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T-100 minutes and counting...

I have to be at Occupational Health at 2:30. To avoid thinking about that, I will now discuss hockey.

No Habs game yesterday, but I was gratified to note that the Sharks won theirs last night. Even if it was against the Phoenix Coyotes.

Also noted that the Boston Bruins got slaughtered by the Red Wings, 9 to 0. Eesh, that has to have sucked. I didn't check but if it was Thornton in net last night, he has a lot to answer for. Actually, so does the rest of the team, thinking about it. I mean, shut-outs are one thing, but that's ridiculous.

This leads me to wonder if Thornton's got new pads yet, actually. Even though he left the Habs for the Bruins years ago, he still wears pads in the Habs colours, apparently because they've got good balance. But come on -- Habs-coloured pads with the wasp-from-hell uniform of the Bruins ... it just doesn't strike fear into the hearts of oncoming centre forwards. And when they're playing Montreal at home, it becomes something of a joke. Hence the 11 Feb 3-1 victory. Well, that and some damn fine work from rookie Garon in net. Yeah, I have a thing about goalies, shut up. I mean, if Kiprusoff can replace Nabokov in a playoff game and still manage a shutout when he's logged about 20 minutes of playing time in his whole career, then it stands to reason that the big guy who apparently just stands in front of the net has got to be worth a lot more than he seems. Besides, you really miss him when he's gone, which is why I hate it when they play the empty net tactic. That's end-of-your-seat nailbiting stuff of the not-fun variety when it's your team doing it. I don't care how much you think you need that 6th man on the ice to break that tie -- you do not take your goalie out ever. Particularly not if you can't use your one-man advantage in a penalty situation. There's no percentage in it, and the team that's good on penalty kill suddenly has a lot more net to shoot at.

Okay, I think that's enough. Goalies and what they're good for is something I could talk about all day if you let me. And you can't stop me from where you are so I guess I'd better do it myself.

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History Lesson

Occupational Health involved a lot of me sitting around and discussing my medical history -- the migraines, the depression thing and, of course, the carpal tunnel.

Migraines: "See your GP. Just, if you use too many sick days on migraines, HR will be involved and they'll want to know you're doing everything possible to manage the condition."
Okay, that makes sense. Nice, logical reason to take care of myself. Or just a reason to put myself through hell by working through the migraines instead of staying home like a sane person, depending on my mood.

Depression: "Just so long as you know that there's someone here if you do need support. And there's no stigma to it."
Yeah. Right. Read the coverage on Frank Bruno, then tell me how little stigma's attached to depression.

Carpal Tunnel: (after a scurry to see if she could fit me into the actual doctor's schedule right then) "I'll make you an appointment with the doctor for next week and she'll probably refer you. Until then, some advice; if the symptoms persist, go off sick."
...Say what? You're joking, right?

I've heard this before -- not to push too hard, to take it easy, to cut down on the typing wherever possible. My friends have been saying it for months. I figured they were saying it because they cared about me, and I appreciate it like anything. I haven't listened that much, though, because ... well, they're my friends. Sounds stupid, maybe, but it's not -- in this particular situation, it's sort of their job to encourage me to do what's best for me and, as far as they're concerned, my bosses at ChelWest can go fuck themselves. (Well, I'm ad-libbing here, but I think I've got the general gist.)

But now this is a medical personage who works for my bosses at ChelWest. And she's saying to take time off sick. Just because my hands don't work very well.

I've kept telling myself that, fine, it might be carpal tunnel, but it's not that bad. Really. Honest.

Damn, I hate being wrong.

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