Where’s a duck’s bottom when you need one?

[erastes]

My new phone irritating SINGS at me “YOU’VE GOT MAIL!” in a hideous female choir-chirpy voice every time i get a text. This – for anyone (and I’m sure that’s everyone on this list at least) who has read Hitch-hiker’s guide the the Galaxy has more than overtones of the CHEERFUL LIFT. Or – in Discworld, the very cheerful Imp in the personal organiser. I need to change the bloody ringtone FAST before I end up throwing it in the nearest Broad. Then I’ll find a recording of Marvin and have him say “Brain the size of a planet and you use me to open mail” or something like that. When I get the USB cord, anyway.

And there’s no easy option for changing the ring tone either – you have to assign each contact the ringtone you want for them, so random spam is going to get the CHIRPY choir for ever, it seems. It’s a nice Smart touch-phone and was very very cheap (hey—it is me, after all) but I do like to work it out and not have to study The Manual. Yes, I’m that annoying person.

I have done 600 words today, an improvement over the last few days, but I think that’s all it’s going to be, I feel light headed, and I have done for a couple of days now - and I wonder if it’s the double strength lisinopril he’s got me on.

Tomorrow night I’m going to see Reginald D (for Delicious) Hunter in Ipswich. I’m looking forward to that – I haven’t seen Kerry in an age, so we’ll be able to catch up. :D

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Comments

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

Double-strength Lisinopril...could well be.

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

I'm not accustomed to getting any lightheadedness as a side effect of lisinopril, but I'm thinking that the heavy dosage might be lowering your BP a bit too much. That would definitely make you feel light headed.

About two months ago I had to change my dosage from 1 pill morning and evening, to MAYBE 1 pill in the AM, as my BP was being suppressed down to about 90/50. BOY was I feeling light headed! I didn't even ask my doctor. I knew what the problem was.

If you don't have one, I would *strongly* recommend that you get an inexpensive BP monitor.

I check my BP every morning, and that tells me whether or not I should take any lisinopril that day.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

i've been thinking about getting one, my BP was still on the very high side last week, but that was before i started taking the higher dose (20mg) - it's my weight, i know that, as when I'm not heavy my bp is low - i'll start looking for one over the weekend, thank you dear. Hpe you got my hug about Winston and hope he's doing ok. (and all of you, of course)

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

When I dropped the twenty or so pounds recently, I went from 3 BP meds to just the occasional lisinopril.

Very glad to hear that you're amenable to the BP monitor. I find regular use of mine *very* revealing.

Since the incident, Winston has been absolutely fine. Needless to say, we are watching him like a hawk.

Thanks, honey. :)