u/showmenemelda

Anyone personally dealt with [recurrent] stones and found better treatment at a particular facility?

I don't really feel the walk-in clinic is good fit since a CT or ultrasound sound necessary to visualize. I am not hoping for surgery or stent/catheter. Just hoping to not be completely traumatized by western medicine to the point. Maybe some Flomax and thorough screening for infection. I have a 5-yr-old total joint replacement issues and some issues with my left renal vein compression—a couple things that elevate my risk.

So far, I have the tools to manage the pain decently at home, but not motivated to eat or drink anything today. Most say they feel better after the stone drops—I got the chills and a low grade fever, low-end BP and not amazing O2/HR stats. Not looking for medical advice necessarily, but for your lived experience seeking treatment for kidney stones.

Being subjected to awful Youtube ads and have seen two Alme ads. Is he from teacher folks in Miles City—or is it Great Falls? I hate when I get those places mixed up! /s

And then using imagery of what appears to be the Rims in Billings. What a maverick! Ha! I hate this timeline the most.

I am in tears. My neighbors told me they were going to do this and I asked about the acoustics—zero effs given. Their dogs have busted thru the wooden privacy fence panels more than once now. I am guessing the boards wouldn't be so fragile if they understood staining _both sides_ of the wood is necessary. And not letting your dogs Kool-Aid-man against them all effing day.

So their music is EXTRA loud now, and I imagine the dogs barking [which isn't going to stop] will be even worse. I don't have the funds to plant friggin anything. I have had 2 brain surgeries so even *my* dog barking hurts my ears super bad. Which is why I trained her to not engage in the neighborhood canine choral.

They blame their dog being a "puppy" except he's the same age as mine [6] I have trained my dog to not engage. I absolutely hate my house and my nervous system is fried at this point.

It looks tacky af, but it's also connected to the flat side of the fence [we are in some pseudo HOA technically a "townhouse" land parcel sorta shit]. I am just so friggin exasperated and overwhelmed. I am also worried it's going to ruin the fence. It's literally sheets of roofing on top of 6ft cedar wood fence.

How the eff to do mitigate this hellscape? Their dogs barking already comes thru the vents. I know I need to fix the outlets for gaps and that will help—but if the dogs are toward the front of the houses, it sounds like a megaphone directly into my kitchen thru the exhaust vent. Speaking of—they also use the most pungent laundry fragrances I have ever encountered. Basically getting sent into my house for assault on my senses regularly.

I literally want to sell my house at this point—which is absurd bc I have a good rate and monthly payment. But at what cost? I feel like I'm in hell.

There are a ton of oil change shops popping up. I planning on trying American Car Care after calling around a few places. Gotten some decent offers in the mail but I've been tricked by those 50% offers at some chains and it's not a great deal after all. Lisacs charged me for a tire rotation last time and ACC doesn't… so leaning that direction. Tired searching the sub first with no avail.

TL;DR what can I put on my top lip/skin area to soothe and heal damage/reaction from adhesive? Allergic to lanolin and like every Neutrogena product lol.

I have sensitive skin, especially to adhesives. I have dabbled with "mouth taping" in the past to promote nasal breathing during sleep. I bought some that are specifically made to fit the mouth and it was just kinesiology tape [but that can vary!]. I wasn't getting the medical tape to stick, so I cut a piece of Rock Tape, which doesn't really cause my skin problems. Well, this did. My top lip and the skin above it is so dry, little red bumps, etc. Basically, what a person would expect if you put super strong adhesive over your mouth. Not my finest moment.

So far, I have tried vaseline, burts bees with vitamin e, castor oil. Did I just strip a dermal layer away? What else can I put on my top lip?!

My grandma passed away a couple months ago and we discovered she ripped the hand-written page from the family Bible with all the birth and baptism records. Hmm… weird choice Grams, but ok.

My Grandma's 23&Me report. It was also ***MISSING PAGES*** in the middle. Like, what the heck?!.

Is this common? My grandma kept an immaculate home, yard/flowers, shared shop with my grandpa. She did die of liver cancer though; and looking back all the things blown off as "just grandma" are now seem more like "cognitive decline from progressing disease process."

Also worth noting, in the garden shed was an old burn barrel garbage can/lid with ashes in the bottom. We discussed if it was for flowers [apparently no, wood is best for this and this ash wasn't from wood—it was from paper]. I thought perhaps these missing pages were of that ash. I was told that's absurd when she had a paper shredder. But if I had something I didn't want me nosey grandkids/kids in, I'd probably burn it too rather than risk it.

I was shocked when my mom showed us the Bible with the missing page. As a lost Canadian working on claiming that citizenship, I know people's entire cases can hinge on these hand-written records. I don't need the Bible entry info but dang, Grandma! What the heck?!?

Saw on the 5:30 news the Gazette building is for sale [again]. Does not bode well for the future of journalism. Has anyone heard the future plans, should the Gazette building sell?

Consider Deer Lodge just lost their newspaper press [and thus, surrounding areas]—I am anxious to see what the long game is?

And the new Scripps format is just as bad as everyone says. Feels like I'm watching an episode of Cocomelon—choppy and dizzying. Are these broadcasts mostly ai generated now?

Has anyone tried the $35/mo home internet thru Verizon? Is it different than the "jetpack" thing?

I am tired of paying for both Spectrum and Verizon. I pretty much use my Spectrum for streaming, email/work, and a couple smart home devices. Other than that I mostly use my phone. Just paid my Spectrum bill, which just went up another $10. I don't think TDS is in my neighborhood yet.

I'm sure there is some bundle thru Spectrum that would be cheaper but tbh I trust Verizon far more. My bill hasn't gone up constantly with them over the last 20 years—unlike Spectrum

I am in dire need of new sheets. I like 100% cotton and this sub taught me what my mother probably has said for years, percale is the way to go. Walmart had some BHG sets for $45 with pretty good reviews.

When I checked the Bullseye page on ebay, looked like they were out of queen size. I don't mind using Amazon if there's a more affordable/comparable and cheaper set.

The Threshold sheets I used [pretty much without much rotation] were 100% cotton made in Pakistan but i dont think they are percale.

Basically looking for cotton percale queen sheet set for under $50

For those of you who see a PT weekly for things like visceral manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage, craniosacral, I'd like to hear from you.

I have major trauma from my first skilled PT who was located 2 hours away from me. She started canceling last minute all the time. This would often mean I was already 1 hour 50 minutes into my trip when I'd get the cancelation. So, when I started with my current PT—it was explained why I find the chronic, last minute cancelations problematic and triggering.

And here we are. It is getting to be a regular thing—got canceled on again this week. That's the 2nd week in a row, and a couple weeks prior to that, also.

It also absolutely pisses me off when people have somewhere "self-inflicted" troubles [like, obvious diet incompatibility causing them to have repeated "glutened" issues or the like. Better than the first who was battling secret alcoholism and a messy divorce+major personal health issues. But starting to feel similar.

I try to be understanding, but where do you draw the line? I literally can't tell if she just wants rid of me as a patient or just genuinely has such poor health/digestion/immune system that she isn't a good candidate for having her own clinic/practice? I rely on PT to put my bones where they belong and keep my adhesions/fascia issues at bay.

I have literally just stopped responding to her texts when she cancels, which is not very professional of me. But ffs. This sucks. We've had 2 deaths in the family this week and I was really counting on this session. And dealing with increasingly worsening mystery bruising on my ankle. So frustrated!!