In to , I worked at a regional hospital in the admissions area, and we always knew when it was a full moon. On any given day we would have one or two women during regular business hours coming in not through the ER unless it was after hours in full labor. When the full moon hit, the number always jumped up to about nine.
If we ever forgot or wondered for a second, we checked the calendar and then it would click: oh yeah, the full moon. Every time. I was at a social gathering this Tuesday the 30th of January. There were only six of us, but I only knew two others and three were strangers. He was the first doctor I saw there, and he said that my condition was psychogenic [meaning it is psychosomatic], and all of the doctors after that saw what he wrote so they wrote the same thing in my chart, and now no one will treat me.
This Dr. X is Harvard-educated, but you know, even Harvard has to have someone who is the shittiest out of the bunch. When I returned home from this gathering, I was taking my nighttime meds and catching up with my emails , and I saw one pop up in my inbox. I dreaded opening it. It was from a researcher I had written to a week ago to give her an update on my situation. I had met her in at the hydrocephalus conference that just happened to be in Minneapolis.
I already know the shunt failures are because of the mast cell action. Her reply was very encouraging. She thought that I was absolutely on the right track, and she wants to work me into her research. I tend to be a pragmatic person, which sometimes leads to awkwardness in emotional situations. So after this low low and this high high, the super blue blood moon arrived in the early morning hours Wednesday. The moon has ruled my Earth. I feel a little bit lighter now.
I was contacted by this guy on OKCupid, and his profile seemed very promising. Here is our conversation from last night:. Him : I am very interested in having you proofread my profile. Seriously though, I spend a great deal of time lamenting how very few people have any idea what an apostrophe is for these days.
