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mistressofmuses) wrote2021-12-05 08:47 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2021-12-05 08:47 pm
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Lunch with friends + weather change
Hobby lunch was good. I was glad that we did go.
Alex wasn't sure, because he's still not feeling great. Hopefully he'll be able to get a CT scan this week sometime - his doctor ordered one, but he hasn't heard back on the referral. It is probably an ulcer, and most of the symptoms match up pretty well. But I also know that they want to rule out anything else/worse, so it's a little nerve-racking not having a definite answer.
He's been on basically a liquid diet for the last week or so. Soup and broth. So much soup. And some other stuff like yogurt. It doesn't make the pain go away, but does seem to keep it from getting worse.
So going out to an Italian restaurant didn't seem like the greatest idea for him. But we went anyway, and he was able to find a couple things that were neutral enough to nibble at without it immediately turning to agony.
It was nice to see people. This included the women (aunt and niece) who let us sleep in their living room for many months when we were otherwise living in our car, and I remain extremely grateful to them. And only one of the super anti-vax types was there, lol.
Also, damn but this hobby (which is again, collecting little plastic horses and treating it very seriously) has an awful lot of queer folks, lol. Out of the ten people who were able to make it, there were me and Alex, the younger of the women we'd lived with for a bit, a gay man, a married lesbian, and another older woman whose partner came out as trans a few months ago. (It was genuinely extremely sweet to hear her talking about how much she loves her wife, how she's still her favorite person in the world.) The hobby itself feels a bit split between a lot of queer people and the absolute worst conservative trump-humper assholes, including the local groups. (Though the shitty ones mostly broke off into their own "boo hoo people don't like us anymore" contingent, and they're welcome to it.)
The weather changed FAST. We stopped on our way home to run a quick errand, and between the time we went into the store and got out of the store, the weather turned from "sunny, fairly warm, clear, breezy" to "windy, dust blotting out the mountains, and the wind is COLD." It dropped about 40° in a couple hours.
Got home. Took a nap until like 6:30, which probably wasn't advisable, but here we are.
Alex wasn't sure, because he's still not feeling great. Hopefully he'll be able to get a CT scan this week sometime - his doctor ordered one, but he hasn't heard back on the referral. It is probably an ulcer, and most of the symptoms match up pretty well. But I also know that they want to rule out anything else/worse, so it's a little nerve-racking not having a definite answer.
He's been on basically a liquid diet for the last week or so. Soup and broth. So much soup. And some other stuff like yogurt. It doesn't make the pain go away, but does seem to keep it from getting worse.
So going out to an Italian restaurant didn't seem like the greatest idea for him. But we went anyway, and he was able to find a couple things that were neutral enough to nibble at without it immediately turning to agony.
It was nice to see people. This included the women (aunt and niece) who let us sleep in their living room for many months when we were otherwise living in our car, and I remain extremely grateful to them. And only one of the super anti-vax types was there, lol.
Also, damn but this hobby (which is again, collecting little plastic horses and treating it very seriously) has an awful lot of queer folks, lol. Out of the ten people who were able to make it, there were me and Alex, the younger of the women we'd lived with for a bit, a gay man, a married lesbian, and another older woman whose partner came out as trans a few months ago. (It was genuinely extremely sweet to hear her talking about how much she loves her wife, how she's still her favorite person in the world.) The hobby itself feels a bit split between a lot of queer people and the absolute worst conservative trump-humper assholes, including the local groups. (Though the shitty ones mostly broke off into their own "boo hoo people don't like us anymore" contingent, and they're welcome to it.)
The weather changed FAST. We stopped on our way home to run a quick errand, and between the time we went into the store and got out of the store, the weather turned from "sunny, fairly warm, clear, breezy" to "windy, dust blotting out the mountains, and the wind is COLD." It dropped about 40° in a couple hours.
Got home. Took a nap until like 6:30, which probably wasn't advisable, but here we are.
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Good that the Trump hugger part split off rather than... not.
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Same here. It was a really ridiculous flounce on their part, but I'm happy to leave them to it.
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Alex's stomach issues sound super painful. I hope they figure out what it is for certain very soon and are able to help him.
Weirdly, we're having one day in the 50s today (with rain, natch) in between mid-30s. What is up with that?!! I mean, give me a week of nice days, lol, don't tease me with one!
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Yeah, they sound absolutely miserable, and I feel terrible for him. I'm absolutely hoping we can at least get an answer about what it is. (And we're hoping "just" an ulcer. At least that leads to a more definite "how to deal with it" path.)
Aw, getting taunted with a single nice day is just mean! I think our temperatures are supposed to go back up a bit, and we may get some snow later this week. The forecast has been changing a ton, though.