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Miss Understood: Sold Out of Norco?
I like to consider myself fortunate dealing with my pharmacist and doctor when it comes to refilling my prescriptions.
There have been many changes made with rules and classifications on certain medications. The most important changes for pain sufferers such as myself involve hydrocodone – which is sold under brand names such as Vicodin, Lortab and Norco.
I did not experience a huge impact on my ability to obtain my painkillers up until recently.
For many, Black Friday is a day to get great deals on gifts or to recover from their Thanksgiving feast. But for me, Black Friday became a dreadful day of finding a pharmacy that wasn't filled with hundreds of shoppers and also had a supply of Norco.
I have been battling a Lupus and arthritis flare in silence for weeks now, with regular weekly visits to my rheumatologist. The reason behind the flares is uncertain, but my doctor has been trying to make changes to my medication "cocktail" in hopes that it alleviates some of my pain.
I've been alternating painkillers between Percocet and Norco so that I don't build a tolerance to either, but during Thanksgiving week I ran out of both and was in desperate need of a refill.
My husband went to a nearby CVS (not our regular pharmacy) in hopes that it would be less crowded at 9 am on Black Friday. He was told that they didn't have Norco in stock, it had not been available for the last three weeks, and they didn't know when it would be in. Walgreens gave him similar information, but said it would probably be within one to two weeks.
We decided to wait until our regular Costco pharmacy opened. Fortunately, they had it available and were able to fill the prescription the same day.
By the time I got the Norco my pain had gotten so bad I was past the point of pills. I took 2 painkillers and they did nothing for me. I couldn't sleep, I was restless, I cried from the agony and I couldn't wait for the next 4 hours to pass so I could try taking 2 more pills. But they still did nothing for me.
All the running around and waiting my husband did in the morning was incredibly sweet, but my body just fell into a deeper hole of pain which no amount of drugs could get me out of.
I'm dumbfounded by the fact that those pharmacies were completely out of Norco and had been for weeks. I don't see how anyone can get by without their prescription, no matter what it is. How does a pharmacy just turn patients away, especially those in extreme pain? They didn't even recommend a different location or offer to call another one of their pharmacies to see if they had any in stock.
What will we do if and when there are no more pharmacies carrying any form of pain medication or we have to wait 1 or 2 weeks for a shipment to come in? Do we all go straight to the hospital and get labeled as drug seekers because, technically, that is what we're after?
We need pain medication to function, just like everyone needs food to fuel their body. Without it we'll simply become useless.
Arlene Grau lives in southern California. She suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, lupus, migraine, vasculitis, and Sjogren's disease.
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Dennis Kinch, why do you think it is that people who suffer from chronic pain and can't get treatment or their meds haven't at least signed petitions online to the extent that they make an impact ? Why don't they invest the time to watch the Federal Registery when the quotas are announced for the next year and comment on that ?
I understand that chronic pain is physically, emotionally, mentally and financially exhausting. But, we're talking about things that can be done online.
I have had Tri geminal Neuralgia for 20 years after having a blow to my head. I have been through all the medications I have read about on your site. Now they are refusing me the Oxycodon that has been so wonderful eliminating the pain.
I know some people take advantage of the Doctor to get the drugs but there must be a way to test the people who say they have the pain and need the Oxycodon. I have had three brain scans to prove I have the problem. We should send mass's of complaints to the President and demand that we get our pain killers back. Other states have their "POT" but Fla. has neither.
Arlene, I think you already know and found out the hard way, there are no easy answers. Notice these laws are being enacted by the DEA. So you can look up all the rules and regulations you want, or move to another state, or switch doctors, or buy drugs on the street, and none of this will stop fear mongering agencies or agenda driven politicians from changing the rules whenever they want. I'm so used to this, due to morphine, that I start lessening the dosage as the day of the month approaches just assuming things will not go right. I used to be able to hit the pharmacies and locate what I need but I can't anymore. I just have to wait for my "best friend" pharmacist to get another shipment in, and then start back on them again. This happened 9 out of 12 months last year.
When the rules cut my dose in half, I went 3 months and my doctor called the Medicare people and had me changed to a cancer patient classification, which allowed me to go back to the original amount of morphine. I wish there was better news but…
Hopefully, someday, we'll figure out how to form a union or something and when these…people enact these stupid laws, we can come out in force. 30 million of us jumping on an agency or politician should have some effect.
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There are legitimate real pain patients in Florida too!
Do you have any control over pill mills, bad drs and drug addicts in your state? Neither do we. Can you just pick up and move?
I can not. Neither can my 62 yr old mom w/ all I have plus Lupus.
