Posts by crimsonstag3

silentpanther32 said:For those of you who use NuvaRing, do any of you stay active? I mean, do you do aerobics, running, cycling, or anything like that?

I would certainly consider trying that type of contraception, though I suppose I have some reservations. I'm a bit worried about the ring potentially slipping out while I'm lifting weights at the gym. 😁... does anyone here have any actual experience with this? I suppose I'm just wondering if anyone has gone through it personally. 🙂

Tennis, aerobics, hitting the gym... I feel like I’ve tried just about everything under the sun. It isn't quite as if I'm out there lifting heavy weights or anything, though. 😁 It doesn't seem like it would just slip out of place during the process... I mean, it's sitting right there, spread out in front of the cervix. It isn't as if the uterus is positioned vertically toward the floor or anything, as if some kind of gravity were pulling it down or whatever I might assume. 🙂 Comparing this to a tampon... has anyone else ever had one slip out while they were out for a run? 😉.
I hope I was able to be of some assistance to you. NuvaRing. 🙂

It seems like things are finally starting to move in our neck of the woods. I’m actually considering giving it a shot myself; I have a terrible habit of forgetting to take my pill, and frankly, I’m over it. Between all the traveling I do, I constantly deal with this underlying anxiety—sort of like a lingering nightmare—worrying that I missed a dose. As a pharmacist, the science behind it is also quite appealing; specifically, the way it bypasses first-pass metabolism in the liver and how the average daily estrogen dose tends to be lower than what you find in standard pills. I’ll need a prescription first, though, so we’ll see how it goes.
As for all those comments from people saying they "don't want to know anything at all," or those who don't even have a clue how they would administer it... well, 🤦

fadedmarlin402 said:Tylenol is just acetaminophen-based, so you could probably swap it out for any other generic containing acetaminophen (like Tylenol, Panadol, or Advil...)

But I don't think you quite grasp the issue... Advil doesn't dissolve in water. (Well, the Advil Plus C variety does, I suppose). And as for Panadol, I haven't seen a box of that since I was maybe thirteen years old.😁

By the way, word is they aren't going to be making it anymore... though I haven't the slightest clue why.

briskotter22 said:I’ve been struggling with my bowel movements for four days now. To be honest, I really need to go, but it’s incredibly painful because everything is so hard; it feels like nothing is going to move. I'm dealing with cramps and a burning sensation. I was thinking about taking some Dulcolax since I read it helps clear things out. Does anyone have advice? Will that actually work? I'm feeling a bit lost here...

Oh, please don't... you should probably take laxatives in the evening since they usually kick in after about eight hours. Unless, of course, you want to be stuck on the toilet wide awake waiting for it to happen. If you're a night owl, maybe then, but I suppose the idea is to take them at night so they "get you moving" in the morning, especially since that's when the physiological urge is strongest anyway. It will help, I guess, but I wouldn't rely on laxatives long-term. You really need a balanced diet with plenty of fiber and perhaps some probiotic supplements, like Normie, Flagyl, Align, or Culturelle, etc.

ambermason16 said:Oh, please. Medications have absolutely nothing to do with getting a tattoo... don't sweat it.

I'm not sure I follow. What about medications that specifically affect blood clotting?

mistyjackal842 said:Elaine

So, is it enough to just carry around that proof of health insurance coverage I was using while waiting for my new card to arrive? I assume all those numbers that were left off the new card are still listed on that paper? It isn't even about pharmacy prescriptions for me right now since I don't need any, but I am asking because I have to go pick up a referral at the start of next year, and they’ll need those numbers too. I also noticed at the hospital desk they check all those same details from the old cards, so I don't quite understand why they suddenly decided to leave those numbers off everything, especially since they are still being manually typed onto referrals.

Yes. That document contains all the numbers that both we and the hospitals require, just as you noted.
How and why? The answer is simple: America. 🙄 They won't fully transition to the system where paper prescriptions are gone and everything is stored digitally on the cards until New Year's Day... and even then, they announced there would be a six-month adjustment period, so probably through June. Once that happens, hospitals will finally have computers capable of reading all that data directly from the chip when we swipe the card. We don't have that infrastructure yet, but they've already started handing out cards as if we do (they've even pressured doctors to stop typing those numbers manually on prescriptions for people with the new cards; at least, that's what a nurse told me when I called to ask about a script).

I suppose it's similar to those fancy card scanners on Zipline buses that half the time don't actually work, and most people besides students don't even have the cards yet—so people end up having to fumble with paper tickets at the front door anyway.

Please, spare me the talk about those new ID cards 😲. And honestly, if you can, just carry around a piece of paper with your old identification number on it rather than relying solely on your Social Security number. It’s just classic Medicare behavior... they roll out these new cards before the pharmacy scanners are even updated to read them. Consequently, we can't process prescriptions—you know, run them through the system to bill Medicare—without that specific number. Then we end up having to chase down doctors, deal with long lines, and everyone ends up taking their frustrations out on us. (The official recommendation from Medicare was basically "just type in any number you want." In fact, my wife actually suggested I just use someone else's insurance number just to get the prescription to clear the computer... I suppose I wonder if they intend to fix this internally, or if they're simply planning to bury the errors under someone else's account... or heaven forbid, try to make us 😠
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Hospitalija, obviously. $50 If I’m remembering correctly. Though, I think I actually opted for the shorter version back then. I recall—and by "back then" I mean about six years ago when I was first enrolling in college—that there used to be a Uriho right at the intersection of Šubićev and Zvonimirov, which I suspect might still be there. Besides, Hospitalija has locations all over the city, like over on Gotovčev, for instance.

Paul Bailey83 said:PLEASE STOP TALKING NONSENSE!!!
You probably don't even have it, which is why you're acting so smart. Try living with it yourself. You can't have sex like a normal person, you can't enjoy oral sex, and having a baby is risky because the infant could end up with genital warts or HPV in their throat... Do you think it's easy to carry all that weight on your conscience??? You bring up HIV being spread through blood, but what do people interact with more often—blood or physical contact???
There's really nothing else to say besides that you clearly have no idea what you're talking about!

And I think you've completely overlooked the other side of this. 🙄 🙄 With an attitude like that, you might as well just go jump into the Mississippi. Or maybe dive off the Golden Gate Bridge, or head down to the coast near the Atlantic or somewhere out by Lake Michigan.
There are a thousand times worse illnesses out there. People are fighting actual cancer and testing positive... 🙄

Alright, so I’m a pharmacist by trade, and I actually felt compelled to go Google the phrase "anti-dream pills." I can't quite tell if I'm just being a bit out of the loop—it's true that I graduated relatively recently—or if there is some specific concept here I've missed. Were you perhaps thinking of hypnotic medications? You know, standard sleep aids? It is a clinical fact that certain types of them can have a side effect where you don't really remember your dreams in the morning... but as far as a specific category of "anti-dream pills" goes, my degree 😬 never once mentioned such a thing 🙂 (By the way, I'm certainly not mocking you if you used the wrong term and actually meant sleep aids; I'm just genuinely curious... I want to make sure we're on the same page so I can actually give you a useful answer regarding the pros and cons, if that's what you're looking for...)

It’s available at Saint Louis, $27. At least, that was the price last season. I suppose we should consider whether they've raised their rates now, given how much everything else seems to be going up lately. As for anything else... I guess prices are climbing everywhere beyond just that.