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For those that may be interested, Syfy is having a marathon of Highlander: The Series today, from 7 AM CST, to 6 PM CST. And then 8 AM CST Sunday morning, until early Monday morning at 3 AM, they are having a Buffy marathon.

In other news, yesterday I spotted the entirety of the first season of Orphan Black on Comcast On Demand. Watched all of it, enjoyed it--I'll be watching when season 2 starts. All I managed to catch when it first aired was the first episode, and part of the second, I think.

On a more serious note, Mom seems to have done well with the chemo—which was Monday through Wednesday morning. The next round is in two weeks.

(Posting yesterday’s and today’s now, while I have a few minutes between helping with gathering everything we'll need to take to Nashville and locating a hotel that’s actually got a vacancy outside of just Thursday—-and doesn’t have bed bugs. The Bed Bug Registry is incredibly useful with that last bit.

Thank you to everyone that's sent their well wishes.)

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According to Mom, today is one year to the day since I ended up in the hospital (a trip which lasted 2 1/2 weeks) with the bleeding ulcer covering 50% of my stomach, which has since fully healed. And for anyone new to my friends list, the whole horrific story can be read in this post.

So basically, within a year I've managed to survive that, and a freak ice storm that left everyone nearly frozen to death after four days, at the very least.

Here's hoping the next year isn't as freakish or awful!

I just got my lab results that tell how my iron levels are doing. Currently, it’s at 14.9, which is great. They checked for everything you can possibly check for with a tiny blood sample, and everything seems perfectly fine. I’m also still at exactly 106 lbs—my doctor says she wishes she could whatever she wanted and never gain a single pound. Heh.

Over at fandom_stocking, all the presents have now been unscreened. I got 12 Illyana Rasputin icons, 4 Willow/Tara icons, a Kitty/Illyana drabble, a Doctor/Donna drabble, a Martha and Doctor snippet, a Martha/Jack drabble, and a Methos/Amanda drabble. Of those gifts that came from people on my friends list, thank you again!

For those that are interested, Greatestjournal has finally permanently left the scene. I went there yesterday evening, and grabbed a couple of profiles for an RPG character I had that were never used. Other than that, I had grabbed everything I needed from there months ago. Looks like I did that just in time. Of course, I still liked to go through the old find_a_pb posts over there.

And the Writer’s Block for today is asking who is a better pick for the Eleventh Doctor. My list of dream picks? Peter Wingfield, Patrick Stewart, Alexis Denisof, Patterson Joseph, or David Morrissey. Anthony Stewart Head, if he weren’t busy with Merlin. Would Michael Shanks work? I just thought of him. Someone suggested Michael Caine--that would be a great one.

As I’ve previously stated, Christopher Lloyd in his Back to the Future days would be a good one. I can’t think of any others that haven’t already been mentioned. Over at doctorwho, someone suggested Masi Oka—that would be sort of cute.

I'm back from the hospital, and they say my ulcer is 100% gone. YES! While he was in there, he took a scraping again, just to be sure it wasn't caused by any bacteria--he did the same last time, but wanted to double check. Still nothing, so it was what everyone thought it was caused by--the Aleve and Ibuprofen.

This time, the stuff hasn't knocked me out for the rest of the day, but I'm just taking it easy. My appointment was to be there by 9:30, I got there at 9:05.

Then waited a long time, and after everything I finally got wheeled to the endoscopy area around 11. They were done, and I was awake and sent home around 12:30 PM. (It took a while before someone removed the IV, because things were busy)

So far, I seem to be doing better, according to the endoscopy doctor’s assistant. So the endoscopy is scheduled for August 22nd, at 9:30 AM. It also seems that the story of my ulcer was spread through their office, because everyone knew exactly what I was there for and I didn’t need to tell them. The receptionist was stunned when I mentioned I hadn’t had any symptoms of an ulcer before I threw up blood.

Oh, and Mom and I asked what I couldn’t eat. She said hamburgers—I said I never liked those and didn’t go near them. She said cauliflower and raw stuff like that—I said I didn’t eat that (cauliflower) anyway. She said acidic things, probably like orange juice--I didn’t drink that anyway. Hot dogs, since it might be too greasy right now--couldn’t digest it anyway, so I avoid it. So she finally said I can eat whatever I want, since I apparently stayed away from bad stuff anyway.

Mom found a pamphlet on the type of ulcer I have while we were there, and read off the long list of symptoms. I didn’t have a single one, which is apparently bizarre.

In other news, for those that might want to vote in the RPG related poll I posted yesterday and just missed it before, you can find it here. The poll will remain open until the weekend, at least.

First, some strange news—Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen will be starring in an as yet untitled Sherlock Holmes comedy. Cohen will be Holmes, and Ferrell will be Watson. I don’t see that working, and I’m staying far away from that one, since I tend to avoid movies with those two in them.

The only Holmes comedy I’ve actually seen and loved was Without a Clue, which starred Michael Caine as Sherlock Holmes. Of course, I only saw it once on television many years ago, and haven’t been able to find it since then.

Edit: Wow, looks like I’ll be able to watch it again. Someone uploaded it to Youtube.

In other news, if I’m still doing good health-wise on the 18th, I’ll be going to see The Dark Knight. I just won’t be getting any popcorn, since that’s off the list of things I’m allowed while the ulcer heals.

I just got a bill in the mail telling how much the 4 or 5 minute ride in the ambulance to the hospital was, where all they did was start an IV, put an oxygen thing around my nose, and put EKG pads on me. (The trip was over before they could actually do anything.) $925. I knew they charged a lot for those rides...

Good news: My insurance paid all except $200, and Mom and Dad are helping out with that. I can't wait to see how much the bill for the actual stay in the hospital is.