Born here, went to college…got sick moved home to family and friends. My drs are here my husband and his job and life are here and my entire support system is here. Not to mention my house and city that is my home. I don't know any pill poppers nor have I ever been to or seen a pill mill. It took YEARS to get required pain med. I have only been past on or treated terribly when trying to find a pain mgt dr. I have never heard of an easy place to go get pain pills from. It took 10 yrs with urologist and 15 yrs with rheumotologist and internist to then be accepted into pain mgt I go to. All other's have just as strict rules. I believe the pill mills are not pain mgt drs at all… which is why real pain pts never been nor know about them. People find out word of mouth dope dealer to dealer…abuser to abuser. They don't have years of medical records. They are to blame as the drs not a STATE of other people just like you or worse off. Ive heard all about it AFTER but don't control it and neither do thousands of other honest legit pain pts.
Reta, you can ask for a higher dose, but that doesn't mean your dr will agree to it. There are Recommended Guidelines for pain meds for those who suffer chronic pain, but aren't terminal. Many of the drs are going by these Guidelines. Even though the guidelines are not Law, it is up to your dr to prescribe. People don't think about what will happen if they get cancer. How will their pain be managed then if they are maxed out already on pain meds. And the drs are the ones who get blamed by the patients and their families because the dr is the one who prescribed high doses of meds. Another aspect is that you can only go up so far with pain meds. If someone keeps increasing the dosage when the previous does no longer works well, what will they do when they get to the max dosage ?
We have to adjust out life style and use non medication forms of pain management along with pain meds to get the best out come. Being pain free is not realistic.
That's the thing, the DEA has been talking to doctors because my doctor told me the same thing, then you look at their site and the director says, we don't talk to anybody, or tell them what to prescribe, somebody is lying and I bet I know who.
My friend has RSD, he had a doctor that was in his early 70s the DEA person came when he was at his appointment, this doctor kept a 9mm gun on his desk, he chased the guy out of his office with it. My friend was going heck ya. But in the end this doctor had to retire because they were going to charge him with dispensing too much medication and pull his license which you say that to a doctor that's a fate worse then death.
So like in your case they give you the run around, you being a ex -narcotics investigator it sounds like to me its tons easier to find doctors and harass them, instead of going after the real criminals, like the heroin dealers. I for one would love to be off pain meds, dreamed it, everything, if they legalized marijuana in my state I would ask to get off of it because I would rather do that then go thru withdrawls if your doc has to change your meds. The govt just needs to get their priorities together.
My Morphine tablets are 60mg. Can ask for a higher dosage???
Jay Fleming, for some reason drs tell their patients many things are the fault of the DEA or they are new regulations/laws. The only reason I have been able to come up with that they so this is that when a patient is told it is the fault of anyone but the dr, the patient doesn't give the dr as hard a time. If I remember correctly the morphine being reduced to 200mg/less is a Recommended Guideline. It does semm that more and more drs are wanting the reduce and/or eliminate breakthrough meds. They are also telling patients they have to be on a long acting pain med instead of only short acting. Since the goal seems to be to reduce the amount of these meds being diverted, it does make sense to reduce the number of immedicate release tablets.
Chronic pain patients need to do their research into federal and state laws as well as recommended guidelines, on a regular basis and not just when something happens they don't like.
Last appointment with my pain doctor, I was told they received a letter from DEA saying they had to lower my dose of morphine to 200 mg's or less. When I asked to see the letter, he couldn't find it. Another friend was told DEA told her doctor, the dose had to be less than 4 pills a day. Problem is, with a 4 hour medicine, it takes 6 pills a day, or 180 pills a month.
When I call the DEA Diversion Unit, they tell me DEA does not tell doctors what to prescribe, or what dose to prescribe. That there are no new regulations on prescribing Schedule II medications.
Patients are going through withdrawals because of quotas set by pharmacy wholesalers, not DEA. The suicide rate will increase this year, as patients have few choices, go from pharmacy to pharmacy hoping one will have the medication they need, turn to the street, or end the pain.
Patients can only be treated like a drug addict, have the pharmacist tell you they might have the medicine you need next week, and go through withdrawals so many times, before they just give up.
Someone needs to be held responsible for the deaths, but until we take pain seriously, this won't change.
I'm a former narcotics investigator, and chronic pain patient for 20+ years. Trust me, we can't arrest our way out of this problem, because it's a medical problem, not a law enforcement problem.
It seems that the pharmacies in the best parts of town have better supplies and go the extra mile to work with customers. As oppossed to those in the poorer parts of town, This is understandable due to the safety risks for pharmacy employees.
I had the same problem with opana and 10mg roxicodone. My pharmacy was out and I just could not put myself going to many different pharmacies getting belittled, having my script thrown back at me, so I laid in bed useless until I had no choice but to crawl back to my doctor to get a different script. Its not working out very well for any of us.
