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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
OMG Rissa, I must have missed that story! If I walk in and see something like that I'll know it's definitely time to call their dad!

I checked on her several times last night after it stopped and she was sleeping peacefully. About 2am, I turned off the hall cooler cuz it was getting chilly, then when I went to bed about half an hour later as soon as I opened the hall door heard the girls talking. Asked them what they were doing awake (they'd been asleep when I turned the cooler off) and she told me she'd just woken up with another bloody nose, neither of them had even had time to get out of bed and get me or Darren. She thinks it's because its too hot (and yes, at 2 am, in half an hour the back part of the house got hot without the cooler on.) Needless to say, I turned that sucker back on and left it on the rest of the night.

She's been perfectly fine today. Took the kids to my sisters to swim and her and my sis and bil talked about bloody noses and such (I was in cleaning the house so missed most of it.) She did tell sis this has gone on most of her life, just like her brother. I'm just wondering how the heck I've been lucky enough to not have to deal with it til now. Her and Kota have been bff's since first grade and during summer and vacations spends almost as much time with us as she does at home!

I'm going to talk to her dad later today about it...if she has more than so many in a day or night do you want us to call? How do you deal with it at home? Stuff like that.

Tess
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04-13-2001

Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 7:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
War, Sarah has had nosebleeds more times than I can count since she was barely a toddler. We had several of those nights that Rissa mention where we'd go in to check on Sarah or she would start crying and her pajamas would be completely soaked in blood and her crib and then bed sheets, the floor, her pillow, etc, etc.

The used to scare the heck out of me and we've taken her to the doctor several times. She needs more humidity in her room, vaseline in her nose to coat lightly, saline spray, flonase, allergy meds and benadryl every night. Running a cold air humidifier in her room didn't help at all. We have the house at 50% all the time.

Your plan to talk to the dad is a good one. I wish I could solve the mystery of why they almost always occur during the night in their sleep. Weird.

The weird thing is that 99% of the time, she had them only while sleeping. She is growing out of them but still has them occasionally and more often than not, they come while she's awake.

I, on the other hand, never had nosebleeds as a child or at all until the last 18 months. Now I have one every single day. Sometimes they are small, sometimes they are scary. A few months ago I had a huge blood clot in my right sinus. No clue why or how it got there but it came out. I'm supposed to see an ENT so we'll be doing that soon.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 5:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Tess, how old is Sarah? Could be she was itching her nose in her sleep subconsciously because the allergies made it scratchy? Or rubbing her nose on her pillow repeatedly as she turned her head? My dd did both when very young so bleeds were more common during the night as well and now that she is older, peak times are usually first thing in the morning or mid-afternoon.

You on the other hand... LOLOL My dad started getting nosebleeds at age 55/60. They are from very high blood pressure combined with the same exposed little veins that give my DD bleeds. He takes anticlotting medication as well so when they start, they are BAD. Hope the ENT can give you a definitive answer.Weird about the sinus clot.... don't you hate it when you get older and your body starts rebelling? LOLOL

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
What did people use for deodorant before spray cans? I am watching an episode of MAD MEN and they are saying that Right Guard is the first spray deodorant. I think this is taking place in 1960... I always thought they had the cans before the roll ons/sticks.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
that is a good question, I have no clue.

I have a really dumb one...How do Bentley car salesmen make money? I just dont see them selling that many a month. Also, can anyone just go into a dealership and test drive a Bentley? do you have to show you can afford to buy one?.....my carpoolers and I were wondering aobut this..yeah, it's a long drive...lol

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 10:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
In 1960 I was too young to use deodorant, but I remember roll-ons being around before the sprays. The commercials for sprays always seemed to say "no more sticky roll-ons."

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I remember those Merry, so I agree roll ons were first

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Yep, roll-ons first. And maybe before that just a cream in a jar, but I expect roll-on had been invented before I started using it. Or maybe people didn't wear deodorant, probably didn't.

Tess
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04-13-2001

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
Rissa, Sarah is now nearing 12. She could be doing what you mentioned in her sleep. Goodness knows she does all sorts of strange things. She has always talked in her sleep and now she's taken to sleep walking but usually only when we are away from home. She used to fall out of bed in an effort to sleep walk when she was younger but last year we bought her bunk beds with the twin up top and a double down below. The doctor wanted her down below because of her allergies but Sarah has gone back to preferring the top. Thank goodness for those rails! I always hear her if she starts to talk or move around so I'm the one who keeps her for heading to the window, etc. as she did in one of the hotels on our vacation.

