Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Feb 10, 2012, 12:29 am
I had my appointment on Tuesday with the BOTOX doctor. (He’s just another neurologist in the practice with my neurologist, but he’s younger and has apparently been schooled in the use of toxins for neurological issues.) It was interesting. Actually, it pretty much sucked. I have a hard time with...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Feb 6, 2012, 4:58 pm
I’m going to start this by saying that I love my mother and father dearly because I may say some things that indicate otherwise. I’m tired sleep deprived.  I don’t get to sleep well very often.  I’m always doing something for someone, whether it is waking up every two hours to get my mom...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Jan 20, 2012, 8:55 am
On Wednesday, I went back to the neurologist, after the office called me Tuesday afternoon and told me to show up at 3:45 the next afternoon. I got there at about 3, since my dad had a physical therapy appointment an hour earlier at the building right across the street. Being there forty-five minute...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Jan 14, 2012, 6:19 pm
Even though people on “the interwebz” know some of the most personal things about me, most folks don’t know very much else about me. In fact, there are a lot of things that I do NOT talk about on here that people might like to know. So, I’m going to try to post more often and post about the ...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Jan 13, 2012, 6:15 am
The neurologist never called back this week, so I’ve been sitting here with an ever-intensifying headache and no clue what the hell is going on.  And any time that I bring up that my head hurts or my neck hurts or that I’m worried about the results, I end up having my mom find some way to demon...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Jan 7, 2012, 2:21 am
My head hurts. Actually, the back of my neck and the very top part of my back is the part of my body that really hurts. I was hoping that by now I might have a full-fledged answer for why I was hurting. I was hoping that maybe the test results would be in, and the neurologist would know for sure wha...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Jan 3, 2012, 8:12 am
I am in an epic battle with my sinuses.  (10 points to Gryffindor for the proper use of epic, please?)  They’re not only filled with gross mucus crap (sorry for the visual), but when I get that stuff out I start getting not only the dried blood, but lots of not-so-dried blood, too.  (Again, sor...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Dec 30, 2011, 8:11 pm
Over Christmas, I got some money and, with the money, I got an iTunes gift card for $25, along with other things.  So, I went on iTunes yesterday and decided to complete the Glee: Vol. 4 album, which was going to be the first album I completed in the transaction.  Over the past year and a half, I�...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Dec 29, 2011, 4:22 pm
I’m not exactly sure how to structure this post because there are so many things I want to talk about, so if it is a little more flighty than usual, then I apologize. I guess first of all, I should talk about Christmas.  My parents and I had our Christmas meal with Nana on Christmas Eve so that ...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Dec 19, 2011, 8:33 am
Last week I finally went to the neurologist for the worsening ice-pick-through-the-brain headaches.  I didn’t actually see him, but I did see his nurse practitioner.  She had an appointment for an MRI and another EEG set up for me, and she suggested Botox for the neck pain that comes with the he...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Dec 11, 2011, 5:29 am
I feel like a little kid with her first headache. I want to whine and whimper about the pain. I feel like I should be acting pitiful, which is crazy since I’ve had headaches for over 2 decades now. I should be able to suck it up and deal with it. Of course, I wasn’t able to do that in 2000, when...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Dec 10, 2011, 1:49 am
It is almost Christmas, just two more weeks now, and I still don’t know when my parents and I get to go see Nana.  Apparently, my Aunt has yet to pick her day.  And since we can’t have Christmas together like a normal dysfunctional family and since, according to her, we “picked” Thanksgivi...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Nov 28, 2011, 5:33 pm
I think that in the last 30 days or so, I have been seriously frustrated by some things that have gone on.  I’m not really sure why this month seems to have sucked more than usual.  Oh, wait.  I know exactly why it sucked, but I don’t really get why it all had to happen in one month. First, ...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Nov 28, 2011, 3:25 pm
I thought I’d post this meme again this year, though I do not expect to get anything. It’s just fun (for me) to make wishlists. STEP ONE Make a post to your blog, tumblr, facebook, myspace, what have you. The important thing is to make sure these wishes are things you really want and that peop...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Nov 25, 2011, 4:27 pm
Well, the computer came back today.  Yay.  It appears to be working fine.  Unfortunately, my external hard drive has to be reformatted again, so that makes me quite unhappy.  I guess I should just get used to this kind of geek-related disappointment.  So, I’m waiting on the formatting to fini...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Nov 15, 2011, 8:24 am
My mom decided to call her sister on Saturday to find out why exactly her sister’s family won’t be at Thanksgiving. It was, of course, my fault. Apparently, she is upset because she had been told that I called her an evil bitch. I didn’t remember doing this, so I decided to do a search. In the...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Nov 15, 2011, 2:50 am
My laptop is on vacation right now. It decided to quit working properly last Tuesday. At first, I thought it was just a monitor issue, but after going through the troubleshooting process (twice) I found out that there was also a motherboard problem. So, a technician was supposed to fix it about 1...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Nov 7, 2011, 8:20 pm
