The first line drug for type 2 (metformin) is an older drug with generics that are not that expensive. The newer drugs are more expensive but there is no reason to use them unless the other stuff isn’t working. Testing strips are more expensive than medication.

It doesn’t, Harry Truman had a plaque on his desk that said it. It’s a reference to the phrase “passing the buck” it was a way for him to acknowledge that he was ultimately responsible for everything that happened under his administration as president.

She was sitting in the passenger seat of her parked car and opened it to add sweetener and creamer. That is a normal thing people do. There was an issue with the lids because McD’s uses different ones now. McD’s knew the coffee was being served too hot but kept doing it to get more shelf life out of each batch. She…

She has a video on you tube where she justifies her modesty in relation to feminism. It made me roll my eyes. It’s basically says it’s all good because she’s choosing to do it not just because it a dictate of her religion.

the eruv line thing confuses me especially in places like Manhattan where it basically encompasses the whole island. Expanding it to that degree seems to the violate it’s entire purpose in the first place so either just break the rule and go where you want or stay home.

I get that which is why I brought it up but making HS sports non competitive is a thing that is just not going to happen. People are way too tied up in their school rivalries for enough people to ever get behind it.

Yeah but her plan ( this is my district) is bad or at least bad for my half of the county. She wants to take the money from the 66 tolls that’s supposed to be used to fix the 66/28 interchange and use it to widen and remove lights on 28 past the interchange towards Manassas. This is what they did before the…

Really ? because if all teams were co-ed there would be no girls on them. Or at least very very few. As long as they’re competitive they are going to pick the kids giving them the best chances to win so they are going to pick boys over girls almost every single time. Eliminating inter school competitions a different…

If you’ve ever done IVF you know the number of eggs that make it from retrieval to blastocyst (day 5 ) is depressingly low.

I got the flu a few years ago and almost passed out while the nurse was doing my weigh in at the Dr’s office. It was 3 days of utter misery and over a week until I was fully better. The number of people who diagnose themselves with the flu drive me crazy. I get a shot every year since I will do anything to stop from…

This thing is doctors can rarely say things are 100% certain. As someone who as been through cancer treatments with my husband and fertility treatments myself I know that we rarely got a definitive answers on anything. I was all may, should and generally.

My husband and I yell “Dujour means friendship” at each other all the time. Almost no one else gets it.

I don’t donate through the red cross but through our local giant healthcare conglomerate. I’ve donated regularly to them since I moved to the area. When my FIL needed lots of blood after an operation I was able to give him my “credits” so he wouldn’t be charged for the blood. I have them to use if I ever need them and…

A Negative It’s one of the less common ones but not super rare. I’m guessing they tell everyone there is a need for their type. I do know they always want O Neg since it’s a universal donor.

I know you would think I was the only person in the DC metro with my blood type. The only break I get is the 6 weeks after I give them some blood.

There are similar things but most have time frames related to incubation periods for certain infections. We have the injection one but it’s if you’ve done in the past year or so. There is a specific time frame related to the mad cow out break for traveling and living in the UK. My FIL couldn’t donate blood but I can’t…

When Chiropractors stay in their own lane they can be good. I went to one for back and neck issues after a car accident and it really helped. He had me on a plan that made sense with the end goal of not needing appointments anymore. The guy he shared office space with was one of the totally woo ones that thought that…

My friends mom had an enormous doll collection. It had it’s own room that was just filled with shelves and shelves of creepy dolls staring at you. One time I offered to feed their cat while they were away and had to bring my brother with me because it was too scary to go in the house by myself knowing the dolls were…

I posted this above but my parents are HOH and my brother and I know ASL but there are huge gaps in our vocabularies because we really only ever used it with our parents who also do speak. People always want dirty words and phrases which we don’t really know since my parents don’t use those types of words at least not…

Interpreting is often a thing people who are familiar with a language think they can do until they are called on to do it. I grew up interpreting ASL for my parents but that was generally in one on one situations where I could ask the speaker to wait. I’m so out of practice now I wouldn’t even be comfortable with…