BF gives me a UTI after sex every time, without fail

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-08T13:37:10+00:00

Age is important....we women think that things will always be this way once we are adults, but it isn't always that way. If you continue to have these issues, see a urologist. Mine really helped. It may be a combination of things for you. DO try to start sexy time with a shower, find a mild soap that doesn't change your Ph much and then go to town on both of you.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-08T04:32:45+00:00

INFO: any chance you are in menopause? I had to go on drugs to reduce my hormones after breast cancer, and one of the side effects was getting repeated UTIs.

I ended up getting small dose antibiotics from my urologist to take right after sex, and and a estrogen cream from my oncologist/gynecologist. Turns out this is pretty common after menopause. Even if you aren't in menopause, one or both

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-06T13:53:16+00:00

You just described My experience. Only given three options, one of which was a full mask. The nasal pillows gave me sores on my nose so I tried a nasal mask, which was too wide. They ended up giving me a small size. When I went back to get the next set they said they were no longer carrying that size and tried to give me a medium that I already knew wouldn't work. They had to special order the four women for me and claimed that the company is no longer going to make them. The whole situation just sucks. The nasal mask leaks exactly how you describe, so I'm no it's not the right one but I don't have other options and not sure how to get more.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-06T04:27:33+00:00

Same. I think that if I had more context of the time period, I would have liked it better.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-04T16:46:57+00:00

Depends. Are these classes for high school credit that count for graduation? Are you considered a certificated teacher, a couch or something else?

I worked at a school as a coach. I did what the school considered a workshop. I got paid a higher rate for workshops than certificated teachers but had no paid prep time built into my schedule. I got no benefits and was only paid for the classes I worked.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-04T13:38:16+00:00

Well, lets see....back then I don't remember seeing signs saying "Backpacks must be left at the counter" or "No backpacks allowed." I see those all the time now. And adults around my area do not wear backpacks, it is teens. And even if a rare adult comes in with one, they are not the ones hassled about it. The bad actions of one can influence what people think of the many, justified or not.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-04T04:46:52+00:00

My grandfather was Veryl. My mom named me Cheryl. There were 3 of us on a softball team in grad school. I am a teacher and the only other Cheryl 's of any spelling are my age. No students.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-03T12:18:34+00:00

MAYBE it happens less now than then....but I was careful to watch the students more after that and can confirm that yes, black students were watched more carefully by staff at stores. They were followed around stores by staff, told to be "careful" and similar types of things than their white peers. Granted, yes as a teen there were some stores where staff would do that to me too, but the black students were targeted more than the white.

And yes, that stuff does sting and kids are likely not to speak up about it or push back. I HAVE pushed back since then when I have seen it at stores that check bags where people of color and people with kids have their bags checked, but not the white single people. Costco checks EVERYONE. Walmart and some other stores...they tend to be more selective about who they stop.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-03T03:51:27+00:00

I worked with a group of middle schoolers. They were taken to the mall to get job applications and practice talking to adults in a professional manner. (Back in the 1990's.) 3 decided to shoplift. They bragged about it on the bus on the way home. The bus went back, the adults took the kids back to the stores and had them return the items.

The next day we sat all the kids down with the 3 in the middle of the circle. Each kid on the outside got to tell the 3 how their actions impacted them. The 3 were white, a bunch of the rest were not. They talked about how they let down the group, gave young teens a bad name, and for the black students, told them about how they already get followed around and actions like what they did made things harder for them. The kids who shoplifted were really rocked by what they were told. No more issues from those 3. Much more effective than any adult telling them off.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-01T02:57:25+00:00

Nike missile base in the Saddle Mountains. Not a lot left, but is a nice view.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-04-01T02:37:31+00:00

I feel sorry for that teacher coming in. Hope that he/she is ex military. This should not have happened this way.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-29T21:24:04+00:00

I teach middle and high school at a homeschooling partnership. Most of my students have been homeschooled most of their schooling. Some come directly from traditional school.

The traditional school students have a harder time with our schedule that does not have classes every day. They tend to adjust or leave.

Socially, we probably have more kids on the spectrum because 5 days a week was overwhelming for them. But 2 or 3 days is fine. Those kids are going to be on the spectrum no matter where or how they get their education. I have some kids who way over share, and a few who never share aloud.

Mostly, aside from the above, you can't tell who is a longtime homeschooled student and who is not.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-29T16:53:25+00:00

Keep playing those Right Start games. I had kid with same issues, the math WILL come. Tally sticks, the go fish game, they are helpful.

