I just went to pull out my medical dictionary to look up the word furunculosis, and one Tums Ultra tablet came off the bookshelf with it. I don't know where the rest of the giant container of Tums that normally sits on the work bookcase went, but it's gone. Maybe they ran away. Maybe it's because since I started Weight Watchers and not eating so much crap, I don't need them as much anymore. Who knows? I just hope I don't get heartburn today.
About WW, I'm actually a lifetime member since 1993, but my life was crap for a while, and I fell of the wagon. I sucked it up and walked back into a meeting on July 20th. Since then, I've lost 14 pounds (as of last Wednesday, I weigh in again today) with 100 more to go. I started seeing my collarbones peeking back out a couple of weeks ago, and my ass is getting smaller. Or I think my ass is getting smaller; I'm pretty sure the pants fairy isn't coming in and replacing my pants with larger sizes. That would just be mean.
Why furunculosis? I'd never heard this before, but it came up yesterday on a report I was transcribing. I spelled it correctly and moved on, but I made a note to double check the definition later, and now it's later. Turns out that furunculosis (fu-rung"ku-lo'sis) is the persistent sequential occurence of furuncles over a period of weeks or months (definition courtesy of Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 27th Edition). Furuncle is the fancy medical word for boil. So furunculosis is probably not pretty and quite painful, to boot.
My newspaper did not show up today and I had only enough half-and-half for one cup of coffee. I feel uninformed and under-caffeinated.
Later that morning: The newspaper did arrive, so I feel more informed now. Plus I got to read the comics.
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