random stuff & things

[baratron]

IBS is still evil. I really must ask my doctor for some drugzzz. It's just that I feel like a hypochrondriac - at the moment I have no less than 7 different drugs prescribed to me each month, and can't really do without any of them. The money's not a problem - I have a prescription prepayment card which covers unlimited items within a 4 month period (and I get 5 months worth of prescriptions in that 4 months by timing the cards carefully) - I'm just worried about when I eventually have to change my doctor and someone else sees my medical notes with this huge variety of medical conditions. Is that a stupid thing to worry about? I dunno.

hatter bought me a book for Christmas that I already had - he and bfo came round on a day that I was spending clinically dead for tax reasons, so had a chance to check my bookshelf before giving me the present, and cheerfully declared "I'll look for the receipt so you can take it back". Well, I didn't bother waiting - I went into Borders to see if they'd change it anyway, and lo and behold they had the US edition of Cetaganda, which I knew couldn't actually be out of print. So I got that as my Christmas present instead. Hooray! I love Borders - for the type of stuff I like they're the best bookshop in the country. An absolutely huge sf & fantasy section and a pretty big gay & lesbian section in most of their branches, and they get all the US gaming and queer magazines - they even stock Anything That Moves (at least, when ATM actually gets round to publishing an issue, which is sometimes only once a year). I always spend far more money there than I intend, unless I'm looking for academic books, in which case Borders is the last place I go.

The new Harry Potter book is coming out on my birthday! I definitely want it, but people who are close enough friends and/or people with enough spare money to buy me presents will have to co-ordinate themselves so I do only get one copy rather than six :) I do hope no one will skive out of my birthday party because they need to get home to read HP5... that would annoy me immensely.

I was pretty sure before that I didn't want to get married ever, but after reading these stories: 1, 2, 3 and 4 I'm certain!

Comments

[lizw.livejournal.com]

I'm just worried about when I eventually have to change my doctor and someone else sees my medical notes with this huge variety of medical conditions. Is that a stupid thing to worry about? I dunno.

I don't think it's stupid, but I do think it would be sensible to prioritise getting yourself treated for a condition that's making you miserable now above something that might or might not happen years down the line. When it does happen, you could try explaining your worry to your current doctor and asking him to recommend someone who would be sympathetic - maybe he would even write you a referral letter.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Hey that's my birthday!! (I already have the same worries haha).

Weddings

[ailbhe]

Stuff like that is why I have taken complete control over my entire wedding and am refusing to let anyone guilt trip me into anything. I'm also strictly inviting only people I actually like and none of the people I know who are heavy drinkers (a very short list, admittedly).

Oh - and there will be Security there, too. I insisted on that.

A.

Weddings

[johnckirk.livejournal.com]

Well, none of the weddings I've attended have had any of the problems mentioned on that site (thankfully!). Mind you, some of the complaints seemed a little unfounded ("they closed the free bar before we arrived, the cheapskates!"), so I don't know whether that's a case of established ettiquette being breached, or just that one person's opinion.