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Wintry Wednesday

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Anyone else in the 30s?
Wishing everyone a speedy and stress-free hump day!
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  • ei34ei34 member
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    Pretty ssdd here - aside from an observation it should be a smooth day at work and just shuttling the kids around this evening.   I'd roasted a chicken on Monday and we're having some of the leftovers tonight and tomorrow, but in different ways, I like having weekend-esque meals on weeknights.
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    I'm trying to keep myself ignorant, but honestly that just causes me more stress, so I'm watching the same stuff, @banana468, and just...I shouldn't have the capacity to be shocked anymore, yet here we are.  Also, I also get John Krasinski and Zachary Levi mixed up and had to double check, b/c Levi has been outed as a douchelord.  Thank goodness, John is the good one.

    I need to cook tonight.  I bought a turkey breast and it was still too frozen to cook it last night.  But the 2nd meal out of it is spicy turkey soup and that sounds so good right now.  It's still in the 50s here and raining.

    I think Harley is deciding she's a morning cat.  This would be okay if the morning would start after I have some coffee in me.  

    I gotta get my sleep pattern right.  I do the thing about staying up late to feel in control...then I end up sleeping too late and my morning doesn't go how I want, and that just kinda ruins the day for me.  I'm seriously considering grabbing a bottle of the NA wine that I like and heading out to hang out with friends tonight.  I need some company and to stop sitting in my own emotions.
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  • banana468banana468 member
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    Krasinski is Jim from the office, Jack Ryan and has been in other films as a really lovable endearing dude.  (note: I liked Zachary Levi in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel but his appeal to me was severely diminished when he opened his political mouth). 

    DH Had all his opinions about it and...I don't care.    I can laminate that card like Ross Geller did and Krasinksi is on it. 
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  • CasadenaCasadena member
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    40s this morning here. H left on an early train this morning and boys were great for me while we all got ready, even got out the door on time. Work is medium today, lots of reading/catching up to do to prep for a couple short presentations tomorrow morning. Will be glad when those are done!

    I sent evites for G's birthday party last night and i didn't realize how much second-hand social anxiety I would feel about stuff like this. His BFF's are coming, but a couple other buddies can't so I think he'll choose to add a couple people to the invite (we only have 10 spaces in the party package). Should be a fun day for him :)
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    I listened to one of my political podcasts this morning and now I feel like I'm gonna be sick.  Trying to strongarm a situation in which cabinet members and judges are appointed without Senate approval feels like something I could have had nightmares about, but hoped would never happen. But checks and balances in this country are about to lose whatever hold they had left. 

    Otherwise, it was chilly enough here this morning that we turned on the heater and of course then the house smelled burnt because it was the first run of the season. But it felt so nice to be getting ready with warm air. It's a high of 62 here this weekend which is the coldest it's been so I'm looking forward to that. I should think of something fun and fall-ish to make this weekend. Maybe beef stew? Or cheesy potato soup? 


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  • MyNameIsNotMyNameIsNot member
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    No 30s for me. I got up to 50s and that's cold enough! I actually went for a run in pants and long sleeves for the first time this season this morning. It was weird. 

    My book club is reading Ted Koppel's book about the risk of a cyber attack on the power system. The member who shared it does disaster preparedness for utilities, so it's pretty spot on, but it's shit timing. I'm oscillating back and forth between panic that we're all going to die and resignation that we probably deserve it. 

    Nothing much else going on. Just falling into the abyss. 
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  • CharmedPamCharmedPam member
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    I’m not sure what the weather was like when I woke up but we’re 50 now which is average. 
    @banana468, I remember that purchase because my bike wasn’t too far behind.  It hasn’t been 4 years yet, has it? Wow. Time flies.
    i saw menopause 2: cruising through the change yesterday and it was very cute (I saw menopause in Las Vegas 3 years ago).  Although a bit depressing because I’m already fearing the whole aging process.  But I will say; I noticed some baggy saddle bags around my mouth and got some sculptura for it back in June. It’s very expensive and takes about 4 months to kick in (ugh) but I noticed less flab recently in that area so yay! That helps my fear lol. 

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  • banana468banana468 member
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    @CharmedPam it's actually just over 4 years.  We bought the bike in late Sept and that's when I started. 
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    banana468 said:
    @CharmedPam it's actually just over 4 years.  We bought the bike in late Sept and that's when I started. 
    The layer of dust on my own bike checks out

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    Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME nominating Gaetz as AG?!? That's like putting R Kelly in charge of a children's music program or what's next - MTG directing NOAA???? 
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    Pete Hegseth being Secretary of Defense is just unreal.  
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    banana468 said:
    Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME nominating Gaetz as AG?!? That's like putting R Kelly in charge of a children's music program or what's next - MTG directing NOAA???? 
    And Tulsi Gabbard in Intelligence? Every single cabinet pick is making me nauseous. God I hope with Thune, and Republicans who hate Gaetz, that his nomination gets denied. And it's a sad day that we're happy about Thune instead of Scott. This is why the cheeto wants to force confirmation without Senate approval. 


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    I was in back to back to back meetings all day and when I got to my car I texted a friend a screenshot of all the NYT breaking news alerts asking “WTF happened while we were in all those meetings”. I just… I have no words. 
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    banana468 said:
    Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME nominating Gaetz as AG?!? That's like putting R Kelly in charge of a children's music program or what's next - MTG directing NOAA???? 
    We were blasting him yesterday in one of my T1 diabetes subreddits.  He proudly flew his medical ignorance flag two years ago as well as recently that there shouldn't be a price cap on insulin because "people should just lose weight".  I won't bore you all with the many things on different levels wrong with those statements.  Other than insulin is cheap AF to produce and there is an almost limitless supply.  But even the cheaper ones have a 1,000% mark-up from the retail price.  The short-acting insulin I take is over a 5,000% mark-up.

