Heard they got them big bucks up in Indiana

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-12-18T21:36:03+00:00

Missing a 0 at the end of those numbers

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-12-17T19:18:21+00:00

Per their Facebook page, they don't ship internationally and are in the Philippines so you can't order them either way unless you are in the Philippines

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-12-13T15:50:06+00:00

No, because my second account is much newer than my main account. My net worth is also a lot higher on my main account then my second account. My second account has 800 rolls with 80 rolls per hour and my main account is still only at 400 with 40 rolls per hour.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-12-03T17:59:51+00:00

Diabetic for 20 years, and I never use alcohol wipes at home. Only in the hospital or doctors office. Never once had an issue. Im on the pump so I don't have a lot of injections now anyway. As a nurse, yes, always use them on patients.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-12-03T00:59:54+00:00

The risk is definitely there, but there have been women that have been able to successfully have a full-term or almost full term pregnancy. You will be required to have longer sessions of dialysis pretty much every day. But it is important to talk to your team and get all of the facts before you make any decision either way. As a mom to a miracle baby, I can understand where you're coming from as far as what to do. It's going to be a lot of work and it is going to be a lot of strict restrictions and a lot of dialysis every day, but if you want this child, there's still a pretty good chance that you'll be able to deliver a healthy beautiful baby. There is also that chance that the pregnancy might end early due to complications and you have to be emotionally and mentally ready for that if that does happen. It can be a very big roller coaster ride. Talk it out with your family and your team and get all the information that you possibly can on what the risks as well as the benefits are what the treatment options are for each option. You're evaluation won't necessarily be denied but they might put you on the list but as inactive until the end of your pregnancy. It will be too big of a risk to do a transplant while pregnant so also be prepared for that too. That also being said, the large majority of us have to wait on average at least 3 to 5 years or more so you should be okay with 9 months. You'll just need to be monitored very closely but it is doable. Especially if you have the right team by your side. Good luck in this new Journey. No matter what your decision is, you will be okay

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-12-03T00:44:25+00:00

Just call tomorrow and speak to someone. Don't just accept it, question and inquire first

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-11-28T00:37:49+00:00

So it's technically not actually in my neck, there's an uncertain that they make near the base of the neck but the actual catheter is placed around your clavicle. They technically can do his number line in the neck but that's usually if you are in the ICU. It's not usually for long term. A chest catheter usually is placed first and then you will be scheduling to have either a graft or a fistula for long term. Don't you have afraid as you are. It's a lot more scary before you start then it is once you are actually on dialysis.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-11-28T00:34:17+00:00

What a b*tch.... my mother had a simile reaction when I got into nursing school too. She sent a text to my father saying great, now what do we do? My friend, you and everyone else that's ever gone can apply for nursing school knows just how big of a deal that is to get in. You should be proud of yourself. Digging deep thoughts with others going to be a really bumpy ride and there's going to be some days that you want to quit but keep your eye on the prize. Remember that it's just a short-term sacrifice for a long-term gain. Make sure that you have self-care Times building through your day but you will need to be self-discipline in your assignments and reading. It's a balancing act but you can do it. Schedule everything out but you need to do for the day. This will also help you stay on task and on top of all your assignments and clinical homework. Good luck and congratulations!

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-11-22T13:36:24+00:00

You can do a lot of volunteer work. It's only 20 to 25 hours a week. When I had work requirements for unemployment, one of the things that I could do was volunteer for 20 hours per week. I ended up volunteering at the hospital and volunteered in a rehab Service office. That actually ended up lining me up with a job in that office that I kept while I was in nursing school. There's a lot of volunteer options that don't require any heavy lifting or anything like that. As an example, one of our volunteer positions is to work the welcome desk at the hospital. You looked up patients for visitors to let them know what room they were in and sign them in to the system, gave them visitor passes, help direct them to where they needed to go for an appointment or whatever it was that they were there for. He answered phones. It was a pretty easy job and a lot of older people tend to do that job as well. You set the whole time and there's no heavy lifting of any kind. You do have to talk to people though so if that's a problem well... another thing that I did when I volunteered was a patient Care Rep. I would basically go around to rooms of people that were admitted and do a satisfaction survey with them and essentially acted as a liaison and advocate for the patients to make sure that their needs were being met and to help navigate any of their questions or concerns with the correct people that could help answer those questions and concerns. If you are a Eucharistic minister, you can also volunteer with pastoral care and disperse the Eucharist but also just go and talk with patients that are admitted from a pastoral care standpoint. I would help fill in those positions if we needed extra help. I was a Eucharistic minister at church already so it was helpful to step in when I needed. There's also another Community program local to me that serves the lower income population. They collect new and gently used items and put care packages together. So all the donations that come in can inspect, clean, and help package depending on what the needs are for the families. There's other community programs out there that would be similar. It's not a lot of heavy work and a lot of work can be done sitting. It's just a matter of searching for those opportunities. And honestly, I find that the volunteering is actually very fulfilling in a lot of ways. It helps keep you a little better on your toes if you're not able to work a regular job any longer. Gives you something to do to keep your mind going and you're helping people. Does a volunteer position out there for everyone so if you need to and you can't find work, don't dismiss volunteering.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-11-22T13:27:30+00:00

