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SPQR Blues ([personal profile] spqrblues) wrote2006-08-03 12:48 pm
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Itty Bitty Sketchbook Girly Bits

Cool as an orangeAnother trip to the doctor this week. This comic not for the easily squeamish. By this I mean you, guys.



I'm bringing a blood orange

[identity profile] wintersweet.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Injections???

"Righty-o" is totally what I'm going to say if some doctor ever says that to me. :p

[identity profile] meritahut.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Injections!!!

The doctor says I can use the pen-type thing for the injections. Which I guess is good (??). And we'll try this for a couple of months and this will make me completely balanced. ha ha ha. Oh, uhm, they mean physically, not mentally.

Righty-o.

[identity profile] capearce.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
You should check with your insurance provider- the doctor should really be providing the oranges to you, or they should at least be deductable.

[identity profile] wintersweet.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, they were going to have me do injections for migraines, but I got out of it. :p

Anyway, I hope it helps and it's not too much of a pain in the neck (thigh, whatever).

[identity profile] kyleen66.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to do an injection every day. And I use one of the "penthingies."

Really, it's not a big deal. The med I have to take actually hurts a little, sort of like getting a bee-sting. It's not the shot that hurts, but after.

But doing the injection is REALLY pretty simple. You just have to get over the "oh my god i can't believe i'm actually doing this to myself please kill me NOW!" sort of reaction. And you do.

You can do this. If you need help being brave I'm always there for ya!

Kissies.

[identity profile] meritahut.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
The insurance carrier might not cover grapefruit, but it should at least shell out for a lime.

Thank you for not being squeamish. I tried to show some restraint and not be all TMI :)

[identity profile] seian.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That examiner was pretty blunt. ;)

ew injections. Hate those. Used to have one every thursday for a couple years to ease up my allergies when I was a kid.

[identity profile] redknot.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
good lord. panel 3 amuses me.

i once had a doctor inform me that asians can't play sports because of their body type.

[identity profile] meritahut.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I knooooow! Me too! But anything a doctor can convince me is for my own good, I tell myself I can put up with.

Now I just have to convince myself I believe it's for my own good.

[identity profile] ktempest.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs*

[identity profile] kyleen66.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
The "sharing a beer bottle" line made me laugh.

Did I tell you that I thought I had caught Mono that way? From splitting a beer with my friend Jill?

If I did, you already know the end of the story. If you don't, you'll just have to ask.

But I didn't have Mono.

[identity profile] meritahut.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG Jill got you pregnant!!!

No?

[identity profile] meritahut.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
How does a person like that get through medical school, anyway? Don't have to, like, learn things there?

This specialist doctor I've had to see is nice enough. But his enthusiasm scares me a little. My sense of humour scares him, so I guess we're even.

[identity profile] kyleen66.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Bahaahaahaaha!

Yeah... it was Alex.

But it wasn't Jill that got me pregnant. Too bad that...

heh.

[identity profile] cyanocorax.livejournal.com 2006-08-05 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
From what I understand, med school is mainly sorting out those who can survive sleep deprivation and those who can't.

Regular shots may not be too bad -- I echo what Kyleen66 says up there. I'll be thinking of you.

[identity profile] meritahut.livejournal.com 2006-08-05 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll report in Tuesday evening with the hideous results of citrus-torturing class.

[identity profile] meritahut.livejournal.com 2006-08-05 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I'm pretty brave as long as someone explains why this creepy thing I have to do will be good for me. I saw my regular (non-specialist) doctor yesterday for something unrelated, and even before I told him what specialist-doctor had recommended, he suggested that might be the course of action (so we're paying the specialist bacause... the insurance company wants it...). Ah well. I must prepare for bruising of my delicate perfect skin (ha).

[identity profile] hieran.livejournal.com 2006-08-07 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
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I hope the shots are easy to give, and that they make you feel better.

My weekly shot is easy to give, and it makes me feel better. It's worth it! My tip for you is this. If the shotstuff is kept in the fridge, let it warm up a bit (room temp, I mean - just leave it out for about an hour or so) before you give the shot. If the shotstuff is likely to sting, it tends to sting more when cold.

Love 'n' stuff:
Robin