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Managed to un-vomit-smell my couch! This is the second couch we have had get puked on and we had to trash the first one because we never could get the smell out. Normally I'm super skeptical about the people who swear by all natural crunchy cleaning methods, but after trying 3 different enzymatic cleaners I broke down and slapped some baking soda paste on it. Smell gone in one shot!
 
katryn said:
Managed to un-vomit-smell my couch! This is the second couch we have had get puked on and we had to trash the first one because we never could get the smell out. Normally I'm super skeptical about the people who swear by all natural crunchy cleaning methods, but after trying 3 different enzymatic cleaners I broke down and slapped some baking soda paste on it. Smell gone in one shot!
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glad you got it out! Also I wouldn't call baking soda an all natural crunchy cleaning method...we've known about the deodorizing properties of it for years and it's actually in a bunch of products now.
 
katryn said:
Managed to un-vomit-smell my couch! This is the second couch we have had get puked on and we had to trash the first one because we never could get the smell out. Normally I'm super skeptical about the people who swear by all natural crunchy cleaning methods, but after trying 3 different enzymatic cleaners I broke down and slapped some baking soda paste on it. Smell gone in one shot!
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My mom bought this product off an ad she saw on facebook for a product with zero reviews anywhere online called Furry Freshness. She got this super sketchy looking email receipt for it when she ordered it and I was like 100% sure she was scammed. But the product actually showed up and it has been by far the best product we have tried for getting pee out of the carpet. The first like 2-3 days after we sprayed it the smell was overpowering (further making me believe my mom got scammed) but it just evaporates the smells and after those first 2-3 days the smell is completely gone and our dog doesn't pee there anymore. And it doesn't even come back when it gets humid or anything. Highly recommend it if you're still having trouble!
 
katryn said:
Managed to un-vomit-smell my couch! This is the second couch we have had get puked on and we had to trash the first one because we never could get the smell out. Normally I'm super skeptical about the people who swear by all natural crunchy cleaning methods, but after trying 3 different enzymatic cleaners I broke down and slapped some baking soda paste on it. Smell gone in one shot!
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I wanted a wasp killing spray that didn't have any permethroids in there for my balcony... And the only choice we had was this crunchy all natural spray with active ingredients of peppermint oil, cinnamon oil, and another something like that oil.

Gosh darn it, it killed the wasp.
 
Minnerbelle said:
I wanted a wasp killing spray that didn't have any permethroids in there for my balcony... And the only choice we had was this crunchy all natural spray with active ingredients of peppermint oil, cinnamon oil, and another something like that oil.

Gosh darn it, it killed the wasp.
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I'm now adding crunchy to my arsenal of hippy-terms. My preferred adjective for the longest time has been granola.
 
dyachei said:
glad you got it out! Also I wouldn't call baking soda an all natural crunchy cleaning method...we've known about the deodorizing properties of it for years and it's actually in a bunch of products now.
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In my social circle, the baking soda recommendation comes from the same people who think that diatomaceous earth and garlic are the magic cure for fleas....so, it was a little suspect. If it weren't for finding the same recommendation in a few more sane places on the Internet, I wouldn't have tried it.
 
I have an interview at local vet clinic this Thurs. It feels full circle because not only is it the same clinic my parents used when I was in high school for my pets, but it is also the clinic my cat goes to AND the vet who I will have the interview with is the vet I shadowed ages ago when I was like 16. Really hoping for a good turn out!
 
wildlifer said:
I have an interview at local vet clinic this Thurs. It feels full circle because not only is it the same clinic my parents used when I was in high school for my pets, but it is also the clinic my cat goes to AND the vet who I will have the interview with is the vet I shadowed ages ago when I was like 16. Really hoping for a good turn out!
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My interview went really well. In fact, they want me back next week for a working interview!! Excited!
 
WildZoo said:
Are goldens particularly prone to giant lipomas? We had one come in to get two huge ones removed, one on each side.
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Pretty much. I don't think I've ever seen a non-lumpy old golden.

Don't know if this will work or not, but the before and after pics were fun.
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katryn said:
Pretty much. I don't think I've ever seen a non-lumpy old golden.

Don't know if this will work or not, but the before and after pics were fun.
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Yup, that definitely looks familiar. Our patient had one that was removed nicely like it looks like yours was, and then another that was so ingrained in the muscle layers that the doctor couldn't get all of it AND it didn't drain properly afterwards.
 
So today is my birthday and it didn't start off so great. But, it got better as the day went on, and my SO just sat me down and gave me my present... A trip to Costa Rica in January. I am on Cloud 9, going to Costa Rica to see all of the amazing wildlife and natural wonders has always been one of my dreams. I cannot wait! SOOOO EXCITED!!
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katryn said:
Pretty much. I don't think I've ever seen a non-lumpy old golden.
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Right now my parents have an older male golden who, remarkably, has no visible lipomas... yet anyway. He also just recently started going gray (we've had him for 8 years and found him when he was already 2 or 3). He may very well outlive every other golden we've had. I hope he does. 🙁

He's a big, muscular guy too (90 lbs., 25 inches). Loves to cuddle too.

