I could have written your post lol. Did did same thing, but went from 5 ft 5 1/2 in to 5ft 6 in. She had a knee X-ray at 12 and the doctor said her growth plates were almost closed, but it took another 6 months before her last 1/2 in growth spurt.

That is terrible. And another shared pet peeve lol. After carefully and thoughtfully filling out the history, no one actually reads it.

And side effects. They just try to give you another Rx to "treat" the problem.

I think it is becoming more and more of a problem, this lack of coordination. My mother is facing the same kind of issues with her PCP. When she moved to my town 5 years ago, we set about choosing a doc for her. It came down to 2 choices: the only MD in town who advertises a geriatric specially or a concierge practice Doctor. She went with the "geriatric" doc who rushes her through appointments, chops her up and ships her off to specialists, refuses to go over her long med list for interactions or unneeded meds. When she was hospitalized for a serious illness, her PCP had no involvement at all, because the only medical center in town uses the hospitalist model. It is beyond frustrating and leaves her feeling unheard, and simultaneously under- and over-treated.

The amount of compression applied greatly determines the discomfort level. Not the only thing, but a large part of it. I had one tech that handled it perfectly. She explained that the more compression, the better, but that it needed to be within what I could tolerate, so she was going to apply compression until I told her to stop. That element of control was hugely effective for me. It took away the fear. Unfortunately, I only had her once, and other techs haven't done that. They just slammed them in and bam! Shoot the image! Done! My mother, a nurse, worked at a breast care center doing manual breast exams. Her personal experience with mammograms was that they were mildly uncomfortable but certainly not painful. Until one time she said it hurt so bad that she thought she was going to pass out. I say this not to scare you, but to encourage you to please speak up if it does hurt. A repositioning or reduction in compression may relieve the problem.

I agree. And those kinds of assessments are often learned by what one hears applied to them by parents and other significant persons. So they are internalized and repeated to and about oneself. If conserving energy is a basic human drive (expressed in a continuum: more so in some than in others) then what we term laziness is an adaptive behavior. Of course, we need to do enough to survive, but might it be that some of us instinctively feel certain types of energy expenditures will be detrimental to our well being? We may be wrong, just as the drive for food or sex may be over expressed to our detriment, but it seems understandable and may not be a character flaw, whatever that is. Applying guilt and shame doesn't work to make those basic human drives go away.

Lisa, you have done a superhuman thing. I am completely amazed at your ability to at this point think rationally about the whole situation. I would be a puddle of goo on the floor without any brain cells. What's up with the water?!

So how does one objectively measure or assess "laziness"?

And I am mad for Jane. Boundaries.

I was in jr. high when Title IX was passed. Previous to 8th grade, all boys and only boys took shop, and all girls and only girls took home ec. Is it weird that I still remember that Lily Liptak was the first (and only) girl to take shop the year I was in 8th grade? My sister who was a year younger than me took shop when she was in 9th grade. I stuck with home ec, and continued to take sewing classes throughout high school. Starting in 8th grade, girls P.E and boys P.E. could no longer be designated as such. The teachers and counselors told us verbally which section number to register for so that we ended up in the correct spot. That seemed really dumb to me at the time.

I think it is reasonable to expect her to do an online class in a separate area so that you may continue with daily activities and not have to be quiet. I also think it is reasonable for her to want to be near the rest of the family at other times. Can you choose one acceptable spot, run an extension cord and tape it to the floor (or up a wall and over a doorway or whatever) where she can plug in as needed and make one safe spot to stash the laptop?

The OTC PPI's are all extended release, which are not to be split due to the coating.

Magnesium will likely help with bp too. It did for me. There is a Rx 10mg omeprazole that is not available OTC if you need it to help wean.

ROFLMAO

Actually, if you go to "promotion details", it seems to say that the discount will be applied to the qualifying items proportionally, and shipping may be charged. Also, only $5.99 discount may be used per order. So, buying 10 items won't earn you free shipping for 2 boxes.

Call customer service. They should be able to fix the issue or explain what is going on.

Tdap in 2013.

Wow. I just took my mother to vote. They had a separate line and voting area for disabled and those over 75. Since Mom uses a walker, they immediately steered her into that line and she was in and out in about 10 minutes. Wonderful!

I am so sorry for your loss. Hugs

It is so very painful to have a child in distress and not be able to fix it. BTDT with the no friend situation. The one person dd opened up to never spoke to her again. It wasn't until she moved out and interacted with completely different persons of completely different backgrounds that she found kinship. Breathe. Do what you can and know that can't fix it all.

I think that she would need to contact the guy directly and offer to settle out of pocket. I have never heard of settling out of pocket with insurance, but what do I know. Lol

Sometimes the violence takes the form of suicide. Sometimes, a young gay person has heard words over and over again that convinces them that something is fundamentally wrong with them because they are fundamentally different from others who more nearly match a presented ideal. Often that ideal comes from religion. No one has beaten that youth. No one has has been physically aggressive. And yet the power of words convinces that youth that there is no hope for them because despite any and all attempts at matching the ideal, they know they are different. Words matter.

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Adorable! Congratulations! Maybe you already posted this, but did you have a scheduled c section as planned? I wondered because of the Sunday birth.

Oh no. It must be so frustrating for both of you.