I had therapy this afternoon. As usual, I forgot that I had therapy today until I saw the appointment on the family appointment schedule/calendar. The appointment was going to be one where I discussed something that has been pestering me since I was a little kid. It was going to be one where I discu...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Nov 6, 2011, 2:31 pm
I hurt. This is not news. I hurt in my head, back, and neck. Again, this is not news. I tend to have weird tastes in my mouth, have trouble being around any light, and need to be laying as far back as humanly possible in order to feel anywhere near normal. This isn’t news to me. This probabl...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Nov 4, 2011, 10:41 pm
(Snagged from Nonna, who got it from Caity, who got it from Liz.) The Questions: Name/Blog URL Lefty/Righty/Ambidextrous Letters you enjoy writing Letters you dislike writing Write “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Write CRAB, HUMOR, KALEIDOSCOPE, PAJAMAS, and GAZILLION in caps. W...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Oct 28, 2011, 9:35 pm
Remember how I was in a bad mood yesterday because my Apple ID had been disabled and because I was told that my SSI limit wouldn’t be increased because I wasn’t (and couldn’t) contribute my “fair share” to the household expenses?  What would you say if I said that those two things might b...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Oct 28, 2011, 5:43 pm
Today was my semiannual appointment with the rheumatologist, aka the appointment that I don’t enjoy ever.  It proved to be as expected, though I think my parents think that I am partially to blame for that.  I was going to talk to him about a rash that I’ve had for over ten years, but that I t...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Oct 28, 2011, 5:27 pm
Mom just got a call from her mom. Apparently, I’ve been up to no good again and saying “bad things” about certain people. I thought this was weird because I haven’t been saying anything recently about certain people. The last thing that I could find that is public is something from September...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Oct 27, 2011, 5:38 pm
Today is technically the six month anniversary of the April 27th tornado outbreak.  I say technically because in some way, shape, or form, the storms get mentioned every single day on local news.  No matter what is happening, someone has to compare it to the storms or say how it has something to d...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Oct 27, 2011, 5:15 pm
There used to be a simple reason that I didn’t look forward to Thursdays: no matter what was going on, my dad was always in a bad mood that day of the week. Now, though, it isn’t quite so simple. I got on my computer today and was going to do something very, very simple. I was going to set up...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Oct 22, 2011, 2:44 am
I finally got a response from the doctor about the urine culture and the ultrasound that had been done to figure out what was causing all the discomfort. The urine culture apparently was “contaminated” and contained mixed flora. So the doctor said that it was probably fine. She said that the ...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Oct 19, 2011, 1:38 pm
I don’t usually cuss (on Facebook and in real life) and I don’t usually cuss at friends or family, unless I am either really pissed off or am in other heightened state. I try to be nice. I try to keep my temper in check, but I am so sick of some people. Every time that I complain or say anyth...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Oct 14, 2011, 10:06 am
On Wednesday evening, I went with my dad to the grocery store. I don’t usually go these days, but I went this time because my mother had fallen a little earlier in the day. Even though she still uses the scooters there, I didn’t think she could handle going. (I honestly didn’t think she cou...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Oct 12, 2011, 12:25 pm
Remember how two weeks ago I said that I knew that the idea that neighbors were turning us in to the Community Development people was completely nuts? I was right. One of our neighbors had to go to court today over their yard, too. Why would a neighbor who wants our yard cut end up having to go t...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Oct 10, 2011, 4:59 pm
Well, in less than 48 hours, I may get to find out if I am going to go to jail or pay some hefty fine. I really am not looking forward to this. I shouldn’t be too nervous, since this is the third hearing that I’ve been scheduled for with this and, aside from my outburst last time and being mad...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Sep 28, 2011, 11:48 am
I finally understood what causes some people to act out in an irrational and improper way. I know that you would think that I would have learned this after 27 years of having a mother who is prone to acting out on impulse or having a father who has been diagnosed with an explosive anger problem or ...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Sep 28, 2011, 3:29 am
My court date is finally upon us. In about 6 hours, I will have to be in court. Of course, my “trial” won’t be until after they go through all of the other municipal court business. I never did get a lawyer or any legal help of of any type, so I could be screwed. I kinda felt that it would...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Sep 24, 2011, 4:14 pm
First, I guess I should update the suspicion of a UTI situation that I mentioned the other day. According to the family doctor, she’s pretty sure that I don’t have a urinary tract infection. She did an abdominal exam on me, and found out that I had pain all along the right side of my abdomen, ...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Sep 22, 2011, 1:14 am
