i’m impatient. generally, but also in this specific case: i hate waiting for pathology reports. my gastroenterologist took (his words) “lots and lots of biopsies,” this morning and expects them to be back from pathology in 2-4 weeks. quick update on the scope: this is my nth scope, where n represents “lots and lots.” (10? [...]
i’m scheduled to get an esophageal scope on monday. the only appointment they had was at 8am, in the fremont district of seattle. getting to fremont by 8 means waking up at 5am or so. i expect to be fully comatose for the balance of the day. yes, it really has been well over a [...]
a friend of mine one suggested a rule to determine when you might consider not taking a risk. the basic rule (paraphrased) is: if you would be embarrassed describing how you got hurt to the medical personnel treating you, you should seriously reconsider your actions. last night, i conspired to violate the hospital rule: with [...]
two months ago, i had a consultation with a new gastroenterologist. i was due for an upper gi scope and decided to stop putting it off. having moved a year ago, i didn’t have a gi in this area. i found him through swedish medical and the barrx (or bârrx) directory of practitioners who’ve licensed [...]
so, i finally got around to cleaning up my public blog a little. in looking for some canned solutoins to my moveable type woahs, it became appearant that i’d slept through the downfall of moveable type. the last time i looked, wordpress was a niche app without the bells and whistles i’d grown accustomed to. bengt.org [...]
