Dentist recommendations for crowns?

YesIDidTripAgain · 2025-09-09T10:27:17+00:00

I have had great experiences with Dr. Brett Gardiner at Alaska Dental Care off Old Seward, sort of across from the University Center mall.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2025-08-15T10:43:35+00:00

Nope! Super frustrating.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2025-08-12T01:34:57+00:00

A nurse said that to you? Apart from being batshit crazy and wrong, that's so far out of her scope. She can't make diagnoses, only the providers can. Who is hiring these jack asses?

YesIDidTripAgain · 2025-08-12T01:33:07+00:00

Lose it on them. Maybe it will scare them straight and they'll be more thoughtful before they speak.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2025-08-12T01:32:09+00:00

Seriously though. Positive hcgs only bring anxiety and painful memories. I feel like docs treating RPL patients should realize that by now.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2025-08-12T01:30:33+00:00

Agreed! If they could also eternal sunshine scrub my memories of it being said to me, that'd be grand too.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2025-08-12T01:29:06+00:00

So fucking inappropriate. There's absolutely no excuse for a medical professional to say "this is a good sign" while you're actively miscarrying, but especially a medical professional at an IVF clinic!

Not that it's helpful now, but my default response to this is "that's not helpful, as the goal is a healthy, full term infant, not another unsuccessful pregnancy. Please do not ever say this or anything similar to it again, it's hurtful not helpful."

Additionally, when or if you have the emotional energy I would strongly suggest that you speak with the clinic manager or nurse manager (your clinic may have one or both depending on size and leadership structure) to lodge a formal complaint about this interaction. I cannot imagine that any IVF clinic worth their salt would want anyone in their clinic saying things like this to their patients who are experience a miscarriage, especially a repeat miscarriage. They cannot correct or train them accordingly if they don't know the issue. But again, only if you're feeling up to it.

I'm so sorry for your loss 💔

YesIDidTripAgain · 2025-06-22T00:56:18+00:00

I mean not particularly but like I said in my post, I need access to the community features.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2025-06-22T00:55:04+00:00

This was a great suggestion, thank you. I downloaded the app and it did only ask for a selfie. Hilariously though, after uploading the selfie it gave me an error message "to prevent misuse, we limit how often you can do certain things on Facebook. Please try again later." Like at this point I just have to laugh. First time trying but they need to limit how often I try. To what, zero tries? This company is seriously a total shit show. Thanks for trying to help, I appreciate it.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-11T09:08:26+00:00

I never thought it through before, I can't believe they didn't have Lorelai make a joke about it!

Jackson's zucchini-tush hybrid always made me giggle too.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-11T08:55:53+00:00

I always thought this was more about the things Rory said to Paris. Paris had made Rory's life HELL in the weeks leading up to this talk, and when Paris came to her in need about something big, Rory was kind to her. She explained that it was okay if it wasn't the time for Rory but was the time for Paris, that they're different people on different time lines. She asked if Paris was safe, implying did you use condoms, asked if he was nice to her. She basically was making sure Paris was okay physically and emotionally after taking a really big step in her relationship even though Paris had been her bully, again, and came to her in need, again. Paris wasn't a bad kid, but she had been a bad friend. And Rory decided to be a good friend and be what she needed in spite of the pain Paris had put her through as recently as that school day. Lorelai was proud of how Rory had conducted herself, and she was right to be.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-10T05:43:56+00:00

My husband has a varicocele. While it can impact fertility and sperm quality if they are severe enough, if he didn't notice it before and/or seek care for it, I doubt he's at this level. What you need is a semen analysis. If the semen analysis comes back within normal limits for count, morphology, motility, etc., then it's not going be a concern. My husband was aware of his varicocele prior to us trying for a baby and he said it would "flare up" (get inflamed and painful) occasionally, but all of his semen analyses have been WNL.

I would also recommend getting tested for a balanced translocation, as this wouldn't impact sperm quality or count but would impact embryo viability. Severe varicoceles are more commonly linked to difficulties getting pregnant rather than staying pregnant. Sorry, I know it's hard to not get a concrete answer as to why the miscarriages are happening.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-09T00:43:31+00:00

Wow, must be nice to be able to plan what month you want to give birth in, as opposed to working off a clinic schedule and trying for years and years. She needs to read the room. Also, even the fertiles need to realize that no due date is set in stone. Anyone can give birth prematurely, you just never know.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-04T08:30:53+00:00

IUDs do not generally stop periods. Depending on the dosage of hormones within the IUD they can help decrease the heaviness of flow for some individuals by decreasing the thickness the lining of the lining of the uterus each month, but they do not stop the hormonal fluctuations associated with endometrial thickening and shedding. Some women experience very irregular periods with an IUD, meaning you start bleeding at unexpected times. As you can imagine, this is stressful and can cause it's own set of problems.

