Fated Strife

Not much has been going on recently. My mom’s birthday was Monday, she’s 47 now.

I saw my primary doctor Monday as well, he gave me some Vistaril and Triamcinolone lotion for my legs and feet as lately they have been really bad with itching, rashes, etc. My mom also has the skin problem on her legs but is much different than mine.

I finally used the lotion stuff today (can’t use too much of it as I believe it can cause adrenal suppression as other corticosteroids can). The itching has went away quite a bit but it may or may not have been the lotion.

I ended up with this horrible migraine today, it woke me up around 7am and I stayed in bed pretty late but by 3pm it was still around so went to the ED. Some Dilaudid and Phenergan helped it and was also prescribed a few lortab for pain that may be around when the dilaudid wears off. That’s the first time any of the doctors at the ED or urgent care or such has offered anything for home use, and the person I saw today was very nice and understanding about these things. I hope one day I can be migraine free again but I doubt it.

I talked to angel for a few minutes Monday as well but haven’t heard from him the past 2 days, hopefully he’ll be on tomorrow some so we can talk.

I’m getting one of these for Christmas, due to the fact I’m such a big Zelda fan and I missed out on getting the LE gold Triforce GameBoy Advance. I’m curious if anyone has any suggestions on which games to get for the DS? I’m already getting Phantom Hourglass with that DS, I hope to pick up the New Super Mario Bros. game for it as well sometime. Trauma Center is also another game I’m thinking of getting sometime but other than those I have no idea what good games are out, so if you have a suggestion please leave a comment.

House yesterday was interesting. I napped until about 15 minutes into the show but thanks to TiVo I was able to watch it all. I’ll refrain from spoiling the episode but it had an interesting story, the PotW’s case had me confused for the most part. The story line with the new candidates and Wilson and such was also pretty good.
Any comments from readers about the episode (or the season for that matter)?

Its supposed to be cold and snowy tomorrow day for awhile. I’m really hoping it’ll snow a good amount, the weather forecast had it as flurries but now it just shows clouds with some snowflakes.

I can’t think of much else right now, my head is still hurting a bit and I am pretty sleepy now. I did update Cory’s bands site, you can also view previous and upcoming shows now thanks to a nifty WP plugin. I hope he starts using the blog and such soon.

Also, yesterday the rapper Bryan Williams (The Birdman), was arrested here while he was passing through on drug charges. I saw this on the news after House went off, I know people are arrested all the time but this is some big news for the area so I figured I’d share. You can view the original story here, and the follow up here.

I’ve also added a Polls section where you can take various polls and surveys from my site. So be sure to head over there and participate! I’ve included the latest one below.

Tags: Angel, band, cory, dilaudid, doctor, gameboy, house, house md, itchy, lortab, mario, migraine, migraines, nintendo, nintendo ds, serendade a thief, sleep, sleepy, tired, zelda

This makes my 800th blog post, can’t believe I’ve posted that many.

House was on tonight, it was pretty good but I’m just not enjoying the season so far. It may be where the cabins aren’t part of his team now (though they’re still around to participate, and Foreman is back with House) and probably just need to get used to the new potential team members. Also, House doesn’t seem to be popping Vicodin in as many scenes as the previous seasons, at least not that I’ve noticed.

Past few weeks have sucked a lot, haven’t talked to Angel since last Wednesday or so, hopefully he’ll be on tomorrow.

My cough started back up some today, the last round of antibiotics seemed to have rid me of this crap. Which for the most part it did, but either my asthma has went nuts or I don’t know why this cough has stuck around for so long. It’s also unnerving with these headaches. When I’m not in migraine mode I occasionally get these sharp stabbing pains in the same place that tends to hurt the worst when I have a migraine. It also happens if I’m straining or if I get up too quick or such (though I get more lightheaded than I used to when I would stand up too quick). Hopefully one of my doctors will be able to figure out what the deal with that area is and to get these migraines under control some.

Not surprising, my reflux has been getting progressively worse again, I’ve been without coagulation on my LES and dilation of my esophagus for quite awhile now which I am happy about but I believe I’m due for a stretch and burn soon. Bobbie had mentioned it would be around this time when I would probably need one if things didn’t improve. I’ll have to call Sullivan’s office up here soon and see my new nurse practitioner to see what they want to do. Anymore they just let me decide when I think I need to have that done.

I received both my Darth Malak/Darth Revan and Holographic Commander Cody figures today! I was surprised to not only get them this soon but to get them both on the same day. They’re pretty cool, though the Darth Revan figure doesn’t stand up well. His robe probably unbalances him thus causing him to fall over but I’ve got him propped up some. I’ve decided to leave the Cody figure in his package for the time being, since I already have a Cody figure out (though he’s the non holographic one).

