Oh, if you're chronically hyperkalemic, a few bananas a week won't cut it. Start gnawing on potatoes and guac.
@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I should probably just start taking a potassium supplement. Every ER visit, surgery, hospital stay....has involved them fussing over how low my potassium is.
Might want to have a doctor look at your thyroid.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
@Ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I should probably just start taking a potassium supplement. Every ER visit, surgery, hospital stay....has involved them fussing over how low my potassium is.
Might want to have a doctor look at your thyroid.
I'm already on thyroid meds. Have been since I was 18. ![😕](http://musoapbox.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f615.png?v=4vfms5ns7sl ":\")
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@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I'm already on thyroid meds. Have been since I was 18.
Have them check those levels again, or get someone else to. My partner trusted her endocrinologist a little too much, and a short stomach virus put her in the hospital for four days.
I have found that drinking pickle juice helps when I'm depleted and having a lot of calf cramps. It doesn't happen too often these days. And I really think it's gross except during that time, in which case I crave it like whoa and I can chug it like lemonade. However, there ARE potassium supplements!
@mietze said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I have found that drinking pickle juice helps when I'm depleted and having a lot of calf cramps. It doesn't happen too often these days. And I really think it's gross except during that time, in which case I crave it like whoa and I can chug it like lemonade. However, there ARE potassium supplements!
Cravings are so weird like that.
I go through cycles of absolutely craving peanut butter. I think it's a low-iron thing since I haven't been able to afford meat in a while (and I do eat iron-rich veggies, but... gotta balance how I eat 'em since iron + thyroid med = possible conflict). I'll have evenings where I just snack on a few spoonfuls of it.
The only thing that ever worked for me when I had growing pains as a kid was Vitamin E gelcaps. An inexpensive option that has many other uses if it doesn't help with the cramps.
New X-Men character announced.
She "Rasputin" has:
I dont know what her first name is, but if it isn't yet defined, I have a few suggestions...
"Mary Sue MU-OC a.k.a. a concept made by the one major problem player in Ghost's RL TT group" Rasputin. (1)
"Mary Sue Everything Bagel" Rasputin.
"Hope 2.0 But Isn't a Summers, is a..." Rasputin.
(1) True fact. I once had a player who wanted to make the son of Magick and Nightcralwer. When their Mutants and Masterminds sheet was done they presented me with a teleporting, kinetic energy-throwing, soul-sword wielding Lord of Limbo who, by proxy of being Lord of Limbo, was immortal.
Delete the Hog Pit. It'll be fun.
I really don't understand He-Man
@Ghost You know, I'd be cool with two of these. Colossus' skin and Magik's sword? OK, make her a sister of the two and she inherited the sword from Magik.
Hell, I'd also take 3:
Daughter of Colossus and Shadowcat, inherited auntie Magik's blade.
But the last two (force field & telepathy) bring it into the realm of 'how many people are gonna scramble to play her on comic games just to have that power set'
Hrm.
My company doesn't understand a few basic concepts.
One year we had an egg-tossing competition during a food drive for needy people. The parking lot was covered in broken eggs. Each was a potential meal for a hungry person.
Soon? A water drive. When it's 115 outside water is important and plenty of people die each year from lack of water or shaded places to hide.
So after a "food tossing game to drive in food for hungry people", I'm sure you can guess what kind of event we are having for a "water drive"...
...ice bucket challenge.
I swear to fuckin god one year we're going to have a cupcale eating contest to raise money for diabetes research.
Delete the Hog Pit. It'll be fun.
I really don't understand He-Man
@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I swear to fuckin god one year we're going to have a cupcale eating contest to raise money for diabetes research.
cupcale
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Cup o' Kale
THERE YA GO.
Companies are sort of terrible, in general, at 'what's gonna be fun for our employees and show awareness?!'
Company I used to work for tried to get people to go, on their day off, to pick up trash in a park. That was their big team building / bonding thing that month. They went the opposite direction of your company.
it's like........ why not allow them an hour off during the workday to go? Or make it a family picnic also? C'moooon.
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@Auspice Yeah, I 100% do not partake in company charity events, save for the occasional "company talent show" where ticket sales go to charity or "popcorn and watch movie at work".
I view it as a conflict of interest to assist them in lowering their tax rate, especially in ways where they get the donation for my time put into charitable causes.
Delete the Hog Pit. It'll be fun.
I really don't understand He-Man
Oh, sorry, I got something wrong.
It's not an "ice bucket challenge" while driving to raise bottled water for homeless people.
It's an "Ice Bucket Challenge" AAAAAAND a water balloon fight.
Delete the Hog Pit. It'll be fun.
I really don't understand He-Man
@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Oh, sorry, I got something wrong.
It's not an "ice bucket challenge" while driving to raise bottled water for homeless people.
It's an "Ice Bucket Challenge" AAAAAAND a water balloon fight.
I was expecting the water balloon fight more than the ice bucket tbh.
But yes, companies that have special 'PTO' for volunteer work? That's how it should be done.
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@Auspice My company has that.
@Alamias said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice My company has that.
If I were an employee and not a contractor, I'd have it. But alas.
(That also means I don't get the 30% discount in the store boooooo)
@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Yeah, I 100% do not partake in company charity events, save for the occasional "company talent show" where ticket sales go to charity or "popcorn and watch movie at work".
Our charity is a combination of Office Cat and local animal shelters.
I always give, of course, but I wuv all da kitties.
Okay, body? If I'm swallowing, it goes into the stomach not my airways. Okay? Okay. Good talk.
He/Him
@Tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Okay, body? If I'm swallowing, it goes into the stomach not my airways. Okay? Okay. Good talk.
Here I'd have pegged you as a pro at swallowing.
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@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Here I'd have pegged you as a pro at swallowing.
@Ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I should probably just start taking a potassium supplement. Every ER visit, surgery, hospital stay....has involved them fussing over how low my potassium is.
Might want to have a doctor look at your thyroid.
I'm already on thyroid meds. Have been since I was 18.
