Wednesday, March 01, 2006

A quick post just to update you on whats been happening in the Queendom of Broomhilda land. The lovely rheumatologist has given me a prescription for Hydrocodone 5/Acetaminophen 500mg to be taken 1 tab a day a needed for pain. This basically Vicadin with Tylenol. It works better than the stuff that I had before. However, she only gave me thirty with no refill and I don't see her for 2 months. She wants me to start exercising again, ok no problem. Last Tuesday I over did it and was in so much pain Wednesday that even with taking 4 of my pain pills (yes, I spaced them out throughout the day) and using the heating pad - I could barely get out of bed.
The rundown of my meds is now as follows;
Topiramate 200 mg daily (mood stabilizer)
Fluoxetine HCL 20 mg daily (Prozac - anti-depressant)
Hydrocodone 5/Acetaminophen 500mg daily as needed (pain med)
Cyclobenzaprine HCL 10 mg 3 times a day as needed (muscle relaxer)
Amitriptyline HCL 10 mg daily (sleeping pill)
Ibuprophen 800mg twice daily (anti-inflammatory)
AAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!

On the dental front, I successfully made it through my dental exam with out harming myself or the dentist. He took x-rays and gave me a referral to an oral surgeon. I need to have thirteen teeth extracted at a cost of $250.00 - $300.oo per extraction! I went down to the Public aid office and applied for the medical card and food stamps. I am waiting to here from them. Its the only way that my teeth are going to get done.

More night-time power surges to contend with...that clock tower is looking better and better. Shut up - I am not having mood swings! I'm not!

Thanks to my friend Kevin for this one:

An arrest at JFK

At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered
to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight
while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide
rule, and a calculator.
At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez said
he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement.
The FBI is charging him with carrying weapons of math instruction.
Al-gebra is a fearsome cult," Gonzalez said. "They desire average
solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in
a search of absolute value. They use secret code names like 'x' and
'y' and refer to themselves as 'unknowns', but we have determined
they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with
coordinates in every country. As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used
to say, 'there are 3 sides to every triangle'."
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If God had
wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have
given us more fingers and toes".

Broomhilda worshipped the goddess at 1:09 PM

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