bad blogger

yeah, i am bad...so there are some good vibes for ya!

i haven't blogged, written anyone back, or called anyone back. i have been busy and when i'm not busy, i am sleeping.

everything is fine, i feel...okay, not great. very tired. there is a lot of sickness around me, so i am trying to get a lot of sleep and avoid any major illness. strep is going around, as is the stomach flu.

something i have noticed is that grown adults walk around coughing and sneezing all the time without covering their mouths. it's no wonder everyone is sick! the consequences for most people are pretty minor, but for me or anyone else with a compromised immune system they could be majorly major.

a clerk at CVS looked right at me (with my bald head covered in a scarf) and coughed in my direction without covering her mouth. i wanted to slap her gum-chomping face, but instead i gave her a dirty look. when she coughed again she turned her head and covered her mouth. guess she got my passive-aggressive message.

chemo is next monday. transitioning doctors hasn't been a big deal (so far), transitioning nurses might be a little deal...but not for long. i just need to educate the new phone nurse in the ways of kelly.

as usual, i went for my weekly bloodwork on my lunch hour yesterday. as usual, i gave my blood and went back to work. they give you the option to wait, or to have the nurse call you later with the results. i can count on one hand how many times i have waited for my results. i only do that when i am not feeling well and/or don't have to get back to work.

when i got home from work there was a message waiting for me from kccc. the nurse says (in a very reprimanding tone of voice), 'this is nurse blahblah from dr. kent's office, you need to call me back as soon as possible about your blood results, and from now on you really should wait for your results.'

haha...silly woman! i literally laughed outloud when i heard her message (all of my friends/family reading this probably just said, 'oh no, she didn't!').

#1 - don't ever tell me what i should or should not do.
#2 - the first number you should use is my work number cuz chances are if you're at work, i am too. look at my chart, my age/occupation is on there...i am not retired like the majority of your patients.
#3 - look at my chart. take note of how many chemos i have had. i can probably tell you what my counts will be at any given time. i know they are low right now and what the precautions are.
#4 - don't give me the option to leave if you really want me to stay.

we'll see how quickly i call her back today. odds are she'll call me back before i call her.

this rebelliousness in me is downright stupid. i know that. and i know that she's just doing her job. and that she doesn't know me yet. we're about to get acquainted. and yes mom, in a nice way. have you ever seen me be mean to anyone? i remember that honey/vinegar saying well.

aren't you glad i came back just to complain?!!?

update: i called nurse blahblah first. somebody must have talked to her about me. she was nice, so i was nice, and it was all nicey nice...which is nice. but my counts are low...not so nice.