Posts by stormyheron4

Emily Morales77 said:So, I’m just circling back to a question someone asked a few pages ago because I haven't seen an answer yet: how does it work with dentists who run private practices but also take Medicare? Like, which treatments are covered by Medicare and which ones you have to pay for out of pocket? How does the whole setup actually function?
I'm a little confused here.😢

Any dentist who takes Medicare can see you as both a private patient and a Medicare provider. If you're registered with that dentist under your Medicare coverage, you're entitled to a specific "basket" or package of services covered by your insurance. You really need to check exactly what's included in your specific plan.

If you need a procedure that Medicare doesn't cover, you'll have to pay for that out of your own pocket. That dentist is required to give you a receipt for those services. If you're employed, you can use those receipts at the end of the year to claim a tax deduction on your federal return, just like everyone else in the US.

From what I know, most of the headaches happen because patients don't actually know their rights. Seriously, do your homework and find out exactly what you're covered for and what isn't.

Here's a quick breakdown—Medicare covers some basic prosthetic aids, but they don't cover much else.

http://www.medicare-info.gov/coverage

Found it! A colleague already posted about this earlier.

http://www.american-forum.com/showpost.php?p=1...0&postcount=10

Joseph Carter9 said:... anyone got ideas for what I should put on a flyer for the apartment building bulletin board? Goal is to soften up the neighbors so they don't call the cops if things get a little loud 🙂.

I want it to be smart, creative (maybe even funny), and maybe hit them with a bit of nostalgia to win them over.

(And no, it’s not my birthday right now, just trying to stay ahead of the game)

So, here it is! 😉

"On xx.xx.xxxx, I'm celebrating my birthday, and all residents are invited! If you don't show up, don't complain about the noise—you were invited, so it's your own fault for sitting in your apartment feeling jealous while we party. Anyone who calls the cops is a total loser."

Does that work?

Brandon Nguyen64 said:Much appreciated, truly, but is there perhaps a less painful alternative?😢

Look, it doesn't even hurt that bad unless you start poking at it with a needle.

Brandon Nguyen64 said:The subject at hand is essentially a pebble stuck in my shoe. It isn’t causing constant discomfort, yet standing directly on the spot where it rests becomes quite painful. Could someone please advise on the best way to extract it?

It probably hasn't gone in super deep. For starters, ask a guy—your husband, son, whatever—to try digging it out with a needle or some other sharp tool. I've had great luck doing that myself when I've stepped on glass or even a hedgehog spine back in the day. 😁

If they can't get it, just head straight to the ER. They'll make a little incision around the area and pull it right out.

cosmicmaker30 said:(...)

"...Just add some drinking water, and OxyMax neutralizes those nasty side effects from chlorinated water,..." That sounds like it could totally wreck the MMS 🤣

Aaron Harris93 said:It would all kick off like this:
Hydrogen peroxide and ozone therapies are basically two sides of the same coin. You could even argue that hydrogen peroxide is just what happens when ozone breaks down inside your body. To be more precise, both processes eventually lead to the same thing: that sweet, nascent-active oxygen. People are always debating whether peroxide therapy actually works, but the science behind the connection is pretty straightforward. If you're doing this internally, stick to the 35% food-grade H2O2. Period. That’s the only kind you should even think about putting in your body. You start off with just a few drops and slowly ramp it up based on your specific protocol and how sick you actually are. Simple as that.

I totally missed this earlier, but look—in my line of work, I deal with 33% hydrogen peroxide on a daily basis. If even one tiny little drop hits my skin, it turns white instantly and starts stinging like crazy. This stuff is incredibly aggressive. Honestly, I wouldn't dream of putting it inside my body. Once it hits your mouth, it burns and eats right through your mucous membranes. And if you’re unlucky enough to get even a microscopic droplet in your eye? It’ll absolutely wreck it.

Look, I wouldn't mess around with that if I were you. Playing with 33% peroxide is seriously dangerous stuff. Just don't do it.

