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paculina said:
Good news from the hematologist ladies! Everything is good with my bone marrow biopsy. No cancer (we knew that), no myeloproliferative disorder (which is what she was looking for), nothing serious going on. She does want me to take an iron supplement though, said the low iron could be causing the platelet issue. And my favorite part, she said I could stop taking the blood thinner. And she said I didn't need to see her again. So yay! I feel much better.

Still have to see the pulmonologist on the 11th. I really have no idea what to expect from that, except that they've done 2 nuclear scans of my lungs, so I know there's nothing bad there or someone would have said something already.
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Yay! It’s good that you can have that off your mind!

Iron supplements are gross, but it’s better than any worse issues.
 
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paculina said:
Obviously I've never bought a car, but someone on the Dave Ramsey board posted a few years ago about an experience she had as a woman buying a car. She had been admiring a truck on the lot, and finally went during business hours to check it out. The salesman took forever to even acknowledge her, gave her shrugs, I-don't-knows and half-answers to her questions, refused to look up something on the computer for her, tossed her the keys when she asked for a test drive and then took forever to acknowledge her again when she came back. She told her brother about it and they went back together the next day. She stayed in the car. He got out. The SAME salesman walked right up to him, gave complete answers to all of the same questions she had asked, even offered to knock $1000 off the price. When he asked if he was ready to do the deal, he was shocked when the brother declined, pointed out his sister sitting in the car and said "Why couldn't you tell HER all that yesterday?" Then he got in the car and drove off.

And my mom said when her dad took her to buy her first car, he had to keep telling the salesman to ask her, talk to her, she's buying the car, not him.

There's most definitely sexism involved in car sales.
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It’s so stupid how much sexism there is.

Like how are women supposed to get cars? Only with a man? So stupid.

I’m not looking forward to tomorrow. The upside is there is DBF with me, but that doesn’t stop the sexist remarks. I also hope I’ll end up close to one of my favorite restaurants to enjoy between dealerships.

But I gotta learn how to deal with these people. My dad was with me when I got my current car, and one day I’ll have to also get a new car.
 
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tenKrat said:
Well, you know...I think there’s hope that black leather leggings would be appropriate for us. Saw that it can be done at Nordstrom recently. The SA and I got a bit chatty, and she told me that she’s 58 years old. She was wearing black leather leggings (!!) with a little detailing on one leg on the side that looked like slashes and made out of different material that was matte. She paired them with a long black tunic sweater and black flats. Looked classy and edgy. The key was that her derrière was covered and she wore more conservative shoes. Otherwise, it would have been a totally different and possibly inappropriate look.
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That look would be classy on anyone!
 
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paculina said:
Good news from the hematologist ladies! Everything is good with my bone marrow biopsy. No cancer (we knew that), no myeloproliferative disorder (which is what she was looking for), nothing serious going on. She does want me to take an iron supplement though, said the low iron could be causing the platelet issue. And my favorite part, she said I could stop taking the blood thinner. And she said I didn't need to see her again. So yay! I feel much better.

Still have to see the pulmonologist on the 11th. I really have no idea what to expect from that, except that they've done 2 nuclear scans of my lungs, so I know there's nothing bad there or someone would have said something already.
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So happy for you.
 
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paculina said:
Good news from the hematologist ladies! Everything is good with my bone marrow biopsy. No cancer (we knew that), no myeloproliferative disorder (which is what she was looking for), nothing serious going on. She does want me to take an iron supplement though, said the low iron could be causing the platelet issue. And my favorite part, she said I could stop taking the blood thinner. And she said I didn't need to see her again. So yay! I feel much better.

Still have to see the pulmonologist on the 11th. I really have no idea what to expect from that, except that they've done 2 nuclear scans of my lungs, so I know there's nothing bad there or someone would have said something already.
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That is wonderful news! I’m so happy for you!
 
