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turpsApart from the safari park incident other things happened last week.
I got my driving licence and I've been put on the insurance of our car, so I could now hit the roads if I wanted.
We ordered our new car. With the mobility scheme James gets a new car every three years. He can also have two people insured on it for free, which is great, and why I'm now on there. We've ordered a Mokka X which is the new version of the car we have now. It'll arrive in the first week of December hopefully, and already has the name Clem as it's going to be orange again, though a duller orange than the one we have now.
Medical stuff. I went to the eye infirmary but it turned out it was only for a check-up. What made it amusing was they were checking the focus of my eyes, which is normally what happens when kids get tested for squints, so I was in the children's department, and when I had the tests done it included such things as looking at butterflies and pictures of sheep. I swear, I was older than the rest of the people waiting by decades. I go for the actual injection at the beginning of Sept. I have to go to the botulism clinic, which sounds a little ominous.
And it was finally my lympthodemea appointment. First, to get it out of the way, damn was the guy looking after me attractive. He was also funny, realistic, and very reassuring. He measured my legs and by some witchcraft on the computer worked out I was carrying an excess of 9 lts of fluid in one lower leg, and a little less in the other. He think I have a mixture of secondary and primary lympthodemea, primary being something I was born with, the secondary my past excess weight making things much worse. But he's confident it can be managed. He gave me a choice, wraps, which basically looked like a centipede bandage with straps coming off as the legs, which wrap tightly around my legs and help push out the fluid, or beneath knee compression stockings which he said would take longer to work but would be much easier to wear and not really visible under clothes. I went with the stockings, I mean, I've waited this long, I don't need immediate drastic results.
What I liked was he was realistic. People with lympthodemea aren't supposed to use perfumed lotion because the skin can be so sensitive, but when I told him I use stuff from Lush, he was fine with it because my skin is actually in pretty good condition, simply because I do moisturise religiously, so as he said, why stop something that's working? He also said he wouldn't worry if I didn't wear the stockings on holiday as it would be hot, and I could take them off at night, which means to me, bath time and off they come. The stockings are made to measure, so he measured me up and the script is at my doctors and I'll pick them up next week. Though can't try them until I see him in a month as he needs to show how to actually get the things on.
I also got a fancy card to give my doctors/hospital if I get celluitis again as apparently lympthodema sufferers need extra long course of antibiotics. And I was also banned from ever attempting running or any impact sports. But I think I can deal with that disappointment.
We rattled through the appointment really. It was two hours long and he said we got through what should have been three appointments worth of stuff in that time, mainly because unlike most sufferers my ill-health issues come down to, I used to be really, really overweight.
Which lead to my only frustration. I told him how I'd been told I couldn't get treatment until I'd lost a significant amount of weight and that I was probably still technically over the bmi limit to be seen, and he said I wasn't at all. In fact I was under it and other people bigger than me were being seen. He'd only been at the clinic for a year, so didn't know my history, but it does seem like the people making the appointment looked at my weight last time I was there, which was way back in 2008, and couldn't get it through their heads that things had changed -- a lot. It was only my doctor pushing that made them reconsider. Which I'm glad they did, but I could have been there ages ago.
It was actually a really reassuring and positive appointment. And as the clinic is based in the hospice no waiting for ages or having to fight for a parking space like at the hospital. I just wish I could have told mam what happened. She was always so eager for me to get my legs treated, and it's still hard to take in the fact she died a day before the appointment I had originally. Man, I miss her.
To end on a lighter note. For the first time in while we had a two movie day yesterday and saw The Darkest Minds and The Meg. Both okay, nothing special but they passed the time. Still on a Winterhawk kick, too. I even know the pairing name now. I'm doomed.
I got my driving licence and I've been put on the insurance of our car, so I could now hit the roads if I wanted.
We ordered our new car. With the mobility scheme James gets a new car every three years. He can also have two people insured on it for free, which is great, and why I'm now on there. We've ordered a Mokka X which is the new version of the car we have now. It'll arrive in the first week of December hopefully, and already has the name Clem as it's going to be orange again, though a duller orange than the one we have now.
