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Mama Carol

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  1. Hubby and I went yesterday and voted. In and out in about 7 minutes. After the two to two and a half hour wait in the early voting we did back in 2008 in the Presidential election we both swore we would never again go early. This was much, much better.
  2. It's rare that we turn on the air before June. We did last year and didn't turn it off until something like October. But then again, we don't ever have $300 electric bills.
  3. I also remember 1978 when there was snow on the ground on something like March 17 or 18. It was about a week before we got married. And in 1983, it snowed in mid to late March. I started a new job and the first day there was snow in the parking lot.
  4. The blizzard wasn't in 1999. My daughter graduated from high school in 1999. The blizzard was when she was in middle school. I'm wanting to say maybe 1993. Poor kid had broken her thumb and was due to go back to get a second cast on Monday after the blizzard. She fell on the ice coming out of the doctor's office and bruised herself up pretty bad. Fortunately, she didn't break anything else. Was that 1973? I remember the year I graduated we had at least one snow after the first day of spring. I'm thinking we had two. Since I HATE snow, I'm hoping it continues to stay warm.
  5. OH yes, the MRI was very conclusive. He does NOT have a herniated disk. He does have degenerative disk disease, spinal stenosis and osteoarthritis of the spine. NONE are helped, generally, by nerve blocks since the pain is not nerve related. He was treated with pain meds and muscle relaxers but he didn't like the way he felt while on them so he stopped. Cold turkey. Really rough week to ten days with withdrawal but since that time he has taken an occasional pain pill and/or muscle relaxer when it gets bad. He realized that he hurt no less on the meds than he did off them, so he decid
  6. Hubby has had an epidural, a facet joint block and another type of block, none provided any pain relief. His pain is not coming from a ruptured disk so nerve blocks have basically no effect on the pain. At this time, he is not a candidate for surgery either. There is no guarantee surgery would give pain relief.
  7. I believe this was the real estate agent who said that.
  8. That answers the burning question of "is that station open or closed". So now I will have an OPEN convenience store to look at out the window. Cool.
  9. Really hoping and praying that you get some relief from the nerve block. I've talked to people who had great success with them. My hubby did not, but his pain is caused by something that nerve blocks traditionally do not help.
  10. I went to high school with a girl who was the oldest of 5. Four girls and then FINALLY while my friend was in high school (junior or senior year), her parents had the son they wanted. They had no more kids. OTOH, one of the librarians at my school was one of either five or six girls. Her parents kept trying to have a boy but never did. Hubby and I wanted a son after his two girls. We got a girl. Two years later, I got my tubes tied because the odds were not getting better that the next one would be a boy and I didn't want a houseful of girls. And like you said, three is enough. I
  11. She might have tried. I got the impression he didn't like being told no and didn't like anyone telling him something he didn't want to believe or didn't want to hear. Apparently several people advised him to forget about the affair and work things out with his wife.
  12. Affair? Yes. Consensual? In the beginning. I think when she told him she was not leaving her husband is when he decided to kill the husband. We stayed glued to the TV yesterday afternoon watching the trial. Unless the defense comes up with witnesses that saw Neumann acting crazy or knows he attempted suicide, I don't believe the jury will buy the "not guilty by reason of insanity" plea. The witnesses who testified yesterday seemed to have been privy to a lot of his personal life, in some cases more than they wanted to know, but not a one of them said they knew of him being depresse
  13. In the absence of two loving, stable or functional parents, one is very often the best solution for the children. If neither parent respects the other, that is also detrimental on the children. I am a stepmother who replaced a loving, living biological mother. She was simply unable to take care of the children due to her own health issues. Our kids were fortunate in that they had two loving mothers and a loving dad. Their maternal grandmother was also very active in their lives and a great person. Their biological mom would have given her right arm to have been capable of taking car
  14. As a former medical transcriptionist, I can attest to the fact that often doctors would dictate the office note and I'd have no clue who they were dictating on. One doctor in particular was bad about that and since he did not dictate in the same order in which he saw the patients, that could be tricky at times. "Identifying" the patient with the information would probably only work with people who knew what was going on with the patient. And IMO HIPAA is pointless in the doctor's office. What difference does it make if you remove the sign in sheet after each person signs in and yet
  15. Personally, I believe children do better in a household of happy people whether that is a husband/father and wife/mother or just a mother or just a father or even a gay couple. Stress, anger toward the other adult in the household, fights, arguments, etc are not good for kids. I actually get upset when people tell me they are staying together for the good of the kids. Bull. The kids will grow up healthier and happier with a happy, healthy parent even if both parents are not in the home. There are many reasons a mother might not have custody of her children. Sending her to jail or maki
  16. OTC stuff called Nu-Skin IS Super Glue. After my hysterectomy, the doctor used a dissoluble glue instead of stitches. That worked so much better than stitches, too.
  17. They did the sewer line and tap-on for my mom in SMYRNA. They were very reasonable and she was very, very happy with the work they did. Glad to hear they haven't changed and still are making customers happy.
  18. Actually, I can see a need for it. If Nurse A is at the nurse's station and Doctor B is at the patient's bedside but Doctor B needs Nurse A for something in the patient's room, I can see sending a text. Or perhaps the doctor or nurse needs to notify xray or lab about something. I just wish the last time I was in the hospital the doctor had gotten her orders to the kitchen BEFORE I was discharged. I kept telling the kitchen that my doctor said I couldn't leave until I ate solid food and I was ready to leave. They kept telling me that the doctor's orders were for liquids only. Finally
  19. My guess is the hospital IT department knows how to use this already. Might not hurt to mention it to them but be prepared for righteous indignation at your suggestion that they don't know what they're doing. IT guys can be really possessive of IT stuff and many don't think the average person knows IT from **IT.
  20. They removed that ad and replaced it with one that is less discriminatory. I might actually apply now.
  21. I'd do it in a heartbeat for a friend, though.
  22. all these questions and problems about refunds makes me SO happy that I don't work in tax prep now.
  23. Looking for the court records in Cobb wouldn't be much help if the case was sent to drug court. I have yet to find any of those records and believe me, I've looked.
  24. we cut short a trip to Florida to come home because a family friend had passed away.
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