Yes, believe it or not for the last four hours I have had no stomach ache and that includes eating Pizza and wings, something I almost never eat because I am afraid it will make me sick. Maybe the intestinal bacteria pills I am taking help, or maybe it is just a freak moment.
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12/14/2007 14:06 #42517
My Stomach doesn't hurt right nowCategory: health
12/12/2007 10:25 #42488
Stomach Drama ContinuesCategory: health
I am so tired of feeling sick to my stomach. I keeps me up all night. It hurts all day. It kind of even makes me nauseous. I went to the doctor, he asked where it hurt. I misrepresented because I was bloated and my whole stomach kind of hurt at the moment. Now that I didn't eat last night and am really skinny I can tell it hurts higher up. See my diagram below. The green area has a much sharper pain when I touch it. The red area kind of hurts when I am really full but I think it has more to do with whatever is up in area green.
So I call the doctor yesterday and got his helper because he was busy. I said, I don't want to just wait for Jan 9th to get a colonoscopy and asked if they could do any other tests bfore. I asked if it would be possible to get a blood test or stool test to see if something else is up. At least a freaking blood test. The last one I took was in like 2000. Anyways, so they say they could fit me in at 6am for colonoscopy. I declined first of all because I would have had to be ready at like 5am at Millard Fillmore suburban and second of all because I wasn't calling for a rush colonoscopy. I just think maybe they should check some other stuff first.
I am really so sick of the whole process. What does it take to find a doctor with a few minutes who thinks of a the whole picture? I would pay lots of money at this point. I think I am going to just take (e:jenks)'s advice and just go to the emergency room. I think I am going to go today after I finish with some important stuff for work. If I go there I will blog the whole experience.
So I call the doctor yesterday and got his helper because he was busy. I said, I don't want to just wait for Jan 9th to get a colonoscopy and asked if they could do any other tests bfore. I asked if it would be possible to get a blood test or stool test to see if something else is up. At least a freaking blood test. The last one I took was in like 2000. Anyways, so they say they could fit me in at 6am for colonoscopy. I declined first of all because I would have had to be ready at like 5am at Millard Fillmore suburban and second of all because I wasn't calling for a rush colonoscopy. I just think maybe they should check some other stuff first.
I am really so sick of the whole process. What does it take to find a doctor with a few minutes who thinks of a the whole picture? I would pay lots of money at this point. I think I am going to just take (e:jenks)'s advice and just go to the emergency room. I think I am going to go today after I finish with some important stuff for work. If I go there I will blog the whole experience.
mike - 12/12/07 19:27
ok i didn't mean to be bitchy,. I'm just saying if it is really miserable i would take it!
ok i didn't mean to be bitchy,. I'm just saying if it is really miserable i would take it!
libertad - 12/12/07 19:16
whoa mike that was bitchy and unexpected...kinda funny. Why 6am for a colonoscopy? IT seems to me like no doctor would prefer to do this at such a time, but I guess not. Why not go for it? Take it...haha!
whoa mike that was bitchy and unexpected...kinda funny. Why 6am for a colonoscopy? IT seems to me like no doctor would prefer to do this at such a time, but I guess not. Why not go for it? Take it...haha!
mike - 12/12/07 19:00
why don;'t you just suck it up and do the 6 am colonoscopy instead of waiting if it is really that bad.
why don;'t you just suck it up and do the 6 am colonoscopy instead of waiting if it is really that bad.
jim - 12/12/07 14:29
Paul, when I was in pain I had to buy books on anatomy and physical therapy and figure it all out for myself. Maybe you should just study up on internal medicine and then get a sharp knife.
Paul, when I was in pain I had to buy books on anatomy and physical therapy and figure it all out for myself. Maybe you should just study up on internal medicine and then get a sharp knife.
james - 12/12/07 14:20
god damn it
I have never, ever, ever, not once heard about someone having a positive experience with a doctor in this town.
The guy Jim saw when he was having debilitating joint pain told him he couldn't do anything until it got so bad they needed to operate.
I have seen about four doctors and each of them was a fucking idiot for a variety of reasons.
And this crap?
Not to mention it is impossible to get an appointment with anyone. No one is taking new patients. AH!
god damn it
I have never, ever, ever, not once heard about someone having a positive experience with a doctor in this town.
The guy Jim saw when he was having debilitating joint pain told him he couldn't do anything until it got so bad they needed to operate.
I have seen about four doctors and each of them was a fucking idiot for a variety of reasons.
And this crap?
