Post by NewOrleans on Jul 15, 2021 12:37:23 GMT -5
I am in the exam room for my yearly physical and declined to be weighed. 🙂 I have gained between 6-10 pounds due to an ongoing pretty intense hip injury (can’t even go for walks) so I’m sensitive about scales right now. They were so great about it.
eta: clean bill of health, RXs renewed, and we talked through my concern that my dentist will be making fun / complaining about me in secret notes.
NewOrleans , reminded me that my dentist retired last month and I need to find a new one. I *loved* this dentist and use to joke with him that I lived I fear he would retire. And he did!! Fuck. I use to drive 2 hours to see him, because I had gone to a local one that tried to convince me all my teeth were about to fall out.
In the past two year, doctors that have left me include: my medical oncologist, my radiation oncologist, my surgeon, my neurologist, and my dentist. I’m going to develop a complex. The only other specialists I have are a cardiologist and my PCP. If the later leaves, I’m in trouble.
eta: the neurologist really saddens me. I rarely need to go to see her, but, I have seen 6 other ones (I swear, it’s rare!) and hated them all. I better not have another ducking stroke!
NewOrleans , reminded me that my dentist retired last month and I need to find a new one. I *loved* this dentist and use to joke with him that I lived I fear he would retire. And he did!! Fuck. I use to drive 2 hours to see him, because I had gone to a local one that tried to convince me all my teeth were about to fall out.
In the past two year, doctors that have left me include: my medical oncologist, my radiation oncologist, my surgeon, my neurologist, and my dentist. I’m going to develop a complex. The only other specialists I have are a cardiologist and my PCP. If the later leaves, I’m in trouble.
eta: the neurologist really saddens me. I rarely need to go to see her, but, I have seen 6 other ones (I swear, it’s rare!) and hated them all. I better not have another ducking stroke!
Ugh. That’s rough! My direct neighborhood has a Facebook group and people always ask for dentist and doctor recs— do you have something similar? Or an EAP through work?
Post by StrawberryBlondie on Jul 15, 2021 14:30:02 GMT -5
This is petty but I'm annoyed anyway.
My husband ate the last of the ice cream. The thought of eating ice cream this afternoon was what was getting me through a boring meeting. And now there's no ice cream and I'm sad.
My husband ate the last of the ice cream. The thought of eating ice cream this afternoon was what was getting me through a boring meeting. And now there's no ice cream and I'm sad.
Oof stuff like this always makes me SO mad. I always feel ridiculous about it but it never makes me less upset! I hope you get your ice cream!
My random: I am SO freaking sick of this rain. It's been hard to enjoy anything about the summer because it's nonstop. Every afternoon it rains. And rains. And rains. I wish I could send it elsewhere.
My husband ate the last of the ice cream. The thought of eating ice cream this afternoon was what was getting me through a boring meeting. And now there's no ice cream and I'm sad.
Oof stuff like this always makes me SO mad. I always feel ridiculous about it but it never makes me less upset! I hope you get your ice cream!
My random: I am SO freaking sick of this rain. It's been hard to enjoy anything about the summer because it's nonstop. Every afternoon it rains. And rains. And rains. I wish I could send it elsewhere.
There's an amazing ice cream shop near me... I'd consider going there and getting a cone if it weren't insanely awkward to drive while holding ice cream.
NewOrleans , reminded me that my dentist retired last month and I need to find a new one. I *loved* this dentist and use to joke with him that I lived I fear he would retire. And he did!! Fuck. I use to drive 2 hours to see him, because I had gone to a local one that tried to convince me all my teeth were about to fall out.
In the past two year, doctors that have left me include: my medical oncologist, my radiation oncologist, my surgeon, my neurologist, and my dentist. I’m going to develop a complex. The only other specialists I have are a cardiologist and my PCP. If the later leaves, I’m in trouble.
eta: the neurologist really saddens me. I rarely need to go to see her, but, I have seen 6 other ones (I swear, it’s rare!) and hated them all. I better not have another ducking stroke!
just sent you a PM re: dentists. MH and I see different dentists now because the one I used to go to (where he still goes) pissed me off one too many times.
I am in the exam room for my yearly physical and declined to be weighed. 🙂 I have gained between 6-10 pounds due to an ongoing pretty intense hip injury (can’t even go for walks) so I’m sensitive about scales right now. They were so great about it.
eta: clean bill of health, RXs renewed, and we talked through my concern that my dentist will be making fun / complaining about me in secret notes.
