I sent her a test text, and managed to get in a "this is easier for me" before she could finish saying it didn't work for her once she called back. I don't care if she doesn't know how to text, she has a week to work out how to tell her phone has messages. If that doesn't work, plan B will be interesting. And if there are issues still stressing me in two weeks, I will try and get the gumption up to change things.

Too reminiscent of work life, where you can get criticised if you don't work out how to get colleagues to do their own jobs. What are the colleagues being criticised for, I wonder.

And my cable connection is haemorrhaging channels. Looks like I'll be downloading the normal block of Sy Fy shows I watch Mondays, if there are new eps. That station disappeared while I was watching it.

IO9 kvetching has reached the Activist Bitch Cabal point, with extra "I am much better for the community than those elitist ass-kissers with posting privileges" sauce.

I have nested labels by year for all my tax records in Gmail.

Emailed tax records? What sort of records?

He also just said he was trying to be as fancy as the Olive Garden

Low bar!

Emailed tax records? What sort of records?

Uh, all my charitable contributions, all the tax forms from my banks, all my efile info. I think the only paper statements I get now are my W-2s and maybe some miscellaneous retirement forms. But like I said, my taxes are fairly simple.

Christ, I hate that the bar is so low that I'm gonna roll with it (or is that my inability to stand up for myself winning?)

Well, historically, the bar seems to be that low. It's not that you aren't trying to stand up for yourself but the medical system is playing whack-an-ita ! and these are the options you currently have in front of you.

If you can manage through with her until the home visits become how you are normally treated, then try to get a different nurse. It's just that you have a pretty small window for treatment and a terrible record of things like ER visits.

I wish there were a way to just treat your pain easily and effectively and without drama. The nurse shouldn't be acting this way. She can have her beliefs but she's not in charge of your treatment plans, just the actual treating. Her less than medical ideas are not something you should have to even listen to but outright crossing her might get notes in your file that won't help you in the long run.

A nurse ought to know that consuming colloidal silver will turn your skin permanently blue. Really bad idea. I'm sorry your nurse is a loon, ita !.

ita, your nurse should get together with my "medicine is not science" nutritionist.

A nurse ought to know that consuming colloidal silver will turn your skin permanently blue.

On the other hand, you’ll be completely protected from lycanthropy. That’s what the nurse was concerned about, right?

The snake oil thing, while annoying, you might just have to put up with, but her not remembering she has an appointment with you seems like the kind of thing you could complain about to somebody, if there is a stage of complaining between not saying anything and asking for another nurse. That's not right, and I know when I worked for a home health agency our nurses would not have been allowed to be that cavalier about scheduling.

This is not our experience with home health agencies at all. Grace's first nurse was so consistently late that her school threatened to kick Grace out since no one was there to pick up the (3-year-old) when the bus arrived. Then her next nurse was late or would flake on regular occasions. The next nurse was good about letting us know when she would frequently be out.

Our current nurse told us Friday that she had to be at court on Monday, making it exceedingly difficult for Grace to get a replacement.

So, I wouldn't have high hopes that the scheduling situation would work itself out. But I'm cynical like that, 3 years and 5 nurses into my odyssey with home health agencies.

So, I wouldn't have high hopes that the scheduling situation would work itself out.

I'm cynical after 9-10 months. Including some of that private pay. There are amazing people out there, truly. But some aren't. And weekends are tough.

You deserve better, ita !, but I don't know if it will be findable or worth the fight. You really do deserve better.

I'm going to go try and see a comet tonight! Luckily a just past dusk one. So if it doesn't work out, and that's a possibility, it'll be an early night.

My experience is from over a decade ago and another state, so way less relevant. Which is too bad, because our IV nurses were timely and professional.

FWIW, I wasn't hoping that the scheduling would work itself out, I was hoping that complaining would lead to better results.