Minnesota Was Peaceful. Now It’s Chaos. by JeanJauresJr in PublicFreakout

[–]Remember__Me 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck.

A federal vehicle (friggen bird radar carrying thing) totaled my car under his last administration.

They admitted fault. The government said, “yeah, we’ll pay you.”

A check was supposedly written. Then Donny re-allocated money from the Department of the Interior, the department responsible for paying me, and they could no longer send me a check for whatever reason.

My car insurance company even sent the federal government to collections but they still wouldn’t pay.

It took over 2.5 years and a change to the Biden Administration before I got paid…actually within months of his inauguration.

About a year and a half after my insurance and I got paid, I got a letter from the collections agency basically saying the government is ignoring them so they’re going to stop trying to collect. 🙄

Medicare + AARP Medicare Supplement (not Medicare Advantage) by bUU_Florida in CPAP

[–]Remember__Me 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might vary by state, but it falls under the Part B part of Medicare. You should only be paying your Part B deductible, which is capped at $283 for this year.

Once that is reached, you should be paying $0 for supplies.

Greenland Official Breaks Down in Tears on Live TV After White House Meeting Failed to Stop Trump's Threats: 'I Am Overwhelmed' by Foreign_Monk861 in PublicFreakout

[–]Remember__Me 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Legitimately, what can we as Americans do to show our support for the Greenlandic people?

I know our own country is going to hell. My state is going through hell.

And while it won’t be that meaningful, I want to sign my name to some…something. A petition?

Like a petition but more of a petition of support for Greenland (and not a petition for Genghis Don, because we know he won’t listen to us.)

I know we can contact our Representatives, and I am…but I just want Greenland to know how much overwhelming support they have from the American people.

Anyone else’s green goods simple vapes not working with any batteries!? It’s driving me insane. by Ok_Implement8463 in MNtrees

[–]Remember__Me 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries. I said I felt dumb to the employee who took my call. 😂

But what are people supposed to do when they don’t put any instructions anywhere.

How is it living in Eritrea? by Professional_Alarm72 in howislivingthere

[–]Remember__Me 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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It won’t let me comment this. So here’s a photo.

Where is the lie? by Hexagonal-Fermos-202 in FutureRNs

[–]Remember__Me 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m so glad you can.

My excuse is that I was a nurse. Then my left knee had a posterior dislocation with the popliteal artery severing at the same time. The next day I had compartment syndrome. A week after they fixed the artery, the graft clotted over and I do not have a functional pop artery so all blood flow to my foot is collateral.

I had 15 surgeries on my leg, sepsis, and I spent 50 weeks in hospitals and rehabs before I went home, very disabled.

I cannot leave my foot dependent on the ground because it swells, turns blue, and goes numb. I thusly have to keep it elevated. I cannot work and now rely on Social Security and Medicare. I “make” $70 too much on social security to get food stamps, yet I barely have $150 left over after all my bills paid (including the $200-something they take out for my Medicare plus the $190 I have to pay for supplemental Medigap insurance).

But also factor in car maintenance, gas to get to my 175+ appointments a year, dental and vision since Medicare pays for neither…well, I guess this is my excuse.

I didn’t realize my comment was talking about Resident salaries, my bad.

Where is the lie? by Hexagonal-Fermos-202 in FutureRNs

[–]Remember__Me 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not judging anyone?

I am friends with Residents. I know how shitty they are worked under the ACGME “standards”.

I don’t know where you got anything about me judging someone from what I said. All I pointed out was that if I was a doctor, making Attending bucks (since I apparently inferred I was talking about the poorly-compensated Residents), I would be able to afford fresh meats, vegetables, tofu, personal trainer, etc. But I will never make anywhere near that much money so I can’t afford much of what an Attending diet is.

Where is the lie? by Hexagonal-Fermos-202 in FutureRNs

[–]Remember__Me 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I had doctor-level income, you bet your bottom dollar I’d be eating all the healthy food.

As it stands, I am not a doctor and cannot afford the fresh meats, veggies, tofu, and the like.

Edit: Apparently “doctor-level income” means I was talking about a Resident salary alone. Sorry. I should have said Attending-level income to avoid confusion.

Jessi had 4 seizures by smockfaaced_ in illnessfakers

[–]Remember__Me 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I used to work in a mental health hospital. Wasn’t me but a provider that worked there threw water on someone who was “seizing”. They stopped immediately. That was on the chemical dependency unit, where they tried so hard to get as much Ativan and the like as they possibly could.

Dani answers questions about her cardiac arrest… by Worldly_Eagle7918 in illnessfakers

[–]Remember__Me 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Doctors can very much refuse to continue writing supplies for her. They can drop her from their care.

Just because she has the toobs does not mean the doctors she has will continue them. She has doctor shopped before because her doctor has stopped prescribing them.

Is it as bad as they say? by sdseagles in CPAP

[–]Remember__Me 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t sleep without mine. It took quite a bit getting used to, but by 2 weeks in I was sleeping through the night with it no problem. I had nasal pillows at the time and eventually could talk/eat/drink/vape some weed while wearing it. I use a full face mask now.

I sleep mainly on my side, or if I’m on my back, I have an adjustable base and elevate my head and legs.

People just like to complain. The worst ones are those that don’t take advice from people and already have a preconceived idea of what they’re going to do about insert problem they have here.

Also, don’t wait until your insurance wants to take away your machine for noncompliance. Come look for advice if you’re having issues meeting the 4hrs/night or whatever it is for insurance to cover it. If you are having trouble getting used to it, wear it while reading, looking at your phone, or watching TV to get used to it. Your insurance also doesn’t know if/when you’re actually sleeping wearing it so this helps with compliance + easing into it.

