Malogna Baloney

Observations from the ER

I wrote this list last night while waiting in the emergency room last night…

• I’m glad I kept my bra on when i got home from the store
• I really wish I had put on sneakers rather than flip flops
• I vastly overtipped the cabbie that brought me there
• I wish I had gotten a manicure instead cleaning my now blood covered apartment
• I wish I had been wearing sweats instead of shorts while working on my home
• SunnyHill is going to suck if I can’t play any sports 
• After waiting for a few hours, I really wish I had thought to grab my nook.

Typing is hard without your left pointer finger…

How healthy living is trying to kill me…

I received great news last Tuesday, Vitamin therapy is working for my eyes. Along with lifestyle changes I made, my doctor thinks that I will be able to keep AMD away for a long time.  So…How is healthy living killing me?

Last Wednesday, I went to meet up with a friend for dinner, I was early and waiting in the bar and had a glass of water (I’m trying to cut back on my alcohol consumption).  It was warm in the bar, but it wasn’t too bad at first.  And then it happened…I got a “wave” as i used to call them in high school when it happened all the time, it’s like you feel a little faint.  It’s not like you’re going to hit the deck, but it’s not pleasant.  I decide to walk out of the bar to get some air.  As I’m leaning against the wall, the bouncer comes up me and asks in a warning tone, “how much have you had to drink tonight?”  My eyes shot open, and I responded, Nothing, I’m feeling a little faint.  I could see the panic on his face, he grabs another bouncer, and he runs inside to get a chair and a bottle of water.  It’s too late.  I completely black out, and the next think i know, Bouncer #2 is helping me up and into a chair and my friend is freaking out.   We did finally get out table, after waiting an hour…  I bounce back pretty quickly from these fainting spells as they happened often when I was in high school, before I started to drink (hmmmmm).

Tonight, I got into a knife fight with a pineapple corer. To use the corer, you cut the top of the pineapple with a knife and then you drill the corer down to the bottom without piercing it.  Unfortunately, I pierced the bottom, so the core was stuck in the corer.  I finished preparing my fresh pineapple and then tried to figure out how to get the core out of apparatus.  Using the ultra sharp knife is not the way.  I’ve spent the better part of the last 4 hours in the emergency room at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital getting 10 stitches (more posts and pics on this tomorrow, I’m way too tired now to copy my thoughts from my phone - too lazy to directly post).  Eating Captain Crunch for breakfast never sent me to the Hospital! (I acknowledge that sugary cereals could eventually lead to diabetes or other issues, but it hasn’t in the past).