really need a new doctor

She finally looked at my report. Said, yep she's got scoliosis and give her a referral to a physical therapist. That's it, can't even get an appt with her til friday, at which point I was really upset cause they wouldn't even let me see another doctor in the practice. Ya know just to make sure that is what's causing my pain. Since I was so upset I had the hang up on them because they kept telling me that she wasn't gonna be in the office and earliest I could do is friday.

So Grif had to call them back to get the referral. And they said that how I acted (being upset is a bad thing) was grounds for dismissal, and which point he told them, well she already has been looking for a new doctor. And now I get to close my eyes and point to find a new doctor in town. That'll be fun.

So I get to be in constant pain for a really long time, if not forever, isn't that wonderful news. And I have to hope to god I don't get a cold cause sneezing spasms my back so bad, its unbearable.

need a new doctor.

Wednesday, bout 10am, I call my doc's office, leave a message that the Relafen isn't working and that I want to know what my xray report says. Receptionists say ok, she'll give you a call back.

Wednesday 4pm, "oh sorry, dr cronin isn't in today" "well that would have been nice of themto tell me at 10 this morning when I called, don't ya think." "sorry ma'am, she'll get back to you by noon tomorrow, I promise, but we still haven't gotten your x-rays back."

thursday noon comes and goes, thursday afternoon: "why hasn't Dr Cronin given me a call back?" "well we haven't gotten the x-rays back yet" *give up*

Friday - *after 3 phone call attempts, press number for doctor calling for a doctor* "why is no one picking up the phone, I'm trying to reach appts" "sorry ma'am, call back and someone will pick up the phone" "are you sure about that?" "yes ma'am" *calls back*
"I'm in a lot of pain and no one has called me back and I've left tons of messages for Dr Cronin" "sorry ma'am we haven't gotten your xrays back yet" "why the hell not, why is this taking so long?" "sorry ma'am, i'll have dr cronin take a look at your chart and get you another prescription" *couple minutes* "what pharmacy do you want it called in to.".....

I'm wondering why the hell the radiology place can't get their act in gear so I call them up

"modesto radiology" "yeah I'd like to get some information on the x-rays i had taken" "transfering" "hello?" "yes I'd like to know why my doctor hasn't gotten my x-rays back yet" "oh doctor cronin doesn't get x-rays" "what?" "oh well she does get reports and we sent them tuesday" "what? they're telling me they haven't gotten them yet" "what? It was sent, let me check... yes sent monday and tuesday let me fax it again, its faxed"

*crying at this point*
*3 more attempts at calling the doc's office, get Bayvin in the car and drive down there*

"I have tried many times to get you guys on the phone and now I have to drive down here to actually talk to someone, you guys just got my x-ray info sent to you, someone needs to give it to dr cronin now to look at it and she needs to get to me now" *person that actually talked to me before* :pissy tone: "i already called in your prescription, what do you need" "i don't need a prescription I need to know what's wrong with my back! Could you please get the report to dr cronin" "cronin had a family emergency" "jesus fucking christ" (yes, i actually said that)

*drive down to Modesto Radiology and pick up my report and make all the people there worry because i'm crying my eyes out, and they're a little shocked that Dr Cronin just left*

My Report:
Lumbar Spine, 5 Views:

Clinical Information: Low back pain.

Findings: There is mild dextroscoliosis. The lumbar vertebrae have normal height and alignment. There is no spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis. Pedicles are intact.

Impression: Negative save for mild scoliosis


I called this morning and they gave me more crap that I can't be seen the doc has to take a look at my chart and they even told me she hasn't gotten my xray info yet... still...Which I reminded them, well you should have 3 copies, one from monday one from tuesday and one from friday, and if you need it I got one. And I would like to be seen today, nope, can only leave a message, and dr cronin has to look at it, well doc still has a family emergency and is only in the for the morning (how she can have an emergency and be in is beyond me) and I asked for another doc to look at it since she can't... well I'll leave a message for them and they'll get back to you. I reminded her that I called 3 times last week and nobody EVER got back to me, and she was like "i promise" and i begin to cry "yeah well the lady before promised me thursday before noon and i didn't get anything, i want a doc to look at it now or i have no choice to get another doctor and sue you guys" "i can only leave a message" "fine" *hang up*

*beginning to look for a new doctor*

still waiting.

