cmeon, they gave me oxy in the early 2000s for wisdom teeth surgery. I am not sure if oral surgeons around here still do that now, and I'm interested to know!
I had a frenectomy and gum graft in 2013 and was given Tylenol with codeine, and honestly could've used something like oxy because I was in so much pain.
Lowes gave us a delivery window of 12:30-4:30 today, and said they would call on their way over.
Instead they showed up at 11:30 and called H as they were sitting in front of our house. Thankfully DD and I had just gotten home, but if I had stuck with our original plans then no one would have been here! And they didn't drop off a piece that we paid for. Very annoyed by the whole thing.
I'm firing the kiln today (and using it to put off running errands I don't feel like doing today). There's a lot of tile in this load, which is a total pain to fire- but it had to get done before I could finish other things.
DS's wisdom teeth removal went so well! He did a really good job icing it and doing his saltwater rinses every 4 hours, I'm sure that helped. He took ibuprofen and Tylenol for 1.5 days, mostly to help with swelling, and was totally back to a normal diet by the weekend. He didn't even miss his volunteer shifts.
On a related note, they prescribed oxy for this (just 2 5mg pills, he was to take half of one if he had trouble sleeping due to pain). I was surprised by that- and obviously it would have been major overkill for this case. I guess I thought we weren't prescribing opioids for things like dental work anymore?
I finished My Lady Jane (prime) last night- very cute, well done- I hope there's a second season coming.
I was surprised that Kid 1 got a few tablets of Oxycodone when they had their wisdom teeth out in April. We never used them, and H took them to the pharmacy at his hospital for disposal once it was clear their pain wasn't going to hit a threshold where the pills would be necessary. I was even more surprised at how many Oxycodone they gave me when I had my hysterectomy two weeks ago. It was a lot of pills, and with a very close family history of addiction I wasn't about to take any of them. We got rid of those ASAP too.
Just FYI, Oxycodone is different than Oxycontin. Oxycodone is usually Percocet, which is acetaminophen and oxycodone, and is commonly prescribed still for a short period of time during recovery from surgery/painful procedures. It is still a controlled substance, but it's not what's commonly thought of as 'Oxy' and isn't as dangerous/potent/addicting (that I know of) as Oxycontin.
cmeon, they gave me oxy in the early 2000s for wisdom teeth surgery. I am not sure if oral surgeons around here still do that now, and I'm interested to know!
I had a frenectomy and gum graft in 2013 and was given Tylenol with codeine, and honestly could've used something like oxy because I was in so much pain.
I bet, that second surgery sounds painful! Did you feel like you needed the oxy for your wisdom teeth- were you still a teen (omg- are you a infant lol!?!) for that? I really was prepared for it to be a bigger deal for him than it actually was, so I can believe people need more pain control sometimes.
beerlover I would send your kid to care with no guilt! You definitely need it while you're working, and you may as well use it since you're paying for it. I would gladly have a month with no work but all of the kids in care! I'd probably take them out a couple of times for fun summer stuff, but that's it.
Also the couple not responding half of the time is weird and annoying.
There is a couple that lives down the street that H and I really enjoy hanging out with (and its clearly mutual unless they are faking it very well lol). Sometimes we plan to hang out, but most of the time we just run into them randomly somewhere in town, and end up hanging out. Anyway, I'll occasionally text the woman and say hey, we're having drinks on the porch or a fire on the patio if you guys want to stop over. I would say about 50% of the time, they'll enthusiastically say yes and come over, and it's always great. However, the rest of the time, she just reads my message and doesn't respond at all. I just find that odd, like even if you can't/don't want to go, I feel like it's nice to at least respond and say "sorry, can't, another time!" Am I way off base? I can see that she's read the message so it's not a matter of her being someone that doesn't check her phone. It kinda makes me question if I should keep reaching out not.
Ugh I had a longer response but it got eaten. Long story short some people just aren’t great at responding and she might just get distracted and not respond right away. I think if she responds at least half the time I would keep reaching out and hanging out if you enjoy her company.
I was surprised that Kid 1 got a few tablets of Oxycodone when they had their wisdom teeth out in April. We never used them, and H took them to the pharmacy at his hospital for disposal once it was clear their pain wasn't going to hit a threshold where the pills would be necessary. I was even more surprised at how many Oxycodone they gave me when I had my hysterectomy two weeks ago. It was a lot of pills, and with a very close family history of addiction I wasn't about to take any of them. We got rid of those ASAP too.
