going for the gold

things are not going too smoothly in sabominator-land. i did find out today that i got an interview at BU med, too, which was a surprise. however, it was a silver lining on an otherwise turd-scented cloud.

my knee has been borked for a couple of weeks, and anyone who's been around me has heard my whining for narcotics so that i may sleep at night instead of writhing in discomfort. i'd been seeing a PA at my local clinic for it, which was my first mistake. DON'T BOTHER WITH PAs. if they were meant to go to medical school and become real doctors, god would have given them bigger brains and photographic memories. between pubmed and webmd, i should start charging co-pays for advice. i am convinced i have been misdiagnosed and would really be more comfortable smoking the piss out of my leg muscles at PT after being assured by run of the mill imaging techniques (MRI, etc) that stuff is not shredded to bits in there. but no, "an MRI won't tell her anything." she should get promoted; a lot of MDs i know seem to need MRIs.

i mean seriously, i'm 25 and now i can't get up from a chair or scrub my own bathtub without disloacting something painful and crying like a little bitch. this shall not stand.

so now i have to go through the paperwork triathlon to get my films, reports, and clinic notes from 4 places and have that tabbed and color-coded BEFORE i can make my "second opinion" appointment. i'm going to ask if i can shoot straight for receiving some actual care, since i don't think a PA should count as a "first opinion." i mean it was triage, basically; i did get a lesson on what a patella is for my $15. at least that turned out to be what i thought it was.

then i unlocked my car door this afternoon when leaving work. only the lock ate about 3/4 of my key; twisted right off and swallowed it whole. hm.

silver lining: door was "open," and i had a spare key with which to drive home. hey, at least nothing broke off in the ignition cylinder. but so i had to move all my grubby clothes, tool bag, gym bag, excess fluids, etc so that they wouldn't be taken, now that the car must remain in a perpetual state of "steal me" until i have time to play operation with the door lock. i was going to just put all this stuff in the trunk but er, now that doesn't open with the key suddenly. like at all.

at least my amp is safe.

*editorial farting noises - judges give this week:

austria 2.5
germany 2
france 3
hungary 2
USA 4 (freaking optimists, who asked you)