The weather has cooled down considerably. The other night we had left the windows and doors open in the sun room and just after dark the gas log turned on. We turned it off but that is the first for the season —— from air conditioner to furnace from one day to the next.
MjL 07 Sep 2011, 6:01 a.m.
I finally have an appointment to see a pulmonologist later this month. I just hope my #CPAP mask holds together long enough.
I really wish the Medical Mafia would allow simple equipment like this be sold over the counter. It makes no sense to me that I should need a prescription to get a CPAP or any of the attachments. Blatant greed on their part.
MjL 07 Sep 2011, 6:02 a.m.
My upper lip and most of my nose was numb yesterday until well into the evening. Whatever the #Dentist used to numb my jaw so he could grind up my tooth really worked!
My tooth is all fixed but I still have some sensitivity to hot and cold. I discovered that with my first sip of hot coffee this morning. Guess I’m going to have to learn how to drink coffee out of the side of my mouth? Maybe I should use a straw. Now wouldn’t that be cool? Not.
MjL 07 Sep 2011, 6:07 a.m.
Geez...you would think you could just go to like Pekin Prescription Lab and get a new mask. Hmmm...I wonder what my dad does. Maybe that’s why he had to visit the “sleep dr.” not too long ago. Silly and frustrating!
I had to go yesterday back to the “family dr.” Seems my triglycerides went up just a little since last year. So, I had to pay to hear that and for the nurse practitioner to tell me to go buy some pill over the counter and take that too.
I did make them give me all the lab results since I had to pay for the visit. The nurse could of just told me that over the phone. I should of been a wise guy and when they ask their first question: “Are you in pain today?” I should of said yes, this appt. is a pain!
Tammy 07 Sep 2011, 6:12 a.m.
Hi Tammy, Yes, this entire “sleep Dr.” nonsense had been a waste of time and a lot of money. It has cost me over a thousand dollars in office visits, sleep lab, equipment, etc. to get a breathing machine I should have been able to just go buy at Kmart or Walgreen’s. There is absolutely no way it can can be “misused” or hurt somebody. We had the same nonsense years ago when we needed a nebulizer for Noah’s asthma when he was little. Fortunately he outgrew that.
I really push back on the appointments. I am really trying to make the point that I make the appointments, not them. I always have them mail the labs and I call them every day to bug them about it until they do.
MjL 07 Sep 2011, 6:24 a.m.
Yea, they mailed them last year. I usually try to do labs BEFORE I go to the once a year visit so I can get cholesterol meds. renewed. However, this year my dr. left and I had to see a new one.
They don’t want me to do labs until after I see the new dr. Well, I found out 2 things when I went: 1. I’m not sure I really like the new dr. and 2. I have standing orders in the computer!
So, next year will be me getting labs before I see the dr. and I’m switching to a different dr. within the OSF group.
I tried the lady dr. and that was enough for me! I tried a lady dr. in college and didn’t like her either.
IL Eye Center released Dave and told him to go back to his eye dr. for new lenses, etc. Well, Dave told me that he could see fine. Also, when he had his regular eye appt. this summer, nothing was mentioned about needing a different prescription. Of course, they called to schedule the appt. I let the answering machine answer and we won’t be making an appt. right now as long as Dave can see! Next year is soon enough!
Tammy 07 Sep 2011, 6:41 a.m.
I take stuff for my triglycerides but I refuse to mess with cholesterol meds —— too many possible side effects and my numbers are good enough anyway.
They have a stricter standard for diabetics but my numbers are usually well within what is considered normal. Besides, they don’t really know enough about it to even know what harm cholesterol does or doesn’t do.
I don’t want to be a guinea pig. Sugar really raises the triglycerides so just don’t eat any for a couple days before the test and you will probably have better results.
New Report Shows High Schools Are Misleading (Or Lying To) Students About Labor History
MjL 07 Sep 2011, 2:40 p.m.
Interestingly enough, my textbooks did explain both sides of the labor disputes up through the 40’s--they went over the horrible conditions and what the unions pushed for, as well as the violence and disruptions of service that resulted. That said, we didn’t have anything in them after the 40’s.
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