Someday, they'll thank me for this!

[elfs]

I made minestrone for the kids tonight, the real kind, with the pasta cooked separately and added last to prevent mushiness, with pancetta and chicken broth. I even cubed bread and melted cheese on top for Kouryou-chan, and the kids still didn't like it. Grr. They eat well enough, but sometimes I wish they'd appreciate all the effort.

Yamaraashi-chan is writing cute skiffy for a nine-year-old, and Kouryou-chan got her hands on the labeler last night and now I have a label: "daddy".

Omaha threatened to slug me if I uploaded the video I took last night of her seizure up onto YouTube.

I went to the gym today. The New Year's Resolution crowd seems to have gone now, and I busted my butt doing the arms, abs and back exercises.

Comments

Re: Seizure Video

[whatthehay.livejournal.com]

What kind of seizures to you have? Grand mal? I don't think I'd want to see myself have one. I've been lucky and not had one since 1997, but you never know... I worry about Woggie freaking out the first time. We've talked.

Dilantin/Phenytoin controls mine, but Group Health just wrote in December that they are not going to include it anymore under the prescription drug program for federal employees. That means I'll have to pay full price. Don't know how much that's going to cost. :-(

Hope you're feeling better.

Re: Seizure Video

[omahas.livejournal.com]

What kind of seizures to you have? Grand mal?

Yep. Or, as my neurologist likes to say, "General Tonic Clonic" seizures, cause my seizures don't start in a particular part of my brain, but basically all over at once.

I don't think I'd want to see myself have one. I've been lucky and not had one since 1997, but you never know... I worry about Woggie freaking out the first time. We've talked.

Well, I have never seen a seizure before myself, and considering that other people are subjected to my seizures, I figure I should subject myself to my seizure at least once. Actually, this isn't the first time that he taped it, but the previous one he only got the aftermath part. This one was pretty short, and the part where I start getting up (about two minutes into the whole thing) I'm already cognizant of my surroundings...I just couldn't talk yet.

Dilantin/Phenytoin controls mine, but Group Health just wrote in December that they are not going to include it anymore under the prescription drug program for federal employees. That means I'll have to pay full price. Don't know how much that's going to cost. :-(

Oh, yuck. I was on Dilantin for a while years ago. Did nasty things to me (depression being the biggest part). Glad I'm not on it anymore. I take Gabitril/Tiagabine. That medication changed my brain chemistry enough that I actually have auras before my seizures now, so it's a great med for me.

I'm so sorry that they are taking it off the list...what jerks. I remember when Elf lost his job and we were without insurance for six months. I would have had to buy my meds at full price, but had the most wonderful pharmacist who took pity on me and only charged me cost. It was still over $100 per month.

Hope you're feeling better.

Thanks, I do. :)

Re: Seizure Video

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Everytime you say "General Tonic Clonic" I think I'm hearing the name of a character from Dr. Strangelove. Either that, or I miss-hear it as "General Tonic Colonic," and then I think of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, and you just don't want to go there.