Couch 244: Great Expectations

LonesomeTonight · Jun 14, 2023 at 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

well i got a call from the place i was referred to for the next medical test. i am going in this coming Tuesday for a consult first, and then they will schedule the procedure from there. i'm so glad i'll be able to ask them questions before and I'm going to be sure I have them written down before I go.

Hugs, Artie. It's good you'll have a consult and can ask questions first.

ScarletPimpernel · Jun 14, 2023 at 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Ugh, I'm sorry. Why would they yell at you? I imagine it happens all the time I'm glad they helped you in the end!

They had the wrong address on file for claims. For some reason it was my mom's address (she works at AAA). Maybe at one point she put her address in? Or another agent. Thankfully, the last lady to help me gave me a clue by telling me the street name. Then I knew it was my mom's. The lady before kept asking me what street I lived on, and I told her the only addresses that I have. She started yelling that she can't process my claim if I can't identify the address. I started crying and hung up on her.

LonesomeTonight · Jun 14, 2023 at 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ScarletPimpernel

They had the wrong address on file for claims. For some reason it was my mom's address (she works at AAA). Maybe at one point she put her address in? Or another agent. Thankfully, the last lady to help me gave me a clue by telling me the street name. Then I knew it was my mom's. The lady before kept asking me what street I lived on, and I told her the only addresses that I have. She started yelling that she can't process my claim if I can't identify the address. I started crying and hung up on her.

Oh, I see. Still not an excuse to yell at you! I likely would have started crying, too...

stopdog · Jun 14, 2023 at 09:58 PM

Went to my first orienteering event tonight. The racing part isn't for me -but it is helping me get more used to reading maps/using a compass.

atisketatasket · Jun 14, 2023 at 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

Went to my first orienteering event tonight. The racing part isn't for me -but it is helping me get more used to reading maps/using a compass.

Is that the sort of thing where they dump you in the middle of nowhere and you have to find your way back to civilization?

If so, please keep an eye out for ex-hankster out there.

LostOnTheTrail · Jun 15, 2023 at 02:56 AM

That seems to be the premise, @@.

unaluna · Jun 15, 2023 at 05:59 AM

My uber lady mistakenly ended my ride at the rite-aid yesterday to pick up my prescriptions, so i had to guide her back to my place. So... you mean like that?

ArtieTheSequal · Jun 15, 2023 at 11:02 AM

i don't know what's going on with me. (trigger health stuff)

Possible trigger:

i'm having cramps today that are pretty bad. i'd forgotten how miserable they can be it's been since before my son was born that I last had them. trying to get through to my doctor I don't know if this is normal or not for whatever the hell is wrong with me. i don't want to sit here working i want to go to bed.

NP_Complete · Jun 15, 2023 at 11:48 AM

I emailed P yesterday morning. No response. He told me to email him if I needed to and seemed surprised that I hadn't emailed him yet during his trip. Feels kind of ****** that he didn't respond to my five sentence email at all given what he's told me.

unaluna · Jun 15, 2023 at 12:31 PM

Hey artie - during perimenopause, i had an attack of endometriosis that was the worst pain i ever felt. Ibuprophen barely touched it. Some years later i found an article on the interwebs that said massage was a solution. It had been for me. My gyno said its just stray tissue bumping up against nerves. So it just needs to move a teeny tiny bit, right? I just found my hotspot(s?) and gently finger massaged.

I hope you feel better.

LonesomeTonight · Jun 15, 2023 at 02:32 PM

Hugs, Artie. I hope you're able to reach your doctor and that they can help. Also that you feel better soon.

LonesomeTonight · Jun 15, 2023 at 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

I emailed P yesterday morning. No response. He told me to email him if I needed to and seemed surprised that I hadn't emailed him yet during his trip. Feels kind of ****** that he didn't respond to my five sentence email at all given what he's told me.

Hugs, NP. That would bother me, too. Is it possible he's in an area with no WiFi/poor cell coverage? I hope you hear back soon.

atisketatasket · Jun 15, 2023 at 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

My uber lady mistakenly ended my ride at the rite-aid yesterday to pick up my prescriptions, so i had to guide her back to my place. So... you mean like that?

I mean you’re Out There.

