JAK CHAT

With Miracle Whip: The Sandwich Generation by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann That's the life I'm being served up, at this time. That of the "sandwich generation".  I've recently stepped into the role of caring for my aging parents while supporting my own children. Wowza, did that happen fast! Thank God I have siblings that are pitching in. To recap... (Read more....) 2 weeks ago ..."Then finally, on the path to back surgery, my dad's health has significantly diminished. Not sure what exactly has happened here. But he surely isn't the same man he was only a short month ago. So with this intro, I've gotta run. It's back to my parents place to help my mom navigate through this strange, unwanted new world as we work with professionals to figure out....what the heck is going on?"    Last week ..."Above was the introduction to last week's JAK Happenings weekly e-newsletter. That next day, Friday, May 1st, my dad was taken to the...

The Story of Glen Snow It was Easter Day 2007 and I was as yellow as an Easter egg. No, I am not messed up here with my holidays, you'll see where I am going with this!  Please keep reading... I was ripe for gall bladder issues. Victims many times have these 4 F's in common: forty/ies, female, fertile, fat.  (See what you have to look forward to, young mommas?  It's quite common.) After a weekend of vomiting and lying on the couch, my husband drove me to the urgent care clinic and quickly I was being processed "STAT".  It was a crazy series of events as I was admitted on Monday and released on Thursday, with a laparoscopic surgery procedure.  Typically, you are released within a day.  I had no idea that the challenges I was dealing with while in the hospital would pale in comparison to the issues I would experience post op with my health insurance coverage. Read more. Unbeknownst to me, the contract between this large health care provider and my employer's ins...