Me--I'm 54 and if you ask Juju, she'll tell you my body was never fully put together right in the first place. I'm just a mess! Some days it's pretty funny, other times, not so much. The blood from my right sinus drains just like anything else from your sinus would if you are lying down and trying to go to sleep. It's creepy. We used to have to keep the head of Sarah's bed elevated so that wouldn't happen to her like it does me now.

I agree with the roll-ons first, then spray, then stick then the invisible sticks. I think before deodorant, they just kept putting on perfume or some things like violet water. The men just got uhhhh extra manly smelling? Who knows. That was way before my time.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I did talk to her dad yesterday. We agreed that unless she wants dad or step mom or my house is looking like a scene out of a slasher flick, I don't need to make any middle of the night phone calls if it happens again (it's pretty much the same set up we have with Kota and her asthma attacks.) That was my main concern, not knowing when I should be worried enough to call her parents so I'm good.

I do wonder about the humidity level. Our house is pretty dry (we all wake up every morning with cotton mouth and dry noses.) We do run the humidifier in the middle of winter when it's really bad with the heaters running, but thats about it.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Juju, you are right. Before the roll-on was a jar of cream. Mitchum was just about the only deodorant at the time and it was a jar of cream. I remember my Dad using it when I was very young and then later he used roll-on and then his first spray was Right Guard.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 5:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the info! And Twinkie, your dad must have been cutting edge, cuz if MadMen is accurate, Right Guard was the first spray!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Yep, he was on top of things. He was a "sharp dressed man". He had some great suits and ties.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 6:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
any takers on my Bentley question?

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 7:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Pamy, I don't know for sure, but I think Bentley and the dealers like that do their own research at nearby companies (e.g. targeting CEOs, CFOs, etc.) and banks, and invite a select few people to take a test drive. If they did allow walk-ins it wouldn't surprise me if they did a credit check before they let you in the car. But I don't know for sure.

And as it's a luxury car there wouldn't be much wriggle room on the price, so the mark-up is high and they don't have to sell many a year to meet their targets.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 9:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Pamy, I would sort of expect they would let you test drive one.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 10:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Yeah Pamy, why don't you go ask? Put it on your "Bucket List" if you've always wanted to drive a Bentley. Would make a great story we would love to read!

WRT the deodorant question, I remember on one of those well researched PBS 'Colonial House' type shows where they lived just like in the era, there was one of a 'Victorian' era. The maids would bring the women slices of lemons w/rinds and they would dab their hairy armpits.

Remember, they didn't bathe too often either, just pit baths from the bowl & pitcher on the commode/dresser. In the show they wore their full set of UW & pantaloons in the metal washtub to bathe. Same bath water, both ladies and men in order by hierarchy or standing within the house. The water was gross & slimy by the time the lowly poor relation lady got the last turn. There must have been 15 house guests before her.
Thank heavens for the invention of deodorant!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 10:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL, maybe we will. Every dealer that we went to that saw Bill's credit score was amazed and would go and get the finance guy and show them LOL They would say in 6 yrs/10yr they had never seen a score that high.

So I think we will get a smoking jacket and pipe and let them run his credit and then we can take a joy ride thru bev hills LOL

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Pamy, how high is it?

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Don't show up in worn-out sweat pants while driving car held together with paper-mache and crazy-glue or even worse... do not take bus to dealership. LOLOL

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 6:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Lol Pamy

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I'll be signing up later this year for early Social Security. (Someone recently told me I don't look a day over 50. ) Government promotes signing up on-line. It must be safe, but . . . Social Security number and probably a bank account number on-line? I'm very careful about those two sets of numbers.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 8:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
If you're doing something like that, Color, I'd suggest making sure you've done a recent virus/malware scan with the latest updates. And if you're using something like a wireless network make that is secure. Then I wouldn't worry about a government website, they know what they're doing. (I'd worry more about them downloading it to a laptop later on and letting someone walk out with that!)

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Color, all those numbers are all ready on line flying from bank branch to home office, etc. I do just about all my business online any more...love the convenience. But I'm always careful that it is a secure site.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Julie it's 902. Mine is 838. Only reason mine is lower is that the 2 main cards we use are in my name. He is loving that he is higher than me LOL