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  1. I also have to confess that we bribed DS. $10 a shot or blood draw. He made a nice tidy sum the fall he had to get two H1N1 vaxes plus a flu shot.

     

    Bribery here too.  If he doesn't fight it he gets to go get a toy(small) after.  We have to do this for strep swabs and flu tests(the ol' bristly thing up the nose, ugh!) too. 

  2. I've only seen bits of the show with Farrah on it.  One scene that particularly stood out to me:  Sophia was with her Grandma(in Farrah's home) writing letters in a new journal her grandma had just given her.  She was loving it, then Farrah came along and insisted Sophia stop what she was doing and pose for a selfie with her.  Sophia kept saying no, she wanted to keep writing, and Farrah took her journal away and sent her to her room.  That just seemed nuts to me. :confused1:  

  3. I've had the 4 hour radioactive egg test done 3 times now.(I have Scleroderma).  It really is no big deal, just boring.  Take a good book with you.  You will eat the eggs and toast, get scanned, then wait an hour, scanned again, etc.

     

    I am actually having a gastric pacemaker implanted this week.  So, there are meds and procedures out there for gastroparesis.  Good luck on your test! 

  4. Absent OP having a mental illness that manifests in compulsive shopping or gambling or drug/alcohol abuse, the itemized list seems really controlling. If DH and I were sitting down, estimating fall expenses, he would throw out $X for baseball, I'd say $X for school supplies and classes and don't forget tutoring... He wouldn't ask me to prove how I spent it, even when we were struggling and using cash envelopes. I usually planned and shopped to hit the best sales, and I had the grocery cash. He wouldn't ask me for receipts.

     

    FWIW, his mother is BPD and a compulsive shopper and shopped their family into bankruptcy. I'd ask her for an itemized list and would insist on credit monitoring that would ping if she tried to open an account somewhere. With two mentally healthy people, there's no reason for one party to hold that much control, even with a tight budget.

     

    This.  That was the point I was trying to make, you put it much better than I could. :001_smile:

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    "It doesn't really matter if she's a spendthrift, does it? She is an equal partner in their marriage. She has a right to know how much money they have and how it is spent. She has a right to have some say in the budgeting. And if money really is exceptionally tight right now, as some posters have suggested, then she has a right to be told that openly and to participate in cutting their budget down rather than having it imposed on her without any reason being given.Everybody in this world deserves access to information on their finances."

     

     

    No, it doesn't matter, you're right about this.  She should have full knowledge of their financial situation.  And one person should not have the "say so" on what is allowable as far as spending goes.  It needs to be a joint effort.

  6. I think you'll be able to find a pain med(Percocet, as others have mentioned) that will be safe.  When I had some unexpected medical issues come up while I was nursing, I just asked at the hospital for a breast pump, and they were always able to get one from maternity for me to use.  BTW, my ds was always able to resume nursing just fine once I was back home.  I hope everything goes smoothly for your surgery((hugs)). 

  7. I've had several EMGs.  They aren't nearly as bad as they sound.  And it is a quick test.  There are certain things(spinal stenosis in my case) that a chiropractor just can not help with.  Believe me, I tried.  I would get the EMG so your dr. has the info they need.  If everything is ok, then your doc. might give you the go ahead for the chiro.  Good luck!

  8. Aimee, I grew up spending weekends with a dad and stepmother who fought all the time.  Always yelling, screaming, me hiding in my room.  Then I'd go home and never tell my mom what was going on.  I just want to commend you for trying to protect your daughter from this. 

     

    I eventually stopped going for overnights because I was just too busy with the things teens do.  Maybe that is the excuse you can use, just a normal busy teen social life. 

     

     

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