u/Psychological-Work85

Hi all,

I’m a medical provider and in my practice, if a patient has significant medical test results, I call. My daughter recently had a positive reportable disease test (such that the health department called us for contact tracing) and I was shocked because I was not aware from our pediatrician. The pediatrician had nurse call saying that she was positive for bacteria but did not tell me the specific type or that it had public health implications. The nurse didn’t know enough to be able to answer my questions at the time. This isn’t sitting well with me. Anyone have experience with a pediatrician locally that actually calls (or has someone knowledgeable call) with important test results?

Thank you

Hi, does anyone have recommendations for a person or company that is willing to mow the lawn on an as needed basis? We like to do it ourselves but occasionally run out of time to do it. Most people we’ve contacted require a contract

Hi all, I’m sorry but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to access the insights and recap function. I have an iPhone. I’ve enabled both in settings. But where do I find the output? Thank you

About to move to a practice that is this software. I’m a specialist. I’ve only heard bad things from other specialists about how difficult it is to use this software for specialty medicine. Anyone out there like it or have found ways to use it efficiently for Internal Medicine?

Hi all, has anyone tried to use a non USA creative Tonie if there is a specific character you want? Thank you!

Hi all! I’m a musical theatre /musical movie nerd and got the singer creative Tonie, hoping to make a “Greatest Hits” for my daughter. I’d love to hear your suggestions. Please offer not only the song, but the specific recording (artist, version, etc).

My “must-haves” so far:
- “Do-Re-Mi” and “I Have Confidence”- Julie Andrews (movie soundtrack)
- “Never Never Land” and “I’m Flying”- Mary Martin (Peter Pan movie)
- “Phantom of the Opera” with Sierra Boggess / Royal Albert Hall
- “If I Loved You” with Jesse Mueller (2018 Broadway cast)

Hello! I’m looking for CE, resources, or individual coaching for professionalism / “soft skills” for veterinary medicine. It’s something I’ve always struggled with personally and I want to be better for myself and my coworkers. Topics such as avoiding gossip, positive attitude, communication, etc. Has anyone personally used any of the resources out there? Thank you

Hi all, I searched up and down on the CA website but can’t find the answer to my question. For family play members, how much does it cost to purchase a pack of guest passes? The only rate I could find online was the senior passes. Thank you.

Hi! We have a brand new (3 weeks) Toniebox 2. I’ve now started to notice some clipping/ audio distortion. We don’t have many tonies but we notice it on the Tigger and Piglet tonies for now. Is this an issue in which we should replace the box, or is it an issue with the audio recording? Thank you

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Hi all. I’m brand new to this sub but I’m truly struggling with what to do with my Petrof Model III. Let me know if this isn’t the right place for this rant.

TLDR: emotionally attached to my Petrof but I don’t have room for it

Long Story:
My parents bought our 1996/1997 Model III around 2005. My grandfather, a professional pianist (and my hero) who has since passed, helped them pick it out from a showroom. This is the piano I grew up with. I took lessons from a young age but was never very good. However, I used the piano quite a bit for singing and learning music. We would gather around the piano as a family to play and sing together. I even recorded my college audition tapes in our music room with this piano because the acoustics were so good. The piano has a warm beautiful sound and I think it has the most beautiful sound of any piano I’ve heard.

My grandfather died several years ago. My mother couldn’t give up his Steinway, and couldn’t keep both pianos, so she offered to sell the piano to me. I bought it for fair market value based on the appraisal. However, I was in a medical residency in a different state at the time with no room for a piano, so she moved the piano to her basement and kept it watered and tuned for two years while I finished my training.

My husband and I moved back to our home state into a different home that was far too small for the piano but we were determined to make it work. We ended up building an entirely new deck in order to get the piano into the house. It took up half the living room. My husband wanted to sell it to reclaim the space but knew how important it was to me so dropped the issue.

I had my first baby a few years later and desperately needed the space, so we put the piano into storage for a year until we could get a bigger house.

We needed to move to a bigger house once we were expecting our second child. We literally eliminated any house that was unable to fit the piano. We finally settled on a house at the top of our budget that we thought would work with the piano. We moved the piano back in.

My first baby is now a toddler and has started to play the piano and sing at the same time. I’ve always dreamed about my kids playing it one day. My husband also decided to sit down at the piano one day and surprisingly, had natural talent and can just improvise! He loves playing now but with two kids there’s almost no time. Currently I only play piano when practicing music for a choir I’m in. I’m not good at piano.

About 25% of our current living room is taken up by the piano and I am feeling cramped again and needing more space. My husband wants me to sell it so we can reclaim the space. I want to do a massive remodel one day with an addition. But we’re probably 5-10 years from that. There’s no where else in the house that would currently work.

I’m so sad that I may have to give up this piano, but I can’t keep feeling cramped in my own home. If you were in the same shoes, would you sell the piano to get an upright, or hold out for the larger home/remodel?

Hi all,

I’m brand new to Tonies so I’m sorry if this is an ignorant question. I’ve been looking at sites like Mercari and eBay to see if I can find some used or at a slight discount. But so many of the sellers are listing Tonies for a price that, combined with shipping, is GREATER than if I just bought them new on Amazon or from the tonies website. I resell for a few hobbies on the side and the general rule I follow is that the cost of the listing + shipping has to be less than it would cost to buy it new from an official seller.

What gives?

I’d love to request a Sound of Music Tonie. Is there a place to submit requests? Anyone aware of any musical theater tonies? Thanks all.

Hey all, there’s a credit card skimmer operating locally. Check your statements. The person is having items shipped to their home in Ellicott City. I already filed a police report.

Hi all. I’m looking for some advice/encouragement here.

I had a “z-shaped” nasal septum resulting in near-complete nasal obstruction of both sides, as well as nasal bridge deviation, and nasal valve stenosis. I had a closed septoplasty two years ago in which the surgeon “debulked” the right sided obstruction but said he couldn’t do anything more. This improved the right side dramatically but left me with a perforation from the surgery and worsened crookedness of the nose (from less cartilage support), as well as persistent left sided obstruction. I recently consulted with a different surgeon and underwent an open septorhinoplasty two weeks ago. The surgery ended up being TEN HOURS due to severity and complexity and required an overnight stay. He harvested cartilage from three ribs, bone from behind my ear, straightened the septum, applied a PDS plate to the septum, spreader grafts, caudal septal extension graft, osteotomies to correct the denatured bony pyramid, reduced the dorsal hump, and did a 2 mm tip deprojection.

The cast and splints were on for 10 days. When they came off (removed by a nurse practitioner), I could immediately breathe better, and feel unobstructed on the right, but the left side still feels a little obstructed which resolves with the Cottle maneuver. This makes me worried I still have nasal valve stenosis. Additionally, I’m worried that my nasal pyramid is not completely straight, and some bones may have shifted during healing. I know that some swelling is normal after surgery but I’m worried it’s the bones that are not straight.

The surgeon already called me and he’s going to reassess in person next week. I’m taping until then.

The recovery was absolutely brutal, especially as I was breastfeeding every four hours as well. Not something I want to go through again. But part of me really wants to have unobstructed breathing (and a straight nose!)

Questions:
—Has anyone seen their bony pyramid straighten once swelling does down?
—Has anyone had improvement with their nasal valve stenosis over time after surgery?