Trying to schedule a neurology appointment. I don't think the blood test results are so good. Suspect is myasthenia graves, which I wish were spelled differently. Apparently that would affect muscles in the eye and mouth. I had the neurology referral, which I hadn't done until my doctor had analyzed the results. This makes me nervous.
Since the visit is listed as urgent, apparently Cedars can't get me in urgently (weird to me) so they're reaching out to other providers in their network. I said I wanted someone who knows what they're doing and who has a top rating, otherwise I'll wait.
Just read up on it. Gravis is the preferred spelling. I'm changing it in the other post. Also, every symptom I have screams that this is what it is - drooping eyelid, double vision, mouth and face muscles. I mean, there you are.
And there is no cure but they have various treatments that apparently work well, so best to get on whatever those are right away.
For me, the good news is no surgery.
Speaking of good vibes, you asked for some for your brother. How is he doing?
I love the t-shirt that reads: To quote Hamlet, Act III, Scene III, Line 92, “No.”
Quote from: ChasSmith on July 07, 2025, 09:11:22 AMSeveral days ago I was going through some old photos looking for something, and there was one in the wrong section of this file box so I took it out to move it to a better place. But I looked at it for a minute, and it brought to mind a question I've had about exactly where something in Marina del Rey had been located years ago. So I thought, who can I ask? (Actually, one or two of y'all right here might even know! So stay tuned.) I decided that one likely place to ask on Facebook would be this page about the west side of L.A. (one of those "you know you lived in..." groups). It's run by this weird autocratic guy who examines every post before approving them and who likes to rant about submissions that don't follow his various rules and such. Bill somebody. BK might recognize this. He runs that Westwood page, too.So he released my post SIX DAYS after I'd submitted it. And what happened? In one day it's gotten over a hundred "likes" and nearly that many comments. A couple of people even came close to answering the question I asked. But everyone loved the picture and it generated interest from a few different angles. (It's a shot I took while out flying one day, so other pilots got involved, too.) And I thought, if that one picture can inspire that much actual conversation, and thus far all of it positive, then I'm sitting on a gold mine here. I know I have things that should be scanned and posted, and once in a blue moon I do a couple of things, but then a lot of time goes by before moving on to others. I will also pat myself on the back for not just throwing a picture up there, but for providing some *accurate* detail and context to help inspire the responses I was looking for. Man, I'm good. Anyhoo, give me a few minutes and I'll post it here.I'm in "You know you grew up in West Los Angeles if you remember.......". I think you are referring to the group I dropped out of, "You know you grew up on the Westside of Los Angeles if....". Yup, I found it along with your post.I rarely went to Marina Del Rey back then and don't remember Mr. D's Coffee Shop. I asked Keith and he doesn't remember it either.
Several days ago I was going through some old photos looking for something, and there was one in the wrong section of this file box so I took it out to move it to a better place. But I looked at it for a minute, and it brought to mind a question I've had about exactly where something in Marina del Rey had been located years ago. So I thought, who can I ask? (Actually, one or two of y'all right here might even know! So stay tuned.) I decided that one likely place to ask on Facebook would be this page about the west side of L.A. (one of those "you know you lived in..." groups). It's run by this weird autocratic guy who examines every post before approving them and who likes to rant about submissions that don't follow his various rules and such. Bill somebody. BK might recognize this. He runs that Westwood page, too.So he released my post SIX DAYS after I'd submitted it. And what happened? In one day it's gotten over a hundred "likes" and nearly that many comments. A couple of people even came close to answering the question I asked. But everyone loved the picture and it generated interest from a few different angles. (It's a shot I took while out flying one day, so other pilots got involved, too.) And I thought, if that one picture can inspire that much actual conversation, and thus far all of it positive, then I'm sitting on a gold mine here. I know I have things that should be scanned and posted, and once in a blue moon I do a couple of things, but then a lot of time goes by before moving on to others. I will also pat myself on the back for not just throwing a picture up there, but for providing some *accurate* detail and context to help inspire the responses I was looking for. Man, I'm good. Anyhoo, give me a few minutes and I'll post it here.
I don't think I posted this, but a couple of weeks ago, I saw this guy at Costco wearing a shirt that just said, "Is he dead yet?"
