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ProfessorTomoe
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Should we throw in an EF-0, just for grins?
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@mlooney and I will transport you both to the Tornado Alley area where you can experience the *real* joy of a supercell thunderstorm.
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Ah, I feel flush with the power of the 1970s ...
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We're weaning Baker off of the Elavil and putting Loudmouth on it, as per the doctor's original instructions. Loudmouth is extremely difficult to get a pill inside—harder than Baker!
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
ProfessorTomoe replied to The Old Hack's topic in Off Topic Discussion
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Things That Are Just Annoying
ProfessorTomoe replied to CritterKeeper's topic in Off Topic Discussion
If you call my landline right now, you'll get through. However, if someone calls while the line is busy, instead of my voice mail they'll get a high-pitched squeal followed by the three error tones and a, "We're sorry, all circuits are busy now. Please try your call again later," followed by a rapid busy signal. Bizarre. Happens when I check my voice mail, too. -
Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
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The Texas Bathroom Bill did not make it out of special session. Good. That would have cost the State mucho dinero. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
ProfessorTomoe replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
5:07 p.m. CDT 20170816. Weird developments after taking my 20mg dose. Mrs. Prof went in to the office today, so I took advantage to try a couple of new audio plugins and listen to how they work on some music. One thing led to another, and I eventually wound up going through most of my old files, looking for stuff to work with. I then crashed out. I woke up about 45 minutes ago and couldn't find Loudmouth. Baker was easy to find—he came out of his litter box, barfed an empty stomach on the floor, and went to refill it. He'd apparently scared Loudmouth so bad that he wouldn't come out from under the bed for a good 15 minutes. Once I got him out and reassured him, I got back on the computer and switched over to the news. I'm glad I'm not doing 3x20mg beyond today (it'll be 4x15mg from tomorrow on). Twenty mg is a bit much. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Well, she accepted it, as long as it came from a nurse. We're switching back to 4x a day dosing, though. 4am/10am/4pm/10pm, if it works, 15mg per dose. That'll start tomorrow, because I've already taken my 20mg dose for this morning. Quite frankly, the nurse was perplexed at why I wasn't taking the full dose. I didn't get a chance to explain Mrs. Prof's paranoia over the whole thing. Besides, I'm only going to be at that level for two days prior to the procedure. I'm more scared over the procedure than I am over the medication, to be honest. She doesn't seem to be worried at all over the procedure. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Mrs. Prof is going to have a problem with this. They told me to go up to the full dosage of 60mg per day. All I can do is argue "nurse's orders." God, I hate this. -
The biggest problem we have right now is Loudmouth's paranoia, it would seem. Baker wants to play, but Loudmouth is interpreting that as aggression. Perhaps it's Loudmouth who needed the Elavil instead of Baker ...?
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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7:20 a.m. CDT 20170816. The pain along the right back/side/leg/foot is getting worse, even with the higher pain management dosage. I think it's got something to do with the 3x a day dosage instead of the old 4x a day dosage. I think I'm going to call the pain management specialist today and see if he can suggest a solution. I told Mrs. Prof about my plan, and she had no problem with it. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
ProfessorTomoe replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
1:49 a.m. CDT 20170816. I crashed and woke up right before the the end of the poll. Had to vote to break a tie. Crashed again afterward. Mrs. Prof called and woke me up at around 11:00 p.m. to let me know she was coming home. Just recently I've started developing stomach cramps. Those are going to keep me up for a while longer. OIC is not hitting me in a really haphazard way. Two days until the procedure. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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5:19 p.m. CDT 20170815. Three days until the procedure and the hospital has not called. I guess they don't need any info, but I'm bringing my medical folder w/current medicine list in it anyway. At this same time, I'm trying to run a poll over in Scribophile as Team Captain on a rather controversial issue that will affect my Scribophile workload regardless of the outcome. Nervous? Why, whatever gives you that idea? Ooh, another vote just came in. Ten people scattered across the globe. Gotta wait for them all to vote. It's possible that I may have to cast the tiebreaker. No stress at all. (takes another lorazepam) I'd like to lie down right now, but I've got to constantly monitor this election. I'm going to collapse once it's over. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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This was the first instance of Loudmouth participating. He was running end-to-end through the house, completely out of character. He then went back into his "insecure around Baker" mode. I swear, if he'd just let Baker give him a good sniff, all his problems would be over, but no, he has to get away from Baker instead. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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I went back to sleep and got up at around 8:00 a.m. before I had coffee. Woke up with right side pain and two hyperactive cats. -
We discussed this and came to the conclusion that it really wasn't helping enough to continue dosage. I think the sheer act of giving him the pill was more traumatic than anything else.
