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Meds, work, and a dash of politics
Oct. 12th, 2008 09:22 amRachal's got a nerve block scheduled for Monday morning. This should reduce the frequency of her migraines, which may in turn reduce the number of pressure headaches I think the migraines trigger. On the other half of that cycle, we're not sure how well the tinkering with her shunt is reducing the number of spontaneous pressure headaches; we'll have more data on that later.
Rachal and I like my day job being as close as it is (.7 miles). We like it so much that I won't be going on interviews for any more full-time jobs across town, but will continue drumming up such freelance work as I can do in my off-hours, because my almost full-time gig doesn't quite pay as much as I'd like.
In other news, my mother's second knee replacement seems to have gone well. As with the first, she's ahead of the rehabilitation curve, and can walk for short periods without any crutch or cane support (!).
Also, the more-than-possible election of Barack Obama won't be (I'm certain) the nightmare scenario Mom seems to think it'll be, so that's good news of a sort. I have no intention of bringing this point up to her, for fear it'll sound like gloating, but shall continue sending her the occasional Snopes correction to her chain-letter e-mails. There was a time when I'd have been happy to see either party's candidate in the White House, but the more I hear about Sen. McCain's temper, the less I want him anywhere near the big red button.
(Parenthetically, I'm quite pleased with recent political developments here in the USA. A year ago, I was pretty certain that the while the first non-white-guy major-party candidate for President would knock the door ajar, they wouldn't be able to squeeze through it until some later election cycle. I'd love to see President Obama prove me wrong).
Rachal and I like my day job being as close as it is (.7 miles). We like it so much that I won't be going on interviews for any more full-time jobs across town, but will continue drumming up such freelance work as I can do in my off-hours, because my almost full-time gig doesn't quite pay as much as I'd like.
In other news, my mother's second knee replacement seems to have gone well. As with the first, she's ahead of the rehabilitation curve, and can walk for short periods without any crutch or cane support (!).
Also, the more-than-possible election of Barack Obama won't be (I'm certain) the nightmare scenario Mom seems to think it'll be, so that's good news of a sort. I have no intention of bringing this point up to her, for fear it'll sound like gloating, but shall continue sending her the occasional Snopes correction to her chain-letter e-mails. There was a time when I'd have been happy to see either party's candidate in the White House, but the more I hear about Sen. McCain's temper, the less I want him anywhere near the big red button.
(Parenthetically, I'm quite pleased with recent political developments here in the USA. A year ago, I was pretty certain that the while the first non-white-guy major-party candidate for President would knock the door ajar, they wouldn't be able to squeeze through it until some later election cycle. I'd love to see President Obama prove me wrong).
