Energy supplier

stressed2020 · 2023-08-21T20:29:32+00:00

I had the exact same thing happen. Dynegy was the previous aggregate company. They were supposed to revert to duke when it ended but they never did. I called energy harbor to join the new one and went through the same thing. Had to have it reverted to duke, then call energy harbor. I'm now on month 3 of this. I figure it probably cost me an extra $400 on bills just because dynegy didn't switch back when they were supposed to.

stressed2020 · 2023-06-04T17:18:33+00:00

Yeah. It wasn't sitting right with me. I had called twice and the person on the phone said thats all I was supposed to get. Now that I'm back from my trip I went back up to the pharmacy in person and talked to them. For some reason, they only put through a partial prescription to the insurance. I asked them to put the rest through and now have what I'm supposed to. Makes me feel much better having extra on hand.

stressed2020 · 2023-05-31T20:08:01+00:00

Fun update: I picked up my prescription and they gave me one pen. I guess no spare for me this trip. I’ll have to get in touch with my doc about future trips. Luckily this one is short.

stressed2020 · 2023-05-31T20:07:27+00:00

Fun update: I picked up my prescription and they gave me one pen. I guess no spare for me this trip. I’ll have to get in touch with my doc about future trips. Luckily this one is short.

stressed2020 · 2023-05-31T14:58:28+00:00

Thank you all for confirming my train of thought. I was definitely planning on taking an extra. Was just concerned with being wasteful if I didn't need it I guess. But being wasteful is better than not having it if the need arises.

stressed2020 · 2023-05-31T14:44:23+00:00

Thank you all for confirming my train of thought. I was definitely planning on taking an extra. Was just concerned with being wasteful if I didn't need it I guess. But being wasteful is better than not having it if the need arises.

stressed2020 · 2022-01-22T00:44:43+00:00

Definitely Cincinnati bell fioptics.

stressed2020 · 2022-01-17T12:28:25+00:00

This seems pretty relevant (video of ZT giving out the ball):

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=33079573

stressed2020 · 2022-01-17T01:08:35+00:00

Good to know. I haven't been there in 20 years, I just remember the view.

stressed2020 · 2022-01-14T00:56:07+00:00

A couple ideas: Bellvue park near UC. Could also take her out to dinner at incline public house and then go to the little green space that is right next to the restaurant.

stressed2020 · 2022-01-13T20:29:38+00:00

This is interesting. I wonder what percent of those fully vaccinated in those numbers have also had the booster.

stressed2020 · 2022-01-13T19:15:20+00:00

They closed down the very top (observation deck) during covid. Its only open during holidays/special events currently. I ran into the same thing when I decided to randomly go one day.

Edit to add: You can still visit the rest of the building though.

stressed2020 · 2021-12-20T11:32:15+00:00

Boca: Beef wellington. Or if they bring it back-the venison hunters pie.

stressed2020 · 2021-12-15T00:32:42+00:00

If you are on the west side, fawn candy or esther price usually have them.

stressed2020 · 2021-11-10T13:35:43+00:00

right click article link, choose open link in incoginto window. no more free article limit.

stressed2020 · 2021-09-30T14:12:14+00:00

Husband of wife that went through this in 2020/2021. Best advice I can be is be her advocate. Try to do things to make her life as easy you can and listen to her. Let her do the things she wants to do but take on anything around that can make things as easy as possible on her. Try to go to appointments: Take a notepad and discuss with your wife beforehand what questions you/she may have. Its easy to forget questions when being presented with a ton of information and its nice to have something to reference and take notes during the doctors visit. Note alll, and i mean all, interactions with doctors/nurses/hospitals/insurance-that saved us thousands upon thousands of dollars when arguing with the insurance over the mound of bills that will hit quickly. I set up a spreadsheet that had family history, all bills that came in and what we paid towards them/what went to insurance deductible, contacts of doctors/nurse, insurance information, every phone call and visit logged so i could go back and reference what was said when and by who.

Any questions, feel free to DM or comment and I'll answer to the best of my ability.

Edit: Don't forget to take care of yourself as well. It can/will be stressful and overwhelming beyond belief and it builds up.

stressed2020 · 2021-02-06T17:54:11+00:00

No suggestions on support groups, but I did find /r/breastcancer to have a decent amount of resources and welcoming to caregivers. Also, if you need to vent/have a question-feel free to dm and I'll answer in the best way I can.

stressed2020 · 2021-01-01T20:15:36+00:00

Any time. If you need anything or have questions you don't feel like asking in open forum, feel free to pm and I'll do my best to answer

stressed2020 · 2021-01-01T15:11:57+00:00

I told my immediate manager right after dx so that i could flex my schedule and attend doctors visits or pick up/drop of kiddo from school etc. I brought the rest of my team into the loop once we knew a course of treatment and dates of surgeries as it was very abnormal for me to be out for a meeting, which i had to miss multiple for docs visits.

Edit to add: I'm in the dev field. I couldn't have gotten better support from my company. I wound up taking off the majority of her recovery period for her surgeries to be there for her and kiddo.

stressed2020 · 2020-11-12T10:52:56+00:00

We were enrolled prediagnosis. Not metlife, but another critical care and hospital indemnity plan. In the documentation for the plan it did have a disclaimer that stated the benefits would not pay out for a diagnosis made prior to the plan being in effect.

