Hand Exam #1 and picspam
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cornerofmadnessI had my EMG today to test my nerves. The doctor doing this test is someone I know personally. I have his kids in class, I work at the theatre with his wife and he comes and lectures to the pre-med club. I come thru the door and he’s like ‘wow wasn’t expecting you.”
As he wires my hand and arm up to shock my nerves and see how well they handle the electricity, he did say something nice though. He knows I miss seeing patients but he said he was so glad I was here. He said I had a fiery personality and that me and a few other docs have transformed both my college and our students. He loves that I’m here to be a role model to the females students because here (and I’m totally serious about this) it’s still 1950 and they think there is nothing for them in this world but subservience to ‘their man’ and joblessness. (and I see this all the time, she’ll be 25, has four kids, pregnant with number five, is getting knocked around and is finally had a enough and wants to support herself and her kids). I was very pleased to see that not only did the student like me enough to tell this to his dad but that this guy has been watching what I do outside the classroom for the students. I’m trying to get him to come to the school to do acupuncture lectures.
After first shocking me a bunch (women do so much better than this. I hate men, they’re sissies so he tells me. Trust me that was my experience with men and needles), he moves on to the next part of the test, muscle damage. This requires having needles shoved into them. This isn’t no ordinary little needle you get for a shot. have a look at the needle
My whole hand is like ‘fuck you, I’m going to rot off and spite you.’ (which he was asking for my thoughts on a patient whose foot is doing that). Those needles when into all the muscles of my hands, forearm and upper arm and then once they’re in you have to USE the muscles. Marquis de Sade invented this exam.
Hmm, I want to try some different tests with you. Want to experiment as he drags out the book to try things he hasn’t done before. SURE. Let’s do this. I don’t mind (seriously, I don’t)
Afterwards he hooked me up with pain patches (non-narcotic, don’t get too excited), absorbable NSAIDS since I can’t take them and wants me to a) wear my brace. I know you’re not (he’s right) b) exercise the hand c) let’s try acupuncture.
He says get a tennis ball and try that for exercise…or you could come to my house and milk the goats. I’ll be there right after I’m done mucking Dr. H (my ob/gyn)’s horse barn for exercise. Actually I want to keep goats some day so sure I can come milk goats. Can we trade that for acupuncture since I don’t think my insurance covers it? the hand seems to be in decent shape.
So I forgot to close the bedroom door and look and what happened next
OMG this is the best
do I care for your rules? I think not
I’m not going anywhere
I’ve been promising a garden picspam all year so here you go. (notice it's humanly impossible to sit on my porch without a plant in your face)
I give in to weediness
one side, notice Ginko on the porch
the other side and here comes Ginko. Whatcha doing?
close up
ditto, lots of tomatoes
watermelon
Black Pearl, yes the leaves and the fruit are black
fig newton
flowers
Arizona Paint
I’m in your doorway waiting on you
And Ginko is a persistent little bastard. He gets into my house often. He’s quick and Ninja like and might need a new name if keeps that eye… So he meets Kanda
they meet (ignore box o’ crap in the picture or that stamps seem to have become a play toy)
Three seconds after this, Ginko meowed, Kanda ran and hid. Ooo he’s my big brave boy. Sissypants. He snuck out last night and took off before I could stop him. This morning Kanda whined for a half hour straight or was telling me a story. I’m not sure which but either way he was truly vested in his tale.
As he wires my hand and arm up to shock my nerves and see how well they handle the electricity, he did say something nice though. He knows I miss seeing patients but he said he was so glad I was here. He said I had a fiery personality and that me and a few other docs have transformed both my college and our students. He loves that I’m here to be a role model to the females students because here (and I’m totally serious about this) it’s still 1950 and they think there is nothing for them in this world but subservience to ‘their man’ and joblessness. (and I see this all the time, she’ll be 25, has four kids, pregnant with number five, is getting knocked around and is finally had a enough and wants to support herself and her kids). I was very pleased to see that not only did the student like me enough to tell this to his dad but that this guy has been watching what I do outside the classroom for the students. I’m trying to get him to come to the school to do acupuncture lectures.
After first shocking me a bunch (women do so much better than this. I hate men, they’re sissies so he tells me. Trust me that was my experience with men and needles), he moves on to the next part of the test, muscle damage. This requires having needles shoved into them. This isn’t no ordinary little needle you get for a shot. have a look at the needle
My whole hand is like ‘fuck you, I’m going to rot off and spite you.’ (which he was asking for my thoughts on a patient whose foot is doing that). Those needles when into all the muscles of my hands, forearm and upper arm and then once they’re in you have to USE the muscles. Marquis de Sade invented this exam.
Hmm, I want to try some different tests with you. Want to experiment as he drags out the book to try things he hasn’t done before. SURE. Let’s do this. I don’t mind (seriously, I don’t)
Afterwards he hooked me up with pain patches (non-narcotic, don’t get too excited), absorbable NSAIDS since I can’t take them and wants me to a) wear my brace. I know you’re not (he’s right) b) exercise the hand c) let’s try acupuncture.
He says get a tennis ball and try that for exercise…or you could come to my house and milk the goats. I’ll be there right after I’m done mucking Dr. H (my ob/gyn)’s horse barn for exercise. Actually I want to keep goats some day so sure I can come milk goats. Can we trade that for acupuncture since I don’t think my insurance covers it? the hand seems to be in decent shape.