Arlene, I go to Walgreens hard to believe, my PM told me a long time ago, get to know your pharmacist and get to know them well. So I did just that, people have said Walgreens has asked why they need it, hell I told my pharmacist day one, 2 back surgeries, crohns disease 2 surgeries and COPD, she knows more about me then anybody, but she also told me when you get your prescriptions don't just come in the day of and drop it off, I need a week or 2 notice. So I have done that ever since and when the day comes its there. I have heard and been thru the find the pharmacy shuffle because even then they used to be able to call other stores to see if they have it, they can't do that now. Also I remember one time on a sunday they didn't have it, it was a fluke, but we found one that did, and I was listening to this poor woman them saying we will have to talk to the doctor to get it approved. I have never felt so sorry for someone. Also I have read where that certain govt agency has shut pharmacies down for no reason in rural areas and people cannot get their meds and in one case, these people killed themselves instead of going thru the pain. I just hate the govt needs to have legislation protecting the real pain patients and the doctors. Just because of Florida and other bad doctors have caused more problems and should be shot in my opinion. They should just make them federally run. But even my PM has said that agency has come in and asked him, why isn't this patient getting better? his answer? are your a doctor, NO, then shut the blank up. Hes been doing it for 20 years and he said hes seen people that will not get better, he said if it can help their quality of life then that's what its for. That's what they don't get. I believe in Karma and when it hits these people, their the ones that are going to wish they never messed with doctors or the laws.
I have not yet had this problem, put I get heart palpitations every month, a week ahead of time, wondering if this is the month they tell me, "Nope, we're out! I know I'm "preaching to the choir" here, but it's unbelievable we have to suffer a lousy quality of life because we hunt, sometimes fruitlessly for relief. This on top of daily suffering for our various chronic pain conditions.
The bottles of these meds that the pharmacies had when the reclassification went into affect, had to be sent back to the manufacturers to have the labels changed.Combine that with this being almost the end of the year and the manufacturers have exhausted their quota of hydrocodone for the year and that is why many of the pharmacies are out.
Most people with children who take Schedule II meds for ADD, or adults who take these meds for their ADD are familiar with this problem. When it comes to the Schedule II ADD meds, it may be late Jan or Feb before they get any in. And all but a few of weeks of that time the children are in school. Adults that work, are working that entire time.
CHADD and American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry created a coalition in 2011 to show the seriousness of the problem and to influence policies with the FDA and DEA who have oversight responsibilities regarding this issue. The DEA announced an increase in the 2012 quotas for 2 ADD meds. The quota for Ritalin was increased by 11%. But, according to the FDA website that reports and tracks drug shortages, there was a shortage of Ritalin from Feb 2013-Nov 2014. So I'm not sure if there is really anything regular people can do to prevent shortages of Schedule II meds.
It doesn't seem to matter that pain meds as well sa ADD meds are needed for some people to be able to function. But, if not having these meds caused death, I have a feeling there wouldn't be any more shortages.
Arlene — I am so sorry you had to go through this B.S. I hope your rheumatologist finds the right medication so you can feel better soon!
If you use the same pharmacy they ought to be in stock?
I've been trying a natural alternative called kratom so I don't have to be in the situation you found yourself in anymore and it's working very well. It's legal most places and unlike narcotics it has never killed anyone. It is a plant related to the coffee plant.
I've been able to cut way back on the number of pain pills I use and I'm hoping to switch totally over if I possibly can so I don't have to put up with the abuse from the doctors, the staff, the pharmacies. It also helps with physical symptoms from withdrawal if that is a problem.


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1. What was the purpose of the 'Jim Crow laws' (1828-1964)?
- They gave black men the right to vote.
- They made segregation legal in southern states.
- They made race riots in the north illegal.
- They stopped black people from occupying positions of power.
- They allowed a white man to legally kill a black man.
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2. Why were the Ku Klux Klan rarely convicted for their crimes?
- They were often protected by police officers who were KKK members, and white juries were reluctant to find KKK members guilty.
- 90% of the population were KKK members in 1965.
- Anyone who spoke out against them knew that they would be a target for violence.
- The Imperial Wizard (leader of the KKK) had an underground system of bribery for all areas of power. This included some areas of government.
3. Segregation was founded on the doctrine of 'separate, but equal'. How did the NAACP use this to their advantage in the 'Brown vs. Topeka' case?
- They said this could not apply to segregation in schools because a message of inequality was being sent out to black children, making them feel inferior and therefore less likely to learn than white children.
- They said that because the ratio of black schools to black children was so much lower than of white schools to white children, the overcrowding caused extreme problems with learning, and therefore deprived black children of equal opportunities.
- They said that due to the inbalance of government funding to black schools in comparison to white schools, children did not have the same educational equipment.
