Prudie Day

ei34

How’s everyone? 

L’shana Tova for anyone celebrating the new year 🍎🍯

ei34

The kids and I are off today and tomorrow in observance of Rosh Hashanah.  I switched their summer clothes with their winter clothes this morning, and just got home from the dermatologist. I had to have something removed and biopsied, got some stitches, and just resting on the cough with my leg elevated now. I was told to try and stay off my feet. Would’ve preferred the NP lecture my kids on that instead of telling me. I *think* they’ll let me take care of myself today though. The wound care is in an awkward spot. I love that I’m no longer with exH but sometimes do wish there was a second adult here, lol.

Speaking of exH, today is our one year divorceaversary. I really associate with late February 2021 more, especially the dates I was finally able to meet with the lawyer and tell exH I was filing. Those were really hard.  But 10/3/23 is big in its own way, and I’m thankful for it. 

CharmedPam

Woohoo! Happy divorceaversary? Always a question mark behind that.  You want the freedom but no one wants a divorce. 

Yesterday S (not TNG anymore) was in the hospital all day for testing for breathing issues.  I think they even had to test for cancer and he won’t get results for a few days.  I also can’t get a hold of him, which is the norm in the mornings but extra frustrating because he was having breathing issues. 

I was doing some vacation planning with some friends and I misunderstood one of them.  The area is 2.5 hrs away from us and 4 of us are spending 2 nights.  I thought she wanted to spend 1 night, so we configured her in there but as it turns out, she’s doing a day trip.  It’s 5 hours of driving in one day and I think she’ll just cancel but now the air bnb is more for us! Not by a ton.  Still, I wouldn’t drive 2.5 hours to turn back around.  2 tops lol. 

mrsconn23

Good afternoon.  

DefConn is improving, but it's been slow-going.  I'm hoping he can go back to school tomorrow, but I'm also not trying to push him too hard.  I have made him work on school stuff today. 

My allergies are so bad because of harvesting.  I'm so bad at taking a daily allergy pill.  LOL

Prudie coming up.

VarunaTT

My brain is being fussy and it's annoying.  However, I'm finally getting back to getting back up on my feet, so I'm starting to feel better.  

i have tickets to see a show this weekend, but I don't want to go now.  I'm probably going to push myself though because I'd be mad if I didn't go.  I'm just slipping into a funk, I think, and trying to push against it.

Otherwise, SSDD.  Not too much going on, really.

levioosa

I'm so glad you're in a better spot now @ei34, even though it was so hard to get there. I hope your wound heals quickly and the kids let you relax! 

Good healing vibes for S @CharmedPam and for Defconn @mrsconn23

Hallelujah, this afternoon, tomorrow and all next week I get to work from home in the afternoon. I have been absolutely miserable and have even felt light headed and nauseous so definitely a touch of heat exhaustion. It was 93 in my office the past two days. I was sick, patients and the other providers are unwell, it's been awful. I've been trying to drink more water but it's so hard to keep up. It's a little annoying to drive all the way over here for four hours a day, but I'll take it. I probably could have pushed for total WFH for the next week, but I do have some patients I wanted to see in person and I feel awful canceling when they have to wait for their appointments. 

Otherwise SSDD. 

MyNameIsNot

Whoop whoop. I've been thinking it was Wednesday all morning and just checked in to see all the Prudies! Sadly I have to leave in 20 minutes to take the dog to the vet so I won't get to read them, but I'm excited that the weekend is closer than I thought anyway. 

Nothing much else going on here. There's a cloud of burning chlorine floating over the city that I think is giving me a headache and scratchy throat. Some days I think we're living in a hellscape. 

short+sassy

Geez!  What another super shitty week it has been.  Sorry for the upcoming rant.

We don't have that many rentals, so we can go months without spending money on repairs.  We got two calls in two days from different tenants.  One of them needed a washing machine.  That was $250 cash yesterday for a used one.  But it was from a used appliance store, so that also included delivery/installation plus a 30/Day warranty.  Don't get me wrong, a great price for all it included.  But unexpected money spent.

The other tenant had something wrong with her central a/c.  My H just called.  The motor went out and it's $775 to replace it.

Cool, great.  How I love to unexpectedly spend a GRAND over a couple days.

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I gained 5 lbs over 10 days.  Every single day, I gained more weight.  Sometimes it was only 0.2 lbs, sometimes it was more.  But it was every fricking day.  I did have my period during that time which explains some of it, but not all of it.  I lost 2.5 lbs overnight a couple days ago.  Okay, cool.  Maybe I'm heading back down.  Nope!  Gained 0.2 lbs today.  I don't usually stress about daily fluctuations because they happen all the time.  But after what just happened, I'm feeling very touchy about it.

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The FDA declared yesterday that Mounjaro/Zepbound are no longer in shortage.  503A compound pharmacies, who typically also sell to consumers, have to immediately stop selling tirzepatide (active ingredient in those drugs).  503B compound pharmacies, who often only sell to hospitals/large medical organizations, have 60 days to ramp it down.

Nobody expected it to happen that fast because it is a lie.  There are definitely still shortages for the name brand drugs.  But apparently the FDA can be bought off by pharmaceutical companies just like our politicians.  

I'll switch over to buying it from China and already have some recommended companies.  I should have done that a long time ago because it is a lot cheaper.  I liked the surety of knowing US compound pharmacies are regulated and I was definitely getting 97-99% purity tirz.  Though their tirz comes from China also.  Most of the world's peptides do.  There are a lot of good companies in that arena, but it's hard to tell who to trust because there aren't many reviews.

Most Chinese companies also get a Certificate of Authenticity from an independent lab, but those can potentially be sketch.  Like they have the COA from one lot, but send your peptides from a different lot.

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So there was a lot of talk about all the ways the US healthcare system sucks in the pandemonium on the tirzepatide subreddits. Understandable.

But this MYTH keeps coming up anytime anybody is talking about healthcare.

"Trump put a $35 cap on insulin."  "No, Biden put a $35 cap on insulin."

The truth?  They both did.  But for Medicare only.  

OMG, THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT PRICE CAP ON INSULIN.  I also don't know of any other medication that has a price cap in the US.

banana468

And let's talk about how insulin SHOULD have a price cap!

I'm angry, ANGRY at what it costs for Chiquita's treatments.  Like anyone with an autoimmune disease there isn't a cure and this is the best for her.    What could happen to hear in 8 years if this asshole gets elected scares the shit out of me. 

short+sassy

banana468 said:

And let's talk about how insulin SHOULD have a price cap!

I'm angry, ANGRY at what it costs for Chiquita's treatments.  Like anyone with an autoimmune disease there isn't a cure and this is the best for her.    What could happen to hear in 8 years if this asshole gets elected scares the shit out of me. 

A LOT of medications should!  They do in many other countries.

It's eyerolling our government brought Microsoft up on anti-trust charges.  But have completely ignored the pharmaceutical industry even though that has to do with people's health and their very lives.

Fingers crossed for Chiquita and all of us.

charlotte989875

Hi I miss you all. The new job is kicking my ass. So many meetings, so much listening, SO many questions that are basically just WHY???

short+sassy

charlotte989875 said:

Hi I miss you all. The new job is kicking my ass. So many meetings, so much listening, SO many questions that are basically just WHY???

We miss you, too!  I hope things start to get smoother.  And perhaps you can streamline some things so there are fewer "why" questions.