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Hello! i have always had eczema. Recently i started working at a hospital so everytime i enter a room and leave i HAVE to use hand sanitizer or wash my hands. That has wrecked my hands and cause flare ups everywhere. It hurts, it burns, and it itches. Most of all, i ended up getting weeeping eczema on my pinky. It makes me so insecure. I tried everything (almost) Intreid eucrein, aquaphor, the ocean healed my eczema, aveeno eczema cream, cerave, coconut oil, castor oil, and so on. I can get rid of dairy and cut down on my gluten, but it’s so hard for as someone who just simply loves food and spices. I stopped using any scented things but whenever i do put shampoo and conditioner on, oh my hands burn like crazy. any tips on how to get rid of it? (i refuse to take any steroid creams)

i work at a hospital and at my job, we cannot call in sick or family emergencies and if we do, we get written up and points knocked down. Right now there is severe flooding, and in a few hours i have to wake up for work. My job is 20 mins away downtown and im stressing how
i’ll
make it. They are so strict and mean i’m stressing so much i can’t even sleep. Do i try to drive there, or should i call? I already have points knocked down so i’m scared it’ll be enough to get me fired if i call in.

my boyfriend and i live with his parents. We are saving up to buy a house (we are both 20) In the household rn it is me, him, his mom, his dad, his 12 year old sister, and his 20 year old cousin. So 6 in total. Up until last week, my boyfriend was the only one working between the two of us. His parents asked us to help out. We 100% agree and are okay with helping out financially as we are both adults living in his parents house.
Now like i said , we are 100% okay with helping out it’s the right thing to do. It’s just the moral of the situation. So, it started with their mom asking us if we could pay the water bill. 130 a month. She then came to us later and said if we can just start giving her 200. This is where i got upset, not because she raised it (she has every right to it’s their house we live in) . However, when she asked us, she said her reasoning was because she sees us having a lot of packages getting delivered and sees we can buy stuff but their dad can never buy stuff he wants. Mind you the only packages is for car parts to fix our cars and yeah sometimes to treat ourselves with OUR money.
Later on she kept asking how much my boyfriend made, everytime we’d come home with a bag from a store or package she’d give us that look. It got to the point where we have to hide our stuff in the car. Mind you, Their house is paid off, their cars are paid off, all they need to really pay is bills taxes groceries and their own stuff. They don’t manage their money right. They live above their means. They just built a new restroom and used the most expensive materials there is. (looks like a spa bathroom). they also take 7trips a year. she just bought a 400$ vacuum. Half of the time there’s no groceries at the house, and when there is, it’s just junk food and stuff we don’t rlly eat. We offered to pay the water bill plus our own stuff as in bathroom stuff and what not. She keeps declining and buys the stuff for us even tho we told her 5 times we would buy it. It’s as if she wants to be in control of the money situation and it feels like instead of wanting help, she just wants more money.
Anyways months ago, she came to him and said he needs to start paying 150 a week (600 a month) She claimed she would start charging their cousin the same amount but she hasn’t. We came to an agreement and so now we pay 400 a month. Her reasoning for the price was that they were trying to save up for a brand new car.
a few days ago our dog got ran over and we had to take him to the hospital. There we paid 2000 out of pocket, my boyfriend’s phone broke, and it’s just finically been a rough month. We tried to ask her if we could come to an understanding for this month because it’s been really rough and she said “well i still need the money”. Yet this morning she came home with a brand new car…
I know it might seem like i’m just complaining. I promise i 100% agree we should help out but it’s frustrating when it feels like we are just trying to pay for their wants instead of their needs. it feels frustrating like we aren’t heard and being taken advantage of. btw im the only one who cleans the entire house (6 people living there) twice a week.
What’s your honest opinions?

hello! my whole life i’ve had eczema but recently i have a huge patch on my wrist that makes me so insecure and i’ve tried cerave, coconut oil, castor oil, la roche, eurcin, and aquaphor and nothing gets rid of it. I also started a new job at the hospital and everytime i go inside a patients room and leave, i have to use hand sanitizer which makes my eczema on my hands itchy and irritated. Is there any tips how to get rid of it??

Hi so this might be a really dumb question but i’m someone who overthinks absolutely everything. Monday i am starting my new job as a phlebotomist in a hospital. I am planning on bringing my work bag and a lunchbox but where do i keep my wallet keys and phone? do i put them in my scrub pockets or is there locker cubbies. Do i keep my phone with me or never store it on my person? Thank you for answering

hi guys! so three years ago i worked at a food place for 3 months. fast forward now i go a job as a hospital phlebotomist and as i’m doing the onboarding process, i realized i need to give my hr/supervisors contact information as in email and number. The manager at the time who hired me no longer works and i tried to put her work email and phone number (which did not work because they were unable to get in contact with her).

two things are going wrong, they require hr/supervisors email and phone number, but i don’t have those. I emailed the company about this issue and im waiting back for their answer.

Another issue is that i accidentally put i worked there was a year!!! so my employment was july-september but while filling paperwork out i put july-september however i out 2023-2024 on accident. If they get in contact with the HR to verify my old
employement, will they see that error and think i lied and revoke the job offer? am i cooked what do i do!!!

hi all! this is probably out of the ordinary post for a fishing community but hear me out:
So my boyfriend’s birthday is coming up and he LOVES fishing. he has been mentioning a lot about how he needs to buy a new lure box and make a whole new set up for catfish lures and baits. i am no expert in fishing i dont know anything about baits besides catfish love chicken liver but i can’t really put that in the lure box, so im on here asking for help.
(walmart edition) what’s the best set up /lures /baits/hooks/weights/ANYTHING i can buy at walmart to stock up a new lure box for him?

thank you for ur help guys😊

Hello all!

I recently got hired with labcorp as a newly licensed phlebotomist. I’m super excited yet very very nervous as it’s in a hospital setting and this is my first job as a phlebotomist. I don’t start until mid May so i still have time to prepare myself.

I was wondering if anyone who works /worked at labcorp can give me the run down of things. How was it working with them? Did you love it or hate it? Is it hard? I had heard lots of horror stories from people but i feel like it just depends on the management at the specific locations so i am trying to stay positive and open minded. Thank you all who reply!!🤗

Hi guys i recently started working with Labcorp as a phlebotomist. This is my first job out of the program, but i do has my NHCO phlebotomist license and BLS certificate. My pay is 17 and hour and im not making that a big deal rn bc this is my first job. I was just wondering, people who work in labcorp, do you guys ever get raises, because down the line i would want to earn more.