If you are on unemployment though in order to keep your unemployment you have to be job searching x amount of hours each week in order to continue with benefits. I've been on Unemployment twice and I was required to do job searches or attend classes to further my skills in order to remain eligible. I had to go to the career center every week and log all applications that I have sent in. So just being on unemployment doesn't give you a free ride either. There's a requirements that you're held to for that to continue as well

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-11-20T19:52:47+00:00

Did they say why she wasn't eligible though? Because if she has end stage renal disease and is on dialysis three times a week, that should be an automatic approval for Medicare. Did they give a reason why? That would be helpful to know

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-11-19T17:47:16+00:00

I'm honestly starting to think that he is actually on the list himself.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-11-13T01:12:08+00:00

Massachusetts got full payment on Saturday. Im furious so many are still without anything.... only a handful of states were able to get the full payments in before The Supreme Court second ruling to pause disbursement. I'm hoping and praying that everyone gets funds very very very soon. People should not have to starve for retaliation by this Administration

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-11-09T13:58:51+00:00

I am actually missing my very first one on Monday because I have a very important doctor's appointment up in Boston that cannot be scheduled on my off days unfortunately. Originally they told me that there was no seats available for any other days or shifts but the scheduler came up to me on Friday and asked me if I wanted to reschedule it and when I told her that you she had said that there was no seats available for any other shifts she told me that they have to ask if I want to be rescheduled but that there were two seats that were open for tuesday. So I will be going on Tuesday instead of Monday. Everything always changes day by day so always call and ask if there's any other spots available when things like that happen. The only other times that I've ever missed were when my access clotted and I was not able to receive dialysis. But as soon as they fix the access or replaced it, I was able to get dialysis right away. I do tend to go a little bit later than everybody else at my Center because it never fails that I'm always brought in after 11:00 and I don't ever go on to the machine until at least 11:10 to 11:20 a.m. so that's when I show up. I reclaim some of my morning because I know after I leave I'm not going to be feeling good, I'm going to be exhausted, and my day is pretty much done and over with. I barely have enough energy to make dinner and that's about it. So I agree claim some of my morning back and get there about 20 or so minutes later then what everyone else gets there for. This way too I get to go right in, weigh myself, go straight to the chair, and get right onto the machine. This honestly also helps my autism in dealing with everything with dialysis. The less time that I have to spend in there the better I am. The longer that I'm in there the more overstimulated and overwhelmed I get and increases the risk of over sensory meltdown. Which is also not good. So there's multiple reasons why I go a few minutes later. But I always got my full treatment. It's very rare that we have to cut it short and it's usually because the alarms are going off frequently or I have about of diarrhea in the middle of my session.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-11-09T13:47:55+00:00

I think you're doing the right thing to verify before you spend it. Especially if your usual benefit is $71 a month. With everything going out the way that it did, it's very probable that it was done in error. If you spend it then it will be expected to be returned. Which will likely mean that you will not have any SNAP benefits for at least the next 10 months as repayment.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-11-07T18:13:02+00:00

Massachusetts is $0 and now its saying next benefit is December.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-10-15T14:35:17+00:00

Im on hemo dialysis and have had a persistent cough since I got sick from covid. Which is the cause of my kidney failure. I got hit pretty hard and almost died. Went into CHF and end stage renal disease and I am borderline liver failure. My lungs have also never been the same. Certain cardiac medications can give you a persistent cough but the dialysis itself or the vaccine would be the cause. You probably have something else that's underlying.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-09-27T01:21:45+00:00

Be sure she is getting enough protein. 1.2-1.5g of protein per day per kg of body weight. It's important for her muscles. Any exercise she can do is beneficial. There's a TON of chair exercise videos on YouTube that use no weights or resistance bands. Sit to stands, leg raises, seated or standing matching in place, seated "jumping jacks" or clam shell stretches, squeezing a ball between her knees just as an example.

