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Tried eggs with salt separately with rosemary, sage, thyme, oregano, basil, Thai basil, chives, lavender and dill.
The best eggs were: a mix of dill and thyme with a bit of Parmesan cheese and black pepper.. yum!! Cooked in butter and added a splash of whole milk.

Looking for recipes to use these herbs in growing. First time growing anything ever and it’s fun!

I went in for a deep “1” almost “11” between my eyebrows and the injector told me my “1” is static and cannot be treated with dysport. I was so sad! I still got 50 units because she said it will prevent it from getting worse.
Question: does anyone know what I can do to totally remove this deep static line??

Any brand recommendations for work pants (office job) for short people who are not typical sizes? I am 4’11” 155 lbs and size 14 pants, 31” waist and 43” hips. Even if I get my pants hemmed, the pants still don’t look like they are supposed to…
Thanks in advance!

This is for my (hours away) 6 year old’d party tomorrow! The first 2 pics are the final cake and the last picture is the before/trial cake.
Strawberry with buttercream vanilla icing and pineapple with strawberry icing! It’s a rainbows and donuts pool party.

Now how in the world do I cover it without ruining the icing???

Update: left overnight, the pink cake on top fell into 4 pieces and I could not recover it ! So I put half together with the white one and it ended up working out. I suppose if it were homemade cake and more dense it would’ve held up better.

Caudal epidural steroid injection for herniation of L5-S1

So everything I read and everything everyone told me was that the injection wasn’t very painful. LIES!! I have a pretty good tolerance for pain and I was literally screaming and crying in there. It was super quick, less than one minute, so I’m glad it’s over but woah that was crazy. Doctor and nurses said that my area to inject was unusually “tight” which I’m not sure what that means, but they’re confident they got the affected nerves well (L5 & S1 nerves).

When I got home, I took the best 2 hours nap of my life!

Cost- I have Aetna and last week I got a notification on my Aetna app that my injection was approved to cover 80% leaving me to pay $400. I was okay with this because of potential pain relief. Well this morning I learn my insurance RETRACTED THE APPROVAL last minute!! They are the worrsstt. Well I didn’t want to wait a week to appeal, so I was cash pay. $300 to doctor and $500 to hospital. Hence the reason for no IV pain meds or special treatment.

Recovery- I am not to drive for 24 hours and take it easy for the next week. Rest but also making sure to walk around and don’t lay down all day. Drink lots of fluids. Drink caffeine to avoid the headache side effect of the shot. I took tomorrow off work and I’m back to work the next day.
Doctor says the steroids are doing their work on my nerves and I should feel the benefits on day 4+ they did not mention that it’s possible for it to not work at all, so I’m sticking to that positivity.

Any questions, let me know. I know that I had many unanswered questions so I’m here to help anyone.

I will update on day 4 or 5 and then again a week later and soon for reference.

Update 1: Day 2: pain is worse right now 24 hours later than it was before I went in, but one difference is Painquil pm versus Hydrocodone. I’m filling my prescription later today.

Hi, my daughter has this bed except I cut the top off and got rid of the bottom. She sleeps crazy and I want to cover the wooden rails with a soft cloth. Does anyone have any advice for someone who is a beginner? I have a sewing machine but the only thing I know how to do is hem jeans.

I could pay someone to custom make one also but I’m not sure where to go or what it would even be called.

Can anyone tell me what these photos are showing, if anything significant? I know the photo #1 is the herniation, but I don’t know the others or if they matter. Also, does my herniation look bad? I know it feels excruciating and this was almost 2 months ago and it’s gotten worse, but I’m wondering how PT can fix something like this? Every time I do any exercises, it makes the pain worse. Thanks in advance for any insight!

Also, what is the white line the disc material is hitting? Is that the nerve?