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After years of waiting, I finally got onto insurance, my pcp wrote me a referral, and I’m about to visit a new ob/gyn from the childfree list to see if she’ll give me a bisalp. IM SO NERVOUS

Even though I’ve spent hours and hours researching, going over conversations in my head, and managed to book with someone from the list, I still can’t help but worry she won’t listen. I work for a catholic org, and my ins only covers in-network through our facilities, so I had to get a waiver approved to go out of network (catholic so their drs can’t do the sx even if they wanted to). If this lady turns me down, I can’t get another waiver for this reason for another full year.

Any words of encouragement or advice would be wonderful

Never wanted kids, wanted a bisalp at 19 when I learned what they were, and at 23 all I have to do is wait two more days for a noon appointment on Wednesday to find out if I can have one. So excited and nervous I’m starting to feel nauseous

All it took was:

•Three unproductive conversations with my mother that covered every bingo ever and left me crying
•Talking to my gyn NP who was hesitant but recorded my desire for the procedure
•A denial from the physician she works with
•Me finding the childfree physician list, searching for ones covered under my insurance, and approaching my mom about it again
•My mother deciding that to protect me, I was banned from using her insurance to pursue the procedure
•Getting married and taking on my own insurance
•Calling thirteen different physicians to see who was taking new patients and what their earliest appointment was
•Visiting my PCP (a godsend as a CF woman with POTS because she ALWAYS listens to me and takes my concerns seriously) to get a referral and fill out an insurance waiver because I work at a catholic hospital and my insurance only covers their facilities, so I had to convince them why they should let me go out of network (so they can stay ACA compliant)
•Scheduling the initial appointment!!

I’m so excited I almost cry every time I think about it, and even though the physician (Anita Patibandla) is on the list, I’m scared she’ll make me wait or deny me, as my insurance won’t approve another waiver. Please wish me the best of luck!

Hi all, I need money for car repairs and will unfortunately be trying to sell my books. The acotar and sarajmaas subreddits won’t let me post.

I’m seeing $30-$100 per book and anything from like $500-$1200 for a box set of ToG. I hate having to ask about pricing, but I don’t want to rip myself or someone else off. This post itself is not an offer or ad to sell to anyone here.

The ToG are like new, only read once. The acotar (all four) are in good condition, but were read over a few times. No big issues other than a little love on the edges of the covers. All paperback

I see lots of ideas for air fryer, microwave, and small hot plate meal ideas, but I’m trying to find ideas that use NO heat, as my new apartment has one single wall AC, and I have awful heat intolerance due to a disability.

The only caveat is that my husband hates salads. I know absolutely no heat won’t stick for every meal we make, but hopefully someone has a nice idea or two that isn’t like one of those *41 cool summer meals* lists that wants me to eat spicy radish pasta and oranges with prosciutto

I started metoprolol back in November, and it has greatly improved my quality of life. However, I still can’t stand in one place for more than 5-10 minutes without feeling miserable.

After a grad party this weekend, my husband and I were last-minute invited to go out to a bar, and I agreed because we were told there would for sure be seating (I never go out, so idk what a bar is supposed to be like). There was, of course, no seating. I had about 1-1.5 drinks that got me mildly tipsy (I am a massive lightweight and also never drank much in the first place) and somehow managed to stay out from 11-2 with only a couple small sit breaks after we made our way around three more bars.

Prior to this, alcohol always flared me up, and I certainly couldn’t do that normally because I was struggling standing on occasion at the grad party that same day. Has anyone else found this to be the case for them? On one hand, it was amazing feeling like a normal person after so many years of having pots. I kinda forgot what it felt like to just stand there and be fine. On the other hand, I’d be nervous to ever try again because if this is a pattern, and alcohol does help, I’d be stressed about alcohol becoming a tempting issue.