Medical stuff. I went to the eye infirmary but it turned out it was only for a check-up. What made it amusing was they were checking the focus of my eyes, which is normally what happens when kids get tested for squints, so I was in the children's department, and when I had the tests done it included such things as looking at butterflies and pictures of sheep. I swear, I was older than the rest of the people waiting by decades. I go for the actual injection at the beginning of Sept. I have to go to the botulism clinic, which sounds a little ominous.
And it was finally my lympthodemea appointment. First, to get it out of the way, damn was the guy looking after me attractive. He was also funny, realistic, and very reassuring. He measured my legs and by some witchcraft on the computer worked out I was carrying an excess of 9 lts of fluid in one lower leg, and a little less in the other. He think I have a mixture of secondary and primary lympthodemea, primary being something I was born with, the secondary my past excess weight making things much worse. But he's confident it can be managed. He gave me a choice, wraps, which basically looked like a centipede bandage with straps coming off as the legs, which wrap tightly around my legs and help push out the fluid, or beneath knee compression stockings which he said would take longer to work but would be much easier to wear and not really visible under clothes. I went with the stockings, I mean, I've waited this long, I don't need immediate drastic results.
What I liked was he was realistic. People with lympthodemea aren't supposed to use perfumed lotion because the skin can be so sensitive, but when I told him I use stuff from Lush, he was fine with it because my skin is actually in pretty good condition, simply because I do moisturise religiously, so as he said, why stop something that's working? He also said he wouldn't worry if I didn't wear the stockings on holiday as it would be hot, and I could take them off at night, which means to me, bath time and off they come. The stockings are made to measure, so he measured me up and the script is at my doctors and I'll pick them up next week. Though can't try them until I see him in a month as he needs to show how to actually get the things on.
I also got a fancy card to give my doctors/hospital if I get celluitis again as apparently lympthodema sufferers need extra long course of antibiotics. And I was also banned from ever attempting running or any impact sports. But I think I can deal with that disappointment.
We rattled through the appointment really. It was two hours long and he said we got through what should have been three appointments worth of stuff in that time, mainly because unlike most sufferers my ill-health issues come down to, I used to be really, really overweight.
Which lead to my only frustration. I told him how I'd been told I couldn't get treatment until I'd lost a significant amount of weight and that I was probably still technically over the bmi limit to be seen, and he said I wasn't at all. In fact I was under it and other people bigger than me were being seen. He'd only been at the clinic for a year, so didn't know my history, but it does seem like the people making the appointment looked at my weight last time I was there, which was way back in 2008, and couldn't get it through their heads that things had changed -- a lot. It was only my doctor pushing that made them reconsider. Which I'm glad they did, but I could have been there ages ago.
It was actually a really reassuring and positive appointment. And as the clinic is based in the hospice no waiting for ages or having to fight for a parking space like at the hospital. I just wish I could have told mam what happened. She was always so eager for me to get my legs treated, and it's still hard to take in the fact she died a day before the appointment I had originally. Man, I miss her.
To end on a lighter note. For the first time in while we had a two movie day yesterday and saw The Darkest Minds and The Meg. Both okay, nothing special but they passed the time. Still on a Winterhawk kick, too. I even know the pairing name now. I'm doomed.
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Date: 2018-08-11 05:02 pm (UTC)Yays for getting your driver's license!
And, yes, once you get into the portmanteaus, it's a sharp slide downhill. I mean, I used to grrr at portmanteaus and now here I am, in the year of our Cthulhu Lord 2018, dropping Stucky, WinterFalcon, Frostiron, etc without batting an eye. /o\ #Ohhowthemightyhavefallen
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Date: 2018-08-11 05:52 pm (UTC)I'm pleased with my driving license. I look like a thug on it, but still. It's mine. I can hit the roads. Eventually.
I have to laugh at that. But, it's fun inching into a new fandom. It's just a pity we're in different parts, and like so many other places, seems to be tumblr centric.
