Post by Cheesecake on Jan 11, 2013 13:20:36 GMT -5
I'm sorry you're going through that :-( Despite the cost and time, I would definitely go for a 2nd opinion. And maybe even set up a series of just interviews/talks/meetings with a couple of doctors in BR on the same day (so you only have to drive there once). Doing that might cost a lot of money, but to keep going to a doctor who doesn't help you costs a lot of money as well and helps you even less. I think I'd personally prefer to spend 600 dollars (if you'd check out 3 docs for instance) trying to find a doctor that works with and for me, than spending 600 dollars on my old doc, being frustrated by the fact that he doesn't do crap for me.
Post by Cheesecake on Jan 11, 2013 13:09:28 GMT -5
Not a regular here, but I just watched it and was crying at the end. Poor chief, and poor Meredith, realizing, yet again, what might very well be in her future.
My christmas vacation was in the pacific northwest, so I didn't get uch more clear sky and/or sunshine there than I do here. It was a super awesome vacation though, so no complaints. It looks like it's slowly getting clearer and colder here, so who knows, maybe we'll get lucky and actually have some sun over the weekend?!
Afternoon! I'm having a busy day at the office trying to get some website and e-mail stuff out of the way. It's fun, I get to send everyone really lame and stupid test e-mails, because they keep wanting to change shit, which then needs to be tested. hehe... I'm 5!
QOTD: This time of year, stamppot with rookworst, no questions asked (it's basically mashed potatoes with veggies (sauerkraut, curly kale and andive being my favorite versions, traditionally served with smoked sausage (closest US resemblance I've ever thought up being kielbasa) and jus and bacon. It's super hearthy and great for cold dreary winter days.
There are some interesting points raised in this thread and there are definitely cultural trends at play, however, I don't pay all that much attention to these life expectancy averages. Heck, aren't the Japanese notorious for their lack of work-life balance and the amount of stress that they can experience?
It was Japanese to American women. I bet if they compared men the results would be much closer to each other.
With men, the biggest difference was Swiss and American. Soooooo, Pistache. Are Swiss guys all super healthy and stuff?
Post by Cheesecake on Jan 10, 2013 14:01:52 GMT -5
I guess the drinking less might be an average. I know a lot of people in the US who don't drink (or just 1 glass of champagne a year or something) and a lot of people who are on the other side of the spectrum and actually drink too much. If I look at the European countries I know and people there, I don't think I know anyone who doesn't drink at all (except for when they're pregnant).
It could very well be that the non-drinkers really bring down the drinkers-numbers in the US (in which case it might actually explain something too, as drinking too much is bad for health and life expectancy, but not drinking at all doesn't necessarily improve life expectancy over light to moderate drinkers.)
Post by Cheesecake on Jan 10, 2013 13:10:51 GMT -5
I just thought it was an interesting article, no bashing here. It actually made the Dutch news, so I looked up American reporting on it. And as I wrote in my OP, apparently people in the US smoke and drink (standard causes/claims for people dying younger) significantly less than people in those other countries. Apparently the results really surprised the researchers as well.
I find this sort of thing interesting. I think the reasons people have mentioned on here could definitely be part of it. I do wonder about the low birth weight/high infant mortality though. Are there ladies on here who've had a baby in the US and in another first world county who might be able to provide insight into this? (Or would it be due to the many scheduled c-sections (and fairly early inductions) that ultimately always happen before you would give birth naturally?)
Post by Cheesecake on Jan 10, 2013 10:43:32 GMT -5
TTC#1 for almost a year, 2DPO No AWs or vents really this week. We'll travel, but I never really plan my travels more than 2-3 months out. 3 months is already pushing it. Likely Italy and the US, like always, and maybe some (long) weekend trips to other European cities (London, Paris, Berlin, Antwerp are places I'm thinking of now, but nothing is ever final until I've booked a non-refundable ticket).
Yoga pants are not pajamas. I'm talking about soft, fuzzy, losse clothes that are sold in the sleepwear section. Often with some sort of print on them.
I was picked up from the airport at 7pm in Dallas by someone in PJs, and saw my cousin's neighbor walking their dog all the way to the end of the neighborhood in Redmond, WA in her PJ's - mid afternoon. She told my cousin, before my cousin asked, that she'd been rained on and just wanted to be comfy (so at least she excuses herself a little). I've seen enough people in PJs in public in Colorado as well.
Whether I'm in the US or NL I'll wear my yoga pants home from the studio, but that's out of the studio, in to my car and out at home. When I plan to stop at the store (or are using public transport) before heading home, I change into jeans or so. In NL I'm the exception who doesn't change, in the US I'll be the exception if I do change.
According to American research, Americans live shorter lives than people in other western/developed countries. American men live about 5 years shorter than Swiss guys, and American women about 5 years shorter than Japanese (the 2 countries with highest average life expectancy). The shorter life apparently is spread over all age groups, both higher infant mortility, and old people not getting as old.
People in the US apparently smoke and drink way less than people in all of those other countries and spend about double the amount on healthcare.
From USA today: "The USA has had the highest infant mortality rate of any developed country for several decades, due partly to a high rate of premature birth. With more than one in five American children living in poverty, the USA also has the highest child poverty rate, the report says.
