I'm going to go get my first allergy shots this morning. Yes, that's plural, 'cause I'm allergic to too many things for them to put them all in one mixture, so I have to get two. One in each arm.
It's dkw's fault. I was happily ignoring the fact that the allergy clinic hadn't called me back after my disaster of a test and scheduled the shots, and she had to go and get all rational over the weekend and prod me into calling them. Now they're going to inject things that my body does not like into said body. What kind of an idiot lets people do that to them?
I'm probably going to have to pay them for the honor, too. Now that's just wack.
And then, NEXT week, I get to go back and they will do it AGAIN. Every week for 3 - 5 years. This is completely insane.
And it's snowing.
So there.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
'Cause there just weren't enough in the first post.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Poor ElJay. If it's any consolation, 5 years from now you'll be glad you did this.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
The only thing to do is be miserable to everyone in your life.
The satisfaction of doing so is highly underrated.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
You're just soooooo cute when you are mad.... Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Note:
In the unlikely but very real possibility that I do in fact die from this: dkw, it's not really your fault. I went into the tests fully intending to have the shots if they thought it could help me, and I told the nurse the next day, with it fresh in my mind, to go ahead and mix it up. You merely prodded me from my normal state of procrastination, and should not take any blame on yourself. Sorry in advance for ditching the wedding, please don't scale it down. Dance for me.
Mom, you also are not allowed to feel any guilt, even though it was your nagging that pushed me over the edge to actually make the appointment. I'm a big girl and all that drek, I wouldn't have done it if I didn't actually want to. Offer Claudia first refusal at my shoes, we're the same size.
If I make it to work alive, I'm deleting this post.
Now back to your normally scheduled grumpiness.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Don't die ElJay! Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Oh, the humanity....the melodrama!
Don't stress about it, the shots will really help in the long run, and because of them you will be safer in the long run.
What are you allergic to? Wasn't there a thread about that once?
[ February 24, 2005, 08:38 AM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Skip the wedding?
Eljay... I feel for you, I do. Good luck.
Posted by DragonLover (Member # 7387) on :
I'm oozing negativity! Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I think there's an ointment for that.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
So, after Claudia takes 20 or 30 pair of shoes, what do we do with the 5,000 or so that are left?
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I think you are suppose to wear them on feet, but I guess I could be wrong about that.... Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
She won't want that many. She doesn't wear heels over 2". Why should I care what you do with the rest, I'd be dead?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Kwea, I'm ignoring you because you obviously don't get my sense of humor. Dags too, to a lesser extent.
Scott R, on the other hand, is a prince among men. dkw it's only to be expected of.
The rest of you, look at the thread title! Start oozing! I'm leaving now, and I expect to see a much better showing if I get back.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
Any chance you're going to have some sort of reaction?
Posted by Palimpsest (Member # 6897) on :
I started getting them about a year ago and I've seen great improvement. Since I'm no longer walking around dripping snot and other assorted fluids, I'd say it was worth it.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
quote: The rest of you, look at the thread title! Start oozing! I'm leaving now, and I expect to see a much better showing if I get back.
Uh...
*waves fist impotently at fate*
Dang you, world!
Nope. Not very negative this morning.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Kwea, I'm ignoring you because you obviously don't get my sense of humor. Dags too, to a lesser extent.
Fine. Then I hope the shots hurt. A lot. Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
If she's like me they won't hurt at all, but over the next few hours a hard knot will slowly develop under the skin of her arm until it's the size of a softball and radiating heat like a small sun.
Posted by IdemosthenesI (Member # 862) on :
Stupid needles with their stupid contents that cause you to not have stupid allergies.
Have you snapped at someone irrationally yet? How about leaning on the horn in response to another vehicles minor traffic snafu? If not, you must do so immediately.
Posted by KrabbyPatty (Member # 7055) on :
ElJay just called . . . she's alive and well and leaving the clinic heading for work. And she sounded decidedly less grumpy than when I talked to her at 7:45 a.m.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
quote: Since I'm no longer walking around dripping snot and other assorted fluids
Excellent first post, Palimpsest!
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
My dad gave me my allergy shots at home. He was always terrified something would happen and we kept epinphrine in the fridge in case something happened but nothing ever did. I recall being a bit disappointed. Getting the shot was so ...boring.
