TMI warning I called to scheduled my annual colonoscopy (CRIES) and they are now only scheduling the nurse visit and then you schedule the procedure. I said "oh how many people no showed for them?" and the lady on the phone didn't confirm, but I'm betting that's what happened. Good news is the prep visit is through the portal now with the nurse, I don't even have to go into the office.
I get my first one next week and don't even have a prep visit, just instructions through the portal. I've gotten the med already and just show up.
First one on Wednesday😳 I was sent instructions for the prep (all OTC stuff) and had a call with the nurse to review everything. Just wanna get it over with….
TMI warning I called to scheduled my annual colonoscopy (CRIES) and they are now only scheduling the nurse visit and then you schedule the procedure. I said "oh how many people no showed for them?" and the lady on the phone didn't confirm, but I'm betting that's what happened. Good news is the prep visit is through the portal now with the nurse, I don't even have to go into the office.
I get my first one next week and don't even have a prep visit, just instructions through the portal. I've gotten the med already and just show up.
I need to request zofran with my prep because last time I was more nauseous than all of my pregnancy. So I don't know if that is why the nurse has to go over everything or not.
My birthday is tomorrow. FI is sitting at dock because of the weather in the gulf, so I think I'll go down and have dinner with him. On Sunday my nephews are taking me on a swamp tour for my birthday, they're very excited! I fully plan to buy myself a nothing bunt cake to celebrate.
Ohhh what flavor? My son’s school did a nothing Bundt cake fundraiser this year. We got all the flavors 🤣
Probably the confetti. The chocolate and lemon are favorites too.
Ohhh what flavor? My son’s school did a nothing Bundt cake fundraiser this year. We got all the flavors 🤣
Probably the confetti. The chocolate and lemon are favorites too.
Confetti is obviously perfect for your birthday... but DS and I went last weekend and I got the key lime and it was amazing. It's a limited edition summer flavor.
I am biting my nails today. All kids here do a national exam at the end of Year 6 (12 years old) and the results determine which high school they go to. The results are coming out in 1hr and 38 mins. DS1 and I have our hearts set on one school that is super hard to get into but which I feel suits him and his learning styles the best. Eeekk
Oh man! What stress for a 12 year old and their parent!!
I hope he gets in, but am also confident he will be ok if he gets a different placement. Peace thoughts to you as you wait!!
Bad Dingo, I actually had that same problem last summer everyone I knew seemed to be in Europe. They weren’t actually but seemed to be. I should have temporarily deactivated it back then for part of the summer.
This summer I just temporarily deactivated my account. I need to focus on myself and not what others are doing.
Bad Dingo, I think your feelings are valid! That's so disappointing that you had to not only cancel your trip but couldn't reschedule something else. Yes we are lucky to have nice things in our lives when not everyone does, but it's also ok to be sad when those nice things don't work out. I would be very upset too.
I'm kind of bummed because there seems to be no good time this summer to go down to Houston to see my family. Either my parents or my sisters' family are out of town or otherwise busy basically any time that I could go, and the one weekend where that's not the case is the week when I have to be in the office Monday-Wednesday so it doesn't work all that great since I'd normally stay through Sunday. It's not that I really want to even go to Houston in the summer (lol) but I haven't seen any of them since Christmas and it's starting to feel like that's too long ago. I really wanted to start prioritizing getting down there more often but so far this year has just been too busy for everyone.
We are going to a comedy festival outdoors tonight and I'm not sure if that was a great idea or not. The evenings have been cooler the last couple of days (or at least cool enough that I can imagine being comfortable being outdoors) but tonight it is showing it's still supposed be like 90 degrees when the festival starts. Not my favorite sitting outdoors temp.
To continue the topic, my cousin's husband got an accidental colonoscopy this week. His GP ordered it and he did all the prep, had the test, woke up and the doctor was like, "So how long have you had rectal bleeding?" And he was all, "Um, I haven't?" They ordered the test for the.wrong.person.
OMG!!! I just had my first one and it was awful (prep anyway, the procedure itself was fine). I would be so mad to go through that for no reason. I can’t believed no one caught the mistake!!!
When I was having an endoscopy a few years ago, my Dr. accidentally sent a script in for me for the colonoscopy prep. stuff ahead of time. I just got a notification that my Rx was ready, went to pick it up (luckily it was totally covered), took it home, and didn't think about it for months. And then when the nurse called to go over my pre-op instructions, I was like, oh, the Dr. called in this rx for me that I picked up, what do I do with that? when she didn't mention it, and she was like, um, there shouldn't be any rx stuff for you to take before an endoscopy, what is it? and I opened the bag and told her, and she was like yeah, that's colonoscopy prep, you def. don't want to take that, esp. not before an endoscopy.
