i thought this cortisone shot was gonna alleviate some of the pain in my wrists - i think right now it hurts more than it did before. allergic reaction, perhaps? feels swollen and achy...

got a big o' needle full o' cortisone stuck into my wrist today, in hopes of alleviating some of the carpal tunnel symptoms - it feels weird, my whole hand's numb, and it feels like it's swollen, tho i don't think it is...i'd still prefer this sensation to some of the carpal tunnel pains...let's hope this just means no surgery!

i'm slowly getting back to "normal" - well, normal by lori standards...still not feeling quite right, but getting better as time goes by...man those seizures fucked me up.

i tell ya, it's times like this when ya find out who your friends are - lemme just take a minute to thank everyone that's peeked in on me and sent me good thoughts...i got flowers and a card yesterday from a woman that works with my mother, for pete's sake! people can be really nice...

Happy Birthday Angelina Jolie!

Well well well, she's got a blog for her USA for UNHCR ambassadorship...

A woman brought a very limp parrot into the veterinarian.

As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.

After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm so sorry, Polly has passed away".

The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure? I mean, you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something?"

The vet rolled his eyes, shrugged, turned and left the room returning a few moments later with a beautiful black Labrador.

As the bird's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the dead parrot from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his
head.

The vet patted the dog and took it out but returned a few moments later with a cat!

The cat jumped up and also sniffed delicately at the ex-bird. The cat sat back, shook its head, meowed and ran out of the room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry; but like I said, your parrot is most definitely, 100% certifiably, dead." He then turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill which he handed to the woman.

The parrot's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried. "$150 just to tell me my bird is dead?!"

The vet shrugged. "If you'd taken my word for it the bill would only have been $20, but.........what with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan..."

why is it all the books i put on hold come in all at once at the library?

right now, i have:

You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant : 101 real dumb laws - Koon, Jeff

Culture jamming : the uncooling of America - Kalle Lasn

Stupid white men-- and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation! - Michael Moore

What liberal media? : the truth about bias and the news - Eric Alterman

Refrigerator rights : creating connections and restoring relationships - Dr. Will Miller

101 survival secrets : how to make $1,000,000, lose 100 pounds, and just plain live happily - Rich Hatch

Second acts : creating the life you really want, building the career you truly desire - Stephen M. Pollan

The truth is-- : my life in love and music - Melissa Etheridge

The wisdom of the enneagram : the complete guide to psychological and spiritual growth for the nine personality types - Don Richard Riso

Your own worst enemy : breaking the habit of adult underachievement - Kenneth W. Christian

got the first 4.5 of them read - meanwhile, more are coming in at the library! waiting to be picked up are:

Photoshop 7 : killer tips - Scott Kelby

A collaboration with nature. - Andy Goldsworthy

at least i've got plenty of reading material to keep my mind busy....

it's pretty bad when you're terrified to go to sleep because you don't know if you'll wake up in the same place that you fell asleep in, or if you'll wake up at all.

do i just shut up and take a sleeping pill and hope it kicks in? i've probably actually gotten enough sleep lately - literally all day and all night saturday, and most of sunday as well. i just can't seem to turn my head off to go to sleep, but i don't know if not sleeping will make things even worse...

my my my, what a weekend! alas, it went NOTHING like i'd planned...

saturday was jam packed - fever game, go to a party & then go see adam's gig at fusion....alas, none of it happened because i spent all day saturday and most of sunday in the hospital because of seizures - i had FOUR on saturday. this is unheard of - i'll usually just have one. mom used the magnet on me, but obviously there's something else going on here. i'm gonna hafta give a few people a more intense lesson, apparently - mom said it's really hard to use while i'm convulsing.

it's really strange to wake up and not have a clue where you are or how you got there. apparently they loaded me up with valium in the er when i started my 4th seizure on saturday, and they they had me stay the night. i hate putting mom through this - especially after seeing brenda's (i think that's her name) seizure at the softball field last month - that really put things into perspective for me. i generally just have to deal with a bitch of a headache when i come out of a seizure - meanwhile mom's freaking out. i hate putting her through this.

i think it goes without saying: epilepsy sucks.