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Cesar R M
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donaldtoo
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Sounds delicious...!!!!!
Hope the pup is OK, and it’s just routine stuff...!!!
donaldtoo
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I have no idea what millet is, because I have not Googled it yet...!!!!!!!!!!!
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
donaldtoo
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Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
We only catch most of the parades as we walk by to get to rides!
The small donuts at Joffrey’s were a big hit with us last trip. We had them several times. They are soo good! The large ones, to me, don’t taste as good.
We park hop to 2 or 3 parks a day too! And we also end up at Epcot to eat quite a bit.
We are pretty much you guys at WDW. I have seen all the parades by walking past them over time and sometimes a year or two. I'm not the type to stand in the middle of herds of people to have a 6 foot man stand (shove his way in) in front of me at the last second before the show starts. My son wanted us to see the Christmas projection show a few years ago and that actually happened. Being short it is frustrating how rude people can be. So we head to more coveted attractions during parade/show times.
We hop around at least 2 parks a day. Last August 4 parks in one day happened. We eat at Epcot more than anywhere and avoid eating at the Studios though if the weather cooperates next trip we might try the Lounge at the Derby, too hot, maybe December. On our longer trips we've enjoyed trying new places in Springs. The last few years we have been exploring restaurants at the nicer hotels. Have to say I've enjoyed several at Swan/Dolphin. They have excellent food, not rushed and most of them are less expensive when comparing equal type establishments to Disney Resorts. The Swan is adding to their offerings and should be up and running by fall.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Must be an upcharge for eyes.
Too funny! And what the heck???
Hei Hei has eyes! And a belt jelly (that was awful frozen)
Tony the Tigger
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Sorry for the late reply, it's been a long (but productive) day.
The eye doctor seemed to go well. He said overall it looked good, emphasized that he was still in the early stages of healing and he should still be laying flat about 70% of the day for the next few days. (Of course, he's working a full day tomorrow. I told him to make sure he takes breaks and puts his head down for a few minutes. He won't listen. LOL. But he only has this week to work, and then the mortgage is due. They asked him to come back two days in June to work job fairs for the upcoming season. They have the Super Bowl this year, if he is still working there.)
One issue was the pressure in his eye was too high - even higher than before the surgery. He was already taking 3 different eye drops a few times a day - an antibiotic, a steroid, and the third one...I forget, oops. (Rick Perry - ha!)
He prescribed another eye drop to reduce the pressure (so I believe two of them do that now) and discontinued the antibiotic. Because of the high pressure, he wants to see Brian again on Monday to check on that, then again two weeks from today.
The gas bubble (which they inserted during the surgery to keep parts of the eye in the right place in order to heal) is dissipating as it's supposed to. It went from 90% coverage on day two to 45% coverage today. So theoretically it could be gone in another week(?) Or reduced down to half of what it is now, so about 20%? He can see a bit over the top of the bubble, but he's telling me it's not very clear yet. That has me concerned.
In the meantime, while we were sitting there as he was being examined, I missed a call from my trade rep (I'm in a business barter group.) She was able to find a hotel in the Keys (we've been there before) that takes pets and had availability next week on trade. (I only have to pay cash for the taxes.) This covers a few bases: we have a recurring termite issue in the attic, and it's time to get the house tented. It happens to almost everyone down here eventually, and our neighbors on either side had it done in the last year, so not entirely unexpected. We have to get out of the house for 3 days. We have also been saying how we could use a nice break - not a Disney "break" where you come home more tired than when you left, but a few days of quiet with the pup. So that should all work out perfectly - follow-up visit Monday, friends from Atlanta visiting Thursday and leaving Sunday (that should lift his spirits, and his sight should be significantly better by then) and we will drive down to the Keys Sunday night. We can chillax until coming home Thursday, and he works the job fair on Friday.
Booking that made it just a smidge easier to call WDW afterwards and cancel our Illuminations dining package for Friday.
In the car on the way to the endocrinologist, I was asking what do you see - what color is that car - what are the letters on that truck, etc. He did much better than a week ago.
Doc #2 went fine. She mentioned something that kind of got my hopes up until I just came home and started researching it. Apparently they can do transplants of cells from a part of the pancreas (the Islets of Langerhans) that then cause a type I diabetic to start producing insulin again. She said another of her patients had it done and doesn't take insulin anymore, but needs to take drugs for the rest of her life to prevent rejection of the transplant. I thought - why doesn't everybody do this?