Not to mention it is impossible to get an appointment with anyone. No one is taking new patients. AH!
paul - 12/12/07 11:06
Okay, I have decided I am not going to go to the emergency room. I am just going to wait until 1/9 and medicate myself in whatever ways I deem appropriate to deal with it until then.
Okay, I have decided I am not going to go to the emergency room. I am just going to wait until 1/9 and medicate myself in whatever ways I deem appropriate to deal with it until then.
paul - 12/12/07 11:01
Thanks jenks.
Thanks jenks.
jenks - 12/12/07 10:58
(i sent you an email)
(i sent you an email)
12/11/2007 14:12 #42474
harassment trainingCategory: work
I can't believe I have to sit through another respect in the workplace training. I understand why they have to do this but I think I have sat through about 10 of these in my life.
The part that surprises me the most is that they have FAQ that says the first thing you should do when you receive an offensive email is "Delete the email and reply to the person that you don't enjoy getting this type of email."
That is so stupid. Promptly, delete all evidence :p
The part that surprises me the most is that they have FAQ that says the first thing you should do when you receive an offensive email is "Delete the email and reply to the person that you don't enjoy getting this type of email."
That is so stupid. Promptly, delete all evidence :p
metalpeter - 12/11/07 19:46
First of all those trainings are often complete Bull shit. The reason being is that yes it is good to know what to do if someone says if you blow me I'll get you hired or to say if you don't have sex with me you won't get a raise. But after that it doesn't do much. There is a a difference between flirting and joking around and causing someone to be uncomfortable. The thing about it that most people talk more stuff then what the regulations say. The important thing to remember is it has to be unwanted. In other words the cute girl comes up and asks me so how is it hanging and spanks me than that is fine and I go "it isn't any more" then that is fine. But the girl I don't like goes "she touched you and said you are perfect but I wouldn't do you if you paid me" "So I say I wouldn't do you if you paid me either" and it is serious not joking around then that would be a problem. I understand that the people who give it don't want any grey area but the truth is there is a lot of grey area and that can be kinda fun, as long as that line doesn't get crossed but you also have to know where every ones line is. But they don't tell you that in that flawed training.
First of all those trainings are often complete Bull shit. The reason being is that yes it is good to know what to do if someone says if you blow me I'll get you hired or to say if you don't have sex with me you won't get a raise. But after that it doesn't do much. There is a a difference between flirting and joking around and causing someone to be uncomfortable. The thing about it that most people talk more stuff then what the regulations say. The important thing to remember is it has to be unwanted. In other words the cute girl comes up and asks me so how is it hanging and spanks me than that is fine and I go "it isn't any more" then that is fine. But the girl I don't like goes "she touched you and said you are perfect but I wouldn't do you if you paid me" "So I say I wouldn't do you if you paid me either" and it is serious not joking around then that would be a problem. I understand that the people who give it don't want any grey area but the truth is there is a lot of grey area and that can be kinda fun, as long as that line doesn't get crossed but you also have to know where every ones line is. But they don't tell you that in that flawed training.
tinypliny - 12/11/07 18:06
Hmmm...I had an 8-hour long orientation session earlier this year, so I didn't have to re-take it this semester. But I did hear that they give out great lunches. Is that true? What did you get for lunch?
Hmmm...I had an 8-hour long orientation session earlier this year, so I didn't have to re-take it this semester. But I did hear that they give out great lunches. Is that true? What did you get for lunch?
jason - 12/11/07 16:33
Oh man, Paul. I would hate that shit too.
Oh man, Paul. I would hate that shit too.
drew - 12/11/07 15:48
I (the evil middle-class-educated-white-straight-Christian-male) gave a diversity training session for a camp I used to work for. I think they picked me because everyone else was afraid to do it. Amazingly, it went well.
I (the evil middle-class-educated-white-straight-Christian-male) gave a diversity training session for a camp I used to work for. I think they picked me because everyone else was afraid to do it. Amazingly, it went well.
scott - 12/11/07 14:43
I've never been trained to harass someone sexually. I always thought that was something a-holes did naturally.
I've never been trained to harass someone sexually. I always thought that was something a-holes did naturally.
janelle - 12/11/07 14:28
I had an in-house male sexual harrassment trainer for my training here. It was very even handed. Although, your comment reminds that in some city, I think Denver, a council man protested a diversity training video where the individual doing all the racist/sexist/sexually harrassing remarks was a white blue-collar man. I watched a clip on CNN. It was really bad and failed to acknowledge that people of all sorts of races, ethnicities, nationalities, genders, sexual orientation etc... can engage in racist/sexist/sexually harrassing behavior.
