Couch 161: The Hexagonal Pyramidal Couch

I wish I knew what to do. I never know if something is as bad as he acts like it is. He's back in bed asleep now after taking the first antibiotic. When the doctor said he didn't seem that sick, I alternated between being upset like how can you know how he feels and thinking he's just being him. Maybe I should just take him to the emergency room when he wakes up if he's not feeling even a little better. I don't know what to do...

My H had 3 acid reflux attacks which all 3 times he thought was a heart attack. This last time I told him it better be a heart attack, because he no longer has insurance and he got an ambulance ride. Sadly, it was a heart attack. I will never say something like that again. I'd rather it be acid reflux than a heart attack!

This may not be a totally understandable sentiment, but I wish Info took more vacations. She’s missed one week for a vacation to my three when I went away for the holidays.

I seem to have slipped into my depression routine. Rest after every success, give up (for the day) after three failures.

But, but, but what if she’s stranded on a desert island and runs out of........Viagra?

It’s a *desert* island. Who’s gonna use the Viagra?

Surely, a woman of Info’s charms would never be lacking for suitable company to go on vacations (desert islands, included)?

I do believe your lack of faith in therapists as a whole is coloring your ability to appreciate their ummm....other qualities?

Here's an article on Viagra use in women...

Curious Women Are Seeing if Viagra Works Wonders for Them - The New York Times

You're welcome!!

You mean I think they’re not human?

On behalf of the PC community, let me thank you for your yeoman service in conducting painful, dusty archival work and obtaining for us this two decade old gem of an article.

It's been my greatest achievement today, truly.

Good lord. My psychiatrist's office is raising their rates AGAIN (they raised them last year as well). As if I wasn't paying enough already for 15 minutes. It's a good thing I only go about twice a year. He doesn't take my insurance, but I have been seeing him since 2011, and he's the only psychiatrist I have ever found tolerable.

Somewhere in the world, a therapist has this on display in their office.

An hour and a half till the thing that starts with an o?

I don’t think I could stand waiting that long.

I would get bored. Or hungry.

She has a better attention span than i do... or more toys...

Thats why george costanza said the perfect session included pastrami on rye!

Art, urgent care is usually pretty good about identifying emergencies if someone needs to be admitted. I even had an on call nurse direct me to urgent care while I waited at the ER, and she was worried I had flesh eating bacteria. The ER is not always the best option, unless there's a heart issue, stroking out, or gunshot wound. Do you have an on call nurse service to call for advice if you're unsure?

Actually I think we do have that nurse line thing we can call. Thanks for reminding me. I get so caught up in worrying about him I forgot about it. He's feeling better enough right now that he wanted to eat dinner so I went and got him a Subway sandwich. He's trying to go back to sleep. The doc said the antibiotic will be working by tomorrow if it's gonna so him wanting to eat I will take as a good sign. He was so absolutely miserable earlier though that it's a cautious optimism. The fever broke now too when I got back w the food (we're at a hotel cuz of broken furnace, our friends couldn't put us up but our son's gonna stay there at least) I hope it stays gone.

Enough of my woes.

We're watching wild, wild West I've never seen it before, it's, interesting...

(((Artie))) eating does sound like good news! If im not eating, then i will know im dead. Hey, the old man is getting older. Six sodas hurt my weewee just to think about them!

Wild wild West is great! "The other guy" is so clever!

I havent been able to sit through the whole wild wild west even though it has 3 of my favourite actors in it.

In other news i m doubting the wisdom of telling T about the 4 parts we discussed. Esp the very young female part.

Art, that sounds encouraging--hope your H feels better soon! And sorry you're dealing with all this while in a hotel...

((((artie))))

Gotta say I dislike phone calls from my aunts too! They ring and ring and ring and ring until I pick up lol.

I watched this movie called The Big Sick because I relate to Kumail (the male protagonist) and there was this scene where he's out and avoiding coming home. His mother and father called him 17 times throughout the night!