I had a telehealth appt with a nurse this week for a persistent cough that I have had. At the end, she said that she was required to tell me that my BMI is above the recommended range. She was nice about it, and I was nice back. But I told her that she wasn't telling me anything I didn't already know. Did she think I woke up that morning and was suddenly overweight? And did the higher ups really think that mentioning this was going to do anything to get my weight down? No, in fact the only thing that it does is make fat people feel less seen by the medical community. And I was annoyed that it was mentioned since the condition I was being seen for was not related to weight. And my treatment plan was not impacted by my weight. It felt so good to say all of this. I promise that it was a nice conversation-- on both sides. She's also overweight and said she personally agreed with everything I said.
I am in the exam room for my yearly physical and declined to be weighed. 🙂 I have gained between 6-10 pounds due to an ongoing pretty intense hip injury (can’t even go for walks) so I’m sensitive about scales right now. They were so great about it.
eta: clean bill of health, RXs renewed, and we talked through my concern that my dentist will be making fun / complaining about me in secret notes.
I had a telehealth appt with a nurse this week for a persistent cough that I have had. At the end, she said that she was required to tell me that my BMI is above the recommended range. She was nice about it, and I was nice back. But I told her that she wasn't telling me anything I didn't already know. Did she think I woke up that morning and was suddenly overweight? And did the higher ups really think that mentioning this was going to do anything to get my weight down? No, in fact the only thing that it does is make fat people feel less seen by the medical community. And I was annoyed that it was mentioned since the condition I was being seen for was not related to weight. And my treatment plan was not impacted by my weight. It felt so good to say all of this. I promise that it was a nice conversation-- on both sides. She's also overweight and said she personally agreed with everything I said.
It’s so annoying that this is a requirement, usually by insurance. 🙄 Now that we can see notes in mychart, I’ve noticed that sometimes it says we discussed weight or exercise when I don’t remember anything more than a fleeting mention of walking the dog. And yay for that!
I’ve probably told this story before, but my oncologist mentioned my weight loss at one appointment, and I told him to hush because I was finally not obese. He blushed, laughed, and said yeah… he was obese by the stupid charts, too. Oncology is the one place they don’t want you to lose weight, and it’s such a mind fuck.
I am in the exam room for my yearly physical and declined to be weighed. 🙂 I have gained between 6-10 pounds due to an ongoing pretty intense hip injury (can’t even go for walks) so I’m sensitive about scales right now. They were so great about it.
eta: clean bill of health, RXs renewed, and we talked through my concern that my dentist will be making fun / complaining about me in secret notes.
I had a telehealth appt with a nurse this week for a persistent cough that I have had. At the end, she said that she was required to tell me that my BMI is above the recommended range. She was nice about it, and I was nice back. But I told her that she wasn't telling me anything I didn't already know. Did she think I woke up that morning and was suddenly overweight? And did the higher ups really think that mentioning this was going to do anything to get my weight down? No, in fact the only thing that it does is make fat people feel less seen by the medical community. And I was annoyed that it was mentioned since the condition I was being seen for was not related to weight. And my treatment plan was not impacted by my weight. It felt so good to say all of this. I promise that it was a nice conversation-- on both sides. She's also overweight and said she personally agreed with everything I said.
My guess is that they are required to say something because they see every encounter as an opportunity to inform people of "health risks"...but I can't imagine anything helpful coming out of an encounter handled in this manner!
I think that how many in the medical establishment frame weight causes so much harm. This is a good reminder to switch providers, since the NP I currently see lets her own hangups around weight influence the care she provides. I've got enough of my own insecurities to deal with around weight to add her feelings to the equation.
It would be bad form to reply to an ad that says "send your salary requirements" with "Per the law enacted in January, you need to provide the salary range and benefits in your job listing" wouldn't it?
Quoting myself because I have an interview with these people. I'm slightly wary of the position, because while it sounds like an exec admin job, it could be a personal assistant job. One I'm ok with, the other is a hard no. I don't pick up or do personal stuff for anyone other than my family. I have no frame of reference to what an exec admin in the private sector would really do outside of the job description.
When I woke up and went into the bathroom--without my contacts so mostly blind-- there was a praying mantis on my faucet. My sleepy brain was not ready to figure that out.
It would be bad form to reply to an ad that says "send your salary requirements" with "Per the law enacted in January, you need to provide the salary range and benefits in your job listing" wouldn't it?