- They said that segregation in schools could never lead to equality because the white children would always be treated with more respect than the black children.
4. Which of the following is NOT true of the 'Brown vs. Topeka' incident?
- The court case gained a lot of support from the black community.
- It was the start of the civil rights movement.
- It resulted in a revival of the KKK.
- It lead to the incident at Little Rock.
- Martin Luther King was not involved.
5. Why did such a small incident spark the 381 day long Montgomery Bus Boycott?
- Black leaders in the city had been planning a boycott for a long time, and had missed several opportunities already, so were ready to pounce.
- Claudette Colvin, a victim of a previous arrest on the same grounds,
- The woman invloved had planned her own arrest, and told her friends what they must do when it happened.
- The MIA (Montgomery Improvement Assosciation) were horrified at the cruelty of her arrest, and rallied the public to boycott.
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Dancing penguins invade Russia's subway system to offer Irn-Bru and be weird. Because weird is the Irn-Bru thing, remember Grandad 1999, the red heads & culprits in 83, and that lovely Sing Song, lets not forget that playboy at the pool '05, and how granny travels. To teach Russians how to drink Irn-Bru like a true Scotsman*, penguins are the ambassadors. Irn-Bru gets you through, mate. Just hang in there through the weird.
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Happy Thursday, lovely Magisto'ers! As the workweek nears an end, we've compiled our usual list of some of the best Movies that have come across our radar this week. Although the weather has been surprisingly cool for August, this week's selection of Movies reveals our desire to hold on to Summer for just a little bit longer, featuring an array of Summer travel and outdoor Movies.
Before we get to the Movies, here's our usual call for you to send your great Movies to us: If you've got a Movie that you think deserves to be featured, please share it with us on Facebook or Twitter so we can consider it for future lists!
This Movie, aptly called 'Summer' is basically the epitome of Summer fun. It's a mashup of all sorts of great family Summer moments. We loved it!
The title of this Movie translates to "The Meaning of Travel" and we thought it was too beautiful not to share.
Titans Moving Titans
This crazy fun Movie was shared with us on Facebook earlier this week. It features some clients of one of our users, a personal trainer, pushing a huge truck! Do you think you'd be able to do this?
Paddle Oregon 2013
This awesome Movie, featuring scenes from a 5-day paddle boat trip in Oregon, was featured in the Corvallis Gazette-Times this week. We should also point out that the music features the vocal stylings of our very own CMO Reid Genauer and his band Assembly of Dust!
Fun time for the kids in Bangkok
And finally, if this isn't a perfect day we don't know what is!


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In September 2013, the E-learning Team at Aberystwyth University launched the first annual AU Exemplary Course Award (ECA) to honour modules that demonstrate exemplary practice in four areas: Course Design, Interaction & Collaboration, Assessment and Learner Support. The criteria are based on the Blackboard Exemplary Course Programme (ECP), one of Blackboard's Catalyst Awards. Training is offered to help staff in using the rubric to enhance their modules, and the handout is available for download on the website.
The main page can be found here, with training material, a downloadable rubric, and quotes from winners and panel members: http://nexus.aber.ac.uk/xwiki/bin/view/Main/AU+Exemplary+Course+Award
Pro Vice Chancellor John Grattan talks about the importance of the award, especially in connection with reward and recognition for academic staff: https://hml.aber.ac.uk/Play/1633


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June 16, 1904: James Joyce meets Nora Barnacle
☛ Getty Images: Portrait of Irish writer James Joyce, (1882 – 1941) aged 22, standing outdoors. Photo by C. P. Curran/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Since 1954, June 16 is known worldwide as "Bloomsday", a celebration of James Joyce's novel Ulysses. The entire novel is set on June 16, 1904. 1954 marked the fiftieth anniversary of that […]
• By Philippe Theophanidis on June 16, 2014 ― Published in Art, Literature | Tagged: couple, Ireland, Joyce, love
"The indifference of trees to the historical moment" by Jean Baudrillard
The indifference of trees to the historical moment. The indifference of dreams to interpretation. The indifference of the people to its own triumph. The indifference of the body to the revolution. The dazzling metaphysical spectacle of the sameness of faces the morning after the revolution. Their features haven't changed. You expect a violent illumination and […]
• By Philippe Theophanidis on October 28, 2011 ― Published in Art, Communication, Literature | Tagged: Baudrillard, care, change, civilization, Hemingway, history, indifference, Joyce, people, Quinet, révolution, tree


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The Future Of Business – Don't Get Left Behind!
Have you noticed traffic to your Blog has dropped off a little, maybe alot. Have you noticed that comments don't come as frequently as they used to. You may be wondering what's wrong, is it you, is it your content, or is it….(insert what you think it is here). Are you feeling like you are being left behind, maybe not even noticed.
