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May. 16th, 2020 10:11 pmAnother week of not posting and not really reading here. Sorry about that. I backread for some way today, but I probably won't ever get to where I left off.
I had a tele-visit with my primary care doctor this week. I had used the patient portal to request an epipen for the rosemary allergy because I'm concerned that, once eating out is a thing again, I'll end up at a family gathering in a restaurant that's currently (or recently) cooking with rosemary and then have breathing issues. Given that it's throat tightness rather than chest tightness, I'm thinking that this isn't something to be solved with an asthma inhaler.
At any rate, apparently something like that is both an instant prescription and a let's do an appointment as soon as possible.
( Discussion of dermatological issues )
I have an allergy appointment for late June. I made it at Domino Farms and then discovered that the city bus isn't currently going to the commuter lot where I'd need to switch to the university bus. The walk from the nearest city bus stop isn't long, but it requires crossing a highway entrance ramp. I'm not sure that's a thing I'm willing to do, even to save $40 cab fare. (I need to check that the cabs are even operating. Maybe the ARide is; that would be much cheaper but also awkward because of the fact that the pickup and drop off windows are so long and imprecise.)
I'm angry at my gastroenterologist right now. Last Saturday, the pharmacy told us that, due to recalls, they can't refill my ranitidine and don't expect to be able to any time in the next several months. My gastroenterologist and I had discussed other options when I saw her in March, but she said that those are becoming hard to come by due to people switching from ranitidine. I sent her a patient portal message Sunday evening that included a note that I would run out of the medication after this Thursday's dose.
I called on Thursday. The receptionist said that the message was with the doctor and that she would send up a reminder for me. I still haven't heard anything at all. I managed last night by not eating at all for eight hours before bed, but that's not sustainable because it leaves me very hungry by bedtime and extremely wobbly in the morning.
Cordelia turns 17 tomorrow. We're planning to order delivery of some sort. She's still debating what she wants because she's not sure whether she prefers something she hasn't had in a while that won't give her leftovers versus something that she's had once a week for a while that will give her 2-4 additional meals.
Scott bought cheesecake and small (individual sized) peach pies while he was out. Cordelia couldn't make up her mind which she preferred, and we wanted to cover the bases.
I had a tele-visit with my primary care doctor this week. I had used the patient portal to request an epipen for the rosemary allergy because I'm concerned that, once eating out is a thing again, I'll end up at a family gathering in a restaurant that's currently (or recently) cooking with rosemary and then have breathing issues. Given that it's throat tightness rather than chest tightness, I'm thinking that this isn't something to be solved with an asthma inhaler.
At any rate, apparently something like that is both an instant prescription and a let's do an appointment as soon as possible.
( Discussion of dermatological issues )
I have an allergy appointment for late June. I made it at Domino Farms and then discovered that the city bus isn't currently going to the commuter lot where I'd need to switch to the university bus. The walk from the nearest city bus stop isn't long, but it requires crossing a highway entrance ramp. I'm not sure that's a thing I'm willing to do, even to save $40 cab fare. (I need to check that the cabs are even operating. Maybe the ARide is; that would be much cheaper but also awkward because of the fact that the pickup and drop off windows are so long and imprecise.)
I'm angry at my gastroenterologist right now. Last Saturday, the pharmacy told us that, due to recalls, they can't refill my ranitidine and don't expect to be able to any time in the next several months. My gastroenterologist and I had discussed other options when I saw her in March, but she said that those are becoming hard to come by due to people switching from ranitidine. I sent her a patient portal message Sunday evening that included a note that I would run out of the medication after this Thursday's dose.
I called on Thursday. The receptionist said that the message was with the doctor and that she would send up a reminder for me. I still haven't heard anything at all. I managed last night by not eating at all for eight hours before bed, but that's not sustainable because it leaves me very hungry by bedtime and extremely wobbly in the morning.
Cordelia turns 17 tomorrow. We're planning to order delivery of some sort. She's still debating what she wants because she's not sure whether she prefers something she hasn't had in a while that won't give her leftovers versus something that she's had once a week for a while that will give her 2-4 additional meals.
Scott bought cheesecake and small (individual sized) peach pies while he was out. Cordelia couldn't make up her mind which she preferred, and we wanted to cover the bases.
