To say I hate them would be a comical understatement. There is no word to express my feelings. My experience is admittedly limited to the lowest rung I'm sure, because I am poor. That means you get a doctor that doesn't even remember you at visits, yet wants you to trust them to keep your best health interests in mind. It means that any problem you have is met with the suspicion that you are just after prescriptions to abuse or sell.
My opinion has been reinforced by an incredibly traumatizing stay in the hospital (with pnemonia) a few years ago. My chief health concern is high blood pressure. I have a prescription for it, and it helps, until I am in the doctors office. Then it skyrockets to higher levels than I have ever experienced even without medication.
I have been trying since right after my birthday (December 12th) to get a refill for my blood pressure meds. My pharmacy and my doctor dropped the ball at every conceivable step and have ping ponged my back and forth for... well they still are, actually. To give some context for how far in advance I requested a refill, I will not run out until tonight. Last week I called both of them every day, multiple times. Every time I called, I got a new explanation. The thing that is killing me and has got me seriously shaking mad is that they told me they sent the ok to my pharmacy wednesday. They didn't. I called thursday, and was told that they couldn't possibly ok it, as my particular doctor (who never even remembers me) wasn't in, and that despite what they said yesterday, she wasn't in then either. She wouldn't be back in until next Monday (today). I called this morning and learned the pharmacy still hadn't heard anything, and called the doctor. "Oh, she won't be back in till the 29th".
That's when I flipped my shit and related all the conflicting things I have been told for 2 weeks now, saying this was some ridiculous bullshit. Now they are going to try to get another doctor to ok the refill, and call me back by this afternoon one way or another. YEAH FUCKING RIGHT. So now I'm wondering what's worse for bad hypertension, no medication or doing this every fucking day until my doctor's appointment (I'm having to wait weeks for that, too). I'm voting no meds at the moment, because I can't take much more of this rage.
*Sorry for those people who watch me for cute pokemon and get this. I don't have anyone I can talk to about it and I need to vent before I explode.
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Watching: Star Trek
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Eating: Homemade chicken noodle soup, YUM!
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Drinking: Dr. Pepper
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On a more positive note, I'm close to completing a pair of slippers for myself actually! I'm about done with a sweet crochet hook case I'm making out of duck and geese fabric too
i dont set drinks near computer anymore, hubby banned it, i am a clutz and spill everything!!
i have to make me a new pair!! a pair i can wear outside on the porch and a pair for when my xmas ones are in the washer.!!. cant wait to see your slippers, also cant wait to see your hook case, i need a new one myself, the one i have cant hold all my hooks and some of the holders are ripped. i keep all my knitting needles in a huge tinkerbell tin the hubby bought me years ago that had an art set in it. i try not to rant too much, but if i need an ear to listen and an eye to see, i'll come to ya!!
You get to romance guys and ladies, depending on the game and your gender and eventually have some kids too. You can fish, cook, mine, explore, and even forge weapons and armor in some of the games.
My favorite game in the series (and there are a LOT) is the new DS one, rune factory 3. The ones titled rune factory are also RPGs where you battle in dungeons and there are monsters you can tame and fight with. They are probably my favorites, though I lost interest in the second one without finishing it.
I highly recommend giving some harvest moon title a try. There is at least one harvest moon game for every nintendo system back to the super nintendo and even one for the original playstation. My favorites are the first one I played on the gamecube, A Wonderful Life, the one on the gameboy advance, Friends of Mineral Town, and the first and third Rune Factory games.
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No wait, also play plants vs. zombies if you never have. It is fun and hilarious