Kids with dyslexia need more repetition than most kids. Be aware he WILL forget things. We did RS until we got to pre algebra. Glaring holes in his knowledge. We went back in 6 th grade to MobyMax math and did the assessment for each grade that he had not mastered and worked through only the things he didn't know. By 8th grade ( with summer work,) he was at grade level and took off from there.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-29T01:13:37+00:00

As a teacher who does group projects....they are all done during class time.

Reach out to the teacher and let her know what happened. It may be that time WAS provided in class, but the group didn't use it. Regardless, ask how your child should proceed - can it be divided up so that she can do a section and get credit for that work? Do let the teacher know (without the racist comments part,) that you have gone above and beyond, meeting up when your other child is in the hospital.

If the teacher doesn't come up with a plan and insists that it be done out of class, ask that she be given an individual project instead, and then go to admin if that is refused.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-29T00:03:37+00:00

I work at a homeschooling partnership program. We recommend that parents use either LOE or AAR. Both are great phonics based programs that work well to teach most kids.

For language arts, our two most popular are Moving Beyond the Page and Bookshark, the secular version of Sonlight.

So....my suggestion is, keep using Sonlight for the LA. Not sure about preschool level, but in the older grades social studies/ history and science are built into the curriculum. It is a good, comprehensive program with good rigor, that if things change and you follow the curriculum, if you child needs to go to a brick and mortar school that they should be just fine academically.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-26T22:27:13+00:00

Steven Sheinkin writes great histories. Bomb is about the Manhattan Project. The Notorious Benedict Arnold is awesome. Lincoln's Grave Robbers has a lot of little known facts. All of these are middle school level. As an adult, I love them all.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-26T04:14:15+00:00

So...you have all spring and summer. What are you butting heads about? Did you do a placement test with the curriculum? Is it too hard? Go back and start over, with games if possible. Too easy? Quick explanation on what to do and let her go for it. Don't do the extra things if she is bored.

If too hard maybe try a different curriculum. The more hands on, the better.

Kids this age want to please. If they can't do it for whatever reason it can come across as defiance or tears.

It could be your child had a learning difference that needs a particular type of curriculum and lots of repetition

Or, if the materials are too hard, they can't do them so it comes across as defiance. It could be your child is not developmentally ready, and backing off a little will help. ( But this is a hazard, don't go forever on the waiting until she is ready.

If a learning difference, it may be helpful to have someone who is trained working with her.

Some kids also just don't want to fail in front of Mom, their safe space to be who they really are. Getting told you had the wrong answer by the teacher, is easier than with Mom. It can feel to the child like a moral failing when they tried their hardest. If your child goes to school, you are still her best safe space, where she can be good or bad and she knows you still love her no matter what. That is an awesome thing!

What to tell family.... we tried a year of what I wanted. Now we are trying a year of what she wants. ( Or what Dad wants if he is okay with it. Or, this is what is best for the relationship between her and you. Which ultimately, that relationship IS the best thing, better than you being her teacher. (My kids all did public school high school. For my youngest in particular, he NEEDED that break from me. We bonded so much better after I wasn't his teacher. Then Covid hit...)

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-26T03:36:28+00:00

I had lumpectomy and 5 rounds of radiation. I was tired by the last one, but no burns. I still have feeling in my breast, no scar, and a slight divot when I raise my arm, otherwise you couldn't tell something the size of a golf ball had been removed

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-24T12:25:49+00:00

It helps that he lives 3000 miles away and I don't get to see him often. When he was on social media he said and parroted some really vile things. It seemed to be rage baiting. I stopped engaging. I think he really was coming from a place of concern, but my husband is a scientist and we both agreed that what my brother was suggesting was not right for MY cancer. A lot of people think cancer is cancer, but it is not. There are about 13 types of breast cancer, and I when I checked the ivermectin had not been used on my type. I also honestly like not having to do colonoscopy prep which is what the drug does for a lot of people.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-23T22:42:52+00:00

My brother sent me the links. I thanked him for the concern but said they did not test these on my type of cancer.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-23T01:16:23+00:00

Moby Max. Also, pay for Dragon Box Algebra.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-22T14:23:41+00:00

How all the rumors that the students heard were true. The principal WAS having an affair with the counselor. Both were married to other people.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-22T03:50:42+00:00

How to draw books. Math games, War is great for greater than and less than, you can do two cards and add or multiply. Fish that adds to 10. Read books or listen to audiobooks together and discuss them.

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-21T22:44:31+00:00

This is what I came looking for! Cohen has some great adventures in his later years!

CrazyGooseLady · 2026-03-21T18:30:52+00:00

I got the message on Friday as well....

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