I kinda hate my doctor

EXHIBIT 1 - Infection Fiasco *

Doctor Visit 1

Doctor: What's wrong with you?
Me: I am dying. I feel sick. I have chills. I have a fever. I have severe abdominal pain. I have no energy. Something is seriously wrong with me.
Doctor: You just have the stomach flu. Get over it.
Me: uh....okay, but it really doesn't feel like the flu.

After being in the ER over night and treated for a kidney infection over IV

Doctor Visit 2 ( 2 weeks later)

Doctor: Wow, you were really sick. Your bloodwork is all over the place. I wish we had caught this a few weeks ago.
Me: .....seriously? I really kinda hate you.


EXHIBIT 2 - Iron Fiasco *

Doctor Visit 1

Doctor: What's wrong with you?
Me: I am losing a lot of hair. I'm tired. I have no energy. I think it's my iron levels. There is seriously something wrong with me.
Doctor: You are just stressed. Get over it.
Me: uh....okay, but it really doesn't feel like stress.

Doctor Visit 2 (A year later)

Doctor: Wow, your iron levels are horrible. Your iron stores are completely depleted. I wish we had caught this a year ago.
Me: .....seriously? I really kinda hate you.

* conversations may possibly be slightly exaggerated

Yesterday, I went in a dumpster. When I was getting ready in the morning, I thought about earrings and remembered I don't really have any I like. THEN I REmembered I just bought earrings online along with a bracelet and a sweater. I remembered that the bracelet and the sweater came but I don't remember seeing any earrings. But come to think of it, I didn't see the bracelet until I remembered, HEY I ordered a bracelet. I remembered throwing the box into our recycle bin and then I remember Jared taking out the recycling.

So on the way to work, I walked over to the recycling dumpster bin and saw THE BOX that the goods came in. But I couldn't reach it. So I said 'what the heck' and I climbed inside. There was nothing in the box and although I really wanted to look more because I hate losing things, I really didn't think it was worth searching the dumpster for the packing list or a little bag containing a pair of $10 earrings. Curses!

I survived the doctor visit today. I don't understand how it can be so excruciating for me. I tell him about me being denied at the blood donation center and the night sweats, and then he asks me all these weird questions if I have been out of the country or gone on any mission trips. He then looks at my old paperwork from when I had the kidney infection and says it definitely wasn't a kidney infection and that it's weird that they never figured out what it was. so he wants to do a chest x-ray to see if its tuberculosis and lymphoma. So I'm kinda freaking out because I really kinda think I do have lymphoma. So I wait for the x-ray, and then they do the x-ray, and then they make me wait kind of a lot until they guide me back to my room. In my head, that wait is because the technician is like, wow, this girl has lymphoma. She finally guides me back to the room, and then the nurse comes in after several minutes and says the doctor will be back in a few minutes to go over my x-ray with me. I assume that this means I definitely have lymphoma and they are going to break the news. I REALLY need to not be such a hypochondriac. But seriously, can't the technician or nurse just give me a head's up - hey, your x-ray looks fine - don't worry - the doctor will be back to go over it with you. OH NO, that would make doctor visits too easy.

So anyways, no lymphoma or TB. Yay! I wish they had shown me pictures of my x-ray. That's the least they could have done since I'm sure I'll have to fork up all kinds of money for it.

They also took my BLOOD. The iron test should be back Friday. nice!

Jared and I were both scheduled to donate blood on Saturday. Jared had a pretty nasty cold a few days before and so decided not to donate. He was nice and went with me. Unfortunately, I also struck out. My iron was too low. BOOO. Both last night and saturday night I have been plagued with night sweats. DOUBLE BOOOO. I made a doctor's appointment. Luckily, I think all of my problems can be solved by getting my iron back up. According to the Internets, symptoms of low iron include difficulty sleeping, high heart rates, and night sweats.

Fun Fact: Runners tend to have low iron because the impact of running actually crushes the red blood cells. Females are at higher risk. Females who menstruate are at even higher risk. And vegetarians are at higher risk. I'm totally screwed.

I died a little inside today.

Today was the last day for Frosty Heidi and Frank, the funniest talk radio show ever. Free FM 97.1 is switching over at 5 PM today to Top 40.

I hate you CBS Radio.

I only woke up 10 times Tuesday night. And last night, I had the best sleep ever. I think I only woke up 3 or 4 times.

I've finally started running again. Three days in a row. woot. I don't know if it was an error or not, but my heart rate monitor said it got up to 204 bpm last night. thats 12 beats over my "maximum heart rate" according to the formula. I didn't die so I guess that formula is BOGUS.

I have always been a light sleeper, but lately its been getting ridiculous. On Sunday night, after waking up at 2 and laying in bed for an hour, I finally got up and read until 5. And last night, I'm pretty sure I woke up close to 50 times. I think I will start keeping a sleep log by my bed.

Recent Discoveries:

Valley Produce. This place rules. I could probably cut my grocery bill in half by buying all my produce here. Lots of weird, ethnic stuff here. I want to try everything.