I remember when I discovered that the more I moved the arm around after the shot the less it hurt. The first few times I would favor the arm and let it hang limp and then it would hurt all day long.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I really need to do this. Allergists are so hard to get appointments with, though, and I never think of it when I have time.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
If your arm starts to be hot and to hurt, put some alcohol on a compress on it, it will ease the pain and make your arm colder. It works on Hubby, at last. Of course you need to put some plastc sheet on it if you don't want to be drunk from the smell of it.
[ February 24, 2005, 10:53 AM: Message edited by: Anna ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I3: Yes, I could die. Haven't you been paying attention?
Palimpsest: That is indeed a great start at Hatrack.
IdI: Yes, I've snapped irrationally at all of Hatrack, haven't you noticed? But I can't lean on the horn, I don't have one. It's very handy, as whenever I'm mad in traffic I pound on the middle of my steering wheel, where it's supposed to be, and get to feel better without contributing to road rage. It's also illegal, but meh. How are they gonna catch me?
KrabbyPatty: You're not supposed to tell them that! I'm still grumpy, darn it. I have to host a recognition luncheon this afternoon and I hate doing that, and it's tournament time so my downtown is stuffed with high school kids and and parents. I probably won't leave the building on a Thursday or Friday for the rest of Spring, except I have to today to go to the stupid lunch.
Theca: Thanks for the advice, I'll be sure to move my arms. So far they just itch, no softball sized lump yet.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
quote: But I can't lean on the horn, I don't have one.
Considering your future brother-in-law is Mr. Traffic Safety, I'd think you would know better.
My friend went through a year or more of allergy shots so he wouldn't be so allergic to his new wife's cats. I always thought that if we was that allergic, she should get rid of the cats, but he was really whipped...uhm, in love with her, so he got the shots.
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
Oozing?
[Warning: extreme grossness below, proceed at your own risk] . . . . . Well...I've been using an OTC wart-removing substance for a cluster of molluscum warts on my foot, and now have a large oozing wound. It's annoying and hard to walk on. Does that count?
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
ElJay -- I asked you a question over here that I guess you never saw:
quote:ElJay -- where and when did you go to school in Oklahoma? I went to high school there, so most of my friends entered OU or OSU in '92.
[ February 24, 2005, 11:07 AM: Message edited by: AntiCool ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
zgator: I do know better. What's your point?
Stray: Oooooh, neat!
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
Bleh...not so much, really. I hope it heals up soon so I can walk normally instead of hobbling, and resume my swimming schedule.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
AntiCool, I answered your question two posts below where you asked it.
quote: AntiCool, I went to TU, '92 - '96. Majored in business management.
I made some friends from OSU, but mostly stuck in Tulsa.
I would put a smilie here, but I dont' think I can quite manage that yet. Posted by Lisha-princess (Member # 6966) on :
Try driving somewhere and releasing your frustration by screaming in imitation of a dinosaur for loud, extended moments.
It always makes me feel better.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
Don't I feel like the grand poo-bah of all fools now?
I went to high school in Bartlesville, so Tulsa was where we went if we wanted anything that wasn't in our little tiny town.
But you didn't like Oklahoma? Not even Tulsa? Not even though Weird Al's UHF was filmed there?
Where's an emoticon for holy wrath when you need one?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I didn't, like, actively dislike it. But it's no Minnesota.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
You can say that again!
Wait, was that supposed to be a dig? . . . . . .
[ February 24, 2005, 11:23 AM: Message edited by: AntiCool ]
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
What? Be negative? I think that covers it
Posted by KrabbyPatty (Member # 7055) on :
I didn't say you aren't grumpy, Grumpy! Just less grumpy than you were earlier! And with a name like mine, who says grumpy is bad? Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Anna: That method would, of course, only work if you weren't allergic to alcohol...
I had a hard time keeping everyone at the hospital reminded of that when I had the baby. Apparently, "it's like being allergic to water" and "it never happens". Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
The first few shots don't hurt. They're giving you a very watered down version of the serum to get your body used to it. So enjoy it while it lasts =)
Later though your arm DOES swell. And by the time the swelling goes down it's time for another shot. I took them for a year when I was 12ish and we (My mom and I) decided eventually that the cure was worse than the disease.