It may not be any of the above, it may be, that you are being left behind for reasons out of your control. If it is something you can control, then get on it, fix it as quickly as possible, but what if it isn't. What if it's sheer numbers. What if you can't be found or heard because of one thing.
There is a saying out here on the Internet, one that matters today and in the future, if you want to generate revenue or be top of mind. You have to "Create More Content Than You Consume". There is much to unpack in that statement, way too long for a Blog post, you may find it in an ebook soon.
But being left behind is something much simpler than what to do or how to do it. The truth is, you can't control what's happening, because it's like a tidal wave, you can't stop it. Here is the problem. There are 2.1 Billion (rounded up) people on the NET as of March 31st, 2011:
As you can see, Asia & Europe lead the way. The problem doesn't reveal itself in this graphic, it's the other 3 Billion coming, over 5 billion people will be online. They will be coming via the O3BNetworks project. And you can't figure out why it's getting harder to be found, harder to be heard, and maybe, harder to keep sales up.
Is it possible, that creating more content than you consume will be enough, probably not. You will need a great many things going on to be where you want to be when it comes to business online. You will want a large following, a community that cares about your product and or service, and a thing called Klout will become a factor once that mature's. This combination will go a long way in making sure you are not left behind.
Today is the day, don't wait, don't sit and have meeting after meeting to discuss what went wrong, and worse yet, do nothing! Understanding the Future Of Business takes hard work, and figuring out how to adopt all that is changing requires you and your business to make a paradigm shift.
If you want some insight on what to do, and you live in my area, attend my Future Of Business Workshop, a great place to start. You will be glad you did, you'll learn how to prevent being left behind. In the end, you will learn that Mindset Trumps Skillset Evertime. Come learn about the Future Of Business and Don't Get Left Behind!


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This spring I noticed myself starting to slip again. A bad day turned into a bad week. A bad week turned into a bad month. A bad month turned into a bad quarter. I have been finding it difficult over the past several months to find enjoyment in life. Normally politics revs me up, and yet often I feel apathetic. Normally I love hanging out with friends, and yet I have felt like pushing away the people that I care about.
I am suffering from depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. It's difficult for me to admit that to a mass audience; before a month ago I had never admitted that to more than a handful of people at a time. This is not the first time that I have faced these struggles. My initiation with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts began while I was in high school. I initially had a hard time either recognizing what was wrong with me—let alone explaining it to others. In the early 90's, I don't recall mental health issues ever being discussed openly.
The closest I ever came to ending my life was while I was still in high school. I found myself weeping myself to sleep every night: begging God to end my misery. But it was in a moment of brutal honesty with God, that He supernaturally wrapped me in His arms of love, and gave me the hope I needed to carry on.
Over the years since then, I have had off and on battles with mental health issues. One silver lining out of these multiple struggles is that I have learned to recognize my own warning signs. In these bad moments, the thought of suicide often comes to mind. However, I usually know how to rationally talk my mind out of that being a desirable goal. I then reached a point a couple of months ago when I couldn't logically and rationally come to a conclusion in my mind not to throw in the towel. I became upset, and felt defeated. The next morning in a time of my mental fog lifting, I concluded to myself that I needed to seek help again.
I reached out to a handful of close friends to explain what I was going through, and I made an appointment with my doctor to start treatment for my condition—treatment that has proven to help me several times before. The day I stepped out of my doctor's office, I saw a sign (both literally and figuratively) on Oak Street. The sign read "Help us change the face of mental health". I had the confirmation I needed that I was choosing to do the right thing for myself.
Since then, I heard God speaking to me through the Weakness sermon series at St. Peter's Fireside. He was asking me to share my story with others: something that initially terrified me. The sermon entitled 'Power Made Perfect In Weakness' referenced God turning our weakness into strength. It's amazing to think that God can use my weakness (depression and anxiety) as a gift! My current struggle isn't being won overnight, but I have noticed small improvements in my mental health over the past couple of months. With God's grace, support from friends and family, and treatment from my physician, I have faith that I will fully recover from this current ordeal. There is always hope for a better tomorrow.
With this being Mental Illness Awareness Week, now is the perfect time to share my story. If this post is taken positively by even one person, then I'm happy to have turned my weakness into a gift. If you're struggling with depression, anxiety, and/or suicidal thoughts, please reach out to someone close to you. Share what you're going through. Talk to a friend, family member, doctor, counselor, and/or pastor. Hope exists to get out of the rut you're currently in. If you have someone close to you who you think may be struggling with mental health issues, talk to them. Ask them how they're really doing. Be there for them.


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This site's history.
