heart and tits
Aug. 24th, 2010 05:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
erastesHealth update – I went for my Echo heart scan today, and they confirmed that I still have arrhythmia, (well, der, I could have told them that.) She says I should have already been prescribed aspirin or wolverin (don’t know how to spell that) so I need to contact the doctor tomorrow as I need to prevent clotting. Also one of my valves is leaking a little, but she thinks that’s because of the arrhythmia– but I will wait for the results before I start to panic
To be perfectly frank, health and writing are more important to me at the moment than any internet wank. However…
I wrote a calm letter to Lambda expressing my disappointment and feelings regarding the Brownworth diatribe and thankfully they agreed to close the comments, (which they did immediately) and will be considering moderation—although I appreciate they don’t have the staff to do so.
Ms Brownworth let off a last salvo, and Ms B, I answered your question over at Teddypig’s journal. I didn’t ban you from my Livejournal, it’s rather paranoid of you to think that—but I don’t allow anonymous comments, that’s all. So your comment would have stopped at source, which is why I didn’t see it.
And finally, I had six long tail tits in the garden today!
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Date: 2010-08-24 04:52 pm (UTC)These have been new visitors to my garden this year. I heard unfamiliar cheeping and when I went outside there were around 10 hopping between 2 of my trees and having a good peck at the conifer aphids. They were adorable.
Hope you get your heart thing steady soon.
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Date: 2010-08-24 04:57 pm (UTC)and thank you! I hope they can do something for it!
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Date: 2010-08-24 05:20 pm (UTC)Good luck with it. Definitely don't fret about all this nonsense. Teddypig's LJ today shows the level VB has got to now. Personal abuse = I no longer take someone seriously.
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Date: 2010-08-24 05:21 pm (UTC)Mmmmm. Wolverine massaging any part of me would be nice.
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Date: 2010-08-24 06:34 pm (UTC)I take both warfarin *and* aspirin, as my heart has been arrhythmic for months. They don't work exactly the same, so my doc said it's essential to be on both.
The warfarin must stay within a therapeutic range (2 - 3). Too much is dangerous because, obviously, the blood gets too thin. Too little is ineffective.
The only way to monitor this level (PT INR)is by weekly blood tests. Even when taking the same daily dose, it can fluctuate quite unpredictably (lots of Vitamin K (green, leafy veggies) will effect this), so there's the reason for the frequent tests.
Warfarin. A pain in the ass, I know, honey, but *very* necessary.
((((hugs))))
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Date: 2010-08-24 06:59 pm (UTC)Long tailed tits are gorgeous little creatures. We get them in winter, in summer they are busy in the fields, and their little voices are always a pleasure to hear. Luckily they are sensible enough to stay out of the way of the cats.
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Date: 2010-08-24 07:33 pm (UTC)Heh!
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Date: 2010-08-25 08:09 am (UTC)Warfarin
Date: 2010-08-25 02:27 am (UTC)Maybe you can try Atenolol if you are also having a faster heartbeat. It wouldn't hurt to ask.
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Date: 2010-08-25 03:53 am (UTC)Skimmed through the wank briefly, just enough to be notified that I have rage at the GLBT community. Amazing how someone who does not know me at all and never will seems to think she has any insight on how I feel about a community so diverse that some of it agrees with me. I guess Ms B figures she is the community... L'etat, c'est moi. No self-esteem problem there! But I'm not peeved at anybody but VB herself, and perhaps that little one-man jeering section who scoffed at my posts but didn't seem to have any answers to my questions.
If Lambda won't fact-check their op-ed bloggers--editorial opinion is supposed to be based on fact, after all--then a little moderation might be sensible. IF they had a genuinely fair moderator. From the way things have gone, I'd expect them to just let the original poster moderate, which would mean complete censorship in a case like this. I should probably have just ignored it, but letting lies go unchallenged is not something I'm good at, and the hypocrisy of "I do but you shouldn't" was just the last straw.
I'm guessing 'wolverine' is 'warfarin,' and one of my grandmothers had a slightly leaky valve all her life... she checked out at 84 of something else.
Stay well! (and/or get better!)
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Date: 2010-08-25 07:57 am (UTC)Titmice are slate blue with black, orange and white markings. Here are some pictures.
http://www.greglasley.net/bctitmouse.html
And I agree, this bit with the Out article was bad enough, but the crap with VB is beyond the pale.
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Date: 2010-08-25 11:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-25 06:12 pm (UTC)I have to admit I was thinking it, but managed to not say it. Someone had to though!
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Date: 2010-08-25 06:13 pm (UTC)Reminds me of Bella in the Twilight books.
"Oh my life is so terrible, pity me."
*gags*
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