Now I live in a dryer climate and only suffer a coupla times a year, or if I go back to Arkansas. My teen years though... I can't help but wonder if they would have been better if I had just suffered through the shots.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Two shot per week for 3-5 YEARS?! Who did you piss off?!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:I...only suffer a coupla times a year, or if I go back to Arkansas.
Best description of Arkansas I've ever seen. Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
There's nothing wrong with Arkansas. It's just hard to be in The Natural State when you're allergic to Nature.
That's why I live in San Jose. I'm not allergic to Smog.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Heh, heh.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
quote: Two shot per week for 3-5 YEARS?! Who did you piss off?!
An excellent question. Whoever it was, I'm sure I didn't do enough to make it worth this, and if I ever figure it out I intend to make up the difference.
And she told me today to forget about the 3 part. 5 years is more likely to be on the low end.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
and this helps you how?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Theoretically after they pump me full of stuff I'm allergic to for long enough my body will get used to it and won't notice it in day-to-day life. But I probably won't notice any improvement for 6 months to a year.
Hmmmm, I think I need some more of these:
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
That sounds like a brilliant scam.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I'm with Dag on this...the only thing keeping me happy is the chance that a co-worker will slap you on the arm right where the shots were, mashing the lump into a lot of little bumps.
That hurt even more.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Yeah! That would show her. We won't be pushed around, no matter how much demolition equipment she has.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
This thread is giving my psychosomatic pains right where I used to get the shots =(
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Still no lump, so fat chance of that.
Sorry, Pixiest.
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Kwea, she might come after you with that jackhammer. Then you'd end up on the front page of the local paper.
What will your family think? Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
"He made it to the front page!"
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
OMG, Identity Crisis. O_o
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
I'm sick. I've been sick since Sunday. I'm in the 'draining' period and I feel like my brains have liquified and are escaping through my sinus cavities.
So, El Jay, rock on my sista. And take a few from me, too.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
quote:An excellent question. Whoever it was, I'm sure I didn't do enough to make it worth this, and if I ever figure it out I intend to make up the difference.
Doesn't your sister have a direct line to God?
AJ
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I was wondering that myself.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
quote: I feel like my brains have liquified and are escaping through my sinus cavities.
I hate that part. If you don't have enough energy to be pissy for yourself, I'll be pissy enough for the both of us.
Until tonight, when I am KrabbyPatty's "date" at a reception thingie 'cause Daddy's out of town. Then I will be friendly and gracious for a few hours. Then it's right back to grumpy!
AJ & mack, everyone has a direct line to God. The problem is getting answers back, neh?
[ February 24, 2005, 05:28 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
ElJay you aren't thinking negatively enough... Haven't you heard of what happened to Pharoah after Moses prayed? And didn't you and your sister fight a lot as kids? AJ
[ February 24, 2005, 04:37 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
quote: Until tonight, when I am KrabbyPatty's "date" at a reception thingie 'cause Daddy's out of town. Then I will be freindly and gracious for a few hours. Then it's right back to grumpy! [Mad]
Have fun. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Hey, I'm sorry I'm not being negative enough, but it's early.
It really sucks, having to get 5 years of allergy shots. Question: what happens should you want to go on vacation or out of town or something? Carry the shots with you and get a doc wherever you are do them for you? My brother had to do that. Took a cooler bag filled iwth ice and the serum with him wherever he went. But he only had to get shots for close to a year.
All for you, Eljay! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Five YEARS?!
Right, I'm back to thinking I never want to do this!
Much sympathy, ElJay. And many Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
quids and rivka, you're so sweet! I think if I go on vacation I just kinda adjust the shots around it, get one before I leave and one when I get back. I don't usually go on vacation for longer than a week - 10 days. Although I suppose I might sometime in the next five years. If so, I think we just kinda drop back a little in the shot "intensity" and work back up.
I3, I did, it was a lovely time. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Um, when my brother skipped a shot, he had to start at the very beginning, and that's why he ended up taking them with him in a cooler bag after that. Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
I get 3 allergy shots. I am even allergic to horses. I know where you are coming from.