Well the Relafen hasn't seemed to make any difference. I haven't done the exercises because they hurt! And massaging doesn't seem to do anything, doesn't hurt anymore or less when it gets pressed on. It's 10:10 and I'm suppose to get a call by noon, if I don't I'll have to call up and bitch. I seem to be doing that a lot lately. Damn people that can't get back to me!

x-ray

The doc thinks I have some wearing in a disc in my lower back and either I had an injury that I don't remember having or it could be hereditary. I'm having an x-ray done today and hopefully know by tomorrow or wednesday... til then she's got me on an anti-inflamatory and she wants me to do back exercises, which kinda pisses me off, cause it'll hurt, unless of course the Relafen works... so lets hope it works.

Turns out Grif's headaches might have been cause by his eyes... simple enough solution. He's been off the medication and not wearing his glasses and it seems to work, his eye that's lazy went from being -1.75 to -.25 which means ALL of his glasses are way too powerful for him and since he doesn't use that one, he didn't notice. And he should be getting a new pair in a week or so. Yay! AT least one of us is better.

ouch

Still having back problems. Don't get to see the doc til monday.

had to spend $230 bucks on the pets yesterday. I was expecting almost $100, took Nya and Niri to get boosters and rabies vaccine. However Nya has mites... Demodex Mange to be exact and is now on antibotics and we had to do a special shampoo and this tactic dip stuff on her last night and have to do it again in exactly 14 days.

So there went all the extra money I made this month so far, but we did get Bayvin a new comforter and sheets and Grif and I had a very good date, went to eat at Chili's and watched a movie while eating Cold Stone and it was just a rather expensive day. And I got some new bras and new shirts for Grif and a bunch of socks for Bayvin, a new belt, 2 new pairs of shoes (since I left the other ones out and a certain puppy decided it was her job to destroy them... course Grif was the one that left the doors open to let her do so, can't leave her unattended in the house, argh)

However I should be doing another 2 tours this week and waiting for another guy to call that should have at least 2 tours for me to do. So should be close to another 400 bucks this month just waiting, so this month as been the best work month EVER. If only it would stay this way. $1000 bucks extra a month would be AWESOME! Though I'd like to just have $500 a month at least, that would be good.

problems problems and more problems...

So my back hurts... from sitting in a computer chair that I replaced cause it was giving me back problems. Just stupid me forgot. So chucking that chair OUT the door and getting another one.

Grif is still having headache problems... the neurologist told him he thinks its an aneurysm, so we're all going nuts here. Though the new medication he says makes the headache go away completely which means it shouldn't be an aneurysm... but we can even freaking know until this coming week hopefully cause of the goddamn insurance have to wait for freaking approval. And freaking docs making is panic uncontrolably and then saying, but you gotta wait til we get approval for a freaking MRI. Bastards. Though the regular doc gave Grif Xanax so that he could call down about the whole thing and make sure the damn thing doesn't burst if he does have one... if you're reading this and don't know what happens if it bursts, go look it up cause I'm not gonna say it here cause I don't wanna think about it.

so anyway... good news, we went to a LAN party last night, was a bit fun... not as fun as it could be cause they're all losers that wouldn't play Quake 2... but cause the computers were taken there gave me a good excuse to clean UP the computer desk that probably had about 10 layers of dust on it. But now once again looking very nice and clean, wish the rest of the house could look that way, but I'm sure by the end of the week the computer desk will once again get trashed.

Niri is becoming a dog... all nice and mellow when she wants to cuddle and sleep and all that but when she wants to play, its bounce everywhere on the dogs on the couch, fly over the couch to behind it, put claws in couch to run back and forth on the top of the back... good thing we don't care about the couch and the cover cause its just bout destroyed. But at least she's getting back at the dogs for bugging her.

