We don’t have special “not particularly clean” lines just for our toilets.
Plus, a splash of e. coli up the ass is just as bad as drinking it.
We have clean water in abundance.
They don’t.
Sucks to be them.
But it isn’t my fault or my problem.
I’m going to nominate this for best username/post combination for today. 
Why is my boyfriend’s INR dropping? He has been taking his warfarin religiously since his still unexplained pulmonary embolism last October. Last week he went for his physical and his INR was a 1.8. It’s supposed to be between 2 and 3. He went for a follow-up yesterday. It was 1.3. He’s practically in normal range. They upped his dose to 12.5 mg every other day (10 mg on off days). If it drops any lower, he’s going to be hospitalized again.
Why did he get the pulmonary embolism in the first place? Why did they have such a hard time getting his INR to the correct range back in October? Why is it now dropping? He hasn’t changed his diet. He hasn’t lost vast amounts of weight. He doesn’t drink alcohol.
Please let him be ok. 
I checked for warfarin recalls, on the thought that maybe the pills are defective. Turns out there was a recall just a day or two ago…because the pills are too strong.
I see there is such a thing as coumadin (warfarin) resistance. The doctor writing the article says he has no problem going up to 30 or 40 mg per day. Take heart - it looks like this isn’t unheard of, and they do have some treatment choices.
Your calendar is broken. It is winter. It has been cold and miserable all year. I have taken to running out the front door and spraying cans in the air to speed up global warming. We had the heat on most of this week at night. We are 10 to 15 degrees under normal every damn day.
Thanks for that link. It does help to make me less panicky. Synthroid is a drug that interacts with warfarin but if I understood what I read, it would make him clot less and he’s going the other way.
There could be so many reasons why this is happening. I know that worrying about it isn’t going to make it any better and that I need to just wait until next week. He’s going to be really pissed if they hospitalize him again. Our local hospital has awesome food though so I won’t mind so much. 
Besides, they’re the ones who didn’t tell him he was just having a panic attack when he showed up in the ER with heart attack symptoms and a completely normal heart. So, if there’s a problem, I’d rather him be with them.
This might actually warrant its own thread, but I’m too lazy for that shit. Go me!
Anyway, last week, a gentleman called my office (my office where we receive no less than 15 telemarketing calls a day, split evenly between “card services” scams and marketing people trying to scoop up our business for advertising) and initially asked who he would talk to about handling a problem with his taxes. I said, “That would be me, how can I help you?” The guy then asked, “Do you handle all the advertising for this business?” and I said, “Yes, but we’re not looking for any new advertising opportunities at the moment. Do you have a tax situation I can help you with, sir?” He then said, “Well, when will you be looking for new advertising? A time frame?” To which I said, “I’m not sure, but not in the near future. I am very busy, though, so unless you do have a tax problem that you need assistance with, I’m going to need to get back to work.” The guy then said, “But how will you know of new internet advertising options if I don’t tell you? I see that you used to do business with COMPANY Y. . .” To which I said, “Sir, we’re not interested, please remove us from your solicitation list and don’t call again.” I then hung up.
After I hung up, the same guy called back immediately and said, “Do you have a local office here in Las Vegas?” And I said, “Yes, sir-- why—” He cut me off and went into a speech about how he has been in advertising for 20 years and that I was extremely rude to him. I repeatedly asked for his name and where he worked. He kept cutting me off and saying, “Well, that doesn’t matter, now does it?” At the end he said, “I’m going to write bad reviews of your business all over the internet.” Then he hung up on me.
Fuck that guy. First of all: our business prides itself on its good reputation in a field of people who fuck over all of their clients. Secondly: fuck you.
So, I took his number and called it using that little trick that sends you directly to someone’s voicemail (it doesn’t ring). I got his name, Googled it (plus “advertising Las Vegas”) and came up with his Linked In. Naturally, he has his entire work history on his Linked In, including where he is presently employed. It just so happens that his employer is a national and very prominant telecommunications provider who also specializes in advertising, one which we do significant business with in other markets. And, to top it off, it appears that 6 months ago, he worked for COMPANY Y, which is the company we actually do work with in that market-- so methinks he stole some leads on his way out the door.
