u/Footsie_Galore

Each time I've been on, or driven through, Chevron Island in the last 5 weeks, Bangkok Thai has been closed. I've been going there for over 15 years and would be saddened if it's closed down. Does anyone know anything?

I'm 47 and in what I think is early peri. Never had kids, and never wanted kids.

If anyone here has had this done, what was the entire process like from first discussions, to examinations and what kind (just an ultrasound or also a pap smear?), and were you under general anaesthesia or twilight sedation for the ablation? Oh, and how much did it cost, and was there any rebate from Medicare?

Also, how was the result? I am still regular each month (28-32 day cycles, though usually 30) and although the bleeding is less heavy and the actual periods only last 3 days, it is a whole ordeal surrounding it.

Ovulation feels like a mini period, and the entire luteal phase is horrible. The period itself is very painful (I throw down an Aspirin, Ibuprofen and Paracetamol combo every few hours for the period pain and the headaches) and the nausea and bloating is hideous. I barely eat due to feeling so full and uncomfortable. I am also exhausted to the point of sleeping for 12 hours straight and then still falling asleep on the couch after I finally get up. I am anemic (ferritin is 11) and despite taking iron supplements, during my period I often feel so faint and weak I have to sit or lay down every few minutes while trying to do things that require standing up. Very annoying.

Thank you!

I'm 47 and in what I think is early peri. Never had kids, and never wanted kids. My periods have been progressively getting shorter since my late teens (8 days back then, 6 days in my 20s and 30s, 4 days in my early 40s and 3 days now).

I am still regular each month (28-32 day cycles, though usually 30) and although the bleeding is less heavy and the actual periods only last 3 days, it is a whole ordeal surrounding it.

Ovulation feels like a mini period, and the entire luteal phase is horrible. Sore boobs, nausea, bloating, incredibly sore feet, aching legs, exhaustion, brain fog, increased anxiety and irritability, horrible hormonal headaches, and the actual period pain itself, which starts 3-6 days before it actually arrives.

The period itself is very painful (I throw down an Aspirin, Ibuprofen and Paracetamol combo every few hours for the period pain and the headaches) and the nausea and bloating is hideous. I barely eat due to feeling so full and uncomfortable. I am also exhausted to the point of sleeping for 12 hours straight and then still falling asleep on the couch after I finally get up. I am anemic (ferritin is 11) and despite taking iron supplements, during my period I often feel so faint and weak I have to sit or lay down every few minutes while trying to do things that require standing up. Very annoying.

I know ablations have a 30% failure rate (ie, no improvement or change at all), but does anyone know if they're more likely to be effective at stopping periods or greatly reducing them if the periods are already not very heavy?

Also, in my 20s and 30s I tried various birth control pills simply to try to skip periods due to the pain, discomfort and inconvenience. Unfortunately, none of them worked and at best, caused me to spot everyday for 3+ months with horrible side effects, and at worst caused daily light bleeding with heavier periods once a month AND horrible side effects (basically PMS daily instead of monthly). Does this mean an ablation may not work for some reason?

For those who have had an ablation and don't get periods or hardly anything, do you still get PMS? Do you still ovulate? I probably wouldn't bother doing it if all the other associated problems would remain unchanged.

Lastly, is there any way it can go "wrong", meaning that instead of stopping periods, that somehow it could cause heavier bleeding or mess up my regular cycle now?

Thank you!

I REEEEEEALLY want to know if anyone went and bought Dorit's book at Barnes & Noble at The Grove this weekend when she was there?? I MUST KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!

I'm a 47 year old woman and have had various dental issues for about 15 years. For the past 9 years, I have not been able to afford treatment.

My issues are not as simple as getting fillings, and are mainly gum recession and bone loss. Most of my teeth have gum recession, some so extreme the roots of some teeth are exposed and some other teeth are very loose.

I had 4 teeth that were loose and finally one (back molar) got so loose (as whenever I bit down, not even chewing on that side but just at all, the tooth above it would push down on it and push it on its side) that it eventually came out. The molar above that kept pushing on it was loose as well but now it has stabilised as it's no longer constantly biting down on something. However, now the pre-molar next to the missing bottom molar is loose due to bone loss. The canine on that same side is also loose, with root exposed, and already had a gum graft but it only helped for a few years.

The other loose tooth is one of the front ones on the bottom. If I wanted to, I could pluck it out with tweezers but I CANNOT deal with looking like that. All my front bottom teeth have exposed roots.

Apart from that, I only have one molar on my top left side, one on the bottom left (that don't meet together), 2 molars on the top right and none at all on the bottom right (that one that came out was the last one), so I find it hard to eat and chew things properly. I also have a deep and open bite, and a slight overbite.

I had Invisalign in 2014 when I could afford it and it helped the overbite and some gaps quite a lot, but couldn't fix the deep bite. I didn't have an open bite at that time.

I can't even afford ONE implant, let alone the many that I need, and they would all require bone grafts. I then wondered about getting implant dentures, but I can't afford them either.

I wonder about going to Thailand or something, but none of it is practical I think. I'd have to go back and forth often as implants with bone grafts are a gradual, slow process. Orthodontics are even more awkward in that way.

People suggest the public system, but they only do fillings and extractions. They suggest dental university hospitals, but they're hardly any cheaper in my case due to the complexity of the situation.

The periodontist said I have problematic teeth due to genetics. On my mum's side, my mouth is very small and when I got braces back when I was 11 they had to remove 4 molars to make room in my mouth. I was born without wisdom teeth but had to get an impacted molar removed from my jaw when I was 18. On my dad's side, he had lost about half his teeth by his early 40s. One time a tooth fell out when he bit into a piece of CAKE!