This site was lost on a previous occasion. The first was when I was approached by an individual who was looking to create a Slayers shrine collective. I thought this was an interesting idea and I moved the site to their domain. Unfortunately, they decided to trash the project without telling me and the site was lost. My best friend had also had her sites on this domain and we decided that we liked the idea of a Slayers shrine collective, so we bought Mazoku.org and moved our sites there instead. Later, Mazoku would change to Dramata.
Still, despite having a new home for our sites, I still had to rebuild mine from the ground up. I very nearly gave up on rebuilding it because it took such a long time for me to complete it and I wasn't altogether too interested in Slayers at the time. Eventually I pushed through my doubts and got everything finished. The last update to Let's Fight! was in 2004. You can see the layout at the bottom of this page!
As life took control of my time, I abandoned my hobby for about ten years. In 2014 I started getting interested in working on my sites again and in 2016, I finally came around to updating Let's Fight!. The first thing I did was change the name of it, as I felt the original title sounded kinda lame. XD After much thought, I chose The Devil Inside, a title that reflects Valgarv's duality, his merger with Dark Star and his general struggle through life. A new design was created and all content was updated to reflect my current standards. This update was also part of the Shrine Revamp event at Amassment!


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Brodie Retallick will take a two-year sabbatical from New Zealand rugby following this summer's World Cup in Japan.
The 28-year-old lock will walk away from the All Blacks and the Waikato Chiefs to play two seasons in Japan's Top League.
Retallick will then take an extended break before returning to New Zealand in 2021, with a view to being part of the All Blacks squad at the World Cup in France in 2023.
After agreeing the new deal, Retallick said: "I still have a desire to play for the All Blacks and hopefully contesting the next World Cup after this one was the big driving goal.
"I believe the way I'm approaching it will be best for my body and allow me to keep playing at the best standard. We are well looked after in New Zealand but there's no hiding from the fact that Super Rugby and Test rugby are hard on the body.
"In the end this was the best scenario where I could look after my body, spend time with my family and experience a different culture and still come back and do what I love."
While Retallick, a former World Rugby Player of the Year and current Chiefs co-captain, believes Japanese rugby will lessen his workload, he says the standard is improving.
Retallick explained: "I was never interested in going to France and playing that style of rugby.
"Their rugby has definitely improved [in Japan] and there are definitely some tough games over there, but the benefit would definitely be the space in between their seasons where you can clock out for a few months."
New Zealand Rugby usually restricts contracts to domestic-based players, but has relaxed the rules to allow a number of players to take sabbaticals or accepts short-term overseas contracts following the World Cup.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said: "Having Brodie commit through to the next Rugby World Cup in 2023 is fantastic news for him, his wife Niki and their family, along with New Zealand Rugby.
"Whilst there's a playing sabbatical during that time – and Brodie will no doubt be missed – it also gives the future All Blacks coaches the opportunity to build even more depth in that position."
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Cornish: reduced form of Treverran, a habitational name from Treverran in the parish of Tywardreath, so called from Cornish tre 'homestead', 'settlement' + a second element of unknown original form and meaning. Alternatively it may derive from Veryan near Tregony. This latter place name is a shortened version of Saint Veryan, itself the result of a misinterpretation of the form Symphorianus recorded from 1278 onwards. The church there was dedicated to a certain St. Symphorianus, probably the 2nd-century martyr of Autun revered in France.
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The Practice Broker's Blog December 2016 - Dental Practice Broker
Tips for Hiring New Staff Members
You're busy, you're stressed and now you must dedicate time to hiring new staff to fill in the gaps left during your dental practice transition. So where do you start? There may be a great temptation to hire the first person who looks like he or she might fit the bill, but if you make a mistake, it's going to cost you.
Prepare Yourself
No matter how excited or relieved you may feel, jumping into your new recruitment exercise without any thought will just hurt you in the long run. Ask yourself these important questions before you even place your first recruitment ad:
– What role will the new hire fill in the practice?
– How much help does the practice need?
– Will this need be long term or short term?
– What salary can you afford to pay?
Focus on Strategic Recruitment
You don't want to hire the first person who comes along, you want to hire the best recruit for your practice. But how do you find the right candidate? It might sound obvious but start in places that offer the most help. Ask other employees for referrals, you've got the best chance of making a quality match through your current staff.
If that doesn't work, check reputable job boards before branching out into social media.
Take Your Time
Sure, you might have needed the help three weeks ago, but making a rushed decision could mean hiring the wrong person and upsetting the well thought-out dynamic of your practice.
Go through the right procedures to ensure you attract the right recruit: conduct first and second interviews, conduct the relevant background checks, and make sure your next recruit is in it for the long haul.
