Couch 223: Jan 4: Darn Tootin'!

LonesomeTonight · Jan 22, 2021 at 08:49 PM

OK, it's been assembled, and things are OK again. Sigh.

unaluna · Jan 22, 2021 at 09:35 PM

Artley - thanks for your story. An online friend is having a similar experience, and i wish she could find herself a different surgeon, but its not like i can say or do anything. But maybe the result would have been the same with a different surgeon.

Maybe this doesnt really address kitty's anger, but my family was not good at accepting outcomes, good or bad. Change what we can, accept what we cant change, and the wisdom to know the difference. That should be the silver rule.

atisketatasket · Jan 23, 2021 at 11:47 AM

Look what I found.

Couch 223: Jan 4: Darn Tootin'!

LostOnTheTrail · Jan 23, 2021 at 12:38 PM

Bravo, ATAT! (And take that, 2021...there are still Oreos!)

Lemoncake · Jan 23, 2021 at 01:49 PM

Yay I'm happy for you @.

Lemoncake · Jan 23, 2021 at 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Artley - thanks for your story. An online friend is having a similar experience, and i wish she could find herself a different surgeon, but its not like i can say or do anything. But maybe the result would have been the same with a different surgeon.

Maybe this doesnt really address kitty's anger, but my family was not good at accepting outcomes, good or bad. Change what we can, accept what we cant change, and the wisdom to know the difference. That should be the silver rule.

I previously had that written on a postcard!

ArtieTheSequal · Jan 23, 2021 at 03:58 PM

I'm experimenting right now with cooking a couple little pieces of steak using the broil function of my air fryer lid, while I'm cooking the bigger pieces on the stove.

ArtieTheSequal · Jan 23, 2021 at 04:17 PM

Experiment success. H said they are really juicy, more so than when I cook them on the stove. Next time, I'll do all of them this way.

divine1966 · Jan 24, 2021 at 01:00 PM

My husband makes steak in the air fryer, I am not big on steaks but the air fryer ones are good, juicy

stopdog · Jan 24, 2021 at 01:12 PM

the cats and I are in a battle over the pet door. It is cold and windy so I have shut the main door which is leading to a lot of up and down and explaining it is cold outside of ALL the doors.
I saw a commercial that said "dogs give 100%" which made me laugh because I have the laziest of the herding breeds and I had one dog in particular who would not put forth one extra ounce of energy than she had to get a treat. In agility she would clear jumps of any height by about an inch - no matter if you had the bar at 12 in or 16 in or 24 or any height. Most of the other dogs soared over the heights for shorter dogs, but not my girl. I loved that dog.

chihirochild · Jan 24, 2021 at 01:13 PM

An effing haiku:

Daytime between two night shifts
Bleary-eyed, can't sleep
Alas. Same s---, different day

stopdog · Jan 24, 2021 at 01:18 PM

I think I have finally managed to reduce the symptoms except sometimes and the discomfort so I am going to cancel the md appt and wait and see. The only reason I was actually going to keep the appt was in case they could just toss me an antibiotic and that would be it. I am not going to do a lot of exploring etc. and if they find anything not fixable with antibiotics and diet - I wouldn't do it anyway so best to save my time and money

StressedMess · Jan 24, 2021 at 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

I think I have finally managed to reduce the symptoms except sometimes and the discomfort so I am going to cancel the md appt and wait and see. The only reason I was actually going to keep the appt was in case they could just toss me an antibiotic and that would be it. I am not going to do a lot of exploring etc. and if they find anything not fixable with antibiotics and diet - I wouldn't do it anyway so best to save my time and money

Are these gastrointestinal symptoms? I hope you get relief soon.

unaluna · Jan 24, 2021 at 02:23 PM

I think my internist is retiring, hes my age. I need to find a new dr who will do what i want them to do. I have 3 months before my meds run out.

Lemoncake · Jan 24, 2021 at 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

I think my internist is retiring, hes my age. I need to find a new dr who will do what i want them to do. I have 3 months before my meds run out.

Maybe you could ask if he could refer you to someone else.

stopdog · Jan 24, 2021 at 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

I think my internist is retiring, hes my age. I need to find a new dr who will do what i want them to do. I have 3 months before my meds run out.

I don't know if it's the pandemic or just they're all getting old but this is like the third or fourth doctor I've heard of retiring from my friends who actually don't object to the treatment of customers by Western medicine like I do

ArtieTheSequal · Jan 24, 2021 at 04:06 PM

we are currently having a hailstorm here, little tiny hail. unusual for where i live. it's coooold out there! H left a chair out in the yard yesterday haha but it's cool cuz you can see the tiny little hail covering it. Almost looks like snow.

unaluna · Jan 24, 2021 at 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Lemoncake

Maybe you could ask if he could refer you to someone else.

There is a new person in his office, but i want to change to someone local. He is about 30 miles away, which worked when i was working, and when i owned a car, and when i didnt almost flunk my drivers eye test...!

stopdog · Jan 24, 2021 at 04:49 PM

I told this to the mds receptionist the other day. I don't think the girl had a clue what I meant.
"I understand that you are very busy and there are countless clients of your system and that they somehow they seem to understand it better than I do or accept its Byzantine torture methods better than I do...." - she just kept repeating a word and I kept telling her I didn't know what it meant they expected me to do in a step by step sort of fashion. It is like a language they think everyone knows and I am come in speaking a different language. Not unlike me and exhankster.

I may send the md a letter through their insane system - A hard part is how it is so challenging for others to understand my position. And it constantly gets misinterpreted that I am afraid of something being wrong - which is just wrong. I mean I don't want something serious, but that is not the reluctance.
And they seem to expect just to roll over and take whatever crumbs they throw at you.
And I just won't do it.

unaluna · Jan 24, 2021 at 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

I don't know if it's the pandemic or just they're all getting old but this is like the third or fourth doctor I've heard of retiring from my friends who actually don't object to the treatment of customers by Western medicine like I do

Its the dang baby boomers all getting old. I need to find a nice millennial i can just text pictures of my poop to.

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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,864 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	Jan 24, 2021 at 02:23 PM #754 I think my internist is retiring, hes my age. I need to find a new dr who will do what i want them to do. I have 3 months before my meds run out.
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