Freezing Tofu. This is the best way to get Tofu all spongy - like it is at restaurants. Just freeze it for a few days, and then put it in the refrigerator to dethaw a few days before you cook it. Best texture ever.

Mail-Order Prescriptions. I just found that I can get a 60-day supply of my birth control for the same co-pay as my normal 30-day supply I've been getting at the pharmacy. Easy way to cut my prescription cost in half. Woot.

All I ever post about is food. Whatever. Food is good.

I made Jared some mole for Valentine's Day. Another 10 out of 10 per Jared.

Serves about 4

1/2 Jar of Mole (I used the Goya brand I found at Valley Produce)
1 small onion - diced
1 Jalapeno - diced
1 Brick of Tofu - cubed
6 small potatoes - cubed
1/2 head of cauliflower - broken into bite-size pieces
some cashews
little piece of dark chocolate
cumin
cinnamon

I steamed cauliflower and potatoes separately. Cooked Tofu until brown on both sides in one pan. In other larger pan, I sauteed the onion and jalapeno until tender. Added 1/2 jar of mole, added about 4 parts water gradually (if you do it all at once its hard to mix without leaving chunks) . Once mixed, added tofu, potatoes, cauliflower, a little piece of dark chocolate, and some cumin and cinnamon. I served with rice and some corn tortillas.

Who knew that the ancient chinese do mole face-reading? Women here, men here. Lucky for me, I have lots of moles.













I shall focus on the most obvious moles on my face: one above my eyebrow, one near my jaw line, two kind of near my ear, one on my ear, and one kind of where a monroe piercing would be.

According to the ancient chinese, I have:

• Luck
• Bad luck to subordinates
• Prone to self-harm
• Longevity
• Good husband
• Low self esteem

Jared reminded me about another person I needed to add to my list.

#5 Usher!

Tango Alfa Mike Romeo Alfa

I have to give long, complicated passphrases at work to people over the phone. I am horrible at enunciating, so I usually have to give an example of what the letter is I'm saying. On the spot though, I always stall and it seems like I can only think of really inappropriate examples. So, today, I memorized the military phonetic alphabet. You should too!

A - Alfa (how it was spelled in the manual I memorized from)
B - Bravo
C - Charlie
D - Delta
E - Echo
F - Foxtrot
G - Golf
H - Hotel
I - India
J - Juliet
K - Kilo
L - Lima
M - Mike
N - November
O - Oscar
P - Papa
Q - Quebec
R - Romeo
S - Sierra
T - Tango
U - Uniform
V - Victor
W - Whiskey
X - X-ray
Y - Yankee
Z - Zulu

FULL DISCLOSURE: CELEBRITY HOTTIES

Jared has given me so much crap since he overheard me on Saturday say Paul Rudd is hot. I think he was a little surprised since I rarely talk about people being hot, and I think he was a little bothered/hurt. It's been pretty rad seeing him do a little posturing and all (i.e. walking into the kitchen with his shirt off saying how this is what a real man looks like). Just another one of the reasons I love Jared.

So as not to surprise him in the future, I will fully disclose, in my opinion, the top 4 hottest celebrities (I was gonna do 5 but I can't think of any more that I consider hot):

#1 Milla Jovavich: No surprise here. Everyone knows I love her.













#2 Michael Rosenbaum: Everyone teases me about this, but I think he is very attractive and he's super funny in interviews, and, yes, I admit to watching Smallville.












#3: Paul Rudd: Good lookin' and witty!













#4: Zoey Deschanel: She's so cute and sweet, and I love her voice in Elf, and, yes, I'm totally trying to copy her hair.

Last night I created a tasty Yellow Curry dish (except for I'm lazy and bought the curry sauce pre-made). Jared gave it another 10 out of of 10. I got all ingredients from Trader Joe's.

Serves about 4

Basmati Rice
1 Onion
1 box of Tofu
6 super-small potatoes (I think they're mashers - they have the thin skin on them)
1 Jar of Yellow Curry Sauce
1/2 bag frozen peas

Make Basmati Rice per instructions. Microwave potatoes (wash potatoes and poke potatoes before) for about 4.5 min. Saute onion in olive oil over medium-high heat for 5 minutes or so. Turn heat down to low. Cut potatoes into bite-size pieces and put in with onions. Pan-fry tofu in wok (or large pan) with olive oil over medium-high heat until brown on both sides. Add onion and potatoes to wok. Add Yellow curry sauce (I added some water because it was a little too strong for me). Add peas (I dethaw peas first by putting them in colander and running hot water over them). Simmer for 5 minutes or so.

Serve with Basmati Rice.

NOM NOM NOM!

I made this Whole-Weat Spaghetti with Vegetables and Peanut Sauce for dinner last night. Jared said it was 10 out of 10.

I didn't really understand the directions - it didn't seem like they cooked the tofu in the directions. That kinda weirded me out so I pan-fried the tofu in a wok with some olive oil and salt and pepper until brown on both sides. I put the tofu to the side and then sauteed some red bell peppers (cause i like adding stuff to recipes like that) until tender and then added the carrots and snow peas and put the tofu back in and just heated on low until the spaghetti and peanut-sauce was ready.

I highly recommend!