8th October, 2006 - Posted by karen - No Comments
I found some ways to distrsct myself this weekend so far. Last night Dan hung out with some of the guys at Joseph’s studio and it sound like they have a good time watching Mystery Science Theatre. While he was out I watched Napoleon Dynamite which I missed in 2004. It was really good - » Read More
5th October, 2006 - Posted by karen - 2 Comments
An hour and a half after publically announcing our good news we got a call from one of my close family with some bad medical news. We’re waiting for more tests (we should get the answer Tuesday, the outcome of which could be “very bad” or “treatable”) so it’s been a rough 24 hours, about » Read More
3rd March, 2006 - Posted by karen - 4 Comments
I’m back home at last! I took the train last Sunday and got home at about 6 pm at was back at work the next day after a stop at the clinic for a doctor’s appointment. Good news - I’m supposedly very healthy, don’t have HP and since I’m feeling much better now I guess » Read More
14th January, 2006 - Posted by karen - 6 Comments
Hey-diddle-de-ho there neighbour-inos! What’s new in Karen-land, you ask? I finished reading my two Unix books and am now a guru superuser somewhat competent user and know how to get around, telnet, ftp, search/grep, copy, remove and move things and such. I learned two neat tricks this week: in OSX, typing “ls -G” gives a colourized » Read More
29th December, 2005 - Posted by karen - 1 Comment
Where has using a patient’s history and symptoms to provide a diagnosis gone? As most of you know I am a bit sick right now and I feel like I’m getting the run-around in the medical establishment. Although I have tried several times, I don’t seem to have succeeded in actually having a regular family doctor » Read More
14th December, 2005 - Posted by karen - 3 Comments
Sorry I haven’t been in touch with many people lately. I am sick with something chronic but (fortunately) with a good chance of being cured. The only problem is that it will take a while to get a proper diagnosis (3-4 weeks) and then there will be probably another month or so before we can » Read More
7th December, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
I got up at 5:30 this morning with good intetions (i.e. going to work) but by about 6:30 the game was up. I’m not exactly certain what is wrong, but I don’t feel that great today and haven’t been very hungry and my back & stomach hurt (occasionally). I did move my akward and heavy » Read More
12th March, 2005 - Posted by Karen Hagen - No Comments
In January 2005 we went to a gallery exhibit put on by our friend Claudia at the l’oeil de poisson gallery in Quebec city. Her exhibit was great and we were very priveleged to go. It was something like -24 C in Quebec that night and it was windy. We were so cold!! We went » Read More