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looking awfully Lady-Mary takes a job at the BBC, today.

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we just caught sight of ourselves in the posh elevators at the Day Job en route back to our Desk (having rushed out with a bag containing our swimsuit and hiding behind some Large Dark Glasses for “Lunch”) and realized … Continue reading

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post check-up RX: noodles and Golden Girls

after the visit to the surgeon for blood test results (sigh – higher dosage meds on their way) and the pushing of Scar and shoving camera down nose into throat, we needed a Hot Bath, noodle soup from the asian … Continue reading

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surgeon visit = more meds. #sigh

so our blood tests came back….. …….so we headed Back to The Hospital for the following: 1. Pressing of the Scar (ow!) 2. Stuff ending in _caine shot up nose (ugh!) 3. Camera up nose and Down Throat (ow!!) 4. … Continue reading

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higher doses and lesser worries.

It went alright. Well, it Went. Because it does. But OW. ow! It hurt. The snakey camera up-the-nose-and-down-the-throat (and out again – almost worse, if that’s possible) Diagnosis. More rest. And more synthroid. #ugh So we took a stroll into … Continue reading

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check up and blood test results and the descending melancholy

so it’s here – winter – with its bare trees and dark gloomy mornings…………. and not a good smile to be found chez teamgloria (although tis only halfway into the first few moments of caffeine’s dark embrace ;) we have … Continue reading

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press the scar. (seriously??) *tears*

press down on the scar fuck. Seriously? really? or it won’t heal flat Don’t care how it looks. But have no intention of causing Pain. like this. Ow Ow OW! er, that hurt. you have to. Oh god. So we … Continue reading

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blood tests and tomato soup.

Familiar place…… so we found out why we can barely get out of bed in the mornings since the surgery seven weeks ago. our blood tests were Most Revealing. Amusing moment in surgery office – actually two: 1. Strange choice … Continue reading

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Back to hospital: more tests (followed by a Nice Walk)

after a Most dispiriting meeting, we were almost Relieved to spend the afternoon at the Hospital… (and then, after Traditional Medicine took Yet More Blood for tests) we went uptown (after delicious lunch with jw1 who held our coat-and-bag at … Continue reading

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comedy moment: are those our tumours/tumors??

waiting for the surgeon. escorted into examination room. the monitor was still on. gruesome pictures. “Dear GOD! Are those are tumours/tumors?” nurse laughed. “No!” she swiftly turns off monitor. Phew. Suddenly very grateful. and so We Wait.

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doing the paperwork. coping with the bureaucracy. sort of. (+ heading BACK to the Other Coast!)

so team gloria has done the following today: 1. celebrated TEN YEARS in the USA 2. gone to surgeon’s office to wait in the anteroom (lovely victorian word) with the even lovelier j/w (j/w 2 was not with us today) … Continue reading

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