Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[DemonGeminiX]

Hey no flags, that's great! Mine has flags for total and LDL

My wife tells me diet changes aren't really going to do much, but I still cleaned out my treat drawer a bit today and am going to try and make a more improvements at least until I talk to a specialist.





This is good advice, I've been beating myself up the last 48 hours eating salads and exercising harder than ever but I think the anxiety will ease in a week or two.

Try increasing your daily fiber intake, if you're not doing that already.

[DemonGeminiX]

I think I'd like a threesome with Taylor Cole and Jessica Lowndes for Christmas.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Push me up against the wall
Young Kentucky girl in a push-up bra
Fallin' all over myself
To lick your heart and taste your health 'cause

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

[Teh One Who Knocks]

My doctor is leaving the clinic that I go to, so now I have to pick a new PCP. It sucks because I really like my doctor.

[DemonGeminiX]

My doctor is leaving the clinic that I go to, so now I have to pick a new PCP. It sucks because I really like my doctor.

I had that happen to me several times. I was with a doctor for 10 years and she pulled up stakes and moved to Florida, then I went over to another doctor that my pharmacist suggested, but he wasn't taking new patients, so I got lumped in with one of his partners. That partner left, and I was assigned to a different partner, but she left before my first appointment with her, so I got lumped in with another partner, my current doctor.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I had that happen to me several times. I was with a doctor for 10 years and she pulled up stakes and moved to Florida, then I went over to another doctor that my pharmacist suggested, but he wasn't taking new patients, so I got lumped in with one of his partners. That partner left, and I was assigned to a different partner, but she left before my first appointment with her, so I got lumped in with another partner, my current doctor.

I just hate having to blindly pick a new PCP from some list and hope that I will like them. I mean, you can read the reviews and ratings, but even if the doctor has 10,000 five star ratings and everyone loves them, there's no guarantee that I will like them. I'll probably have to change clinics too, and I like where my doctor was practicing out of.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Okay, maybe I'm just old school and am not used to all these other designations for PCP's. My current doctor that is leaving was an MD and that was one of the reasons I chose him way back when and I got lucky and really liked him. Now I'm looking through the list and there are MD's and DO's and NP's and PA's....does it really matter if your PCP isn't an actual MD?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I had that happen to me several times. I was with a doctor for 10 years and she pulled up stakes and moved to Florida, then I went over to another doctor that my pharmacist suggested, but he wasn't taking new patients, so I got lumped in with one of his partners. That partner left, and I was assigned to a different partner, but she left before my first appointment with her, so I got lumped in with another partner, my current doctor.

How do you feel having a female primary? I've always seen male doctors, I dunno how comfortable I would feel with a female doctor.

[Pony]

I've seen some videos with a female doc, those seem to work out well.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I've seen some videos with a female doc, those seem to work out well.

[Pony]

The "treatment" is always similar.

[Pony]

The "treatment" is always similar.

For what they charge for even basic tests or treatments I think the hospitals should throw in a free orgasm with every appointment.

[DemonGeminiX]

Okay, maybe I'm just old school and am not used to all these other designations for PCP's. My current doctor that is leaving was an MD and that was one of the reasons I chose him way back when and I got lucky and really liked him. Now I'm looking through the list and there are MD's and DO's and NP's and PA's....does it really matter if your PCP isn't an actual MD?

NP = Nurse Practitioner = Not a doctor
PA = Physician's Assistant = Not a doctor
DO = https://osteopathic.org/what-is-oste.../what-is-a-do/

DO's around here usually head up a walk-in clinic/immediate care/urgent care. They're fully trained and got their credentials from an Osteopathic medical school. While it's not a traditional medical school, the doctor is still getting a top quality education.

PA's can be good or bad, it depends on the PA. I've seen PA's that I liked and disliked. I'll agree to see a PA if it's absolutely impossible to get in with my doctor, but if the PA gets it wrong, my doctor's going to hear about it.

I've had bad luck with NPs, although a few people in my family sees NPs religiously and swears by them. YMMV, I guess.

How do you feel having a female primary? I've always seen male doctors, I dunno how comfortable I would feel with a female doctor.

The first doctor in my list was a female. When I was down in the Rehab hospital last year, my Physiatrist and all of her PA's were women... all of the Physical Therapists there were women too. Doesn't bother me at all.

[Pony]

So I'm down in rural SC at my Aunts for the winter, a couple of years ago we finally had an option for a different ISP when Tmobile started their "home internet" push. We went from paying $60+ a month for ATT DSL that we were lucky to get 2-3mb down on a good day to With Tmobile at $50 a month we were getting 5-12mb down. It was a huge improvement!

Here we are a couple years later and the first generation "gateway" they sent has been acting up and needing rebooted 5 times a day. This is a 4G LTE device that's very particular on location placement to pick up a good cell signal and very short range wifi. The best place for a strong (two bars) signal with it was on the great room table in full sun (not recommended) and that location wasn't great for wifi at the far end of the house where the kitchen TV/Roku are.

Fast forward to this trip... I called Tmobile, the overseas "expert" wouldn't verify my account and said go to the store. Spent 2 hours in the store trying to get a router exchange done in the hopes that a newer model will be better all around. No go on the upgrade, no go on creating a second account as there are "no more slots available" on our tower. I didn't want to take the risk of cancelling our current spot in the hopes that we could snatch it back up immediately because if we lost it we have ZERO other options for (affordable) internet. So ended up just verifying my account, got a new PIN set and drove back home. Phoned them again and convinced them to do a "warranty exchange" to a new-ish device. (second generation, they are on #4 now)

24 hours later the new device shows up, it's a 5G capable WIFI6 router. I swap the SIM and am back up and running.....except the Wifi camera doesn't work. It needs wifi to change wifi and wouldn't recognize the new device. Took me 4 HOURS to get the router configured and the camera reset into a configuration that both liked.

So, the results: After 24hrs so far the new hardware works ok in a central location that's not in the sun (the tower is located on the sunny side of the house) I have a consistent "fair" signal (Had a "good" signal in the old location, but that was in the sun and this router is notorious for running hot), have great wifi coverage throughout the house AND our speeds so far have gone from 5-12mb up to a blazing fast 40-60mb!!!

Welcome to the modern world!