I hate my health care provider. It was so hard--you have no idea how hard, convincing myself to start going to a doctor again...and I get stuck with a half-baked health centre.

I am on a drug called "metformin," which has recently been increased. I'm supposed to notify my physician's assistant right away, if I think I've got side-effects. Well, at 6am, I got side-effects. (Won't say what, but let's just say I've been seeing a lot more of my loo than I really want to, this morning.)

I realize now that the extreme weakness I had yesterday--and still this morning, is probably from that.

So, I rang up the health centre, and that lovely bored and indifferent receptionist tells me that she'll "try" to get a nurse to call me, "sometime today."

ARRRGH!!!

I'm telling you, America has two very distinct health care systems--and I'm not on the right end of it.

I have to go to work...have the other half of that National Grid bill due on Friday, and if I don't pay the $85 I'm screwed. And, also, I don't want to lose my job over excessive absenteeism. THAT would be a disaster!

Given a choice though, I'd love to just crawl into bed and stay there, I feel so rubbish, right now. My hands are trembling, and I could barely eat breakfast. Nothing for it, tho'. I haven't got the cab fare to travel to the health centre, and I'm not well enough to walk the 45 minutes to get there.

Anyway at least the hot weather's gone for a bit. The humidity was awful--I went to pour my honey-nut Cherrios into my cereal bowl and nothing came out. I looked inside the box, and it was all clumped together, in one big lump. Thankfully, I have an unopened box of honey-nut shredded wheat to have, instead.

Gah--I have to get ready for work in 15 minutes. Wonder if the health centre will actually ring me up, before I leave for work? (Moible's are not allowed to be on, in my office.) Charlie has been following me around all morning. Usually it's Flame who's sympathetic when I'm ill, but Charlie's being the clingy one, this morning, for some reason. Well, anyway, it's nice to know he loves me.

Well, it's only 4 hours, so hopefully I can get through the day alright. Yesterday was so weak, I nearly fell asleep, the last half-hour...very rare for me to do that. Hardly ever, as a matter of fact.

No clue what to wear today, guess I'll just play it by ear.

Yet another boring blog post, ey? Sorry. Have a good day, all.