Taking Care of Business

Went to a local AIDS agency to talk to my case manager. I have to start updating some paperwork. I go back Tuesday to finish. One thing about having AIDS is there is a lot of paperwork and multiply it for each agency I visit.

I'm still cold for some reason. Wonder if it's age, AIDS, or something else. I keep the thermostat @ 85 degrees and I'm under a blanket when I watch a DVD or my flannel robe when I'm at the computer. It's also getting frustrating.

Just like my tremors. The medications aren't working obviously. And I don't even know what it's called. The doctor did mention brain surgery and I'm gonna start asking friends or feel free to comment here, that's what a blog is for!

...15 Days until the Camp Out...

Chiflado Update

It's coming along fine. The dressing is drier now so I might just be adventurous and go a day without it. I've done a good job taking care of myself.

Today was a runaround day. I went to the pharmacy and library, for some reason I always do those two together. Then I went to the store to get some things for the weekend and that's it. Had lunch, took my meds, and a much deserved cat nap.

One of the clinics is having an informational dinner with a guest speaker, so I don't have to worry about that chore.

...16 Days until the Camp Out...

Casey James

Well now that the sex appeal has left the show, let's focus on the talent. Casey is quite talented and I would love to see him go all the way to the finale against Lee DeWyze, but that's just one brain dead opinion because we all know the judges have already chosen the winner.

Support Group

Don't know why it slipped my mind about my Monday night support group. It's a totally different dynamic than the Sunday one. It has a core group of about six regulars. We all know a lot about each other because we don't hold back anything.

We have monthly pot lucks and it seems like weekly chips and dips. We mostly yak about anything but AIDS which in a way is nice because we get tired of hearing all of that.

Our moderator is great. She's like a sister rather than a manager. She's got a great sense of humour and always has an ear to listen to our problems.

...17 Days until the camp out...

Evan Lycacek

I'm continuing my campaign for Evan on Dancing With The Stars. He's Done well so far and he is a hottie. His number is 800.868.3406 and remember to redial as many times as possible.


...19 Days Until the Camp Out...

Manu Ginobili

The hottest nose in the NBA, San Antonio's guard Manu Ginobili's was broken in Friday night's game against Dallas. Our brave hero refuses to wear a mask but will use the minimum protection in game 4 against Dallas. Let's light a candle for Manu.

Blah Sunday

Today was such a blah day. I did catch up on Brothers & Sisters, really makes my family seem normal; and the finale to Project Runway. In a rarity, they actually voted for a worthy individual. It's rare that they do it, but I'm glad Seth Aaron won.

Don't know why I've been so cold lately. I keep the thermostat at 90 and I'm in my flannel robe. Going out was okay because I could feel the heat from the street yet the coolness from the shadows, so honey, I waited for the bus in the sun by myself.

Schlepped to group. The usual suspects showed up. Hush Puppy made this scrumptious shrimp eggplant casserole that was to die for. Silver Daddy made this rocking salad. Auntie Phylis made some melt in your mouth brownies. D made a fruit salad and Ringo took some taters and fruit salad from Luby's. We were quite sated.

...20 Days until the Camp Out...

Dressing Update

My dressing's coming along fine. When I first went to the doctor's office, it was red and the thing was oozing red as she dressed the wound and taught me how to change it.

It's slowly been improving. It's not red anymore! It went through a yellow stage and now it's a clear stage. I think it's a matter of days now.

I stop to think about my ex and how squeamish he would get about doing such a thing. He would not have been a good support system, hell I'd be on my own if I were still in Michigan. But I'm not. I'm home with a great support system and great medical care. Now if I can only get a decent amount of food stamps I'd be very grateful.

...21 Days until the Camp Out...

Glucerna

The glucerna is for me to take in lieu of a meal. There are times when I'm just not hungry but I still have to take my meds with food. What I'm doing is taking a glucerna for lunch and then having a light dinner with my meds.

Glucerna is like a protein shake designed especially for diabetics and no I do not have diabetes. It doesn't taste bad, looks like the whole batch is vanilla which I'm cool with. And the topper is it's only 220 calories! So Chiflado recommends this product.

Chez Schozz

Just an example of the hot nosed men I have on my sister Blog Chez Schnozz in which I idolize the hottest part of a man, his nose. http://chiflado-chezschnozz.blogspot.com/

Battle of Flowers

So there's a parade going on through downtown. That means that Chiflado is homebound. I don't like crowds and I don't have to go anywhere. I did all my errands during the week in preparation for this day.