After reading up on it, it's not as simple as it sounds. Results have improved dramatically since they first started doing it about 30 years ago, but the anti-rejection drugs can cause cancer, infections, and actually can reduce insulin production and cause kidney failure (which is always a concern for diabetics anyway.) His liver and kidneys are great, and we don't want to jeopardize that. I'm sure we'll look into it further, and hopefully the procedures progress and improve quickly. It's pretty fascinating, really.
Tony the Tigger
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Highly recommended!
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I'm not trying. I'm going to wait until word comes out if they rebooted the offer it dies a quiet death. I've looked at everything from the AP website, twitter and FB and it isn't happening so I shall wait and see. Normally Disney doesn't walk away from anything popular they sell and the response to paying $10 for an upgraded MB vs taking a free one caught them off guard. Since the program worked while they had stock my guess is and only a guess that they will replenish and take orders again. I have plenty of time so I am opting out trying right now. I have 2 coming and a 3rd one in October so I can wait it out.
I have lots of themed MB's that interact and they are fun so I'll use them.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Sorry for the late reply, it's been a long (but productive) day.
The eye doctor seemed to go well. He said overall it looked good, emphasized that he was still in the early stages of healing and he should still be laying flat about 70% of the day for the next few days. (Of course, he's working a full day tomorrow. I told him to make sure he takes breaks and puts his head down for a few minutes. He won't listen. LOL. But he only has this week to work, and then the mortgage is due. They asked him to come back two days in June to work job fairs for the upcoming season. They have the Super Bowl this year, if he is still working there.)
One issue was the pressure in his eye was too high - even higher than before the surgery. He was already taking 3 different eye drops a few times a day - an antibiotic, a steroid, and the third one...I forget, oops. (Rick Perry - ha!)
He prescribed another eye drop to reduce the pressure (so I believe two of them do that now) and discontinued the antibiotic. Because of the high pressure, he wants to see Brian again on Monday to check on that, then again two weeks from today.
The gas bubble (which they inserted during the surgery to keep parts of the eye in the right place in order to heal) is dissipating as it's supposed to. It went from 90% coverage on day two to 45% coverage today. So theoretically it could be gone in another week(?) Or reduced down to half of what it is now, so about 20%? He can see a bit over the top of the bubble, but he's telling me it's not very clear yet. That has me concerned.
In the meantime, while we were sitting there as he was being examined, I missed a call from my trade rep (I'm in a business barter group.) She was able to find a hotel in the Keys (we've been there before) that takes pets and had availability next week on trade. (I only have to pay cash for the taxes.) This covers a few bases: we have a recurring termite issue in the attic, and it's time to get the house tented. It happens to almost everyone down here eventually, and our neighbors on either side had it done in the last year, so not entirely unexpected. We have to get out of the house for 3 days. We have also been saying how we could use a nice break - not a Disney "break" where you come home more tired than when you left, but a few days of quiet with the pup. So that should all work out perfectly - follow-up visit Monday, friends from Atlanta visiting Thursday and leaving Sunday (that should lift his spirits, and his sight should be significantly better by then) and we will drive down to the Keys Sunday night. We can chillax until coming home Thursday, and he works the job fair on Friday.
Booking that made it just a smidge easier to call WDW afterwards and cancel our Illuminations dining package for Friday.
In the car on the way to the endocrinologist, I was asking what do you see - what color is that car - what are the letters on that truck, etc. He did much better than a week ago.
Doc #2 went fine. She mentioned something that kind of got my hopes up until I just came home and started researching it. Apparently they can do transplants of cells from a part of the pancreas (the Islets of Langerhans) that then cause a type I diabetic to start producing insulin again. She said another of her patients had it done and doesn't take insulin anymore, but needs to take drugs for the rest of her life to prevent rejection of the transplant. I thought - why doesn't everybody do this?
After reading up on it, it's not as simple as it sounds. Results have improved dramatically since they first started doing it about 30 years ago, but the anti-rejection drugs can cause cancer, infections, and actually can reduce insulin production and cause kidney failure (which is always a concern for diabetics anyway.) His liver and kidneys are great, and we don't want to jeopardize that. I'm sure we'll look into it further, and hopefully the procedures progress and improve quickly. It's pretty fascinating, really.
Thank goodness for some brighter news!!!
ajrwdwgirl
Premium Member
Sorry for the late reply, it's been a long (but productive) day.
