If you send a patient for a scan... one that could determine whether or not they are cancer free... that patient should not still be waiting TWO WEEKS LATER for results!!  What the fucking fuck???

Okay, so... I live in a condo that I bought 10 years ago.  Bank of America bought the mortgage about 6 or so years ago. Let me just say up front.. I HATE Bank of Fucking America.  Since they took over my mortgage, I have had nothing but problems with them.  They have absolute morons working for them. And none of them know what the other ones are doing.

So, every year, I get a letter from them saying that they need proof of my flood insurance or they're going to buy some for me.  So, every year, I send them the insurance certificate in the envelope they send me. Then I get another letter saying they're still waiting for it. So I send it again. I get another letter saying this is my last letter before they buy the insurance for me.  So, this time, I mail it AND fax it.  Then I get another letter saying, "we've bought you flood insurance, it will be reflected on your next statement."  So, then I have to get on the phone and argue with the morons and get them to take the flood insurance off my statement.   I honest to god go through this every year.  Now, anybody who knows me know that it takes a lot to get me riled up, but now, just the mention of B of A, gets me absolutely insane.  I've never yelled at anybody over the phone before, but they do it to me every time.

So, about a month ago, I get a letter from B of A saying "FEMA has declared that you are no longer in a flood zone. We no longer need proof of insurance."  THANK FUCKING CHRIST!!  End of story... so I thought.  A couple of weeks ago, I get a letter from them.. "we have not received your proof of insurance."  What??  Oh, for crying out loud.  Alright, fine.  So, I email the insurance company.  The rep emails me back.  "Here it is, but Bank of America asked us for it already on October 31st and we sent it to them."  Uh huh...  Idiots.  Fine.  So, then a couple of days ago, I get a letter from B of A saying, "Thank you! We have received your proof of insurance.   But, it does not say what flood zone you are in. Please provide paperwork with your flood zone."  Seriously???? Ten years and NOW you want what flood zone I'm in??  God, you people are fucking idiots!!  

I'm all prepared to email the insurance company again and see if they have that paperwork.  Today, I get home from work and in the mail is a letter from B of A.  God, what the hell do they want now??  "FEMA has declared that you are no longer in a flood zone.  We no longer need proof of insurance."   WHAT. THE. FUCK.  GAAAAHHH!!!

I hate them so much.

[Spoiler (click to open)]Who else thinks that Dr. Whale is going to turn out to be Dr. Frankenstein? Just from the preview... raising the dead? Lightning?  And James Whale directed the original Frankenstein movie.  Just my thought.


Anyway, that's just what I think...  I laugh because my parents watch and every week my dad says.. "why do I watch this show?  I never know what the hell is going on!"  :-D  They crack me up.

Oh and just as an aside to anyone that watches Hawaii Five-0... Steve's mom needs to go and she needs to go now. She is such a bitch and I hope gets the hell gone really soon.

Anyway... that's it! Have a great week!

**Spoilers**  Okay.. I was proud of myself... I was okay right up until the end, when Rory disappeared in the graveyard.  Then I cried all the way to the end credits.  Decent episode over all.  Although... NOBODY in New York realized that the Statue of Liberty had moved??  I mean, I get this is Doctor Who, but even for this show, that was a wee bit far fetched. And I understand the reasoning behind the Doctor not being able to go back to 1938, but why couldn't he go back to 1939, or 1940? They really left that plot hole way too wide open.  And I do hope that the Doctor goes and talks to Rory's father or he's going to be sitting there with the plants and waiting for a very long time! :-(

On to Once Upon a Time...  Was I the only one who thought the woman playing Mulan was just awful??  And that whole plotline really bothered me.  Sleeping Beauty has always been my favorite Disney fairy tale and they've completely mucked it up.  Philip getting killed by a wraith?  Treating Aurora like a 2 year old?  And freakin' Mulan??  What the hell? Nope, definitely not liking it at all.  Overall, everything else is fine, although personally, I would have let the wraith get Regina, but then, that would really shorten the lifespan of the series! 

