The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[donaldtoo]

So sorry, I'm hating the changes today. I hope you can find an alternative. God bless you and the family.

Thanks, but, actually, it's no big deal at all for my family, Bet's. Remember, my full time job is as a designer for a local architectural firm, where I make a very nice living. I just do the clothing store closer shifts to help the owner out (I used to work there full time a few years ago) when he needs it. He gets the help, and I get a little extra gas and beer money.
He's actually not even that upset. This guy is a smart cookie with business savy...he's not goin' down. He's actually lookin' forward to a break from owning 2 stores for a bit so he can take a little time to figure out his next move.

 

[donaldtoo]

OK gang, I be zonked...
Hope you're all Disney dreamin' it...!
I be seein' y'alllllllllll...!!!

 

[Figgy1]

I'm picking that for our next trip. I love Margarita's and want to eat there. Daughter has been to the one in Las Vegas, they have this large margarita glass that girls in bathing suits slides down into the "drink". Only in Las Vegas. She said the food was very good. The construction and traffic kept us away from UNI, we almost had an accident, a girl started to pull in our lane, with no clearance, hubby yelled car to SIN he served right (good reaction, on his part). We avoided the wreck, but no one was anxious to go back on I-4 until the construction is finished. SIN thanked hubby, as she was pulling into his blind spot.

That's the one thing I'm not looking forward to is going from the condo to UNI I'm hoping the mess will not be too bad at the height of summer. It's a good thing we're going early and coming back late.

 

[Figgy1]

So, because my current employment is being eliminated as of July 1 (I start a new job on July 11), I figured that it is a good time to go get a physical. My previous doctor retired a few years back and I've been a bit lazy about finding someone new. But I looked online on my health insurance's providers and basically picked someone out of the hat. My exam was today at 4PM. I was there for two hours!!!

This was the physical to end all physicals. I was poked and prodded, and given tests that I didn't even know existed. This was all new to me. In the past, when I went to a physical, my doctor would just take my blood pressure and then ask me some questions, and that was it.

Today, I got this:

Blood pressure test - on each arm. It was high, and I am now prescribed on a blood pressure pill. Hurray. I am officially old.

The breathe in breathe out thing with the stethoscope.

Then I was told to pull down my pants and lay down on the table and face the wall. What the?!?!?!! The next thing you know, I was violated in a way that cannot be described on a family message board. The unexpected prostate exam was not fun.

Then, the doctor said he was going to send someone in to continue the tests, including a blood draw.

WHAT????? I am so needle-phobic that I usually need a few days to work up to a blood test. Plus, I had just been violated up my freaking ***. How much can one person take???

I told him that I didn't think blood was a good idea, but he said they are very gentle in his office and left and slammed the door. What the -------??!?

So I sat there sweating for a good ten minutes and then this guy comes in with a rolling tray with all this stuff on it. He was very friendly and said that first they were going to do an EKG.

Strapped all these things all over me and did that. No problem.

Then, he did a blow into a tube test to test my lung capacity or something. I guess as the town drunk, I should be familiar with blow into a tube test, but since I do not drive, not so much. But I blew into the tube and was told I passed that one with flying colors.

Then, he said he was going to do a blood draw.

I repeated that I really needed a few days to work up to it, and didn't know this was going to happen today, but there was no talking my way out of it, and minutes later, there was the rubber tube around my arm, and the needle in my vein, and the scream right at the back of my throat. I had asked him how long it would take and he said 20 seconds. It was the longest 20 seconds of my year. Needles and me do not get along. I would make a terrible heroin addict.

So that's enough, right? Wrong!

Next, I had to get an echocardiogram, because apparently an EKG was not enough.

And finally, I don't even know what this test is called but six of what looked like blood pressure bands were placed on my legs and arms and then they did a circulation test to make sure my blood is circulating properly. (It is - the assistant showed me the results).

And that's about it.

Oh wait - I forgot - I had to pee in a cup as well.