What on earth do you DO???

Does anyone have this account? I've had the SAVEME account since 2017 and am very happy with it. I currently get 4.1% interest but I see the other account earns 5.1%. Right now I have a balance of about $90k.

As far as I can understand, to get the 5.1%, I would need to transfer $2k every month. I do not earn that amount from external sources so would need to withdraw $2k from that account, transfer it to my everyday NAB account (that I only use to withdraw money and pay bills), and then simply transfer it back again. Would that still satisfy the deposit / transfer of $2k per month?

I also read (though I'm not sure if it's still valid) that the balance must be higher at the end of each month than the month prior, even if it's only by $1. (I earn enough external income to keep the balance going up, but I would still need to transfer out and then in again to deposit the majority of that $2k).

I hope this makes sense, and thank you!

What is this!? It says the entire case has been dismissed. As in permanently. HUH?

I also read the start date was pushed back from May 19 to May 26.

I THEN read she settled for $2 million.

Which, if any, is true!?

I mean...I do believe Erika was definitely very upset after that fight, but for Andy to say at the reunion that he'd NEVER seen her cry so hard?? Come on, man!

She cried a LOT during season 11 about the Tom stuff and her life, particularly the scene hiking with Kyle (non-waterproof mascara), she also cried in season 10 when Tom said he was proud of her when she got Chicago. She cried in therapy this season when talking about her DV.

All those times were MUCH more "cry-worthy" than after the fight with Dorit. Unless there was a lot more shown to Andy that we didn't see.

I started my period on 2 May. It ended on 4 May (the standard 3 days for me lately). I got the typical post period hormonal headache on period day 3 and that finally went away on 7 May. Then I felt ok and for the first time in weeks did NOT fall asleep multiple times on the couch while trying to watch a movie or Youtube videos. Until 12 May, when my boobs felt sore, my feet felt a bit sore, I felt a bit bloated, and then fell asleep on the couch that night. Ovulation. These PMS symptoms always start when I ovulate and then just worsen and escalate until the next period.

Before peri, the PMS symptoms always started 3-5 days before my period, and now it's SO early. Is this still considered a regular cycle?

Period days 1-3, hormones acting like PMS until day 6, and then ovulating again on day 11? My normal ovulation is between days 12-15, though normally 14-15. My period app says my next period is due on 2 June.

So basically, this month I only got FOUR days of NOT feeling exhausted, sick, uncomfortable, pained, extra anxious, depressed and irritable? FOUR. DAYS.

I have some questions about Erika with regard to money and behaviour.

1. Does she rent everything (house, car) so she can declare bankruptcy if she has to (if the court finds she must pay however many millions) and they can't take any of it to sell and recoup debt? In that case, all they could do would be to garnish her RHOBH earning and any other income. Then after however long, she could (if she has any money by then) buy stuff again.

2. Given the above, if she moved in with someone (a partner) who did own stuff, would THEY be impacted even if she doesn't marry again?

3. At the reunion, Erika said she didn't want to talk in a public forum (on camera / at the reunion) about what REALLY pushed her over the edge with what Dorit said - that she had used Dorit for a storyline / drama to save her job. She said she told Andy that she didn't want to say it. So Dorit was confused (maybe) as it was the first time Erika had brought up to her. So ok, fair enough. HOWEVER, my question is - how long is it between end of filming and the reunion? 3 months? 6 months? WHY DID ERIKA NOT TELL DORIT THIS IN PRIVATE DURING ALL THAT TIME!?!?

I'm 47 and so confused. I don't know if I have too much or too little estrogen, and also progesterone.

The diagrams they show of the monthly cycle show that estrogen spikes really high at ovulation (when I first start to feel hideous during the month, and it feels like a mini period) and is still a bit high from then until the period comes (all throughout the luteal phase, when I feel terrible the entire time, and worse the closer my period gets). So this implies I have too MUCH estrogen.

Then, the diagram shows progesterone as slightly spiking at ovulation (again, when I feel bad) and then getting higher and higher heading towards the period, which again implies I have too MUCH progesterone.

So how does HRT help this!?

Ok, so I'm definitely no Camille fan, but I've been re-watching a few random episodes lately from seasons 6-9 and just saw the one from season 9 where Camille said PK owed her friend a heap of money and then she told Rinna she wondered how Dorit got all her money and that she found her fake.

Now, everyone's talking about it.

Then, in season 14 at Kyle's cowboy party, Camille seemed to go insane at Dorit out of nowhere, and appeared to feel incredibly angry on behalf of...whoever...that Dorit was always late and kept people waiting for glam reasons. It seemed like she was unhinged and trying to have a "moment". Dorit called her a c*nt. Erika also did in the associated confessional. It was funny and I actually loved it.

But now, Kyle and Erika are the ones going on about Dorit being late. Seems like THEY are trying to have a "moment".

Was Camille right this whole time? Or is everyone else now just crazy?

Was that supposed to be...nice, or a dig?

Did Dorit bring that makeup bag (that Erika gave her many years ago) on purpose to (a) show Erika she still values her, or (b) as a dig?

Erika noticed it and asked if that was the bag, and Dorit said "Sure is! That's how much you've meant to me!" What does that actually mean? Like, she still uses this gift from Erika all these years later?

And then Erika goes "SAME!" What does THAT mean? Was it said in anger, or agreement with Dorit but said with a firm and frustrated tone? Was she saying that's how much Dorit has meant to her too?

What? 🤪