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Study Visit 6

I'm really becoming very paranoid about my blood pressure. TB went to the store and bought a cuff to monitor my BP at home. The cuff itself is too small (lose weight already!!!) and so we had to order a large one. Meantime, I remembered that when I went to the ER last week, the nurse took my BP with a regular cuff on my forearm. I did it that way and was dismayed to be getting 160/100 type readings.

We brought the BP gauge with us to today's study visit and I was "heartened" to learn that my BP was 171/114.

What the hell? It's really scary!

We had to wait for like a half hour before we even began to see anyone so TB thought (and I agree) that my emotional reaction to that triggered the high BP. I'd like to think I could control my BP with anger management but it doesn't explain why it's high when I'm notaggravated.

My visit to the clinic was otherwise uneventful. I just had to get more Prozac and Ativan. I had to do the same stupid phone interview with the computer. I told them all about why Dr. Hymowitz thinks I have fibromyalgia and told them that I wasn't going to take the ultracet. They're concerned about the pain and most especially about the blood pressure. You know, until I started this study I don't think my BP has been such an obsessive issue. :P

Today Linda drove out to the movie theater while TB and I were at Dr. R's. There's still no schedule, though -- supposedly the guy who hired her won't be back until Monday. I guess no one else can do her training.

I also finally went to see an eye doctor. That was a trip. The doctor is in his 70s and has some kind of disability but seems to be very competent. He doesn't have new equipment but like I said he seems quite skilled with the older versions of glaucoma testing and peripheral vision screening.

His office, though, is really pretty dismal. I was going to make an appt for Heidi too until I actually got into the place. It's very narrow and dark. He must be paying a premium for the location. The part that totally turned me off though was when I went to use the bathroom. It's tiny and old fashioned but that wasn't the problem ... it smelled like pee or something.

I think I'll take Heidi to Walmart. If I had it to do over again, I think I'd go to Walmart too.

Your soul is bound to the Glass Rose: The
Fragile.

"My heart lies somewhere between perfection
and dust. And while my soul is a sight to
behold, I shatter at the blink of an
eye."

The Glass Rose is associated with perfection,
beauty, and frailty. It is governed by the
goddess Aphrodite and its sign is the Looking
Glass, or Tenuous Love.

As a Glass Rose, you have a beautiful soul and
naturally attract people to you. Love comes
naturally to you, but it hardly ever lasts.
Though you embody the perfect

form of love,
your own faults are your own undoing.


What Rose Is Your Soul Bound To?

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Wednesday Whatevers

1. Why is violence (ie: boxing) entertaining?

People seem to enjoy the sight of blood. Yuck.

2. If products aren't tested on animals, how should they be tested?

Well, I think they should be tested on animals but in a humane way. If we don't test on animals we may not make as many medical discoveries.

3. What is the internet's purpose?

Communication/Information.

3XThursday:

::Dancing Polar Bears::

1.Do you look forward to your birthday? Why/Why not?

I do look forward to my birthday although I don't enjoy getting older. I guess I am still a kid at heart and that's why I enjoy my birthday

2. What do you think about these hard-core gamers who are really into their games? Are they nutso? Why/Why not?

Well, I'm not going to criticize them because there are extremes in all types of fandom. Across the board, though, the people who become so involved they lose their senses of selves are sad. It goes too far if they become violent.

3. If you could spend a day with someone famous, who would it be? Why? What would you do with them?

I guess I would spend the day with President Bush and try to figure out what's going on inside his head. I'd talk and talk to him about how I feel about the direction he's taking our country in.