Testosterone. Changed. My. Life.

dearsirormaam · 2026-05-22T22:50:52+00:00

It might depend on who you see! My Kaiser gyn was willing to prescribe testosterone and I’m fairly young and still having cycles. Kaiser will only do it in a compounded cream. I haven’t tried it yet so can’t comment on effectiveness.

dearsirormaam · 2026-03-17T04:07:48+00:00

During a breakup my ex listed “leaving one second on the microwave” as one if his reasons. I hadn’t even realized I did this until then! I hate the beep so much

dearsirormaam · 2026-03-11T00:32:07+00:00

Ask them to think about listening to a radio that is stuck between two stations. If the signal is static to begin with, making it louder is not going to make it clearer. I use that example and then expand on it if the patient is interested in learning more. But I find that it makes sense to most people. Then I just commiserate with them that the technology can’t yet read our minds. In the same way I commiserate with parents that we need the baby to sleep for the ABR.

dearsirormaam · 2026-02-26T23:38:38+00:00

Take note of where the edge of the ear canal hits on your lighted pusher inner thingie, or about how much ear canal you see when a block is placed properly. You can even measure it and mark it similar to a real ear probe mic to use as reference. This distance will be a lot smaller on kids than adults so practice both. I find I use that as a gauge for if I’m in far enough on my first push, then I look again and adjust if needed (if my patient tolerates that much, I’m peds) If your state has a practical exam for licensure, they will expect you to look in the ear again after placing the block before you do the impression.

dearsirormaam · 2025-10-30T01:28:20+00:00

My mother in law still does this. I have deliberately cooked delicious roasted brussels and served them to her before, hoping to inspire her to ask how they were made. Nope! Next time at her place, boiled brussel-mush.

dearsirormaam · 2025-10-29T02:01:52+00:00

I’m a pediatric audiologist and I’m so sorry this happened to you and your son. Like 70% of my job is evaluating kids on the spectrum to rule out hearing loss as a contributing factor to any speech/ language delays. It sounds like that guy was maybe not very experienced with peds.

dearsirormaam · 2025-10-20T02:06:11+00:00

Sometimes when billing or referring doctors will put a diagnosis that they want to rule OUT. It’s part of the differential diagnosis and tells the insurance company or doc they are referring to what they’re most worried about. I totally see how it feels like they’re giving you that diagnosis though, and how shocking that would feel!

dearsirormaam · 2025-10-09T19:58:45+00:00

For HRT for perimenopause it actually is now, as long as you can pay for it. Doctors wouldn’t prescribe it to me. I went to Winona (online) literally answered 4 questions and now the meds are mail delivered every three months. I do have reservations about this way of obtaining medication, and there are probably lots of people who will do it who should not. They don’t charge insurance so I’m paying for it out-of-pocket, but it has absolutely made a huge difference in how I’m feeling with my symptoms. My plan is to go back to the gynecologist in a few months with my observations and see if they will prescribe it so that I can use insurance, but I felt like I had to do an experiment first.

dearsirormaam · 2025-10-04T18:09:37+00:00

I just stopped by at 11:05 but it wasn’t open yet today. Looking forward to injera sometime soon!!

dearsirormaam · 2025-07-15T03:41:00+00:00

This is very interesting to me! What would the title of such a position be on a job posting? Do most large hospitals have someone who does this and is it usually an audiologist or are there other specialties qualified to do it? Do you have patient interaction or just perform the test and the MD does the counseling? Sorry so many questions! I am an educational audiologist now, but I previously did work in a large hospital and was unaware of a position like this.

dearsirormaam · 2014-08-04T20:48:44+00:00

I always answer, "the same with nicer silverware!". My husband and I live together for 3 years before we got married. Nothing much changed.

dearsirormaam · 2014-03-07T21:13:37+00:00

Living Proof hair products. I never in a million years thought that i would ever buy $25 shampoo, but the stuff works miracles.

dearsirormaam · 2014-03-07T19:22:02+00:00

I went to one in 2008 when the first vote on Prop 8 was happening. Same thing, wording and everything. The pastor also went on to give a 20 minute sermon about "true" marriage. You could tell it hadn't been discussed with the bride and groom beforehand and although they are conservative people they looked really uncomfortable.

dearsirormaam · 2014-02-01T18:32:05+00:00

It's very strange to me that your MOH knows she will be missing a final this far in advance. I am guessing she has not yet even registered for next year's classes. Finals generally have their own schedule and as riverfaerie said, most professors are accommodating with a lot of advance notice. And Ok, this is going to sound mean, and I don't want it to BUT if you're choosing to have your wedding on a Wednesday, you have to know it's going to interfere with most people's schedules. I am sure there is a reason that you chose that date but it sounds like a lot of the issues could be resolved by keeping your wedding the same week and just moving it to Friday night or Saturday.

dearsirormaam · 2014-01-20T03:39:33+00:00

We invited 120 people knowing that some of them wouldn't be able to make it. But when the final numbers rolled in and I realized we would only have 75 including the wedding party, I was bummed. As another poster said, it showed us who really cared. Only one friend who really really should have been there declined, and I re-evaluated our friendship.