I had an in-house male sexual harrassment trainer for my training here. It was very even handed. Although, your comment reminds that in some city, I think Denver, a council man protested a diversity training video where the individual doing all the racist/sexist/sexually harrassing remarks was a white blue-collar man. I watched a clip on CNN. It was really bad and failed to acknowledge that people of all sorts of races, ethnicities, nationalities, genders, sexual orientation etc... can engage in racist/sexist/sexually harrassing behavior.
paul - 12/11/07 14:20
Sidenote: Has anyone ever had a male sexual harssment trainer? I have never had a non-african-american-woman sexual harassment trainer. Coincidence?
Sidenote: Has anyone ever had a male sexual harssment trainer? I have never had a non-african-american-woman sexual harassment trainer. Coincidence?
12/10/2007 21:17 #42464
Baby FernCategory: friends
Everyone keeps asking (e:enknot) for pics of baby Fern but he keeps forgetting to post new ones - so today I got some at lunch. She is so cute!!
Here she is with (e:enknot)
And here she is with Jon who also is an (e:peep) but hasn't written in his journal yet.
(e:enknot) got the corned beef focaccia at Spot that I was talking about the other day.
Here she is with (e:enknot)
And here she is with Jon who also is an (e:peep) but hasn't written in his journal yet.
(e:enknot) got the corned beef focaccia at Spot that I was talking about the other day.
lilho - 12/12/07 13:26
i want that baby!
i want that baby!
kara - 12/12/07 08:42
Cute overload.
Cute overload.
tinypliny - 12/11/07 18:02
She has to be the prettiest little baby on the entire planet!! :)
She has to be the prettiest little baby on the entire planet!! :)
scott - 12/11/07 12:30
Daaamn, T can make a pretty baby.
Nice work. Well formed, looks smart. She has good fashion sense, too. (Although I cannot vouch for the unsavory characters she was eating lunch with!)
Daaamn, T can make a pretty baby.
Nice work. Well formed, looks smart. She has good fashion sense, too. (Although I cannot vouch for the unsavory characters she was eating lunch with!)
hodown - 12/11/07 10:14
I can't handle the cuteness of the baby. Soo adorable!
I can't handle the cuteness of the baby. Soo adorable!
theecarey - 12/11/07 01:12
awe what a little cutie. I was wondering if there were any pics of her around. :)
awe what a little cutie. I was wondering if there were any pics of her around. :)
12/10/2007 10:06 #42455
This one is for e:brit - Anderson CooperCategory: celebrities
I know you love him.
carolinian - 12/10/07 23:27
What a coincidence. (e:inscrutable) was reading "Horton Hatches an Egg" to me tonight. Cause elephants are faithful 100%.
What a coincidence. (e:inscrutable) was reading "Horton Hatches an Egg" to me tonight. Cause elephants are faithful 100%.
brit - 12/10/07 17:22
I love him I love the elephant, I love the fact he is loving the elephant. God he's hot. Thanks (e:paul), you know how to make a girl smile! x
ooohhh, but watch anderson and the elephant clip on youtube...the elephant is just about to break that other guys arm!
I love him I love the elephant, I love the fact he is loving the elephant. God he's hot. Thanks (e:paul), you know how to make a girl smile! x
ooohhh, but watch anderson and the elephant clip on youtube...the elephant is just about to break that other guys arm!
mrdeadlier - 12/10/07 12:55
Come on, who *doesn't* love Anderson Cooper? Anyone who wears gray that well is to be commended. Plus he's got a last name for a first name. Well played!
Come on, who *doesn't* love Anderson Cooper? Anyone who wears gray that well is to be commended. Plus he's got a last name for a first name. Well played!
leetee - 12/10/07 10:29
ooo... elephants!
ooo... elephants!
ladycroft - 12/10/07 10:23
oooh, is that jeff corwin??
oooh, is that jeff corwin??
Yikes. I am SO glad you are not my boss!!
Paul, you live a stressful life indeed. At least I don't have to dive under my cubicle everytime my boss rushes in!!
PS: This is somewhat illuminating. I have a theory but it may not be true so I am going to wait and watch for a couple days. Keep me posted!
I'm going to run over to your cube right now and punch you in the stomach just so you can have the pain you've become so familiar with, but with a new twist.
or maybe the fixins in the wings and pizza are insulating the ailments. Let's see infection punch through a layer of blue chesse.