The Whine thread.

[Alelou]

Oh, believe me. This may be virtually a company town, but there won't be anymore new GE's in this house.

[TPoptarts]

As if I don't have enough medical expenses.

Why the frell is the manager so obsessed with ME having "too much stuff". I don't have "too much stuff" and my stuff hardly takes any space in the room. It's all consolidated nicely in the corner unlike frelling Zombie who not only has like way more stuff than I do (yet no one ever threatens to kick HER out for having too much stuff, or just being a disgusting homeless bum for crying out loud) she's also REALLY REALLY messy, so her mess takes like half the room. And so it happens that everyone ELSE has to cramp all THEIR stuff in the rest of the corner where my stuff's at, and directly blocking my bed. Cuz no one in their right mind wanna put anything near Zombie's bed because she's just yuck.

So the access to my bed's half blocked by people's stuff. And half of what isn't blocked by people's stuff is blocked by the ladder to the top bunk. And for some reason the chick on the top bunk just HAS TO hang her frelling towel from her bed where it blocks the rest of my access. Like why can't she hang it over the half that's already blocked by her stuff. What do I hang my towel on the ladder or something?? Nope it's her access, it's supposed to be accessible duh, common sense anyone?? I rolled it up and tucked it into her bunk when she wasn't here. But then she came back and unrolled it apparently not getting the frelling hint. And then she went to sleep and I'm not gonna mess with her bed when she's sleeping on it.

Anyway. So the other chick who has the other top bunk (above Zombie) doesn't hang stuff from her bed, but for some reason she just REFUSES to take her frelling key. Like what the frell nobody's her frelling servant it's no one's job to get up from whatever they're doing to open the door for the princess. ESPECIALLY NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!!!!

So like last night that chick went partying and of course left her key here, who the frell needs a key when you can just wake the cagemates to open the door for you eh. Came back at like 4am. Knocks on the door. Obviously I'm the only person in the universe who actually wakes up from stuff like that, everyone else is still sound asleep never heard a thing, I'm just such a light sleeper and everything wakes me up. So I get up to open the door. Get out of bed with a frelling towel in my face. Open the door, the chick ain't there. Probably went back to her friends or something. I look around, no one around. Close the door and go back to bed.

Then just when I'm leaning forward to climb back into my bed with the FRELLING TOWEL IN MY FACE, she knocks again. I quickly turn to go back to the frelling door. AND HIT MY HEAD HARD ON THE FRELLING LADDER. Left a dent on the thing. All the right side of my face crashed into the ladder I thought I broke my face seriously. Now if I had enough access to my bed and didn't have someone's frelling towel in my face, that wouldn't have happened. And if she took her frelling key!!! Grrr I frelling hate this place.

So I fall to the floor crying in pain. Drag myself to the door and open it for the princess. Then I finally manage to get up and walk to the bathroom. Kinda felt like my brain was bouncing all over the skull like a rubber ball MAJOR HEADACHE. And like obviously swollen like a random forehead on some alien of the week. Pressed a towel with cold water to it (cuz the kitchen was closed and I couldn't get ice). And I felt fine. And then suddenly I started to feel all pukey and like I was gonna faint. Well I didn't actually puke or faint though. But it really felt like it. Lost sensation and everything went blurry etc.

So I called 911 then the paramedics got here and checked me out, I was so dizzy I could barely talk to them anyway they checked me out and said I was probably okay because I was conscious and I knew my name and what year it was etc and responded to the pen light thingy and everything. But they said that maybe I should go to the hospital for an x-ray because I was still really dizzy and pukey. So I went to the hospital.

Anyway went to triage then waited for a bed for like 2 hours. (Which is good unlike the time when I had to wait for 14 hours just to get into the ER) Sitting on a wheelchair with a hospital blanket and still freezing to death because I was wearing my pjs and I didn't even have shoes or socks. Well and the dizziness and pukiness started to go away. Then they got me into the ER the doc checked me out and stuff, I was feeling better though so they didn't do an x-ray they just did some eye tests because I get this black spot in my right eye I guess from the pressure because the whole thing is swollen, so he checked my range and then they did the letters.

Gah my vision's kinda shitty at the moment. Like it's okay when both my eyes are open I can read all the lines, but my right eye's kinda fuzzy because of the black spot and the PAIN and also it's really burning for some reason so I got 20/25 on it. And my left eye's fine until I close or cover my right eye, because it pressures the swollen painful part and then I get like a fuzzy spot in my left eye mirroring the pain/pressure point from my right eye. It hurts just to blink for crying out loud. Well it hurts anyway but shutting just my right eye really puts pressure on it so it's even worse. So I got 20/25 on my left eye too. (I'm sure my dyslexia didn't help either because I was mixing up the lines even with the gigantic billboard letters ) This sucks.

