I have used Dolciani with the last three of mine. I have no regrets, from my DS who is dyslexic, to my DS who is going into accounting.

Recently I started the Lizzie Grace series by Keri Arthur with Blood Kissed. I revisited some of my favorite authors with Phsy-Changeling Trinity #6, Storm Echo by Nalini Singh, and The Dark in You #8, Reaper by Suzanne Wright. I also reread Emerald Blaze, Hidden Legacy #5 by Ilona Andrews, and Smoke Bitten, Mercy Thompson #12 in preparation for new released in both series on Tuesday. 😉 I'm currently listening to a new series by Catherine Bybee, with book #1 When it Falls Apart. I enjoy the majority of Catherine Bybee's works on kindle unlimited audio, the exception being the Richter books. They make perfect fluff when I'm busy cleaning or doing other chores.

I think I've read that series 2 or 3 times now. Do not forget about Iron and Magic, and Blood Heir! I also enjoy their Hidden Legacy series, with the last of the current trilogy coming out on Tuesday.

My son is going into Japanese IV with Clare Kappenman and she is fantastic. He did Japanese I with Todd Godwin and then transferred to WTM. I would find out if he’s resolved his internet connection issues. We had a lot of problems with the class, simply because he didn’t have reliable internet. As a result, he wasn’t able to access any online classroom for the kids and they finally ended up on Zoom at weird times of the day to accommodate the internet issues. In the end, DS received an A and tested into Japanese II with minimal additional work needed to cover the Japanese I materials at WTM. ETA: I agree, start hiragana now.

I agree with the following: Get your PCP to order a CT of the chest asap. Get the referral for pulmonology going, but they will immediately order the CT of the chest anyway. Most don't do contrast, if needed they would then jump to a PET. Track your peak flows, morning and night and whenever you have pain. DH has areas that are tracked by CT yearly now as they are stable. He has had abnormal chest x-rays of large measurements that turn out to be related to viral illness, they're really only stepping off points to further diagnostics.

I was prescribed metformin, I had my first few pregnancies using injections, after a disastrous experience with clomid. Over time the metformin reversed by PCOS and my last few pregnancies were conceived naturally. I tried inositol at one point and went back on metformin because it got so out of control. Congratulations on your update! I took metformin until I hit 12 weeks with each pregnancy. I also took progesterone for the same period of time.

The kids each upgraded their echo dots to the 4th generation. I used the $200 gift card for opening and account and bought the $377 bread maker I've been watching for weeks for $83.

I have no idea when I last updated, so here goes: I finished a reread of the Jane Yellowrock in preparation for the end of the series, and found a few shorts I'd been missing along the way. I also did a reread of The Linesman series because I love Ean and saw it mentioned here in the lists again. I read a bit of the paranormal and urban fantasy with Annabel Chase's Midnight Empire, and Deborah Wilde's The Jezebel Files. I dabbled with Sarah J Maas's Crescent City, which is long at 803 pages, too long for me to be ready to read the next, which is a few pages longer. I read A Sense of Danger, the new Section 47 series by Jennifer Estep, which I enjoyed. I'd put Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assassin books on the back burner a while back, but the second in this series is due out soon and I have pre-ordered it. Otherwise I've been lost in space. 😀 Science Fiction/Space Opera has been my things this year. Far enough from any reality, and relatively straight forward to read seems to be the draw. I'm currently reading The Last Hunter Series by J. N. Chaney. I also started listening to Trouble with the Cursed by Kim Harrison. I haven't listened to any of the audibles for The Hollows series, so I'm not sure that I like the way it's going, through no fault of the narrator. I have built up a lot of audible credits I need to use.

I've decided mystery is just not my genre, but still following along. 🙂

My first easy question would be if you're wearing compression on your lower extremities? That's easier than meds and makes a big difference in POTS syncope for my child, second to fluid intake, which I assume you're already doing. 3L a day is a lot of fluid! My DS takes bupropion to stabilize blood pressure and prevent syncope per the POTS specialist.

Hugs, I hope it is as smooth a transition as possible.

@Mrs Tiggywinkleif you already have Ehler Danlos I would not want to leave POTS off your record since they often go hand in hand. My DS is waiting to see a specialist because they think he now meets the criteria for ED, where he didn't when he was younger, by a thin margin.

My son has POTS and another is showing symptoms. We never had stigma issues. We started out with Children's Hospital, but did end up at the University of Toledo, out of state, to see a leading specialist, so maybe that makes a difference. 🤷‍♀️ No one has ever mentioned anything about anxiety or depression to us. DS only goes to Toledo when needed, and sees a local neurologist that handles the headache side of things. We did have an experience where a local doctor tried to change meds, and the specialist about lost her mind because it was the exact opposite of how to treat a POTS patient, so I think proper diagnosis makes a big difference.

I would call the OB/GYN and be seen again. The dose of the metformin may also need adjusting. It took me about two weeks to stop bleeding each time I restarted it after a pregnancy. I also take meclofenamate to stop/slow bleeding when needed. Be sure she's taking a high quality iron supplement.

Congratulations! I love the picture.

https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-05-26/171019/texas-paramedic-learns-daughter-was-victim-in-school-attack/

I see a lot of comments to effect that if a police officers didn't want to stand up against a shooter with an AR-15, the shooter shouldn't have had access to that gun.

That’s not that far over normal. I’d see where it is in 4 weeks and otherwise discuss all supplements with your PCP.

What medication are you taking for your blood sugars if you are willing to state? Some promote weight gain. Glucotrol is notorious.

The community level metric: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/community-levels.html The transmission level metric: https://www.akingump.com/a/web/oHFiv6tLE6XqSTREwwMnN6/2nfajr/table-1.pdf In simplest terms, the community level is the new action level and the transmission level is the old standard that is kept around for healthcare use to understand what is really going on. So my community level is low, but in reality cases are climbing (doubling), and the percentage positivity is over 15% and rising. YMMV.

This is the Michigan community transmission map as of today. The new metrics are a joke, and most people don't realize they can change the metric choices. Source: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view?list_select_state=Michigan&data-type=Risk&list_select_county=26025

I am so very sorry for your loss.

I didn't even get half way through it before I abandoned the book. My sister said I just wasn't in the right mindset.

I found a now defunct group on Goodreads called Buddies Books and Baubles, which dubbed themselves as an Urban Fantasy Group, but seem to have a little bit of everything. There are a lot of the authors I normally read on their spreadsheets so I'm picking through to see what I may have missed over the last few years. 🙂 Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik, #2 in the Starlight Shadow series is already on my preorders for this July. It's Kee and Varro's story, and I hope it's as enjoyable as Octavia and Torran's story was for me. At my sister's insistence I'm going to give Red Rising by Pierce Brown another try, this time on audible. 🤞

I completed my reread of the Jane Yellowrock Series by Faith Hunter in preparation for the end of the series, and have been hopping around since then. I tried the Paradox Series by Rachel Bach. I finished the first two on audible, but then realized I wasn't invested enough to read the third. I came back to a few of my author/series and read Abandoned in Death by J.D Robb, and Beyond the Eyes of Mars, before reading a few kindle unlimited books for quick reads. I've given up any rhyme or reason this year.