That is the craziest physical I have ever had in my entire life. This doctor is detailed, let me tell you. And I guess that's a good thing.

Now of course I am terrified to go for my results in a month. With my luck, I am going to have 17 types of cancer, a failing heart, and it goes without saying that I am going to be told "Mr. Thomas, I'm sorry but we simply could not find your liver." I'll have to tell him that it fell out and got flushed down a toilet at the last drink around the world.

I feel just fine, so I guess its good to find out if anything wonky is going on, but after all those tests, I'm like - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Sorry. Just needed to vent. Luckily, this is right next to my apartment, so I think I was entitled to a treat today, and I had one,

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Sympathy like. Red wine and beets are supposed to be good for lowering blood pressure or so I've heard. I can't believe he prescribed pills so quickly because when my dh's pressure and cholestorol started to go up he was put on a diet before trying pills. BTW the diet worked and he doesn't need medication

 

[Figgy1]

Good morning, well sort of. It's 46 degrees. What the heck? It's the middle of June, school's out and I need heavy clothing to go outside, something is so wrong about that. My dh got me a pressure cooker over the weekend so I wouldn't heat up the house cooking things like soups, stews and beans. Ha, ha, ha! Today I'm going to bake several loaves of breakfast breads just to be able to use my big oven. Rant over. Tonight's dinner groundhog stew in the new cooker(it's a nice big 8 quart one) At least my mouse ears for the trip are done and this month's free download for my sewing machine is an Eiffel Tower I'm going to have to put one on shirts for me and my boys for an EPCOT day

 

[MinnieM123]

So, because my current employment is being eliminated as of July 1 (I start a new job on July 11), I figured that it is a good time to go get a physical. My previous doctor retired a few years back and I've been a bit lazy about finding someone new. But I looked online on my health insurance's providers and basically picked someone out of the hat. My exam was today at 4PM. I was there for two hours!!!

This was the physical to end all physicals. I was poked and prodded, and given tests that I didn't even know existed. This was all new to me. In the past, when I went to a physical, my doctor would just take my blood pressure and then ask me some questions, and that was it.

Today, I got this:

Blood pressure test - on each arm. It was high, and I am now prescribed on a blood pressure pill. Hurray. I am officially old.

The breathe in breathe out thing with the stethoscope.

Then I was told to pull down my pants and lay down on the table and face the wall. What the?!?!?!! The next thing you know, I was violated in a way that cannot be described on a family message board. The unexpected prostate exam was not fun.

Then, the doctor said he was going to send someone in to continue the tests, including a blood draw.

WHAT????? I am so needle-phobic that I usually need a few days to work up to a blood test. Plus, I had just been violated up my freaking ***. How much can one person take???

I told him that I didn't think blood was a good idea, but he said they are very gentle in his office and left and slammed the door. What the -------??!?

So I sat there sweating for a good ten minutes and then this guy comes in with a rolling tray with all this stuff on it. He was very friendly and said that first they were going to do an EKG.

Strapped all these things all over me and did that. No problem.

Then, he did a blow into a tube test to test my lung capacity or something. I guess as the town drunk, I should be familiar with blow into a tube test, but since I do not drive, not so much. But I blew into the tube and was told I passed that one with flying colors.

Then, he said he was going to do a blood draw.

I repeated that I really needed a few days to work up to it, and didn't know this was going to happen today, but there was no talking my way out of it, and minutes later, there was the rubber tube around my arm, and the needle in my vein, and the scream right at the back of my throat. I had asked him how long it would take and he said 20 seconds. It was the longest 20 seconds of my year. Needles and me do not get along. I would make a terrible heroin addict.

So that's enough, right? Wrong!

Next, I had to get an echocardiogram, because apparently an EKG was not enough.

And finally, I don't even know what this test is called but six of what looked like blood pressure bands were placed on my legs and arms and then they did a circulation test to make sure my blood is circulating properly. (It is - the assistant showed me the results).

And that's about it.