As someone who is physically active, this becomes very annoying when it comes to lifting weights or swimming and your triceps feel like bags of boiling acid.
Posted by Lisha-princess (Member # 6966) on :
Hobbes and I were wondering...(ok, ok, I was wondering and he told me he had no idea), if you're allergic (as I am) to house cats, would you also be allergic to big cats, like lions, tigers, pumsa, cougars, etc?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
That would be a crying shame.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Lisha, I'm allergic to house cats. By experience, I know that I'm also allergic to the bigger cats, only worse. Years ago, I worked for a small UHF station. We had a late night talk show. One night, the guests were from a circus that had come to town. They brought their black panther. It was a small studio and I was running cameras.
I thought I was going to die in about 3 minutes of being in close proximity to the cat. It was by far the worst allergic reaction I've ever had.
Posted by Lisha-princess (Member # 6966) on :
Wow, that's scary. I guess it stands to reason that if the little ones get to you, the bigger ones would be worse. I wasn't sure if the dander would be the same or not though.
How sad would it be if you wanted to be a wildlife specialist in the Sahara or something and you couldn't, because the lions made you sneeze? Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Shot time!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Good luck, ElJay!
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
My sympathies. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Huge sympathies. Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
No sympathies.
You didn't send me measurments.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Ah, sisterly love!
Hope it goes ok, ElJay. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Ah, but I now at least have the measurments. It's a step in the right direction. But I was kinda busy last night.
I was going to bring them along and send them from work today, but I seem to have forgotten. You will get them tonight.
Oh, and no happy smilies in my thread.
[ March 10, 2005, 11:05 AM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Speaking of allergies, I just discovered that I'm allergic to tomatoes. No more ketchup or tomato soup. Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I'm positive I'm negative on oozing.
I will, however, attempt to be negative about more positive oozing.
I am positive you're just oozing us.
-Trevor
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Mine too! I did them on Tuesday night, but I've been so terribly busy that I hate life.
I mean, that I forgot to send them.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
*sneezes* ooh, oozing boogers! Something's in the air...
AJ
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord And I've been waiting for this moment, all my life, oh Lord
whoops, wrong thread LOL
[ March 11, 2005, 11:11 PM: Message edited by: Goody Scrivener ]
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
ElJay
It's like the hug thread, only in reverse!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I'll second that. Besides, I'm still in the post-period moody bit. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I'm touched. Really, Shigosei, how sweet of you.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I'm not allergic to anything and I don't get sick.
*beams*
Doughnuts. Little, chocolate doughnuts. They can help you, too!
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
I'm allergic to my sister-in-law being late to pick up her kids 6 kids under the age of 8. (My 3 and her 3 combined). Which she had called me to confirm that I was on for it at 10 pm last night. Which was my husband's birthday. Though he was gone to the store at that moment. Sorry. Just had to vent.
P.S. And apparently popcorn gives them gas.
[ March 12, 2005, 05:52 PM: Message edited by: mothertree ]
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I'm allergic to too much sun. *squints*
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
*bump* to remind me to go get my shots in the morning. I forgot last week.
Posted by Talison (Member # 7935) on :
OMG I am never doing allergy shots. NEVER I was considering it, my allergies get worse each year and I have started to develop asthma, but I think I’m going to stick to my twice daily antihistamine/pain reliever and try to keep the cats off my bed for a little longer *goes to hide*
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I was thinking about this yesterday, and meant to ask you how it was going. So, how's it going? Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
You forgot?
A likely story, miss....
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
*bump* so you don't forget to go get your shot today. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I'll second that. Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I've never cheerfully wished anyone would get shot today, but...
Well, not for their own good, anyway...
-Trevor
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
*yawn* Okay, okay, I'm up. And mom hasn't even called to remind me yet. (I'm taking no chances this week, I can't miss two in a row.)
Thanks for the bumps!
And quids, it's going alright, I guess. I'm still at a low enough dose that I just get itchy for awhile... the itchy eyes are the worst. The last time I went in the shots really hurt, but I think that's more what nurse is giving them than anything else. Oh, and I got a little swelling last time, but nothing like dkw talks about with her arm swelling to the size of a softball and radiating heat. Oh, and I moved up from 1:1,000,000 to 1:100,000 two shots ago. So I guess that's progress. I still haven't noticed any difference as far as my actual allergies are concerned, but they said that would take awhile.
