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Originally Posted by iris lilies
From your cancer friend.:~)
That is so sad. Condolences to his friends and any loving family he may have elsewhere.
haha, there is nothing like The Python.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff
My rant is having a blocked ear for two weeks now following a cold. I have tried every DIY thing out there but none have cleared it. Finally made a doc appt. so hoping I don't have to pay $300 to have it cleared.
Is it from too much ear wax? Does it feel like it’s clogged and any sounds are like you’re underwater?Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkytoe
If it’s wax, this is what I’ve been doing since I was in junior high. My ears naturally make a ton of wax. Mother used to say I could start my own wax museum. Get some bobby pins. Stretch one open some so the U end is not such a sharp U. Very gently insert into your ear and see if you get any wax. The family doctor told me to do this. Works fab. It would be better if you put some olive oil in your ears to soften the wax up first.
I used to have my ears flushed on a regular basis growing up but I haven’t needed it in years. After I go diving and I’m underwater for a while, I’ll use the bobby pin on my ears. Diving really softens up the wax and makes it very easy to get out.
I don't know, Tradd, as I've never dealt with this before. I do use ear plugs since DH snores and perhaps that has led to some sort of buildup. I would be afraid to stick a bobby pin in my ear though.
Absolutely stressed out from an auto accident lawsuit my husband has been involved with for over a year. Unfortunately, the other guy in the accident is a lawyer so he is pulling some very dirty lawyer tricks. He is threatening to sue for punitive damages. All that we have worked for could be gone after, even though the other driver got the ticket for running a red light. No direct witnesses, but he's come up with this girl who "said" she "saw" the accident - her deposition is bullshit though. He somehow did "community work" and got the ticket expunged. K's lawyers don't seem to be doing much and don't keep in good contact with what is happening.
The insurance company lawyer said he would "know something" next week about any sort of settlement was taken.
With me not working, and K's job really stressful already, we don't need this additional stress. I just want to lose it right now; I feel panicky.
Hey, I had this happen once and got over it using ear candles. You can get them at Whole Foods or a health food store--I've seen them at Walmart, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkytoe
Siouzq…that is terrifying.
deep breaths.
So sorry, SiouzQ. I hope it gets taken care of in a reasonable manner!
SiouzQ that is such a crap thing to have to deal with, I am so sorry.
So my brother in hospice died on Tuesday. Blood-wise, he was actually a cousin. His mother died in childbirth and his father died when he was six from gall-bladder surgery complications (or at least that's what we've been told). Some have said he never forgave my brother for taking his wife away from him. So my grandfather (who was a product of the patriarchal, blue-blooded New England generation) determined that Mike should live in a home that was a practicing-Catholic home. So that eliminated my uncle, who had become Methodist when he married his Protestant wife. Unfortunately his was exactly the family Mike would have done well with. Unfortunately, our "Catholic-qualified" family was not. My mother was informed by my grandfather that she would be taking Mike exactly when she had just had a stillborn child. Maybe he ignorantly thought Mike would be a good consolation prize. He never considered how resentful my mother would be, nor how his son's (my father's) alcoholic behavior would affect Mike.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Because Mike felt utterly rejected by both adoptive parents, he got out of our home as soon as he could--first by entering a high school seminary program (which didn't work out) and then by joining the Navy (which did). Then he went to college--Catholic University, met my SIL at a DC bar. Being 5 years younger, I had had relatively few meaningful interactions with Mike in my childhood, but I caught up when I had met DH and we all had great time together over the years--not all the time, but with fairly frequent visits in different states.
Mike was funny, bright, and completely family-oriented. But even when he was funny, when you looked into his eyes, there was so much depth there--a whole story of the comedy that emerges from tragedy. Sometimes I felt guilty being his sister, because I was the biologic first-born, the "prize." He didn't deserve the parents he got--MY parents. When we were all out in Minnesota last fall, I told my brothers that we all had the same but different parents. Mike and my 2nd brother have no love lost for my father, who treated them terribly. My 3rd brother and I are sympathetic and we feel, if not any love gained, the pain of love lost.
I hope I can stay connected with my sister-in-law who "saved" Mike. She is such a wonderful person on many levels. My heart hurts for her.
Wow. So sorry to hear. What a story.
that’s a nice summary of your cousin/brothers place in your family.
I had a friend in high school, whose father killed their mother and the father went to prison, of course. She and her two siblings went to live with an aunt and uncle, and they were always kind of the redheaded stepchildren. You can certainly understand it because those parents already had three kids, one of whom was an intellectually challenged, so their family doubled overnight.
also, the three new kids were all really smart, and the original kids were not.
it’s really too bad Mike didn’t end up with the uncle where he would’ve been better off.