I have some DVDs and I'm gonna be a cat today. Speaking of cats, JL is out of his lethargic mood all of a sudden. He would lie down in his special lying down places and cat nap and yawn. This morning he's been a bundle of energy running back and forth and jumping up and down. It's like he's on industrial cat nip.

I'm glad. I was starting to worry about him. He was in his mood for about two weeks. It's nice to have my roommate back.

...23 Days until the camp out...

Changing my Dressing

Gross Toasties! Okay, my suture is definitely still draining and the thing feels nasty to the touch. But touch it I did when I took a shower today. I was very careful patting myself dry for obvious reasons.

I took a cotton swab as instructed, dipped it in hydrogen peroxide and dabbed the infected area before stuffing it with a gauze strip. And then I taped another gauze strip over that. Damn I'm good. Very proud of myself.

That noise you hear is Chiflado patting himself on his special back.

Nutritionist

I went to the nutritionist like a good little boy. I had to see what I can and cannot eat and how to adjust my diet. Basically I'm doing everything right. I did wind up with a tote bag full of glucerna though. Don't know how I'm gonna like those.

My weight loss continues. I've only lost 19.5 lbs. since December and sometimes it feels like more and sometimes it feels like less. The important part is there is a weight loss occurring. Something tells me there will be more after the colorectal surgery whenever they schedule that.

...23 Days until the camp out...

Why Bother to Watch?

They finally kicked out Tim Urban off American Idol tonight. But it's the way they did it that was downright dirty. The camera focused on him a lot throughout the night. And when he got the boot, they didn't even allow him to sing. They're supposed to sing down to the top five idols. Okay I know he wasn't the greatest singer out there besides the judges have already decided on their winner and don't be surprised when she wins.

And what's with the length of the show? Was it really necessary? And then we had to sit through the longest sessions of commercials. And the 'talent' they had was mediocre at best. I understand the idea behind a telethon but this was plain bad. I was surfing the net and blogging during the boring parts anyway.

Pharmacy

Chiflado had a busy morning. I usually combine the pharmacy with a library visit. I picked up 7 medications that had no co-pay, the insurance covers most of it. I came home and added them up just to give you a guestimate of what we go through. My grand total for these 7 meds came out to a whopping $3294.51! There was one med that is co-paid by a local agency. Remember we must take advantage of all the resources available to us.

Chiflado has had an exhausting day already. I need to make some more phone calls and take a cat nap and update my blogs. And thanks to ya'll that hit the schnozz blog. Keep those comments coming. And if you can think of any hot schnozzed men, let me know, I have quite a collection of photos to keep me occupied.

Dressing

I'd much prefer cornbread dressing to this let me tell you. Apparently I'm still draining from the one incision. She gave me a quick lesson on changing a dressing and gave me some supplies and sent me off on my merry way.

I can do it. I'm strong.

...24 Days until the camp out...

Kate B Gone

My prayers have been answered, and honey, I don't pray much let me tell you. But when they had this cow in Standing with the Stars, it just got to me. And the way she treated her professional dancer was uncalled for. No wonder Jon divorced her, lucky guy.

Anyway ding dong the witch is gone. Just remember what Chiflado wants Chiflado gets. Now on to American Idol. I just did my 2-hour block of voting and it ain't Whiner Woman #2. And the judges have already deemed the Whiner the Winner.

Sutures finally out

Those were the longest 11 days in my life. There were times when JL wanted to pull them out. Of course I'm all bruised up where they were and as luck would have it one of them is infected.

My two options were they could have a nurse come over every day and change the dressing. My house is a mess and I'm from the school of I don't want to be a bother or a burden. So I chose option 2, the office is only two blocks away and it gets me out of the house.

If that weren't bad enough, I just called the clinic about my colorectal referral and they weren't even aware of it! I finally talked to someone in referrals and she was able to locate a copy of my order so now I'm waiting on a call.

Chiflado likes to be on top of things.

Whiner Woman #2

Wah, wah, wah...It takes a lot of confidence to be an American Idol and this chick doesn't have it. Yes she's a front runner and yes the judges have deemed her the winner. And she doesn't have the Idol look, even a mentor said she should do something about her dreadlocks.

But she wanted to quit the show a few weeks ago until Gaycrest stepped in telling her she was gonna win and can build her mom a house. Of all the nerve!

Do not vote for her. This is not fair. Continue to vote for Tim Urban. I say kick her out and have a great battle royale between Lee DeWyze and Casey James, those two are equally talented and seem more mature to handle the Idol crown. And they fit the Idol mold.

...25 Days until the camp out...