I get to go to the doctor tomorrow. I think I have a UTI, which probably embarrasses me more to mention than it would embarrass anyone else to read. (I have this whole shameful feeling issue when it comes to bodily functions.) I tried to ignore it for the first half of the week, but around the time...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Sep 21, 2011, 1:28 am
In a little over a week, I will be back in court. Even though I know that the city was lying in court back in July about the grass, I am still very, very nervous. Since, according to one of my cousins, Municipal Courts are basically set up to be revenue sources for the city, it is unlikely that I ...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Sep 15, 2011, 12:14 pm
My appointment with Debbie, the therapist, was supposed to be today. I say “was” since it obviously didn’t happen. I got there and after almost freaking out when I was mistakenly told I had a $50 copay, I found out that my appointment had been cancelled because my therapist had emergency sur...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Sep 14, 2011, 6:03 pm
I don’t know why I haven’t talked much about my life lately. I guess because nothing is really changing. I still feel like crap. My mom is still whining and complaining about things. My dad is still angry and tired all the time. My mom quit physical therapy a few weeks ago. When her doctor...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Sep 7, 2011, 7:36 pm
When Tropical Storm Lee came through and dumped rain on us for about 2 or 3 days straight, it managed to do something really, really nice. It lowered the temperature outside. We went from highs of 90°F weather to highs that don’t even get to 70°. Unfortunately, it will be getting warmer soon,...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Sep 2, 2011, 9:33 pm
I was going to call the doctor on Thursday, but I apparently slept through quite a bit of it. I didn’t call the doctor today either. Somehow, it just slipped my mind. It seemed like I would do okay, but about an hour and half ago, my coughing fits seemed to get worse. I also noticed that I had sta...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Aug 31, 2011, 3:50 pm
A few months ago, I started receiving calls from Jamaica.  It was the typical scam call, which was easily identified.  I had a little bit of fun with it, for a while, because I liked listening to their pitch.  (Sometimes, listening to a lie is fun when you know that it is a lie.)  At first, it w...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Aug 30, 2011, 10:26 am
I still have a sinus infection.  This isn’t really news, since I quit taking the Doxycycline after a few doses because (once again) I started throwing up while I was on it.  I haven’t called to get a new appointment to see the doctor because I don’t really know what else he or she (my old do...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Aug 19, 2011, 5:59 am
I have been whining a lot, offline, about my hip hurting.  I don’t know that I’ve actually done it so that anyone other than me can hear it, but I assure you that I have been whining like a little baby about it.  It isn’t an injury and I don’t think it is anything serious.  It just seems ...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Aug 17, 2011, 6:10 pm
This was the message I got from Wells Fargo the other day.  I was not amused.  Yeah, a $7 fee might not seem like a big deal.  Hell, a $5 fee might sound amazing.  But, like I’ve said on here many, many times, SSDI and SSI are not things that I get a lot of money from.  I get about $460 a mon...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Aug 17, 2011, 4:07 pm
If you are easily sickened, then you might not want to read this entry. There is reference to bodily fluids, animals, aggressive behaviors by dogs, and some fairly icky stuff. Last night, Molly, the first Basset Hound of the family, began to whine and complain more often than she normally does. (Mo...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Aug 10, 2011, 11:39 pm
My family has been enduring one of those things that could break a lot of people.  August in Alabama with no air conditioning.  That might not seem so bad if you live in one of those oddball places where summer temperatures never get over 80°F, but in Alabama, even in the northern parts, August i...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Aug 3, 2011, 6:26 pm
I hate having people touch my stuff.  I am not quiet about this objection.  I don’t like people to touch things that belong to me.  I don’t like people to touch me.  Touching and I are not good friends.  I have intense bouts of anxiety and panic when people start touching my stuff, even if ...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Jul 31, 2011, 7:06 pm
My parents recommended that I watch Mann vs. Ford, which I’m watching right now. It made me wonder how many Superfund sites exist in the State of Alabama. One is Redstone Arsenal (Progress / Site Narrative), aka the military base I’ve lived close to all my life. And by close, I don’t mean that...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Jul 31, 2011, 12:29 pm
Like a lot of other folks, I have a profile on Google+. If you have a profile on there, let me know. If you need an invite, also let me know. Anyway, much like other places that I’m at, I’ve probably set up an organization system that will make me more disorganized. So, if you and I are connecte...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Jul 28, 2011, 6:50 am
The system is flawed. I’ve always known this. I’ve always thought that I understood it, but I don’t think that I fully did until yesterday morning. It probably seems like something that I should have understood last year or even before then. I probably should have understood it when we had...
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Janet M. posted an article on Fuzzy Pink Slippers - Jul 25, 2011, 12:41 pm
One day in June of 2009, I felt the urge to listen to Michael Jackson music.  Even though I owned many of his earlier albums on tape and, in the case of Off the Wall, the original vinyl record that one of my parents purchased in their young adult years, I didn’t have any of his songs on mp3.  Si...
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