In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Thank you Brenda. :)
The bad news is 2019 is the year I turn 40. :(
I've got a teeth cleaning scheduled late in the month and then I'm going to start getting at least something done about dental work. At the very least, I'll likely get one more molar pulled out on the top, as well as the tooth next to the molar that fell out on the other side. I won't need a partial on the side with just the molar gone, but I'll be getting a small partial on the other side most likely. If it were up to me, I'd just have the entire top removed and replaced. I'm still going to push for that. As for the bottom, I'm going to have the remaining 3 teeth in the front removed and get a partial there. My step-brother-in-law doesn't think it's a good idea at all for me to have the entire bottom removed. I'm inclined to agree with him and intend to do whatever I can to keep the remaining teeth in for as long as possible.
It's a good time to do all of this because two more teeth are on their way out. Right now, it's not visible to anybody that I've lost two and (with a little practice) it doesn't effect my speech. I'm worried that I won't be as lucky if we were to wait for two more to fall out.
What I'm really worried about though is my first doctor's appointment in about 20 years next week. I'll likely be put on blood pressure meds even though I've largely gotten that under control with diet and exercise. It's a hereditary condition in my family, and there are still times that it gets higher than it should be. It's obvious as well that there are other long-lasting and even permanent damages I've caused my body over the years. I'm hoping whatever they are they can be treated with pills and further alterations to my diet. If I walk away after those blood tests and I don't have cancer, I'm going to be a happy man.
I hope that 2019 is the year that you can get into a better place.
At least it sounds like your landlady isn't being as bitchy as she has in the past?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Thank you Brenda. :)
The bad news is 2019 is the year I turn 40. :(
I hope that 2019 is the year that you can get into a better place.
At least it sounds like your landlady isn't being as bitchy as she has in the past?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Turning 40 is nothing Jack. When you hit your 50s then you will have something to talk about.
I hope so too.
Yeah, she isn't. As long as I am not turning anything on for heat or doing anything else she thinks I shouldn't be then I'm alright to her.
Still have a few choice words about her and they are not fit to post on this board.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Thank you Brenda. :)
The bad news is 2019 is the year I turn 40. :(
I've got a teeth cleaning scheduled late in the month and then I'm going to start getting at least something done about dental work. At the very least, I'll likely get one more molar pulled out on the top, as well as the tooth next to the molar that fell out on the other side. I won't need a partial on the side with just the molar gone, but I'll be getting a small partial on the other side most likely. If it were up to me, I'd just have the entire top removed and replaced. I'm still going to push for that. As for the bottom, I'm going to have the remaining 3 teeth in the front removed and get a partial there. My step-brother-in-law doesn't think it's a good idea at all for me to have the entire bottom removed. I'm inclined to agree with him and intend to do whatever I can to keep the remaining teeth in for as long as possible.
It's a good time to do all of this because two more teeth are on their way out. Right now, it's not visible to anybody that I've lost two and (with a little practice) it doesn't effect my speech. I'm worried that I won't be as lucky if we were to wait for two more to fall out.
What I'm really worried about though is my first doctor's appointment in about 20 years next week. I'll likely be put on blood pressure meds even though I've largely gotten that under control with diet and exercise. It's a hereditary condition in my family, and there are still times that it gets higher than it should be. It's obvious as well that there are other long-lasting and even permanent damages I've caused my body over the years. I'm hoping whatever they are they can be treated with pills and further alterations to my diet. If I walk away after those blood tests and I don't have cancer, I'm going to be a happy man.
I hope that 2019 is the year that you can get into a better place.
At least it sounds like your landlady isn't being as bitchy as she has in the past?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Taking care of your dental health is important and anything you can do to maintain the teeth you have is good.
Blood pressure meds can be good if you need them. Getting that bloodwork done is the first step. One thing at a time. I hope it turns up nothing as serious as that.
Doctors make me twitchy as well.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Taking care of your dental health is important and anything you can do to maintain the teeth you have is good.
Blood pressure meds can be good if you need them. Getting that bloodwork done is the first step. One thing at a time. I hope it turns up nothing as serious as that.
Doctors make me twitchy as well.
Yeah. Me too. I didn't go to see one for 20 years twitchy.
Now I've got to figure out how to do the blood test stuff. My ignorant ass thought I was going to get that done while I was at the doctor. Two of the ladies at work told me that I better go to a place they told me about to get it done cheaply. One said that when her husband went to the hospital to have bloodwork and urine done after seeing the doctor their health insurance didn't cover it and it cost them $700!!!!!!
No way I'm paying more than a two week check from work to pay for that out of pocket.
If I can't even get simple bloodwork done while I'm at the doctor, it makes me wonder just what the hell it is that he does to get all that money.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:He can't spend more than a few minutes on you. Then, to prevent him from providing actual Medical Care to patients, the Doc is mandated by Obamacare to spend hours filling out and coding paperwork. And then Obamacare boosts the costs for their "administration" of your Health Care.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Taking care of your dental health is important and anything you can do to maintain the teeth you have is good.
Blood pressure meds can be good if you need them. Getting that bloodwork done is the first step. One thing at a time. I hope it turns up nothing as serious as that.
Doctors make me twitchy as well.
Yeah. Me too. I didn't go to see one for 20 years twitchy.
Now I've got to figure out how to do the blood test stuff. My ignorant ass thought I was going to get that done while I was at the doctor. Two of the ladies at work told me that I better go to a place they told me about to get it done cheaply. One said that when her husband went to the hospital to have bloodwork and urine done after seeing the doctor their health insurance didn't cover it and it cost them $700!!!!!!
No way I'm paying more than a two week check from work to pay for that out of pocket.
If I can't even get simple bloodwork done while I'm at the doctor, it makes me wonder just what the hell it is that he does to get all that money.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Ain't Obamacare great? Good thing you voted for it.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Taking care of your dental health is important and anything you can do to maintain the teeth you have is good.
Blood pressure meds can be good if you need them. Getting that bloodwork done is the first step. One thing at a time. I hope it turns up nothing as serious as that.
Doctors make me twitchy as well.
Yeah. Me too. I didn't go to see one for 20 years twitchy.
Now I've got to figure out how to do the blood test stuff. My ignorant ass thought I was going to get that done while I was at the doctor. Two of the ladies at work told me that I better go to a place they told me about to get it done cheaply. One said that when her husband went to the hospital to have bloodwork and urine done after seeing the doctor their health insurance didn't cover it and it cost them $700!!!!!!
No way I'm paying more than a two week check from work to pay for that out of pocket.
If I can't even get simple bloodwork done while I'm at the doctor, it makes me wonder just what the hell it is that he does to get all that money.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Not even in Canada do Doctors do labwork. . In Canada you go to the doctor and he gives you a "lab paper" that tells the medical lab what the doctor wants looked at. Then you go to the lab where a nurse takes several vials of your blood to be examined by a technician. Then in a week you go back to your doctor who tells you what they found.
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
He can't spend more than a few minutes on you. Then, to prevent him from providing actual Medical Care to patients, the Doc is mandated by Obamacare to spend hours filling out and coding paperwork. And then Obamacare boosts the costs for their "administration" of your Health Care.
Ain't Obamacare great? Good thing you voted for it.
When did I vote for it?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Rain, rain, rain.
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Winds coming up again now at 11:15pm. Hope it doesn't do any damage.
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