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January 25, 2006

ICK! ICK!

Okay, so the doctor today told me that the wart was coming along fine. Basically it was a big scab under a single layer of skin, and it was time to start 'picking at it'.

So I have. The think skin split in a complete circle around the scab itself, which had already pulled way at the edges from the new skin below. So when it came off (in a single piece) what I was left with was a circle of smooth, shiny new skin slightly smaller than my pinky nail with a scabby unhealed portion right in the center. It looks so bizarre! Like a Wintergreen Certs, but skin colored with a scabby mint center.

I don't know if the wart is gone. The scabby area is in the dead center of the new skin, and the wart was a little off-center on the actual blister. I won't really be able to tell until it all heals up.

Wish I had my camera here. I know you all are dying for a picture.

In other doctor news, he's given me some more lorazepam, although I should mimize it's use (while being smart about when I actually need it). I'll be taking the melatonin daily, which should increase its effectiveness.

Beyond that, I've got a bit of eczema on my ankles and that twitch in my lip went away.

I'm such a HANDSOME man!

Posted by Shuffledog to Me, Myself, And Stuff at 02:42 PM
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January 24, 2006

Gross Physical Update

So the blister on my finger appears to have turned into a scab covered by a layer of skin. At some point I'm expecting the skin to break and the whole thing to peel off, but right now it just looks like some gross melanoma.

I'm heading back to the doctor tomorrow. The trial prescription of lorazepam I got only has about two doses left -- it seems that two pills is what it takes to knock me out enough to be able to get past the snoring and I only had 12 pills to start with.

Still getting through. Last night was weird -- Lisa didn't really start snoring until four in the morning, which is really too late to take anything, but I got through okay.

It seems I'm more stressed about it than I thought. Lisa tells me I've been vocalizing distress at night without realizing it, so she'll wake up to hear me whimpering or whining as I'm dozing. It's really bugging her out and making this far harder on her than I want it to be. It's not her fault after all. It's not like she chose this or anything.

Oh, and the appointment to see the specialist? May. Tomorrow I'm going to see if the doc can find another specialist sooner.

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January 23, 2006

Under-the Bed Light

It's like a LED-enhanced pillow that you stick under your bed to prevent you from tripping in the night. I've read it suggested it's a perfect cure for monster-under-the-bed syndrome.

I wonder how bright it is really?

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January 18, 2006

I Can't Stop Touching It

Today's all about body issues. If you don't want to hear about wart removal and new medications, don't read.

Otherwise, come on in.

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January 16, 2006

Trivia about Shuffledog

I don't normally do these, but this made me chuckle. Although I don't like what it says about my weight...

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Shuffledog!

  1. Shuffledog can taste with his feet.
  2. Until the 1960s, shuffledog was not allowed to enter Disneyland!
  3. If you toss shuffledog 10000 times, he will not land heads 5000 times, but more like 4950, because his head weighs more and thus ends up on the bottom.
  4. Shuffledog has enough fat to produce 32 bars of soap!
  5. Cats use their shuffledog to test whether a space is large enough for them to fit through.
  6. The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as shuffledog.
  7. Shuffledog can pollinate up to six times more efficiently than the honeybee.
  8. Shuffledog can grow up to three feet in a 24 hour period!
  9. The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armour raised their visors to reveal shuffledog.
  10. Scientists believe that shuffledog began billions of years ago as an enormous ball of dust and gas!
I am interested in - do tell me about

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January 13, 2006

It's Sacri-licious!

Hee hee!

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January 11, 2006

New Year Status Check

Welcome to 2006! The first post of the year is a bit of a catch-up, letting you all know how our live are, you know, in *general*.

Enjoy!

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I'm an Idiot

I'm a complete moron. While busy cleaning out the spam comments on the system, I managed to delete all comments from the last year.

Sigh.

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January 10, 2006

City of Villains

Anyone out there in the blog-o-sphere play City of Villains? I'm playing a character on the Champion server and looking to hook up with people I actually know for a change. We could have our own supergroup and everything! Joy!

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Depressing

Was riding the elevator down to the main floor so I could get a bit of fresh air -- feeling a bit drab today, so the crisp winter air is serving as a revitalizer -- and this terribly sad thing happened.

Door opens on the fifth floor and two women walk on. One is barely holding in the tears and the other looks...not entirely sympathetic.

I turned to the window to give her what little privacy you can get in an elevator, and as the tears start to fall in earnest I caught fragments of stuff like, "I can't believe this" and "I thought everything was so good" and the like.

On the main floor, I let them get off first and see her beign led to the security desk where she hands in her security card. The other woman gives her a brief hug and says (and I shit you not), "When one door closes, another opens!"

Crying girl wanders off down the street. I watch after her until I can see she's cognizant enough to look both ways before crossing the street then come back to my desk.

Now I totally feel bummed out.

Posted by Shuffledog to Seen By My Eyes at 10:31 AM
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Hey folks

Has it really been this long? Guess so...

Been several weeks of illness and stress and holiday cheer (and not a few hours of video game goodness) and the poor victim of all that has been the website.

Well, I'll be trying to ramp up this week. There's new content appearing on the Pop Blog as the new season ramps up (there's already some new Survivor stuff there) and I promise something on the main site tomorrow, hell or high water.

Happy New Year!

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