhh, that's better. I'm sorry, Beth. I'm obviously screwed up because of my warped imagination. I'll try harder next time, I promise. For now, I'm off for some mental floss.
Have a better day today, Beth and Linda, and remember to laugh. Even if it's at me, not with me.
Zen hugs,
Neil
I hope she's feeling better now. I know you said she was recovering, but you know, more recovery.
Elizabeth, many sympathies on your neural experts jerking you around through your GP. They should just give you the pain medication you need.
Plus, yay on the Y fearing you. The behavior you described at badminton was execrable.
Hope today is better and that maybe the episode will mean something will turn up on the test.
Am sending big hugs your way!
Don't lie, it really is yours, right? I mean, come on, who WOULDN'T want a Hello Kitty vibrator.
In all seriousness, I hope Beth feels better soon.
Beth: This was not exactly the kind of downtime you need. I hope today's appointment goes well and that the evening passes uneventfully.
Douglas and I are on the hunt for anime postcards but haven't turned up anything yet.
You might want to avoid showing the care worker this page.
Linda: thanks for the update. I'll keep an ear out for the sonic boom that will follow the YMCA's getting a clue along with a righteous fear-of-Elizabeth.
And Neil: I suspect you are a bad, bad influence. I nearly did a spit take and doused my laptop. And I now have an earworm and no Donny Osmond to drive it out. I know: I'll apply my usual earworm cure: Disco Duck.
Hope you're feeling much better, Elizabeth! And that the appt. goes well/is going well. I don't know anyone else who would keep such a high sense of humor during medical crisis. There really is Hello Kitty everything, isn't there?
My novenas are with Elizabeth! My love and best thoughts to both of you.
is not fair the YMCA stuff. And the rest of course but the YMCA stuff can be helped - so give 'em hell!
Neil - LOL about the spongebob thermometer! LOL.
Elizabeth - Hope you feel better but I also hope your brain transmits some undeniable truths in the EEG tomorrow.
If they need to trigger a seizure maybe you could get see if the president of YMCA Canada could speak to you at that point and see if it lights the fuse.
Hope you get some rest.
Heather: Me? A bad influence? [whistles innocently] Whyever would you say that??
That annoying tune in the head is called an earworm, is it? I didn't know that. Thank you!
Beth: I hope the EEG helps. At least it's not a terribly invasive sort of test.
I was cycling back to work from a bank deposit and saw 4 squirrels playing in a front yard near my work. And I didn't have a camera with me, damn it. 'Twas the cutest thing y'ever did see.
Hugs,
Neil
Thank you all I am in a state where I can't talk because of some reason, but I can type, with at least one hand. So all good, I guess (Linda would call this "perfect" but she isn't home yet).
When the Jubilee called yesterday they told me the tests were ordered by Dr. Sparrow, instead of my Dr. who has a name starting with F. So his first name was James and today I told them, that that Dr. Sparrow prefers to go by Jack instead of James, and actually he also likes to recieve the tests according to his military rank, which is Capt. - I was just trying to see if they would really send off test results to Captn. Jack Sparrow. Apparently they looked up the doctor and had corrected the last name so it was all in vain!
Raccoon: Exactly, not windmills, now I just have the enviable task of GOING to badminton WHERE the people I reported on are as the head of the Y has requested "feedback" at the end of next week. Who is the most hated person in the room? "Pick me! Pick me!" Oh well, you don't knock down a few windmil...I mean Giants without people making noise. EEG - ug!
Kita: Thanks, I have the postcard problem sorted and I am feeling crap....I mean I am MUCH better. Thanks.
Sharon: Only today do I find out that my "cognitive function" has declined, good thing I read my blog, huh!
I have returned and will blog as soon as I nap and can speak, type with both hands again.
Moggy: I will attempt to keep up my regular antics, it turns out that this was sort of Blue Cross all over again, Beth on Phone for many hours makes head go Boom. Thanks for the link, it is really nice. The only thing I don't understand is how when I can HEAR how things WANT to belong with me, people keep asking me for this thing called MONEY to take it away - so many things want me to rescue them, but not enough of this MONEY stuff.
Cheryl: The guy at the EEG place said, "Is she having a seizure now?" And Linda said, "Uh, no, this is pretty much normal life for her." (I had problems speaking after being on my back).
I want a CT scan too!
Yanub: I think she was okay with it since I was giving her an illustrated guide to Yaoi at the time I started having the seizure, so either she was cool with it or there is going to be one REALLY BIG complaint!
