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*Bright and cozy, calling out to talk, hug, smile, be merry, keep each other company and enjoy the weekend*
*Offering hot and cold beverages at your leisure*
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Bob, If you really got vestibular migraines, you can at least hope that some of the medicationes that are out there for it do you good (I am that lucky).
I'm hoping that the meds and diet changes will do the trick. I'm already learning that cheese and chocolate are no longer options for me. Giving up alcohol isn't a problem since I don't drink anyway. Cutting back on sodium is harder than it looks. I also will probably be giving up caffeine. I've done that before. I had started drinking it again to counter the drowsiness of some of the other meds I was taking.
I have to test each food and see how it affects me. I've been starting with the common triggers first. I'm really sad about giving up the cheese. It was one of the few snacks that I enjoyed. When I went to mt FLGS I would order mozzarella sticks (they are baked not fried) because they had enough protein (I have to have high protein because of the gastric lap sleeve surgery I had) and would be filling.
The good news is, if I can get this under control I may be able to actually go to Pride this year. I may be able to work, and if I can I would rather do that since rent comes first.
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So I don't know a lot about who I am and what label(s) I fall under. I'm still struggling with my identity. I have now been told that my desire to sometimes be a woman is the same as someone who has apotemnophilia or similar conditions. I really wish people would stop classifying me as they want instead of just talking to me about it.
I don't know much about body integrity identity disorders. What I do know is that there aren't any big pushes to remove those who deal with it from society.
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So I don't know a lot about who I am and what label(s) I fall under. I'm still struggling with my identity. I have now been told that my desire to sometimes be a woman is the same as someone who has apotemnophilia or similar conditions. I really wish people would stop classifying me as they want instead of just talking to me about it.
I don't know much about body integrity identity disorders. What I do know is that there aren't any big pushes to remove those who deal with it from society.
*Googles apotemnnophilia*
Sounds like a similar basis of using Mayhem Law that made it illegal for trans women to get orchiectomies. In other words, whoever told you that is a gross transphobic jerk (whether or not you consider yourself trans). This sounds basically adjacent to the "autogynephilia" nonsense.
I know you've done a lot of reflecting and introspection on who you are and what your gender might be. I think you've made a lot of progress and that it's also perfectly normal to still be processing and thinking about it. I'm sorry someone said that garbage to you, since it's clear even from what I've read you post here (let alone what I might learn if we hung out in person) that you have a complex understanding of yourself that doesn't deserve to be reduced to a gross transphobic off-the-cuff diagnosis like that.
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*me: That is € 34,90*
*customer: Do I get employee discout?*
*me, slightly puzzled: No, and if you work here, yo should know that*
*customer: No, I don't work here, so, do I get a discout?*
*me, puzzled: No, why would you?*
*customer: I might want to work here!*
*me: No discount, sorry!*
*customer pays :That is stupid!*
sigh...this is going to be one of those nights again, isn't it...
*me: That is € 34,90*
*customer: Do I get employee discout?*
*me, slightly puzzled: No, and if you work here, yo should know that*
*customer: No, I don't work here, so, do I get a discout?*
*me, puzzled: No, why would you?*
*customer: I might want to work here!*
*me: No discount, sorry!*
*customer pays :That is stupid!*sigh...this is going to be one of those nights again, isn't it...
it's weird. There are a lot of employee discount offers in my second job neighborhood, but none of them go to employees of the store, just people who work in the neighborhood. Some of them are couples with student discounts. Maybe that's what they're going for?
Then, it's a good thing that I chose mathematics (and Computer Programming) over a career in medicine. Besides, cutting open dead frogs with a dull scalpel wasn't all that interesting.
I miss dissection. So much.
Then, it's a good thing that I chose mathematics (and Computer Programming) over a career in medicine. Besides, cutting open dead frogs with a dull scalpel wasn't all that interesting.
My biology class got to cut open fetal pigs! I even got to cut open one's heart and draw it! FUN!
I may not be posting much simply because the forums are not easy for me to access lately. In fact, the entire site is usually not accessible regardless of which browser I use. Until that is fixed, I will not be able to post or even read things most of the time.
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Then, it's a good thing that I chose mathematics (and Computer Programming) over a career in medicine. Besides, cutting open dead frogs with a dull scalpel wasn't all that interesting.I miss dissection. So much.
If you can, take a class on butchering. It is dissection... but you can eat your work!
I may not be posting much simply because the forums are not easy for me to access lately. In fact, the entire site is usually not accessible regardless of which browser I use. Until that is fixed, I will not be able to post or even read things most of the time.
The site's been up and down a LOT over the past week. For me, it was out from 8PM last night until about 2:00 this afternoon.
My understanding is that they are in the midst of a major site redesign, and will be moving the site to a brand-new architecture that will be running on brand-new hardware.
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Yay, Paizo wepsite lets me participate again!
it's weird. There are a lot of employee discount offers in my second job neighborhood, but none of them go to employees of the store, just people who work in the neighborhood. Some of them are couples with student discounts. Maybe that's what they're going for?*me: That is € 34,90*
*customer: Do I get employee discout?*
*me, slightly puzzled: No, and if you work here, yo should know that*
*customer: No, I don't work here, so, do I get a discout?*
*me, puzzled: No, why would you?*
*customer: I might want to work here!*
*me: No discount, sorry!*
*customer pays :That is stupid!*sigh...this is going to be one of those nights again, isn't it...
