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God, no! For a while there was a pain doc locally with the same last name. It was about that time that I stopped picking up my desk phone.
BTW, LSS had her lumpectomy and bilateral reconstruction yesterday. I had no idea care that good—aggressively and cheerfully efficient and thorough, from diagnosis to follow-up—was even available. What a change from the military system, where we were for 27 years, and the above average HMOs we were in before that. Some things are getting better.
BTW, LSS had her lumpectomy and bilateral reconstruction yesterday. I had no idea care that good—aggressively and cheerfully efficient and thorough, from diagnosis to follow-up—was even available. What a change from the military system, where we were for 27 years, and the above average HMOs we were in before that. Some things are getting better.
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She's fine now.
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God, no! For a while there was a pain doc locally with the same last name. It was about that time that I stopped picking up my desk phone.
BTW, LSS had her lumpectomy and bilateral reconstruction yesterday. I had no idea care that good—aggressively and cheerfully efficient and thorough, from diagnosis to follow-up—was even available. What a change from the military system, where we were for 27 years, and the above average HMOs we were in before that. Some things are getting better.
BTW, LSS had her lumpectomy and bilateral reconstruction yesterday. I had no idea care that good—aggressively and cheerfully efficient and thorough, from diagnosis to follow-up—was even available. What a change from the military system, where we were for 27 years, and the above average HMOs we were in before that. Some things are getting better.
We are starting to move toward concierge care for regular, ongoing things that are not crazy expensive. It's just good to be able to see and talk to someone when you need it.
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Friends who have gone through the same thing as your LSS have experienced the same thing - once they found a doctor they could relate to. Once they found the right doc, they said the rest flowed smoothly.
We are starting to move toward concierge care for regular, ongoing things that are not crazy expensive. It's just good to be able to see and talk to someone when you need it.
We are starting to move toward concierge care for regular, ongoing things that are not crazy expensive. It's just good to be able to see and talk to someone when you need it.
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Tennessee offers incentives to vaccinate cows but not people. Near the bottom of the pole in terms of people vaccinated for Covid.
Tennessee isn't offering incentives for COVID shots - but paid nearly $500,000 to vaccinate cows (msn.com)
Tennessee isn't offering incentives for COVID shots - but paid nearly $500,000 to vaccinate cows (msn.com)
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Finished a 3.5 hour ride this morning @ 11:30ish and it was close to 100 degrees but it didn't feel bad. There was climbing early and after that we just cruised and I never felt hot or overworked. Maybe tomorrow I'll get started earlier and do a couple thousand feet of climbing by myself.
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Thing is, this was the system, not the doc. Good docs are fortunately pretty common, but good systems and well-trained, conscientious, kind, and generous support staff used, at least, to be rare. If this is an effect of consolidation and head-to-head competition, yay for that!
I have never had cancer, but have had several surgeries although nothing as emotionally challenging. Every time I've been hospitalized, I've found the care and people to be very good. Once I was in the hospital for several days, and during that stay kept hearing a guy in another room treating the nurses like crap and berating them. All I could think was that that wasn't going to win him any friends. I didn't understand it because all of the staff was at the top of their game - nice, considerate, helpful, conversant, caring, and wanted to take care of me. After I got out I sent the nurses' desk a couple dozen cookies and a floral bouquet thanking them for making the stay as pleasant as it could be.
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Before recreational weed was legal here a friend who was on chemo was having trouble eating. A lifelong runner, she was already pretty thin. She asked her oncologist about a scrip for edibles and he said he couldn't do it but he referred her to a doc who would. She got the edibles and got her appetite back.
She's fine now.
She's fine now.
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I'm sure you and your wife treated the staff well, and that goes a long way.
I have never had cancer, but have had several surgeries although nothing as emotionally challenging. Every time I've been hospitalized, I've found the care and people to be very good. Once I was in the hospital for several days, and during that stay kept hearing a guy in another room treating the nurses like crap and berating them. All I could think was that that wasn't going to win him any friends. I didn't understand it because all of the staff was at the top of their game - nice, considerate, helpful, conversant, caring, and wanted to take care of me. After I got out I sent the nurses' desk a couple dozen cookies and a floral bouquet thanking them for making the stay as pleasant as it could be.
