Guess I'm posting here for a spell. As lots of us have heard there is a formula shortage going on. And I absolutely understand how terrifying that would be for moms right now because we had to use formula in our house. I have no idea what I would do in their place.
But it's not just the formula moms having issues. My kid has sensory stuff and thus half of her calories are from the vanilla fiber pediasure shakes. They have been out of stock for us for a month now. We were lucky enough to find some of the regular vanilla, which she drinks but they cause her bad GI issues. She's lactose intolerant like my husband and I are so she gets badly constipated just from one of those a day. I tried switching brands to others that are vanilla with fiber but she won't even touch them because I guess they don't taste the same. I bought some fiber powder thinking I might try putting a spoonful in her shake but it says it's for 12 and up. She's only 4. So now I don't feel comfortable doing that either. I just need these companies to get their s*t together and get manufacturing again so my child doesn't have to suffer so much.
I'm stressed out for myself because we found multiple nodules on my thyroid. So far they aren't large enough to say yes we should biopsy. But I wouldn't entirely be surprised if they did. My mother had to have surgery on hers because of issues. So far now I am just spending 400 a pop every 6 months for ultrasounds. Which we can't really afford btw. We had to evict mice from our attic this year for 6k and we are still trying to pay that down and this isn't helping at all. Feels like every time we make some progress something else pops up to be like Lulz. You thought you were going to pay the CC back down and be able to be back to normal people usage this year? Nooooope.
And remember the kid with sensory issues? She goes to speech and occupational therapy every week. The speech office are angels and take our health insurance plus our CHAMPVA. So it's essentially free. We just have to endure the screaming fits during bathtime afterwards.
But the occupational not so much. They refuse to take CHAMPVA so it's 50 or 60 a pop every week. And this kid refuses to potty train so she already costs 400ish a month just passively existing between diapers and wipes and shakes. And we get bulk non brand name items other than the pediasure so it's not like we are being snobs and refusing to use non brand names either.
And on top of that. TW: Pet death for a few paragraphs. No graphic descriptions of course but just in case.Since I know some don't want to hear about it at all.
I've lost 4 pets over the last few years. 2 a couple of years back. I had to leave them behind when I got married because we thought it would be better for my babies to stay where they were accustomed to living and not get dragged around moving since my husband was DoD. One barely made it a year after I left. He was a little older, 14. But my baby. A second passed not long after. He was her favourite so it was less of a surprise that she didnt want to be without him. I don't think she was more than 10.
My boy my husband and I adopted a couple of years ago passed from heart issues that nobody caught bc of COVID keeping people and pets home who weren't emergency cases a year or less ago. He was 4. And now I find out another of the original 4 cats has gone. Cancer this time. There's only one of my babies left there. And it makes me so sad because I was never even able to come see them. I'm afraid I won't be able to come home and see the last one either. I'm hoping she makes it long enough for me to see her. They had adopted a stray kitten they found and she had seemed to take well to her. So I'm hoping that helps her be less depressed over it. But I dunno. I'm really sad over it.
Pet discussions done.
So yeah im just so tired and stressed outI realise I absolutely need to be going to therapy but I had to stop going even before COVID. With the wait lists I don't think I could be seen any time soon even if we could afford for me to go. So I'm just hiding in other peoples jewellery trying to distract myself these days.
Thank you for asking..It’s still really swollen @Daisys and Diamonds. I’m still wearing my grandma’s ring..size 9. My normal ring size is 6.25-6.50.. In fact I can’t even easily take it off now. It’s staying on until it becomes loose and I can take it off easily. It’s also humid and warm here now which is probably making it worse.
Group hug is in order
Welp, the back wheel decided to shear off all but one bolt on the way home from school drop-off. I'm just thankful it held enough to get home and there was no one else in the car. Terrifying!
My finger is still swollen. The redness is gone. I was able to slide Emmy on with Windex. I’ve been sleeping with it on because I don’t want to hurt it again. There was no way I could put a band on first which is what I usually do. She’s a size 7. The new ring is 6.75. I just had a size 6.25 ring on last week. That’s the one I had trouble getting off..I may have done permanent damage to my finger. One of the thoughts about putting Emmy on was that I would be able to gauge how much the swelling would have to go down before I could wear the new setting in a size 6.75. The other thought was that it would adjust to not having a ring on and go up a size. When you wear rings every day they sometimes dent the finger. I wanted to keep the dent. I never have to worry about losing my rings that way. Haha Emmy swivels on my finger once it’s in place..but it looks like there’s no way to get the new setting on at this point. I normally have a little puffy thing under my ring finger but not like this..I also have muffin finger which I never have with a size 7..I hope it shrinks back..Ugh
Thanks @junebug17..I’m actually considering asking David to size up to 7. Emmy is a 7. I decided not to resize Emmy..If I stack Emmy with a slightly wider band it pushes her up to a larger part of my finger. I’m afraid that would work for Winter’s setting..but it would probably fall off when it gets cold in the winter. Maybe this will give me incentive to lose weight..
David answered me back to say it’s an easy ring to size so it’s not a problem. If my finger ever goes back down I can stack more bands with it at that point.
Thank you @Daisys and Diamonds.. I feel less panicked now because @junebug17 made a great suggestion to just have David Klass size it up for me. It just makes sense since I’ve been tugging rings on that poor finger for years..It needs a break..not literally..
Thank you @Daisys and Diamonds.. I feel less panicked now because @junebug17 made a great suggestion to just have David Klass size it up for me. It just makes sense since I’ve been tugging rings on that poor finger for years..It needs a break..not literally..
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