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Well....
Last year I was gifted a beautiful camera.
It is the Canon 40D.
It came along with two lenses.
The whole kit, although exciting has become a little intimidating!!
I was "into" photography way back a lifetime ago in highschool.
We had a little darkroom and I had a tiny Minolta fixed lens camera.
I loved everything about developing film and capturing my vision.
Further learning beyond the basics fell by the wayside. Sad huh?
In having this new camera in my life you can imagine I went shoot crazy!!
Then came the photo editing.

BTW, it being a DIGITAL SLR only made it better...or worse..lol for me!
I have thousands of pics which I try to edit when I can.
The winners....are kept on CD, an external HD and uploaded to the internet.
I looked around for a new place to hold my pics online.
I stumbled upon SMUGMUG and signed up for their FREE TRIAL.
Fell in love with the site and quickly signed up permanently.
Check it out, you'll be happy you did!
Promise

I am firing my PMD.

I went to both the Pulmo and my PMD last week.
I have been so insensed I could not write about the experience clearly.
Walked into another monthly visit which should have been my last.
Should have walked out with a nice tidy little letter and a few copies of my progress notes from the last 6 months.
Last visit (June) I gave her the outline letter the Bari surgeon wants. It is simple. List the 6 months weight, attach copies of 6 progress notes along with an evaluation/recommendation for LapBand.
I gave her a month! I have been in the medical field for over 15 years. Seven of those years were behind the scenes dealing with patients charts and studies/audits. I KNOW it takes a few days to get everything together.
When I gave her the sample letter-outline she said she could not do it "today". Got it, I understand.
I DID, however expect it to be done a MONTH later!
Okay. so I step on the scale, she smiles and notes the weight then asks me," how are you coming along in the surgery process"? "Uhm, I cannot even SUBMIT Doc until you give me the progress notes and the referral for LapBand!" "I can't do that today" she says again.
Then she takes out a script and jots down the 6 weights on it along with the ICD code for morbid obesity. WHAT THE F*CK!? I told her that the surgeon will not accept this.
"You know I do not approve" she said. "I know" I told her again.
I am now seathing. I want to rip her head off. Okay, the fix is simple, she is now fired. She is no longer my doctor.
Upon going to the desk to schedule my next appointment (which she wants just before surgery, HA! If I ever get her fkn copies!) and ask the girls for copies of my last 6 progress notes. I work with and know many doctors and will just go get a new one. I have all of my sub specialty results proving some co morbidities. Take that with the progress notes and I should have no problem. Right?
W R O N G!
NONE, none, not one progress note has been transcribed yet, NONE, since January!
WHAT?
She uses a tick sheet. Sort of a cheat sheet which she later, I guess, dictates the notes to be transcribed.
Uhm, SIX months?
Yes she works alone now, but uhhhh I am relying on her notes for this submission.
It's been a week.
If by next Monday the surgeon doesn't have my paperwork form my PMD I will enlist one of my Dr. friends to put some heat on her.
The surgeons coordinator is pretty organized and I suppose is used to working with difficult doctors.
Writing this I am getting pissed off again.
I'm off most Thursdays so perhaps I need to make a phone call!

Monday

New day, new week...keep on keepin' on.
Loads to do. Need to get on the Cardio's back regarding getting my precertification for the Thallium Stress test.
Totally forgot to make the psych appointment. I'll call tomorrow.
My surgeons office has a Psych who comes in and gives the evaluation. Hey! Whatever works.
The Dell crapped out on me when I was in Myrtle.
I have tried to reload Windows at least four times.
We wiped out the hard drive and tried all the tricks of the trade.
This is when it is advantageous to have Marty be in the field. He wasn't, however, able to fix it.
Off to Dell in the mail.
Pisses me off that a brand new computer does this. It's a machine afterall.....it's supposed to work.
If the computer age happened during our parents young adulthood you KNOW they would be workhorses...and would last for YEARS!
Everything is made like crap anymore.
Body has made a new setpoint which is nice.
A long weekend of not so careful eating has not caused me to gain weight.
NICE!
Now it's time to turn things up and get down another ten.
Ta'

OH, and

I did walk several times this last week.
The pod however is not working?
I think I put it to sleep.
I also forgot the pod one day, numnutz!
Back on track oficially Tuesday night.
Can't tomorrow, I am driving 10.5- 12 hours.
G R O A N.