First, I called and spoke to his manager, who (at least acted like he) was horrified and asked me to put in writing what happened and assured me this would be escalated immediately. I pointed out to the manager that his rep’s behavior is making me now question whether or not I’m going to renew our (again: significant) contracts with his company in other markets. Then, I called our rep at Company Y, who asked me to forward the complaint to them, because there is a no- contact clause in their separation agreements-- one that comes with what is apparently a huge penalty for violating.
Fuck that guy. I can handle a slightly rude telemarketer, but don’t you harrass me at my business, then have the fucking audacity to call me back and threaten me.
The, perhaps, best part? I had a friend call him (before I spoke to his manager) and act like he was interested in his marketing services. Marketing guy said, “Yeah, Big National Company Who I Work For can offer you a really good SEO package, but I personally can offer you something MUCH better.” That got told to his boss, too.
Fuck him.
:eek:
scratches “fuck with Diosa” off to-do list
Seriously.
Honestly, I’m impressed. I would probably have bitched and moaned and gone on with my day. It never would have occurred to me to find the guy and report him for his behavior. That’s pretty damn awesome. It really pisses me off when people use their presumed anonymity to act like assholes.
Well, what made me most angry was that he was directly threatening my family’s livelihood. Our business flourishes because we have such a good name- and he knows that if he’s done any research on us. I’m sure that’s why he said that. Plus, me searching him and contacting his manager took all of 10 mins out of my lunch hour. Well worth my time :D.
When I Googled him, his home address and phone numbers popped up. Took every ounce of my self control not to be an immature asshole and throw his shit all over the want ads on Craigslist. Or the NAMBLA mailing list.
(Just so we’re clear: I did not put him on Craigslist or the NAMBLA mailing list. I really, really wanted to, but I did not.)
No kidding - that’s in the dictionary under “pwned,” I think. :eek:
Thirded. That is a totally awesome story.
So, after you did all that, did you also connect with him on Linked In? 
“Hey, I hear you might be needing to find work. Want me to see if I know anyone in the industry that’s hiring?”
Wow Diosa, high five for pwning an asshole!
That story is a thing of beauty, Diosa.
Diosa, you are amazing!
Aaaaahhh that was amazing. faints from awesomeness
Getting back to mini-rants, I’m in the office while most of my other co-workers had the right idea and took a personal day. 3 days of holidays in a row followed by a weekend, but nooooo, stupid me decided it wasn’t worth taking a day… now here I am hung-over and I don’t even have anything worthwhile to do. Waah waah waah cheese with my whine…
ShotFromGuns, I’ll take this.
Chimera, under the category of “what do I have to lose?”, why on earth didn’t you check your coverage and make SURE before you had a tooth yanked? I’m sorry, but I think you deserve the hole in your jaw to match the one in your head.
I don’t want to study any more. I’ve had enough. Two more finals to go. I really want to finish up my weather class tonight so I’ll be done as soon as I finish my bio final tomorrow but I know I should be spending this time studying for bio. I just really don’t want to anymore. I’m tired.
I cracked the tooth on Friday night. Had to work Saturday in hell. I had recalled reading the coverage when I got the paperwork and seemed to recall root canals and crowns being under type III, which was only covered at 60%. I did try to check out the fucking worthless Aetna insurance site and couldn’t find any information, nor could I find the paperwork I had earlier. Of course, if being the weekend, I couldn’t call them either.
Hell, this time I spent over an hour scouring the Aetna site and wasn’t able to find anything to tell me what exactly was covered. I found out from the dentist having submitting it for pre-qualification that it would be covered.
To clarify and repeat: Aetna sucks donkey balls when it comes to providing that information on their worthless piece of shit website.