    I have a better idea.  Why don't we do a 5,000% mark-up on ED pills sold to sexual predators like him?  Hopefully they will rape fewer women, especially underage teenagers, if it is really expensive to do so. 
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    @short+sassy as you say this today my friend's son is off to school today to educate his class of 1st graders on his Type 1 Diabetes. 
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    banana468 said:
    @short+sassy as you say this today my friend's son is off to school today to educate his class of 1st graders on his Type 1 Diabetes. 
    I love it has become more common for elementary school children to talk about medical conditions they have.  That wasn't done in my day.  It brings more understanding and awareness to young children of medical challenges people...even kids their own age...might face, even if you can't always see it.  You also never know when a child might recognize a symptom they heard about and be diagnosed sooner.

    There were especially a lot of snarky comments in the sub from parents of T1 children.

    People were saying they should all send him pictures of their normal weight, sometimes underweight, children.  Then someone joked (maybe not joking), "Don't send him pictures of your children.  We don't know how young his predilections go."

    100% of T1 diabetics use insulin and weight is 0% a factor for developing this disease.  Weight is a factor, though not the only one or for all, in developing T2 diabetes.  However, only 25% of T2 diabetics take insulin and even for them it's usually small amounts.  But it shouldn't matter why someone needs to take insulin and if they "deserve" to have it at an affordable price.
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  • banana468banana468 member
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    One of Chiquita's good friends is also T1 and was diagnosed a few years ago.  I saw them give each other kudos for being two awesome kids with their autoimmune diseases. 
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    short+sassy said:
    banana468 said:
    @short+sassy as you say this today my friend's son is off to school today to educate his class of 1st graders on his Type 1 Diabetes. 
    I love it has become more common for elementary school children to talk about medical conditions they have.  That wasn't done in my day.  It brings more understanding and awareness to young children of medical challenges people...even kids their own age...might face, even if you can't always see it.  You also never know when a child might recognize a symptom they heard about and be diagnosed sooner.

    There were especially a lot of snarky comments in the sub from parents of T1 children.

    People were saying they should all send him pictures of their normal weight, sometimes underweight, children.  Then someone joked (maybe not joking), "Don't send him pictures of your children.  We don't know how young his predilections go."

    100% of T1 diabetics use insulin and weight is 0% a factor for developing this disease.  Weight is a factor, though not the only one or for all, in developing T2 diabetes.  However, only 25% of T2 diabetics take insulin and even for them it's usually small amounts.  But it shouldn't matter why someone needs to take insulin and if they "deserve" to have it at an affordable price.
    A lot of kids get diagnosed because they're a "failure to thrive" and they're having weight loss despite increased food intake. Like it's literally the opposite for many people of T1D at time of diagnosis. 


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    @levioosa, I've sometimes heard stories like that for children and it makes a lot of sense.  Hah! If a T1 person didn't lose a lot of weight unexpectedly before diagnosis, it's probably because they were lucky to be diagnosed on the earlier side.

    It has always been so difficult for me to lose and maintain a low weight.  I'm only 5'0" and know now that I've always had a slower than average metabolism, on top of that.  But I did it!  I lost 30 lbs my freshman year in college by eating no more than 900 calories/day and exercising for 30-60 minutes every day.  I was 17, almost 18 at the time.  But I was never able to get past about 115 lbs.  That's okay.  I would have liked to have lost more, but I looked great.  I could also occasionally have higher calorie days and still maintain.

    I'm setting the stage for just how hard weight loss was for me to lose and stay at a normal weight for my height.  It's possible my hypothyroidism had already started.

    Fast forward 2 1/2 years.  Now I'm 20.  It's my last semester (spring) at my jr. college.  It's been an especially rough one.  I'm taking a full load at school and working 32 hours at my job.   That's probably why I'm exhausted.  ALL.THE.TIME.  (Classic sign of T1 because insulin production is starting to shut down and there isn't enough to process all or even most of the calories a person eats.  Few calories=no energy.)

    I'm too tired for my exercise routine and usually skip it.  I'm eating worse because I eat whatever is easiest and I keep having strong cravings for high sugar drinks.  I weigh myself with trepidation in mid-April.  112 lbs.  Okay!  Not too shabby!  I thought I would have gained weight, but I've maintained.  Maybe even lost a few pounds.

    But the next two weeks are worse than ever.  I can't stop eating.  I'm craving junk food and sugary drinks all the time.  "WTF am I doing?!?!  I rarely eat this kind of shit."  I avoid the scale like the plague because I don't want to see how bad it is.

    My mom keeps worrying about me.  I keep telling her it's just the stress of the semester which is almost over.  She finally schedules a doctor's appointment with our family physician for me anyway. Fine. Whatever. I'll go.

    The nurse walks me back from the waiting room and we stop at the scale.  Fuck!  I forgot they always weigh you at the doctor.  Dread sets in.  Then she tells me I am 102 lbs.  OMG!  I lost 10 lbs in two weeks.  Eating a whole bunch of calories and not exercising.

    For the briefest of moments, I felt pure joy.  Has my metabolism finally kicked in and is at a good pace now?  Can I eat like normal people and not gain weight?

    Then the other shoe dropped and reality sets in, "No. That's not how it works for me.  There is something really, really wrong."

    I'm sure my doctor knew I had T1 after my visit, but he didn't tell me yet.   He told my mom the next day, but it needed to be confirmed with an endocrinologist.  He helped her make an emergency appointment for the next morning.  Bonus hypothyroidism was diagnosed at the same time with the endocrinologist.  
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