Argh, it's been 3 fucking weeks and the prior authorization for my migraine meds is still up in the air. I'm thinking about making voodoo dolls of everyone involved and then stabbing pins in the heads to give them all migraines.
Hello? Gay now!
Willow ,'Showtime'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Jan 27, 2025 10:47:50 am PST #4897 of 5008
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
-t - Jan 27, 2025 11:00:01 am PST #4898 of 5008
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh no, Steph! They should definitely all get hit with some kind of sympathetic magic to teach them a lesson
Dana - Jan 27, 2025 11:14:53 am PST #4899 of 5008
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Fuck that, Steph.
Steph L. - Jan 27, 2025 11:37:54 am PST #4900 of 5008
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I don't know if it's my doctor's office dragging their feet on the prior authorization questionnaire (and seriously FUCK my insurance for requiring they fill out a fucking questionnaire) or if it's my insurance dragging their feet on the approval process, or both, but I am seriously wanting to kick some asses. Or use Dark Willow-style magic to just get this goddamn prior authorization pushed through and approved.
JenP - Jan 27, 2025 11:46:21 am PST #4901 of 5008
That's such a bullshit rigamarole, Steph.
brenda m - Jan 27, 2025 12:06:52 pm PST #4902 of 5008
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
So fucking unnecessary.
Laura - Jan 27, 2025 2:03:32 pm PST #4903 of 5008
Our wings are not tired.
Absurdly frustrating!
Since my eyes are more functional, I have been catching up on the archived Wordle and Connections puzzles I missed. There were 5 days over the past month when I just didn't look at screens at all. Doing them one after another is making me feel all smarty pants. In a zone here.
Theodosia - Jan 27, 2025 2:38:52 pm PST #4904 of 5008
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I survived a day of work! In the world outside my house! Interacting with actual people!
Also the news that there would be an all-staff meeting at 10 AM. "Is it bad news?" I asked some of the inner office staff, worried that it would be because a fellow staff member had been killed or who knows, I was out of the loop for a couple days.
No, our parent company (hospitals and clinics and a few assisted living residences) will most likely be selling the ALRs to another healthcare company, another nonprofit owned and run by the Carmelite nuns, which specializes in this sort of stuff and has highly rated residences, to boot.
I am just so thankful that it's not venture capital, which has now driven two hospital systems into bankruptcy that I know of.
brenda m - Jan 27, 2025 2:50:14 pm PST #4905 of 5008
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Venture capital is a scourge, and I their role in undermining whatever social contract there existed is under appreciated.
I'm so glad for you that this seems like something entirely other!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 27, 2025 3:10:09 pm PST #4906 of 5008
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I had my semiannual check-up today and found out I've lost 7 lbs. since the last one and had the best cholesterol numbers I've put up in over a decade (total of 166, a drop of over 45, woot!). Also very good blood pressure numbers and almost everything else except a borderline A1C.