Thread:Llyssa1020/@comment-35594152-20190626193146/@comment-38558458-20190727072446

Hello Sue! ~  Mom and I use to see the same GI, but we both haven't been too impressed with her office staff and now this latest issue on how she handled my Mom. My sister had her upper and lower GI done a week ago and Mom saw her Doctor (wasn't that impressed there either). Then I had a new appointment with the GI my Family Doctor referred me to. Mom decided to go with me since he was in the same office as my sister's doctor (there are 4 doctors there). I explained to him my concern about the Heartburn and the fact I'm already on Omeprazole 40 mg. I also told him that I would want that Cologuard the next time around (no more Colonoscopies - I've had 2 and I don't think there is an issue in my family). He barely really answered my concern about the Heartburn - said we could do a quick and easy upper GI to see if I had Barrett's - I told him I had that done 2 years ago and wouldn't the records tell us that - yes, but it would...but we don't know how long it will take for them to send the records - this would be quick and easy (oh, and cost thousands of dollars). Then he had to go into a whole dissertation about why you should not have a Cologuard test done instead of a Colonoscopy - he spent over half the appointment on that. Then was quick to see me out the door if I wasn't going to schedule an upper GI with him - told me I could take Pepcid (which is fine, and I will do the next time, thank you). I called my other Doctor the next day (the one I now have left, not sure if that was a good idea). Anyway, she said there were no signs of Barrett's and I do not have it and will not get it. That's basically what I needed to know and I wasn't too impressed with him trying to push that test on me. I know Mom would not want to go through the prep of a Colonoscopy, so I'm thinking that Cologuard will tell her what she needs to know. I've heard that Doctors are the worst patients - probably because they know what's going on and demand results - lol.

Good for you on loosing 4 pounds. That will help along with the exercise. I will do Epsom salt soaks when my Fibromyalgia really flares up. Also when I went back to work and/or I'm traveling - the Fibro is bad then. Got on the scale today and I've lost another 2 pounds, which makes 44 total - yay! Yes, my girls like to get my attention that's for sure. I have an indoor/outdoor thermometer and there is a very thin cord attached to it. Bella tried chewing it the other night and I got so mad at her. I was concerned to come out this morning and see it in two. I'm not sure if I can splice that type of wire together or not. She needs a good little "zap" and teach her a lesson is what she needs - lol. I'm going to have to find something to put around the cord and protect it - ugh, these girls are a handful sometimes.

I am so sorry to hear about your chickens. I really and truly detest racoons - they can be very vicious animals. A pack of them took my Grandfather's dog down to the lake and drowned it. I'm not sure if I've gotten rid of the one that's been around my house or not. We put Coyote urine out, but I still see other animals around my property - rabbits, etc. So I don't know if that's working. My handman was supposed to fence off that area and I need to contact him about it as long as we have scared away whatever is getting under my porch. I was down at my neighbor's after the handman finished up and she is a Master Gardner and in one of her flowerbed pots I saw a mousetrap. I asked her if that was what I thought it was and she said yes. She said she uses them to chase our pesky squirrel friend away that digs up all of her dirt looking for flower bulbs or nuts. I had the same issue a few years ago when I had more flowers out. She said all it took was one time and that squirrel hasn't been back. She said she no longer has to set the trap because he knows - lol. So I bought a two pack of mouse traps and decided I would try this for both my squirrel and racoon. They both climb up on the railing and that's where I hear the racoon getting down from the roof on to the pergela. I set the trap and nothing happened and then one day I came out and saw it was gone - I couldn't find it anywhere. So, something had it snap on them and ended up taking it away. I would think my squirrel would know from my other neighbor's house. So I set out the other one and last week when I was up too late playing SN, I heard some comotion on the patio and heard the trap spring. I saw the trap on the ground the next day, so I think it was a coon that late and I was hoping it scared him. I set the trap again the next day and that next night I heard it go off again. Then yesterday, I saw the trap go off during the day and what I was most conerned about happened...I saw a finch on the ground. Oh, I felt just awful. I thought for sure she was dead. But then her body adjusted upright and she looked a bit bewildered. She hopped over to my Aster bed and when I went outside she flew off towards my neighbors flower bed. I just hope she is okay. That was not my intention, but was a concern. I put the trap back up on the railing but it is no longer set. I'm hoping that any squirrels and racoons will get the message to stay away. I need to text my handyman tomorrow and get the house secured so the racoon and feral cats can't go underneath. I havent' seen a feral cat in sometime, but they are in the area. Probably where someone is feeding them if I had to guess. I'm glad your husband was able to get that coon. You're poor traumatized chickens - I know those are probably like pets to your daughter.

I'm at Detective level in the Banquet Hall. Just gathering passes. Turned over Old Square and House of Toys to Virtuoso. Close to finishing up Gloomy House now. I would like to have this event finished this weekend.

I had a lot of problems gifting today. It was so slow. I changed the date and came back to the SN screen and have to wait. Then I finally press on the gift I want to send, flag everyone, send and then cut over to the date screen and repeat. I can usually gift around 30-40 gifts with no problem, but then the last few days it will do a total reboot of the game and then I wait for some time to get everything back again. Then after TTing 5 days, it will reboot again. It did this about 5-6 times on me and I finally just said I was done gifting for the day. I moved the date forward 1 day, and it rebooted again. There were a couple of times when it wouldn't go past the MyTona screen, so I would cancel out of that and restart it. It would take so long, I wasn't sure if my phone was dimmed down because it was coming up on one minute, or if the game was going weird on me. I saw one time where everything was dark except for two of those magnifying glasses on the right side (when you're waiting for the game to boot up). I tried to take a screenshot of it, but it didn't work. Another time the game was booted up but the screen was dark - I could see some of the shapes underneath of the map. It was very strange. I might not gift as much for tomorrow and see if that helps. My concern is that one of these days MyTona is going to have that fixed and there will be no more TT. They might be doing some things now to make the game unstable if you mess with the date, who knows.

I'm going to play a bit before I go to bed. I'll see you in Darkwood tomorrow! ~  Llyssa