6 for Sunday
Sep. 30th, 2018 05:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lunabee341. Josh has always had a weak stomach as long as I've known him. Over the ten years we've lived here, it's steadily gotten worse until a couple of years ago when he was pretty much constantly getting sick with vomiting and diarrhea with no explanation. He had an endoscopy/colonoscopy combo which found nothing wrong, and his gastroenterologist diagnosed him with stomach spasms, gave him a daily medicine, and called it a day. The medicine has largely controlled his episodes, but several times a year, he has these unexplained bouts of vomiting and diarrhea. He had one last week, and I finally put my foot down and sent him back to the doctor. He's going to have another endoscopy to look at the small intestine; two years ago, they only looked at the stomach and the large intestine. He was also given some additional meds to help manage the flareups and a caution that they might not be able to figure out exactly why this happens to him. The doctor then prescribed him an antibiotic to take for the next ten days.
We paid a little over 300 dollars for this antibiotic. Guess how much it cost before insurance, my friends.
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MOTHERFUCKING DOLLARS.
Ahem.
2. Emma beat her best 5K time by a minute! Whoooooooo!
3. We had another plumbing problem, but it was fixed quickly and very inexpensively. I am so grateful.
4. We helped some friends move this weekend; they're moving about an hour away. We're not going to see them as often as we did before, and I am worried that the friendship with atrophy as a result. :(
5. I am reading Augustine's Confessions as part of my re-read my own bookshelves, and I am pleasantly surprised by how readable and interesting it is. I expected it to be a slog like reading Abelard, but the translation is truly excellent.
6. I am starting to get back into perfume after a hiatus of not fooling with it much. What is everybody wearing right now? Scented lotions count too!
We paid a little over 300 dollars for this antibiotic. Guess how much it cost before insurance, my friends.
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MOTHERFUCKING DOLLARS.
Ahem.
2. Emma beat her best 5K time by a minute! Whoooooooo!
3. We had another plumbing problem, but it was fixed quickly and very inexpensively. I am so grateful.
4. We helped some friends move this weekend; they're moving about an hour away. We're not going to see them as often as we did before, and I am worried that the friendship with atrophy as a result. :(
5. I am reading Augustine's Confessions as part of my re-read my own bookshelves, and I am pleasantly surprised by how readable and interesting it is. I expected it to be a slog like reading Abelard, but the translation is truly excellent.
6. I am starting to get back into perfume after a hiatus of not fooling with it much. What is everybody wearing right now? Scented lotions count too!
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Date: 2018-09-30 11:36 pm (UTC)I'm sorry to hear Josh isn't well. I hope they find something this time. Mystery ailments are the worst. Wait, no--mystery ailments that come and go randomly are the worst. Ugh.
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Date: 2018-10-02 11:41 pm (UTC)I hope they figure it out this time, too. *crosses fingers*
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Date: 2018-09-30 11:41 pm (UTC)WHOO SOCIALIST COMMIE OBAMACARE FOR ALL
Augustine really is a fantastic writer, even if a lot of his ideas are crappy.
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Date: 2018-10-02 11:41 pm (UTC)kidneyimmune system.no subject
Date: 2018-10-01 12:22 am (UTC)I'm wearing Crabtree & Evelyn Nantucket Briar, I guess. ;)
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Date: 2018-10-02 11:42 pm (UTC)It says roses and exotic spices. Sounds yummy!
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Date: 2018-10-01 12:27 am (UTC)It's hard when friends move further away, even if an hour away is (so much!) closer than across the country or something. Are these friends online at all, or good with staying in touch in other ways? *sympathies*
As for perfume...this is the time of year when I'm most likely to dip back into my stash, since I love the autumn scents so. (Aging as they are, and therefore fading/changing in some cases.)
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Date: 2018-10-02 11:43 pm (UTC)They aren't online at all. :( I think we will maintain contact with them, it just won't be on the weekly basis that we've grown accustomed to.
I already see letters going up requesting Newsflesh for Yuletide!!
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Date: 2018-10-03 10:58 am (UTC)It really is rough. *hugs*
I already see letters going up requesting Newsflesh for Yuletide!!
Ooh! I've seen one (someone I one-way follow but don't know).
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Date: 2018-10-05 12:40 am (UTC)about #1
Date: 2018-10-01 01:50 am (UTC)the cost for prescription stuff is outrageous.
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Date: 2018-10-02 11:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-10-01 03:03 am (UTC)So what are these golden pills called because they have to be brand new on the market and there would be no generic. Just another thing to blame out government for since no other country but ours let's the pharmaceutical companies get away with charging 100% markup!
Hope they can help you husband this time. These days the doctors don't seem very inclined to find the cause of a problem. It's sad that I have to ask them to do testing instead of them suggesting it.
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Date: 2018-10-02 11:45 pm (UTC)I agree with you that it's more about people making money than actually trying to help sick people get better.
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Date: 2018-10-01 12:25 pm (UTC)I love perfume but the prince can't tolerate it, so that ended my perfume career. But I like hearing about it.
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Date: 2018-10-02 11:45 pm (UTC)I completely understand re: perfume. Josh is very sensitive to certain smells, so I often have to not wear something I like; fortunately, it's not all perfume for him.
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Date: 2018-10-01 11:01 pm (UTC)Shiiitttt! That is hella expensive! Wow.
Congrats to Emma!
I'm sorry your friends are moving so far away. :(
Since scented lotion counts, Beekman 1802 Vanilla Absolute Goat Milk Hand Lotion. *g*
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Date: 2018-10-02 11:46 pm (UTC)*crosses fingers for Josh*
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Date: 2018-10-01 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-10-02 11:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-10-04 08:23 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2018-10-07 11:36 pm (UTC)