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Date: 2018-08-11 06:13 pm (UTC)Tis a shame our ships don't align. Also, I would say Tumblr and Discord. Tho I don't know of any WinterHawk discords.
BTW, you might want to read Tales of Suspense: Hawkeye & the Winter Soldier by Matthew Rosenberg. The trade paperback came out three months ago, more or less.
Basic premise: Clint and Bucky are investigating who is killing Natasha's old enemies (she is presumed dead due to a comic book event thingie). Implied Bucky/Nat.
A TOTALLY DELIGHTFUL MINI-COMIC. If you ship WinterHawk, I'd say it's a must-read.Sadly, it's a short book, but one of my fave reads.
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Date: 2018-08-16 04:47 pm (UTC)I have to admit, I've never been on Discord for anything. I'm such an old codger.
Thank you so much for the tip on the book. I've got that tabbed to find right now. It sounds great, and right up my alley.
Hope you're doing okay, bb. I know you've had a good trip, but I do hope other things are going well for you, too.
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Date: 2018-08-11 09:06 pm (UTC)The lympthodemea thing—great that you had such a useful guy to deal with. It sounds as though you made a lot of progress there. I hope the stockings aren't too hot! I mean, it's terrible news that you aren't allowed to run a marathon, but there you go.
MCU does have some pretty good pairing names. Stucky is obviously the best (name), though.
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Date: 2018-08-16 04:30 pm (UTC)Well, I've been out for one driving session on an old housing estate that's been knocked down. It's handy as all the roads are there, but no buildings so all the local driving schools tend to go there. James was patient, especially as I got flustered at one point and ended up driving on the grass. I had a terrible habit of riding the brake, because being behind the wheel of our car was scary, even if I didn't go over 10 mph. More practice needed I think.
The lymphodemea guy was so good. I really did like he didn't stick rigidly to the rules. I mean, if I did stick to those completely it would mean no cats and no perfumed bath products, and nope, never going to happen.
I have a feeling the stockings will be hot. But hopefully when I get some confidence if my legs go down I can wear them as leggings with just a longish dress over the top.
Stucky is a fab name. I also love that apparently, the other pairing name for Clint/Bucky is Clucky. I mean, come on! says the person who still loves trickyfish, choey names etc
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Date: 2018-08-13 04:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-08-16 04:21 pm (UTC)Also that sucks that the other people at the clinic were gatekeeping with such prejudice. >:(
Yeah, that is frustrating.
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Date: 2018-08-14 03:43 pm (UTC)Looking at sheep and butterflies sounds like a fun way to test your eye sight. Much better than the boring letters they use for us adults :-)
It's wonderful to hear that your appointment at the clinic went so well! (And that the doctor was such eyecandy!) I'll keep everything crossed the stockings will work very well for you! (But how very annoying that the appointment people are such morons!)
Tsk, tsk, even knowing the pairing name! You're such a hopeless fangirl ;-D
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Date: 2018-08-16 04:18 pm (UTC)Looking at sheep and butterflies sounds like a fun way to test your eye sight. Much better than the boring letters they use for us adults
That's very true. They should use those for everyone really. I'm just glad they had an adult size chair to sit on *g*
t's wonderful to hear that your appointment at the clinic went so well! (And that the doctor was such eyecandy!) I'll keep everything crossed the stockings will work very well for you! (But how very annoying that the appointment people are such morons!)
Thank you again. Everything did go very well. I'm sure I'll be complaining about the stockings at some point, but the end results should be worth it.
It's nice to have some fannish enthusiasm again. Hopefully it lasts for a while.
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Date: 2018-08-15 05:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-08-16 04:15 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2018-08-27 10:52 am (UTC)(We suspect that the lack of drinking also helps her maintain her legs now).
Just a FYI if they are ever recommended to you.
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Date: 2018-08-29 04:14 pm (UTC)I like getting all these tips and hearing about personal stories. It's why I joined a group on FB, and by reading what they said I could ask specific questions.