Gosselin Update

She was worse this week than last if that's humanly possible. I have concluded that Hindus are voting for her because the cow is sacred to them.

Please vote her off already. I hate seeing train wrecks and to put Tony Dovolani through another week would be sheer hell.

Whiner Woman #1

What is this sick cow still doing 'dancing' on the show? And who votes for her? Does she have her brat army hit redial to keep force us to laugh at her another week? Or is it the brain dead housewives who are just voting her through another week of payment? My heart goes out to Jon and Tony Dovalani, her professional dancer, there's just no chemistry between them two.

Remember to vote for Evan Lycacek, his number is 800.868.3406 and you can hit redial on him for only a certain amount.

...26 Days until the Camp out...

The Blahs

I've had them pretty bad today. I want these sutures out already. They just make me feel tender all over and even walking is affected.

Today my alarm clock went off at 7 a.m. and again he had food and water but he just wanted attention. I had some decalf and finished watching a DVD then took a nap. I think I'm turning into a cat.

I tolerated a sandwich for lunch. Lately everything tastes weird and I'm sure I'll get answers when I go Tuesday to get my sutures removed. Wonder how many meds I'll wind up on this time.

Even though my heart wasn't in it, I managed to schlep to group. It's my one escape I can afford! I was half there and half in cat world. I hope nobody noticed I wasn't my ususal self.

...27 Days until the Camp out...

Saturday

I woke up at 6 a.m. today. Actually, my roommate woke me up. He was sitting on my chest playing with my beard. Wake up and entertain me he was saying. What choice did I have?

He had food and water don't know what he wanted. Just some quality time which he did get.

I'm gonna go on record here and call it that the judges have decided Crystal Bowersox as the winner of American Idol especially in light of yesterday's events. Turns out Bowersox wanted to bow out a few weeks ago but Gaycrest flashed his saviour smile and talked her into staying. I said earlier they already had a winner chosen. This would be the biggest upset since the Ruben fiasco.

My two centavos.

...28 Days Until the Camp out...

Friday

It's Friday and there's nothing much going on so I figured I'd catch up on some laundry. I let my towels get out of control so I'm making do with them.

If it doesn't rain, I'll schlep to HEB since I need a few supplies, but there is a 90% chance of rain today so I'll play it by ear. Nothing I can live without but it would be nice to have.

My suture removal has been rescheduled for Tuesday, did I already blog that? Still tender, almost on the verge of an infection but we'll see Tuesday. I do know the sutured areas are turning colour. And I still have some lortabs which are a gawdsend. They knock me out and make me forget I had surgery.

...29 Days Until the Camp Out...

Updates

Well if anyone else is following my train wrecks, ya'll know that both Evan and Tim made it to next week. And how glad was I to see Katey leave, although I still think Mike should have gone. And I will have photos to encourage ya'll to vote.

Just got a call from my surgeon's office and my suture removal has been rescheduled to next Tuesday. So keep Chiflado in your prayers just a little bit longer. Still waiting on the colorectal phone call, I have the referral but just need to know which doc to go see.

...30 Days until the camp out...

Recuperative mode

Still tender and walking kinda funny. Yesterday I spent the day in bed with lortabs and Mad Med Season 3. I love that train wreck.

Today I have lunch at La Margarita with my peeps but I also want to schlep over to the pharmacy and library and pick up some more DVDs to keep me out of trouble.

...31 Days Until the Camp Out...

Tim Urban

Americal Idol's on tonight and I'm still asking for my fans to keep voting for hottie Tim. I promised I'd post this great campaign worthy photo of the young lad. Adam Lambert is guest mentor (?) and he better keep his hands of my boo if he knows what's best for him. My prediction is that they will send a guy home anyway to even out the field.

...32 Days until the camp out...

Chiflado Update

Still on the mend. Still tender in the abdomen area. I will have a doctor's appointment to get the sutures out sometime this week.

Today I have a follow-up with my primary care physician regarding this and setting up lab work in three months. He also did call me to set up a referral for a colorectoral specialist due to the colonoscopy. And here I thought it was gonna be the year of Chiflado.

Think happy thoughts and send prayers my way please. Every little bit helps.

Evan Lycacek

Let's keep our gold medalist going. He's still on Dancing with the Has Beens although he's anything but! And let's get that Gosselin weiner out already! His number is 1.800.868.3406 and he's on my redial honey!

...33 Days until the camp out...

Chiflado Update

So far so good. I'm just a little tender in the abdomen area. I really have had no need for the pain killers, but I'm taking them anyway.