So, tonight I have Bones, Warehouse 13 and Hawaii Five-0.  Hopefully Bones will be better. I used to really love that show, but I haven't really been thrilled with it for the last season or so.  I HATED the Pelant character last season and he's going to be running all through this season too. Joy. And unfortunately, I thought Brennan came off as kind of a bitch last episode. Let's hope they fix that.  Warehouse 13 is fine, except for Joanne Kelly. I'm sorry, but she is a terrible actress. Her idea of showing emotion is bugging out her eyes to varying degrees.  I would like the show so much more if she wasn't in it.  Five 0 should be fun.  HATED McGarrett's mom.  Thought she came off as an absolute self-centered bitch. And scolding Danny... calling him Danno!?  I think not, sister!  And I'll really be peeved if they make Wo Fat her son. Serious jump the shark territory.

Anyway, that's my TV rant for today!  Enjoy your viewing! :-)

Okay.. I TOTALLY called that after the finale last May.

Man.. two days of season premieres and now I've got nothing until next Wednesday.  Hmph. Guess I'll just have to watch my new Avengers blu-ray!  :-)

Okay, watched the premiere last night.  All I have to say is, if they make Doris Wo Fat's mom, I'm going to be seriously pissed.  That is all.

Why do I keep torturing myself by watching every Red Sox game?? It's actually painful and yet I do it anyway. I just can't even believe the suckage that is this season. Anyway, that's all I'm going to rant about them. Frankly, they're not even worth the effort...


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Anyway, that's my rant! Hope everybody's summer is going well. Can't believe it went by so fast and September is just around the corner!

You know, it's bad enough I have to be swollen all the time and uncomfortable and not be able to sleep...Now I have to be on this goddamn low iodine diet, which totally sucks, but hey...bright spot.. you CAN eat bread as long as you make it yourself. Great! Steal mom's bread machine... set for French bread... AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE GODDAMN BREAD OUT OF THE MACHINE!!! Like I need this fucking aggravation right now. It's stuck on the friggin' blade and WILL. NOT. COME. OFF. Oh, I could cut it out in pieces, but that kind of defeats the whole, making-bread-for-sandwiches purpose. I could seriously cry with frustration right now.

Anyway...that is my vent for the evening...

So.. I start the low-iodine diet tomorrow. Got the whole day planned out... no-salt rice cake topped with no-salt peanut butter and a glass of orange juice for breakfast. A salad with oil and vinegar for lunch.. Five ounces of protein with some kind of vegetable for dinner and fresh fruit for dessert. Oh man... it's gonna be a loooong month.

Well... I haven't been on in a while, but there's a reason for that..well, other than my natural laziness, of course.

Today marks 2 months since I had surgery to remove my thyroid and about 29 lymph nodes in my neck. I found out right after Christmas that I have papillary thyroid cancer. Ho Ho Ho. I now have a lovely permanent necklace that goes from right behind my right ear, across my throat to just below my left ear. I also am completely numb in the incision area and the entire right side of my head. I can't even begin to explain how incredibly weird it is to not be able to feel your ear.

All things considered, everything has gone well so far. I still have to have a radioactive iodine treatment next month, at which time apparently I'm going to be my own night light for five days. But, after the treatment, that's it. Just really maintenance and thyroid meds for the rest of my life.

I just can't wait until I'm comfortable again and can get a full night's sleep. Right now, I have considerable scar tissue forming and lymph edema in my neck, so I'm stiff and sore and I can't lie flat. You know, you don't really realize how much you use your neck muscles until it's really difficult to use them at all! I had been told a lot of things to expect, but it's really the little things that you don't realize until they happen. Not being able to get a hair cut because you can't lean your neck back in the sink, having a really hard time washing your hair because you have to lean forward in the shower instead of back; and you can't even really do that for too long because it's uncomfortable; having to sleep propped up and not being able to turn on your side; just turning to look at something becomes something you really have to think about and of course, there's driving. I drive to work and home and to physical therapy, but that's really it. Can't do anything longer, because I can't really turn all that well.

I don't mean to bitch and whine... this is the first time I've really talked all that much about it. I just am tired of feeling constantly uncomfortable and tired. And I realize that I have it a lot better than some people, but, every now and then you just have to get crap off your chest. I just try to keep thinking, that this time next year, hopefully this will all seem like a distant dream. I can celebrate a year cancer-free. And that will be awesome.