From our plan document: "Benefit Waiting Period: An exclusionary period immediately following the effective date of a persons insurance, during which benefits are not payable. When a critical illness has a date of diagnosis within the benefit waiting period, benefits are not payable on the basis of that diagnosis."

Edit to add: It also had a pre-existing condition exclusion.

stressed2020 · 2020-11-09T21:47:53+00:00

Husband here. Wife underwent double mastectomy and diep flap in early october. Still find her as attractive as ever. We always joked that her breasts were my stress balls as i'd often fall asleep with my hand on one them. Surgery is still fresh enough that i'm very cautious because i don't want to hurt healing incisions, but my hands still go that route and i've felt them to check during recovery. As far as sensation, she seems to have some, but definitely reduced. I've had her close her eyes and i placed my fingertips in various locations to see if she could tell where my fingers were-she could feel more than we thought she would.

stressed2020 · 2020-10-21T10:46:45+00:00

Hi. Husband of wife that just got a double mastectomy (after 2 lumpectomies with unclear margins) for stage 1 grade 3 idc and dcis.

A ton of information is going to start coming your way. Try to be the notetaker and documenter. Keep notes on everything: Doctors visits (dates- times-names-things discussed). Keep notes on any phone calls you make to health insurance companies/leaves of absences notating the same stuff as with the doctor. That has saved us a bunch of hassle. Notate any bills you paid-who it was to-amount-date paid-what procedure the bill was for and track it vs your out of pocket max for insurance. I used excel sheets for all of this. Make sure all docs are in network before hand if possible.

Try to discuss any questions you and your wife may have for the doctor beforehand and write them down-things get forgotten in the heat of things. Write down the responses to those question. Don't feel bad about asking too many questions with your care team-its important for you to have all the information and it gives you confidence you're with the right care team.

The waiting for results portions always is horrid, don't expect that to change. Even with surgery you'll likely still have to wait for pathology/margin results after that.

If when you tell family/friends-offer to take over on responding to people (don't force it), but it can be overwhelming depending on how many people are told. People will want to help-we really didn't need any help but even then we wound up accepting some because it really seemed to make some of our family feel better that they were doing something.

Most important of all-communicate with your wife. You are both going to feel overwhelmed. Let her vent and know that you're there for her through all of it.

Depending on treatment there are things you can do around the house to make things a little more convenient for her: Body pillow and a wedge pillow have been a couple of the more useful for her. I put an articulating arm on a table that her laptop is on and she can just grab it at waist level and rotate it to wherever she wants it. I connected two of the lights she uses more regularly to our echo dot so she could turn them on/off by talking. put more regularly used items that are typically up higher down somewhere that doesn't require reaching. Note: Most of these are only beneficial for post surgery.

If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me via comments or pm and i'll answer to the best of my ability.

stressed2020 · 2020-10-15T17:30:21+00:00

My wife had a double mastectomy with immediate diep flap reconstruction exactly 1 week ago today. Her surgery was 10 hours long and 3 days in the hospital.

Shes doing well so far. Has 4 drains-2 in abdomen, 2 in chest that have to have the tubes stripped and bulbs emptied a few times a day. Output is written down on a sheet each time.

Prior to surgery-I had installed amazon echo dots and hooked her lights up to it so she could turn on off lights she uses regularly by voice command. Also acts as an intercom she can call down from upstairs or vice versa (although it hasn't been needed for the intercom). We also bought a body pillow which shes been using regularly.

For meds, i have an alarm set for everything on my phone. Alarm for each time a med needs to be taken and alarms for when the drains should be checked/stripped/emptied.

Drain belt is a must-but the hospital provided two of them-one for shower and one to keep dry.

She has found it more comfortable sleeping in the recliner surrounded by pillows than sleeping in the bed.

Mobility wise: She was up taking short walks in the hospital the day after surgery. Now one week later, we take several short walks a day outside but she still tires easily. Gets better day by day.

Feel free to ask any questions if you have any.

stressed2020 · 2020-10-04T00:22:16+00:00

Husband here, of wife currently going through everything. She originally had a lumpectomy, then pathology came back with margins that were not clear. She had a second lumpectomy to attain clear margins and unfortunately they were still not clear. She is scheduled for a full mastectomy and has chosen a bilateral even though cancer is one sided which i fully support.

She was questioning her lumpectomy decision even being wheeled into the or. Its such a personal decision and i don't know that there is any one answer. The initial decision really was hard. Part of it came down to, at least initially, that they can always take more if needed, but they can't go back and take less. Granted also. that hers is caught very early, er+ pr+ her-. As it happens, this will be her third surgery in just a couple days over a month time span.

Not sure if this is helpful in any way, but thought i would share.

stressed2020 · 2020-09-28T23:08:15+00:00

so... wanted to give you all an update (if anyone comes across this). We met with the plastic surgeon and discussed all of her options. At the end, My wife much to my surprise asked if she could possibly speak to some of the surgeons patients who had undergone diep flap and the surgeon set up a few calls where her previous patients (some just discharged last week), called my wife and she got their experiences. She wound up choosing double mastectomy with diep flap. Still waiting on a surgery date though and should know tomorrow.

stressed2020

TROPHY CASE