Petty Vents

[Caslon]

My vent isn't petty. This is my yelp review of my dermatologist company, and, to an extent, my insurance (Medi-Cal).


1.0 star rating 12/20/2016

"Everytime I get approval from my insurance for a procedure (The diagnosis return call itself takes 2 weeks, then the Insurance approval after diagnosis takes 2-3 weeks!), the
receptionist tells me the doctor is on vacation (again???) and that it will be 6 weeks to remove a squamous cell cancer. This doctor (Venkat) must vacation a lot.

Let's add this all up. Ready? 1 month wait for the initial consultation. Biopsy taken. 2 more weeks waiting for phone call with results of biopsy. 3 weeks for approval by insurance company to go ahead with removing squamous cell cancer. 6 weeks to wait until the doctor will do the procedure. GRAND TOTAL 15 weeks!!!!!

Another thing. I paid out of pocket ($125) for up to five skin tags to be removed. He froze two of them and one of them needs another freeze because it's still there. They also overlooked that they owe me 3 additional skin tag removals ($125 for up to 5 skin tags removed). I had to call them and show them the flaw in their logic before they admitted they owe me 3 more freeze offs.

Anyone who's thinking about giving Dermatology Specialists, Inc. 5 stars, read the above again.

 

[mcrx]

I haven't even read anything, but I feel this might be a fun release for me. ha!

Hey folks, how do you bookmark threads or subscribe or something or see where you've posted before?? I'm still super new so don't quite know my way around. Ok thanks.

 

[Caslon]

I haven't even read anything, but I feel this might be a fun release for me. ha!

Hey folks, how do you bookmark threads or subscribe or something or see where you've posted before?? I'm still super new so don't quite know my way around. Ok thanks.

Here's a start. Click on "User CP", it's on the tool bar up top on the left. Click it open and click on "Your Profile." Then, click the "Statistics" tab. They'll be a list of all your previous posts. This helps if you've forgotten where your post was placed, and when.

Actually, your question and topic should be moved by an admin to the "Forum Admin: Tech Support & Announcements" area.

 

[mcrx]

Here's a start. Click on "User CP", it's on the tool bar up top on the left. Click it open and click on "Your Profile." Then, click the "Statistics" tab. They'll be a list of all your previous posts. This helps if you've forgotten where your post was placed, and when.

Actually, your question and topic should be moved by an admin to the "Forum Admin: Tech Support & Announcements" area.

Thanks. Hey, just so you know. I found the "Quick Links" tab works good too. I'm sorry. I mean, I literally just got lucky and found it before logging out, so I genuinely was asking and I really appreciate the response. Trying to return the favor, if you will.

 

[Caslon]

Thanks. Hey, just so you know. I found the "Quick Links" tab works good too. I'm sorry. I mean, I literally just got lucky and found it before logging out, so I genuinely was asking and I really appreciate the response. Trying to return the favor, if you will.

Before, I never bothered clicking on "Your Profile" because it wasn't underlined.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Hi mcrx, and welcome to DC! You asked "how do you bookmark threads or subscribe". You need to go to the "User CP" link near the upper-left corner again. When you get to your Control Panel (see, "CP" ), go to the "Settings and Options" tab and select "Edit Options". There are choices in the "Messaging & Notification" box titled "Default Thread Subscription Mode". Since "Subscribe" is the default setting at DC, you should see a list of "New Subscribed Threads" when you first land on your "User CP" page. If not, check your setting in that "Default Thread Subscription Mode" box.

You can also subscribe and unsubscribe from a thread individually. Just use the drop down bar just above the first post on that page that says "Thread Tools". You can subscribe or unsubscribe from threads individually from there.

I hope my explanation is clearer than mud. If not, give another shout-out. Someone will be along to help.

 

[CWS4322]

For those who don't know, I have been providing Eldercare since the end of May. My Mom has dementia and suffered a stroke in January 2016. My father is a prostate cancer survivor and my brother died unexpectedly in April. 2016 has been a really, really crappy year. Because my brother died intestate in Ontario, I had to apply to be appointed Trustee. That took months (November). So, I have been taking care of my Mom 24/7 in MN but I have to bee-bob back to ON to deal with estate matters. I am the person taking care of my Mom except for when the caregivers come. I do more loads of laundry each day than I ever thought a person could do, I provide 3 meals a day, yadda, yadda, yadda. Yesterday, I went to town (OMG, I got to leave the house!). I was gone for three hours. Why did I go to town? To deal with some Estate matters and pick up the missing ingredients for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. You would have thought I had flown to the moon. I got home and all my Dad could do was rant and rave about how I was supposed to be here taking care of my Mom and did he have to hire someone else? Really, I was gone for THREE hours. Some days (most days) he drives me CRAZY!!!!

