Did I ever tell y'all about our last contract management company? As with many companies, we paid part of our health insurance costs out of pocket and they covered the rest. Except they stopped paying the insurance company for three months (while continuing to deduct our part of the cost from our paychecks). We found out when someone took their kid in for some routine thing or other and discovered that oops! We had no health insurance.

I like our current contract management company much better.

Aimée, I have weird insurance. It'll cover some of most things, but not all of anything, except for the first $1K of expenses, for which it covers everything. However, a wee ER stay with some morphine eats that personal care account right up. And no copays ever.

It's just weird. But, hey, acupuncture!

If there were no such thing as boobular containment devices, I don't think I'd ever leave the house.

Oh, me either. It's finding one that fits right and doesn't make me want to run into the house screaming to take it off when I come home that's the problem.

But, hey, acupuncture!

This frightens me.

Signed, Does. Not. Like. Needles.

Speaking of things medical, does anyone know if taking more Benedryl (or generics thereof) than listed as a dose would be terribly harmful? I take it at night, so the drowsiness thing wouldn't matter. The standard dose just isn't clearing up my allergies as well as I'd like anymore.

The Wacoal bras I bought after my fitting fit so well that I soon threw out all the VS bras. They were pretty, but dude. I'm choosing pretty breasts over pretty bras. Though I refuse to buy any in beige. They look like the undies equivalent of old school nurse's shoes.

Signed, Does. Not. Like. Needles.

Honestly, with your eyes closed, you'd not know what was happening. Unlike my ortho surgeon, who treats me with a novocaine/steroid injection -- to make sure he's putting it where it's needed the most, he wiggles the needle around until he gets a maximal pain reaction. Which from me Monday was much like "Yeah. Yeah. There. Oh! Hahahaha! Oh, dear."

Works, though.

Speaking of things medical, does anyone know if taking more Benedryl (or generics thereof) than listed as a dose would be terribly harmful?

You can take 2 without any problem other than extreme drowsiness. Physicians routinely give 2 benadryls to hospitalized patients who get agitated or violent.

does anyone know if taking more Benedryl (or generics thereof) than listed as a dose would be terribly harmful?

It's my understanding that it's pretty hard to do yourself damage with Benedryl, but taking more might mean you get the opposite of drowsy and start bouncing off the walls.

You can take 2 without any problem other than extreme drowsiness.

Which, when I take it, would kinda be a plus. So yay--thanks!

taking more might mean you get the opposite of drowsy and start bouncing off the walls.

Or, possibly, not. Still, thanks--good to know!

Hmmm. I'll have to experiment on a weekend night to see if this'll be doable.

The Wacoal bras I bought after my fitting fit so well that I soon threw out all the VS bras.

I'm wearing a new black, lacy Wacoal RIGHT NOW! (aifg)

Felina also makes some really pretty ones that work for my DDs pretty well.

I've discovered that Benedryl and it's relatives are an absolute impossibility if I've had even a small glass of wine. I'm up all night twitching.