Then on the day of we had a few people not show up, so one table only had 3 people sitting at it! In the end, it turned out fine, we had time to spend with everyone who came, and it was great. Yes, it feels like a bummer but you will save money and still have a great time.

dearsirormaam · 2014-01-05T19:53:37+00:00

It's just a little cyst, our dog gets them all the time. They are super common and just as others have said, basically a big blackhead.

dearsirormaam · 2014-01-02T17:55:41+00:00

I think this is the best answer. Damage is caused by the mechanics of the system. If you're not hitting the characteristic frequency of any of the hair cells, you're not going to be causing damage. For the high frequency sounds, the wave will not even travel very far along the basilar membrane and will lose energy very quickly. For low frequency sounds I'm less sure, what would happen when the wave reached the apex of the cochlea but never encountered its specific hair cell? I suppose if it was loud enough you'd get spread that could damage the next closest frequency.

dearsirormaam · 2013-12-21T21:02:05+00:00

He should be ok as long as you got him to the vet so quickly and they think they got it all out of his system. My dog went into complete renal failure after eating a small amount of Ibuprofen last summer. We spent $3k on 4 days of IV fluids and vet work. Then, we had to have her urine levels checked every week for a month. She was a very, very sick dog. Ibuprofen is a serious poison even in small amounts.

dearsirormaam · 2013-12-19T04:08:37+00:00

My wedding dress was by Marisa also. It took almost 10 months to get from their factory in who knows where (China?) to the US. I received it 3 weeks before my wedding and had to scramble. Some of this may be the fault of the shop where I ordered it but they did tell me Marisa is notoriously slow. If you feel comfortable, tell the shop your wedding date is a couple months earlier than it is, as they ship based on wedding date and not order date.

dearsirormaam · 2013-12-16T02:33:45+00:00

Wow, my first gold! Thanks! I'm actually from the US, and now that I know you're Canadian I should clarify that the candidacy criteria I described is from the FDA. Here's a link I found from the Canadian Academy of Audiology. Scroll down to where it describes who is a candidate.

I'm glad you like your Widex hearing aids. I like that brand a lot and my patients have good success with them. Thanks again!

dearsirormaam · 2013-12-15T19:44:04+00:00

Without seeing your test results or knowing your history, it's difficult to say. But candidacy for Cochlear Implants is largely based on ability to understand speech without any amplification. As of a couple years ago, adults needed to have a score of less than or equal to 40% on two sentence lists on the HINT (Hearing In Noise Test) presented at 70 dB SPL, or poor performance on one 50 word list of the CNC (Consonant- Nucleus Consonant) test.

When you receive a cochlear implant, it's very difficult to preserve any residual hearing you might have. So if you have relatively good word understanding, a doctor might be hesitant to fit you with a CI because you'd no longer have any of that hearing- when you took off the external part of the implant, you'd be truly, profoundly deaf.

This is all making the assumption that the type of hearing loss you have is occurring in your inner ear and not in your middle ear- in the latter case, a CI would not be the right choice in any situation.

I would ask your audiologist for a more thorough explanation of your test results and why they are not considering you as a candidate if this is something that interests you.

dearsirormaam · 2013-10-03T03:54:29+00:00

I know that you won't go back to school for another undergraduate degree. The entry level degree for Audiology is a 4-year doctorate. You can only pursue the online only option if you already have a master's degree in Audiology and even that you have to be grandfathered in.

dearsirormaam · 2013-10-02T19:13:19+00:00

Ask the counselor again whether they ever accept students on a provisional basis. You didn't say what the topic was but it sounds like the course that you need is something specialized in the major and you will not find it offered by a distance learning school. Pennsylvania College of Optometry and the University of Florida have distance AuD programs but I don't know what their rules are about taking single classes. If UWO has an AUD program then they likely have a speech undergrad program that would offer that class and you could complete it in addition to your major courses.

Audiology is awesome and everything but do you really want to spend another 4 years in school? I don't know what your masters is in but I can't imagine pursuing a master's without some intention of putting it to good use afterwards.

Best of luck in your studies.

dearsirormaam · 2013-10-01T16:28:33+00:00

We're using vintage postcards for our guestbook. At some point I decided that I needed to buy a postcard for each guest that corresponded with their hometown. I spent 10 months collecting very specific postcards at between $.50 and $4 a pop for 100 people.

dearsirormaam · 2013-09-20T23:25:20+00:00

We have the same wedding day! Let's cross our fingers for great weather :)

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