WarmFuzzySocks · Jun 16, 2023 at 10:08 AM

I hope you can get through to your doctor, Art, and get some relief.

NP_Complete · Jun 16, 2023 at 10:15 AM

I've been watching the Netflix show Lockwood and Co and now I have the Bauhaus song Bela Lugosi's Dead stuck on repeat in my head.

ChickenNoodleSoup · Jun 18, 2023 at 11:22 AM

I have found my own place. It's really nice, a bit rural, but I get my own little patch of garden, a kitchen with great appliances which I like, I'm really excited actually. As long as my friends keep their mouth shut, my current partner isn't going to figure out where I live either, which I'm glad for. I'm talking to my therapist to figure out how to navigate the time after I move out, since it's easy to look up when my T works and my partner knows when my usual session is. But my T can accommodate me on a different day, I just don't want my T to get hurt somehow...

LonesomeTonight · Jun 18, 2023 at 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ChickenNoodleSoup

I have found my own place. It's really nice, a bit rural, but I get my own little patch of garden, a kitchen with great appliances which I like, I'm really excited actually. As long as my friends keep their mouth shut, my current partner isn't going to figure out where I live either, which I'm glad for. I'm talking to my therapist to figure out how to navigate the time after I move out, since it's easy to look up when my T works and my partner knows when my usual session is. But my T can accommodate me on a different day, I just don't want my T to get hurt somehow...

The place does sound really nice! I hope you and your T can stay safe--I'm so sorry you have to worry about that. Hugs, if wanted.

ArtieTheSequal · Jun 18, 2023 at 09:24 PM

Hey couch. Well the pain got so bad by Thursday afternoon h took me to ER. They did a CT scan and admitted me into ICU as

Possible trigger:

I have a big blood clot in my intestines which is cutting off blood flow. .

no wonder I was in so much pain! Been on IV blood thinners and other meds. Still in ICU. Not sure how much longer I'll be here.

atisketatasket · Jun 18, 2023 at 10:15 PM

Oof, art. Hang in there.

What causes a thing like that? Intestinal bleeding?

ScarletPimpernel · Jun 18, 2023 at 10:42 PM

Artie!

So glad you went to the ER!

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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,871 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	Jun 15, 2023 at 05:59 AM #427 My uber lady mistakenly ended my ride at the rite-aid yesterday to pick up my prescriptions, so i had to guide her back to my place. So... you mean like that?

NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,808 7 6,355 hugs given	Jun 15, 2023 at 11:48 AM #429 I emailed P yesterday morning. No response. He told me to email him if I needed to and seemed surprised that I hadn't emailed him yet during his trip. Feels kind of ****** that he didn't respond to my five sentence email at all given what he's told me.

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,768 (SuperPoster!) 9 75k hugs given	Jun 15, 2023 at 02:32 PM #431 Hugs, Artie. I hope you're able to reach your doctor and that they can help. Also that you feel better soon.

WarmFuzzySocks Magnet Member Since Jun 2017 Location: in the garden Posts: 2,309 6 15.5k hugs given	Jun 16, 2023 at 10:08 AM #434 I hope you can get through to your doctor, Art, and get some relief. __________________ Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you. (St. Augustine)

NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,808 7 6,355 hugs given	Jun 16, 2023 at 10:15 AM #435 I've been watching the Netflix show Lockwood and Co and now I have the Bauhaus song Bela Lugosi's Dead stuck on repeat in my head.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,239 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,775 hugs given	Jun 18, 2023 at 09:24 PM #438 Hey couch. Well the pain got so bad by Thursday afternoon h took me to ER. They did a CT scan and admitted me into ICU as Possible trigger: I have a big blood clot in my intestines which is cutting off blood flow. . no wonder I was in so much pain! Been on IV blood thinners and other meds. Still in ICU. Not sure how much longer I'll be here.

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,149 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Jun 18, 2023 at 10:15 PM #439 Oof, art. Hang in there. What causes a thing like that? Intestinal bleeding? __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth

ScarletPimpernel Wise Elder Member Since Nov 2013 Location: US Posts: 8,412 (SuperPoster!) 10 6,430 hugs given	Jun 18, 2023 at 10:42 PM #440 Artie! So glad you went to the ER! __________________ "Odium became your opium..." ~Epica