Persistance pays off for puppies. I closed both of our doors to lock the dogs in the den. They're sliding doors. Well little miss Nya, i guess, kept clawing at the door and some how got it OPEN, proceeded to the bathroom, got the roll of toilet paper (new northern TRIPLE rolls) and shreaded it up and down the hallway. So instead of cleaning it up right now I'm sitting here and writing about it. Course I need to clean the den too, because (once again) Nya likes to bring in the pieces of dead wood outside and shread them INSIDE instead of outside. Nox knows better but I'm sure she's egging Nya on just to get Nya in trouble. Or Nya is just plain ignoring Nox when she tells her she'll get in trouble for it. Just depends on if we want to believe Nox is nice or evil. I vote evil, but that's just me.

alrighty

So I've been learning a lot about linux, and how sucky some people can install it and run it, and then think someone else can work with it. But after dealing with really nice, and seemingly smart tech support people... we got email working on the new thecaperadio.com You would think that wouldn't be a big deal, but a few days later its a big freaking deal. Its not the tech support people's fault they have to provide support for a lowsy install of freeBSD, they just have to deal with people like me calling up and bitching about it. Though I have to give the web host props for being ..hm... i dunno... incredibly stupid?... anyway, they offer 100GB of a bandwidth transfer a month, for most people that's a fair amount. For people running a large radio station, that wouldn't be enough. However we're running a small to medium shoutcast server and its just not quite enough we think. But "we think" you ask? Yeah because well WE don't know and neither do THEY! They can't track it! They offer only 100GB transfer, but they can't tell if we use more! I've know this over a week and I still can't get over it, and my head hurts from shaking it at them so much.

I'm sure that some of you reading that will be like "uh... what? huh?" but anyway, had it to get it out there.

So I think we have a few stupid animals in the house. We have computer chairs with arms on it, but you can put your arm under the arm on the chair, you know the kind. Well everytime Niri wants to jump on my lap, she jumps through it, and every single time, she bumps her head on it, every single time, she has NOT learned... I guess it doesn't hurt enough.

Now onto Nya... besides the recent pooping in the house, she's been pretty good, oh wait, then there's the constantly getting into the garbage, constantly bringin in big brittle pieces of dead wood and making sure they fall apart ALL over the den. Oh and today she growled at me because Bayvin was being bad and I put her in her room and she was crying in there, Nya wasn't happy with me punishing Bayvin.
She also "styles" her ears. Not sure if she has control over it or not, but she seems to, cause each day it changes. Couple days she had the "bat" look, they were both standing straight up, she looked like a bat. There's the "ears to the right" look, where they both flop in the same direction. Then there's the "side pigtail" one side is floppy the other sticks straight up! Its really funny to look at, I keep trying to take pictures, but is so hard, she doesn't like the flash and after 2 pictures she's barking at me. here are some new ones

Bayvin acting like Nya, both of them barking at me.


Nya and Niri laying next to eachother


the "side pigtail" look, sorta, the other one isn't quite floppy enough but you get the idea


blurry pic of the bat ears, when you're looking straight on its funnier

pretty ticked off actually...

At our animal shelter.

so when get got Nya, a puppy, she came home with antibotics just incase she caught something while she was there. We picked up Niri wednesday and they said she's be a little sneezy because the surgery drops their immune system, so I didn't expect her to get real sick, but ya know when I was in there, almost all the cats/kittens were sneezing. However SHE didn't come home with antibotics, and yesterday I had to go spend $40 on antibotics. So really pissed that a puppy that really didn't need it had to take antibotics, yet a cat that came HOME sick didn't get them. That's like specism or something, obviously cats mean less or something, they live almost the same amount of time. Should actually be LESS to adobt a dog because they're a lot more work, have to get them registered and everything every few years. Cats don't have to. So what's the freaking deal! I called them up to bitch at them, and they didn't give a rats ass. "cats don't go home with antibotics, that's just how we do things". I told them they seriously needed to change that policy.

oh and BTW

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY MIKE!!!


hehehehehehehehe

here she is...