Oh wait - I forgot - I had to pee in a cup as well.

That is the craziest physical I have ever had in my entire life. This doctor is detailed, let me tell you. And I guess that's a good thing.

Now of course I am terrified to go for my results in a month. With my luck, I am going to have 17 types of cancer, a failing heart, and it goes without saying that I am going to be told "Mr. Thomas, I'm sorry but we simply could not find your liver." I'll have to tell him that it fell out and got flushed down a toilet at the last drink around the world.

I feel just fine, so I guess its good to find out if anything wonky is going on, but after all those tests, I'm like - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Sorry. Just needed to vent. Luckily, this is right next to my apartment, so I think I was entitled to a treat today, and I had one,

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O.k. I know I'm not supposed to laugh, but the way you describe your experiences is funny! Aside of that, I was thinking to myself that it's a lot less stressful to avoid physicals, remain unhealthy and happy, and let the chips fall where they may!

Sounds like your new doctor and his team are very thorough. And, it's always better to set up a relationship with a new doctor, prior to any real illness or other issues that may pop up unexpectedly, in the future. At least you now have a current medical chart to serve as a baseline with this new physician.

As @figmentfan423 mentioned, it was a little surprising that the dr. put you on statins so quickly. Although, based upon pictures you've shared over the past year, you don't look overweight; so perhaps the dr. felt that dropping pounds may not have been an option, in your particular situation. Well, just see how things go, and eventually, your BP numbers may lower to a degree that the meds may be reduced.

 

[Songbird76]

I think I'm all caught up on here. Time for me to do another couple loads of laundry. We pay for our vacation in laundry loads, when we get back. Have a great day. I'm off to make tuna salad for dinner tonight. Did someone say they have 18 cans of tuna?

Uh oh....you didn't bring an illness home from Disney again, did you? Didn't you say you crave tuna when you are sick?

 

[Songbird76]

My lawn isn't getting mowed today because it's now raining. Cold, wet and the boys are stuck inside together Come here little groundhog

Sympathy like. Can't you pawn one of them off at a friend's house? How much rain did you get? Are the boys going to melt?

 

[Songbird76]

Two things....so the boy on pirates peed in your boat?! How did you not lose it? I definitely would have said something if I was in the boat with them. I would rather the kid peed into the water.

And second...what type of burgers did you have at deluxe burger? Is one of them chicken? How was it?

I was thinking the same thing! How in the world is it better to let him pee in the boat than in the water. How does "no, don't let him pee in the water" mean "let him go right here"? And didn't the mother say something? If she thought it was bad to let him pee in the water, why didn't she have a problem with it in the boat where people will be sitting the whole day? SO gross!!

 

[Songbird76]

Both of my parents smoked, although my dad hid it and still hides it today. My sister smokes, she gave it up while she was pregnant but took it up again as soon as she left the hospital. I wasn't ever tempted to start, I wanted to waste my money in other ways (Disney stuff).

Yeah, I was really surprised last time I went home that my brother started smoking. Neither of us liked it that my mom smoked and he knows how unhealthy it is...I didn't think he'd ever smoke. The boy is asking for a heart attack. But I have never had the desire and neither has my husband and DD gets really upset when we encounter smokers, so I don't think she'll ever start it, thank goodness. DS doesn't seem to be particularly bothered by it, but he also doesn't seem intrigued, so maybe he'll dodge that bullet, too.

 

[Songbird76]

Oh, I'd probably freak out if I saw a real tornado!! Never saw one before--only in movies or on the TV news. The movie, Twister, was interesting, but a real situation with frightening tornadoes is something I hope I never experience.

