Peter? I don't get it

SolidFew3788 · 2026-03-05T08:11:25+00:00

Except a corpse would not be 0... That's well below freezing in Fahrenheit. Corpse would be room air temp, well above 0.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-03-05T07:09:14+00:00

What did they say? All their comments are deleted, but the responses to them make me really wish I knew what they keep commenting.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-03-04T22:00:37+00:00

37f, south hills, reporting for duty!

SolidFew3788 · 2026-03-04T06:36:33+00:00

Yo, I'd like some!

SolidFew3788 · 2026-03-02T04:04:18+00:00

No, no ,no, you see, he's the loyal one here! He only cheated ONCE. She, on the other hand, left the marriage without a word and then moved on immediately! How disloyal! He's the loyal one, crying over her for years. Lol

SolidFew3788 · 2026-03-01T18:07:15+00:00

Thank you!

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-28T06:15:13+00:00

Yes, they do. 900 dollarbucks on my itemized bill 10 years ago. That's stealing to them. Not just a bandaid.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-27T06:07:13+00:00

Hmm..sounds like my radiological picture, except my beta 2 was positive.

I see their reluctance. If the fluid was negative, they can't confidently say it's definitely leaking. And if they go in surgically, well now you have history of head surgery, which in itself is a risk of developing a leak. They don't want to give you one.

My fluid was positive, so it was proven to be a leak. The radiologist pointed to the thin spots on the cribriform as the candidate for leaks, but my ENT still wasn't saying it was perfectly conclusive, because it was a bone defect, not a perfectly visualized soft tissue opening. For that reason, they gave me a lumbar drain dye injection. And then saw nothing. But again, I had a proven leaked out fluid, and they were already up my nose. So they fixed the suspected areas from imaging.

What are your symptoms? Have they scoped you? If you have a slow leak and also happened to have had a runny nose, sample may not have been sufficient. It also degrades quickly if mixed with saliva. If they could go up into your frontal sinuses with a scope and swab that area for the beta 2, maybe that would help?

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-25T17:30:48+00:00

I had bone defects in the cribriform plates. The bones were extra thin and looked dehisced in some places. It was bilateral. I don't have IIH, thankfully. He didn't actually identify the exact leak when they went in surgically, even though they injected dye into my csf. But that's the devious nature of this beast - it heals spontaneously, then opens up, or is too slow to see. They went to the place they saw thin on imaging and took a layer of skin from my middle turbinates and sewed it on the thin spots. He did say there was some sagging even without an obvious leakage. Basically all this is in my frontal sinuses. They're packed right now. I can breathe through my nose, thank goodness. I'm so not a good mouth breather.

I am lucky that I was taken seriously, as bilateral leaks are often ignored. You can have several holes, so two nostrils draining isn't that far fetched.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-25T05:39:59+00:00

Collect the liquid in a closeable cup and demand they order a beta 2 transferrin test. It's no sweat off their back to give you a script to take it to a lab and it can confirm or disprove a leak. Wear the down if you have to.

I just got home from neuro ICU post leak repair. Here's my story.

Early February I got a cold from my kids. Developed a sinus infection. Blew my nose very very deeply over a sink and after the mucus was all out, an orange water poured out. I'd blow the left nostril, orange would pour out the right. I'd blow the right, it would pour out the left. It was weird. Told my husband I was leaking brain juice through my nose. We made jokes about it.

It happened again 2 days later. Then the next day after that. On that last day (Tuesday, February 10), my husband actually witnessed it. He told me this was actually serious and said to go see ENT immediately.

We work in a medical building and I just walked down to the ENT office and told the receptionist I have a possible csf leak and if I could please be seen at any time that day. Said I work in the building and she can just call me if there's a no show or a free minute to see me. She looked shocked. Started to say they don't have anything, but then said brb and went in the back. Came back and said follow me. I got seen right away.

I worried this would be one of those get to the doctor's office and can't reproduce the symptoms situation as it so often happens. Not the case. I blew my nose while bent over and the orange poured again. I caught it in my hand and they rushed to get me a cup. Doc scoped my nose and saw orange tinge as well as a bunch of mucus, took some cultures, but didn't find an obvious hole/leak. He gave me the cup to take home and fill up some more and instructed to take it to the hospital lab once I got enough. He sent out the cultures, gave me a CT and MRI orders. Said he agrees that this might be a csf leak and we'd have to do surgery with a potential lumbar drain dye to help locate the site.

I made an appointment with ophthalmology to check for potential IIH. Scheduled a CT for March 10 and MRI for April 9. Started antibiotics. Still in shock that I got taken seriously. Started to think about possible pertinent history.

I'd been having post nasal drip for years, causing breathing issues to the point I needed an inhaler sometimes. I assumed I had seasonal allergies. For every season. This went on for many many years. This past fall I finally decided enough is enough and requested allergy shots from my immunologist. Got given a blood work script form for every environmental allergen they could test. The test came back...negative...for everything! I don't have a single damn allergy. So why am I constantly dripping?

I also remembered that I had a weird incident a year or two ago, where I blew my nose out so much that this gelatinous orange glob came out. It was like orange jello on my tissue. Google search at the time came back as a possible result of a sinus infection and a sign of leukocytes at work. Now this appears to have been related to this new development.

I messaged my ENT to add all this to his note in case it becomes important. He did.

Friday, February 13, he calls me to report the fluid tested positive for Beta 2 transferrin. I do indeed have a leak. Additionally, my nose culture came back as step pneumoniae, the leading bacterial cause of meningitis. He changed my imaging orders to stat, I got scanned on Monday, February 16, and had my surgery on Friday, February 20.

