u/thetourist328

Are there any private or charter schools on a year round calendar in/near Cary? Or, if you are already in the year round public school you are zoned for, are you able to transfer to another one that isn’t in your school zone? We are having some big issues at my kids’ school now but we need to be on a year round calendar. I really don’t want to go down the private/charter school route but I feel like I don’t have much of a choice at this point. I have tried googling but it gives me false info (all of the schools listed are traditional calendar).

And no, homeschool is not an option.

A while back, there was a post on this sub asking for feedback on air purifiers, especially for those of us with chemical sensitivities. I responded, and the OP asked if I wanted to test out an air purifier from his company, Air Sancta. I wasn’t paid to test it, and I’ll be sending it back so I don’t have any incentive to write this. I just wanted to post and let others know that there are options out there for those of us who have had issues with filtered air purifiers. 

When I was at my sickest, I couldn’t use carbon filters. I can only guess this is due to my severe reactions to coconut which is what nearly every carbon filter is made out of. I also struggled a lot with the smell of the filters themselves, as they often reeked of chemicals which would disperse throughout the room when I turned it on. I had to let the filters offgas for weeks in the garage before I could even use them. The AirSancta has no filter, so if you have similar for someone that could be a solution. I don’t know exactly how it works, but it uses distilled water instead. The one they sent is huge, but I noticed on their website that they are making a more compact version so I’ll be on the lookout and will probably buy it once it comes out. The one I tested is probably meant to be used in commercial settings like businesses and hospitals, but due to its size it cleared my house out FAST. The filter only needed to run for like 2 minutes for the entire (~900sqft) bottom floor.

Again, I get nothing from this. I just wanted to share in case someone else found themselves in my shoes where they are reacting to everything, even air purifiers. 

ETA: it looks like they already sell a smaller household version, it’s called the CDA Mini

My daughter recently got into American Girl dolls. I have tried for 6 months to get a catalog. I’ll get a shipping confirmation in my email (but the tracking info isn’t valid) and I never hear back. I’m looking to buy her first doll for her 6th birthday in September but I’d love for her to have a catalog to pick stuff out. She asks me DAILY where her catalog is. 🫠🫠 Does anyone have an extra laying around? I’d be happy to pay you for shipping and for any inconvenience.

I have fought BCBSNC for years over getting my medications covered and I am at my wit’s end. I have really severe allergies to corn, soy, coconut, and wheat, which are commonly found in medications- ESPECIALLY corn. I pay over $1,000 a month on getting certain medications compounded because there are no brands on the market that I don’t react to.

There are also some medications out there I want to try but I’m unable to get them covered by insurance because they refuse to pay for the brands that do not contain cornstarch. My doctors have fought this over and over again and have given up. Blue Cross tells me they won’t cover those brands until I try the other generic versions first (containing corn products) and have a documented reaction to them. The last time I tried to take 1/4 of a pill that contained cornstarch (to save money, of course), I ended up in such a bad flare up I was hospitalized for two weeks and it took me months to recover. I am NOT willing to do it again.

It is so frustrating because my illness gives me basically no quality of life, and there are medications out there that could help me tremendously but because I cannot afford to pay for them out of pocket or get them compounded, I can’t take them. Has anyone else dealt with this and are there any options out there? I have totally given up on ever getting them to cover my compounded meds, but I’d love some advice on trying to get the non-compounded stuff from specific brands covered.