Ha! I remember once when I was...probably 11 or 12? I was playing outside with my best friend and another little neighbor girl who my mom thought was a complete flake. The neighbor girl had a tent set up in the back yard and we had been playing in the tent and came out for drinks. The neighbor girl stepped out and says "oh look! A tornado" and we looked and sure enough, there it was. So I ran home and told my mom that Stacey had seen a tornado and my mom was like "Yeah, right...Stacey is probably just trying to get attention." so I told her I had seen it, too, and she went and looked, grabbed the camera, took a couple pictures from the porch, grabbed the dog, and we were off to a friend's house where there was a basement. It was far enough away that we weren't in immediate danger. The advantage to wide open spaces, I guess...you can usually see what's coming.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

So, because my current employment is being eliminated as of July 1 (I start a new job on July 11), I figured that it is a good time to go get a physical. My previous doctor retired a few years back and I've been a bit lazy about finding someone new. But I looked online on my health insurance's providers and basically picked someone out of the hat. My exam was today at 4PM. I was there for two hours!!!

This was the physical to end all physicals. I was poked and prodded, and given tests that I didn't even know existed. This was all new to me. In the past, when I went to a physical, my doctor would just take my blood pressure and then ask me some questions, and that was it.

Today, I got this:

Blood pressure test - on each arm. It was high, and I am now prescribed on a blood pressure pill. Hurray. I am officially old.

The breathe in breathe out thing with the stethoscope.

Then I was told to pull down my pants and lay down on the table and face the wall. What the?!?!?!! The next thing you know, I was violated in a way that cannot be described on a family message board. The unexpected prostate exam was not fun.

Then, the doctor said he was going to send someone in to continue the tests, including a blood draw.

WHAT????? I am so needle-phobic that I usually need a few days to work up to a blood test. Plus, I had just been violated up my freaking ***. How much can one person take???

I told him that I didn't think blood was a good idea, but he said they are very gentle in his office and left and slammed the door. What the -------??!?

So I sat there sweating for a good ten minutes and then this guy comes in with a rolling tray with all this stuff on it. He was very friendly and said that first they were going to do an EKG.

Strapped all these things all over me and did that. No problem.

Then, he did a blow into a tube test to test my lung capacity or something. I guess as the town drunk, I should be familiar with blow into a tube test, but since I do not drive, not so much. But I blew into the tube and was told I passed that one with flying colors.

Then, he said he was going to do a blood draw.

I repeated that I really needed a few days to work up to it, and didn't know this was going to happen today, but there was no talking my way out of it, and minutes later, there was the rubber tube around my arm, and the needle in my vein, and the scream right at the back of my throat. I had asked him how long it would take and he said 20 seconds. It was the longest 20 seconds of my year. Needles and me do not get along. I would make a terrible heroin addict.

So that's enough, right? Wrong!

Next, I had to get an echocardiogram, because apparently an EKG was not enough.

And finally, I don't even know what this test is called but six of what looked like blood pressure bands were placed on my legs and arms and then they did a circulation test to make sure my blood is circulating properly. (It is - the assistant showed me the results).

And that's about it.

Oh wait - I forgot - I had to pee in a cup as well.

That is the craziest physical I have ever had in my entire life. This doctor is detailed, let me tell you. And I guess that's a good thing.

Now of course I am terrified to go for my results in a month. With my luck, I am going to have 17 types of cancer, a failing heart, and it goes without saying that I am going to be told "Mr. Thomas, I'm sorry but we simply could not find your liver." I'll have to tell him that it fell out and got flushed down a toilet at the last drink around the world.

I feel just fine, so I guess its good to find out if anything wonky is going on, but after all those tests, I'm like - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Sorry. Just needed to vent. Luckily, this is right next to my apartment, so I think I was entitled to a treat today, and I had one,

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Sounds like that was quite the exam, and you deserved a treat after that. I'm glad I don't have that place with the pastries next to my house, everything looked amazing, I'd probably eat there everyday!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Good morning, well sort of. It's 46 degrees. What the heck? It's the middle of June, school's out and I need heavy clothing to go outside, something is so wrong about that. My dh got me a pressure cooker over the weekend so I wouldn't heat up the house cooking things like soups, stews and beans. Ha, ha, ha! Today I'm going to bake several loaves of breakfast breads just to be able to use my big oven. Rant over. Tonight's dinner groundhog stew in the new cooker(it's a nice big 8 quart one) At least my mouse ears for the trip are done and this month's free download for my sewing machine is an Eiffel Tower I'm going to have to put one on shirts for me and my boys for an EPCOT day

