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I've had this happen twice recently at different practices. I was not comfortable in agreeing to this , so while I signed the paperwork for other items appearing on the page, I circled the part giving blanket consent, initialed it and wrote that I would give consent for procedures, treatments, medications, etc., on a case-by-case basis, after discussion with the doctor. In both instances, the appointments were for my children. One practice looked over the form and then filed it. The second practice questioned my concern and acted as if it was strange that I had a problem with it. I have always carefully read any form that I've signed and thought it was odd that they were now asking for this type of authorization.

2004 Suburban with 300,000+ miles. We *love* this car, it's been a good one for us.

One of my favorite places to pass a few hours while near Orlando is http://www.showcaseofcitrus.com/ . It's one of the only citrus farms in Florida where you can pick your own fruit. I can't describe how heavenly the air smells while there and the farm is beautiful. You can get one of their bags and mix-n-match whatever fruit you want for one price. They have all sorts of oranges, lemons, limes, tangerines, grapefruit, pomelos, tangelos... We really love going there!

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