So I forgot to close the bedroom door and look and what happened next
OMG this is the best
do I care for your rules? I think not
I’m not going anywhere
I’ve been promising a garden picspam all year so here you go. (notice it's humanly impossible to sit on my porch without a plant in your face)
I give in to weediness
one side, notice Ginko on the porch
the other side and here comes Ginko. Whatcha doing?
close up
ditto, lots of tomatoes
watermelon
Black Pearl, yes the leaves and the fruit are black
fig newton
flowers
Arizona Paint
I’m in your doorway waiting on you
And Ginko is a persistent little bastard. He gets into my house often. He’s quick and Ninja like and might need a new name if keeps that eye… So he meets Kanda
they meet (ignore box o’ crap in the picture or that stamps seem to have become a play toy)
Three seconds after this, Ginko meowed, Kanda ran and hid. Ooo he’s my big brave boy. Sissypants. He snuck out last night and took off before I could stop him. This morning Kanda whined for a half hour straight or was telling me a story. I’m not sure which but either way he was truly vested in his tale.
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Date: 2010-08-26 10:07 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-08-26 10:13 pm (UTC)The first thing I noticed in your first garden picture was the Black Pearl. It's like anti-matter; there's green, and then there's this pitch-black void. My peppers have all turned bright red now, which spoils the effect, and it bore so many that the stems fell over and are lying on the ground. Next year, less fertilizer.
How great is it to hear you've rejuvenated the whole school? Good job! This should make up for the many moron students who've made you question you career choice over the years. It's entirely their fault if they didn't get anything out of your classes, not yours.
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Date: 2010-08-26 10:58 pm (UTC)hahaha, this is the original black pearl too. It's just happy as a clam though when i brought it back from the greenhouse it was nearly dead.
It really was amazing to hear that I'm one of the reasons the school of sciences doesnt' suck any more
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Date: 2010-08-27 03:38 am (UTC)Goats are smart, and they can climb. It's a lethal combination. Maybe deer fence could stop them, but stock fence never will. And goat-milk soap sounds very interesting. I see it in high-end stores (and in TJ Maxx, which scavenges high-end stores), so I'm all agog to find out how it's made and how the process can be tweaked as far as fragrance, texture and lathering ability.
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Date: 2010-08-27 03:52 am (UTC)yeah that is the issue with goats, one of the reason I want the myotonic ones. at least if you scare them at the fence line they're not going anywhere.
i find the soap at my winery. there's a soap makng book i'm eyeing up in my book club
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Date: 2010-08-27 04:24 am (UTC)Just don't terrorize your fainting goats so badly that their milk curdles. That would be bad.
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Date: 2010-08-27 05:11 am (UTC)hahaha but it would so tempting to make them faint
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Date: 2010-08-26 10:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-26 10:56 pm (UTC)Ginko's still here, come get him
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Date: 2010-08-27 04:10 pm (UTC)Hmmm kitten antics in lieu of lecturing. that just might work
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Date: 2010-08-26 10:36 pm (UTC)Also, Kanda is hilarious. And Ginko is adorable. And the plants and flowers are lovely!
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Date: 2010-08-26 10:55 pm (UTC)thanks. Kanda, so brave. my hero
Sounds like
Date: 2010-08-26 10:37 pm (UTC)Kanda is a sexy beast and he knows it.
Re: Sounds like
Date: 2010-08-26 10:54 pm (UTC)Kanda does know it. too bad for him that he's a sissy
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Date: 2010-08-26 10:46 pm (UTC)Kanda is all... "Oh HAI there, mommy. Your bed looked lonely so I was keeping it company. And warm. See?"
Awww, Ginko kitten.
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Date: 2010-08-26 10:53 pm (UTC)Yes Kanda was even though he knows he's nt allowed
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Date: 2010-08-27 12:43 am (UTC)Ginko is so tiny and cute, and the fact that he terrified Kanda is hilarious.
And my two boys take over my bed every night. I'm lucky they let me have room for myself in it. *g*
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Date: 2010-08-27 12:46 am (UTC)Oh it was hysterical. It's like dude, he weighs as much as your tail. What are you afraid of
haha Kanda sleeps outside the roombut he saw his opening
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Date: 2010-08-27 02:13 am (UTC)Loved Kanda's pics. I gave up trying to keep my cats off the bed or the cabinet or the table, or anywhere else they want to go. Of course I have one that can open closed doors, so...
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Date: 2010-08-27 02:31 am (UTC)my cats have all always obeyed the no counters thing Kanda was trying to open a door today
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Date: 2010-08-27 02:34 pm (UTC)Ginko is too cute. Maybe Kanda was encouraging him to play.
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Date: 2010-08-27 03:17 pm (UTC)I think Kanda is just an uber-wuss
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Date: 2010-08-27 02:23 am (UTC)D'aww to kitties.
And that needle - I need something beside it to verify the size. :D
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Date: 2010-08-27 02:26 am (UTC)my cat the super wuss
how about a horse's leg?
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Date: 2010-08-27 02:38 am (UTC)I am seriously glad I DID NOT look at the needles for a thyroid biopsy and the one they did on my breast in December...
THAT needles is freaking HUGE!!!
AND KITTIES~!!!!
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Date: 2010-08-27 02:42 am (UTC)and bruised my hand. I'm good with needles going into me but needle + electricity, no fun, this is what Ed has to feel when the automail goes on
wussy kitties
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Date: 2010-08-27 10:31 am (UTC)And YAY picspam! Kanda man looks verrry comfortable, and Ginko is SOOOOO CUTE!
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Date: 2010-08-27 04:17 pm (UTC)kanda is too comfortable for his evil self. ginko is a cutie
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Date: 2010-08-27 01:24 pm (UTC)That is a very badass needle. I'm impressed. The test sounds pretty hardcore. I think acupuncture for goat-milking sounds like a good swap.
Also, your kittens keep getting more adorable and I am continually jealous of your garden and porch.
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Date: 2010-08-27 03:23 pm (UTC)very hard core test. I'd milk goats.
my kittens are crazy.
right now i'm waiting on the porch fairies to come clean the potting soil off of it but they aren't showing
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