I hope Laurie's back. I like her best. She's the nurse who was there when I had my test.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
This thread is way cooler than hug-threads!
^ Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Doesn't that just work out to " ?"
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Silence, science-type!
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Just sayin' is all. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
So, I'm off to the normal clinic this morning before going for my allergy shot. And I am seeing a new medical provider. (A nurse practitioner.) My 4th one in about 5 years.
The last one I saw twice. The one before that, once. The one before that, who was my favorite, twice.
They keep leaving.
I call up for an appointment and get told they've left the practice. The first two, actually, I got nice letters from telling me they were leaving, one to spend more time with her family, I don't remember what the other one said. But still, it was considerate.
It makes me wonder if turnover at my clinic is unusually high or what. But it bugs me.
Anyway, the point is that I'm probably going to be stuck with needles at two different places this morning, and I'm less than thrilled about it.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Posted by KrabbyPatty (Member # 7055) on :
And it's windy! And cold! And raining! Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
But not snowing! Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Well, maybe you wouldn't induce high turnover in all the establishments you frequent if you weren't oozing so much negativity!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by dkw: But not snowing!
THIS is why I live in California. It's mid-MAY!!! Not snowing is a cause for partying?!?
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:Originally posted by Rakeesh: Well, maybe you wouldn't induce high turnover in all the establishments you frequent if you weren't oozing so much negativity!
(It's hard to make a laughing smiley using only mad smilies.)
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
quote:Originally posted by twinky:
What?! Oh, no you didn't! You don't say to me and get away with it! I'll show you!
Posted by Traveler (Member # 3615) on :
Ahhh.... more cold and rain today in the lovely state of MN.
Why do I live here again???
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
The lowest gas prices in the country.
---
I'm sorry about the doctor leaving (again), ElJay. Mine did that last year, and it messed up all sorts of things.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
quote:Originally posted by KrabbyPatty: And it's windy! And cold! And raining!
And my sister is using forbidden smilies in my grumpy thread!
And I feel like a pincushion, and have to go to a firedrill meeting now. BAH!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
lol
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
It's your own fault. Your oozing negativity demands-invites-balance. Be one with the Tao.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Stupid people driving overly-beefed Jeeps (I mean honestly, who needs to be driving a Jeep with a pusher bar on it in town) smashing into people. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Okay, I'm officially having my first site specific reaction to the shots. Before I just had general itchiness. Today the itching has been much worse, so I took off my sweater and checked. Both arms are swollen, red, and very warm at the injection site. Tender to the touch, too. And I checked at lunch, and that combined with the fact that I'm getting a lovely bruise where they drew blood made me a bit nausious. I'm such a wuss.
In a way, I'm glad I'm finally reacting, because it means I'm up to a level where the shots are engaging my immune system. But it's not exactly pleasant.
Sorry about your accident, ludosti. That bites.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
It does bite. My poor husband, in our newer, nicer, paid-off, good gas mileage fun to drive car was smashed today. I wish it had been me in my old pickup (that's been giving me fits lately and I want to replace anyway). Smashy, smashy At least the lady was insured and her insurance company seems to be being reasonable thus far (adjuster will be out today or tomorrow to look at it and we can get quotes from 2 different shops).
I'm glad your shots are at the point where you will hopefully benefit from them, but reacting does suck.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Good Lord. That will be expensive to fix, won't it? It looks like they'll have to replace about 1/2 of the exterior of the car.
How hard was he hit? Do you think it bent the frame? That sucks.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
ElJay, what are you trying to get over being allergic to, again? And why? I'm allergic to September. But I'm not sure it would be worth what you're going through.
Can you take benedryl or anything? I'd think they wouldn't want you to take allergy meds. Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Yeah, we're both pretty worried about that ripple appearing under the window. It does not bode well. Since it's a little unibody car, they could possibly correct it on a frame stretcher thingy, but we won't know for sure until a shop looks at it. We'll be seeing about getting quotes as soon as we can.
He said he was hit "pretty hard", though what that means in terms of speed I'm not sure (he stopped and the Jeep accelerated into the back of him - I'd imagine that she was going 30+).