I'm gonna take it easier than usual. Got some DVDs from the library to keep me busy and I feel a nap coming on also.

...35 Days until the camp out...

Gall Bladder

Well, it came out today. It can be said that Chiflado has no gall which means we must come up with a new term for the things Chiflado says and does.

I was there on time and ready for my surgery. As luck would have it, my surgeon was running late. They didn't wheel me in until around noon and my ride was scheduled to pick me up at 1 p.m. Well that didn't work out and then I was ready to be released at 3,30 which is when B picks up the kids at school.

But it all worked out in the end. I'm home, even went to the pharmacy to get pain medication which I promise to take at bedtime. Thanks to all for your prayers and concern.

...36 Days until the camp out...

Evan and Tim

I would like to thank any of you readers that actually take time to vote for my babes. Both Evan and Tim get another week to prove their talent.

Is it me or should Mike have been kicked off Americal Idol last night. I cannot believe the judges used the save on him. When he sang for his save, he sang a different song than the one that put him in the bottom to begin with. I don't think this is fair. But that's just one fan's opinion.

I personally think he got the sympathy vote which means he'll be saved next week where he'll get the pity vote. I told you this was a train wreck to watch.

Gall Bladder

I went to a surgeon yesterday referred by my Primary Care Physician. Turns out my gall bladder is not functioning properly and that may be the cause of my bleeding and vomiting.

So it must come out. I'm waiting to hear from the office for the surgery date. We're shooting for this week if at all possible. So, keep Chiflado in your prayers.

...38 Days until the camp out...

Tim Urban

Back by popular demand, alright, I've got the hots for him. American Idol is doing the Lennon/McCartney songs for tonight and we just have to keep Tim in, even though he's not a great singer.

As a side note, Chiflado doesn't think much of the 'talent' they have this year. There are some contestants with obvious attitude problems and the judges seem to have decided on a winner already.

Also, was it just moi that noticed that Didi kinda knew she was going home last week? Didja notice that Gaycrest asked her what song she was gonna sing whereas in the past they usually sing the song that got them in the bottom three. The band was ready to play Rihanna for Didi even though she bombed with a different song the night before.

Just an observation.

...39 Days until the camp out...

Camp out Update

They changed the date on me! I got the information at the beginning of the year and now it's been moved a week back! So that's 7 more days of waiting!

...40 Days until the camp out!

Evan Lycacek

Evan's still on Dancing with the Has-Beens and he will be on my redial for my eleven votes. Let's keep the hottie going on.

Clash of the Titans

Okay, ya'll know Chiflado likes anything Greek, so I was excited they were remaking the 1981 film. Chiflado was let down on so many levels.

First of all, it is not a remake of the previous film. It does use a lot of the same characters and plot devices.

Secondly, it is a very loose version of the story of Perseus. Characters were introduced that were not in the story, but obviously here to keep the plot moving along.

Thirdly, it was just plain bad. The only thing that made this worth watching is Sam Worthington as Perseus. They should have shown more than his hot hairy legs.

I would have to say watch the original instead or read Edith Hamilton's Greek Mythology for the real story. I would only recommend this for Worthington.

...34 Days until the camp out...

David Silveria

No reason. Just a hottie I came across one of Mess's recommended sites. David Silveria is the drummer for Korn and you gotta wonder if anything cums between him and his Calvins!

Jean Luc Update

JL's been quite the high maintenance baby lately. He craves a lot of attention which he gets of course. He's taken to lying on my lap when I watch a DVD.

He loves to be scratched and he loves his rough-housing with me. He likes to suckle on my shirt or shorts which isn't a bother but then he starts kneading the area and them claws are sharp. But I look forward to our intimate moments.

When I'm on the computer he will come over and gets very vocal until he gets some attention. Many a time I'm on the net and I feel his cold nose on my mouse hand and he must be appeased.

But he's my baby and I love him and HP thinks he has a kitty crush on me. It is nice to feel loved and needed. So much better than a boyfriend! At least JL won't cheat on me or desert me in times of need.

...35 Days until the Camp out...

Neurologist

I went to the neurologist today. The good news is he was happy with the weight loss and my CD-4 count.

The bad news is that the tremors, tingling, and neuropathy are still there and people have noticed it it's so obvious. So I wound up with two new scripts that should help.

...36 Days until the camp out...

Tim Urban

Chiflado wants to personally thank all who voted for Tim. Even I knew he should have gone home, but he's just too hot and he's got that sexy smile.

I will repost his photo next Tuesday to get you people motivated to vote.