Using the mouse as a pillow, crazy cats.

I think she might be too, she tries to walk RIGHT up to Nox to rub against her legs, doesn't realize, I guess, that Nox really wants to bite her. So the house is in a little uproar, because Nya wants to play with Niri and she wants to play with Nox. Well Niri isn't too interested and Nox is ignoring her because all she wants to do is stare at Niri. So Nya is the poor little victim here, nobody to play with. Also Niri wants to rub up against Nya and then Nya freaks out, but just licks her and then tries to play with her collar, she's really pretty cute. Totally oblivious that Niri is a cat. Those poor puppydog eyes cause nobody will play with her, so sad.

my computer broke

Granted there are about 7 running computers in the house, but the one I use the most "Mrs Priest" broke. Harddrive won't put, I'm still hoping I can grab stuff off it, but I have to install windows on another one. It such a royal pain.

We got our kitty. Thinking about changing its name though. I like Niri, but Bayvin keeps calling her Mary, even though she can say Niri. Kinda like the Lilo and Stitch episode she likes, she can say Keoni, but keeps calling him Toby. She asked Grif if she could watch it and he couldn't figure it out, she told him the one with Toby and the skateboard and the experiment, granted she got his name wrong, but I still could have gotten it! What other show has illegal genetic experiements, that would have skateboards in it?

Did I mention I hate installing windows?

this is the house

This is the house in Copperopolis I took a 360 Tour of. The tour looks great, but she wants to pay me to come back up there and take some more pictures. Plus she has 2 more jobs for me, which as you know is awesome!

Yesterday we put a deposit on a little black female kitty, hopefully we'll be able to pick her up today or tomorrow. Depends on the Vets schedule. Though there was a 6mo all white kitty with beautiful blue eyes and she was so nice! Figured younger would adapt better, plus she's match, not like that's important, but I like black kitties too.

Ugh...

both of my tours cancelled, the day of. Not too pleased but nothing could be done about one, she had to take her mom to the hospital. Hopefully being reschedule for friday. Other one will be next week sometime. Oh well. This weekend either we're going camping or getting a kitty. Unfortunately Grif is still having sinus problems, and the dumb doctors won't do anything and its pissing us both off. He had a CT scan and it showed no reason why he's having these sinus problems but he's got fluid and swelling in his ears, and for the migraines he now has to be referred to a neurologist. So unless he can get something done by this weekend we can't really go camping cause coming down would cause his head to explode... well at least it would probably feel like it.

Editing...

Been working on editing how this blog looks. Hopefully you all see it the way I do. Its definitely a royal pain, good thing I actually know a little CSS.

I now have TWO jobs to do on wednesday, money money money! Its always a good thing. I actually enjoying doing 360 virtual tours, I really wish I could get more business doing it! Only downside is its so freaking hot here in the summer, that I sweat really bad, do they make body antipersperant?

Been busy getting The Cape Radio's website up. Finally they're back up and I get to continue DJing again. Its really fun, though I haven't been in City of Heroes playing in awhile. Been busy playing World of Warcraft with Grif. Which is really fun.

Doing this page and The Cape and even doing a wedding site for Shon and Shannon have inspired me to redo my pages. Which will happen in time, gonna try to go with a nice uniform look. Even redoing CVVT's page.

Nice outside? no way!

It is actually NICE outside! considering the temp was getting up to 105, the fact that its 80 right now is unbelievable, but it is only 11:30 and it suppose to get up to 96, yesterday when I went out it was 90, you'd think that was hot, but I thought it was fairly cool which was nice! But tomorrow suppose to get up to 102... which will be nice for a saturday and swimming. Bayvin wears a life jacket in the pool now and just jumps right in, its almost funny to see because at the beginning of pool season she wouldn't leave the steps, even in my arms, then we went to my arms were ok, then a floaty was ok and as long as we were holding on, and then she would put on the floating and jump off the steps, next year maybe it'll only be arm floaties!