Aaron Harris93 said:It’s basically liquid oxygen. You take it just like you would your daily vitamins. It doesn't come in those annoying capsules either—it's all drops. People over in Europe consider this stuff totally "normal," but here in the States, it’s still a bit of a niche thing.
In the States, that’s basically a total ghost town. I honestly can't be bothered ordering stuff from overseas if there's someone right here in America who can get it done.
Maybe that's why there’s still someone out there who actually "knows" where to track this stuff down. 🙂 I’m just gonna sit tight and wait it out. No rush.

It’s basically just oxygen-saturated water. You take an aquarium air pump and blast it into a glass of water, and after a bit, that water becomes totally saturated with oxygen. It works exactly like those fish tanks where you see all those tiny bubbles rising from the bottom to make sure the fish stay breathing easy.

Hey, just a heads-up that they’ve updated the platelet separator process over in Miami. From here on out, they’ll be focusing specifically on platelets, though they’ll probably move into plasma soon enough.

The whole thing takes about an hour. You can swing by once a month to do it, and just so you know, there’s no cash compensation involved.

They’re calling on all the ladies and guys in Miami to head down to the Blood Transfusion Department at the Mayo Clinic to donate some platelets.👍

So, did he take off like Batman? If not, those musicians totally wasted their time.

Giving blood can actually help boost peripheral circulation for a lot of people

Looks like they scrubbed the original article from the site, so I’m just dropping the specific post where it was mentioned here.

shadowtiger97 said:$50 once you arrive, though you can stop by every week, so it works out to $200 a month

From what I’ve gathered, you can only donate plasma once a month, and they don't even give you cash for it, so forget about getting that $90 a month.

Roger Wood50 said:So, I grabbed some whey from Pronutrition (those guys out in California, if I got the name right)...
basically, this stuff is a nightmare to mix. It just clumps up in my water, leaving these tiny little balls that I have to mash around with a spoon to get them to disappear. 🙂
Why is it doing that? Is the whey expired or something? I already tossed the original bag, so I can't check the date, but I definitely ordered it back in June...

First, mix it with just a tiny bit of water to make a thick paste. Keep stirring that until every single clump is totally smooth. Once it's creamy, pour in the rest of your water and give it one last stir. That’s how I handle even the most stubborn lumps.

casualcanyon40 said:I haven’t even done deadlifts.
I honestly have no clue which specific move did this to me. I was doing basically everything under the sun. Maybe it was that ab machine? You know, the one with those foam pads on your shoulders where you lift the weight by leaning your upper body forward.
I was pushing 150 to 200 pounds, and I only weigh about 120.
I was hitting 600 crunches a day on that machine.
My doctor thinks it probably came from some torso rotation. I was also using that machine where you sit down and twist left and right for your obliques.
But let’s be real, I was totally overdoing it. I don't think this just happens to someone exercising moderately. My sessions were lasting three or four hours straight.
People at the gym were actually telling me I was going to tear something, but I just wouldn't listen. 😢
Or maybe it was that dumbbell exercise for shoulders? You know, the one where you stand up, lean forward slightly, bend your knees, and lift the weights.

It’s no shocker your back is trashed after a workout like that. Honestly, what was even the point of training like that? I hit the gym three times a week, but I do it strictly to stay healthy. If my workout is going to wreck my health, I might as well stay on the couch.

It is what it is. Just be smarter next time and listen to the pros so you aren't dealing with chronic pain in your 40s.

casualcanyon40 said:I totally overdid it with the heavy lifting at the gym and now one of my vertebrae is out of whack.
Anyone else dealt with this?
Apparently, a chiropractor is the only way to pop it back into place, but I’m honestly terrified they might actually make things worse. I've heard some pretty scary horror stories about chiropractors.

What kind of lifts were you doing when that happened? Deadlifts?

Just a heads-up though—if you do decide to go the chiropractor route, be extremely careful about who you pick. A radiology professor I know told me he sees about six or seven people every single week who come in for scans after an unskilled chiropractor absolutely wrecked them. Don't mess around with your spine; do your homework first.

Patrick Chase11 said:+ if you have a membership, it’s another 10% off, right?

