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[Kitsune06]

I want my new bike. I want it now. Want, want, want.

I am not patient. Having little daydreams of getting it shipped here so I can ride while the weather is still good.

Dunno which will be more exciting in December: getting DPITA or getting the Waterford! "Hi honey, great to see ya, I'm going for a bike ride now, back in a couple hours ok?"

After not seeing SWMBO for THAT long, I can't imagine I would be able to think about the bike that much... I'd have long burned myself out completely obsessing over every little bikey detail. ...but I'd have to hug my bike and tell her I wasn't likely to see her for... oh... six or seven hours.

All in all, good news. I was turned away from the screen for most of it, but I did see some. It is very strange to watch my own heart pause in its rhythm just when I feel that pressure in my chest. I wanted to smack the screen and get it going again! Of course it gets going again on its own. Everything I've heard and read says this (the premature ventricular contractions or PVCs I'm having) is a benign condition. Annoying, but benign. I'm doing OK with cutting out the coffee. I want it, of course, but I notice how many more PVCs I have after drinking it. Makes it not worth it.

Yeah... every time I've gone in for testing, etc, on the same problem, my doctor has either said "It's totally benign, don't worry about it" or "What pause?" because the crushing vacuum simply doesn't happen when I'm being examined. GRRR. I've been told it could be MVP in my case (Mitral Valve Prolapse) but even then, my PCP said "Oh, well, lots of people have that in such a minor way that treatment would be more painful and dangerous than the disease." and waved it off... So I understand how you feel. Esp. after a long, really hard ride, when I'm laying in bed and feel the weight of antimatter spontaneously jump into and out of existance in my chest cavity. And I used to be the sort to have 2+ Red Bulls a day. No more.

Grumpy pills

Grumpy pills? I know those! Little fibery ones you find in little piles in the snow in WI here-there-and-everywhere around fields? They get especially grumpy when you tell 'em what they are!