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complaint: I just can't with the stupid juice in the water today.
It was a 21-hour day, and Teen Kiddo still isn't vaccinated... because I went to Costco, and apparently part of our insurance is that as a minor, they're in the "Vaccines for Kids" (or similarly named) program... which means insurance will only cover her shots at a clinic. (This was not communicated AT ALL.) Because if you're promoting getting kids vaccinated, why on earth would you make it easy and accessable for them to actually... get vaccinated? To top it off, the clinic doesn't even have covid shots available. At all. So insurance won't cover it unless I go to the place that doesn't have it. It's $300+ out of pocket, and even if I could afford that, paying for vaccines out of pocket means all three of us could lose coverage entirely. "It's rare, but it's a possibility," the pharmacist said. I'm thinking given the current *waves hands at the state of everything*, it's likely to be less rare than in previous years.
So now I get to call insurance and beg them to make some sort of exception so that my kids can actually get their shots.
This was after the greeter at the door told me I couldn't go in yet because regular-member hours didn't start until 10. When I told her my kid had a vaccine appointment at 10, she said that worked out fine because that was when I was allowed to enter. So I'd need to wait right here (pointing to the spot two feet before the entrance!!) until then. I told her the instructions said to be at the pharmacy fifteen minutes early.
“Oh, well in that case you can go in; I didn’t know about that.”
Even letting aside that she should stinking well know that as a greeter… Lady, what medical appointment have you EVER gone to that told you to arrive exactly at your appointment time? They all want you there 10-15 minutes early!
And the fun I didn't mention about the dental specialist today... after telling me my tooth is healthy with no sign of infection, he said if there was any, it would be very obvious given that my initial appointment was over a month ago, and the pain's been longer than that. So he said he thought I needed to see a different specialist, but first he wanted me to come back in a month for another x-ray just to ensure there was no infection causing the problem. I asked if he thought that was likely, given he’d just said that there was zero evidence of anything wrong. He said it wasn’t. I asked if it would be possible to just give me that referral on this visit, or if there was some regulation that required a second one, He said he could write me that referral today if that was what I wanted.
No, truly, I'm bored out of my wits and have nothing better to do than come in for another dental x-ray for no reason whatsoever. Isn't that everyone's idea of a good time??
non-complaint: At least I got sleep eventually? Poor Little Dude apparently decided he was going to wait for me to return... Mom reports he had a surprisingly emotionally regulated visit considering how tired he obvious was. Within two minutes of me stepping in the door and greeting him, he curled up on the couch and went to sleep. I managed to rouse him enough to get him into the car, though I wound up carrying him to bed once we got home (...up two flights of steps. oof.) So he had a 21-hour day, too, but he slept HARD and woke cheerful. And now we'll be awake long enough after the sun rises to be able to go for a walk.
Well.. I had Covid in September. In the UK this year's Covid peak seems to have possibly passed, with flu ramping up. The attached graph from the UK Health Security Agency shows the % infection rates of people tested in hospital who might be presenting symptoms of a respiratory virus like flu, RSV or Covid, and that graph is the one for Covid. The actual source of the graph is here: https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/. There is no longer mandatory reporting or isolation of Covid over here and you can go to work with it... Assuming, of course, you are well enough.
Regards,
Richard
We're anticipating our quademic to pick up with the Thanksgiving holiday gatherings at the end of November.... And there are states that are pushing for kids to go in to school no matter how sick they are to "solve" the absentee problem. (Because obviously that's great for both the kid and everyone else.) It's going to be a complete mess this winter. I'm not sure if there will be any data, or if it would be reliable, especially considering that healthcare is so expensive that most people don't go in unless it's really dire. But you only need like three and a half braincells to see it coming. Each winter seems worse than the last for the past few years, and I can't see any reason this one would break the trend.
We're still practicing spring-2020 level of precautions due to high risk factors in our pod, so hopefully we'll still manage to dodge it, but I do feel better having vaccines as an extra level of mitigation.