No, as far as I know, that concept isn't known around here - the term 'employee discount / Mitarbeiterrabatt in German is only used for a discount people working for a company getting for shopping in that companies stores.
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I need the plans for the sun, and a strike team to help me infiltrate it so I can turn it off.
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I need the plans for the sun, and a strike team to help me infiltrate it so I can turn it off.
Under normal circumstances I would be thoroughly and unequivocally against this exceptionally poor idea.
The past couple of days though?
The only addition I could make to this plan is lots and lots of functional Y-Wings to make the run in true style.
Anniversary of birth greetings to folks, may your day be tranquil and awesome!
I need the plans for the sun, and a strike team to help me infiltrate it so I can turn it off.Under normal circumstances I would be thoroughly and unequivocally against this exceptionally poor idea.
The past couple of days though?
The only addition I could make to this plan is lots and lots of functional Y-Wings to make the run in true style.
Anniversary of birth greetings to folks, may your day be tranquil and awesome!
I will have them do bombing runs on the far side of the sun so we can infiltrate. Have transportation ready for evac.
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Holy shit.
You are en route to er, yes?
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Go get taken care of John, NOW!
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First stop would be an optometrist, I think. Then find one in my insurance network.
If it's really a stroke, the longer you delay having it properly taken care of, the longer and worse the sequels will be... and an optometrist is not proper care for it, you ought to be already in the hospital getting tested and all.
and have somebody else take care of insurance while you're getting taken care of, I know that insurance is necessary to indulge, but you're wasting precious time.
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Holy sh!t, John. I'm glad it wasn't worse, but yeah, I'm gonna join the chorus and ask you to please consider getting to the ER or a neurologist immediately. They can hopefully check to make sure you aren't in danger of having another stroke anytime soon.
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John: If you suspect you had a stroke, go to the ER immediately!
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Actually, my mother said that I should start with the insurance company first. Well, she is a retired nurse. Who am I to argue?
**leaving Lurker Status to say**
A good hospital will have people there to help get the insurance taken care of.
But yeah, get yourself to a hospital immediately.
To echo all the folks what have been posting here, GET THEE TO A HEALER!
FFS, John, that's no light thing...
...notes that he discovered that he had horrific migraines because folks thought he was having a stroke, they were that debilitating...
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So I don't know a lot about who I am and what label(s) I fall under. I'm still struggling with my identity. I have now been told that my desire to sometimes be a woman is the same as someone who has apotemnophilia or similar conditions. I really wish people would stop classifying me as they want instead of just talking to me about it.
I don't know much about body integrity identity disorders. What I do know is that there aren't any big pushes to remove those who deal with it from society.
*Googles apotemnnophilia*
Sounds like a similar basis of using Mayhem Law that made it illegal for trans women to get orchiectomies. In other words, whoever told you that is a gross transphobic jerk (whether or not you consider yourself trans). This sounds basically adjacent to the "autogynephilia" nonsense.
I know you've done a lot of reflecting and introspection on who you are and what your gender might be. I think you've made a lot of progress and that it's also perfectly normal to still be processing and thinking about it. I'm sorry someone said that garbage to you, since it's clear even from what I've read you post here (let alone what I might learn if we hung out in person) that you have a complex understanding of yourself that doesn't deserve to be reduced to a gross transphobic off-the-cuff diagnosis like that.
Sorry for the belated reply. :(
Ultimately, Bob, the only labels you should accept (IMO) are the ones you personally find comfortable and/or useful. It's been my experience that too many people are looking for a way to put other people neatly into little boxes so they don't have to think so hard about how to deal with them, or why it makes them uncomfortable. Hopefully, you can find ways to route around their opinions, or they themselves, without creating any more work for yourself. (Ugh, LGBTIQ+ folk have to do so much extra emotional labor just other folk don't feel uncomfortable.)
I hope your ability to connect dependably to Paizo.com is resolved soon. I think many of us are having similar connection issues, and I miss this place (even when I run off and hide from everyone.)
Hey, everyone. What I'm about to tell you will make you upset and sad, but there's no getting around it. It seems, sometime last night, that I suffered a mini-stroke. I was fine when I went to bed, with only a headache. When I woke up a little while ago, I had double vision. I checked my eyes in a mirror. My right eye no longer aligns with the left. It points, at rest, outward and slightly down. And it no longer reacts properly to bright light.
It's okay for everyone to worry about me. It's okay for everyone to be sad about what happened. But please, don't be sad for me. I'm still here, okay? Aside from the inconvenience of no longer having depth perception, I'm fine. I've got no muscle weakness on the right side, my speech is fine, and my face doesn't sag. But I won't tell you not to cry, if you want.
Yeah, I'm tearing up while trying to give some comfort. That joke I made several months ago about being made from bargain-bin parts doesn't seem so funny now. Karma, I guess.
Some people think the brain damage I suffered in the womb was the result of a stroke...at least that was one theory.
So I am going to join the chorus and say you should seek medical attention ASAP. You are right it may not help...but it will definitely not hurt you either...and may save you from further damage.
Oh...and *hugs*
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Hey everyone just want to say I should be around alot more...hopefully my connection problems was all Paizo and not this ancient fossil I am using.
John, please keep us updated. I'm glad that you're doing ok.
Why: They have shut down political threads.
Unforseen undesired consequence: Despite this thread being a positive, informative and bolstering method of learning new things, there is the spectre that due to it's intrinsic nature given the current political climate in the world that it too will be shut down.
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