So today was the day.

Dr. P. tried to once again give me the run-around on my care. I have been below 35% lung function for over a year now, and each visit she tells me about how I can get back up into the 40's again, it will just take one more hospitalization. Well, I've had one more hospitalization, and one more, and one more, and one more, ( Read more... )

So here I am in the hospital again. My lung function has been in the high 30s since I began to culture the NTM, but now it's dropped to 24 and I decided it was time to come in. Everything is so frustrating because I'm culturing so much and everything is resistant to different things. The final analysis is: I have two strains of pseudomonas, ( Read more... )

my TA wanted to put the NaH in my flask for me, because it is prone to catching fire when in contact with water.

he somehow caused the ENTIRE stock supply of it to catch on fire, which he then threw in the sink and turned ON THE WATER.

MASSIVE. FIREBALL.

we all had to leave early and my experiment is ruined.

i love chemistry

I'm back at school. Back in the madness that is known as "dorm life". Complete with dirty dishes, sex in the next room, and strange hair all over the shower. It's good to be back ( Read more... )

idiot resident: well, we're not going to give you albuterol while you're in here, because it's already in your advair ( Read more... )

Well, I got my wisdom teeth taken out yesterday. Just the bottom ones, I have room for the top ones to come in. Dr. P wouldn't let the oral surgeon use N2O2 or knock me out completely, so I had to use just novocaine! It hurt a LOT, especially because I'm really hard to anesthetize (it runs in the family, apparently) and he would keep putting more ( Read more... )

I got back from South Carolina last night :) I am so glad I went, I had a great time. It was so so so good to see Ben! I met some of his friends, they were cool. I can't wait until next time, when he doesn't have to be back on base at midnight and can stay with me. It went way too fast though- I knew it would- but what can you do? That's life ( Read more... )

I love how I slack off for weeks at a time and don't write in this ( Read more... )

Letter from Ben on Friday :) He gave me a bunch of details about A school. He apparently did not give them to his family, so I got an e-mail from him mom asking about everything. I guess that he didn't even tell them that he's grad-and-go ( Read more... )

I feel so good. It's amazing. My lungs are nice and clear, I'm able to walk the half mile (ok, only 0.4 miles) between the parking lot and work and I don't get out of breath taking a shower. So why is my lung function still in the 30's? Gah ( Read more... )