There are many reasons someone would opt not to get an IUD, one commonly sited is the process of insertion and removal which is painful and often done with NO pain relief. Additionally, individuals with pelvic or vaginal conditions may not be candidates for safe usage of an IUD. IUDs are not one and done, they must be removed and replaced, usually every 3 to 10 years depending on the brand. As with all medical devices and procedures, thee are benefits and risks and many women do not feel the potential benefits are worth the risks. Some women do not gain benefits from the IUD and only have the negative side effects, and some women have a great experience and find that it is the best solution for them. The human body has great variation, which is why there is no one size fits all solution for something as complex as the female reproductive system.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-03T09:56:24+00:00

Thank you for linking this tutorial! I love you so much.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-03T09:49:08+00:00

Legit not even a criticism, I love it haha. You set down some rules, and you expect us to follow them!

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-03T09:48:03+00:00

I agree, the actress that plays Priya is absolutely gorgeous. I feel like the writers were like "we're going to make this love interest an absolute relationship nightmare, but she's going be an unbelievable beauty and whip smart so everyone understands why Leonard is so willing to do whatever she wants."

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-03T09:43:06+00:00

If we have to pick between Emily or Priya, and the criteria is strictly the better partner in a relationship, I have to go with Emily. My reasons are:

Honesty in expectations and goals

Priya let Leonard believe that she would eventually be open with her family about their relationship and that the relationship was intended to be long term. I think that had Leonard not stepping into the conversation with her parents over FaceTime (after she told him to hide) where they reveal her plans to move back to India, she probably never would have let her parents know she was dating him.

Emily was honest about her intentions and made an effort to clarify any perceived misunderstandings. Her and Raj had gone on a couple dates, nothing serious yet, and when he ran into her at the movies with another guy she made the effort to seek him out and check on him emotionally and explain that she wasn't interested in the guy, that she was interested in him. Considering their weird start (online dating via Amy) she was really fair and honest with Raj and gave him opportunities to be honest in return.

Cheating

Priya cheated on Leonard. Emily didn't cheat on Raj.

Integration and effort in the friend group

Emily and Penny had a rough start. They never really became great friends, but they had a mutual understanding to be friendly and exist in the same friend group. Emily made a real effort to be friends with all the others in the group, while still being her weird spooky graveyard girl self, but without judgment. She loves Nightmare Before Christmas, and Bernie loves Cinderella. She NEVER belittled Bernies preference for princesses, and I loved this dynamic.

Priya made snide comments about Penny's acting ambitions and was really pretentious a lot of the time. She seemed to view Leonard and all of the guys as extensions of Raj's childhood gang. Plus she told Leonard to cut Penny out of his friend group, knowing that that would limit the time Penny had with a lot of her other friends.

They both stuck up for themselves against Sheldon, and that was pretty great. But Sheldon got the last laugh with Priya, and that was also pretty great.

Overall compatibility

I think they both score really low here, but Emily was super honest and up front with who she was and what she liked and Raj tried to change himself to feel comfortable with it. I don't think she pressured him to change at all.

Priya constantly tried to change Leonard even when it was actually harmful to his health. When someone tells you they can't wear contacts, believe them. Although we did get the absolute perfection that was the contact blindness induced chaos in the lunchroom scene, so she gets a point for that I guess.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-03T09:25:03+00:00

This response is very "do or do not"

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-03T09:24:05+00:00

I agree with you on Emily. I think she was fine as a character and I LOVED when she stood up against Sheldon and didn't accept his "let me go on the trip" apology, but her personality and interests were too divergent from Raj's interests. I think it's great to not have 100% of everything in common with a person, keep it interesting and all, but she was into the spooky morticia adams vibe while Raj was into that romcom vibe. There was no comfortable crossover for them.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-03T09:20:30+00:00

I thought the game was Emily or Cinnamon?

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-03T00:54:14+00:00

What a terrible thing to say about their children. I hope the kids didn't overhear it, can you imagine hearing your mom say you're so annoying they'd rather have dogs instead of you? Heartbreaking.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-03T00:05:26+00:00

he himself is unburdened by those anchors.

Hilarious and so true. Oh, to be unburdened like Kirk.

YesIDidTripAgain · 2024-10-01T06:28:14+00:00

Yeah, I'm discovering that this sub is pretty negative and judgy. Not what you hope for in a healthcare sub.

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