
Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
I am having vision problems in my good eye and would like to travel to a highly reputable surgeon (New York) but due to caregiving I can't travel.
If I hire someone to stay with my Mom she would be very nervous not to mention the money it would cost as seeing a surgeon would be more then one visit.
That's on my mind....
Jenna
I packed up over 20 bags of stuff out of my bedroom closet! Geeeeez! Why did I keep all of that?
My hall closet has tons of gift wrap, gift boxes, gift bags, to and from cards, ribbon, my kids old crayons, watercolors, games and playing cards. I give gift cards now so I am not going to use that stuff!!
It’s crazy to keep everything like that. I have stuff that I totally forgot about! LOL
The World Health Organization (WHO) just posted on its website the following.
“Children and adolescents tend to have milder disease compared to adults, so unless they are part of a group at higher risk of severe COVID-19, it is less urgent to vaccinate them than older people, those with chronic health conditions and health workers,”
The Pfizer/BionTech vaccine was approved by WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) for people aged 12 years and older.
“More evidence is needed on the use of the different COVID-19 vaccines in children to be able to make general recommendations on vaccinating children against COVID-19,” the website states.
When things are confusing, most people feel at their worst. I hope you find clarity in this situation soon. In time, things will improve. It can be unnerving to process all of the information you’re being told by your doctor. Bit by bit it will become clearer to you, and you will start to see a path to follow.
I have always found transitional times to be the most difficult. It feels like we are hanging in limbo until a plan is in place. Once a plan is underway, things will begin to move along and you will start to feel productive in working towards having these medical issues behind you.
Wishing you peace during this difficult period in your life. Don’t lose hope. So many advances have been made in medicine. I am in awe of the strides that have been made during our lifetime.
There are groups of supportive people. One is called Circle of Hope. Maybe look these up?
Finding a teaching hospital may help, because you can get a room while undergoing treatment-maybe even take your cat. I am thinking of the Mayo Clinic.
The DCIS is ductal carcinoma in situ. Cancer in the milk ducts but has not spread, become invasive.
All very confusing as I am very much learning from this experience. I have never know anyone to go through this.
I appreciate all of you!
barb - good luck with the car
ali a visit to your doc with your list of ailments and a full check up can't hurt. For me the only drug that helps the muscle pain is methocarbamol. Thiamine is an essential cofactor for several enzymes involved in brain cell metabolism (internet) In a survey of people with CFS it helped 2/3 of them. (Health Rising)
There were some funny moments from roommate before it got nutty. After she called the police and reported that I assaulted her, I didn't find anything funny anymore. But I had some laughs with coworkers along the way and afterwards about some of the things she did and how zany it all was. My coworkers are really good for me and keeping a sense of humor, and I have a gf in St Louis that I text daily and we bring out the best (worst? lol) in each other's cutting humor about silly things and life's irritations. Jokes abound when you both work in service industry and deal with customers and coworkers all day. It's our little version of The Office for us.
Here's to you and a fantastic set, whether you refurbish or go with new. ❤️️
And they will look better than they ever had!
I hope you have a little time to find out all the options and weigh them. Godspeed as you're sorting this out and making your choices. 💕
It’s not an evacuation type of situation like we have for strong hurricane force winds with flooding and so on.
Trying to negotiate among dealerships, because right now, the whole Costco "get a set price" thing isn't working because of the chip shortage. My 2012 car is suddenly worth a fortune, so I thought that this might be a good time to do a deal.
Alas, at the last moment, the "stealership" (as we call them on Bogleheads.org) told me that they had the wrong zip code for taxes. In point of fact, I included the zip for taxes in EVERY SINGLE EMAIL I sent them.
Have a complaint in to BBB and sent an email to my legal service account through my union.
Disappointed, but I'm not getting mad. Will try hard to get them called to the carpet for fraudulant practices.
Um. You are allowed a little private whine if you ever do feel like it, you know!
But you sound like you have the right attitude to get through this.
And I do have cancer insurance which looks as if it will make up for all of my out of pocket expenses, travel and lodging if I go that route.
GA I will check on Gilda's club. I have found breast cancer.org that has discussion similar to AC. I have checked it a few times and there are some there that are scared to death and emotional which I don't find at all helpful. Sometimes I get impatient with the whiners here too. Just getting old I guess and not as patient as I once was.