Can I jump on the crappy health bandwagon? Just took the last of my second round of antibiotics. Still feel like I have a sinus infection so I have to have a cat scan of my sinuses next to see if I need stupid sinus/nose surgery. It’s likely they are going to have to scrape the infection out of my sinus cavity. And may need to make my too-small nasal passages larger, which basically means I’m having a nose job to correct the damage from 3 broken noses over the course of my childhood.
The three members of my family who are home tonight voted for a gold brocade skirted dress for me on Saturday so maybe I am feeling that pattern!
Also - I am the same size roughly but thick around the middle. It is very frustrating, this aging thing. These dresses all look different on than they did even two years ago.
2chatter, I'm not sure fashion tape could handle it. Or it might at least keep me from flashing the world but would create a weird pillow. I've given up on the green. Plus DH is not a fan. BUT IT HAS POCKETS.
I love that first one with the black top and red bottom. That's like the more formal version of what I'm wearing tonight to my work party. haha I think that style will give you more wiggle room with fit. It won't be so obvious if it doesn't fit perfectly.
Also, solidarity on no boobs. I literally just have saggy skin. Nursing twins for a year demolished what little I had before.
Update on DS - his broken arm still hasn’t healed. We can wait six more weeks to see if it does, then operate or elect for surgery now. We meet with the surgeon next Wednesday to discuss waiting versus operating. He will be back in a full cast 4-5 weeks after surgery. I am leaning toward operating sooner. I wish they had just operated when he broke it in September!
The surgeon did his fellowship in 2013. He’s a baby! I’m hoping that means he’s all up to date and super steady handed.
I am so sad for DS - he wanted to try basketball this Fall and of course couldn’t; he is missing the second season of soccer and will miss a third. I have to pay to keep him on the same teams. I feel like second grade will be late to try basketball. Maybe I can find a summer camp for him to try it...
Cross your fingers we can operate before the end of the year while DH and I have some time off.
Also, Santa is bringing things he cannot do like ice skating and sledding. UGH. I am going to ask the surgeon if he can do anything at all. Surgery AFTER December 27th would enable him to maybe do it all as what, he’s going to break his arm? He’s already having surgery!
Update #853 on my jaw. Dentist won't do the mouth guard because they say it goes too far over to the side when I open and close. Refer me to oral surgoens. Oral surgeons won't do anything but refer me back to PT. I have been doing PT....
So I called the dentist back and asked her if she could just call the oral surgeons instead of me going in there. Then I called the physician that referred me to them to see if she could do something. Should I call my other physician that also saw me to call the dentist office, or is that overkill? I should have just done the imprints when I was there.... It was a bleeping 1 hour drive to get there. Still no help for me except the 6500 upfront guy, or the chiro has a dentist that will do a splint for 3000.
waverly - do you have a medical concierge as part of your benefits? If so I would stick them with this - tell them who you have seen and ask them to run point. If no concierge, do you have a second opinion service? Ours can pull in out of network doctors if needed.
The results from my HIDA scan came back and no issues were found with my gallbladder. I've already had an endoscopy, ultrasound, xray, and bloodwork and they have turned up nothing. So I'm back to square one with my nausea/stomach pain issues. I've had problems since September and it's really starting to wear on me. Unfortunately, my appointment with the GI dr isn't until Feb.
In the meantime, I'm checking out a new gym today. I figure a little exercise therapy should help. This place has a bunch of classes, babysitting services, a pool, and a sauna. If I like it, I think I'll get a family membership. DH has gained a bunch of weight so I think this will help us both.
2chatter, for DDs second surgery, they swapped out surgeons on us the day before. We went from the head neurosurgeon with TONS aid experience to a young guy. He was seriously our age, at best.
Afterwards, the lead PICU doctor said that he is AMAZING and kinda of hinted that he was better than our original surgeon.
Twerk Conference lasted an hour as she had no one after me. She knows DD is bored and wants to move head but doesn't want to let her go ahead in fear of her missing small points. Beginning year tests points put her in math as an early 2nd grade and reading was 86. They retested reading last week and she scored 145 and 2nd grade by year end should be at 105 so her reading is late 3rd grade level now. She Said she also has amazing reading comprehension and not only on stuff she just read or listened to but from weeks before. I agree DD has an elephant memory. They will retest math after winter break and she figures DD will test more towards 3rd grade. She hasn't heard on TAG but said she would check into it. Good conference but I don't anticipate any changes to help with DD boredom. She did say she would ask for a 3rd grade winter break packet for DD to do.
DDOT, PTO gave the school $250 to feed the teachers last night. The principal ordered them pizza for the 15 staff. Yuck! And not worth $250 here.
At the time there was a concrete slab with a vent pipe in the middle. On Google Earth you can see a square outline that looks like it could have been where a slab would have been. We dug there and nothing. I'm kind of afraid to do another phase I lol.
What does your Phase I recommend? If your Phase I recommends a Phase II soil sampling, I would go ahead and do it. Any buyer will want to see that.
If your Phase I recommended no further action, then your buyer's timidity makes no sense.
It mentioned removing the tank as an option and doing a soil test. Said tank must be located and registered before it can be removed though.
A BFF's dad knows a guy that may be able to locate it and the number of one of the owners between the owners at the time of the phase I and my dad. The other owner in between has dementia.
After this, I'm out of ideas. I don't have piles of extra money laying around to rent a damn backhoe or hire someone with one, pay for utility location, and then whatever else would arise.