The eye doctor seemed to go well. He said overall it looked good, emphasized that he was still in the early stages of healing and he should still be laying flat about 70% of the day for the next few days. (Of course, he's working a full day tomorrow. I told him to make sure he takes breaks and puts his head down for a few minutes. He won't listen. LOL. But he only has this week to work, and then the mortgage is due. They asked him to come back two days in June to work job fairs for the upcoming season. They have the Super Bowl this year, if he is still working there.)
One issue was the pressure in his eye was too high - even higher than before the surgery. He was already taking 3 different eye drops a few times a day - an antibiotic, a steroid, and the third one...I forget, oops. (Rick Perry - ha!)
He prescribed another eye drop to reduce the pressure (so I believe two of them do that now) and discontinued the antibiotic. Because of the high pressure, he wants to see Brian again on Monday to check on that, then again two weeks from today.
The gas bubble (which they inserted during the surgery to keep parts of the eye in the right place in order to heal) is dissipating as it's supposed to. It went from 90% coverage on day two to 45% coverage today. So theoretically it could be gone in another week(?) Or reduced down to half of what it is now, so about 20%? He can see a bit over the top of the bubble, but he's telling me it's not very clear yet. That has me concerned.
In the meantime, while we were sitting there as he was being examined, I missed a call from my trade rep (I'm in a business barter group.) She was able to find a hotel in the Keys (we've been there before) that takes pets and had availability next week on trade. (I only have to pay cash for the taxes.) This covers a few bases: we have a recurring termite issue in the attic, and it's time to get the house tented. It happens to almost everyone down here eventually, and our neighbors on either side had it done in the last year, so not entirely unexpected. We have to get out of the house for 3 days. We have also been saying how we could use a nice break - not a Disney "break" where you come home more tired than when you left, but a few days of quiet with the pup. So that should all work out perfectly - follow-up visit Monday, friends from Atlanta visiting Thursday and leaving Sunday (that should lift his spirits, and his sight should be significantly better by then) and we will drive down to the Keys Sunday night. We can chillax until coming home Thursday, and he works the job fair on Friday.
Booking that made it just a smidge easier to call WDW afterwards and cancel our Illuminations dining package for Friday.
In the car on the way to the endocrinologist, I was asking what do you see - what color is that car - what are the letters on that truck, etc. He did much better than a week ago.
Doc #2 went fine. She mentioned something that kind of got my hopes up until I just came home and started researching it. Apparently they can do transplants of cells from a part of the pancreas (the Islets of Langerhans) that then cause a type I diabetic to start producing insulin again. She said another of her patients had it done and doesn't take insulin anymore, but needs to take drugs for the rest of her life to prevent rejection of the transplant. I thought - why doesn't everybody do this?
After reading up on it, it's not as simple as it sounds. Results have improved dramatically since they first started doing it about 30 years ago, but the anti-rejection drugs can cause cancer, infections, and actually can reduce insulin production and cause kidney failure (which is always a concern for diabetics anyway.) His liver and kidneys are great, and we don't want to jeopardize that. I'm sure we'll look into it further, and hopefully the procedures progress and improve quickly. It's pretty fascinating, really.
I hope Brian continues to heal and a nice relaxing couple of days in the Keys sounds like something that will benefit you both. Sending good vibes your way.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I agree. They made a bottleneck worse by adding a projection show to the already nightmare crowds for fireworks. Bad learning curve. If I can say one positive thing about the tiny Studios they separated their shows.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I so agree. My Sis is an immigration attorney. Given the climate of our country she is beyond overwhelmed trying hard to help little kids not be deported pro bono. She normally is a corporate representative attorney, baseball, hockey etc. She has hiatus homes from her Cleveland residency. One in Key West and another in Chautauqua N.Y. along witha Boardwalk timeshare for 2 weeks. (who says education doesn’t pay off???)
She likes Cleveland as home base but she spends as much time in Chautauqua home in the summer cause it is cooler and they ski in the winter. When she wants to completely vedg like @Tony the Tigger they head to her home in the Keys. The Keys are simply like nothing else in the United States. A whole New World.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Such a young woman to have had so many struggles. Mozart is her shining light. God Bless these service Pups.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Happy for You. As hard as you struggled during the recession, boy birth year worked against you and the Millennial digs Oy I am happy you are on a new path.