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Has anyone with a tape allergy gotten mohs surgery and had an easy time healing? Is there anything we can use on our face that won't make healing worse? I had a bug bite on my leg 5 years ago that got cellulitis and needed an incision and drainage with a huge dressing. My skin reacted to the adhesive in the bandage and that made the healing process even harder.

Surgery isn't until November 2nd but I wanted to make sure I got everything i needed and told the nurses ahead of time. Thanks!

I remember thinking some of the editing was strange in her conversations about and to Taylor in S2, it was like something was being talked about we hadn't seen or knew the extent of. Forget the ep, but at one point she's referencing Taylor's kids being harmed and it was heavily edited. I remember seeing the body cam video in S1, but was Demi alluding to Dakota's video that didn't air? She did come off as power grabbing and it wasn't a great look, but does anyone feel differently about her in that season?

I usually pre-order or buy audiobooks when its a lesser-known or new author, and sometimes when the wait is too long or its not available at my libraries. Do you have a thought process on when to buy vs. borrow?

Any experiences with evaluations? They don't have many reviews and it's a big investment for a 2-day long evaluation that insurance may or may not reimburse. The appointment process/person with the neuropsych at Jefferson is a hellscape, so this is second choice but i'm hoping someone had a good experience before we put a lot of money out.

I have eczema caused by my wedding ring and earring sensitivities, so i know I have a topical reaction to metals. But I recently noticed a correlation between wearing my grandmother's gold necklace and some systemic issues with circulation (cold extremities, sweating and a feeling of swelling without noticeable changes).​

I know there are so many factors to consider and thats why I've tried being a little less obsessive about causes. But this seems very consistent with months of symptom relief when I wasn't wearing it, and symptom onset within days of putting it on. Wearing it isnt consistent with times of year, it was a random choice last week and I noticed symptoms coming back that I haven't had in a while.

My daughter has been on 100mg of lamictal for 4 years, coupled with prozac. She asked her psych today if another combo could be possible since her anxiety has gotten unmanageable and she says she doesnt remember how she felt pre-meds. Her psych prescribed vraylar and zoloft with no directions to titer down either med before starting the new combo. Has anyone heard of or done this safely?

I got covid in January 2022, it was a mild case but still had me down for a couple weeks. Pretty much immediately after I recovered, my LPR started feeling like a cold, menthol sort of mouthwash. It happened frequently and then kinda went away with time, replaced by our regularly scheduled program of battery acid pain for the next couple years.

Last week, I tweaked a disc in my upper back causing massive neck pain, spasms and extremely limited movement for days. The menthol mouth feeling came right back the same day as the injury. Its been 7 days, my back and neck are 75% better but the menthol feeling is still hanging around.

I know other people have talked about having this post-covid, thankfully bc i felt crazy back in 2022 when it first happened to me. But now i'm curious if the injury was causation or correlation. Any thoughts or commisseration are both appreciated.

I got covid in January 2022, it was a mild case but still had me down for a couple weeks. Pretty much immediately after I recovered, my LPR started feeling like a cold, menthol sort of mouthwash. It happened frequently and then kinda went away with time, replaced by our regularly scheduled program of battery acid pain for the next couple years.

Last week, I tweaked a disc in my upper back causing massive neck pain, spasms and extremely limited movement for days. The menthol mouth feeling came right back the same day as the injury. Its been 7 days, my back and neck are 75% better but the menthol feeling is still hanging around.

I know other people have talked about having this post-covid, thankfully bc i felt crazy back in 2022 when it first happened to me. But now i'm curious if the injury was causation or correlation. Any thoughts or commisseration are both appreciated.

I use the double to make a latte twice a day with the same beans, and for the summer he's been using the luxe on cold brew setting for 16oz. He said the amount of espresso it puts out on those settings isn't much more than ​what I get for a latte, but I don't know how that's possible. The espresso beans we use are pretty strong, he gets headaches without caffeine but he's not affected by "too much" like I would if I had a coffee past 5pm. Is that too much or do other people use those settings also?

I have a 17 and 13yo bored out of their minds. 17yo can drive, she usually takes him to the skate park at Rowan but they need other stuff to alternate before that gets boring. Doesn't have to be free, just not top golf expensive.

My husband uses 322 to get to the bridge for work and passes these at all times of day and night. He says he hasn't seen the majority of them being used, ever. He pointed out a few trucks that never move from the parking lots, otherwise the lots were empty. There's one maybe two he says get a lot of traffic, but that's it. Any ideas why? I would think developers are losing money without companies using them, unless they're being used for longterm storage or something?

Anyone familiar with paying the city for copies of death certificates from the early 1900s? The last time I looked they wanted a check mailed in.

I keep checking back in case ancestry uploads them, but no luck. My 3x great grandmother lost 5 out of 7 kids then died herself before she hit 30, I would like to know what they all died of. I only have her obituary and the death record of her and the kids in ancestry, no photocopy of the certificate with causes of death. I'm thinking water-borne illness since they all happened right before the city developed water treatment, but who knows.

My son had a music rotation in middle school this year and took to the piano. I emailed Main Street Music in Harrison twp but they seemed expensive, is this rate pretty normal? 30 minute lesson = $41, 45 minute lesson = $53, 60 minute lesson = $65

I'm not sure how often lessons should be for piano, is biweekly pretty average? He plays ice hockey so i'm trying to keep him somewhat occupied this summer while not going bankrupt.

Recommendations are appreciated if ya got em

I just need to hear he's not alone.

I think my 13yo son is naive about the people he thinks are his friends, they seem to be well-liked kids and i'm worried he's trying hard to be accepted by them. ​He would come home from the first few days of school in 4th and 5th grade crying and saying no one wanted to be friends with him, kids wouldn't even play fortnite with him and were kinda cruel about it. He has an lgbt sibling who he's so proud of, I don't know if that factors into this because we moved here when he was 9yo and its a little conservative.

I've watched him in groups because I'm not around a lot of kids either, and kids his age seem similar to him in behavior and interests. He recognizes other kids' off-putting behavior and how it makes him feel, so he has some sort of social awareness. But maybe theres a nuanced thing you only see when you're a kid that age, i just wish i knew what it was (advice on that please if anyone has it).

He just finished his 7th grade year, and he talked a lot about his friends. A few went to the mall with him twice when he asked, but he never gets invited to anything. He seems to be in group chats, but he notices when those kids make plans without him while in class.

I'm worried that in the years he would express his sadness to me, maybe I reacted with empathy in a way that made him feel worse about himself (like taking my empathy as pity). And maybe he became a little naive about his friendships when they're not really friends, as a way to protect himself from the feelings of shame.

There was a very big end of year party that he wasn't invited to, and he's confused because why would all the kids he's friends with get invited but not him. He does have one kid he hangs out with the past few years, but he got invited too.

We tried therapy a couple years ago and it wasn't for him, it was really uncomfortable and only seemed to make things worse. I'm worried theres something i *should* be doing to make sure things don't get worse for him, i'm also worried that if i do too much that'll guarantee they get worse. He just started playing ice hockey and made a higher travel team that starts soon, and i think the kids are nice to him. I just wish school wasn't so hard for him.

Can anyone relate, its my biggest worry and i just need to hear that he's not alone.