I Aten't Dead*

[bending_sickle]

hello, sweet, sweet internet! i’m back home from hospital (Feb. 14 which happy fucking valentines until today Feb. 22). still have to keep being a bit of a bed-and-couch potato but i’m (basically) okay. (okay and alone in the house for like a month which under any other circumstances would be awesome but right now is the exact opposite.)

(two to three days they said. my ass i say. also full report on all the prodding and poking later but let me tell you that the aftermath of a lumbar puncture? CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. it doesn't hit everyone the same but oh sweet jesus i basically had a three day migraine)

and now, to catch up on everything

or sleep. sleep is good.


* Granny Weatherwax, Discworld

Comments

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Not Dead! That's a good thing. I'm glad you're back home and stuff. Hopefully all that invasive spine stuff will stop giving you the hurts soon and you can rest. I know spinal pain; it's not your friend.

I'd visit and keep you company, but the commute's a bit of a rough one from over here, so here's a cute guy for you instead:



Take care of yourself, get better, and stuff!

...you know, none of this answers the question of what's up with your eye. Can you see? Can you shoot lasers out of it? Is it made of gold yet? I NEED TO KNOW ALL THESE THINGS RIGHT FRIGGING NOW I KID YOU NOT

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Red panda! ...slightly concerned-looking old-man-with-no-teeth panda but still. Yay!

Oh dude. Dude. The spine stuff was just a throbbing ache for the day but the we stole a bunch of your cerebrospinal fluid! muahaha! and now your brain isn't floating as happily as it should be! stuff that came with it? Evil. It was a choice between being completely horizontal or stabbing your head against the myriad of invisible metal spikes hanging from the ceiling aimed straight at your brain. (Except for that one day where even lying down was spikeapaloza.) They did it Tuesday morning, and I was only able to say I felt moderately okay by Friday evening. Otherwise I was swinging between "oh that's quite painful" and *writhing on the bed at the merest hint of elevation*

And the eye is basically unchanged and they're like "...whelp, it's not neurological? Come back next week for eye tests." So there's that fun waiting for me.

They did find something else so commiserate with me because I am no longer allowed booze on account of meds. I am a sad panda.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's funny how the central part of the nervous system is also the most painful part to play around with. YOU CAN HAS ALL THE PAINS. YES, ALL OF THEMS.

On the plus side, yay, eye problems are not neurobrainicrazy problems. That's good. Hopefully they will be resolved in good time and you'll be better and your eye will be healed and that's awesome (even if it means you don't get a gold pimp laser eye cannon).

I will drink extra in honor of your sad boozeless panda state. And you can always play catchup in a few days/weeks/whatevers once it's done. BOOZE UP LIKE A CHAMP!

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no, they're talking like 6-12 months of this "thou shalt not booze whilst on thine medication" thing which, look, I don't even drink all that often, but oh my god, am I suddenly yearning for all the booze. *world's saddest panda* Faced with this lack of booze in my life, I will throw myself on the mercy of the Chocolate Gods.

This boozelessness of course means that if I do end up finding Kiwi liquor and am in your general vicinity when you hop over to the southern hemisphere, I will only be able to stare at it longingly while you enjoy it and I have something sad and fizzy.

Could I maybe get gold-rimmed glasses and strap on a laser cannon to them, do you think? I've grown quite attached to the idea.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Cheeky long-term meds! Only chocolate can heal your broken soul now.

However, if we meet up and you are on a zero-booze diet, I will be most disappointed. This will probably not stop me from drinking around you, and maybe I will drink your share as well, but I trust you to act honorably and not try and roofie my drink or something. Or if you do, at least make it tasty. ;-)

Glasses with laser cannons on the side are fully acceptable. Make it so, number one!

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

It's not like the no-booze diet is optional! And, on my honour, your drinks will not be tampered with (unless they come with little umbrellas, in which case those little paper toothpicks of joy are mine) and I will make sure to pour your boozy self into public transportation and see you safely back. (I'd be a designated driver but since I can't drive, that might be a problem.)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yeah, medicine can be cheeky that way. I suppose I can't hold it against you if you are forbidden from the boozing. It just means you'll have to make up for it another time. And, driving schmiving, you put key in car, turn wheel, and go vroom. It's not rocket science. ;-)

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping to get around to learning how to drive in Kiwiland (look at me thinking five million steps ahead) except I don't know if I'll ever get over the whole "You're on the wrong side of the road!!!" aspect. Or maybe the fact that that's how I'm learning how to drive will help in that regard. Either way, I hope not to squish any sheep.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I drove in England during one of my visits there, and it wasn't quite as bad as I expected, except maybe in the core of London and one or two roundabouts. After a week I was decent, and I didn't kill anyone. Much.

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Speaking of gold pimp laser eyes, you need to see this. (http://bending-sickle.tumblr.com/post/77817367319/malformalady-anterior-segment-of-the-right-eye)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, it really is a pimp gold eye. Who knew?

[ellethill.livejournal.com]

Huggles you forever.

Welp at least it's over and done with, and less stress, and I'm hoping and assuming you'll recover from the cruel and unusual punishment and or other interventions in... a bit, enough to enjoy the empty house too. Yes. Yes that will be a thing that will happen. It is known.

*arms self to the teeth to protect your dreams*

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Awww <3

And eh, it's not entirely over, there's still some eye tests to be set up next week (they're like "...yeah so the thing you came here for? not neurological. aside from that we don't know???") and I need to set up some follow-up but yeah, not dying \o/

[ellethill.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Well then, er,YAY FOR NOT DYING \o/

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

*belated snuggles* I hope you're feeling better by now <3 I was really hoping it wouldn't be a full-on lumbar puncture :(

*moar snuggles. very gentle ones. with tea*

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

*snuggles and smiggles* The doctor even said the needle wasn't the freakishly huge one I was thinking of and no need to worry but lies, all lies. Anyway, it's over, and hopefully never again omg.

And yep, I'm all better now \o/