Complaint: I called in my refills for two meds yesterday and found out that instead of refills taking 3 - 4 work days, they are now taking 3 weeks. One of them is a shot I have to give myself every two weeks for high blood pressure. It actually works and I get two shots, for a month, and I can't reorder until the last shot is used. Now I will miss a week. The other is pills taken daily and I am not sure I have enough to last. My life does not depend on it, but my quality of life does. Earlier this week I picked up prescription refills called in the week prior and there was no notice given of delays coming.
Non-Complaint: Kind of. Google let me know I was close to exhausting my limit of storage again. So I have been cleaning out email files, including DAZ emails. I have been making sure I have copies of my orders downloaded and it is sad to see how many of the things I bought since 2016 I have not used or installed in new systems. But happy to glimpse items I love to use often that are old and reliable friends. It is slowing down my purchases.
I'm so sorry. There really needs to be some sort of a system in place that doesn't make so many people ride on the precarious edge with their medications... especially because things like this DO come up. My parents keep slamming into this sort of issue too, and it's so not cool.
Complaint: Customer support at the health insurance assured me that they do in fact cover Novavax for my kid! ...they just don't cover anywhere that actually gives it. And the place I always take Little Dude now won't do it without a well-child check, which I can't get him in for because I can't mask him, so I'd be putting him at more risk trying to get the stupid thing than just going without.
But hey, everybody whine that not enough kids are getting vaccinated!
I'm going to go unconsious at the rate I'm beating my head on this desk.
I used to roof and love laying shingles down, but I don't love shingles lying on me. Talk about pain.
I think I can get better luck finding a realistic puppy from my local spca. The ones from spca are very realistic. It even comes with vet bills and food costs. Oh don't forget the leash and vet approved dog toys or your shoes might become a chew toy. Especially, the expensive real leather shoes.
OK, I'll talk about pain. Viral menengitis. Worst headache imaginable. Head explodes if you move, so you try to remain still. However, dead cells in your spinal fluid settling onto infected tissues along the inside of the spine feel like fire up your back if you don't move, so you try to move to stir it up again. No relief either way. Drove myself to the hospital after trying to weather it at home for 8 hours, crawled into the emergency room. They plopped me on a bed and shoved big needles into my spine to get a sample of spinal fluid, told me that it was either viral or bacterial menengitis but it would take three days to grow a culture to determine which. Meanwhile all they could do was give me industrial strength Tylenol and charge me $8,000 (30 years ago) for the bed for 3 days. If the test turned out to be viral, it would all be over naturally in three days and I'd survive. If it was bacterial I'd likely be dead by then. Not comforting news. How's that for pain?
Now, how about a full description of shingles?
Shutting it up over here, boss.
Always a great movie.
@AgitatedRiot, I had shingles in 2014 for two weeks. You have my deepest sympathy. @LeatherGryphon my little sister had menengitis right after she started college. I wasn't in the States at the time, but from what I understand, she was also very sick and wiped out for months and it pretty much destroyed that hope for college. Not a disease I want to go near. At least now there is a vaccine for the different strains.
I've never had Shingles but I've known people who did. Described to me as insidious/annoying/debilitating nerve pain that can last for weeks/months in some cases. No sir, don't wanna try it. Took my chances with the vaccine 'cause I had Chicken Pox, twice.
I just had an appointment for a physical last week. I had to make it in August. My daughter was diagnosed with a deviated septum last December. She couldn't get an appointment with a surgeon who accepts her insuance until this September. She just got the surgery a few weeks ago. Don't let people tell you medicine moves faster in the US. It doesn't.
This. The clinic where I did my capstone clinical rotation for my BSN, we had people driving from out of state because there was nowhere closer that handled those issues. (It was 6+ hours in good weather, and that is not a guarantee from October through April.) The wait times were not pretty.
I suspect the system works best somewhere in the world where we've been told it doesn't work at all.
My brother was pretty impressed with the care in Japan when he needed it. Of course, it might still have a lot of issues and just seemed good compared to what he was used to here. (The one exception was trying to get a covid shot when they first came out, but I'm not sure there's any country that handled that one well.)
Shingles pain is often described as burning, stabbing, or shooting nerve pain that can be severe and persistent. It usually begins before the rash appears and may linger long after the skin heals.
