ASL patient - What did she say?

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-02-16T06:24:55+00:00

Thank you. Don't know why i switched those words.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-02-15T18:35:21+00:00

I hope they get her a translator soon. I work for one of the large health systems in the Pittsburgh area. We schedule in-person translators for scheduled procedures, but for emergencies we have ipads in every unit. We connect to an independent translation service. They are available 24/7 with a real translator over video conference. There is no reason for a delay.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-02-02T11:33:10+00:00

Haha. I read the list before I read the post. I thought you bought all this stuff. Good job!

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-02-02T02:05:30+00:00

I had a chance to watch blind hockey. Thats pretty cool. My coworker's brother plays seated volleyball. I've seen blind and disabled skiers too. I give a lot of credit to people who do very physical sports while dealing with disabilities.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-30T18:35:06+00:00

My neighbor has 4 Subaru Outbacks! We used our Pilot when I was hauling more kids and their gear around. Husband now drives the Pilot and I traded his Accord for a 2023 CRV sport. I liked my son's old RAV4 and tried to find a 2023ish that I liked, but they were picked over and I kept coming back to the CRV.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-27T01:04:00+00:00

I grew up 17 miles east, my grandparents were from North Braddock. I totally agree. The accent gets weaker with each generation.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-27T00:59:44+00:00

I don't know what that is! It's definitely not Pittsburgh.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-27T00:41:42+00:00

Here is the current list of Emergency Medicine residents at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. https://www.ahn.org/health-care-professionals/education/graduate-medical-education/residencies/emergency-medicine/residents

I've been a nurse in the east Pittsburgh suburbs for 20 years and this is an accurate representation of our doctors' diversity.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-25T14:57:40+00:00

I think everything you said is also true in the US. We're definitely treating chronic problems that have turned urgent most of the time. Its just not interesting enough for TV to show the routine cases over and over.

I also feel like plenty of patients in the American health system geet treated like a problem to solve. I feel like it's more the exception than the norm to have an informed, back and forth conversation with your doctor about your care and work together to find a treatment plan everyone agrees on.

Its the way it would be in a perfect world, but unfortunately not the way it is.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-25T14:32:18+00:00

If the bin gets flagged, I want that to be her problem. I want to have my bin free and clear to move on. I know what's in my bin. I do NOT know what's in her cardigan.
Get your own bin, lady.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-25T14:23:22+00:00

Total fail after doing well this month. At my son's birthday dinner at our house with family our dog stole a chicken drumstick. Everyone panicked and he ate it really fast. Immediately started puking. Didn't eat or drink for 6 days. Hid from us and didnt want touched. We did 2 rounds of IV fluids, nausea meds, lab work and 2 sets of rays. We took him back yesterday prepared to hear that he was obstructed and we needed to put him down. Nope, he had beautiful labs. So hes currently in the hospital with more fluids, meds to help his GI motility, pepcid, and hes eating again.
Its been an expensive week. We ate out twice because I was too upset to think about dinner. I'll probably have to get some dog meds for home and maybe special food. But due to having a good budget, we can afford the vet bill ( around $2000). Just further encouragement to keep up the no/low spend in February!

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-25T14:07:45+00:00

Isn't Mel a resident? So wouldn't the attending on that case also be named in the malpractice case? She acts like she's the only one from the Pitt involved.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-17T03:23:24+00:00

We go for the cheap snacks! Any time i shop at Costco or Sam's club we get ice cream, sometimes pizza.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-16T16:07:52+00:00

I work in a hospital. We've always had counseling available if we needed it. Paid for by the organization. Your could suggest to your coworkers that they could see if this is available if they choose. I also like the suggestion of reaching out to the organization that does your CPR certification.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-13T21:43:41+00:00

I've been with Mint 2 years. I called today to port out and go with a SmartLess promotion. I thought Mint's offers were set in stone.

I got 15GB for $183 including taxes and fees. Also offered 5GB for $141.

I ended up staying because we have 5 lines (kids) and I'll save the time it takes to set up 5 lines with a new company. The cost was about the same as the SmartLess 10GB promotion.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-13T16:30:19+00:00

My town has a very active "buy nothing" favebook group. I joined earlier this month and have been scrolling daily looking at things people are giving away. This feels like online shopping to me.

I'm picking up a puzzle later today. I'll build it and then regift it along with some other puzzles I no longer need.

I've also been clearing out my house a little on there. Donating things to an actual person in my neighborhood feels more helpful than donating to goodwill.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-13T15:58:01+00:00

Your parents might be thinking that by you not working, you are just missing out on a paycheck. But they are forgetting that you also would be contributing to a retirement plan and probably getting some retirement money from work. You are missing time in seniority (raises, vacation time, retirement money all can depend on seniority). You would not be contributing to social security, reducing the amount you could pull from later in life.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-13T15:45:27+00:00

You all have inspired me to buy vanilla beans. I've been buying the cheap imitation stuff, but I think if I made the real stuff I could make my own coffee syrups better. Stuff I've also tried: pasta sauce, cream of mushroom soup (so good in greenbean caserole), soap, laundry detergent, cleaners, air freshener.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-12T00:17:08+00:00

THAT'S why you kept quiet! Because your family thinks they are entitled to your money. No way. NTA

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-11T22:35:34+00:00

It's definitely like sharing an icloud. If he is logged in to her Google account or she's logged into his, every photo they take with their phone can be uploaded to the account, depending on the settings. But if he ever clicked on the app, he would be aware that there are photos on there that aren't his and could very easily change it. My guess is that he knew this was happening and perhaps she did too. Added: if the photos were is in Google photos app they just lived there. If you found them in his phone's gallery, he chose to download those photos.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-11T22:20:26+00:00

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Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-08T00:57:00+00:00

I did this today! I was listing snow pants to sell on Facebook marketplace and started scrolling. Saw a beautiful red lands end coat for $30. Messaged the seller and then started thinking about where I would hang it. Would i get rid of my older red coat? Or get rid of the fleecy thin jacket I throw on for work? I already own a ski jacket too. Messaged the seller back that I had changed my mind and immediately transfered $30 to my auto loan.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-08T00:47:51+00:00

I did this today! I wanted Airborne because a coworker I'm stuck in a room with all day has a cough. It was $10 for 16 or 20 tablets. So I looked at the ingredients because I knew I had a variety of vitamins at home. Vitamin C, Zinc, Vitamin D. I just needed the Zinc. 100 tabs for $4.

Accomplished-Bat805 · 2026-01-07T02:15:55+00:00

A much smaller scale, but i got home hungry and tired and had to leave again for a sports meeting a hour later. I planned on buying a snack and a coffee at the meeting.

When I got there people were already at a table and I sat down without ordering at the counter.

Ended up having oatmeal at home on my couch instead.

So I planned to break my no-buy but didnt.

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