#20,077
paculina said:
Good news from the hematologist ladies! Everything is good with my bone marrow biopsy. No cancer (we knew that), no myeloproliferative disorder (which is what she was looking for), nothing serious going on. She does want me to take an iron supplement though, said the low iron could be causing the platelet issue. And my favorite part, she said I could stop taking the blood thinner. And she said I didn't need to see her again. So yay! I feel much better.

Still have to see the pulmonologist on the 11th. I really have no idea what to expect from that, except that they've done 2 nuclear scans of my lungs, so I know there's nothing bad there or someone would have said something already.
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Great news dear!!!
 
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bakeacookie said:
It’s so stupid how much sexism there is.

Like how are women supposed to get cars? Only with a man? So stupid.

I’m not looking forward to tomorrow. The upside is there is DBF with me, but that doesn’t stop the sexist remarks. I also hope I’ll end up close to one of my favorite restaurants to enjoy between dealerships.

But I gotta learn how to deal with these people. My dad was with me when I got my current car, and one day I’ll have to also get a new car.
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I’ve never bought a car on my own, but I think one of the keys is to be willing to walk away. If you’re not getting answers or someone is being patronizing, tell them you are going to go somewhere where the service is better and leave. Chances are they will chase you down and have a change of attitude. And if they don’t, you didn’t want to work with them anyway.
 
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catsinthebag said:
I’ve never bought a car on my own, but I think one of the keys is to be willing to walk away. If you’re not getting answers or someone is being patronizing, tell them you are going to go somewhere where the service is better and leave. Chances are they will chase you down and have a change of attitude. And if they don’t, you didn’t want to work with them anyway.
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I’m willing to walk away. DBF is too nice to people sometimes. I have to be more firm with him too. But it might be easier to walk away because it’s not my car, but his.

So true. Don’t want to work with them if they’re going to be rude. There’s always another car.

Just like when boutiques are mean. They’re not the only purveyor of goods.
 
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catsinthebag said:
I’ve never bought a car on my own, but I think one of the keys is to be willing to walk away. If you’re not getting answers or someone is being patronizing, tell them you are going to go somewhere where the service is better and leave. Chances are they will chase you down and have a change of attitude. And if they don’t, you didn’t want to work with them anyway.
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Being willing to walk away is also the key to getting the best price. Once they can see you've already emotionally committed to the purchase (of any kind, not just cars), it's over. There's no more negotiating because they know they've already got you.
 
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paculina said:
Being willing to walk away is also the key to getting the best price. Once they can see you've already emotionally committed to the purchase (of any kind, not just cars), it's over. There's no more negotiating because they know they've already got you.
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So true. My dad said the same thing haha. So far everyone has the same idea in dealing with the pushy sales people.
 
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paculina said:
Good news from the hematologist ladies! Everything is good with my bone marrow biopsy. No cancer (we knew that), no myeloproliferative disorder (which is what she was looking for), nothing serious going on. She does want me to take an iron supplement though, said the low iron could be causing the platelet issue. And my favorite part, she said I could stop taking the blood thinner. And she said I didn't need to see her again. So yay! I feel much better.

Still have to see the pulmonologist on the 11th. I really have no idea what to expect from that, except that they've done 2 nuclear scans of my lungs, so I know there's nothing bad there or someone would have said something already.
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This is great news! What a relief. :flowers:
 
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ElainePG said:
We're going to the ballet tomorrow afternoon! Haven't decided which bag to carry (though I have picked the H scarf, since it has dancers on it, LOL) but I know it will be one of my mini bags.

The colors on this scarf seem to want an orange, red, or green bag, but I haven't got one. So I will probably carry my black BV pillow bag, which is always perfect. This time of the year, I wish I owned the pillow bag in silver, but I already have too many mini bags plus it seems a bit OTT to have a bag just to carry a few times in December!
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Ooh just love that scarf ElainePG. Is it the Ballets Russe?
 
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