Mama Carol

Send me a PM because I have a lot of resources to use researching ANY area of the country. Links to census information including demographics, crime information, etc.

:rofl: I don't know. I have seen some of the purses you carry.

Yes, he is a Biz member.

normally that is done when a non-member business is mentioned. I *thought* CedarCrest was still a member. He's still listed in the member list as a PCom Biz member. I guess he's not in the directory because he does not advertise on here.

No, you could not quit today if you've been on them long term. Well, OK, you COULD quit but it would not go well. Trust me when I say that. It should only be done under the supervision of your doctor. And please realize that I'm not saying you are a drug ABUSER. Big, HUGE difference between a drug abuser and a chronic pain patient. The ER sees so many people who are there JUST to get prescriptions for pain meds. They get rather jaded in their point of view. If you have fibromyalgia, have you tried things like Cymbalta? I personally don't have fibro but have heard and read of won

Unless it has been changed since I was on unemployment in 2009/2010, the time period was 20 weeks, which is basically four months.

The only people who should be in the room during the appeal are people who have direct knowledge of the situation, so if you're the employee there is no need to have your next door neighbor show up on your behalf. It's not like a trial where you need character witnesses. We had an employee who quit and then filed for unemployment. He was denied (well, duh). He appealed and when we went to the appeal his father and his girlfriend went with him in the room. The "judge" (for lack of better term) asked if they were present when he quit. They said no and were excused. The rest of the ap

The length of time you receive unemployment has nothing to do with how long you were with the employer.

I agree about T-Mobile. Walmart has available a T-Mobile plan for something like $40 a month. I have this with T-Mobile: Current rate plan: $50 UL Talk Text Web (100 MB at 4G) Minutes: Unlimited Messages: Unlimited You got so much more data, talk and text for $10 a month more, that I saw no reason to save $10. My coverage is spotty in Florida but it's spotty in my house, too, so that doesn't really concern me. Literally, a couple of weeks ago, we drove about 200 ft and went from no bars to five! At home, it may depend on which side of the sofa I'm on.

The idea that other people automatically judge you as being a drug addict if you're a chronic pain patient is almost as bad as the pain. It's terribly, TERRIBLY unfair to judge someone without knowing what they are going through. To look at my husband, you wouldn't think there is a thing wrong with him. Almost all the time now he walks with a cane and there are days he can do nothing more than sit on the couch and then go to the bathroom. It's not unusual for him to go to bed at 6:30 in the evening and sleep for 12-14 hours after he has had a lot of activity. In fact, he went to bed

Interesting article about the explosion of prescription pain killer abuse. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/prescription-painkillers_b_1240722.html?ncid=webmail1

Couldn't agree with you more.

So do I.

You're absolutely correct about there being no communication between the doctors who treat the cause and the doctors who treat the pain. Almost as soon as you're referred to a pain management physician, the referring physician writes you off. I would expect that a legitimate pain management physician sends updates to the referring physician but that may not be true. And even if they did, getting the referring physician to actually READ the update would be another matter. As I stated before, my hubby has no more pain OFF the meds than he did ON them. He was at about a 6 out of 10 at eac

Oh, how I agree!! And even pain patients look at each other that way. Yep, hubby could die from the disease itself (though that isn't likely) or a complication of it or a complication of the treatment. And it will only get worse. That's why we're trying so hard to get into a one story house. If climbing stairs is difficult NOW, what will it be like in five years from now.

Yep. I'm past all the natural/home remedies and am to the next step after cortisone. FWIW, a lot of people have suggested chrondrotin and glucosamine. I tried those and had the worst knee pain of my life, BOTH knees instead of just one. After doing some reading about them, I found out you aren't supposed to take them if you have osteoarthritis, which is what I have. Those are better for people with cartilage damage. I had a cortisone injection in October and got 11 days of relief. Yes, ELEVEN DAYS. Needless to say, it has been a long 3 1/2 months. I can get another cortis

OK, I seem to recall that some of you have had the "rooster comb" shots for knee pain. I'm to that point with my knee now. So, tell me about the shots. Primarily, DO THEY WORK?????

That is very true. You can create a whole new set of problems in addition to the pain. And like with my hubby, the pain might not be any worse without the meds but your LIFE would be better without the meds to cloud your mind and effect your body.

While my comment is not about where you can find Dilaudid, it is about narcotics and chronic pain. It's something I know a good deal about after 34 years of being with my husband, who was a chronic pain patient when we met. My hubby has spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease and osteoarthritis of the spine. Any of the three can cause pain but the combination of the three causes extensive, chronic pain. He was sent for pain management and was put on not one but two narcotic pain relievers and not one but two muscle relaxers. He took the meds for about a year with no break. He hated

I want either a Glock 19 or a Ruger SR9C. Those SR9Cs are hard to come by! And Glock is REAL proud of those 19s.

Mine ended for the most part about two years ago, six years after my hysterectomy and a year or so after going OFF my hormone patch.

I wish my mom had told me how difficult it can be to be married, especially now that we've been married forever and a day. Since I don't believe my mom was ever really happy when she was married (content maybe but not happy), it would have been nice for her to tell me that you *could* be happy or just content being married. Me, I'm happy!! Love my hubby. My mom never talked to me about menopause. Not once. Nor did she tell me about having periods. I found out about my monthly friend when I became the only girl in 4th grade to get them. I found out about menopause by talking with

It is my #1 choice. Now I just gotta find one at a decent price.

Unemployment claims against a company raise their unemployment tax rate. That's why. Hubby went on medical leave in March 2000. The day AFTER he was released to go back to work, he was dismissed. Best thing that ever happened to him. Probably saved his life.