True, but God or whatever you call the Benevolent Universe did double-down on Mikes post-childhood phase when he married C., had two beautiful children, and never looked back at the East Coast once he moved to the Midwest.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
That is good, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
I'm sorry for your loss, Catherine.
Payday and my raise should have been in paycheck. It wasn’t. Annoying. Will have to contact our outsourced HR when I get in the office.
I am so sorry, Catherine, that is hard to bear.
So sorry for your loss, catherine. Prayers and condolences to all.
When I was pregnant with our first, we got a call saying the sister in law was pregnant and that WE would have to take the child because she was a raging alcoholic and couldn't care for it. Of course, we would have but I can't imagine having our newborn and another newborn with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and probably many delays. She ended up losing the pregnancy not too long after that phone call which was probably best for all involved unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Sorry for your loss, Catherine.
I really don’t get the mindset of people who expect to foist children on people who may not want them or be equipped to care for them, just because they’re blood relatives. A friend, who was estranged from her very toxic family, told me that she had a severely disabled brother. Parents cared at home for years even past when he should have been moved to a facility that could give him the care he needed, as parents really struggled with it as they got older. Her mother died and dad was left at home with disabled son. Friend told me she got a call from her father that he expected her to give up her job and move her husband and teenage son back to her hometown to care for her brother full time. She said “hell, no” and her father got very verbally abusive. She said that was the last time she heard from him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klunick
My husband has type 2 diabetes. He has been using Trulicity for a few years. Now the pharmacy can't get any because so many people are now using it for weight loss. Not only our pharmacy but no pharmacy can get some. No Ozempic or Monjouro either. Like anything that treats type 2 diabetes is out of stock. I am worried about what will happen if his doctor can't come up with a solution. He is due for his next injection on Thursday and has been trying to get more for weeks.
I heard about this problem. I am sorry!Quote:
Originally Posted by Klunick
That is terrible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klunick
Same issue with my diabetic neighbor.
Here's the thing, though. Trulicity, Mounjaro and Ozempic are all indicated for patients with T2D. If a doctor is prescribing it for weight-loss only, that is off-label prescribing. So, maybe more diabetic patients are switching from their diabetes medications in different classes to the "latest and greatest" diabetes products.Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkytoe
I think Wegovy is the only drug specifically indicated for weight loss (and it is the exact same molecule as Ozempic).
A lot of time there is overlap, with people with pre-diabetes being told to lose weight, but they have very borderline A1C's and can't lose weight without the medication, so they are prescribed these in order to lose the weight and not slide into full diabetes. That is how my doctor explained it to me, anyway.
Good news! Husband's doctor managed to get ahold of some Mounjaro for him. Going to pick up today at the pharmacy.
Today is my double nickel birthday! But got a bad present when I went out to my car. Low tire warning. By the time I was able to stop to put air in it, it was pretty low and didn’t take any air. I have a donut and I’m waiting for Triple A. GRRRR
Wonderful news!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Klunick
Happy Birthday! Hopefully the rest of the day will be fabulous as a birthday should!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
Triple A guy found a screw imbedded in my tire. He’s changing to donut now. I’m grateful this didn’t happen during dive season when I had a trunkful of gear! I have the tire insurance from Discount Tire so I’ll go there to get it fixed or replaced.Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
Happy Birthday!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
Thanks!
I hate the scum who try to hijack your online accounts. Got a message someone had tried to change the password on my LinkedIn account. I changed password quickly and also added a passkey.
Happy birthday,
and if the screw was in the tread, not the sidewall, most screws are small enough to fix a tire. Sidewall punctures are tire replacement and large punctures are tire replacement. Make sure you check the air pressure in your spare, I don't know how many people never check those and find them flat when they need them.
Screw was in the tread. At tire shop getting tire fixed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff
Happy Birthday, Tradd! Sorry about the tire issues.
First week of Orthodox Lent and services every night to sing for choir. Th entire service is sung. One of the older guys is a diva and thinks he knows better than the 40ish gal director who has a doctorate in music and teaches at a local college. She’s been around for about two years after the previous director retired after 35 years. Diva guy is deliberately singing slightly off from everyone else, timing wise. Makes us sound bad. He’s trying to drive her off. If she goes, I’m out of choir. I’ve told our priest that the diva needs to be brought to heel and if diva thinks he’s taking over, I will be gone from choir.
Diva is a slimy person and I’ve never liked him. He’s also incapable of showing up for anything on time. He also plays an into a local band and that has priority. He often leaves services early for a band event. So he would make a hash of it if he thought he could be director. I’m done with his attitude. Director has done so much for us. First time we’ve ever had a music professional for director. For me to take a stance like this, it’s making people sit up and pay attention.
So sorry that one bad apple is trying to spoil it all. Hopefully the priest can do something.