Posts Tagged ‘Hospital’

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Two Left Feet

by Seraphine Khorana on September 25th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
Two Left Feet

I must have done something really awful in a past life. The great karmic hand in the sky reached down and smote me again. Luckily, I didn’t break anything. I sprained my thumb and elbow. I got a few abrasions and contusions (medical talk for scrapes and bruises).

Hang a faceted crystal in the center of the bathroom; place a three-inch round mirror on the ceiling directly above the toilet to visually reverse the downward flow of water; place earth-type objects in the corners of the room to stabilize the energy.
Quotation from Stephanie Roberts, The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Feng Shui
(Feng shui toilet tips)

Women have this higher alternative value of how to spend their time.
Quotation from Grace Tsiang, as quoted in Women Desert Wall Street (Reuters)
I love this quote.

No results found for “Hiking shoes for two left feet”.
Quotation from Google search

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Swine Flu Vaccine

by Seraphine Khorana on January 5th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
Swine Flu Vaccine

This really happened to me. I won’t mention the name of the pharmacy, but it rhymes with Fright-Aid. The pharmacist said the best way to avoid getting the flu is “don’t touch your eyes, nose or mouth.” I’ll assume I can still use my mouth for eating as long as I wash my hands beforehand?

So the C.D.C. says 50 million [Americans] have been infected so far. Another 50 million have been vaccinated. And maybe 20 million have got innate immunity because of their age. You do the math — that’s 120 million who are immune out of 320 million, so two-thirds of the population is still not immune. It’s amazing how many people are acting as if this is all wrapped up. The numbers could still go up dramatically.
Quotation from Michael T. Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota

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Sometimes there isn’t a choice

by Seraphine Khorana on October 30th, 2009
Posted In: Comics
Sometimes there isn’t a choice

Yesterday wasn’t a good day. I misjudged a step, fell down and broke my thumb. When I got home from the emergency room, my sister called to tell me Aunt Lucille died. Sometimes, there isn’t any choice but to accept whatever happens.

Well why do the hands of time
So easily unwind?
Some lessons we learn the hard way.
Some lessons don’t come easy and
That’s the price we have to pay.
Song by Melody Gardot, Some Lessons

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Frankensera

by Seraphine Khorana on June 30th, 2009
Posted In: Comics
Frankensera

Thank you everyone for your comments and wonderful words of encouragement. They mean a lot to me. The staples came out yesterday. I’m home now. Just don’t make me laugh.

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Friend or Enema?

by Seraphine Khorana on June 24th, 2009
Posted In: Comics
Friend or Enema?

I’m in the hospital tomorrow, so my comics might be irregular for a few days. Not that they are like “regular comics” anyway.

Surgeons usually fantasize about wild and improbable surgeries. Someone collapses in a restaurant, you splice them open with a butter knife, replace a valve with a hollowed out stick of carrot– but every now and then some other kind of fantasy slips in. Most of our fantasies resolve when we wake, vanished to the back of our mind, but sometimes we’re sure if we try hard enough– we can live the dream.
Quotation from Grey’s Anatomy, Sometimes a Fantasy

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Where the Edge Joins Perpendicular to the Self

by Seraphine Khorana on March 14th, 2009
Posted In: Comics
Where the Edge Joins Perpendicular to the Self

Yesterday was Friday the 13th. I cut my finger. A knife-slip sliced saucily through a tendon. The emergency room gave me six stitches. I’m minus a cup or two of blood. If I wasn’t superstitious (paraskavedekatriaphobiatic) before, I am now.

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.
Quotation from William Shakespeare, Macbeth

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