Prilosec and nexiuum have failed to help with my upper GI issues. My PCP has prescribed protonix. I'm going to pick it up from the pharmacy tomorrow. I read up on it. It has a lot of side effects, but hopefully I get lucky and get off easy. I hope it helps.

My morning computer time is also bonding time with Buddy. He gets up and down, but spends long periods of time curled up in my lap. He's starting to dig his claws into my thigh as he jumps up which means it's time to clip the cats' nails again… UGH… It's such a project…

I have to get Buddy first because if he sees me cutting Rocky or Dottie's nails he'll run and hide, and he's fast and so small he can hide anywhere. But Rocky can't see me clipping the other cats' claws either. I have to wait until he's passed out to cut his nails so he doesn't realize what I'm doing until I'm almost done or he'll fight me so hard I'll be lucky to cut any. Dottie doesn't care. She'd let me pick her up and cut her nails five times in a row.

I guess I'll do my own finger and toenails today, too. We may as well all get manicures. I wish I could polish my nails, but I can't because I have a slight tremor. I can't wait until I can drive myself to the nail salon to have someone do that for me…

Speaking of driving…
I'm finally going to the DMV tomorrow!!! I'm so excited!!! Things have been stagnant for so long, it's feels surreal. I've already put the paperwork I need together and checked it 100X, but I know I'm going to OCD it again today, tonight, and probably tomorrow morning, too.

Hopefully that specific restriction on my license is lifted tomorrow and we'll be visiting the insurance agent after the DMV. I'm worried about the cost of the policy. I have no idea how much it will be, but I know it will be very expensive, and I have to pay 20% of it down, so my imagination is going wild.

I'm still a little worried that something, somewhere will go wrong, but mainly I'm really excited because I'm in the home stretch. The final step in the process can happen pretty quickly after this, and I may have my license back very soon

oh kay I am so glad for you!!!!!!
I hear your excitement(albiet a bit anxious too).
hugs for you today.
maybe the protonix will be the magic pill?
bizi

Sending good thoughts for tomorrow. I will be looking forward to
reading your adventures tomorrow night.

Donna

I went to the DMV yesterday… What a ****ing **** show!!!
When I realized how long it was going to take, I sent my husband (who planned on waiting in the car anyway) home and told him I'd call him to pick me up when I was done.

I waited over 3 1/2 hours (not including the 20 min wait for my husband to pick me up after) to hear that I should have gone to a hearings officer at the DMV earlier to tell them that the reason NH suspended my license was for a DUI… what a load of ****! There is nothing about that on the internet, and nobody told me about that any of the 100X I called the DMV. The hearings officer wasn't interested in my driving record, or any of the other paperwork I was told I needed… only the 30 day letter…

She said that I should have taken the 30 day letter to my insurance agent immediately to get the process of getting a policy started because it takes weeks, but I had waited because my husband gave notice he wanted to take the day off. I thought I couldn't start the insurance part until I went to the DMV (because that is what the NH DMV told me), and thought I still had plenty of time to get what I need to do done.

The hearings officer said that I should request a new 30 day letter (with a new start date) to give me time to get a "MA sr-22 binder[/U]" and take those two documents back to the DMV, pay $500, and get my license back in my home state of MA without having to wait to be cleared in NH which requires "sr-22 insurance." I just wouldn't be able to drive in NH until they clear me. But it's not that easy…

I went to my insurance agent. There is NO sr-22 insurance in MA. It's a NH thing. And there is no such insurance binder… WTF!!! The ladies in the office had no idea what the hearings officer was talking about. They said she "didn't have her lingo down," which doesn't help me at all, and there's no way to go back and ask questions now. Big letdown.

As far as insurance, I can keep my current carrier, but I don't know how much it's going to increase yet. Because I'm not writing a new policy, I didn't have to put 20% down (at least I didn't have to yesterday). The insurance company is going to send me a letter explaining the entire process (thank God), which should take about 23 days, an oddly specific number, but whatever.

