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  • I have a doctor that actually cares. If I had one that didn’t, I would not stop until I found one that did. It’s mostly getting the insurance to cover medications that they don’t. The doctor usually spends the last hour of his day doing this, for me and other patients. You have to find a local doctor outside of a major city with less client base so they DO have the time. I am in the US. My deductible is very high but the medication I take is life sustaining and I can never pay for it. I have to do this every 6mo to a year: make an appointment and hope the doctor gets their way. Once they didn’t and that is why I am at my current doctor. There is not much negotiating a patient can do calling the insurance themselves. They will just look and see you don’t know what you are talking about. No matter how you complain about the symptoms, your financial burden, your family, or the fact of it being life-sustaining. Best to have a medical professional advocate. I have even tried with doctor letters and emails forwarded before calling. That is why I wonder what the doctor actually says that gets through.



  • Theo@lemmy.worldtopics@lemmy.worldGeorgia Aquarium [OC]
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    Some of them turn into gifs on the hosting platform but you have to search google and create an account. Imgur makes you give a phone number so I didn’t make an account with them. I found pxlmo.com which only requires a name, email to make one that you can just make up and use a dedicated email if you wanna stay private. Pxlmo has a 20mb file size limit for videos. You can Google a site that lets you upload a video and compress it if it is too long. Then you just copy the link and add it to the description of your post. It will open in the in-app player on some of the Lemmy supported apps. I use Boost for Lemmy but usually you can’t embed them. Lemmy on a browser will probably open a new tab. The reason I use image/video hosting is to remain anonymous because my real name is on my YouTube.


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    15 days ago

    I bet the Atlanta one is way bigger than Camden. I went to Jersey in 2020. Empty during Covid.

    Love the Jellies!

    (If you post your video to an image hosting site like imgur, or there are some alternatives. If there is a video size limit, use an online file compressor to reduce file size.)



  • I switched from depakote to Zyprexa because I was gaining too much weight. Olanzapine still makes you hungry but less than depakote. I gained 40 lbs on Depakote. I gain a pound or two every few months with Zyprexa. I switched to one meal a day though with a healthy snack in the morning. Manage weight better from medication side effects with a water flavor-sweetener. When you are hungry, take a sip. Helps for hydration and hunger at the same time.