I had lunch with 2 college friends today. We went to Lupie's which, it turns out, has great vegetable plates in the summer. They go to the farmer's market frequently and get fresh, locally grown veggies. I loved their green beans and tomatoes especially. But you have to ask, as they get what looks good and do not produce new menus every day.
Both my friends were nursing students and did take jobs as nurses for a time. Neither of them practice now but one is director of student nurses at a local nursing school and is over admittance there. She was going back to work after our long lunch as this is a crucial time to get students registered for a session.
We talked about people we knew, recipes, and such and memories of professors and classes there. My roommate for all 4 years, did not like French, and feels like she passed it because she invited the professor out to lunch or dinner toward the end of the semester she took it. I was unlike her as I loved foreign languages and especially French, since I came to college equipped to speak and read it pretty well already. The other girl with us took a calculus class that was so foreign to her, she promised her professor she would take alternatives to math in the future if she could just get out of his class with a decent grade. She did and immediately signed up for Latin as an alternative. That was a good choice for her as it hopefully helped with some of the medical/pharmaceutical names she needed to learn. I told about the professor I had who was driving over from Duke to teach some over my head math course. He didn't show up first class which we thought was funny, then he didn't show up another class which we thought was odd, and then he didn't show up again which scared us. Finally, we appointed someone to go tell and the guy started coming to class and kept his back to us the whole time writing "stuff" on the board with no interaction from the class. Needless to say, no one did well on his first test and he decided that might also reflect poorly on his teaching abilities. So he got a little better after that. Good grief!!!!
I told about finding my religion notes from all those years ago and I told them why I went in pursuit of them. All 3 of us agreed that Dr. BB was a great and much loved professor with completely deserved credentials. Enough said for the 3 of us on that subject.
We had a good time and the food was good too. We'll hopefully do it again in the not too distant future.
6/23/10
2010.06.23 Doctor's Visits and Hair Cuts
It's been a while since I posted anything here.
I went very early (there before 7 a.m.) to get my hair cut. Chuck did it in 15 minutes and I was out by 7:20. That included wash, cut, dry and style. I really like it.
I am also extremely happy that I got my physical done today and it looks like I am doing just great. I know I had a great time talking with Dr. B, my doctor of probably 25 or 30 years. He just made me feel like a million dollars, he was so impressed with how well I was doing. He said it was good to see me smiling and engaged in conversation in a positive way.
First of all, my blood pressure was 124/74 which was GREAT. It was a major goal of mine to have it down for our meeting today and I succeeded. Dr. B asked if anything was worrying me and I showed him a few bumps on my hands and legs. I wanted to know if any of them looked like skin cancer or something to worry about. He answered by asking if I just needed something to worry about. I said No and he said, "Well, I wouldn't add this to the list of things to think about too often." He said they are age related and wasn't I happy to have lived to get them. My right knee hurts on the right outside and it is virtually impossible to get down on all fours because a pain just shoots through it. It has been going on since I fell in my bedroom 2 months ago. I thought I had scraped the leg because of the sensation I had there but that would have healed by now. He says to try Aleve for a few weeks and see if the pain abates. If not, we might need to see a specialist to determine what is the matter with it. It really is somewhat debilitating in that a lot of yoga happens from an on your knees position and I can't look under furniture because it hurts pretty much when I try to do that. He said my head hurting on the right side is just after effects of surgery as there is alway something that does not ever really go away as a result of having been cut. So I am quitting my worry about that. My blood pressure was 124/74 and since it was a major goal of mine to have a great reading today, I felt victorious about that. Dr. B was very happy with it too and he was very happy that I was smiling and a little lively during our talk. He asked if I was happy and I said yes. He said "Me too" and "I think you are doing just great especially after the kind of surgery I had." All in all, I think this was a great exam and left on cloud 9 about it. I did ask my questions and I got answers.
Then he asked if Don were with me and I said he was in the waiting room. He wanted to go say hello and get to tell him himself about the way to change cholesterol meds. I think it helped him, me and Don to do that conversation in person.
This blog does not do justice to how happy I felt after this exam but I hope it tells what a great relationship I feel I have with Dr. B. And I am thrilled with the b.p. reading.
Then we went to Chick Fil A to get a sandwich for this evening. Before we ate it, Bob and Anne, Nancy and Jim called to ask us to meet for dinner. So we refrigerated the sandwiches and went to dinner with them. We had a great time together and talked about only pleasant subjects. It was a good meal and good company too.
I went very early (there before 7 a.m.) to get my hair cut. Chuck did it in 15 minutes and I was out by 7:20. That included wash, cut, dry and style. I really like it.
I am also extremely happy that I got my physical done today and it looks like I am doing just great. I know I had a great time talking with Dr. B, my doctor of probably 25 or 30 years. He just made me feel like a million dollars, he was so impressed with how well I was doing. He said it was good to see me smiling and engaged in conversation in a positive way.
First of all, my blood pressure was 124/74 which was GREAT. It was a major goal of mine to have it down for our meeting today and I succeeded. Dr. B asked if anything was worrying me and I showed him a few bumps on my hands and legs. I wanted to know if any of them looked like skin cancer or something to worry about. He answered by asking if I just needed something to worry about. I said No and he said, "Well, I wouldn't add this to the list of things to think about too often." He said they are age related and wasn't I happy to have lived to get them. My right knee hurts on the right outside and it is virtually impossible to get down on all fours because a pain just shoots through it. It has been going on since I fell in my bedroom 2 months ago. I thought I had scraped the leg because of the sensation I had there but that would have healed by now. He says to try Aleve for a few weeks and see if the pain abates. If not, we might need to see a specialist to determine what is the matter with it. It really is somewhat debilitating in that a lot of yoga happens from an on your knees position and I can't look under furniture because it hurts pretty much when I try to do that. He said my head hurting on the right side is just after effects of surgery as there is alway something that does not ever really go away as a result of having been cut. So I am quitting my worry about that. My blood pressure was 124/74 and since it was a major goal of mine to have a great reading today, I felt victorious about that. Dr. B was very happy with it too and he was very happy that I was smiling and a little lively during our talk. He asked if I was happy and I said yes. He said "Me too" and "I think you are doing just great especially after the kind of surgery I had." All in all, I think this was a great exam and left on cloud 9 about it. I did ask my questions and I got answers.
Then he asked if Don were with me and I said he was in the waiting room. He wanted to go say hello and get to tell him himself about the way to change cholesterol meds. I think it helped him, me and Don to do that conversation in person.
This blog does not do justice to how happy I felt after this exam but I hope it tells what a great relationship I feel I have with Dr. B. And I am thrilled with the b.p. reading.
Then we went to Chick Fil A to get a sandwich for this evening. Before we ate it, Bob and Anne, Nancy and Jim called to ask us to meet for dinner. So we refrigerated the sandwiches and went to dinner with them. We had a great time together and talked about only pleasant subjects. It was a good meal and good company too.
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