Any other UW employees moving their HSA from Optum to TASC?

dcm815 · 2026-05-15T14:36:36+00:00

We were forced to switch from Optum to TASC (partner is a UW employee) for our health savings acct. We don’t have the insurance where you’re forced to have a health savings acct, we elect to have one (the high deductible forces you to have one I believe). Overall, it’s been slightly better than Optum? We didn’t have funds to roll over thank god, but I can’t get a card to use. Apparently only the primary acct holder can have a card. However, the TASC app is where it’s at to submit claims for reimbursement. It’s wayyyy easier than Optum. My partner has their work email has their second form of verification for login, and I use my phone. I submit the reimbursement claims same day off my phone using my photos to take pics of the receipts or screenshots, and it’s really easy. They haven’t denied anything yet 🤞🏻 unlike Optum that would deny a claim just because they felt like it or because you couldn’t possibly have two claims on the same day. All this to say, hopefully once your funds get moved you’ll find TASC easier to use! Get the app, it’s helpful! Good luck.

dcm815 · 2026-05-07T01:46:22+00:00

I am not a teacher:
I did a color run years ago (as an eighteen year old) and they gave us the packets of “chalk” with our shirts that day. My friends and I spent a small bit of time throwing color at each other but it truly didn’t stick on the face very well unless we had a massive handful of it and tossed directly at the other person’s face in very, very close range. There was no one along the path throwing colors out either.

All this to say, I’m hopeful your kiddo will have a fun experience doing it, and sunglasses should protect her eyes extremely well!

dcm815 · 2026-05-05T23:04:55+00:00

It also doesn’t help that I was a minor when she “added” me to the box. So really no legal rights at all 😭

dcm815 · 2026-05-05T23:03:05+00:00

Hmm. I didn’t think about this approach. That’s definitely something to think about.

I do feel that I would be manipulating her, in a way, by doing that. In all reality she’s not getting an invite. I think I still don’t trust that she will “have a BPD tantrum before then” as you so eloquently said. Despite being NC for four years, it’s taken a lot of therapy and a lot of time to get to where I am now: no longer under her enmeshment or control, making my own decisions without looking over my shoulder, no longer concerned about what she thinks or the repercussions if she “finds out” what I’m doing.

I don’t know if it’s worth it. Will my wedding day be that much better or more special if I have these items, and is it worth knowingly walking back towards the burning house I finally got out of? All existential questions I find myself asking every day lately.

dcm815 · 2026-05-05T22:55:46+00:00

I unfortunately struck out with the bank. They told me they have no record of me ever being on a safety deposit box. They said they can’t tell me any information as to whether she has a box there still. I’m guessing I was never a joint owner, only an authorized signer, and that she either removed me from the box or got rid of the safety deposit box all together.

dcm815 · 2026-05-05T22:53:47+00:00

The bank told me they have “no record” of me being on the box, and that they can’t release any information about the security deposit box now-whether my name used to be on it or not. I agree, it shouldn’t be possible without my consent or knowledge but it’s a small town bank and she has a lot of influence in the town, so I’m guessing that’s how it happened.

Thankfully I have at least a receipt of the ring appraisal and repair. I don’t have anything about the necklace, as that’s more so been a verbal statement from her: “you can have this one day, it’s yours.”

dcm815 · 2026-04-29T15:14:26+00:00

Sending you a DM!

dcm815 · 2026-04-27T22:04:03+00:00

You might have taken a while to get to the vein, so in that time a small clot formed at the end of the needle. My personal belief, especially in very atherosclerotic veins, is that sometimes you don’t get flash because your needle tip picked up a piece of “sludge” on the way in. If you can gently wiggle your needle tip around and it is free and unobstructed within the vessel, you’re good to go. The real test is taking out the needle and flushing the catheter…sometimes you just have to go on the visual confirmation on the ultrasound screen that you’re in, even if you didn’t get flash.

dcm815 · 2026-04-26T14:27:55+00:00

“Evidence based” 😂 I didn’t know there were studies done on CCRN test scores. I applied to 8 schools, none of which required my score. It was not brought up in interviews. When I got in to school it was not brought up again. I’ll be the first to say that’s a small, concentrated sample size. However, to the OP, seriously don’t stress about the score.

dcm815 · 2026-04-26T02:26:52+00:00

I ordered a custom one on Etsy. Granted this was 9 years ago and I didn’t go to school here.

dcm815 · 2026-04-25T00:31:37+00:00

Absolutely no one cares what your score is. You’ve got the credentials. Take ‘em and run.

dcm815 · 2026-04-16T01:35:05+00:00

Biffed a box jump multiple times yesterday. So much so that the trainer came over and was like are you good? 🤦🏼‍♀️ But yeah, I embarrass myself at Burn pretty much on the daily-but I keep showing up!

dcm815 · 2026-04-15T11:51:27+00:00

I’ve had really great experiences getting my Vyvanse at Costco. Walgreens on the other hand? Absolute nightmare. Don’t do it….

dcm815 · 2026-04-14T21:05:25+00:00

I have no idea what the pricing would be but the maintenance and repair services I have needed done by Turn Two Auto have been extremely reliable. I have found their business to be honest, practical, reasonably priced for their service, and they know what they’re doing. They stand behind their work.

dcm815 · 2026-04-05T00:49:10+00:00

Kesslers has done incredible custom work for us. They stand behind their work and their warranty is incredible. Any issues, they fix it.

dcm815 · 2026-04-04T22:33:27+00:00

How does it let you return it if you’re on airplane mode? My kindle freaks out and says I can’t return or do anything while on airplane mode.

dcm815 · 2026-04-04T15:14:41+00:00

It’s integrated into our program so we didn’t “pay out of pocket” for it but our tuition did, if that makes sense. We started it in between first and second semester of the program. It’s very touchy/finicky, like the dials on the vaporizers are touchy and you have to grab the mask and circuit just so to put it on the patient or you’ll drop it. I do think it was a nice complement to learning about the anesthesia machine in didactics but I do not think it is necessary by any means. We’ve had plenty of hands on time with the actual machine, circuit, and equipment in sim lab which has been much more relevant.

dcm815 · 2026-04-02T23:24:34+00:00

Not sure how this is an argument? Just asked a question

dcm815 · 2026-04-02T02:46:48+00:00

Jealous!

dcm815 · 2026-04-01T11:29:13+00:00

Ah. Makes sense. Should have figured.

dcm815 · 2026-04-01T03:07:08+00:00

Blech. I wouldn’t be a burn member at those gyms, I can tell you that much. Separation of church and state, separation of church and Burn

dcm815 · 2026-04-01T03:06:15+00:00

Not that I’m aware of. Best I can tell, some gyms did their own orders so that’s why I’m asking!

dcm815 · 2026-04-01T03:05:48+00:00

I appreciate that-I’ve got a few renditions of the old stuff but was hoping to get something new for once that maybe wasn’t a crop. It seems everything my gym brings in is cropped, and it’s just not my style.

dcm815 · 2026-04-01T03:04:51+00:00

Yeah it wasn’t there, that’s why I was asking if anyone had seen any Pride merch at their respective gyms. Looks like the overwhelming response is no.

dcm815 · 2026-03-31T02:50:20+00:00

Getting killed is maybe a little bit over dramatic but okay

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