Just FYI, Oxycodone is different than Oxycontin. Oxycodone is usually Percocet, which is acetaminophen and oxycodone, and is commonly prescribed still for a short period of time during recovery from surgery/painful procedures. It is still a controlled substance, but it's not what's commonly thought of as 'Oxy' and isn't as dangerous/potent/addicting (that I know of) as Oxycontin.
Ooooh (lol at me)! I do not know my drugs! That still sounds like overkill for this, but I am thankful that he wasn't prescribed THAT oxy.
I was surprised that Kid 1 got a few tablets of Oxycodone when they had their wisdom teeth out in April. We never used them, and H took them to the pharmacy at his hospital for disposal once it was clear their pain wasn't going to hit a threshold where the pills would be necessary. I was even more surprised at how many Oxycodone they gave me when I had my hysterectomy two weeks ago. It was a lot of pills, and with a very close family history of addiction I wasn't about to take any of them. We got rid of those ASAP too.
Just FYI, Oxycodone is different than Oxycontin. Oxycodone is usually Percocet, which is acetaminophen and oxycodone, and is commonly prescribed still for a short period of time during recovery from surgery/painful procedures. It is still a controlled substance, but it's not what's commonly thought of as 'Oxy' and isn't as dangerous/potent/addicting (that I know of) as Oxycontin.
This is not correct. Oxycodone is not Percocet. Percocet is oxycodone and acetaminophen. Oxycodone is oxycodone and there are several brand names, 1 of which is Oxycontin (there are other brand names as well).
When I prescribe a few tabs of opioid pain meds I absolutely prescribe oxycodone and yes that is a medication that does have the potential for substance use and referred to as "Oxy."
ETA: to clarify there are different brands that are labeled as immediate release and controlled release. Some of those are meant to be abuse deterrents and not get people high immediately but they are absolutely Oxycodone (and Percocet is a separate medication).
Just FYI, Oxycodone is different than Oxycontin. Oxycodone is usually Percocet, which is acetaminophen and oxycodone, and is commonly prescribed still for a short period of time during recovery from surgery/painful procedures. It is still a controlled substance, but it's not what's commonly thought of as 'Oxy' and isn't as dangerous/potent/addicting (that I know of) as Oxycontin.
Ooooh (lol at me)! I do not know my drugs! That still sounds like overkill for this, but I am thankful that he wasn't prescribed THAT oxy.
Post by mrsukyankee on Jul 1, 2024 13:38:14 GMT -5
I'm definitely suffering from jet lag. Happy I took drugs last night to sleep, as I did get 7 hours. Did 5 interviews (as part of a panel) for student residential advisors this morning and had two clients in person at the office. I'm working from home tomorrow and so happy about it. Plus it's my 'lazy' day where I give myself time to do admin tasks and home tasks, while seeing less students.
Post by cricketwife on Jul 1, 2024 13:42:15 GMT -5
Im trying to open an online hysa which has been on my to-do list forever. Well, it has been spinning “processing application” for 7 minutes. At what point do I give up? Argh. I’ll give it another 5. If it were a credit card it would be instant, lol. I feel like they are testing my worthiness of earning their money.
I’m not a dentist so I don’t know about dental work, but I prescribe a few tabs of opioids as needed for certain things. There really is no reason not to prescribe a few tabs unless someone has a known substance use problem and doesn’t want them.
They really wouldn't know if my teen had a problem (or any of his family) because this is a surgeon we just met (all they do is take teeth all day- they are awesome at that and know what they're doing). It's fine, it's not like they gave us a 30 day prescription or anything, but I was just surprised!
My teen’s wisdom teeth come out at the end of the month, but at our consult, the doc said they generally prescribe a short prescription of opioids but it would be our decision on surgery day — they would only give the rx if the parents were comfortable with it. I thought that was a really smart way to handle it.
This is the time of year I wish all fireworks were banned. They are awful for the environment, personal fireworks are a risk for kids to injure themselves and my area is in a drought. There have been wildfire after wildfire consistently for the last 2-3 weeks with no expectation that they will slow down. Now they're just caused by idiots setting off fireworks before the 4th. No matter; one of the idiot city councilman suggested that because fireworks are a fun family friendly thing we should do away with the county wide ban on personal fireworks. Thankfully he was soundly shot down by rational people and received a verbal thrashing in the local newspaper.
