Love how I show TWW LFR progress on my Armory and have absolutely no recollection of ever running any of it.
Clearly ur sleep playing hands out extra strong coffee janeway style.
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I came somewhat close to decorating the inside of a freezer this morning. I now know why CellCept patients aren’t given vaccines while they’re on that medication. The combination of vaccines that I recently got (tDap/Tetanus, flu shot, and Hepatitis-B) combined with the CellCept and my blood pressure medication dropped me to around 90/60. In other words, I was lightheaded as hell. I was lucky enough to be able to drive to the ER.
Their first question was “what organ did you have transplanted?” because CellCept is on my chart. I told them no transplant, but that the rheumatologist had put me on CellCept therapy to keep my immune system from potentially attacking me and to reduce my IGG numbers. Once they realized there was no normal drug type interactions they figured out they just needed to raise my blood pressure. That was a simple matter of “give me salt”, so pumped full of saline it was.
I’ve been told to monitor my blood pressure for the next two days and go back if I drop below 110/80. So far I’m hovering at 120/85, which is right where I normally want to be. In an unusual order, the ER doctor basically said to stay off the blood pressure medication for 3-4 days and load up on salt short term, stopping any higher than normal salt intake if my BP goes above 150/95. Normally you don’t want BP that high but for the short term they want me out of the woods. If after two days I don’t drop below 110/80 I should be fine and can start my BP medication again a couple days after. But I’ll need to remain off the CellCept for at least two weeks to let my immune system tackle these vaccines. And the next time I need vaccines of any kind, I have to be off CellCept for three weeks first to re-establish my immune system.
At least now there’s an extra reason not to combine CellCept with vaccines. Normally it’s just because the immune response to the vaccine would be reduced, but in my case the combination of vaccines with CellCept + losartan (BP med) created a dangerous interaction. Lesson learned, freezer avoided.
So my trip to San Diego will be delayed by another couple of days, but it can’t be helped. Ah the joys of being a medical mystery book.
Oh, and since they want me to have some salt, my dinner is a stuffed crust cheese pizza. Not gonna like the weight gain, but ironically I need the num nums for BP reasons. I am now officially in Blizzarro World™.
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Yikes get better.
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LOL sounds like you know where I live
9k short with my normal, un-artificially-inflated reading habits?
Gosh. I’m evidently addicted to this forum.
Thank you.
I blame Mirasol’s coffee. And now that makes me think she may actually be the real life incarnation of the waitress in the diner in-between (Stargate SG-1 - the diner was a physical representation of the ascended plane of existence). Mirasol certainly fits the bill for Oma Desala. 
Also…
Would this mean that it’s actually Vrakthris Six Flies? 
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Hmmm, speaking of which, dragons, although are only mythological creatures, wouldn’t they also be insects, since they would usually have 6 limbs? 
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Theres a few that bring anubis to mind of if this was supernatural gabriel.
I could see vrak as bobby and orlyia as ellen owner of Roadhouse.
I do like a good coffee.
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Flying fire-breathing gators?
happy National Random Acts of Kindness Day!
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Most depictions I’ve seen do have 6.
If you imagined the most plausible way a dragon might really exist, it would probably be like flying dinosaurs and modern flying dinosaurs birds and bats, where the forelimbs are the wings, so they only have 4 total.
Michael Whelan did some great Anne McCaffrey covers, but you can see that, as an artist who understands anatomy, he was like, … front legs, how does that even…
It’s going to be a cold one here this week! Currently having ramen for breakfast and making a list of errands to do before the snow and cold get bad. It’s supposed to get above freezing today, but then not again until Friday. Fortunately I am on vacation, so have nowhere I must go other than trash that needs to go out, but I’ve been decluttering and have a load of stuff to donate before it takes over my living room. Ideally need a few groceries but as long as the power stays on I could go for at least a couple weeks just on what’s in the freezer and my small pantry cupboard. I think I need to make bread today though.
/sets out all the warm things - coffee, tea, cocoa, soup, chili, stew.
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Good morning.
Got a Priest to 80 over the weekend, almost already have them fully decked in PvP gear. SPriest is kinda wild damage wise: I went Archon so I use all my offensive CDs, cast Halo and just explode things with Mind Flay: Insanity, which I end up getting four stacks of. It’s just like pointing a finger at something and firing a laser, anime style.
Outside of that, it sure got cold in an hurry, and everything iced over under the snow. Was a bit slippery getting out of my living area but once I did it wasn’t too bad. That, on top of being President’s Day for us U.S. folk means it’s probably going to be pretty slow today.
Also, only giving blood bi-weekly now, so that’s a plus! 
Shouldn’t be any more bills or anything for this next pay period so I’m actually building money back up now.
Bit of a bumpy start to the year, but things are getting ironed out, and hoping to stay the course. Hope you all have a well, and safe, Monday.
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Good Morning!
Don’t forget your tin foil hats for the day!
puts of panda donuts and coffee for mods
Y’all going need it to get through the day.
Our snow forecast for this week went away! From over a foot possible, to nothing. Just windy and cold here, but above freezing for now.
I envy your energy to do all the errands out in the evil world. I need a magic helper elf like that. I have been doing the same thing with the house the past week or two, which is what led to the repair and renovation of the linen closet. Heh. Decluttering can turn into a rabbit hole around here!
I do too! I also have all the food forever, but I honestly don’t feel inspired to make anything right now. Pulled out some lentil, potato, and veg curry from the freezer. Easy food I can have over rice.
Mmmmm how wonderful.
/Relaxes by the fire with a cozy blanket and some coffee 
Thank you!
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Well, I’m currently still lying in bed, even though two places I need to go are already open, so it’s possible I won’t actually have the energy. Trash does have to go out though - a potato went bad, and when potatoes go bad, they are very, very bad.
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Possibly the worst smell I have ever encountered. Found some cleaning my parent’s house many years ago in a pantry. Had to strip and repaint the shelving too. Anything they touch when they go bad on it, or in it, usually also has to be destroyed. That smell never comes out.
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