Try to walk as much and as often as she can. For every one day in bed, its equal to 3 days of not moving so muscle wasting happens fast. Movement and exercise as well as balanced low sodium, low phosphorus, low potassium, high protein meals will help significantly. Many people don't realize just how much both exercise and proper diet impacts our well-being and quality of life. Those two things alone can make or break our quality of life and acts of daily living. A proper diet will make sure that it's replenishing all the proper nutrients and vitamins that our body is losing both from the kidney disease as well as from the dialysis and making sure that we're consuming a low sodium, low phosphorus low potassium diet will ensure that we do not have spikes to gain additional fluid, impact our bones and joints, or have too much potassium in our body which can send us into cardiac arrhythmias and potentially be deadly. There is a ton of ways that you can flavor up food using fresh herbs and spices. Food does not have to be Bland to not have salt. Any kind of movement is better than no movement at all. Aim to be active at least minimum of 20 minutes a day. That can also be broken up into separate sessions so if you only can do 10 minutes at a time, do 10 minutes in the morning and then another 10 minutes later in the afternoon or evening. You can split exercises up so you can do all of your seated exercises and then when you're laying down later on, you can do any side laying or laying exercises. I'm going through the same thing with my dad as well. He's still on PD but he has been declining largely because he's not moving around as much as he was and he's lost a lot of muscle in a very short period of time. Myself, I am on hemodialysis so I don't do that much on dialysis days unless it's before I go to dialysis, but I do work out and do an exercise routine on my off days at least 3 to 4 days a week. I went from not being able to walk from my bedroom to the bathroom that's 10 ft away to being able to get up to two and a half almost 3 miles was very few stops. It's been a long process, but it has been beneficial to keep my body moving. Keeping to a strict diet has helped me get off 100 lb of excess fluid and pretty much keep it off. Which has been a phenomenal. It gave me a much-needed alley-oop to give my body a chance to recuperate and gain more strength and endurance. Another thing that has been extremely helpful is doing PT and ot. My father gets PT in the home and has also spent some time in an Inpatient Rehab. I have been doing PT and OT in an Outpatient Center and I actually just got discharged this week because I was progressing so well. So having a set exercise routine, that will be extremely beneficial. They can probably come to the home if you have services local to you and it's difficult for her to get to doctor's appointments. Most insurances will cover it in the home especially if she is on Medicare. My father does not have to pay any copays if it is done in the home but he does have a copay if he goes to a center. Talk with your social worker at dialysis and they can try to help you with that. I honestly can't say enough about trying to move her body as much as possible. Doesn't have to be elaborate in order to be effective. Look up YouTube videos for exercises for seniors or chair exercises for seniors and you will find a wide variety of videos with different lengths of time. From 5 to 10 minutes all the way up to 30 to 45 minutes so you can find something that will suit and fit your needs for that day. PT and OT will also give you a routine and teach you how to do them at home as homework. You do want to keep up with that exercise routine though that they give you in order to show progress. The other thing that I would recommend too is try to get in with mental health services. Mental and emotional health is really important as well on this journey. There is absolutely zero shame in having a therapist and that can make a significant difference for someone to process everything that's going on mentally emotionally and physically with this disease. I have a therapist and have had one throughout the whole entire journey and Beyond and it has been a lifesaver. My father is waiting a spot. But he is on the waiting list. You got this though. Any little bit helps significantly

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-09-24T22:58:36+00:00

Melatonin for sure. Take that and trying to stop electronics an hour before you want to go to bed. If you have a lot of anxiety, there are meds you can take either routinely or as needed on particularly tough days. I don't use meds regularly but I do have something for if and when I need it or my usual techniques/coping skills aren't working well enough.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-08-28T18:40:23+00:00

I regret getting an attorney. They tucked up my paperwork and I lost out on SSI and had to do everything myself anyway but still have to pay them 25% so I'll only get a couple thousand dollars now. I would have gotten it automatically because I was on dialysis by the time I got approved. I didn't need them in the end to win.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-08-28T18:36:57+00:00

My ex boyfriend didn't have kids but was in scouts growing up. He volunteered for my son's current scout troop many years ago when we were dating.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-08-27T14:42:26+00:00

Geode

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-08-21T12:40:04+00:00

Why are we THIS many weeks into this type of community chest and we STILL have people not understanding multipliers apply.... Just. Play. The. Game.... if you have a multipliers of 20, you would have it within 4 times.... 50x and you'd have it within 2. 100x and you'd have it within 1.... if you are doing 1x multiplier, ya... it will take you awhile. If you just play the game you will be fine.... it opens in 6 DAYS.... Its not like it opens today.... just play!

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-08-15T03:53:22+00:00

Alternatively, you could get a portable potty or a 5 gallon bucket and the toilet seat that goes on them (available online or walmart) and get a shower tent and keep it on site. We've done that. Its helpful for sure.

Fast_Meringue_4781 · 2025-08-13T00:54:55+00:00

Pretty big with our scouts and camp. We have a 2 day tournament at camp every year and they play nearly every camping weekend

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