The state of the Lorraine
Jan. 20th, 2018 01:23 pm1. I am sick again, or rather, I have never ceased to be sick. I do not get sick very often. Usually about once a year, I get some kind of respiratory thing, and that's about it. I got a cold right before we went to Josh's parents' for Christmas, and I've just kept it. I haven't been unremittingly ill; I will feel like I'm starting to get better, and then it'll come back with a vengeance. I went to the doctor a couple weeks ago and got some antibiotics, and that seemed to clear things up for a bit, but a couple days ago, I started feeling wretched again, and yesterday I was completely useless. I feel better today, but still not tip-top. This is just so maddening. I don't get sick like this. And I don't know what to do to get better. I don't have a fever. I'm not deeply ill, just ill enough to feel terrible and not ill enough to really get out of doing anything. I suspect that those antibiotics were wasted; I don't think I have any kind of infection. Aaaaargh.
I am starting to wonder if my thyroid has finally crapped out. Oh, Lorraine, you say. You have thought that so many times, and your doctor is always like, "Pshaw. You're levels are normal. Now give me some money." But! When my levels were checked six months ago, they were normal; however, I am positive I was in a hyperthyroid cycle at that point. I had a lot of energy. I had night sweats and insomnia. Within a couple weeks after that test, I hit a point of utter exhaustion. I have been so so tired and sluggish since then. I have been sleeping very well, and yet it's not enough. I'm not really having night sweats much anymore, and I've gained a pound. Yes, yes. It's a pound. But the way I'm staying so sick, I wonder if my thyroid is done, and I can finally get medicated! I'm going to see if I can get an appointment this week to check my levels.
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archersangel asked: [what's the] the best meal (or one of the best) you've ever eaten?
I have had the privilege of eating many amazing meals: Laduree in Paris on the Champs Elysees in the late nineties with two of my friends on a study abroad (macarons that tasted like rose water and so many courses and a bottle of wine apiece), Frontera Grill in Chicago in the early 2000s (the best soup I've ever eaten; I had two bowls; I don't even remember what it was really anymore; I think it contained shrimp?), Commander's Palace in New Orleans multiple times. I feel like just about every meal we ate in Oxford, MS was exquisite; from Big Bad Breakfast (the most perfectly poached egg ever) to Ajax to Two Sticks to City Grocery to the Indian restaurant (gobi manchuria OMG yummers) to the Yocona River Inn (poached oysters, glorious red wine sauce for steak, melon wrapped with prosciutto) where Josh worked for most of the time we lived there, that town is full up with good eats. Or more recently, at Natalia's in Macon; so freaking swanky. The lemons came in cheese cloth so you wouldn't get any seeds in your water. LOL Lots of awesome eating in Atlanta: Leon's (so many artisanal cocktails; a bacon slab stuck in a glass of homemade peanut butter), Taco del Sol, and Fox Brothers Barbecue.
I am starting to wonder if my thyroid has finally crapped out. Oh, Lorraine, you say. You have thought that so many times, and your doctor is always like, "Pshaw. You're levels are normal. Now give me some money." But! When my levels were checked six months ago, they were normal; however, I am positive I was in a hyperthyroid cycle at that point. I had a lot of energy. I had night sweats and insomnia. Within a couple weeks after that test, I hit a point of utter exhaustion. I have been so so tired and sluggish since then. I have been sleeping very well, and yet it's not enough. I'm not really having night sweats much anymore, and I've gained a pound. Yes, yes. It's a pound. But the way I'm staying so sick, I wonder if my thyroid is done, and I can finally get medicated! I'm going to see if I can get an appointment this week to check my levels.
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I have had the privilege of eating many amazing meals: Laduree in Paris on the Champs Elysees in the late nineties with two of my friends on a study abroad (macarons that tasted like rose water and so many courses and a bottle of wine apiece), Frontera Grill in Chicago in the early 2000s (the best soup I've ever eaten; I had two bowls; I don't even remember what it was really anymore; I think it contained shrimp?), Commander's Palace in New Orleans multiple times. I feel like just about every meal we ate in Oxford, MS was exquisite; from Big Bad Breakfast (the most perfectly poached egg ever) to Ajax to Two Sticks to City Grocery to the Indian restaurant (gobi manchuria OMG yummers) to the Yocona River Inn (poached oysters, glorious red wine sauce for steak, melon wrapped with prosciutto) where Josh worked for most of the time we lived there, that town is full up with good eats. Or more recently, at Natalia's in Macon; so freaking swanky. The lemons came in cheese cloth so you wouldn't get any seeds in your water. LOL Lots of awesome eating in Atlanta: Leon's (so many artisanal cocktails; a bacon slab stuck in a glass of homemade peanut butter), Taco del Sol, and Fox Brothers Barbecue.