I won't mind it so much if it didn't appear in my genital area. I would recommend getting the shingles vaccine before you get Shingles. The one thing the doctor wouldn't let me leave without was pain pills, saying You are going to need these.
How to describe my pain. On Nov 1st, I was walking around a Halloween party, and all of a sudden, it felt like I got kicked by a mule right above the testicles and started vomiting. Went home the next day, same pain, slight rash. Day three, a Lot of Pain, A lot of rash. Now resting, falling asleep, every time. I take a pain pill.
Can't you phone at 8AM sharp, be number fity-six in the queue, and possibly get a call-back from the triage nurse to see if you are too feeble to manage to answer the pnone, in which case you will be added as an appointment that afternoon?
Me, I was at work early in the morning as normal, and all of a sudden, pain, itching and stopped being able to think. I was lucky to work with a number of nurses who took one look at my back at the waistline and backed away. Shingles! Go home, but first call your doctor to confirm, get prescriptions. My company had lined out the Shingles vaccine as not necessary. My doctor was able to see me, with the clinic's pharmacist and set me up. Unfortunately, this was before delivered food, so I had to leave home to get groceries and meds but otherwise was to stay away from everyone, especially pregnant women. But it was at the waist, and it was miserable to sleep or sit against anything. That itch never went away. And to top it all off, I wasn't paid during that time. The state wanted me to run around and get signatures to prove I was sick, which I couldn't do. My company wouldn't let me take sick leave or regular leave. So, I was lucky I had savings. And when I came back to work, the two guys who covered for me... well let's not go there. It took me a month to clean up the mess. My doctor here in Colorado had me get the new Shingles vaccine when it came out. You can get it again.
Reading what everyone is put through to get care, well I am glad I lucked into UC Health in Denver. The only thing they don't have are dentists and the everyday eye doctors. Those I have to scrounge for. And prescriptions at the base, which are kind of iffy right now.
Well, the good thing about shingles is it's only contageous by direct contact, and only to people with no immunity to chickenpox, but that's probably the only good thing. I'm eagerly awaiting getting my vaccine, as I'm just slightly too young to qualify. I know people my age and younger who've gotten it, but not enough people suffer under the magical age of 50 to make it worthwhile to clear it for my bracket.
For those who have gotten vaxed, it might be worth your while to check if you got the Zostavax version, as the newer Shingrix version works better, and it's recommended to get an updated series. The switchover haappened in late 2017.
To get shingles, you must have the chickenpox virus inside your body. Anyone who has had chickenpox has this virus. After you recover from chickenpox, the virus moves to nerves inside your body, where it goes to sleep. You will always have the virus inside your body. If the virus wakes up, you get shingles. Yes, you can pass Shingles by Direct contact.
That's what I said. It's contageous by direct contact to people without chickenpox immunity (ie, no vax, no history of illness).
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/shingles/symptoms-causes/syc-20353054
I had the Shingrix vaccine. I am very lucky with my current doctor who is an Internist an keeps an eye on my vaccines and makes sure I am up to date with the latest ones.
One of my back-ups was a nurse who had never had chicken-pox as a child. He wouldn't come within 20 feet of me while I tried to brief him on my open cases. When I drove onto Vandenberg SFB to pick-up my prescriptions, the guard was a pregnant security policewoman. I had to keep my window rolled-up and ask her to get a male to examine my ID. I explained I was contagious and could harm her and her baby. My doctor had warned me of that. And this was before it was common for masks to be available. I now keep a box in my entryway, just in case I am sick and have to go out.
Glad to hear you have good med staff watching out for you. :)
I asked my boyfriend if he wants to marry me. We are actually in a pre engagemet. It is more to let the support team know that we are serious about going to the next level.
Right now I am having difficulty reading. The letters are blurry. I don't know why. I can read though. At least the letters are not turning into Cyrillic mixed with alien text. That does happen.
complaint: The caffeine wore off. Not authorized.
non-complaint: In spite of being Very Sad (tm) at 3 AM that it was too dark to go for a walk, Little Dude has not requested one since the sun rose a couple hours ago. I'm hoping this trend continues. It's 26 degrees base temp, and the windchill has it down to 12. He's not going to enjoy that as much as he thinks he will.