Be Ready
On-boarding a new employee takes up precious time and effort. But if you're not ready, it will waste even more of your precious time. Make sure you can tick all the boxes on this check-list:
– Is the new hire's work-station ready?
– Do you have a standard operating procedures document for the tasks the new hire will complete?
– Have you introduced the new person to the rest of the team?
– Have you written out the new employee's job description?
– Have you assigned another employee to assist the new hire?
Maintain realistic expectations for your new hires, and make it as easy as possible for the new person to ease into their new role.
Don't Be Afraid to Let Someone Go
If a new person doesn't perform well, don't be afraid to fire them. You can't afford to keep someone on board if he or she is not performing. Not only that, but what you let new employees get away with will be seen by the rest of the team. If it's not working out, don't keep the person on.
Building a quality team in your dental practice is crucial to your success.
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Creating a Respectful Work Environment
Respect is part of the glue that holds your dental practice team together, and if your team isn't feeling respected by their employer, it's likely that they won't be dishing it out, either. Let's take a look at why respect is such an important core value in your practice and how you can cultivate it.
Respect Starts With You
Respect starts at the top, and the best way to earn an employee's respect is to pay it forward. As a practice owner, you get to make most of the rules, as well as set the stage in terms of the conduct you want your employees to follow in your practice.
Choose your language wisely; encouraging and honest talk is more successful than implementing autocratic policies that don't give staff members a voice. Make an open space for discussions and let your staff know that you welcome their suggestions about making the practice a more productive space. Be explicit with each staff member about what is required by them in terms of key performance areas.
Hold regular performance reviews where you give positive feedback on successes and suggestions for improvement in areas of weakness. Recognize and reward good accomplishments and encourage your staff to keep raising the bar.
Watch your mood. It is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day stressors of running a practice or to be distracted by what the day holds. Work to stay positive and it will trickle down to your employees too.
Respect Is Nurtured
Employees who feel respected will treat others with respect, resulting in a comfortable environment for everyone. Your management style will permeate every department, so a respectful tone will benefit and rub off on everyone who works with you.
Respecting Patients
If your receptionist is stressed out, or your dental nurse is undervalued and overworked, your patients will feel the brunt of it. Your patients do not want to visit a practice where they feel like a number, or where making an appointment is a major effort on behalf of the receptionist. If patients are treated with respect and gratitude, they will feel the intent.
Respect for patients extends to those in the waiting room and those on the telephone, and even though the patient standing in front of the receptionist should always take priority, the way you handle your telephonic inquiries says a lot to the patients sitting in your waiting room.
Express Gratitude
Gratitude goes a long way in conveying and cultivating respect. Thank every staff member and every patient when you have the chance. You can never thank someone too much; those two words will make a major difference in the lives of everyone you meet.
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Dealing with Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office
A medical emergency is one event that dental practices should be prepared for, and the level of preparation determines whether the emergency is handled successfully or not. In this article, we will examine how to develop a plan for handling a medical emergency, and which medical emergencies are most commonly experienced in the dental office.
How Does It Start?
More often than not a medical emergency starts off like any other dental appointment. It doesn't have to be a new patient either; it's highly likely that an existing patient you have treated for many years may present a problem. The scenario could play out like this: you administer a dose of local anesthesia and leave the patient with your assistance. When you return he doesn't experience any numbness so you administer another dose. The next thing you know, your patient is clutching at his chest before becoming unresponsive.
Believe it or not, this scenario has a very real chance of happening. In fact, medical emergencies are 5.8 times more likely to take place in a dental environment than a medical one.
What Are the Most Common Medical Emergencies You Can Expect?
While an emergency could arise from almost anything, statistically these are the emergencies most likely to occur:
- Adverse reactions to drugs
- Changed mental status
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Diabetes complications
- Seizures
- Cardiopulmonary arrest
Statistically, tooth extractions carry the highest element of risk, followed by pulpal extractions.
So How Do You Prepare Yourself?
The three cardinal rules involve having:
- The right tools
- Adequate training
- Enough practice
The American Dental Association stipulates that dentists and all practice staff members have the right training to deal with any emergencies that may arise in the dental chair and every dental practice should have a plan to deal with medical emergencies.
Step One: Assess
In a medical situation, your first step is to assess it. Is the patient breathing and does he or she have a pulse? Once you have determined an emergency is taking place, you need to call for medical transport and begin treating the patient with the appropriate tools.
Step Two: The Tools
Your emergency medical kit needs to be pre-assembled and kept in a place where everyone in the practice may access it quickly. The essential tools are:
- Positive pressure or supplemental oxygen
- Epinephrine to restore cardiac rhythm
- Nitroglycerin
- Glucose
- Benadryl or diphenhydramine
- Albuterol
- Aspirin
Optional extras for your medical emergency kit include:
- An automated external defibrillator
- Nitrous oxide
Medical Emergency Training Sessions
It is highly recommended that your entire team has BLS (Basic Life Support) and ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) training. A well-trained team has more confidence and skills available to handle any medical emergency.
