I know, I should be in bed... slap me later.

[lance_sibley]

I kind of intended to be in bed a few hours ago, but I got involved in various Gaylaxicon-related things and time just kind of got away from me.

I have my appointment for my liver ultrasound - I wanted to do it on Thursday after the EKG (which is at 8:15 am - argh), but I have no idea how long that will take. So I booked it for Friday morning at 10 instead. It's at a different place just up the street from me. I also have to go back to the lab afterwards for more bloodwork. (I may not have any blood left by the time this is all said and done.)

Speaking of which, I got another email from my doctor today warning me that I'm not immune to Hepatitis A, and that if I'm planning on travelling to (list of exotic locations here), then I need to get immunized. Come to think of it, it was over eleven years ago that I last got the vaccination, so yeah, I should probably get that taken care of. Not that I'm planning on going anywhere exotic any time soon, but better safe than sorry.

(Odd, though, I thought that was one of the things he vaccinated me for last week...)

As a complete aside, I just learned that Gabriel Hogan (Traders, Heartland, The Border, Flashpoint, Rent-A-Goalie, Robson Arms, The Associates) is the son of Michael Hogan (Colonel Tigh on BSG). He also played Ken Dryden in the miniseries about the 1972 Canada-Russia hockey series, and I remember thinking at the time that the resemblance was uncanny. (For SF fans, he's also been on Forever Knight, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, PSI Factor, La Femme Nikita, Mutant X and Wonderfalls. Busy guy.)

Not that that's all that important or anything - I was just surprised to learn this.

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[legostargateman.livejournal.com]

Last week my EKG took about 15 minutes. I have no idea if that's the average time or if my technician was just fast.

Gabriel Hogan is one of those Canadian actors who has talent but for some reason never seems to catch a break and get a lead role (at least not on anything TV related). He was great in Traders (which, as an aside, also stared David Hewlett of SGA fame).

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

Last week my EKG took about 15 minutes. I have no idea if that's the average time or if my technician was just fast.

I think that's normal. At least, that's about as long as mine took, I think. (I wasn't actually looking at the clock, but I think I was at the cardiologist's for about an hour in total. A large part of that was spent setting up the monitor.)

Gabriel Hogan is one of those Canadian actors who has talent but for some reason never seems to catch a break and get a lead role (at least not on anything TV related). He was great in Traders (which, as an aside, also stared David Hewlett of SGA fame).

Yup, I remember Hewlett from Traders as well. It's the first thing I ever saw him in, in fact.

And I know what you mean about Gabriel Hogan. He certainly seems to get plenty of work, but he's almost always a second-banana type of character. Perhaps he sees himself more as a character actor and so he doesn't go out for lead roles?

[whitesangria.livejournal.com]

The Hep vaccination is a multidose thing. Had it during the whole "Patti got stuck with a random needle" thing a few years back.

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Now I'm thinking that I may not have finished the course of vaccinations, then. I only remember getting one shot, and I remember nothing about being told to make any followup appointments.

[sciffy-circo.livejournal.com]

You, not going anywhere exotic anytime soon? Not even that one bar?

I was going to insert a Zanzibar reference, but I don't think that place would be quite your thing...

I know when my last tetanus shot was. When my ankle was broken 3 years ago, they asked when my last shot was. "Um.........?" Okay, we'll give you one. Other than that, when I was pregnant, they gave me a blood test, and said everything was still up to date. But my youngest is now 13, so at this point? Maybe not up to date anymore... They also asked my husband when his last was, and he screamed something about being afraid of needles.

My daughter is far more brave, and sensible. She told her daddy at age 3, "The shot hurts, but if you don't, you get very sick, and that hurts more than the shot!" For the most part, she's very right! He still ran out of the room. She said, "I'm not scared!", and later showed off two spots where the nurse stuck her, one in each leg or arm, whatever.

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

I was going to insert a Zanzibar reference, but I don't think that place would be quite your thing...

Not quite. :) (I don't even know if it's still in business.)

My daughter is far more brave, and sensible. She told her daddy at age 3, "The shot hurts, but if you don't, you get very sick, and that hurts more than the shot!" For the most part, she's very right! He still ran out of the room. She said, "I'm not scared!", and later showed off two spots where the nurse stuck her, one in each leg or arm, whatever.

*grin* That's fantastic.

I've never been afraid of needles, but I definitely don't like them. As I mentioned before, they always seem to have trouble finding my veins - they seem to be quite deep below my skin.

And the needle they inserted when they first took blood from me at Emergency, which they left in in case I later needed an IV (I didn't), hurt quite a bit. I don't know if it's because the nurse had more trouble than usual finding a vein, or if it was a larger-gauged needle than the others, or what.

I have quite a bruise on the inside of my left elbow right now. Considering that the other needles I got left no marks, I'm curious about this one. Ironically, the nurse who stuck that needle in me (it was from when they took blood after my ultrasound) had less trouble than the previous nurses had.