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Tweak says, "Niiiiine times!"

Seiber (lookingforsigns) wrote,
@ 2009-07-15 14:22:00

Entry tags:

family, knoxville, things breaking

The good news: I'm not falling apart. A little twitchy due to being unable to just walk out of the house and wander as I please through the city, but I'll live. I think being back at my parents' house is messing with me the way it usually does, where I get all oversensitive and feel boxed in and surrounded by chaos. No major arguments with my parents as of yet, however, which is another thing I consider to be a self-accomplishment, and I think my mom and I are going out for pedicures tomorrow. Might even get some of my writing ability back, I'm flat-out exhausted on a creative front these days.

The bad news: Everything else is falling apart. This house is about eighteen years old all over, since we had to get it built from the ground up after the fire. Therefore, things need replacing. Mom's already nosing around for new countertops because the tiles have uncleanable concrete between them and are made of fail, and now the dishwasher's gone and died so we're all washing up by hand now. ~~Yes, I know this isn't a great hardship, but it's still annoying.~~ Also apparently my cart's air conditioning and fan aren't working anymore, which is a great hardship in a Southern summer, and when I tried to take it in to be repaired the silly thing wouldn't start. The battery's probably out, but the problem is that my car is nestled into a little alcove of lawn face-first and it would be impossible to reach another cart's battery with regular length jumper cables. So I'm kinda stuck for the duration until Dad figures out what fuckery is going on.

The alien egg sac news: After a lot of Mom-nudging my GP Dr. N (and I do mean a lot, she's been doing it since late June) to call the endocrinologist, I've finally got an appointment for the 28th. Ideally this means that I can get the surgery before I leave for UNCA, but mom thinks not. So...in that case the options are to get it done during fall break in October or get it done in Asheville, both options I am not completely happy with. This thing's still growing, and I'd like to not have to drive myself back from the hospital.

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it's hillary
(Anonymous)
2009-07-15 01:43 am UTC (link)

did the brit doctor ever check you for an iodine deficiency?
I learned, albeit from wikipedia, that unlike the U.S, the UK doesn't iodize their salt, and iodine is fairly hard to acquire in a regular diet.
also, iodine defficiencies can cause goiters. (along with many birth defects, and I don't remember what else).

so if it hasnt' already been looked at, eat a lot of table salt! (wait.. is iodized table salt kosher?)

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	Re: it's hillary lookingforsigns 2009-07-15 02:12 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, that's why the goiter rate is higher in Europe than here. I don't think the problem is specifically iodine related, but I plan on salting myself up anyway. "Kosher salt" is just a specific kind of salt used to make things kosher (by soaking up the blood in the meat), so the iodine isn't really an issue. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: it's hillary lonescorpion.livejournal.com 2009-07-15 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	The UK iodizes bread, so I'd be surprised if that was the issue. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: it's hillary lookingforsigns 2009-07-15 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	I did not know one could iodize bread. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: it's hillary (Anonymous) 2009-07-16 06:51 am UTC (link)
	iodized bread? that's pretty cool! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	navigatorsghost 2009-07-15 08:37 am UTC (link)
	Your post cuts off in the middle! Check your HTML or something? hug (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lookingforsigns 2009-07-15 02:03 pm UTC (link)
	Lolwhut? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lookingforsigns 2009-07-15 02:06 pm UTC (link)
	There, I wrote up a new piece. (Reply to this) (Parent)