Annie Rhiannon

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

When I say 'snooty' I'm talking about you

I had to go for a chest x-ray yesterday, which was annoying because it's not that long ago that I was making shit up on my blog about having had a chest x-ray. I fear I have brought this upon myself. "This chest pain, is it my ego acting up again?" I asked the imaginary doctor in my head. "No," said the real doctor in the real hospital. "It's most likely a stomach ulcer that's infected the valves of your oesophagus."

Gross. I went home and got back into bed, glad that I have a bed again and that I'm not still sofa-surfing my way around Dublin. I have moved to a small seaside town in County Wicklow that is within cycling distance of work and miles away from anything fun — unless you count fun as a bag of chips down on the pier. Which would be fun, I suppose, if I could ever get any of my snooty Dublin friends out this far to visit me.

It is a nice apartment though, in one of those crap "all mod cons" kinda ways. Louise and Derek say that all "all mod cons" ever really means is a dishwasher and a black leather sofa. Well, when I was a small seven-year-old girl it was my ambition to own a black leather sofa. Derek says landlords love them because they think they're 'classy', and Louise says it's just because they're wipe-clean. I have to agree with Louise, because unless all landlords are small seven-year-old girls I don't see how they could possibly think black leather sofas are classy.

Anyway, now I live in a small seaside town with a black leather sofa and a stomach ulcer. And that is all my news.

22 comments:

  1. I will definitely come out to visit you; I am already looking forward to sleeping on that black leather couch.

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  2. There WILL be chips on the pier.

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  3. I gather leather sofas don't absorb all those nasty cooking smells either. Of course you'll only be having chips on the pier...

    I thought stomach ulcers were caused by a virus. Can't you just cure it with some wonder drug?

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  4. WHAT? Now I have a VIRUS on top of everything else? Yeah, they gave me drugs, hopefully it'll be better within a week.

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  5. Ouch. The sea air will cure ya ...or so I'm told

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  6. My first proper rented flat had a block leather sofa - it smelled a bit of cat piss, because when a cat pisses on a leather sofa it's impossible to to completely remove the smell with any cleaning product known to man.

    Thanks for the link, hope you're settling well.

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  7. Glad you are getting settled Pinsiad Bach

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  8. My landlord gave me TWO black leather sofas and NO dishwasher. I don't think doubling the first makes up for lack of the second. Also, I have not yet been invited to your creek-side flat...had I been, I would have said yes and brought chips for you and me both.

    I am not snooty.

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  9. I know you're not snooty, Jenna. Much. I will invite you for a 'barbeque' or something soon, as soon as I've got the place to myself.

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  10. Welcome to the ulcer gang.... it's not a very cool gang really.

    My doc said you need the bug in order to get the ulcer but the bug doesn't cause the ulcer (does that make any sense?) Anyhoo I got mine from years of heavy drinking followed by heavy throwing up. Other than chucking up a bit of blood every now and then it hasn't changed my life ;)

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  11. The thing that worries me is that I have no pain whatsoever in my stomach, only in my chest. Hopefully it is a correct diagnosis though so I can rid of it asap.

    We need a secret handshake.

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  12. Anonymous2.5.09

    aw, are you in my lovely home town of bray?

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  13. Frank B3.5.09

    The reason for the pain in the chest area is that the stomach sits high up. The pain can also be felt in the back, as if it were back pain. I speak from experience, as I thought I had back pain and upped my dosage of ibuprofen until the damn thing perforated leading to internal bleeding and hospitalization.

    Short not: Get it taken care of.

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  14. Anon: yes <3

    Frank: Ye gads, you are okay now though right? Yes, I feel it in my back too. Hopefully these drugs will start working soon.

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  15. Anonymous4.5.09

    ..sounds nasty, hope you feel better soon, i was your biggest fan that accosted you one night in eddie rockets, proud to have you in bray. !

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  16. Ah yes, I remember you. In fact, I will never forget that night for as long as I live. We should go to Eddie's in Bray as a reunion. Um... as soon as I can eat really shit food again.

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  17. I have a dishwater! It's broken though. Still makes me feel special however.

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  18. My doc told me I had a stomach ulcer once. He gave me tablets which I didn't like (too big) so I flushed them down the toilet. I went back for a checkup, he said 'hmm coming along nicely'. Gave me more tabs (which found their way to the drain). On next checkup he told me I was better.

    That's how I got rid of my 'stomach ulcer'. A long time ago.

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  19. You know where I live, hon! Come visit.

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