tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264095833827785600.post5571717099234736692..comments2023-08-04T08:08:15.006-07:00Comments on The Dr Codfish Chronicles: Cut The Rope?Paul Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06072480695472781764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264095833827785600.post-16887188185103137792008-08-08T08:56:00.000-07:002008-08-08T08:56:00.000-07:00Um…yeah. I thought about that and still might do ...Um…yeah. I thought about that and still might do it. <BR/><BR/>In order to get the Doc to agree with a retest I wrote out a note, (a letter really) detailing the issues as I see them. I mentioned the time gap you brought up and the seemingly dramatic difference in the interpretation a year on. I tried not to cast any aspersions on his methods or the work of the tech staff. I mentioned that when I had the test he never saw the results and the nurse was pretty casual about interpreting the spots on my arm. Casual might not be the best term, I got the impression that the results were sort of a ‘spotty’ positive but not the kind of results that would earn a two year ban for a rider from WADA. Not sure how to say this but she seemed a little more interested in me than in the test results.<BR/><BR/>When I got a call back from the Docs office the woman I spoke to gave me the impression that my little 'situation' was perhaps becoming a minor cause celeb. It sounded like folks there picked up on the pathos and I suspect (I hope anyway) that this procedure is going to go down ‘by the book’. <BR/><BR/>Depending on how it plays I may still seek a second opinion.<BR/><BR/>As for what to do, the Doc understood that scratchy might not get the boot so he suggested in ascending order of severity:<BR/><BR/>1. Keep the cat out of the bedroom. <BR/>2. Keep the cat out of designated ‘cat free’ spaces in the house. Here I’m thinking my office.<BR/>3. Keep the cat out of the house daytime (while we are at work) and maybe in the garage at night.<BR/>4. Just have him be an ‘outside’ cat.<BR/>5. And of course, finally “remove the cat from the living situation”.<BR/><BR/>I really go back and forth on this. Right now I'm thinking screw that, this cat is lucky enough that he'll probably be squatting to leave a steamy pile of superiority on my grave and what's a runny nose in the cosmic scheme of things?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264095833827785600.post-67959589548720844622008-08-07T22:31:00.000-07:002008-08-07T22:31:00.000-07:00For what it is worth, here is what I would do in y...For what it is worth, here is what I would do in your situation.<BR/>See a different doctor for a seperate test. If it comes out the same, find out what you can do to keep meow in your life without being in your nose. Extra cleaning? Not allowed on the furniture? <BR/>I am pretty suspicious of the diagnosis though. It would be one thing if you just got the cat and it started to flare right away, but you've cleary had it long enough to grow attached without it hurting you sinuses. <BR/><BR/>Keep in mind I am very biased since we just lost our cat though.Robert Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005511573396996974noreply@blogger.com