Cigna did authorize

I'm waiting for Humana to authorize (or not) the new IBS drug.* Our insurance plan changes on Friday, so I'm hoping they aren't delaying just so they can call on Friday and say "Whoops, new plan, can't help you!"

And sweet Jesus, bifocals are expensive as hell, even WITH insurance. My god. Plus I get to pay for 2 crowns on Friday. I am rapidly deteriorating, starting with my teeth and eyes, and it is expensive! I need robot parts right away.

*In the meantime I'm throwing probiotics and kombucha at it, and my hippie brother is all "bone broth! go get some bone broth!" And ISTG I'll try anything at this point. I'm just too lazy to drive to Whole Foods tonight. (So, apparently, I'll try anything...but not immediately. I'm such a dork.)

My sister needs to get a new damn CPAP, but has one excuse after another not to do so. She has also needed a knee replacement for a decade or so but instead gasps out loud each and every step. She frustrates us to no end. So I stopped bothering to respond to her falling asleep and walking issues. If I am around her I will do anything I can to help physically, but she has worn me out talking about it.

And sweet Jesus, bifocals are expensive as hell, even WITH insurance.

This is why I love Zenni.

Spent an hour out weeding and now I have a blister on a finger. The only bandaids I have are Avengers, which normally is just fine. But I'm spending the next two days in high level training with my boss and my boss's boss. Well, I guess that will be an icebreaker.

And sweet Jesus, bifocals are expensive as hell, even WITH insurance.

MOG mine were $800. And I hardly wear them! the lenses are so thick, I hate how I look in glasses.

I need robot parts right away.

I want the cataract surgery that gives you 20/20 vision with a new lens. How come I have to have cataracts first? I'm legally blind, dammit, isn't that bad enough.

If I am around her I will do anything I can to help physically, but she has worn me out talking about it.

TOTALLY understandable. Nothing wears me out emotionally faster than someone who continually complains about something that might be fixable but won't do anything at all to try to fix it.

ION kombucha is gross.

It opens your sinuses? And it helps with asthma?

The pressure keeps things open. I use the lowest pressure, though I've never had it officially tested to see what I should be on. Hubby had his on max, I tried it once and it was like trying to breathe through galeforce winds. I don't know how he did it.

How come I have to have cataracts first?

Well, 30 years at high altitudes under strong ultraviolet exposure with Celtic coloring seems to have worked for me. You can come for a visit and not wear sunglasses and see how that works for you.

I tried it once and it was like trying to breathe through galeforce winds.

That's what I'm afraid it will be like! Glad to know the pressure is adjustable. Man, they told me NOTHING about this. As usual, I'm learning more from Buffistas than anyone.

Well, 30 years at high altitudes under strong ultraviolet exposure with Celtic coloring seems to have worked for me. You can come for a visit and not wear sunglasses and see how that works for you.

I'd love to come visit you! I wonder if there's sunscreen strong enough to keep me from flash-frying under those conditions.

I wonder if there's sunscreen strong enough to keep me from flash-frying under those conditions.

I've often been tempted by Bedouin robes. I just ordered a parasol.

And sweet Jesus, bifocals are expensive as hell, even WITH insurance.

MOG mine were $800. And I hardly wear them! the lenses are so thick, I hate how I look in glasses.

I...feel much better about mine (they're ~$290).

I want the cataract surgery that gives you 20/20 vision with a new lens. How come I have to have cataracts first? I'm legally blind, dammit, isn't that bad enough.

Oh my god, me too. The ophthalmologist told me I have the very very very early beginnings of cataracts, and I was like, "GIVE ME THE SURGERY."

If I am around her I will do anything I can to help physically, but she has worn me out talking about it.

TOTALLY understandable. Nothing wears me out emotionally faster than someone who continually complains about something that might be fixable but won't do anything at all to try to fix it.

Every time Tim talks to his dad, the first thing his dad says is how he doesn't feel well. And Tim will try to get him to explain -- is it a fever? Cold symptoms? Stomach? Headache? And his dad just says "No, I just don't feel well." But he won't do anything to address it. So for years now, he just complains about how he feels generically unwell.

I finally told Tim that he needs to tell his dad that this state of generic unwellness is his new normal now, and he needs to stop talking about it since he won't do anything to address it.

ION kombucha is gross.

I actually like it. But I am a hippie weirdo who brews her own (though I haven't brewed any in quite a while, and my poor stomach really needs it).

My glasses are usually about $500 for the lenses, without insurance. (This is why I'm very happy that vision insurance has been part of my benefits for both this job and my last job.) I've got astigmatism, which means much more expensive lenses to begin with, and then I've also got a really strong prescription in my left eye, which would make my glasses really heavy with regular lenses, so I need to get the expensive super-thin lenses.

I don't have prescription glasses. My contacts are a thing of wonder, but I had some issues with them so I am taking a break. This means I wear 3 pair of cheap glasses. 1 far (+1.25), 1 near (+3.75), 1 computer (+3). I did get 10 pair for $35 on Amazon so that was cool. I have them laying all over the place.