Silent Hill Origins is finally out! This is something that can be considered on my wishlist now. I didn’t see it in any stores when I was out at them last week so guess I can just hope I get it for Christmas since it’s coming up soon. I hope it’s good and has controls like SH3 or better. I’m not sure how it’s going to do since its on PSP, the only other game I have and actually play on it is the Dracula X Chronicles and you can only choose to use directional OR analog stick to move but not both (which I would like to have both for SotN).

Having just seen one of the new Pepto Bismol commercials, I have to complain about how much I despise Hardee’s/Carl Jr’s commercials. You have these “manly” men on there, basically taking huge bites of food, chomping their food loudly, smacking their lips, mouth open. ripping the cheese off the wrapper. I find people eating like that rude, disgusting, irritating, too many to list. Makes me want to eat there even less. Then again I don’t really want to eat a burger that has more calories than I consume in a week.

I’ve also got a post planned in my head, basically about Stairway to Heaven backwards. Most people know about it, probably have heard it. But, theres a part in the song where its just the music going without vocals and it really sounds like this baby crying. It does it twice and I have yet to hear it in any of the other parts of the song and I’m pretty sure its not the guitars causing it as you can clearly hear them as well during that part. I’ll get some clips and such made up here soon and see what others think about it.

I guess that’s all for now, time to sleep so I can just wake up tired. I had a horrible time falling asleep yesterday though, I’d be drifting off and then jerk awake. The first time was because of my own hand, I was lying there and my right hand was near my left by my hand and it just felt like someone else touching my hand. Then people being loud downstairs kept keeping me from dozing off. Finally I was going to sleep again and it sounded like gunshot near my head. Wasn’t as loud as one but was pretty loud. I’m still not sure what it was.

Thats all.

Tags: Angel, asthma, blog, christmas, cough, darth malak, darth revan, Dracula X, headache, house, house md, lightheaded, migraine, migraines, pain, reflux, sleep, SotN, star wars, sullivan, tired, wishlist

Well, a few days ago I decided to crack open my Knights of the Old Republic II game. I had to start from the beginning due to my old save file being on my Xbox as opposed to my 360.

Today I finally reached the final boss, which I haven’t beat yet though I’ve only fought them once. I was able to get my lightsaber complete within the first 2 or 3 planets. It’s currently a silver blade with a “Vaprotan crystal” which seems to be the most powerful crystal in the game since it’s based on your character or such. I decided to go with the Light Side though DS points seem to be fairly easy to get too.

It has quite a few bugs, namely it likes to freeze up when the framerate drops, I lost quite a bit of time because of that and not having saved close to where it froze. I’ve been saving quite a bit more now after these tougher battles.

I also managed to procure the following items in a set on eBay today for $30, doesn’t seem a bad price at all considering you can’t find the figures in the stores or on most online stores as they are always out of stock it seems.

Hopefully they’ll arrive this week or early next week so I can add them along to my collection.

House was on tonight, it was fairly interesting. Seems he found another person who’s going to be on his team, at least for now. There’s some local elections going on so the show was in a small window on screen at times, I think they should’ve just waited until the news to display that since it comes on right after House. I was shocked about the team member that was disposed of today and why.

I’d like to get a pack of these sometime and also this one would be nice as well as this one.

I need to get an appointment with my neurologist before the 26th since that’s when I go back to my regular doctor. Hopefully they can get me in by then. I also need to go see Dr. Sullivan (well his new Nurse Practitioner) soon too.

I guess that’s all for now, nothing else going on to talk about thats good.

Please note that my previous post “Why being really lonely is sometimes super awesome” came from a Scrubs episode where Dr. Cox mentions JD’s latest blog post, named as such.

Tags: BBTS, BigBadToyStore.com, darth malak, darth revan, Gaming, gastroenterologist, house, house md, knights of the old republic 2, knights of the old republic II, lightsaber, neurologist, star wars, sullivan, vaprotan, xbox, xbox 360

Hope everyone had a fun and exciting Halloween and such.

Angel and I talked for a few minutes today, but he had to run to go to the office to help his mom or something then had to go to school after that. Actually he’s probably just leaving from there at this time. Can’t wait for Dec 23rd when he gets here. So excited about it.

Getting a bit more trash out and stuff moved and cleaned. I took to the task of cleaning Kiki’s cage out (thats a ferret for new ones around here). It was horrible, the smell, even through my mask. At least he isn’t knocking his food bowl over like he used to when I tried to use one of those.

New Scrubs episode Thursday night btw for those who watch. Can’t forget House either, that’s Tuesday’s at 9pm.

I’ve beat the crap out of the Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles game. Can’t wait to get 100% completion on it.

I’m tired. Probably more I want to say but can’t think of those right now. Save that for another post.

Tags: Angel, Castlevania, cleaning, Dracula X, house, house md, kiki, scrubs