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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3:43 a.m. CDT 20170815. Here we go again. I crashed shortly after midnight, following a strenuous argument session with my team in the Ubergroup. I was up at about 3:20 a.m. CDT, in need of the facilities and of something to eat. Surprisingly, Baker had remained on the sofa across from me (we have a sectional—picture the letter L rotated 90 degrees left and in a corner). However, once I started munching on the chips and salsa Mrs. Prof brought home last night, he woke up and went in search of his own munchies. And in search of Loudmouth. (He'll learn one of these days not to mess with Loudmouth.) My left back/leg/foot pain is peaking, for some reason. It's not supposed to do this with a 20mg dose of hydrocodone. This is opposite of what I had last night. Too damned early for coffee yet. -
We've decided to wean Baker from the Elavil, since we're not seeing aggression issues (just jealousy) after the night out. Things are going much better than we expected, so tonight, no 5mg dose of Elavil. Baker will get doses Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, if I can help on Saturday (the day after my procedure). After that, no more Elavil.
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Still no evidence of any trouble from last night! The cats have been moving from room to room, getting comfortable.I'm definitely having more fun with Loudmouth, since he'll cuddle no matter where. Baker's the prettier and softer cat, but he has jealousy problems out the wazoo. He's definitely the least mature of the two.
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
ProfessorTomoe replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
2:53 p.m. CDT 20170814. I got more sleep between my last update and 2pm than I did overnight. I hope my sleep pattern isn't shifting. If it is, it can't be the hydrocodone's fault, since my 10pm dose is the largest of all and I'm sleeping less after it. My sore flaked off of my right ear. What was under it still hurts. The 2pm dose of my hydrocodone is kicking in. Strange—it's never really done that before. I may have to lie down again. At least it's keeping my anxiety down about Friday, despite the occasional PVC. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
ProfessorTomoe replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
6:49 a.m. CDT 20170814. See the Loudmouth thread for his whereabouts. I didn't get much in the way of contiguous sleep overnight. When 6am finally rolled around, I said, "Screw it" again and just got up. Found out the weather would have woke me up anyway, since we're in a thunderstorm right now. I don't feel horrifically sleepy, but it hasn't been long since I took my 6am dose of pain medicine. I've also just finished off a cup of non-protein coffee (Mrs. Prof was in the way) and am about to get a cup of protein coffee. Pain seems to be mostly on the left side this morning, with the exception of my right ear. -
As far as I can tell, there is no bed pee yet. I woke up several times overnight, and each time I saw that Loudmouth was sleeping next to Mrs. Prof while Baker was in his typical box next to the sofa with me (it's not a marital situation—she just keeps that room too damned cold and windy, and cats have fur). No bed pee elsewhere, but traces of use of a litter box. It seems as though the experiment was successful at first look. Mrs. Prof is still going to put the waterproof cover over the master bed before she leaves to take care of residual business from the feral cat roundup (24 cats this time!), just for safety's sake.
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
ProfessorTomoe replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
3:34 a.m. CDT 20170814. I wasn't *quite* out of it for the night. Deadpool came on, and I had to watch it. Fell asleep at about 2am. Woke up about ten minutes ago, wondering what the cats would be doing. Baker's asleep in his scratch box. Haven't found Loudmouth yet. -
ATTENTION: Loudmouth is sleeping outside of the cat room tonight. That is all. So far.