Nah, even with the membership, it's more than 7 pounds per $45 kilo. The membership is an annual thing $67 but within those $67 they throw in a free pound of whey. Plus, if your order goes over $333 then they cover the shipping, and you just pay cash on delivery. If you're grabbing 7 kilos plus that extra one you get from signing up, just grab a few buddies and split the costs (and the whey 😁 too). Honestly, it's a total steal.

Patrick Chase11 said:Are you actually planning on ordering them from the USA? What’s the total damage going to be once everything lands? You can grab some high-quality whey right here in the States for just about $57 per kilo, and it's top-tier stuff.

If you bulk up the order to more than 7 kilos, the price per kilo drops down to $45

goldenfox24 said:Man, you got it easy. Just imagine my wife. She’s a doctor, and suddenly everything she didn't study back in the States is total garbages supposed to be useless. 🤣And don't even get me started on this neighbor. We were grabbing coffee and talking about the gym, and she goes, "Proteins are a scam." Why? Because her brother tried them once and they didn't work. I asked how long he actually trained, and she said, "One month." 👍 Seriously, when you have a spouse like mine, it's impossible to get anything done because I just don't have any support from the one person who matters most.

You're probably too young to remember this, but I still recall that huge scandal where Peter Steel was stuffing his protein powders with flour and some other cheap fillers he made himself. One of those specific brands of his... 🤣

placidjackal36 said:Look... if I actually had the capacity to gorge myself on enough fruit to hit my daily requirements, I wouldn't even be asking about supplements in the first place, right? 🤷
I’m not even talking about popping them every single day. Every couple of days, maybe once every three—that’s plenty for me. Just something to take when I need a little boost. But honestly, there isn't much I can grab that's actually in a form I can stomach. Or at least, I don't know if anything out there actually tastes good. 😢

Fruit has all the vitamins your body needs. Instead of messing with multivitamins every few days, just eat an orange and an apple every single day. You'll get more than enough vitamins that way.

Or just hide the pill in a bite of food so you don't have to deal with the taste.

Look, if you can't stomach those pills, just get your vitamins straight from fruit instead.

Jesse Peterson5 said:So, I’ve been scrolling through some threads on the forum and now I'm stuck thinking about how guilt just hangs over me... It feels suppressed, but it’s always there. Even after I fixed my mistakes as much as I possibly could, I still haven't shaken this feeling...

I used to deal with some pretty heavy depression, and while that long stretch is finally over, I can't seem to wash away this sense of guilt and regret. Even though I don't dwell on the specific things I regret, I still find myself triggered by some random memory at least once a day that brings it all back... It's like I can't function without it. Honestly, it doesn't feel normal, and I have no clue how to move past it...

Thinking about it now... I'm sure everyone deals with guilt or regret at some point. But my impression is that "normal" people feel it, bury it deep inside, and then move on because they don't need to keep revisiting it. For some reason, I feel obligated to remember. It's not like I enjoy it, but maybe it's just become a habit. If I'm not actively overthinking it, it just bubbles up subconsciously while I'm walking or doing something else...

What do you do to get rid of this feeling? I don't know if it's normal to carry this around for old mistakes, or if I should be able to function like everyone else and let those feelings go when the time comes...

Hopefully, I'm making sense here. This isn't just about one single thing that makes me regretful—it's more general than that. There's a whole mountain of stuff, unfortunately... haha😁😁 Is it just my self-critical nature? I'm the type of person who sits and overanalyzes everything until I find a solution. Part of me thinks (maybe I'm wrong) that if I stopped constantly feeling this guilt and regret over the past, I might actually function better as a person. You wouldn't notice anything on the surface, but I feel it deep down...🙂

Any advice? Recommendations? Personal experiences? A way out? 😁

You deal with guilt by repenting for a specific action or mistake and trying to fix it, if fixing it is even possible.

But honestly, I wouldn't say your issue is actually guilt. It sounds more like a sense of shame and an inability to forgive yourself. That's a massive difference. Real regret sets you free, but shame and refusing to forgive yourself just traps you and messes with your head.

And when it comes to being self-critical, you have to be careful not to fall into scrupulosity or total moralism.