Unrelated rave:

I survived my first kidney stone. Sure I vomited up all my lunch at the urgent care, was given shots in both hips for nausea and pain, and then transferred to an ER where I got a CT scan, IV fluids, and multiple prescriptions, but after a whole day of misery, I ended the night by passing the stone and taking some Percocet.

I also was able to reschedule the phone interview I was supposed to have at 3pm to the next day. So, yay!

Tomorrow after my interview, I'm going to go see Crimson Peak and not be in excruciating pain. Double yay!
 
Jess Monster said:
Unrelated rave:

I survived my first kidney stone. Sure I vomited up all my lunch at the urgent care, was given shots in both hips for nausea and pain, and then transferred to an ER where I got a CT scan, IV fluids, and multiple prescriptions, but after a whole day of misery, I ended the night by passing the stone and taking some Percocet.

I also was able to reschedule the phone interview I was supposed to have at 3pm to the next day. So, yay!

Tomorrow after my interview, I'm going to go see Crimson Peak and not be in excruciating pain. Double yay!
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This literally just happened to me on Tuesday. Went to urgent care knowing I had a stone in my left ureter and it was painful. Was transferred to the ER after they thought I had appendicitis. Got IV fluids, IV morphine, and a CT. Turns out my stone passed on its own and I had a ruptured cyst in my right ovary. I went home at 3 am and slept until 5 pm the next day after taking vicodin. Still have some residual pain but MUCH better than Tuesday. I am not looking forward to getting the bills in about a month, though...
 
psilovethomas said:
I am not looking forward to getting the bills in about a month, though...
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I know, right? The thought of it makes me cringe. It's far from 'informed consent' when these visits result in thousands of out of pocket expenses depending on what is going on with your insurance. Recently my bf and I found out that you can actually end up paying thousands above the "out of pocket maximum" because that only somehow counts for hospital bills and not the separate physician bills. Like if the only urologist or whatever that gets consulted on your case in your in-network hospital is a private practitioner out of your insurance network (and you have no idea about this, the doctor just pops into your room) you're SOL. And we found this out through the experience of his coworker, who has the supposedly good insurance through their employer which is one of harvard's teaching hospitals... the same hospital at which she was admitted. Until now we had just budgeted for healthcare expenses counting on not needing to pay beyond out of pocket maximums for the year.

We joke now (half serious), that if either one of us ended up admitted in the hospital, the other would have to take time off from work to sit in the room and be a gatekeeper to stop doctors from coming into the room until we know exactly how much of their fees are covered/not covered... Cause even losing out on a day of earnings is way better than receiving multiples of that in hospital bills. Yup, we are going to be THAT patient/client.
 
Minnerbelle said:
I know, right? The thought of it makes me cringe. It's far from 'informed consent' when these visits result in thousands of out of pocket expenses depending on what is going on with your insurance. Recently my bf and I found out that you can actually end up paying thousands above the "out of pocket maximum" because that only somehow counts for hospital bills and not the separate physician bills. Like if the only urologist or whatever that gets consulted on your case in your in-network hospital is a private practitioner out of your insurance network (and you have no idea about this, the doctor just pops into your room) you're SOL. And we found this out through the experience of his coworker, who has the supposedly good insurance through their employer which is one of harvard's teaching hospitals... the same hospital at which she was admitted. Until now we had just budgeted for healthcare expenses counting on not needing to pay beyond out of pocket maximums for the year.

We joke now (half serious), that if either one of us ended up admitted in the hospital, the other would have to take time off from work to sit in the room and be a gatekeeper to stop doctors from coming into the room until we know exactly how much of their fees are covered/not covered... Cause even losing out on a day of earnings is way better than receiving multiples of that in hospital bills. Yup, we are going to be THAT patient/client.
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I never even thought about this when I was hospitalized a couple months ago. They kinda just shepherd you around to all the tests, put you in the ICU, send a ton of different people to talk to you, and never mentioned how much that all costs. Thank god for Tricare and the fact that I was at the navy hospital...I don't even want to know how much it would have been otherwise. I actually got to see how much my prescriptions would have been from all of that and it was almost $1000.
 
We moved to Colorado and had barely started jobs when my first daughter was born so we automatically fit under Medicaid for her birth. I thank whoever was watching out for us all the time because she was born at home (not on purpose, long crazy story) but had to be admitted to the NICU right after birth. The bills from the first 2 weeks were over $23,000 and we were in the NICU nearly 2 months. I have never been so grateful to have gotten crappy pay!
 
My outpatient emergency visit back when I was an undergrad on united healthcare's student insurance plan through the college for viral meningitis... $10,000 out of pocket!!! There was a clause saying that the plan (and mind you, the only plan available to students through the college) only covered $1,000 of "outpatient miscellaneous charges." That was their sneaky way of saying that unless you were hospitalized, they would only cover $1000 regardless of what you needed. Many students ended up with $4000 bill just for the ambulance ride...
It's no wonder they got a class action lawsuit not that long after.