Post by helpshareplease on Jun 21, 2024 11:55:39 GMT -5
TGIF for real this week has been hell. Tonight, I'm looking forward to a date and a few drinks. Although in this heat I'm not sure if sitting on the patio will be the best option. I really like the guy I'm seeing he is sweet as a peach. But we have also only been seeing each other for a about a month and a half. so, we'll see, I guess.
We haven't told DS, but MIL might be coming up to see his baseball game tonight. She was trying to use my illness yesterday as an excuse not to come, but I got on the phone and said that she could still visit with DS and H if I wasn't feeling up to it. I'd just stay home. She was very put out that I negated her excuse. I'm just fucking tired of her saying she's going to come spend time with my kid and then using other things/people as an excuse not to when it's all her.
Is it worth saving $80 x 3 for a 4 hour layover? We could probably hang out at the lounge.
My DH likes to look at these situations like this: That's a total of $240. Would you have your family of three work $60/hour for 4 hours?
We're heading on a cruise and DH is thinking it would put $ toward the drink package.
I may have found different flights for the same price without the long layover. I'm just trying to get an idea, it's next spring break, but I can't imagine the flights going down.
I get my first one next week and don't even have a prep visit, just instructions through the portal. I've gotten the med already and just show up.
I need to request zofran with my prep because last time I was more nauseous than all of my pregnancy. So I don't know if that is why the nurse has to go over everything or not.
I took zofran with my prep because I’m terrified of throwing up. The doctor just told me to take it a good hour before I started the prep so that it would get into my system and not “out” with everything else 😂😂😂
DS2 (8.5) goes to 2 weeks of sleepaway camp for the first time on Sunday. He is so excited and while I am so proud of him this is the longest we will have ever been apart so there are lots of feelings.
Post by ellipses84 on Jun 21, 2024 13:23:09 GMT -5
I’m so glad it’s a chill summer Friday WFH. I’m picking DS2 up from his first week of camp and it’s near a Sonic Drive-In. Ever since DS1 started going to camp there, it’s our summer tradition to go there on camp Fridays and get a kids meal with a slush for dinner. He’s only doing 4 weeks of camp so it will only be 4x this summer. I don’t even like the food much, but I do love an orange slush with a shot of vanilla so it tastes like an orange creamsicle and the kids really look forward to it. DS1 loves their grilled cheese sandwiches.
Post by pinkdutchtulips on Jun 21, 2024 13:26:03 GMT -5
I hit 300k meters rowed last night! We did a benchmark row last night 2k meters. I did mine in 9:26 minutes ... when I rowed competitively in college 2k meters was from the boathouse (back bay Newport Bch) to the Pacific Ocean.
Is it worth saving $80 x 3 for a 4 hour layover? We could probably hang out at the lounge.
Not to me. Sitting in an airport for four hours , even the lounge, is kind of miserable. I’d happily pay that to avoid it.
I always get worried that I'm not going to make the connecting flight for whatever reason. So peace of mind would have me paying more for a direct flight.
I almost killed my cat from heat stroke yesterday. He is a little jerk and he loves to sneak outside. He must have snuck into the mudroom (not airconditioned) when I threw something in the recycling bin or when someone got shoes. We all left the house around 4.... H went to a tattoo appointment and DS and I ran some errands, stopped at my parents and then picked up pizza for dinner. We got home around 5:30 and I opened the door to the mudroom to put my shoes away and the cat was in there. It had to be over 100 degrees in there. The 2 windows were open, but the sun beats on that side of the house all afternoon. He seemed totally fine. He ran into the basement to eat and DS went down to see if he felt hot and he said he didn't. Thank god we didn't stay at my parents for dinner... we thought about it and H was going to meet us there. But we decided against it, since H was said he was gross and sweaty from getting needled for 2 hours and just wanted to go home.
If it makes you feel better - my A/C unit upstairs wasn't working earlier this week and I can home from work and it was 94 degrees up there. Downstairs unit was working fine. Two of my four cats willingly chose to sleep up there vs. the nice cool downstairs!
It is so hot today. I do not how I lived the first 25 years of my life without air conditioning. HOW??? For two of those years I lived in an urban neighborhood in THE ATTIC. WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING! No trees, no open space...just me in my attic.
A staff member is pregnant and doesn't want anyone else to know yet. She only told me for scheduling purposes. This is, of course, fine. But I keep kicking the can on discussing projects that will change once others are aware of this news and I am starting to look silly.
I find this behavior so weird, though I know from being on here that it’s common. In my opinion, you tell work or you don’t tell work. You don’t cherry pick which work people you tell and which you don’t. You’ve relinquished control over the information once you have shared it. Obviously, I don’t mean you but people who do this.