And then they said it was just a big nasty bruise and they could discharge me. And the registration person brings me like all the forms and asks if I could pay the deposit thing, I didn't have any money hell I didn't even have shoes so she said they're just gonna put it in the bill. Then I look at the form and it says the deposit's like $500 like how did they get to that, that's an even FATTER deposit than when I had the bladder infection and they actually did like labs and ultrasound and gave me a single $100 cipro pill ( ) and the deposit was $300 for that. And they didn't do any labs today or anything much, just checked my vitals as usual and the vision thing that's it, and I only occupied a bed for like an hour and a half why in all hells is the DEPOSIT so frelling high?? And it's not even the whole bill

Anyway they discharged me and told me to call their ophthalmologist if I still have the black spot thing like after tomorrow. And gave me a bus token and socks and some shoes from the donation box. Then I came back to the zoo just in time to start working. And I finished at like 6pm because the place was so frelling trashed and I'm supposed to get off at 1pm I frelling hate this place.

Well now I have a really bad headache and I look like a Quasimodo. Gah I probably look like Distracted's purple eye shadow incident just with a whole lot of green around. Like my swollen eyelid is all purple. And the rest is green. My right temple is all green and my forehead and my cheek and everything hurts

P.S. um please let me know if I start typing in gibberish okay

[Alelou]

That just sucks in every possible way.

[Distracted]

Ouch!

Ice helps. Sorry I can't do more.

[CX]

Ice and a pain med of your choice would be about the only things. I wouldn't get anything too strong though since you're on the small side.

[TPoptarts]

Whine #1: I need surgery.

Whine #2: I can't afford surgery.



I frelling hate myself. Like why do I have to frell up EVERYTHING. Why can't anything ever go smoothly for me.

Whine #3: And apparently I also developed allergy to latex. Because I've been using latex gloves at work all the time. And I have to KEEP using latex gloves at work all the time. The only allergy I have and like why in all hells can't I be allergic to something I DON'T need?? My body is so frelling stupid.

[enterprikayak]

can you request some vinyl or nitrile gloves? They are easily available and cost no different really than latex.


Here's a hug anyway. Keep yer chin up. And I feel so bad for you about the medical $$$. That is absolutely the worst.

[CX]

I know you don't like your parents, but since they already spent a good chuck of your money on that local insurance from where they live, and you need surgery, you should go back and get surgery there.

[TPoptarts]

^ It expired already.

[Alelou]

You probably qualify for Medicaid or some other assistance... go to the County Department of Social Services or Human Services or whatever they call it in California and tell them what you need. Take your last pay stub and a copy of your last tax return. Or ask for a social worker from the hospital to work with you -- again, you need to do your homework and provide the evidence. If you're as poor as you say you probably ought to be on Food Stamps and you could probably qualify for housing assistance as well.

You have to stop using the latex and use nitrile or something instead. Your employer needs to supply these. They're the blue or purple gloves and they are just as available as latex. This happens to tons of people (me too) -- so many that a lot of places don't even use latex gloves anymore. If you have a true allergy developing and not just sensitivity, it could kill you. And any rate, the blistering could lead to an infection, and these days one of those could kill you too.

[evcake]

I understand about hating your body when it fails you - the feeling of betrayal is awful, and hard to get over. I have most of a box of nitrile gloves left over from when the visiting nurses were coming. Want me to send 'em? With some snickerdoodles, maybe?

[TPoptarts]

^ That'd be great, thanks

The thing about the vinyl and nitrile gloves is that it's just those thin disposable ones, well that's what I see in the store anyway I didn't see anything like the big thicker latex gloves that are like way more durable. And those thin ones just break down so easily like especially with all the scrubbing I do, they don't even last me one shift. Like why don't they make durable gloves from materials other than latex. I'm scared I'm gonna get in trouble just for ASKING for those gloves because that's more money the business has to spend because of me, always me and my issues, and they're so frelling cheap here they won't wanna spend that kinda money on something that doesn't even last one shift.

Another thing about those thin disposable gloves (from whatever material): it always says like "one size fits all". Well one size does NOT fit all. I wear that stuff to protect my hands, well can someone please explain me exactly HOW it's supposed to protect my hands when it's like twice my size and is so loose that it's falling off. Seriously what the frell. The durable gloves at least have sizes and the smallest size is still too big for me. So "one size fits all" is like way worse. And it's just so pointless to use them because I can't even keep them in place. Grrr.

[enterprikayak]

These were always my favourite for durability in the dental office:



I've sent a box of size smalls off to your house.

weird kind of present....

[TPoptarts]

Y'all are so awesome.

[evcake]

I'll put 'em in the mail Friday.