Quoting myself because I have an interview with these people. I'm slightly wary of the position, because while it sounds like an exec admin job, it could be a personal assistant job. One I'm ok with, the other is a hard no. I don't pick up or do personal stuff for anyone other than my family. I have no frame of reference to what an exec admin in the private sector would really do outside of the job description.
we have somebody who's title is executive assistant - not sure if that's similar - but she handles scheduling for our ownership group (like if you want to get on their calendars you usually go through her, all their reoccurring meetings come from her, etc), does all the background work for board and all-staff meetings (minutes, agenda, etc), pitches in on marketing when they get overloaded, handles some odd one-offs company event stuff, chases paperwork that requires wet signatures from owner (business licenses, etc), and just generally keeps our ownership group organized. I'm sure she does other stuff too, but those are the tasks I interact with her on. I cannot imagine them asking her to pick up dry cleaning or the like, but they're also just not like that.
This fire season in BC is probably the worst I've experienced in the 12 summers I've lived here. We were at drought conditions in early June and it hasn't rained for more than 20 minutes since. There is a fire in the back country that encompasses the only power supply lines to our city of 60,000. We're at a very real risk of losing electricity for... weeks? Yesterday it went off twice for ~15 seconds. I don't even know how to prepare for this. We won't need to fully evacuate, we could come and go from our house and move our freezer contents... somewhere. Eventually we'd have to move to a hotel, I guess.
Quoting myself because I have an interview with these people. I'm slightly wary of the position, because while it sounds like an exec admin job, it could be a personal assistant job. One I'm ok with, the other is a hard no. I don't pick up or do personal stuff for anyone other than my family. I have no frame of reference to what an exec admin in the private sector would really do outside of the job description.
we have somebody who's title is executive assistant - not sure if that's similar - but she handles scheduling for our ownership group (like if you want to get on their calendars you usually go through her, all their reoccurring meetings come from her, etc), does all the background work for board and all-staff meetings (minutes, agenda, etc), pitches in on marketing when they get overloaded, handles some odd one-offs company event stuff, chases paperwork that requires wet signatures from owner (business licenses, etc), and just generally keeps our ownership group organized. I'm sure she does other stuff too, but those are the tasks I interact with her on. I cannot imagine them asking her to pick up dry cleaning or the like, but they're also just not like that.
Good to know. This is for an admin position for the CEO of a structural engineering firm.
It would be bad form to reply to an ad that says "send your salary requirements" with "Per the law enacted in January, you need to provide the salary range and benefits in your job listing" wouldn't it?
Quoting myself because I have an interview with these people. I'm slightly wary of the position, because while it sounds like an exec admin job, it could be a personal assistant job. One I'm ok with, the other is a hard no. I don't pick up or do personal stuff for anyone other than my family. I have no frame of reference to what an exec admin in the private sector would really do outside of the job description.
I work for a bank in IT, my area has an executive assistant, she technically I guess is the exec assistant to the CIO and manages the CIOs calendar but she also does a lot of general IT admin stuff. She definitely doesn’t get coffee for him or do dry cleaning or anything like that. Sometimes there is a lunch time meeting with a large group and for that she would order the lunch though and bring it to the meeting room.
we have somebody who's title is executive assistant - not sure if that's similar - but she handles scheduling for our ownership group (like if you want to get on their calendars you usually go through her, all their reoccurring meetings come from her, etc), does all the background work for board and all-staff meetings (minutes, agenda, etc), pitches in on marketing when they get overloaded, handles some odd one-offs company event stuff, chases paperwork that requires wet signatures from owner (business licenses, etc), and just generally keeps our ownership group organized. I'm sure she does other stuff too, but those are the tasks I interact with her on. I cannot imagine them asking her to pick up dry cleaning or the like, but they're also just not like that.
Good to know. This is for an admin position for the CEO of a structural engineering firm.
I work for a mechanical and electrical firm and our local VP has an executive assistant. Exact same tasks as described by wawa. She also runs the office lottery pool, and on a couple of specific projects she is the lead contact and paperwork manager since they are just too big and involve joint venture partnership with architects that the VP specifically dislikes so I think he made her the point person so he could generally avoid them.
An update on the house selling… the house went active on Friday. We only had 5 showings Friday and Saturday. One was a second showing, so four buyers. As of 7pm last night we had… FOUR offers. I know this market is crazy, but 100% conversion is amazing.
We have three showings today and will review offers tonight. When we made the decision to review Sunday night, which was yesterday afternoon, there were none scheduled for Sunday. So it seemed that might have been it. But…
My H really knows how to prep a house for selling. Like, there were a number of things I told him not to bother with, but he did anyway. And, I think my take away is just let him do his thing. He did the same thing last year on our rental house, and I thoight it was too much effort, but we sold well over asking.