Walmart and Target have pharmacies here. But your description is close. That is too bad you've had such a bad experience with treating your condition. I know that there is a subset of women who are not helped with metformin treatment. I never lost weight on metformin, but my periods normalized within a few months.…

Also, if you get online coupons and are smart about sales, you can cloth your kids (especially if they aren't into brands) pretty well for not a huge cash outlay. I've even bought winter gear (boots, snowpants, and jackets) off season and saved crazy amounts of money. It is a bit of a risk, but worth it. Especially…

My kids are still in grade school so resusable lunch bags are the norm. But "last more than a year" - HA! After a whole school year and one summer at camp, those poor bags should be burned to kill whatever super-strain of mold and bacteria has emerged from the spilled yogurt, crumb, ranch dressing, and carrot stick…

In the Twin Cities metro area, the trash thing is a big deal. Some cities/counties roll trash haulage fees into your property taxes or have a separate line item for the service. In other communities, there is a line item for recycling but not trash. The actual costs are about the same. The big disadvantage of each…

I take a daily statin - the lowest possible dosage. Mine is down to the normal range. Two things on the metformin - one, it is now available in a generic so if you get it at a Target or Wal-mart it may only for $4 or so. Assuming you are US based. My experience was that I need to find the right dose to get relief…

It was so easy - just garlic and olive oil, a can of diced tomatoes, vodka, cream, a whirl with the immersion blender and then the basil. I never thought of adding cauliflower to the sauce - though it make senses because it is so good in tikka masala sauce which is very similar to a tomato cream pasta sauce.

Mashed cauliflower. Barely qualified as a vegetable after the butter and cream cheese, but it was darn tasty. And a great Cook's Country recipe for turning chuck roast into an actual beef roast. Used half of the roast that was left from making the sour cream fest that is the Foodspin stroganoff recipe. Last night…

If you have PCOS, type 2 is an extremely common symptom/related condition. One of the main treatments for PCOS is metformin which is actually a medication original intended for type 2 diabetes. I've been on it for over years now and I have normal glucose and insulin levels plus regular periods. And it helped with…

One thing I do to get people in my family to eat more veggies - roast them. Seriously, it is MAGIC. Beets, carrots, brussel sprouts, cauliflower (my favorite), beans, broccoli, and onions are a few that I make regularly. There are various techniques you can use, but they are all variations on - olive oil, kosher…

This is what I do - I set hours when I turn off when I'm home. Usually between 4 and 8, then I will catch up. It's so hard. Especially if you are stressed about money and keeping your position. I have to constantly remind myself that I'm good at my job and not about to be fired. To cope, I exercise and watch…

I was tired at work at the other day and had worked through lunch, so I got a coke from the machine. A real coke. Holy crap. I was so wound up that I was shaking and talking fast and like some cartoon character in an anti-drug PSA who tries meth. I used drink a ton of DC but have cut waaaaay back on soda and caffeine…

Wow. I didn't understand that part. That's a bit over the top. It took several years of us living together before my husband would work with raw chicken - he had seen some factory farming documentary in high school and thought it was unbearably gross. A lot of the dishes I would recommend probably fall outside his…

My husband is ok when he has a recipe. He's not good at "winging it" - he needs a plan and ingredients. Maybe talking to him and planning something out will help. Good luck.

Depending on what those careers are, you may be better served by getting a degree more specific to those fields.

I went and graduated almost 15 years ago so my experience may be out of date. Here's my advice - go to a school where you want to practice unless it is a big name school. Don't go unless you really want to practice. Really want to practice. Shadow a local attorney to see what various types of practice are really like.…

Personally, I try not to care about the assholes I went to high school with. It appears that the popular girls, by and large, got married and had kids. I went to college, law school, got married, started a career, and had kids. And I explored life beyond the northeast. Unlike the vast majority of people from my high…

Sixth weather related day off from school for my kids. We cannot get our cars out of the alley or back in if we managed to get out. The polar vortex is coming back. I started drinking at three. A co worker had TWO plows stuck on her street. I have completely gone round the bend.

Or you can do what I do - tell them how much it hurts and how they use HUGE needles. That's right kiddos - needles plural. Scares them off of tattoos. Mine is private and for me. My daughter calls it my cutie mark like on the Little Ponies.

Me, too! If I get my prescriptions at CVS, I can get the 90-day supply at the lower price point and don't have to go through the mail in hassle. And with our weather being what it has been this winter, I don't think I want my meds going through the mail. Sadly, I don't live in a state that allows them to sell…

Oh god. I know of whom you speak. They should all get lost in Tom Emmer's hair.