Checkup achieved despite surprise blizzard
Mar. 9th, 2009 05:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annathepiperSo as previously mentioned I was scheduled to have a followup appointment with Dr. McMillan today. Went in for that, only later than expected, since her office called us literally as we were heading out the door and asked if we could come in for a 2:30 appointment instead. That was fine, I said, since we had other errands to run anyway.
Returned all the movies I'd rented at Hollywood Video, discovered that the Rite Aid had one but not both of my prescriptions (fortunately my thyroid meds don't run out until Thursday so I can still give 'em a day or two on that), got Vitamin C, mailed tax return and mortgages, went to U-district and returned movies to Scarecrow Video and also got contact lenses, and then headed over to Kirkland for the medical appointment.
Scarecrow sadly did not have Death Bed: The Bed That Eats back in yet.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
solarbird and I were bummed. The guy at the counter remembered us though and perkily offered an alternative: a movie about evil hair extensions! I was impressed by how readily he brought that up. I'm not sure if he was saving it specifically for us or not, but! Had we had time to get it, I totally would have rented it. As it stands, we'll have to check back again tomorrow and see if Death Bed came back.
On the way over to Kirkland we ran into a long line of cars moving at approximately five inches every six years. I initially blamed this on the spattering of snowflakes we'd started seeing in the U-district--'cause let's face it folks, local drivers are like that--but what was actually going on was an accident on the shoulder just as we were getting onto 405. Once we got past that though we almost immediately had to slow down again because OH HAI SURPRISE BLIZZARD.
It was stunning. Visibility dropped swiftly and Dara completely ran out of landmarks trying to find her way off of the highway to get to my surgeon's office. We made it okay, but still, snowflakes the size of quarters were amazing to look at.
The actual appointment was fine. Surgeon says I look fine and I told her I had been having fairly minimal and manageable pain, and that I'd even had a shower the night before. I've got a note to allow me to come back to work on Thursday and I'm supposed to come back in for another followup in two weeks. Meanwhile, I also now have a card with the ID number of the implant they've put in me. Apparently they have to track them. There's a number on the card, too, which raises all sorts of dubious questions about what exactly one would have to call in about re: matters of tech support.
(But in general even given that I'm still in recovery mode I'm already a lot more comfortable than I was with the saline balloon in. Overall I count this entire reconstruction process a win.)
And in other weather news, we have barely seen any further flakes in Kenmore and what little we did get this morning has melted. But today's winter weather advisory has been extended until 9pm so we'll see if we get anything else.
Returned all the movies I'd rented at Hollywood Video, discovered that the Rite Aid had one but not both of my prescriptions (fortunately my thyroid meds don't run out until Thursday so I can still give 'em a day or two on that), got Vitamin C, mailed tax return and mortgages, went to U-district and returned movies to Scarecrow Video and also got contact lenses, and then headed over to Kirkland for the medical appointment.
Scarecrow sadly did not have Death Bed: The Bed That Eats back in yet.
solarbird and I were bummed. The guy at the counter remembered us though and perkily offered an alternative: a movie about evil hair extensions! I was impressed by how readily he brought that up. I'm not sure if he was saving it specifically for us or not, but! Had we had time to get it, I totally would have rented it. As it stands, we'll have to check back again tomorrow and see if Death Bed came back.On the way over to Kirkland we ran into a long line of cars moving at approximately five inches every six years. I initially blamed this on the spattering of snowflakes we'd started seeing in the U-district--'cause let's face it folks, local drivers are like that--but what was actually going on was an accident on the shoulder just as we were getting onto 405. Once we got past that though we almost immediately had to slow down again because OH HAI SURPRISE BLIZZARD.
It was stunning. Visibility dropped swiftly and Dara completely ran out of landmarks trying to find her way off of the highway to get to my surgeon's office. We made it okay, but still, snowflakes the size of quarters were amazing to look at.
The actual appointment was fine. Surgeon says I look fine and I told her I had been having fairly minimal and manageable pain, and that I'd even had a shower the night before. I've got a note to allow me to come back to work on Thursday and I'm supposed to come back in for another followup in two weeks. Meanwhile, I also now have a card with the ID number of the implant they've put in me. Apparently they have to track them. There's a number on the card, too, which raises all sorts of dubious questions about what exactly one would have to call in about re: matters of tech support.
(But in general even given that I'm still in recovery mode I'm already a lot more comfortable than I was with the saline balloon in. Overall I count this entire reconstruction process a win.)
And in other weather news, we have barely seen any further flakes in Kenmore and what little we did get this morning has melted. But today's winter weather advisory has been extended until 9pm so we'll see if we get anything else.