Posts Tagged brain surgery

Friday Poll

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Now, does this look like a woman who just had brain surgery? Or more like Ali McGraw’s better-looking older sister, or perhaps a gypsy lady with really great teeth who you wouldn’t mind getting pickpocketed by, because oh, there would be LAUGHS?

Yes, this is YUD’s mother. We think she looks pretty stylin’ in her scarf. And skinny!

I Wanna Be Sedated…Only That Would Mean Having to Wait in the Duane Reade Pharmacy Line Again

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9423_166102621071_711581071_4154680_7445503_nHaving a prescription refilled, you would think, would be an easy task. I mean, it’s not brain surgery—it’s just the medicine you take after your brain surgery.

The hard part should be snagging an appointment with the doctor of your choice, or the interminable wait in one of those cold rooms wearing a very last-season paper gown and trying not to get caught as you rifle through the cabinets, or maybe convincing the doctor that you need whatever it is in whatever dosage and then trotting that scrawl-covered snip of paper over to your local pharmacy.

Once you’ve done that, you’re golden … Right?

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