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[electricland]

I truly despise Lotus Notes. I recognize that it may be the best option for us as an institution, but in terms of what I need to do (send email, look through past email messages, book meetings) it is INCREDIBLY TIRESOME. (Lotus Notes devotees will say I'm just used to Outlook, but what I say is that a software that, for instance, will not allow you to say "Whoops, I changed my mind, I don't want to send this update after all," and gives you only the options of "Send as is," "Send without comments," or "Continue editing," SUCKS.)

Moving on...

Ultrasound this morning. Always such an unreassuring procedure -- you see all these weird fuzzy shapes on the screen, with no clue what they are or whether they're good or bad. I got a little freaked out when she spent AGES poking around my upper abdomen ("I have stomach cancer! No! I'm RIDDLED with cancer! Everywhere! Eeeee!") and asked "Anything terrible so far?" She said "Nope. Nothing exciting whatsoever." Oh. How anticlimactic. So, yeah, needlessly paranoid as usual, at least on that front.

Despite the uncomfortably full bladder, my uterus and ovaries refused to show themselves unless she pressed REALLY HARD on the uncomfortably full bladder. Yes, it seems my reproductive system is shy. Wonderful. (Actually, I think that was the problem the last time, too.) So internal ultrasound it was, oh joy. (At least she didn't say "It feels just like putting in a tampon!" like the last tech did. Hint: NO IT DOES NOT.) I was of course too chicken to ask if she saw anything terrible in the actual area of concern, so will just have to wait a week and a half to discuss it at my follow-up appointment.

Mopped the blue goo off my abdomen as best I could, came to work, and have been peeing all morning.

Comments

[archaica.livejournal.com]

OK, I will just say that I share your loathing of Lotus Notes. I hate Outlook, and I would rather use it than Notes.

[eniran.livejournal.com]

I second that hatred.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

ah joy. This is NOT cancer, sweetie. Quit with the paranoia. And may I just concur that reproductive ultrasounds are not. fun. blech!

{{hugs}}good for you for going, though!! And actually, the techs aren't supposed to tell you anything -- they get in trouble with the docs if they do.... :S.

[gurudata.livejournal.com]

Hiho,

Lotus Notes used to be a great tool. Then some idiot decided it should do e-mail and internet and other things it was never meant to do, and the screwed up all the good stuff. Of course, back then it looked like this:



Cu,
Andrew

[electricland.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a pretty wondrous golden time.

I should have suspected something was up when they showed us the "Flame" mood stamp, which seems like an... odd... option, to me.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks! I only seem level-headed and sane.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Lotus Notes is now 0 for 4 in this post...

[electricland.livejournal.com]

It's not just me!

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

sending you good thoughts and hugs. and i hope the follow up appointment goes well. *hugs*

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *hugs*

Gonna put it out of my mind for a week. That's my plan. Yup.

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

i hope that there are some good books to read to help. *hugs*