And, no, they don't really fit right already.

If they're too small can't you get an extender for the clasp (assuming it's a back clasp)?

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and really they need to rethink the pain meds. ichy and can't take enough to stop the pain is enough to say - we need to revisit.

Just b/c Oxycontin is the strongest doesn't mean it's the best choice for pain relief. Case in point -- I think that Vicodin is as strong as (or maybe stronger than) Percocet. Vicodin made me itchy and rashy and hivey within 2 days. Percocet -- no allergic reaction, good pain control.

The differences in chemical structure are relatively small between the opiates, but big enough to matter.

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What? no one told me that. I just bought a bunch of bras in December, dammit. And, no, they don't really fit right already.

I feel your pain. My bras stopped fitting early on, and for a while, I had one bra that, with an extender, kind of fit. Then one day, it didn't fit, either. I've just been getting cheapish larger bras off eBay and hoping I don't have to go out too often since then.

I'm going to need to go bra shopping in the next couple of weeks to get enough to last me until post-baby, now that she's getting up into ribcage land.

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Susan, you might not ever get down to your pre-Annabel breast size. The rib cage expansion can stick just enough to keep them a size above.

Damn. Though I don't know how much ribcage expansion I actually got. But I need to lose 30 lbs. to get to 155ish, and some of it has to come off my boobs, or I'll look awfully out of proportion.

ION, remember all my travails with Former Boss? I was just looking at Former Employer's website because there are a few people there I'd like to contact about freelancing, either with them or with others within their network, because they know I'm a good writer and can speak their lingo. So I figured I'd make sure there haven't been major staff changes, and for the most part everyone is still there. Except for my replacement and the other professional staff direct report to Former Boss. Those positions are vacant. FB remains. Oy.

And I'm a bad person. I just emailed DH, who works just down the hall from Former Office, albeit in a different department entirely, and begged him to go gossip so I can find out what's going on down there.

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A little more 'ma for my dad, please

brenda, how old is he? My mom just had her second knee replaced two weeks ago -- it's a tough surgery, and a tougher recovery. And they don't keep patients in the hospital anywhere near long enough afterwards these days. Much ~ma winging its way to you and him.

The rib cage expansion can stick just enough to keep them a size above.

Is that what happens? Because I'm now a 38 but a B, which is tricky to find. Big back, little boobs.

Extra-strength ~ma for connie and DH, too.

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ichy and can't take enough to stop the pain is enough to say - we need to revisit.

Yeah. I'm going up there tomorrow and I'll have some words if they havent' corrected the situation. In the mean time I'ma sic my mom's best friend on them, as she is well versed in pain management, mental disorientation, and fighting with doctors and hospitals.

I hope she gets it taken care of, today. If they don't listen to her in person, maybe you can make a phone call? They need to stop that medication right now, in case he's allergic. If he is, the allergy is going to get worse with each exposure.

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~ma to you and your dad, brenda. I'm glad there are people around who can administer a good cluesticking, if necessary.

Thanks, ladies. I seem to do nothing but vent here lately. The car will be repaired and life will go on. Though I still think the universe needs to back the hell off of all of us.

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If they're too small can't you get an extender for the clasp (assuming it's a back clasp)?

It's not the bands (yet) it's the cups. But I'll keep that in mind.

Susan gossiping by proxy is making me giggle.

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All this bra talk is making me want to go to Lane Bryant and spend a few hours trying on bras. Well, okay, not want to spend the few hours, but I've learned the hard way that I *have* to try on a bra before I buy it. Not to mention I'm betting Lane Bryant doesn't have the amazingly helpful alterations lady who will put teeny-tiny darts in the bras you're purchasing to make sure they fit you perfectly. I think the alterations lady only lives at Nordstrom.

(Yes, I'm trying to distract myself from the work that has to be finished by tomorrow. Don't wanna edit things right now!)

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Though I still think the universe needs to back the hell off of all of us.

Yes. Whys does the universe not understand? We keep telling it.

And now I want a Nordstrom.

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