I thought getting mac off my COBRA would be pretty easy and that I could get him on the state insurance thingy-ma-bob for kids. But with my NY salary, I made too much this year for him to qualify for the TX state kids insurance thingy. And the private insurance options I have looked at will only take us as a package or me alone. I may still be able to get a cheaper plan than my COBRA, but I first have to clear that they will cover his therapies and meds and not discount them as pre-existings, have to clear that the therapist will take the insurance (possibly not a deal-breaker is the insurance has an HSA allowance), and must find out what hospitals are covered. I am guessing it will take me over a week to check out 4 plans.
Book: I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God. Mal: No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged.
'Safe'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Aug 23, 2010 7:36:26 pm PDT #19736 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Cass - Aug 23, 2010 7:49:34 pm PDT #19737 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oh, I hope Polgara gets some relief and a doctor soon.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2010 8:05:36 pm PDT #19738 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was a stone. She's on her way home. Getting meds. What meds do you get for a stone. Something to dissolve it? Ease the pain?
meara - Aug 23, 2010 8:08:54 pm PDT #19739 of 30001
It was a stone. She's on her way home. Getting meds. What meds do you get for a stone. Something to dissolve it? Ease the pain?
Pain meds. Sometimes they can do a ...laser? ultrasound?...thingie thing to break up stones. I think usually they wait until they pass unless they're huge. And then they start going "Um, so why do you HAVE one?" and try to figure out if there's meds to give to prevent future ones.
DavidS - Aug 23, 2010 8:13:47 pm PDT #19740 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
They use ultrasound to break up the stones.
But you still have to piss jagged rocks.
Burrell - Aug 23, 2010 8:19:03 pm PDT #19741 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh noes! Poor Polgara! Those things hurt. Does she need tending to? Let me know. I have some time tomorrow.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 23, 2010 8:41:31 pm PDT #19742 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Less pain~ma vibes to Polgara.
However, I still would not be able to spend $400 on a pair of jeans.
Yeah, the only way I'd pay that much for jeans is if Ben Browder would be breaking them in for me and then stopping by to strip them off and hand 'em to me in person.
Really, coats are the only items of clothing that I'll break three digits on. (Well, and suits, but I already have one that will hopefully remain serviceable for another decade or so...)
smonster - Aug 23, 2010 11:20:43 pm PDT #19743 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
msbelle, I do believe supplemental mental health plans are available, as my folks had (have?) one for my sis. Will check into it and get back to you.
Am not sleeping well tonight, and now there seems to be a thunderstorm rolling in. Feh.
amyth - Aug 23, 2010 11:26:06 pm PDT #19744 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Much ~ma to Polgara!!!
And I'm so sorry, Kat.
True, smonster. I think this is The Year of Best Interns. Too bad they're all seniors.
I'm taking the day off today to get a couch delivered and clean all the things.
Strix - Aug 23, 2010 11:29:04 pm PDT #19745 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Huh. You know, in my whole life (and hey, I turned 38 today -- crazy. I have know you guys for 10 years!) I have never spent more than $150 on a single personal item, like clothing. Computers, car stuff, moving vans, etc...yes. But not a dress, or shoes or a coat or anything like that.
I bought myself a garnet necklace when I got my Master's that was about $100, and a pair of $90 shoes that I still have that are my "good" shoes. Even my wedding dress was on sale, for $40.
That's...kind of sad.