From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Story of the Second Time I Almost Died: Part II

30 September 2009

For background, see Part I. The ER doctors tested me for a bunch of different things but couldn’t find anything wrong. Meanwhile, different techs kept coming around to take my vitals and reassuring me with statements like, “Huh. My blood pressure machine must not be working.” At one point, my blood pressure was THIRTY-EIGHT OVER [...]

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Story Of The Second Time I Almost Died: Part I

29 September 2009

Lindsey at Suburban Turmoil recently requested doctor horror stories from her readers. Part of my story made it into her blog (but not the actual newspaper story). A new friend (in! real! life!) – and I’m not naming names, but let’s just imagine that her name rhymes with Globbin – was telling me this terrible [...]

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Weekly WrapUp: September 26, 2009

27 September 2009

Just found this meme at Weekly WrapUp. It may or may not be a good idea, but I need to write in order to keep from NOT writing, so here goes. In the past week, have your contemplated your purpose or other deep, meaningful thoughts? No. Although I suppose it would depend on how you [...]

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