My parents filed it on their tax returns in Japan as medical expense, and the government gave it all back. So many of the other civilized countries have their **** together when it comes to affordable medical care. I just don't see why it's so backwards here... I'm personally more afraid of crippling medical fees than death. It's sad.
 
Minnerbelle said:
... I just don't see why it's so backwards here... I'm personally more afraid of crippling medical fees than death. It's sad.
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It's backwards largely due to corporate greed and a powerful, well connected insurance lobby. Plus, culturally, a lot of Americans associate capitalism with "American freedoms" so anything that hints at socialism (like universal health care) is scary and foreign and un-American (except for the military - that's "good American socialism").
 
Jess Monster said:
It's backwards largely due to corporate greed and a powerful, well connected insurance lobby. Plus, culturally, a lot of Americans associate capitalism with "American freedoms" so anything that hints at socialism (like universal health care) is scary and foreign and un-American (except for the military - that's "good American socialism").
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Well I totally get that, but it's sad IMO. That it's un-American to not want a system where a vast majority of people are at risk for being in crippling debt for education and healthcare... So that a very small percentage of people might have a chance to fulfill the American dream and get super rich.

Just like people's insistence that we don't adopt the freaking metric system like the rest of civilization...

But what do I know, I'm like some crazy hippie communist or something.
 
Minnerbelle said:
I know, right? The thought of it makes me cringe. It's far from 'informed consent' when these visits result in thousands of out of pocket expenses depending on what is going on with your insurance. Recently my bf and I found out that you can actually end up paying thousands above the "out of pocket maximum" because that only somehow counts for hospital bills and not the separate physician bills. Like if the only urologist or whatever that gets consulted on your case in your in-network hospital is a private practitioner out of your insurance network (and you have no idea about this, the doctor just pops into your room) you're SOL. And we found this out through the experience of his coworker, who has the supposedly good insurance through their employer which is one of harvard's teaching hospitals... the same hospital at which she was admitted. Until now we had just budgeted for healthcare expenses counting on not needing to pay beyond out of pocket maximums for the year.

We joke now (half serious), that if either one of us ended up admitted in the hospital, the other would have to take time off from work to sit in the room and be a gatekeeper to stop doctors from coming into the room until we know exactly how much of their fees are covered/not covered... Cause even losing out on a day of earnings is way better than receiving multiples of that in hospital bills. Yup, we are going to be THAT patient/client.
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I had this happen with my car accident. I called insurance and told them I wasn't given a choice and they ended up putting it as in network because it was due to emergency.
 
I thought in an emergency, insurance companies have to put that in network since you aren't in a position to choose which dr you see. I know with my mom's many emergency room trips lately that they've had to call a few times to make the insurance company correct it to in network. And they always do correct it. Maybe it is based on what insurance company you have but I thought that was one of the things that all insurance providers have to follow, I could be wrong though.
 
DVMDream said:
I thought in an emergency, insurance companies have to put that in network since you aren't in a position to choose which dr you see. I know with my mom's many emergency room trips lately that they've had to call a few times to make the insurance company correct it to in network. And they always do correct it. Maybe it is based on what insurance company you have but I thought that was one of the things that all insurance providers have to follow, I could be wrong though.
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it was for me and the accident as I posted above 😉
 
Minnerbelle said:
My outpatient emergency visit back when I was an undergrad on united healthcare's student insurance plan through the college for viral meningitis... $10,000 out of pocket!!! There was a clause saying that the plan (and mind you, the only plan available to students through the college) only covered $1,000 of "outpatient miscellaneous charges." That was their sneaky way of saying that unless you were hospitalized, they would only cover $1000 regardless of what you needed.
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This made me freak! I can't find any clause like that in my insurance plan (Aetna Student Health). They are usually pretty good about paying for stuff after I've met my deductible. And my max out of pocket is $1650. Hopefully it doesn't get to that, though..
 
WildZoo said:
I never even thought about this when I was hospitalized a couple months ago. They kinda just shepherd you around to all the tests, put you in the ICU, send a ton of different people to talk to you, and never mentioned how much that all costs. Thank god for Tricare and the fact that I was at the navy hospital...I don't even want to know how much it would have been otherwise. I actually got to see how much my prescriptions would have been from all of that and it was almost $1000.
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Tricare is great, except for the fact that they kick you off at 23 regardless of your enrollment status:rage:
 
psilovethomas said:
I am not looking forward to getting the bills in about a month, though...
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I actually don't know how you guys deal with this. I can't fathom it. When I was looking at American lab animal residencies, navigating the health care system was actually one of my biggest anxieties. I get sick, I go to a doctor. I don't have to think about what my co-pay is, or if Dr X is covered but Dr Y isn't, or what my insurance covers, etc. Never mind the people who can't afford insurance; even with insurance the whole thing just seems so damn complicated. Sure, we have insurance to cover some things (perscription drugs, vision care, dentists, alternative/complementary treatments like physio), but even if I didn't, I could still go to any hospital and get treated and not worry about the bill later.
 
I knew you were younger than "the old men," but I assumed you were my age... I guess "the old men" are probably my age. Time to pull out a cane:oldman:
 
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