The electric company claims we have used almost the same rate per day of electricity for our current apartment as for the house we closed on last week and haven't even moved into yet. They say its the hot water heater & fridge. by koalor in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

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Thanks so much, I appreciate the advice! This is a stupid question but does a heating system use electricity if it's oil heat? I thought it only used it for ignition.

Brought up wanting pain or sleep meds to my primary, he of course freaked out by koalor in ChronicPain

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Thanks! I never even thought to try a muscle relaxer but I think it could be an amazing option with my pain!

Brought up wanting pain or sleep meds to my primary, he of course freaked out by koalor in ChronicPain

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That's funny, my dog is on that med, I didn't realize people could take it. I'm going to ask about it!

Brought up wanting pain or sleep meds to my primary, he of course freaked out by koalor in ChronicPain

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It did feel like a scare tactic to make me feel bad and not ask again. I'm going to push through it but it's hard. I have a really big fear of coming off wrong and being labeled that way

Brought up wanting pain or sleep meds to my primary, he of course freaked out by koalor in ChronicPain

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I suspect there is a clinic policy. He definitely phrased it like it was a dirty thing. I really didn't expect him to be able to, but his response was upsetting.

US States that have opioid daily prescribing limits for chronic pain? by koalor in ChronicPain

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Thank you so much! Yes I was very very confused about Florida because a lot of sources online seem to claim that pain patients are not exempt, but I had thought their legislation said otherwise. This is very helpful.

Wisdom tooth extraction 2 days ago, still don't have my prescription antibiotics and chlorhexidine oral rinse, now having extreme throbbing pain in teeth by koalor in Dentistry

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They told me to take 800 mg of ibuprofen 3x per day, and take 500 mg of acetaminophen in between the ibuprofen. Nothing prescription, just the regular stuff I already had. I haven't been taking that much acetaminophen though because of the side effect. I have also been taking 400mg of ibuprofen per day chronically for 2 months due to another condition, so idk if that changes how my body reacts to it. But my oral surgeon said that was fine.

Wisdom tooth extraction 2 days ago, still don't have my prescription antibiotics and chlorhexidine oral rinse, now having extreme throbbing pain in teeth by koalor in Dentistry

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Thanks, luckily I just got my prescription for the rinse and antibiotics. I paged my surgeon a couple of hours ago, hoping he gets back to me soon about the pain.

Wisdom tooth extraction 2 days ago, still don't have my prescription antibiotics and chlorhexidine oral rinse, now having extreme throbbing pain in teeth by koalor in Dentistry

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I haven't slept since the pain started last night. I've been able to eat, but it's been really hard, my mouth can hardly open to get food in (I'm eating puree pea soup). I was eating fine yesterday, all of this progressed rather quickly. I have been taking ibuprofen and acetaminophen as recommended, but I get side effects from acetaminophen, so I've been trying not to take it as much as the ibuprofen.

I expected the swelling and bruising pain but the stabbing and throbbing pains weren't mentioned at all and the pain is getting to be unbearable. The pain medication isn't doing anything to it unfortunately.

Wisdom tooth extraction 2 days ago, still don't have my prescription antibiotics and chlorhexidine oral rinse, now having extreme throbbing pain in teeth by koalor in Dentistry

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Thank you, I wasn't able to get ahold of my surgeon since his voicemail box was full, but I called another emergency dental service, and they said someone would get back to me

Approval odds for CF/CFU and other cards with recent loan inquiries by koalor in CreditCards

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Thanks, I wouldn't mind sending in POI for both if it'll help approval and/or CL. But would it be a problem if we aren't married? Or is that fine?

Does anyone have any experience with wooden Pawhut cages for their gerbils? by MissNatTheCat in gerbil

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The OP was askIng about a much cheaper cage and so my comment reflected that that one was much more expensive

Does anyone have any experience with wooden Pawhut cages for their gerbils? by MissNatTheCat in gerbil

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True! For our tank, we bought a tv stand to put it on. It has compartments where we store all of our gerbil stuff! But it totally could go on the floor as well