doctor doctor
 

I think I feel the same as you do on this one. Broken fingers and toes don't warrant hospital visits unless you can't use them at all. I dislocated my pinkie a while back, popped it back into place, wiggled it and got on with my life. I probably tore something too, since it still doesn't feel right, but I'm going to have to learn to live with it.

A few weeks back I was poked in the eye while playing ball. Now this was no ordinary finger-in-the-eye. Somebody was trying to knock a rebound loose from my grip, completely missed the ball and proceeded to shove his finger into my eye socket (no exaggeration) up to his second knuckle. I honestly thought my eye exploded and I could see roughly nothing. Not a far walk to the emergency room from where I was playing, but, I decided to walk it off a bit and see what happened. Went to the mirror, eye was scratched, bloody and red all over, but intact. Waited two minutes, put my contact back in and played another hour with limited depth perception.

I guess my rule would be: No doctor unless major bone is broken, major ligament is damaged or cut is deep enough to see the white. I hate going to the doctor, but I think it's only because I'm so impatient.

TM

Medical poll
 

For Mr. PJ or anyone else in my family, I demand that they go to the doctor immediately on noticing they have a hangnail. For me, it's "Gee, my heel has been hurting sharply with every single step I take for the last 3 months straight. That's odd. Maybe I ought to call the doctor's office."

Though natch I go to the gyn annually. But really begrudgingly.

Meta Reality Show
 

Entertainment Weekly recently reviewed KofH and gave it an A (of course). An interesting observation is that, as a sitcom, it breaks the mold by having the wife/mother be a doofus instead of the husband/father.

doctor doctor
 

You? Impatient?

Medical poll
 

My grandfather was a doctor and I was brought up with the don't-call/go-unless-you-are-on-death's-door-or-you-are-deformed metality. I do go once a year for the annual check up and need to go back to the allergist for testing and shot therapy (again). I don't think I've ever gone to the doctor due to illness. My trips have been the result of sports injuries and allergic reactions.

Once I went to my doctor because of a broken bone in one foot, which they think resulted from my over compensating due to a broken toe (soccer inury) in the other foot. My doctor asked why I didn't come in for the original toe injury. Told her the pain wasn't too bad and asked what could they do for a broken toe anyway? She replied that they could have provided me with one of those nifty little velcro booties. Nah! I preferred wearing my clogs and Birkenstocks to work. They are more stylish. Well, not much more.

Double Bagger
 

And to think, you wuz already WAAAAY UGLY. Damn!!!

not7y(prettier than PLF)S

Rant of the Day
 

Even more ludicrious was the password Mikkos had placed on the computer, which brainiac Luke finally decoded after many tense moments: "Ice Princess."

I bet Mikkos's IT guy was pissed enough to send out a company-wide memo on proper password selection.

Medical poll
 

Sorry to hear that, sis. I hope you are on the mend. We had a discussion about scar care recently and I suggested Mederma, which my doctor recommended after I had a mole removed.

AOT.

Worst Passengers
 

You're braver than I am. When the Wonk Princess lost a shoe in one of those many years back, the thought of all the little tykes who didn't make out in time to get to the toilet convinced me to abandon the shoe and just buy the Princess a new pair.

Rant of the Day
 

The "raped by a clown" plotline was really used to its most spectacular effect on "Little House on the Prairie." All I can say is, Bilmore better have a pretty good fucking alibi for that one.

Besides, didn't Luke first meet Laura when he raped her in a nightclub or something? Ah, what a great love story that was!

Medical poll
 

I actually had this exact same occurrence! Joint problem on my right big toe led to a fracture on the outside of my left foot. My feet suck. Bill Walton and I are kindred spirits, except that I don't lisp and I loath the Grateful Dead. Oh, and I resist trying to coin catchphrases such as "Throw it down, big man."
Hope your feet are better Anne.

Medical poll
 

Bill Walton is one of the most annoying people on sports related television. He's more annoying than Linda Cohen and that new guy on Sportscenter (Neil someone?) put together. He is tied with Bobby Valentine for most annoying right now. And that guy with the whiny voice (Tom something, I think) who does basketball with Bill Walton is also annoying. They alienate potential audiences (I watched part of the game last night with the volume off because they were all so irritating).

Medical poll
 

Thanks for the well wishes.

I caught the mederma conversation and don't relish smelling like onions. I have a friend who is a nurse who has given me some sort of silicone patch to put on the scar that was given to her by some rep of the product. So I'm trying that.

I am doing great now that I have discovered the wonder of valium

AOT

Double Bagger
 

No kidding. At least I couldn't look at me for like 10 whole minutes!

TM

Medical poll
 

No idea. Sportscenter has become a revolving door of faceless automatons who frantically search for the new witty tagline ("Hey, what's the Portuguese phrase for 'on fire'?").

Ah, for the old days of Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann.

Gatti(riiiiiiiiiicolaaaaaaa .... ugh)gap