Some pointers to enhance your medical training include:
– Hold training sessions in your practice.
– Practice your medical emergency response with your employees, using your own equipment.
In addition to practicing your responses every six months, you should have a written plan on hand to inform all staff members of standard operating procedures to follow during a medical emergency.
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Celebrating the Holiday Season in Your Dental Practice
December offers up many reasons to celebrate the Holidays and it doesn't really matter what your personal beliefs are; the festive season presents a wonderful opportunity for you to engage with your patients, and attract new ones. The rule of thumb here is to tie your messaging in with seasonality, weather or holiday celebrations.
Show You've Got the Spirit
Brighten up your practice with some low-key decorations such as lights or snow on the windows. Perhaps hang Christmas bulbs or snowflakes from the ceiling.
If you usually play music in the practice you might want to swap it for something a little more festive.
Give the Gift of Good Dental Hygiene
The festive season offers many relevant topics you can use to inform and educate your patients—and, of course, write about topics that matter to them. While many patients will be worried about their expanding waistlines over the holiday season, it's a good idea to remind them about the dangers of sugar to their teeth.
Offer up sugar-free alternatives to tasty festive recipes or eating and chewing tips to minimize sugar damage to the teeth. Encourage year-end appointments before your practice closes for December so your patients can have cavities addressed before the end of year binge.
Send out a holiday newsletter full of useful information so you stay top of mind while your patients are away.
To Gift or Not to Gift?
If 2016 has been a good year for business, you may want to gift your patients. Gifting is a good way to thank your patients for their support during the year, but if you decide to do this remember to keep the gifts simple and be sure to give one to everyone.
If you want to make more of an impact on your community, consider taking the money you would have used to buy gifts and support a local charity with presents or a donation.
Put a Christmas tree up in your reception and ask patients to donate any new or used toys they want to get rid of. You can donate these toys to a children's charity and make someone's holiday season extra special.
Communicate Your Opening and Closing Times
If you are closing at all during the festive season, November is a good time to advise your clients. This gives everyone time to plan their end-of-year check ups. Also remind your patients to use their dental benefits up before they expire.
Remember to include a backup number for emergencies. You might be taking your first vacation in a very long time because you're always around for your patients. But, if someone does have an emergency and doesn't know who to turn to, you could very well end up losing the patient to another dentist.
Make sure your backup dentist is reliable and prepared to be contacted by your patients.
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An Academy Award nominated film provides a springboard for this month's Drinking the Cup.
Clergy Assistant to the Bishop
Every year I usually catch only one or two of the movies nominated for the Academy Awards. This year, the movie that I have seen twice is "Hidden Figures."
As you know, this is the story that features three African American women who were employed by NASA in the early 1960's and how they fought the racism they encountered as they brought their brilliant mathematical talents to the young space program. The haunting scene that sticks with me is the one in which Katherine Johnson, played by Taraji P. Henson, informs the room of white male scientists and mathematicians why it is that she must be gone three times a day for extended periods of time – she must go half a mile away – to go to the bathroom – there are no "colored only" bathrooms in her place of work.
The old white men sit in stunned silence, both aghast at her audacious speech and uncomprehending of the problem. NASA chief, Al Harrison, played by Kevin Costner, has a bewildered look on his face – at first not even able to comprehend what she's talking about. But comprehension comes, and after she finishes her emotional speech about using separate coffee pots and using separate bathrooms, Harrison takes the sign off of the "colored" coffeepot.
In the next scene, Harrison uses a crowbar to destroy the sign over the "coloreds only" bathroom. He declares, "From now on, there are no colored bathrooms, and no white bathrooms. At NASA, everyone pees the same color." As everyone watches him destroy this sign, and listens to his pronouncement, one must admire his courage in bucking the system and righting this wrong in his particular sphere of influence.
Part of me wants to celebrate our progress in race relations and to pat myself on the back and claim that this segregation thing would have never happened if I were in charge. But there is a side of me that also wants to ignore my lifelong white privilege and not acknowledge how much racism still exists in our world or how I play a part in it.
But Al Harrison's bravery and action in busting up the restroom sign is haunting. We have made so much progress in race relations since 1960. And yet we have always had a long way to go. And now, as a society, at many levels, we are regressing.
As Christians, we should always advocate for inclusive justice. It is a matter of faith. And while doing so, we should never advocate for violence against human beings or property (even though Jesus did turn over those tables). And yet, I am sitting here wondering if we are headed to a time when the crowbars are used again. For now, in my mind, at least they are figurative crowbars,