Personal fireworks are banned in my county and they have been for decades. You can see a display put on by professionals at our fairgrounds. You can still purchase personal fireworks on the local reservation which isn't under the ban so of course individuals light off personal fireworks, however it's much less than it used to be when I was a kid.
cmeon , they gave me oxy in the early 2000s for wisdom teeth surgery. I am not sure if oral surgeons around here still do that now, and I'm interested to know!
I had a frenectomy and gum graft in 2013 and was given Tylenol with codeine, and honestly could've used something like oxy because I was in so much pain.
I bet, that second surgery sounds painful! Did you feel like you needed the oxy for your wisdom teeth- were you still a teen (omg- are you a infant lol!?!) for that? I really was prepared for it to be a bigger deal for him than it actually was, so I can believe people need more pain control sometimes.
Haha! Yes I think I was 16 so 23 years ago. I think I took one or two and then just moved to Ibuprofen.
beerlover I would send your kid to care with no guilt! You definitely need it while you're working, and you may as well use it since you're paying for it. I would gladly have a month with no work but all of the kids in care! I'd probably take them out a couple of times for fun summer stuff, but that's it.
Also the couple not responding half of the time is weird and annoying.
Thank you I'll for sure keep him home for some special days to the beach or pool or whatever. I am working one of the weeks in July part-time, so I feel more justified in sending him then. We'll also be gone for a week in July for vacation. Plus she's closed a few days for vacation herself, so all in all, I'm not sending him THAT many days that he could have been home. #justification
There is a couple that lives down the street that H and I really enjoy hanging out with (and its clearly mutual unless they are faking it very well lol). Sometimes we plan to hang out, but most of the time we just run into them randomly somewhere in town, and end up hanging out. Anyway, I'll occasionally text the woman and say hey, we're having drinks on the porch or a fire on the patio if you guys want to stop over. I would say about 50% of the time, they'll enthusiastically say yes and come over, and it's always great. However, the rest of the time, she just reads my message and doesn't respond at all. I just find that odd, like even if you can't/don't want to go, I feel like it's nice to at least respond and say "sorry, can't, another time!" Am I way off base? I can see that she's read the message so it's not a matter of her being someone that doesn't check her phone. It kinda makes me question if I should keep reaching out not.
Yeah that's weird and would annoy me, too.
They're both fairly introverted and H said that maybe my invites cause anxiety sometimes so she just doesn't respond? IDK, I don't think it should be that anxiety provoking to say sorry, we can't. And I am someone with a lot of anxiety, haha.
This is the time of year I wish all fireworks were banned. They are awful for the environment, personal fireworks are a risk for kids to injure themselves and my area is in a drought. There have been wildfire after wildfire consistently for the last 2-3 weeks with no expectation that they will slow down. Now they're just caused by idiots setting off fireworks before the 4th. No matter; one of the idiot city councilman suggested that because fireworks are a fun family friendly thing we should do away with the county wide ban on personal fireworks. Thankfully he was soundly shot down by rational people and received a verbal thrashing in the local newspaper.
Personal fireworks are banned in my county and they have been for decades. You can see a display put on by professionals at our fairgrounds. You can still purchase personal fireworks on the local reservation which isn't under the ban so of course individuals light off personal fireworks, however it's much less than it used to be when I was a kid.
I agree completely. Personal fireworks are legal in my area. I live in a very densely populated area and every year firework debris rains down on my roof. Luckily nothing has ever caught fire, but I feel like it's only a matter of time. The other thing is there is someone setting off fireworks every weekend from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Usually it's short and sweet, but I'd love to hear fireworks less frequently.
They really wouldn't know if my teen had a problem (or any of his family) because this is a surgeon we just met (all they do is take teeth all day- they are awesome at that and know what they're doing). It's fine, it's not like they gave us a 30 day prescription or anything, but I was just surprised!
My teen’s wisdom teeth come out at the end of the month, but at our consult, the doc said they generally prescribe a short prescription of opioids but it would be our decision on surgery day — they would only give the rx if the parents were comfortable with it. I thought that was a really smart way to handle it.
It was a paper script (they called the antibiotic/antinausea and giant ibuprofen in) and we just didn't fill it because he was doing fine on the tylenol/ibuprofen schedule.
They also told us we could just skip the big 800mg ibuprofen and do the equivalent with what we had, but it was super cheap (like a dollar) for a big bottle of those, so we took them.
