I ate ice cream at 4:30 this afternoon. I’m ready for dinner now. Which will be delicious. Took me 43 years and 11 months to get here. <3

I’m in my mid 40s and I still worry about what my mother is going to say to me when I’m body checked at her front door. When I was deathly ill and brought my tube feeds (complications from multiple abdominal surgeries) and weighed way too little, she was all “but your thighs though! You up for some bathing suit…

As I am well aware, but perhaps it did not come across in the overall tone of my post. For upsetting you, I am sorry.

Anything less than 20% and she’d have to pay PMI. And that’s just for us poors when we buy our first place. ;)

Good for you guys. I hope you find something great!

As a parent of three people on the cusp of adulthood, I literally can’t even. Our parents gave us gift cards to Home Depot and all of the Time Life Home repair library of books when we bought our first home. Is it now a thing that parents make down payments?

I went to CC for confirmation that we were on the right path. It was an overall positive experience as everyone there from physician to receptionist to EVS is supportive and kind. They know that people travel from really far away and are respectful. Even the finance people were nice. Let them send you to different…

I am so sorry this is happening to you. Remember that they are working for you. Demand their attention. Squeaky wheel and all. Get an appointment in three months? Be really polite about letting the receptionist know you will be calling to see if there are any cancelations on a semi regular basis. I like giving them a…

Oh my. If I ever heard a colleague just off the bat say that to a patient, you bet they were pulled aside. Unfortunately, it was only “proper” to do that among your own - so nurses. I wouldn’t dare to a doc - a few PAs, sure. But unless the person has tried to steal your DEA # (that happens and people get a little…

Oh no. This is terrible. Can you see a pain doc? It will be cheaper in the long run than buying untrusted meds off the street - not to mention risky. If you are suicidal, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room right now. <3

Have you found CBT as an effective tool? I am a fellow professional asking here. I can see how some people can greatly benefit without the underlying stressor of a chronic medical condition. I wonder if that is an overlapping population though - those that would benefit. I did some talk therapy after I stopped opiates…

This is spot on. Took me a long time to get over the guilt of not being able to restore myself to my former level of functioning despite multiple abdominal surgeries and chronic medical issues that remain. I’ve decided to take the good days as that, and enjoy them. Bad ones are bad enough without making myself feel…

I’m currently under the care of a pain management physician (among multiple others) and I also pee in the cup every month. Not only are they screening for non prescribed meds but that you are also taking what is prescribed so that they can adjust accordingly. I stopped opiates about 5 months ago because they were not…

Mr. X has a big straight old man crush on Joanna. I have had to endure back to back episodes. At least with Nigella, I got to see good food being made - ditto with Giada and whatever she was doing over the “welcoming swell of her Busoms” (A direct quote. He’s quite cheeky)

It takes resources to stay out of the hospital and have horrific “end of life” interventions - the boilerplate advance directive is meaningless in the face of a crying POA yelling “SAVE HER!” at ER staff. But this death is actually Pintrest worthy. In a perfect world, we’d all go out on our own terms. As a fellow…

I figured it would be a thing of the past or at least challenged before long. Mixed feelings. Like this guy and Brock Turner and all the others of their ilk.

But he’s going to have to check “yes” on the question “have you every been convicted of a felony, please explain” box on every job application!1!!1! How terrible that this will follow him for the rest of his life. (/sarcasm). FFS.

Hogwarts is probably cheaper.

Data plan being chewed up will help confirm or deny I guess, but I’m an Old, so this is just insanity. (My middle son meets up with his friends once a week for some Pokemon Go and night Ultimate Frisbee - they wear glowsticks, which is pretty cool. But these kids have day jobs and/or summer classes, so they don’t stay…

Start separating things, getting the utilities in your name, etc. Highlight each month’s cc bill as to what you are not paying for. (Pay per view, video games, etc.) Unless he is a stay at home parent who cooks, cleans and takes care of children, of course. But somehow I am doubting this is the case. Good luck and I…