Post by traveltheworld on Dec 7, 2018 12:51:25 GMT -5
So I was finally able to get in touch with DS's teacher yesterday after she called on Wednesday leaving a voice mail asking to speak to me. We asked DS Wednesday night what happened at school that day and he said he hit another kid in the class. So we already knew what the call was about. His teacher told me about the incident. I asked her how she dealt with the issue at the time and what we can do to help. Her answers were unsatisfactory at best. She said she didn't see the actual incident, but she did ask DS to apologize, which he did. I asked if there was any further follow-up, and she said no. I don't know - I feel like she should have handled it better. Maybe a more serious sit-down discussion with DS? Or more guidance about what he should do? Shouldn't he get a more serious consequence - like get sent to the principal's office or something? She simply just told me it happened, without any suggestions on what she/we could do about it.
We did talk to DS at home and asked that he think of a way to make it up to the other kid, and he reported back yesterday that he helped the other kid build a snow fort during recess, so he thinks they are on good terms again.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Dec 7, 2018 12:54:45 GMT -5
erinshelley21, that's the problem. I mean, I bet if you have an unregistered tank in the ground then you'll need a soils test anyway. And if it shows that something leaked into the soil, you'll have to do that clean up as well.
After trying to schedule the appointment for Ds, trying to figure out what insurance covers, I am ready to rip my hair out. DHS response was, SCHEDULED THE APPOINTMENT IF THATS WHAT YOU THINK YOU SHOULD DO, so I did.
Add that to taking to ATT because they are trying to charge me for 2 phones from the BOGO promotion, and I need a drink.
After trying to schedule the appointment for Ds, trying to figure out what insurance covers, I am ready to rip my hair out. DHS response was, SCHEDULED THE APPOINTMENT IF THATS WHAT YOU THINK YOU SHOULD DO, so I did.
Add that to taking to ATT because they are trying to charge me for 2 phones from the BOGO promotion, and I need a drink.
Plus 1 to that. I called the insurance company on the TMJ and literally read to them the coverage paragraph- maybe I wrote this above. Anyway, they said they can't tell me without the billing code and the doctor should have given that to me. The doctor is the one I have been trying to avoid that I might just end up back with anyway, and their office didn't do anything because they suck.
I stopped asking DH for his opinion on medical issues. In some cases he is straight up useless. He was against hearing aids because of the way they look. I said what about the way the kid speaks - all messed up? I just ignored him and made appointments. After we got the hearing aids, he was like oh I am so glad he has them. (Duh!). With the hearing aids, I had reached the realization that he needed to get them 100%.
k3am - DS went to tutoring at 3 and 4 - for reading enrichment. DD did the same (in 5th grade she reads above a 12th grade level) and they are both crazy good readers. Oldest didn’t and her reading is v slow.
Now his first grade teacher sends home fluency work, and I remain sad that his kinder teacher didn’t send him extra work. He’d be even further along!
Post by mustardseed2007 on Dec 7, 2018 15:26:31 GMT -5
k3am, DS started working with a neuhaus tutor in kinder doing the neuhaus reading readiness program. That is a specialized tutor though. I'm almost positive that just being tutored by his teacher wouldn't help anything.
Now I'm going to be paranoid that DD is going to be behind because tutoring in kinder just sounds over the top to me, unless the kid has a noted deficiency.
Are these kids who are getting tutoring because the school recommended it, or because the parents want their kids to get a boost?
She is definitely not behind in reading, just reached level D, which is where they want them when they leave kinder.
Now I'm going to be paranoid that DD is going to be behind because tutoring in kinder just sounds over the top to me, unless the kid has a noted deficiency.
Are these kids who are getting tutoring because the school recommended it, or because the parents want their kids to get a boost?
She is definitely not behind in reading, just reached level D, which is where they want them when they leave kinder.
I’ll be right there with you because I was in the extended day office yesterday complaining (politely) that my kid’s group does too much extra enrichment on the computer and not enough playing outside. So clearly I haven’t hired a tutor.
Post by traveltheworld on Dec 7, 2018 18:41:58 GMT -5
k3am, one of DS's friends has a tutor. The school didn't say anything, because t his mom felt that he should be further ahead in reading (he was at the bottom of the class).
DS also does math enrichment class outside of school, so like tutoring. But he specifically requested it because he loves math.
No idea what or how the PTO money was spent on but I'm going to go the meeting in January just to find out. I could have feed the teachers a 5 course homemade meal for that.
No tutoring for us but the school offers tons of extra services for kids behind or ELD. Could this kid fall into those categories? I've looked into tutoring for DD through the local college to challenge her but found it way too expensive.
In DS’ case it was after Montessori with his future lead teacher, while he was at after care. It was just part of after care. With DD it was with one of the pre-K or kinder teachers in after care at their private school. I think it made a difference but the same result could come from letter sounds, phonics and reading at home. It was more about good exposure than what I think of when I hear “tutoring”. DD didn’t do prek at their school, so I think she started off behind, almost, as she wasn’t being pushed at 4 (play based program moreso for her). I remain torn - DD is better at social stuff and entertaining herself and good habits and the other two are academically way ahead. Sixes - both approaches have their merits.
I was hoping for a dress picture. The fit is the best on this last one.
I am sure there are special situations, but I think most tutoring is because kids are behind. Classes or extra curriculars that the kids are doing for fun I wouldn’t consider tutoring.