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If I were in this type of situation I would call my health insurer. Perhaps yours is different than mine. But when I was last hospitalized on one of the local hospital psych wards and wanted to get the ball rolling, so to speak, on getting discharged my wife (who was trying to help) couldn't make any headway whatsoever. But as soon as she called our health insurer things started to happen all over the place! Call it the power of the purse strings perhaps. But my health insurer was able to make things happen with just a phone call. Best wishes...

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Originally Posted by Skeezyks If I were in this type of situation I would call my health insurer. Perhaps yours is different than mine. But when I was last hospitalized on one of the local hospital psych wards and wanted to get the ball rolling, so to speak, on getting discharged my wife (who was trying to help) couldn't make any headway whatsoever. But as soon as she called our health insurer things started to happen all over the place! Call it the power of the purse strings perhaps. But my health insurer was able to make things happen with just a phone call. Best wishes...

Thanks for the info, Skeezyks

Anyone ever have an inflamed navel? My doc has prescribed an antibiotic and then a steroid cream to no avail. I see her tomorrow. Sigh,

Doc says my navel trouble is due to muscle strain.

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Originally Posted by Travelinglady Doc says my navel trouble is due to muscle strain.

Could it be a hernia?

Thanks, but my doc felt around and concluded I have a have no hernia, but it was a good suggestion,

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Originally Posted by Travelinglady Thanks, but my doc felt around and concluded I have a have no hernia, but it was a good suggestion,

That's good! I've heard that hernias can be a real hassle.

Speaking of hernias, I have another inguinal hernia that appeared a few weeks ago now. (I've had 2 or 3 previously, depending on how you count them, since one was a double apparently.) It's actually a reoccurrence of a very old (possibly prenatal) hernia that was surgically repaired way back when I was a teenager. Apparently, from what I've read, reoccurrences of this kind aren't all that unusual. I should probably have it attended to. But with the pandemic still in full swing, plus some other considerations, I'm not planning to do so any time soon.

I understand, Skeezyks. There are medical tests (mammogram, for example) that I've put off because of covid. I tell myself to "just do it", then I start to worry about being in the medical environment.

I recommend that you go ahead and get your mammogram, BethRags. The techs wear masks, and they check temperatures and keep patients far apart. At least that's what my mammo office did. That's one appointment that can't be done by zoom! When I can do zoom or a phone call, I definitely do.

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Originally Posted by Travelinglady I recommend that you go ahead and get your mammogram, BethRags. The techs wear masks, and they check temperatures and keep patients far apart. At least that's what my mammo office did. That's one appointment that can't be done by zoom! When I can do zoom or a phone call, I definitely do.

Thanks, Trav. I'm having my car repaired next week. I've decided after that I'll go in for a mammogram. I've been stupid about it...my sister had breast cancer.

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Originally Posted by Travelinglady If You Have This Blood Type, Your Dementia Risk Is High, Study Says It seems like all blood types are prone to something.

My dad was type AB. Sadly, he smoked himself to death many years before he may have suffered dementia.

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Originally Posted by Travelinglady The CDC Says If You See This at a Restaurant, Don't Go Inside

Good article!

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