I don't know if you talked about ice at all, but our surgeon gave us a simple velcro tube that was ok(ish), it only came with 2 gel packs (which was just not enough to keep one frozen) though.
I ordered a nicer one with same day delivery and it was so much better (and had 4 gel packs, so there was always a cold one). DS only had a single 3rd molar on the bottom, and only needed to ice that side (the top teeth were basically normal tooth removal for him, no real swelling or pain).
I would definitely have a nicer one on hand before (It just didn't occur to me, not having gone through this myself).
This is the time of year I wish all fireworks were banned. They are awful for the environment, personal fireworks are a risk for kids to injure themselves and my area is in a drought. There have been wildfire after wildfire consistently for the last 2-3 weeks with no expectation that they will slow down. Now they're just caused by idiots setting off fireworks before the 4th. No matter; one of the idiot city councilman suggested that because fireworks are a fun family friendly thing we should do away with the county wide ban on personal fireworks. Thankfully he was soundly shot down by rational people and received a verbal thrashing in the local newspaper.
Personal fireworks are banned in my county and they have been for decades. You can see a display put on by professionals at our fairgrounds. You can still purchase personal fireworks on the local reservation which isn't under the ban so of course individuals light off personal fireworks, however it's much less than it used to be when I was a kid.
It was crazy to move to my current area, where parking lots have tents where they sell fireworks and they are even for sale at the grocery store and Target.
When my kids were in daycare, a bunch of kids came in after the 4th with burns on their hands from sparklers. WTF, your toddler does not need to hold a firework!
They're both fairly introverted and H said that maybe my invites cause anxiety sometimes so she just doesn't respond? IDK, I don't think it should be that anxiety provoking to say sorry, we can't. And I am someone with a lot of anxiety, haha.
Years ago I friend who worked close to my house and we’d hang out last minute/very casually a lot.
She’d text and to see if I was home/wanted to go out before she’d leave work and I’d always respond to her texts one way or the other.
One day she said she didn’t expect me to text if I wasn’t free and seemed to think that was the norm? She’d expect a response if it was something like “do you want to buy concert tickets” but not “I’m driving by in 10 minutes, are you home so we can hang out in your yard”.
I thought it was weird but maybe it’s a thing? Or my friend moved near you and is now doing it to you.
There is a couple that lives down the street that H and I really enjoy hanging out with (and its clearly mutual unless they are faking it very well lol). Sometimes we plan to hang out, but most of the time we just run into them randomly somewhere in town, and end up hanging out. Anyway, I'll occasionally text the woman and say hey, we're having drinks on the porch or a fire on the patio if you guys want to stop over. I would say about 50% of the time, they'll enthusiastically say yes and come over, and it's always great. However, the rest of the time, she just reads my message and doesn't respond at all. I just find that odd, like even if you can't/don't want to go, I feel like it's nice to at least respond and say "sorry, can't, another time!" Am I way off base? I can see that she's read the message so it's not a matter of her being someone that doesn't check her phone. It kinda makes me question if I should keep reaching out not.
Ugh I had a longer response but it got eaten. Long story short some people just aren’t great at responding and she might just get distracted and not respond right away. I think if she responds at least half the time I would keep reaching out and hanging out if you enjoy her company.
This is 100% me. I get overwhelmed keeping up with texts and emails; it takes a lot of time and energy. I rarely apologize for not responding promptly (if at all) because societal expectations have gotten out of control. It has zero to do with how I feel about people in my life.
beerlover, keep inviting them. It sounds like they genuinely have a good time with you and you're fine. I don't think you're off base, but you may have different expectations for communication.
cmeon, that’s good advice — thanks! I’m adding ice packs to the errand list.
I should have linked this- we do recommend it. It was comfortable to wear, kept the icepack in place better than the tube thing, and worked with heat (supposed to swap from ice to warmth on the 3rd day) well, too. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07GFW7QBD
Where do people live that have great weather right now? It’s projected to be like 110 over the weekend. Ughhh
This week where I am in Michigan ("West Michigan"), temps are forecasted range from the 70s-80s, depending on the day. Typically, July and August temps are in the 80s, with maybe a week or so, and a few days here and there, hitting the 90s.
I could not live anywhere where it is consistently in the 90s+. DH and I have talked about retirement, and likely we will snowbird somewhere south of MI (maybe TN), but then spend summers in MI.