I'm hoping it's not as bad as I fear it may be, because I don't know that we want to go car shopping this weekend (with a husband that works nights on the weekend that'd be entertaining). We'd wanted to replace my truck this year, not his car. We were going to drive it forever. Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
I'm not sure if I'd rather go car shopping or have the frame straightened. Do you know the Blue Book value of your car? And do you know at what percent Arizona requires the car to be totaled? (Some states have different percentages. Like if the repairs were going to cost 6,000 and the car is worth 10,000, some states would let them repair it, others require totaling the car.)
I don't like the idea of straightening a bent frame. Have they gotten better at it? For me, it just seems like the car is weaker if there's another accident. And it seems like they never do it right and there is always a window that leaks. But, trying to find a car as well cared for as the old one with the pittance they are willing to give you is impossible, too.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
It's worth about 9-10k (looking at KBB and Edmunds). I'm not sure what the % is to total it. I'm hoping that the frame won't have been badly damaged, but we won't know till taking it in. The adjuster is supposed to come out today or tomorrow to look at it and they want us to get 2 quotes before they start work (which I'll try to do either today or tomorrow, depending on when the adjuster comes). *sigh*
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Here's the original thread, Kayla, the whole list of allergies is about half-way down the page. I'm not gonna read it, I try not to think about it.
I can't take any sort of medication the day of the shots because it would disguise the reaction, and they have to know how strong the reaction is so they know if they should up the dose the enxt week or not.
As for why, the answer seems to be 'cause dkw and Mom guilted me into it. I'm having a hard time coming up with anything else at the moment. Ooops, I mean Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
Mwuahahahahaha!
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
So, I'm assuming that you rescheduled the other doctor that you had to miss that day. How'd that go?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I don't have cancer. So it went pretty well.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
O_o Well, that's good.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I thought so.
The other appointment was for a biopsy. Not a huge deal, just a little worrying. But everything's fine.
[ May 12, 2005, 11:00 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
ludosti, sorry bout the accident.
If it helps any, I've seen (and in fact been in) much worse. My most recent incident, I was a passenger in a rental van with my mother, and a hotshot Mexicano teenager in a lowryder Olds decided to convert a marked turn lane into a high-speed bypass-the-red-light lane - right into the front door where I was sitting. We were hit hard enough where Mom was thrown into my lap. The guy left skidmarks long enough and dark enough that the police estimate he was doing about 60 in a 30 zone and in a turn lane designed to push people into the grocery store that was our intended destination. Yet the arbitration panel decided that it was Mom's fault for turning left across two lanes of fully stopped traffic and not assuming that a little <bleep> playing showoff to his girlfriend would come blasting out of practically nowhere.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Wait, Eljay! You used a smiley! You banned smilies from this thread. Remove immediately or you'll have to punish yourself!!!! Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Ooops.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Much better! Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
All these angry graemlins are making me want to say, "ARRRRRRR!"
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
My mother is blind. One of her more scatterbrained friends was driving her home Tuesday and accidentally had her get out of the car right into a big fire ant hill. She didn't come over very quickly to help either. She has about 15 bites on one foot and apparently it is hugely red and swollen. Now she's on oral steroids which isn't good for her glaucoma. Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I'm glad you're okay. Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
O_o Wow Goody! I hope everyone was ok. I, too, know the of "blame the person turning left" even if an airplane falls out of the sky.
Theca, that should constitute criminal neglect. It's unfortunate that her ability to see is in no way connected to her ability to think....
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Theca, that totally sucks. I mean, obviously it was an accident, but how thoughtless. Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
I got off lucky, I *just* smashed my right wrist against the door and got bounced around, a bit of whiplash and aggravated my carpal tunnel. Mom had whiplash, a bruised rib, and they had to do a bunch of Doppler tests on her to make sure that there wasn't anything going on with her circulatory system, especially in her arms where she's prone to clotting (or catching the clots, whichever)
The hotshot driving scraped his cheek. The girl he was hotrodding for bashed against the windshield and had a nasty bruise. The two year old in the back seat of the Olds had a broken leg from being tossed out of his seat (I seriously doubt he was buckled in properly) and then landed on his leg funny from the rebound.
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