I don't screw up ALL men, just the ones in my vicinity! See this is where posts about messed up guys asking for threesomes on a blog called Screw Bronze goes bad!
Neil: You belong here, were all the vibrators are. Spongbob RECTAL thermometor - okay, now I know what the fundy Christian relatives are getting for Xmas, I liked the "To go where no man..." bit but why not follow up with Galaxy Quests, "Never give up....never surrender!"
Lisa: well, um, I guess I never knew Carpal could get so bad? Acutally my GP did give me the PURE synthetic opiates which means each pill is now 3 times stonger than the previous ones (which need a special form is everywhere in the world but canada) - but they still don't get you high and BUMMER, they take THIRTY MINUTES to kick in, oh, oh, that is not good. Thanks, I am getting, er, better and better every day, that's what I tell the mirror (not!).
Lene: this is what I call a no/no test - meaning a) either it is no good because nothing shows up or b) WORSE, it is NO GOOD NEWS becuase they tell me that I lost 20% of my brain or something like that. Either way, I have sticky hair!
Veralidaine: I cannot tell a lie, it was mine. But telling sex lies on linda while drooling out of the side of my mouth is about the only fun I can have on the floor. Just to let you know, Hello Kitty Vibrators are STILL illegal to CARRY or own in the state of Alabama - oh, I see trouble in my future!
Heather: I actually have the anime card thing solved today so the goodness continues, in fact I am going to try and expand the list so that when people send me addresses they get added instead of, I say, "I'm going to send them a card" then I have a seizure and forget the past week (which is what normally happens).
I don't know if I was supposed to be warned off but that page made me drool for naught kitty things, so that is pretty much my wish list now!
Fridawrites: thanks, I hope things are going better with you too, I really do becuase when the body sucks, it is kind of hard to not feel like the world is spinning too fast and luckily my computer is surrounded by things I keep "meaning to put away so the caregivers don't see them"
Daisy: thanks, I will be better when I wake, or paralzed like this morning, it is always exciting either way!
Judith: your wish, my command, I am off tomorrow to the Y to make an accessible badminton for all!
RachelCreative: I already thought a nerve conduction showing severe damage on all limbs was kind of undeniable until.......Carpal (no, not bitter about that one!). But yeah, if I am going to have the pain of a siezure AND a test let us hope they coincide - though I told the tech that I have seizures at 10:00 pm and after when I am tired, and they always test me at 8:00 am - kinds of seems if they WANTED to see a seizure, they would test when I HAVE THEM (I know, everyone is home asleep by then).
Neil: I want to see a squirrel! I carry peanuts in my pocket, but all I get are small dogs jumping into the chair. The goop in the hair is not as "water soluable" as they would indicate as it took another hour with home care worker TODAY to remove it.
(this post by Donimo was accidentally delete): You have an appointment on a Saturday? No rest, eh? I hope that post-seizure, an appointment isn't too hard on you, Elizabeth. I'm sorry to hear about the damn neuros and the useless medical "care" you are getting. I do hope that something shows up on the EEG. And I really hope that your brain didn't suffer too much with the seizure. I'm glad to hear that your sense of humour is intact!
Very interesting link to the Hello Kitty products. Now, why would they say that menstrual pads and tampons are "indecent"? The Hello Kitty gun? Now that's indecent. If you get your buzz on with a Hello Kitty vibrator... that's just sort of cute and less odd, in my humble opinion, than using a smiling blue dolphin.
So, is that only Hello Kitty vibrators that are illegal to cary in Alabama or ALL vibrators?
And why does my brain think it's funny to mutter about getting a license to carry a concealed vibrator?
Beth,
I hope all went well. I'm getting a kick out of the vibrator story. So...I wanna know too, is it just the Hello Kitty ones that are illegal..or all vibrators??
I thought of you today at work. I got the hell bit out of my finger by a squirrel. I'm talking it drew blood on my finger, which is no small matter with my blood flow. lol. IT was actually a Robertson Ground Squirrel. They look like little prairie dogs and bite like sharks. I mean this guy latched on and was NOT going to let go. I swear it's top teeth and bottom teeth met under my skin. I guess that's what I get for just having to hold one. SO....just feed the squirrels. Don't pet them.
Yeah, er, sorry if I sounded unrealistic - I wasn't trying to sound like "I hope you get better and better and recover completely!" although I do hope for that, but the more realistic wish that you recover from that seizure and retain function you had before.
I'm glad you got the synthetic opiates.
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