While I was awake and as I started to collapse...

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Research seemed the thing. I can't remember how many loads of dishes or laundry I have done today. Only that it has been over four of each, the last two dish cycles have included four sinks worth, each double washed, rinsed, put away, and another load set to soak. I am, actually, nearly done. Yes I do have a lot of dishes. The laundry was more because I keep finding things I want washed and Sam finds new and interesting things upon which to vomit. Two loads of what I am really guessing to be six loads was clothes and towels, normal stuff. And I have washed two sets of towels through there, the ones I was using to dry the dishes. So, staying up while getting ahead, all at once. Anyway, I am absolutely physically dead so I started to research.

It seems snake bite kits might not be a wise idea. Of course, how well you know the kit, the snake, and such, that might make the kit worthwhile for that or other reasons. But it seems that a scalpel will probably only increase infection, the tourniquet may not impede the flow of poison and might increase the likelihood of gangrene, and even the suction cup might do more harm than good. I don't know, but I am looking for several more opinions before I decide on that.

Another topic of research was... ear wax. When I was seeing my last primary, at the Ogden clinic, she said something about ear wax. I guess I thought she was being rude or something. Yeah, I know, doc types often come across as rude. In any case, my new new doctor (there was one in between but he refused my case I do believe, and good on him) brought up ear wax. But this time I dug into that a bit, to see if it was just a put down or if there was something actually in there. My previous doc type wasn't all that talkative... I can be hard to handle though too. Anywhile, it seems they were serious. She suggested that the nurses clean them, they do that on Thursdays, and suggested perhaps I set something up. Well, I am sort of tired of doctors, nurses, and clinics. No offense, you'll know more directly when I am offending. So, tonight, I looked for how to do it myself. It seems there is truth that I shouldn't be using cotton swabs. And that what I thought was cleaning really probably wasn't touching the real problem. Though medical sites all say "YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE PROFESSIONALLY, OR YOU WILL DIEEEEE!!!!". Bunk. I found a site that offers a reasonable explanation of what the ear wax buzz is all about, what to do about it, and it seems reasonable. More than reasonable, I am going to try it. I just need to purchase a few very minor items. I will be picking those up on the way home. I forgot to buy the medicine sets anyway, so I'll pick those up while I am at it. Actually, what he suggests makes the notion of the nurses doing it in one day seem somewhere between implausible and unsafe. Yeah, I think I'll put my own things in my ears, thank you.

I am quite sore. Getting sleepy too. But it is time to go. I'm running just a bit late but it should work. Out by 5:30, I hope. Have a great day.