Health related causes put brakes on blogging

There are many posts and comments on other's blogs waiting to be published from my side. One reason for my absence during the better part of a week, has been a) I've been out of town to celebrate my stephbrother's 40th, my father's 75th and my nephew's confirmation - parties three days in a row have taken their toll.

The other reason is b) exhaustion from arguing with doctors. I rarely comment on political or medical things on my blog, which I strive to keep limited to more important interesting things in life, like fashion, shoes, Chanel nail polish and furry friends. In this case I'm making a rare exception to that rule, as there is also this small, but very energy consuming case of an undiagnosed tumor growing on my tummy. I'ts taken me a hell of a lot of work, more than half a dozen phonecalls to doctors and hospital VIP's to get an appointment, but I'm finally off to see a private doctor tomorrow. Paying for their services is the final solution, with the Norwegian public health system cynically exploiting the possibilities that some patients might (hopefully to them) die while being waitlisted. One less troublesome and expensive cancer patient in the queue seems to be their goal.

Thank you all for all the nice comments you write on my blog. I'll be back with updates on New York, lousy shampoos, National Norwegian costumes and a bloody snowstorm killing my freshly planted terrace spring flowers (on MAY 4TH GODDAMNIT!) later on.

 (Oslo, noontime, May 4th 2010. Picture by vg.no)

Cheers!