Why Friday Suck
Why is it when I become ill, it happens on Friday night? It is seriously not fair.
Friday, I had taken the day off to get a million of appointments out of the way. I met with a wealth advisor and reviewed my finances for a while. The advisor was cute, young, intelligent…. Married. Damnit!
I hopped over to a Lens Crafters and talked them into letting me do a walk in. So I got my eyes dilated and walked out with some contacts. It had been years since I worn contacts so I have to go back next weekend and have them check my eyes again.
I ran to my doctor and had my prescriptions updated. He yelled at me for not coming in more often. I guess insurance companies don’t like it when it’s been over a year and you want to keep your prescriptions active. I had been freaking out about my blood pressure being high the last few appointments I’ve had with other doctors, but they all use those electronic doo-dads that measure for them… I swear they don’t work. Doc checked and my pressure is perfect, like always.
Before I left the doc’s office he made sure to send in the little Asian lady with the cart full of vials and she stabbed away at me with needles. Remember back in those combat movies when someone would get captured and they’d send in the demented guy to torture them with all his crazy knives and pliers? That’s what I imagine when I see her. I never had a problem giving blood, but part of me still wants to scream out “Tell me what you want to know! I’ll tell you ev’ry-ting!” It would be like Miss Swan trying to get information out of someone.
Afterwards, I drove home. It was only about 3pm by then so I decided to take a nap. And then BAM! I woke up sick. I knew something was coming; I had a rough cough the past few days. But it never fails… one tiny nap and it is a full-blown sickness.
I spent the whole weekend in my lay-z-boy with a roll of TP and a garbage bag. It was pretty sad. Why can’t I get sick on a Monday? Monday’s suck already… but nooooo, I only get sick on Friday so it can screw my whole weekend.
Yay.
If you end up having blood pressure trouble, you owe it to yourself to get some education on the different types of drugs they use so you can have an informed discussion with your doctor. For years my doctors gave my diuretic and ACE inhibitors that did nothing (besides unpleasant side effects). An old, dirt cheap, beta blocker worked wonders with no side effects. – and of course it ended up being Lymes, so when I got antibiotics, my blood pressure problems went away.
Robguy said this on January 24th, 2010 at 11:30 PM