 

[CakePoet]

*hugs*
By the way to ease your mother dementia, cook something she used to eat as child. If she was born in Sweden I can find recipes for you.

 

[Farmer Jon]

I really feel for you taking care of your elderly parents. They can act worse than children. I had to take care of my boss when he had his knee replaced. I could not believe how a grown man could act like such a spoiled little child. The worst is he would lie. The Dr said this and this. NOOOO I was there you cant do that. Sorry. You are on pain meds. So he said fine I don't need them anyway. He quit taking them so he could drive. Wasn't 36 hours and he was back on them. (insert whiny little voice here) They push on me too hard in physical therapy. They don't need to work me so hard. It hurts....Um yea that's their job. I had Knee work myself right before he did and had the same therapist.
He will be 70 this year. No family. Just me and my brother here working for him. We got a small preview of whats to come in the future. I hope he lives a long healthy life.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I have 25-31 of those each night at work...a couple of 100 years old, too!

 

[Addie]

I once had someone say to me, "No matter how bad it is, you just never complain." I had to stop and think about that. He was right.

There are those who just dig in and solve the problem at hand. And then there are the ones who need attention and whine constantly. I fall into the first group. But I do understand the second group. Sometimes the load just gets too heavy to carry around. It seems that no matter how hard you try, life is not getting any better. No one appreciates any of the effort one puts forth. So why try.

Well for those of you who have a heavy load to carry this holiday season, let loose here. The folks here at DC DO care. We do understand the stresses the season puts upon all of us. We do understand the load of concern we all carry throughout the year. Illness, financial, relatives, you name it. It all just makes the load heavier.

But fortunately, here at DC, we have a thread called Petty Vents. So vent my friends. We all are listening. And we do understand the pressures that the holidays bring. We are here for you.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

I once had someone say to me, "No matter how bad it is, you just never complain." I had to stop and think about that. He was right....

Um, Addie, I'm guessing you're talking about how you are in real life? I mean, um, no offense, but I guess you feel really comfortable around us here at DC because you seem to be sharing, um, a lot of stuff that bugs you with us. Just sayin'...

 

[GotGarlic]

Um, Addie, I'm guessing you're talking about how you are in real life? I mean, um, no offense, but I guess you feel really comfortable around us here at DC because you seem to be sharing, um, a lot of stuff that bugs you with us. Just sayin'...

That must be it. Because wow, Winthrop staff and appointments and grocery shopping and neighbors and building management and... Maybe we have different definitions of complaining.

 

[CWS4322]

I am a very private person. I have had a lot of crap happen since 2008. The only thing that I can do is get through it. One of our caregivers' husband died unexpectedly at the age of 48 on the 19th. His wife, now a widow, is going to have to get through it. I can't imagine her pain, I just know my pain and how much I miss my life friend--my brother. I do know, however, that her priorities and world shifted and things that were important, no longer are. Dad and I will be going to the visitation on Tuesday. My uncle is coming up, so he can be here with Mom while Dad and I go to pay our respects. You never know what life will toss your way--hold tight to the ones you love. I am reaching deep to get through Christmas Eve and Christmas Day without my brother.

 

[CWS4322]

That must be it. Because wow, Winthrop staff and appointments and grocery shopping and neighbors and building management and... Maybe we have different definitions of complaining.

Projecting again? Addie has had to get through a child being murdered, she has buried her husbands, she has a lot of health issues. If DC is where she feels she can reach out for empathy, so be it.

 

[CWS4322]

*hugs*
By the way to ease your mother dementia, cook something she used to eat as child. If she was born in Sweden I can find recipes for you.

Thanks. My Grandma was born in Sweden. Mom here in the States. I have been making things my Grandma used to make--thankfully, I have her handwritten cookbook and recipe box. I have baked all my Mom's favourite cookies and have the menu for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day based on what my Grandma used to make. What I would like is a really good recipe for Knackerbrot. I have made that but my recipe is in Ontario and I am here in MN. This Christmas is all about food.

 

[GotGarlic]

Projecting again?

No. What a strange thing to say.

 

[buckytom]

This reminds me of The Music Man.

Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little.
Pick pick pick, talk a lot, pick a little more.


GG, if you want to pick on someone, try me.

This is a thread about bitching about stuff. You should expect to hear it. Why not just be supportive? Why try to make things worse for folks?

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Reminds me of Julius Caesar...

 

[GotGarlic]

Of course I expect people to bitch about stuff in this thread. I don't expect people who bitch about stuff to pop in and marvel at how they never bitch about stuff.