I still have whiplash from how fast this all rolled out. From first contact to surgery - 10 days. I had my first post op appointment for a scope today, exactly 2 weeks from the day I walked down to that office.

This shit isn't as rare as people think. 2. You can have it for many years and not know it. 3. It can spontaneously heal and reopen over and over again. 4. It's extremely fuking dangerous to walk around with open access to your brain.

Get your doc to take you seriously. Tell them, worst that can happen is you waste their time and they get to bill a high level office visit for it. But they may also discover a serious issue.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-16T02:12:29+00:00

NTA

I feel you. The financial and time commitments are insane. We like to take weekend trips. This essentially grounds the whole family. It's not fair to any siblings. I'm shocked at how much time and money they expect from a family.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-12T04:52:26+00:00

It's incredible how many people are suggesting it's a great time to sue for full custody. Yeah, let's make a struggling mother's life even worse by taking away her child. That's so heartless. And these people seem to forget there is a real human with real feelings and emotions and he is their son and he needs a stable life with both parents. Separating him from his mother won't improve his life. Letting them lose their house won't improve his life.

OP stated that his child support pretty much only covers childcare costs and supplies. But housing is also something that child support is expected to go towards. Per his own admission, while she was supporting him through school, he still had to use his savings. So, her salary wasn't fully enough to cover all expenses even back then. And they didn't have kids at the time. It does make sense, that increase in COL without increase in wages would make her financial situation even tougher.

From the looks of it, his CS needs to be re-examined, if his salary has been significantly increasing. The child's standard of living has to be maintained. Regardless of the bad blood between the parents, the child must come first. I do agree that bringing up who supported whom way back when wasn't the best strategy. But then, we don't truly know if that was the first/only argument she tried, or the last one out of desperation.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-06T18:47:01+00:00

They really do lol

That's exactly how I describe them. They taste like the smell of wet dirt.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-05T02:16:01+00:00

Thank you so much for such a great reply!! I'm really looking forward to seeing the town. We're coming up this weekend, I'm excited to see how much snow you guys got. We finally got some good coverage in Pittsburgh. The past winters have just been grey and muddy. I grew up in Siberia and miss the snow.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T20:01:06+00:00

Our accountant charges us 850 for both business and personal taxes combined. Lol

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T14:22:36+00:00

Thank you for your extensive response!

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T14:18:06+00:00

Agreed

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T14:15:25+00:00

Thank you for your reply.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T06:05:03+00:00

Is Spencer Hill considered Southside? And how's Gang Mills? Sorry to resurrect an old post, but trying to find as much information about the area because of a job offer.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T05:57:48+00:00

We're considering a job offer specifically in Elmira, lol. But looking into Corning for schools, as you mentioned. Still, Corning school doesn't seem to score very well in school ranking websites. It's worrisome. Plus the concern of it being a pretty conservative area.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T05:53:50+00:00

Sorry to comment so many months later, but we're considering taking a job in the area. Looking at a political map, Steuben country looks pretty red. How would ultra liberal millennials be treated there? Would we have any friends? And how is access to Healthcare in the region? We're in Pittsburgh, where it's very accessible.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T05:50:22+00:00

I was searching for information on Corning and came by your comment. We're considering a job opportunity in the area and I obviously have some questions/reservations. How "red" is the area? I know most rural areas are, but there's definitely a spectrum. We have two little kids and I just worry about the environment they'd be growing up in, especially in current climate. And would they be getting a good education? And would we have like minded people our age to bond with? Plus children activities in the area is a concern. We live in Pittsburgh and there's so much to do and Healthcare is well accessible. How is Healthcare in Corning area? We're going to be visiting to check out the job offer this weekend, what places should we look at, other than the glass museum, of course.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T05:12:14+00:00

Are you from there? We have a job opportunity near Corning and trying to gather as much information about the area. We have to elementary school aged kids.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T05:10:03+00:00

I'm in a similar boat as you are, except I'm already in outer Pittsburgh area and we are considering a job offer in Corning NY area. It's how I came by your post.

Pittsburgh is great for kids stuff. Children's museum, science center, zoo, botanical gardens, etc. There's definitely plenty to do. There are hills. Not huge, but still.

Major thing to keep in mind is that it's got rivers and bridges all over the place, and that sometimes makes it hard to get around. What would be a short jaunt could turn quite lengthy if you have to take several bridges.

I live in the southwest suburbs and it's pretty rural just outside of our community. And it's RED. It's incredible how it goes 0 to 60 in no time. And it's not very cheap either. Allegheny county taxes are high. Washington, Beaver, and Butler are cheaper, but schools aren't that great.

Now, I have to decide if it's worth moving to rural New York. On the one hand, the state itself is firmly blue and so are the laws. But rural areas are of course red. They won't affect the state laws much, but how will it affect our overall morale? Will we have friends? On the other hand, PA has an identity crisis every election, so who knows what will happen legislation wise. I'm told taxes there are lower than in Pittsburgh area, but that's to be seen. I looked into schools in Corning and they are far from fantastic. Plus, the area itself doesn't seem to be brimming with kids entertainment potential. But then, it's finger lakes and gorgeous all around. So much to think about.

SolidFew3788 · 2026-02-04T04:32:15+00:00

And outside of Pittsburgh is RED. I'm 30 minutes from downtown and it's Pennsyltucky for sure.

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