The USA ranks at or near the bottom in nine key areas of health: low birth weight; injuries and homicides; teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections; HIV and AIDS; drug-related deaths; obesity and diabetes; heart disease; chronic lung disease; and general disability.
These poor outcomes are especially depressing, because the USA spends twice as much on healthcare -- about $9,000 per person -- as other industrial countries, says Gerard Anderson of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, who was not involved in the report."
What CD did you O the other months? The chart doesn't look all that strange to me. You can just O early in your cycle. Do you know why you have all the open circles. So many open circles might be the reason that you have dotted crosslines. The chart in itself so far looks pretty normal to me. There's an obvious temp shift on CD12. I'd say you did indeed O on CD10 or 11.
Has anyone done Japanese acupuncture. I did that years ago for some neck pain, but that's the only time I've ever had acupuncture done at all. They do say they do fertility related acupuncture there too, so I'm wondering if I should give it a try again. I just really liked the vibe at that office and 99 percent of the Chinese acupuncture places here look very very shabby. It's 63 euros a pop, so definitely not cheap, and insurance doesn't pay for it anymore so I''m wondering if I should or shouldn't try.
Ladies. Jesus Christ. Calm yourselves. If any husband in America (or even Canada for our northern posters) came up in here all "my wife has a fever but I NEEEEED sex should I make her do it???" his ass would get torn apart. Tongue in cheek or not.
In that case, see if you can get electric traps. My dad uses those and has the most succes with those. Apparently the glue traps work pretty well as well.
I'm in need of daylight. And sun, and well, just light I guess. I get up and out the door before it's light out. Then when I go home it's dark already as well. The only daylight I see is the minute and a half it takes me to walk from the tram stop to my office (it gets light while I'm on the tram). My office is on the inside of the building, which means my windows look out to a little hole within the building, which really doesn't let in nearly enough light especially on cloudy days like - well, the entire Dutch winter.
I could deal with winter if it would just be super cold and clear and light, but the way it is here, I just want to crawl back into bed.
How's winter where you are? Are you dying for daylight like me? (And if it's as bad as here, do you have any awesome tips to give yourself more energy besides caffeine and more caffeine?)
If they crawl in between things and you can't find them, they will smell. The smell is usually gone after 2-3 days and placing a little bowl with amonia in the room that smells helps a lot.
Of the 10 or so times I had to use poison, I only had them die in a place where I could smell "em but not see them only twice. The smell sucked, but having mice get into everything sucks more...
Poison. Put good quality fresh poison out. It is the only thing that really truly works! (It's never just one mouse, if they get sick/die when they've been to your place, the relatives will eventually get it and visit the neighbors instead of you.)
I know my dad needed his Dutch divorce decree before getting married and moving to the US and he needed to supply everything translated into english by an official, licennsed translator, with a big fat seal on it (which indicates it being legal like it was notarized).
I know my MIL is an official Italian to NL and vv translator and she has the fancy snazzy seal and all. I think she actually got her official seal/license whatever through the court. Not sure, but I can ask DH tonight.
I'm still debating becoming a US notary myself. A couple of my cousins are, because it really is super cheap and easy to become one and it's useful.
I know DH's (Dutch) company opened a US office and they had to have a company stamp (they are an internet company, are completely paperless and don't use stamps!) and get the offical company paper and stamp notarized before they were allowed to open up their office in the US. (No idea why, they just had to.)
Obviously in NL the only way to get any/everything done quickly is by paying a shitload. So now they have a box of paper and a stamp they never use, but it has been notarized! (Which was as expensive as you say, which is why I'm thinking of becoming one.)
I'm really pretty damn fat here and can't really shop in regular size people sections, while in the US I can shop everywhere. The shopping everywhere is nice, BUT, I do consider myself ovese, while the US just considers me 'not thin'.
And yeah, the sloppiness. I've been picked up from the airport by friends wearing their PJ's, because really, they weren't going anywhere anymore anyways. I've never seen something like that here. I actually wouldn't even walk outside to dump my trash in my PJ's here. In sweats I will, but not in my PJ's.
Ideal: wake up around 7.30, rush like crazy to be out the door by 8 with coffee inside me. (Fail 75% of the time) which would have me behind my computer at 8.45. Work til 5-ish, go home, play on computer, make dinner, DH comes home around 9, eat dinner, watch tv together.
More likely is to snooze my alarm 10 times and postpone everything 45 minutes. (Dinner will still be 9-9.30ish)
A: yes, I used to have someone come in, she screwed me over, recently I finally found someone new.
B: deep cleaning and stuff that doesn't need to be done every week (like washing windows and such) I'm super lazy when it comes to housework, and DH is worse!
C: yes, and I wonder if that's crazy. But since I want her to do the big/annoying stuff, I don't want her to waste time on dishes and such.
A:do you have a cleaning lady/cleaning service for your home? B: for specific things, deep cleaning or really often and have them do everything? C: do you clean up before they come in?
Frecciabianca and Eurocity are the fast trains, the in between and slower ones are all regional, which I think is covered by trennord (trenord?) but not 100% sure.
I think you can book both Frecciabianca and Eurocity through trenitalia.it