Sunday, April 20, 2008

Snow Storms and Ice Cream





Since I get up with the chickens every morning, 9 O’clock seems like noon to me. I wanted to go to BiMart for something. They open at 10 on Sunday’s. It was not 10 yet and several others were already waiting for 10. Finally one of the men began to yell through the door, "open the store, we are tired of waiting and we are talking about getting in our cars and leaving".
I didn’t hear that conversation, but I am a little bit deaf in my old age. Finally the clerk opened the door and said, "it’s not 10 yet". Loud mouth said, "you need to open earlier on the weekend, we have things to do". She said, "I don’t set the hours". He said, "I’m going to call this outfit and tell them about it". I’m sure that clerk didn’t care much about working on Sunday anyway and than has to open the door to that. I hope her day got better.
Now that spring has arrived or should have arrived I have been craving ice cream. Dairy Queen is my ice cream of choice. I have been wishing for it the past several evenings and talk myself out of it because it is evening and I just don’t feel like going after it. Today I thought of it in the afternoon so Minnie and I decide to on an ice cream run. She is all excited to go for a car ride so I decide to go to the Dairy Queen that is a little farther away so she can enjoy the car ride. Minnie is a dog. In case a stranger should read this and think I’m talking about my mother or somebody like that. We are driving along and run into a blinding snowstorm, hail and snow. I had to turn on the wipers it was so bad. I am thinking, here I am going for ice cream in a snowstorm when I pass a man jogging along the side of the road in shorts and a tee-shirt. He looked dumber than I did. At least nobody knew what I was doing. Outside of that, today has been going good. My newspaper came in a timely manner. For that, I am grateful. I didn’t have to call the newspaper and yell at them. I’ll bet the man could get that newspaper told off.
Karen and Dennis have a wonderful system worked out, when to go for Dairy Queen. If they happen to see 3 Dairy Queen commercials within a certain time period they are allowed to go for the ice-cream. They try to be good and not eat too much ice-cream, but the rule they have set about it sort of alleviates some of the guilt. I think that’s the reason for it. There must be a reason.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Blankety Blank Blank



This has been one of those days. To start with I only got about 15 minutes of sleep last night so I feel like a zombie. I had a one o’clock appointment for a bone density test at the hospital. After driving around in the parking lot for 20 minutes looking for a parking place it was almost one o’clock by the time I got in there. They did not have me in their records and besides they no longer do bone density tests and it probably was scheduled across the street at another medical building. She called and they had no record of me so she thought it might have been scheduled at the other hospital. She tried to call there to find out, but the wonderful modern phone systems we have these days was only taking messages. She couldn’t talk to anybody so I decided I had better get it in gear and get over there. So I do that and have to drive around the parking lot until some poor soul decides to leave so I can get into a parking space. It is now several minutes past my appointment. They at first couldn’t find me either, but finally decided I was on the list. When my DR’s office called to make the appointment for me, they forgot to fax the order so they had to call and get that. It took 45 minutes while I cooled my heels in the waiting room watching an old rerun of Home Improvement. The last test I had done was done at the other hospital, but never assume anything. I haven’t learned that yet. Well, finally they came and got me and escorted me to the dept. The nurse takes me into the room and notices a note somebody had left for her. It said, "machine out of order". She told me not to get upset yet because nobody had told her about it and maybe the note was left earlier and somebody forgot to remove it. I guess that is what happened because the machine was working and the test has been done. I will not know the results of it for one month because that is when I have an appointment with the doctor. I have osteoporosis and have been on a 2 year plan which is an injection that I give myself each day. It is suppose to rebuild lost bone. The name of it is Forteo. The two years are up this month and I am very anxious to find out if it helped.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Have Another Candy Bar and Wait


The paper service goes from bad to badder. It didn't come until 10 this morning. Not that there is anything that exciting in it anyway, but I would like to get it so I can plow through all the ads and see who died. I called the office to see if they could give me an approximate time that I could expect it's arrival. I was told that the paper carrier could not be located. His papers had been picked up, but they had no clue where he was and the district manager was out looking for him. I wondered if he had been hi-jacked. Does that ever happen? Or maybe his girlfriend lives on the route and he stopped in for coffee. I have a feeling he might be looking for another job real soon. It sound's rather serious to have the district manager out looking for you. I don't think that ever happened to me.

Friday, April 11, 2008

My Hobby


This is the latest baby blanket I have crocheted. I am going to list it on ebay if I can ever get a decent picture of it. Taking pictures is my downfall.. The blanket is 40 by 32 inches. The corners are square, but they look round in the picture. The colors are pastel so it would be suitable for a boy or girl. Anyway I think so.
Oh well, this is my post for today.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Law Suit Coming Right Up


So I have something Im in danger of dying from. I have to wait in line to get help. If a person was in a burning building and called for help, would you be told "We are busy helping other customers we will help you as soon as we can". We are on vacation or we will let you know when we can do something. Don't call us, we'll call you. Click on the above link. Law Suit Coming Right Up.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Sleepless


I decided to call the doctor's office once more to see what happened to the phone call I was suppose to receive back in a few minutes. This time I complained that it had taken me 3 weeks just to find out the result of the test and now I need further testing. How long will it take? I was told that they set up an appointment with a sleep clinic for the 29th of May. Almost two months away. I let her know that I wasn't doing so well and could it be done any sooner. She said they had already asked for my name to be put on the list in case of a cancellation. My oxygen drops really low when I sleep. I breath too shallow I guess. It can be serious. People die in their sleep from it and I think I almost died one night because of it. Now Im afraid to sleep. I woke up last night before 2 AM and have not gone back to sleep since. I try, but I cannot sleep. I would hate to die from SID's. I know I'm not an infant, but isn't that what SIDS is. You stop breathing.
The DR that did my Colonoscopy discovered the problem during the procedure. He was concerned enough he went ahead and notified my regular doctor. Somebody ordered the test and from there on out it has been a confusing mess.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Waiting and Waiting


I am still waiting for an answer. I called the DR office again and they told me they were still waiting for the test. So I called the Testing place. They told me they had sent it a second time about a week ago and had also sent it again last night. I told her that the DR's office still had not received it. She said she would call them. She did and the girl from the DR's office called me back and said they had received the test and it was abnormal. I need further testing with another place and she was calling to make an appointment and would call me back in a few minutes. Today has already passed and I have not heard one word from her. The only call I had all day was a Telemarketer. That reminds me Chelsie Clinton called me the other night.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Medical Test Confusion



I have been trying to find out what the results were for a test. I'm still working on it.

I am still trying to find out. I thought when the testing place sent a report to the correct doctor I would be hearing something. I finally called the Dr office again and was told they would continue to look for it and get back with me. I wait a few days and didn't hear so I called them back. This time I was told the report was on the DR's desk and he would be instructing them to contact me.

I didn't hear anymore for a few more days so I called again. Somebody would need to call me back because they were busy with other patient's. In the meantime my patiences are getting thinner and thinner. I left my number and two days later they return the call with no information. Just wanted to know what my question was. I repeated it for the tenth time and she said she would look into it and call me back. The test was done march 14 and this is April 1st.


I'm getting a wee bit confused. What else can I do?