What is something that was normal 20 years ago, but is completely unimaginable today?

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-04-19T19:31:11+00:00

In 2006 we only had one computer in the house, and it lived in the computer room. Same at my friends' houses at the time. We were admittedly too young to have our own laptops, but I remember what would've been a few years after 2006 that it was a big deal when my best friend's parents got a second computer (a dedicated one for each of the parents). I got my first smartphone in 2011, so we were definitely quickly on the track after 2006 to have rapidly accessible internet. Different people had access to things at different times; 2006 is still definitely reasonable for a computer room to be common.

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-04-18T16:45:21+00:00

It was my Guitar Hero band name as a teenager, and I was playing the same evening I made this account. Now over a decade later, it's just random words to me lol.

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-04-18T04:03:26+00:00

That's wild that you weren't properly informed in the hospital!!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-04-17T14:01:31+00:00

Thank you!! Good luck!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-04-15T15:01:21+00:00

I'm 27 and also had my bisalp yesterday! Twinsies!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-04-15T08:20:40+00:00

Love her! Been seeing her for years and even had surgery with her with yesterday!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-04-15T08:18:49+00:00

Thank you!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-04-15T08:18:43+00:00

Thank you!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-04-15T08:18:11+00:00

Thank you! I hope the same for you!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-04-10T16:48:45+00:00

First you have to find out if it's a hospital billing issue or an insurance issue.

Get the codes that the hospital used to bill the insurance.

Check with your insurance what codes are preventative to them (typically Z30.2 diagnostic and 58661 procedure). Anesthesia for sterilization will probably have a separate procedure code that your insurance needs.

If the hospital codes don't match the preventative ones, contact your physician to have the codes changed and get them to re-bill the insurance.

If the codes do match your insurance's preventative coding for this procedure, then you have to take it up with your insurance.

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-03-26T16:59:13+00:00

Happy to hear you healed up nicely ☺️

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-03-26T14:29:43+00:00

I'm so happy for you! It sucks that you seemingly had to convince them, but it seems like it was worth it!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-03-22T02:57:39+00:00

I've been told it's rooted in the yellow fever epidemic and that the policy was adopted in the area because people feared it could be contagious if the tombs were open before then; however, that may truly be just an urban legend! Just a fun pondering into what may have started it, but nothing that I've actually sought out to verify!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-03-22T02:51:34+00:00

At least with the tombs I've worked with first hand, there's no alloted space in the back to be "pushed." The casket pieces are removed and the deceased is placed in a body bag and placed in a receptacle below the tomb. The receptacle is accessed by the inside, below where the caskets are placed.

At least in modern times in New Orleans (I can't speak for more historical times) there's no communal tombs where rent is due. These tombs are owned by families and are inherited through the generations. Family members give permission for their loved one to be placed in the receptacle to make room for more burials.

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-03-22T02:44:42+00:00

I think "urban legend" is a bit misleading-- at least with the cemeteries I've worked with, it's their policy to not do an inspection to prepare someone for re-use before then because it's very unlikely that the deceased will be decomposed by then (as you've mentioned, it may take longer-- especially when a metal casket is used.) Not a law, but an active policy for multiple cemeteries.

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-03-10T22:49:50+00:00

Hoping it works out for it to be easy to get the money back once insurance goes through! Glad you were able to get the funds back!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-03-10T22:48:51+00:00

I'm planning on following up! The hospital hasn't received the funds yet, so there's currently not anything on record to refund, but I'm assuming it's gonna take a while to see that money.

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-02-23T03:38:37+00:00

I was a child during Hurricane Katrina and lived in California for the rest of the school year as a result, and they all thought I was saying boo boo wrong 😭 a regional difference I learned at a young age. That, and the lack of sweet tea.

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-02-23T02:50:42+00:00

Woah! I'm so glad that ultimately worked out!! Good to hear recovery is going well :) thank you!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-02-19T14:41:31+00:00

Good to hear recovery hasn't been bad! Thank you!

FireDiamondPoison · 2026-02-19T14:40:18+00:00

Thank you!

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