For those wondering

No, I didn't go to the ER for the continuing oogieness. I did, however, pick up more prescriptions, and spoke with my doctor on the phone who'll have free samples of something else for me whenever I can go to her office to pick them up. [Edit: I'm too tired to rewrite that sentence so it'll make sense. You know what I meant, right?]

Yes, I know, the idea of going to the ER today had much to recommend it. Maybe I'll regret the decision not to go. Then again, if the newer meds don't help any, I can still go to the ER after today--I just will have to deal with getting bills I can't pay (unless there's some way to get the medical assistance back).

Tried getting hold of someone at social services today, but the only thing I got to talk to was a voice mail recording. Their office was closed, or the phone system wasn't working, or they knew I was on the line and decided to make me wait--whatever the reason, nobody was talking to me.

On the plus side, snow is very pretty.

You wanna know...

the real reason I didn't go to the emergency room last night or today in spite of good reasons to do so? It's something I found myself repeating without consciously realizing I was saying it: "I'm too tired to deal with the ER."

Not sure if that's an indictment of medical care or my bad attitude, really.

On the plus side, I did get medications today and should be getting those free samples in the next day or so, which is probably the best I could have expected from a trip to the hospital anyway.