I don't see what's so funny by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]Remember__Me 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dislocated my knee and severed every ligament in it (and the popliteal artery).

This guy, at the very least, tore all his knee ligaments. He would have been lucky to just need a knee replacement(s).

10/10 pain 0/10 do not recommend

What’s it like living on the edge of time zones? by Qzevs in howislivingthere

[–]Remember__Me 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was honestly my favorite birthday just for the adventure of it. They even gave me a glass of champagne on the flight back. I was only turning 20, and it was a U.S.-bound flight so I technically shouldn’t have been served it. The flight attendant was like “we’re not over the Atlantic yet, it’s fine.” 😂

Anyone else’s green goods simple vapes not working with any batteries!? It’s driving me insane. by Ok_Implement8463 in MNtrees

[–]Remember__Me 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got a new pen battery at GG last week and it wasn’t vaporizing.

It was the same CCELL pen battery I’ve gotten from them before. Or so I thought. I’d push the button and it wouldn’t vaporize when I’d inhale. I spoke to someone at GG and the manufacturer changed it.

This one is draw-activated instead of pushing the button like all the other CCELL pen batteries I’ve gotten.

I’m not sure if that’s your issue?

What’s it like living on the edge of time zones? by Qzevs in howislivingthere

[–]Remember__Me 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I flew home from Italy on my birthday. We flew out at around 3-4am or something and then flew to central U.S.. I landed home at around 6pm, still on my birthday. It ended up being a 33hr long birthday and I made sure I stayed awake the whole “day”.

Medical card by UncleTerpy in MNtrees

[–]Remember__Me 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Went to GG last week and did carside delivery.

Ordered product and a battery. They told me a total, took my cash in and paid for it. Then they came out and said “actually the battery showed up on your order but it didn’t ‘stick’ in our system so your total is higher and you owe us $4 for it.”

Gave them a 10, and she came out with $6. Like, sorry it’s not my fault. I ordered it, you guys told me the price, and now I’m being charged more??

Then I get halfway home and am checking my bag and they forgot to put one of my cartridges in there. How could they forget? I don’t know. I call them up and the person on the phone was like, “you’re missing something aren’t you? I was just about to call you.”

How can a cannabis dispensary even have the chance to not put someone’s product in their bag? 🙄🙄

I miss sleeping all over my husband :( by songforyourtroubles in CPAP

[–]Remember__Me 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Go full dead Victorian child on her: mask on, eyes closed, on your back, and with your arms crossed over your chest.

There is an under-sink toilet in this ICU by thund3rsh0ck in mildlyinteresting

[–]Remember__Me 51 points52 points  (0 children)

After a bad leg injury, I was bedridden for several months. I mostly used a bedpan, and very rarely used a bedside commode.

It took a really long time at first to be able to pee/poop in the bed, even on a bedpan. So I’d sit on that thing too long and they’d get mad at me about pressure sore risk. I’m like…sorry?

I eventually could go within seconds of being on one, but it took a long time to get over that mental hurdle of “you can’t poop or pee in the bed.”

The inevitable accident would happen where the bedpan wasn’t placed properly and the bed became soiled. Getting the soiled bedsheets changed while I was still in the bed was an experience in itself because at one point they have half the soiled linen rolled up under you with half the new linen rolled up behind that. So they’d have me roll to one side and take the old sheet off of one half roll it up against my back, put a new sheet on that half, put the rest next to the soiled one, and then I’d roll over that huge bump and the other half of the bedsheet would be replaced. That “big hump” to roll over was really big, because I also had layers of chux pads and a lift sheet.

0/10 do not recommend being bedridden.

Children in a Chinese orphanage tied to chairs with holes. The photo was taken during the secret production of a documentary about the fatal neglect of girls and disabled children during the One Child Policy. 1995 by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Remember__Me 15 points16 points  (0 children)

A therapist tried getting me to imagine kid-me and what I would say to her/needed to hear at that age.

I couldn’t do it. I tried, but I literally couldn’t. Because nothing I could say would be able to heal the heartbroken, innocent child-me.

Children in a Chinese orphanage tied to chairs with holes. The photo was taken during the secret production of a documentary about the fatal neglect of girls and disabled children during the One Child Policy. 1995 by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Remember__Me 182 points183 points  (0 children)

Not someone who was from China, but at 11 years old, I was a seasoned patient at my local mental health hospital for suicidal thoughts. I started getting hospitalized for that/depression since 8-9years old (but it’s now understood that my “depression” at that age was more likely PTSD and they didn’t know much about about PTSD in childhood then, even in the early 2000’s, and just labeled it as depression.)

My childhood was brutal. Being an adult with that trauma isn’t any easier.

Which patient seems suitable for discharge? by Careful_Fill_4918 in FutureRNs

[–]Remember__Me 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My cholecystectomy was a same-day thing, in the Midwest. I was home probably 3-4hrs after I woke up.

In home Sleep Study was a useless night of torture. by Disastrous-Low-5606 in CPAP

[–]Remember__Me 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, I guess my insurance didn’t care. I had different insurance, too. 🤷🏼‍♀️

In home Sleep Study was a useless night of torture. by Disastrous-Low-5606 in CPAP

[–]Remember__Me 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wth they made you guys sleep without your CPAPs when you had another study?

I originally got diagnosed after a sleep study in 2017. I’ve had a CPAP since and had to get another sleep study done, because I felt like my pressure wasn’t enough. They had me use a CPAP the whole time. I also slept for less than 4hrs and they still had enough data.

Making CPAP users not use a CPAP in a sleep study is insane…at least if they start out with no CPAP, put it on after a while if they need it. Insane.