When my husband came to pick me up and I told him what happened he hit the ****ing ROOF. He railed because he took the day off for nothing… said all he did was sit on his *** all day and watch TV (which IMHO doesn't sound so bad)… even though apparently I would have had to take this trip to the DMV to notify them I got a DUI in NH no matter what. He was furious at the DMV, angry about another fine, and ****** at me because I don't know what I'm doing. The main problem is I didn't hire a lawyer to guide me through the process. The fact that my DUI was out of state doesn't help matters either… it's very confusing, comes without directions, and with plenty of misdirection.

So I'm on my own now. He won't be driving me to the DMV the next time. I will be taking a cab. I don't consider this to be an entirely bad thing. It will be expensive, but I won't have to wait for him to take a day off, and I won't have to beg for the favor (major plus).

I'm looking forward to receiving the letter from my insurance carrier explaining what's going to happen. Unless the letter clearly explains what MA wants as far as proof of insurance, I'm going to wait until I get my clearance letter from the State of NH until I return to the DMV again to get my license back. It makes sense to do it all at once… if I can. It looks like I'll be waiting about another month now.

To say yesterday was a disappointment is an understatement. I didn't cry, but it was close. I think I was too confused.

Oh kay....
HOW DISAPPOINTING!
I would be angry with the system for the mix up.
Gigantic heavy sigh

major hugs from me this morning.
(((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))
bizi

The process sounds confusing and messed up.

You are doing well with patience.

M

I felt like a jackass for having to go to the doctor for a cigarette burn, but it's a good thing I did. It is gross. He gave me oral antibiotics (keflex), a topical antibiotic (silvadene), and took an X-Ray of my ankle to be safe. I also asked for and received a script for diflucan in case I need it.

I'm getting really tired of going to the pharmacy. At least I have a rewards card and get plenty of coupons for my trouble… :roll eyes:

We put off the food shopping a few days yet again, but absolutely have to get it done today. I know the store will be a nightmare. The sooner we go, the better. My husband is still in bed. I'd rather wait for him to wake up on his own, but I may have to wake him up. I hate having to decide when to do it. I always decide to do it too late or too early.

I am glad that you got your leg treated.
sounds painful.
good luck today at the grocery store and with hubby.
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

My insurance agent told me that at some point during the process of getting the sr-22 car insurance I need, my insurance carrier would send me a cancellation letter because they've been notified my license has been revoked, but by the time the cancellation becomes effective my sr-22 insurance will be in place…

Saturday I got the cancellation letter. It becomes effective May 20th. Hopefully that means things will be wrapped up by then, but I haven't received the letter explaining the sr-22 process yet as promised, and that has me worried.

I'm going to call my insurance agent today to make sure things are still on track. If there's an issue I need to know ASAP. I'll also be anxiously awaiting the mail today hoping to get the letter from my insurance carrier.

If there is a problem at this point, it's going to be pretty hard to fix because I have to deal with the May 20th insurance cancellation looming and this is supposed to be a 23 day process…

This whole thing is a mess. I'm ****ing sick of it.

I called the NH DMV to request a 30 day letter with a current start date as the hearings officer at the MA DMV advised, but was told that each person only gets issued one 30 day letter, so if they sent another one it would have the same date on it. Clearly the hearings officer had NO idea what she was talking about.

I called my insurance agent and asked her to contact my insurance carrier to ask if they are still going ahead with my sr-22 policy, and if not, why.

I'm glad I called because they never got it started. They wanted a copy of the 30 day letter my already agent faxed them on Wednesday. At that time she was told that the process takes 23 days, but the man she spoke to today said it only takes a couple of days to issue an sr-22 policy…

I hope what this man says is true, and it means I should be able to get my license back quicker? Or at least not be in danger of having my car insurance cancelled before my new insurance is in place?

There has been so much misinformation throughout this process I don't know what to believe. My insurance agent's explanation wasn't exactly clear to me because of my anxiety.

I'm confused.