I have never had cancer, but have had several surgeries although nothing as emotionally challenging. Every time I've been hospitalized, I've found the care and people to be very good. Once I was in the hospital for several days, and during that stay kept hearing a guy in another room treating the nurses like crap and berating them. All I could think was that that wasn't going to win him any friends. I didn't understand it because all of the staff was at the top of their game - nice, considerate, helpful, conversant, caring, and wanted to take care of me. After I got out I sent the nurses' desk a couple dozen cookies and a floral bouquet thanking them for making the stay as pleasant as it could be.
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The course I had to take in order to get credentialed suggested that drops (oil or tincture) are better than edibles. The downside to edibles is they are absorbed too slowly and stay in the system too long. Edibles with THC, even taken at bedtime, are likely to cause some fatigue the next day. So most of my patients are using tincture, oil, or occasionally vape/inhaled if they don't have lung conditions. Interestingly, my job is simply to certify that they qualify for medical cannabis. Once they get a card, they go to a dispensary and the people who work there know more about the products and decide what to offer the patient. Insurance does not cover medical cannabis, which can be an issue for some patients if they are of very modest means.
Having eaten brownies, banana bread, green butter on toast, and thc pills, I can assure you there is a bit of a hangover/residual effect the next day, but I wouldn't call it fatigue. It's usually mild, nothing like the alcohol hangovers I had every damned day while I was drinking.
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I don't know why the one doc couldn't write the scrip himself, Don't know if California had a certification process for doctors then or if he didn't want to have his name involved.
Having eaten brownies, banana bread, green butter on toast, and thc pills, I can assure you there is a bit of a hangover/residual effect the next day, but I wouldn't call it fatigue. It's usually mild, nothing like the alcohol hangovers I had every damned day while I was drinking.
Having eaten brownies, banana bread, green butter on toast, and thc pills, I can assure you there is a bit of a hangover/residual effect the next day, but I wouldn't call it fatigue. It's usually mild, nothing like the alcohol hangovers I had every damned day while I was drinking.
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My tubeless run may be over. A very expensive pair of Assos bibs got sprayed considerably with Orange Seal and my wife and I can not get it out. I’ve watched videos and read FAQs and essentially, it turns out that sealant is very hard on clothes. My jersey cleaned up nicely but the bibs are basically ruined. I have them soaking again but I’m not optimistic.
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My tubeless run may be over. A very expensive pair of Assos bibs got sprayed considerably with Orange Seal and my wife and I can not get it out. I’ve watched videos and read FAQs and essentially, it turns out that sealant is very hard on clothes. My jersey cleaned up nicely but the bibs are basically ruined. I have them soaking again but I’m not optimistic.
Once again, the experience of others saves me hundreds of dollars.
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My tubeless run may be over. A very expensive pair of Assos bibs got sprayed considerably with Orange Seal and my wife and I can not get it out. I’ve watched videos and read FAQs and essentially, it turns out that sealant is very hard on clothes. My jersey cleaned up nicely but the bibs are basically ruined. I have them soaking again but I’m not optimistic.
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I’m still working on them. When the bibs are wet, you can’t see anything. But when they dry, it looks like I rode through a mud puddle without a fender, only worse. Looks like dried, muddy water.
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My tubeless run may be over. A very expensive pair of Assos bibs got sprayed considerably with Orange Seal and my wife and I can not get it out. I’ve watched videos and read FAQs and essentially, it turns out that sealant is very hard on clothes. My jersey cleaned up nicely but the bibs are basically ruined. I have them soaking again but I’m not optimistic.
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Velo Vol Did you have any undisclosed meetings at undisclosed locations with undisclosed individuals discussing undisclosed topics today?
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Tennessee offers incentives to vaccinate cows but not people. Near the bottom of the pole in terms of people vaccinated for Covid.
Tennessee isn't offering incentives for COVID shots - but paid nearly $500,000 to vaccinate cows (msn.com)
Tennessee isn't offering incentives for COVID shots - but paid nearly $500,000 to vaccinate cows (msn.com)
Velo Vol Did you have any undisclosed meetings at undisclosed locations with undisclosed individuals discussing undisclosed topics today?
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