I have a new niece! She was born early in the morning on Monday July 18th! Her name is Victoria. She is the 3rd grandchild. Wonder who will have the next one, I'd like it to be us and that would be the logical conclusion, but with the way things are working, it'll be a ways off!

My brother Jacob, his son Christopher and his new daughter Victoria!

Nya... well she's a puppy. Been driving me nuts. Which of course we knew would happen. Been jumping up and on Bayvin a lot, and grabbing onto her clothes. Peeing everywhere, not even giving a whimper notice that she has to go. Pooped inside 4 times now. I think she might be part Pit Bull, when she smiles and puts her ears back, she really looks like one. She's been itching and whining about it alot, vet says she has pretty dry skin and that a bath should take care of it, but I can't give her one til tomorrow. Chews on everything of course and Bayvin finds its absolutely hilarious when she barks.

Nya, as I interrupt her chewing on the chair

Bayvin pretending she's Nya.

Nya is home

2 1/2 month old black lab - Nya.

And one of Grif and Nox

we're getting a puppy!

Went to the shelter. They aren't the shelter's property yet, still strays, but we put down a deposit on a female black lab! Still thinking about a name. She becomes the property of the shelter sunday and then they have to spay her and then they'll call us and tell us to come pick her up. I'm hoping next weekend, but who knows. Then at the beginning of next month we'll go pick out a kitty :)

animal shelter

so Bayvin and I took a drive to the animal shelter yesterday. Adorable little male kitten named Adonis, I so wanted to take him home!! All white with a little gray spot on his head. But there were no black kitties, there was a black lab puppy, he was adorable, but he was a he. We need a she. Trying to get a she black lab or lab/shepard mix and a she black kitty, real tough project here. Found a number for kitties in the Modbee, but no dogs... *sigh* petting all the kitties really really made me want to take one home, a few of the kitties were sick though :( There was a HUGE gray cat named Igor, almost wanted to take him home. I miss kitties! There was actually a female golden retriever/pit bull mix, Grif didn't want it cause it was part pit bull, talk about freaking picky, but I'm sure she would have been huge! hehe

july 4th and other things

so July 4th we did go up to Lake Don Pedro, the fireworks were pretty good despite the technical difficulties that lasted for bout 5 minutes right in the middle of the show, and then the other 5 minute break before the finale. Bayvin was so funny and adorable, kept shouting "oh wow!" and "oh my gosh oh my gosh!" and "oh my gosh that's my new favorite!!" Where she comes up with this stuff I have no idea. The neighbors were up until midnight shooting off fireworks, I really wanted to go bitch at them, but Grif said it didn't matter, so I didn't. I guess its at least not 2 or 3 am.... but still sucks. I'd at least like them to get a ticket every year so maybe the next year they'll think about not wanting to pay it.

We're going to a wedding on August 12th, the couple won a contest and got their whole wedding paid for. So I'm thinkin it'll be pretty cool, but also none of my dresses fit so I get to go shopping. Grif thought the better plan was to lose 20 lbs, but yeah, that's not gonna happen.

My brother Eamon was suppose to come out, and it kept getting closer and closer to the time, and now my mom is saying its too expensive, and yet AGAIN lettting us all down and not getting Eamon out here. I think this is at least the second year in a row. Think the year before that they both came out. But Grif has been dying to get him out here to corrupt him.

hotter than hot

So today Grif got paid, plus I had a job yesterday, which of course means, shopping!! But we need lots of stuff and was out for a freaking long time and its SOOO hot out there, and with stop and go traffic my a/c doesn't work well in the car. So I was sweating through every poor in my body and almost drowning. Bayvin has to finish her chicken nuggets and then we're jumpin into the pool! If not I think I'll have heat stroke. I should be ready for this, the heat ramps up, but guess its just too dang hot all of a sudden.

So for the 4th of July.. well 3rd of July, we're going ot see fireworks at Lake Don Pedro. Saw them there last year and they were pretty good. They are on sunday night so not really the 4th, but the 4th is a monday so doesn't work out well for the working peoples. Hopefully the neighbor guys will remember this year, that at 3am its no longer july 4th its july 5th.