cornerofmadness

After calming down a bit from yesterday I realize I am probably partially at fault for yesterday. After 2 weeks post scan no one had contacted me (even to say see you in a year), I'm the one who made the follow up appointment not the doctor. He might not have had me come in period. (though someone should have called to say hey no need to visit, just repeat the ultrasound in a year)

Today was absolutely pissy at work. 6 weeks in and the online book stuff is STILL not fixed and is getting worse because students are getting locked out of the online stuff. This new way of doing it is going to be the end of us.

As a result I headed to Huntington an hour later than planned. That took the comic book store and Macy's off the list of stops. Bye Bye Books a Million. All I had time for was to buy stuff I don't need to spend my vouchers at Michael's (and one didn't work) and the homegoods for halloween (nothing I wanted was discounted enough to make it worth my time, got some food instead)

Nearly late to the abdominal CT scan. It's 7 o'clock and the hospital is spooky because it's nearly empty. I go up, am taken back and they have to put in my IV. It clots off instantly in my right arm and the vein explodes. This is common with me. I warned them. We get it into the left arm and it bleeds enough to get blood to test my kidney function (which was fine 3 weeks ago) I have to have contrast dye. It's kidney damaging potentially ESPECIALLY if I forget and take my metformin in the next 2 days (I pulled it out of my med pack)

But what no one told me was I had to drink barium. UGH it's like 32 oz of bullshit and you have to wait an HOUR before the testing could start O_O I say no one mentioned this to me. The tech rolled her eyes. They NEVER like to tell a patient back it. No, you don't understand I'm 85 miles from home. Do you know how late it's going to be? I would have reschedule this for earlier in the day. SIGH.

The actual scan took 10 minutes. So I was at my car at 830 which was great because I was starving. I wasn't allowed food for hours (contrast can make you vomit, not me mind you) I was thinking I'd get out so late I'd have to eat taco bell. But at this point Chili's is still open for more than another hour so I race there (people came in after me. Wow) And tried that three for 16. They messed up gave me bone in wings not boneless but it's late I wasn't sending it back (they're in the freezer for another dinner now) I ate the chicken tenders and the slabs of fried mozzarella smothered in honey-chipolte sauce.

I'm sitting there with dressings on both arms and a plastic hospital band still around my wrist. Sad looking p icture. I stop at Sheetz for coffee on the way home. Next to me in the parking lot is an audi convertible, top down while the driver is putting on make up in the light up mirror...it struck me odd.

It's so late so I'll do the book thing tomorrow. But the full Hazbin trailer dropped so here

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