Mama Carol

I absolutely love Bangor, Maine. I've been there three times and would go again in a heartbeat. Astoria, OR is breathtaking and I'd go back there, too. Appleton, WI was a place I really enjoyed visiting though it was a very fast visit (on business). I've been to better than half of the states thanks to my brothers living in various places and my husband's travels in his job. While they all have their great points, I think what I liked about them best was being there with family. I've taken in baseball games in Kansas City, eaten in a quaint bistro in Grenada, MS, saw oil derricks in

My husband is on Medicare, so we don't have to consider him for healthcare. It's just me. Four more years to go to Medicare. We have to consider all income when applying for health insurance. My husband has Social Security and we know how much that is (here's a hint: very damn little). I work seasonally and make around $4000 a year. Or I don't work and make nothing. If I don't work, I have to pay almost $700 a month for my health insurance but if I work seasonally and make around 4k a year, I have to pay $188 a month for my health insurance. Granted, that little bit of income is b

All of that said, I am thankful that I have had insurance the past two years when my billed medical expenses have gone over $200,000. However, I would have had insurance anyway, required by an Act of Congress or not. And quite honestly, last years would have been as cheap, or cheaper, if I had purchased it myself and not gone through the Exchange. I am also thankful that I did NOT have Medicaid. I probably wouldn't be here if I had.

Mine went up about 250%. With the subsidy. Same plan as 2015. Yeah, good times. Never have I wished to be 65 as much as I do now.

We have mods??????? Who knew.

I have two grandsons who I have seen the grand total of three times. They are both in their 20s. Their parents made the decision in 1988 that we would not be allowed to be a part of their lives. We did absolutely, positively nothing wrong, morally or legally. No crime has been committed yet we were threatened with arrest if we so much as set foot on the parent's property.

The actions of the person I forgave were unforgivable. I forgave the person for my own mental and physical health. My hatred for them was making me sick while they were not suffering in the least. They are no longer part of my life. Neither do they carry the power to hurt me. They have to live with the consequences of their actions and I have to live with mine.

It takes two to fight. Sometimes one person doesn't want to apologize or call a cease fire. Doesn't mean the other one has to participate. Again, forgiveness isn't something you give to another person. It is what you give yourself for your own mental health. Does not mean you have to forget (because you usually can't) but it does mean that you have regained the power. You don't even have to allow that person back in your life.

The ONLY thing we have control over is ourselves. We can't control others, but we CAN and must have control over us. I learned a long time ago that forgiveness is not something we give to others. It is something we give to ourselves FOR ourselves. Anger is like drinking poison, expecting the other person to die. Not forgiving someone is like drinking poison expecting the other person to die. Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. In any case, WE are the one who suffers by holding a grudge. Like the song says 'Let It Go". You're hurting nobod

Maybe b4 Christmas Maybe

they make me nauseous as well. And generally don't really relieve the pain, just make me to where I don't care that I hurt. I have to take an anti-nausea drug with them, too. Couldn't wait to go off them after my knee replacements.

I suspect it will be PT and something like hydrocodone. At least I'll do the PT.

Nope, can't take aspirin or NSAIDs. Not even supposed to have cortisone which I was counting on for my shoulder pain. I can take Tylenol and have been in spite of the fact that I shouldn't take it. It seems to be working. For now. Yep, that just leaves "drugs". If I take them now, I'll have to stop once tax season starts.

Good to know even though I'm long past having kids. I just wish there was something one could take for pain if they are on Xarelto.

Hormonal birth control (eg, birth control pills) may not work as well while you are using aspirin/butalbital/caffeine. To prevent pregnancy, use an extra form of birth control (eg, condoms). http://www.drugs.com/cdi/aspirin-butalbital-caffeine.html

I don't know about that one either but antibiotics sure do. I know three women who got pregnant while on the pill and taking antibiotics. And my middle daughter got pregnant while on Depo-Provera (no antibiotics though).

Definitely.

Yep, that's our thinking as well. Sometimes people actually live longer than they should.

Except in the ones who die of drug overdoses.

Yeah, it pretty much is being used in place of Coumadin. No dietary restrictions, no routine tests. I was taking roughly 700 mg of aspirin a day. Yeah, two 325 or 350 mg BC powders every day. I got a blood clot and a pulmonary embolism anyway. My cardiologist said six months definitely for the Xarelto and he said "maybe" for life. I'm thinking six months. Maybe I should say I'm *hoping* six months only. I have the cute little Medic Alert bracelet now though, just in case I'm on this for life. Sure there were. Normal side effect of aging. Also common side effect of many m

My mother in law takes somewhere between 18 and 20 different medications, some of which are strictly to counteract the side effects of something. I do my research, too. My GYNs nurse insisted that I needed to be on cholesterol lowering drugs a couple of years ago. My cholesterol was 203! No way in hades am I going to ruin my liver for a cholesterol of 203. I did have to be on pain meds last year when I had my knees replaced. I had no choice. I took 1 pill at a time and usually every 6-8 hours instead of every 4-6 hours. By the third day, I was to 8-12 hours between them so I w

Until a month ago, just about all I took for aches and pains was aspirin. Now I can't take anything other than Tylenol which I shouldn't take at all. I wish I could remember the name of the book I read a couple of years ago about the "manufactured" problems (like ED in response to Viagra) that drug companies came up with. I remember reading it and going "yep, that one hasn't been around long. Just about the same length of time that medication has been". I had a local doctor call me a liar a couple of years ago because I was in my late 50s and not on any medications. He said eve

I'm in several support groups for one particular condition--hemochromatosis--and we say this all the time! There is little money put into research about this because it's easily treated by a simple act similar to blood donation. Yes, there are pills available to do the same thing but they have major side effects, are not as effective as the treatment that has been around for about 150 years and they have an exorbitant cost. Why should companies spend money to research what they know won't pay them back? I read the average cost of researching a new drug several years ago. It's in the mill

If you haven't had an iron panel, get one.

I grew up in Cobb. NONE of this surprises me.