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[PrincessInOz]

Hi Kathy! Good luck with the surgery and fantastic that you made the decision. I know its not been an easy decision to make.

3 weeks today to getting on a plane and heading to Hong Kong.

 

[queenie82]

Hi Kathy,

It was last year I got the first one with the neck. It's a 'form' of tension headache and can be associated with stress while seated etc. Your neck stiffens up (mine can swell actually) and it can radiate and reradiate with a migraine.

The Valium is a first line of defence now that I know about what the neck pain can trigger and it really can work

Wishing you the VERY best with the surgery

 

[queenie82]

Now you yankee doodle folks up in the North stop ya yammering in yankee doodle talk!

 

[skiingfast]

Alison

http://d23.disney.go.com/d23-expo-2013/

 

[PrincessInOz]

PTR update alert.

 

[DisneyFirefly]

 

[PrincessInOz]

Alison

http://d23.disney.go.com/d23-expo-2013/

Early August????


DAng. Why couldn't it have been closer to October??

 

[queenie82]

PTR update alert.

I'm somewhere between the two of those scenarios...

Travelling with my family is like a travelling circus...thankfully those days are now over...

 

[PrincessInOz]

What's wrong?

I'm somewhere between the two of those scenarios...

Travelling with my family is like a travelling circus...thankfully those days are now over...

Go post this comment on the PTR. I'm trying to get the Hong Kong subforum post count to at least 1200 before I go on holiday. That would mean that the post count would have doubled from the time I started the PTR.



(Always good to set goals.....)

 

[DisneyFirefly]

What's wrong?

I'm just sick. I caught a bad cold from my ex and feel horrible.

 

[kmedina]

Is it possible to qualify for state assistance? They may have programs to help pay or access therapists.

Unfortunately not. The free one through the school district will not help until he is behind, and DH makes too much to qualify for financial help.

Just checkin' in since it's been awhile!

kmedina - I understand about your insurance stuff. We went through that for many, many years until we changed and began to pay much more for insurance but I know you can't really do that. My nephew had speech therapy for many years while in elementary school. If you have a university or college or speech association nearby maybe they have a referral program that can offer some help. I would try that as well as searching online some.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Hello. Hope you have a wonderful weekend too.

It is frustrating. I can barely afford the Cobra payment we have now. The very month he finally qualifies for ins at his new job (bye Cobra) is the month he starts Kindergarten. The difference bewteen preschool tuition and Kindergaten tuition added to what will be removed from his paycheck for ins will cost almost the same as Cobra. I will not have a month where I have $600 to spare ($150x4 sessions), plus one or two sessions will not help much. I was hoping to get him help before he started elementary, so he is not behind. That is a good tip. I will look into it. Thank you.

 

[usnuzuloose]

I am sorry, I hope you feel better soon!

 

[kmedina]

I'm just sick. I caught a bad cold from my ex and feel horrible.

I hope you feel better. Everyone is sick right now.

 

[usnuzuloose]

I would keep checking, there may be some kind of program out there that can help. Even if it was a little.

 

[usnuzuloose]

Just checkin' in since it's been awhile!

Queenie - How is your migraine? I never had one start up from my neck. That sounds miserable. Did valium help?

kmedina - I understand about your insurance stuff. We went through that for many, many years until we changed and began to pay much more for insurance but I know you can't really do that. My nephew had speech therapy for many years while in elementary school. If you have a university or college or speech association nearby maybe they have a referral program that can offer some help. I would try that as well as searching online some.

I enjoyed the "dialect/words" discussion over the past few pages. I had figured out that "panel beaters" had something to do with the panels on cars so I was thinking "body repair" but not plungers for coffee. That was a good one! I still like "boot" for trunk!

Alison - We are kindred spirits, at least in wine! I have always said that other than coffee my only vice is WINE! We go to local wine tastings in the fall and spring and have so much fun and always buy at least 20 bottles. I do have to watch drinking the red though since it sometimes causes a migraine. And my storage is nowhere as nice as yours since it is downstairs in the unfinished part of the basement, near the kitty litter box area (for her inspiration

Princess - That trip is getting closer! I am so looking forward to seeing the pictures, having never seen Disney outside the USA! You must be getting excited!

As for me, I'm scheduling my neck disk replacement surgery (C5-C6) for early May since my thumb is still tingling/numb and neck is painful with limited mobility to the right. Normally, a cervical fusion is done but my surgeon is the area "pro" it seems for disk replacement and it has a shorter recovery, fewer risks, no grafting needed. I've given this herniation almost three months to recover and that's time enough!

And, yes riding all the fast, scary rides at Disney and Universal in December may have been the last stress to my neck problems but I've had them for years!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

LAST!!!

So what are your plans for the weekend. Really quiet over there now

 

[PrincessInOz]

I'm just sick. I caught a bad cold from my ex and feel horrible.

Get better soon.

Unfortunately not. The free one through the school district will not help until he is behind, and DH makes too much to qualify for financial help.



Hello. Hope you have a wonderful weekend too.

It is frustrating. I can barely afford the Cobra payment we have now. The very month he finally qualifies for ins at his new job (bye Cobra) is the month he starts Kindergarten. The difference bewteen preschool tuition and Kindergaten tuition added to what will be removed from his paycheck for ins will cost almost the same as Cobra. I will not have a month where I have $600 to spare ($150x4 sessions), plus one or two sessions will not help much. I was hoping to get him help before he started elementary, so he is not behind. That is a good tip. I will look into it. Thank you.

I hope you find a program to help your DS. Maybe there is someone at the Kinder that might know something as well.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Kitchen cleaned. Both bathrooms done.

Thinking about starting the laundry!

DH will do the vacuuming and mopping.

 

[usnuzuloose]

You should splurge once in a while, hire someone to clean for vacation. No worry, no fuss, lounge a little.

 

[PrincessInOz]

We had a cleaner for about 4.5 years; after DS was born.

Problem was that we found we were constantly running around and tidying up before she came so that she would have clear surfaces to clean up.
In the end, she was getting a bit lazy and wasn't doing that great a job. I think we finally give her the flick because she started to want to change our day around to fit in "a friend".

DH prefers to clean the house himself, anyway. When there's two of us doing it, the housework really isn't that bad.

 

[kmedina]

I like the idea of having someone clean for you. DH has never gone for it though.