We have had some cool mornings too, but today is the end of that for awhile. It was only 63 this morning (yesterday was 48) but the humidity was in the air already at 5:45 am. We will be almost 90 today, and I'm happy and sad about that. The last couple days I've taken the dog for a walk around 2pm since it was in the low 70's now if it is hot our walks will have to be later. Oh well.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Yeah, I was really surprised last time I went home that my brother started smoking. Neither of us liked it that my mom smoked and he knows how unhealthy it is...I didn't think he'd ever smoke. The boy is asking for a heart attack. But I have never had the desire and neither has my husband and DD gets really upset when we encounter smokers, so I don't think she'll ever start it, thank goodness. DS doesn't seem to be particularly bothered by it, but he also doesn't seem intrigued, so maybe he'll dodge that bullet, too.

The other night I went to a baseball game with my sister and her family and while we were getting ready to go up to the stadium my sister had to have one last smoke. I heard my niece grumble about how bad smoking is and saw her roll her eyes at her mom. I hope my niece keeps that attitude and doesn't pick up the habit. It was fun to see her roll her eyes at her mom though, as she is getting close to her teen year, it should be fun to see how those pan out! (My sister was a big handful for our parents!)

 

[MOXOMUMD]

10 days until Father's Day.

 

[betty rose]

Oh, I'd probably freak out if I saw a real tornado!! Never saw one before--only in movies or on the TV news. The movie, Twister, was interesting, but a real situation with frightening tornadoes is something I hope I never experience.

I have only seen one tornado since we moved to Colorado. Eastern Colorado has a lot of tornado's. I don't live in that area, we are really good where we are. One in over 20 years, pretty good average.

 

[Figgy1]

Sympathy like. Can't you pawn one of them off at a friend's house? How much rain did you get? Are the boys going to melt?

We didn't get too much so they're mowing after lunch

 

[betty rose]

Thanks for the pics, Bet's, and that food looks great! That burger reminds me a lot of Fuddruckers...!

As to the PotC incident...
The only thing I keep thinkin' is why didn't that kid have a Pull-Up on...?

I guess they were potty training. Seemed funny to me. But, pull ups didn't exist when my daughter was that age. We went from diapers to panties, back in the day.

 

[Figgy1]

I just finished dealing with special diets at Disney. They were great as usual and everything is is the system

 

[betty rose]

I don't mind if there are designated smoking areas in the parks. Even though I don't smoke I do Iike the smoking area by Big Thunder Mountain. Sometimes I even hang out there, it is down by the river and there are even some rocking chairs there. It is a very quiet area.

A little side story, I think it was on my college graduation trip (2000) I was sitting with my mom in the smoking section at Blizard Beach and it was clearly the smoking section and it wasn't on a main pathway. There were probably about 5-6 people smoking in the area, and even a guy with a pipe. I'm pretty sure I was the only one not smoking. Anyway, this lady comes in with her kid (probably around 6-8 years old) and sits down on a bench. Immediately she starts complaining about all the smoke, and how people shouldn't be allowed to smoke in the park and shouldn't smoke wherever they want. Blah, blah, blah, smokers should have their own section. We were all looking at her like she was crazy, finally I told her it was the smoking section. She huffed off shortly, but I thought that was kind of rude of her since she was in the wrong and the smokers were in the right place.

You are right about having a smoking area at the parks. Then people can avoid them if they need to. I'm pretty upset that kids start to smoke so young. My Dad died from a medical mistake during removal of one lung, due to lung cancer. I keep thinking that if we can legislate certain drugs, we should be able to do so with cigarettes. Again, just my opinion, resulting from Dad's death.