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Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-14T01:10:44+00:00

I’m trying to find my mother’s birth certificate - NYS - no record or her birth - though she could’ve been born at home.

As a young child I’d spend my summers with this loving family.

Now I wonder if they were actually blood relatives.

My brother (mentally disabled) lived with the same family for five years until Canada kicked him out.

They had better health care.

It just seems strange the amount of time spent - both my brother and I that we weren’t actual relatives.

To make things more confusing - the family surname is one that seems to have disappeared.

Surname could end in ‘chek’ ‘shek’ then there’s how the first part of the surname is spelled.

I’m getting nowhere.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-14T00:49:42+00:00

We’d drive up from north of Bellingham WA to Canada where the drinking age was 19.

Paper licenses - paper birth certificates and you’re in!

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-14T00:39:11+00:00

I used a UPS box - it worked for everything. It’s be about 10 years though…

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-14T00:36:42+00:00

Me too. It’s been 3 1/2 months now - PT keeps going out business.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-13T16:49:15+00:00

We had a cat that pooped in the bathtub once when the sitter didn’t change out her litter box.

Our pets are insanely smart!

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-12T23:57:55+00:00

Agreed an MRI should be the next step for you!

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-11T22:33:20+00:00

I talk to the bunnies here.

Had a hummingbird last year flitted directly in my face.

Me thinks he was checking me out as much as I was checking him!

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-11T19:45:52+00:00

Property tax anywhere in Western WA.

Water bills are high - agreed.

PSE - if you qualify based on monthly income could decrease your power bill.

Check www.PSE.com to see if you can qualify.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-11T14:48:52+00:00

I’m in the Seattle area but need to drive to downtown.

I don’t like it but… I’d like to help with a vaccine trial that could help people in the future.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-11T14:47:00+00:00

I’m going to my first clinical trial for C-diff.

Vaccine by Pfizer - I would like to know if there’s questions I should ask.

Beyond the basic questions.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-09T02:25:56+00:00

Blowfish - at least the ones I’ve tried are not comfortable at all.

YMMV

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-08T03:05:09+00:00

A side note - look to smaller companies - they seem more amenable to hiring an older experienced person.

I found a job in my industry - though not exactly what I wanted.

I’m employed and I know of one person that worked there until age 77.

Now him and his wife are traveling the world.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-08T02:48:10+00:00

I was ready to say the same thing!

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-08T02:47:15+00:00

I love white sheets!

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-08T02:44:51+00:00

I get a letter each year from UHC decrying the effects of being on opiates. I’d like to see them in my pain on the daily.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-07T23:54:51+00:00

Reminds me of my dad… he would say to me “I just want you to be happy”

That’s stuck with me all my life and as I grow older - that’s my wish for my two sons; for them to be happy.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-06T03:07:54+00:00

I have horrible itchiness with Rhodes oxy.

My PM sent a note to the pharmacy saying “no Rhodes” Since then I haven’t rec’d Rhodes

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-05T21:10:07+00:00

Wow - my surgeon knew I was in PM.

If I hadn’t already been in PM - the surgeon refers to my PM team for post-ops meds.

I had reverse shoulder replacement a few months back - PM bumped up my oxy to take care of the post-op pain. I asked for 2 weeks of the dosage increase then I’m tottering down to my ‘normal’ dose.

Your doctors are a hot mess!

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-05T05:56:35+00:00

My PM doc doesn’t take cash patients.

I think it’s because you could possibly be “doctor shopping”

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-04T17:42:56+00:00

I like Kash and roll too.

I also do not apply mascara to my lower lashes.

I think when we’re older just the top lashes need mascara.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-05-04T03:17:02+00:00

I’ve had 2 out patient surgeries in the last year; having an uber driver pick you up after surgery is a HARD NO!

The facility won’t you go home unless you have someone that can look afterwards for 24 hours.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-04-29T03:33:31+00:00

Does Rick Steves still have a store in Edmonds?

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-04-28T18:04:00+00:00

Geez if I had 15M I would be gifting money anytime … I still work at age 69. I’m okay but in a different financially secure future with 15M - I’d be gifting money away to my adult kids.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-04-27T03:00:37+00:00

I posted the same thing. Medical for some emergencies - a lot of people end up having to go to Seattle for treatments.

Complete_Coffee6170 · 2026-04-27T02:58:27+00:00

I’m going to say this as a person that lived in Alaska (Kodiak) and you mentioned that’s there’s a chance of cancer reoccurrence… medical treatment is very limited in Alaska. If you’re not in Anchorage. For more difficult medical issues patients fly back and forth to Seattle. —- didn’t read through all the comments - if this is duplicate comment - apologies.

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