RL things I love

[surreality]

@SG Weirdly, the stronger coffee helps me avoid them. It has to be insane strong, though; espresso rather than coffee, really. (Bear in mind, I also have ADD, so various stimulants sometimes soothe/balance everything out rather than causing the jitters. It's the entire premise behind ritalin, weirdly enough.)

I can deal with espresso and I can deal with weak, but damn the middle of the road brews (especially light roasts) always tastes horribad vile and acidic and harsh to me.

[Sunny]

Having a doctor that actually listens to me.

FFS, it makes such a difference in the quality of my life to have my GP believe me when I'm in pain.

[SG]

@surreality ya, I really only started drinking coffee recently. Maybe coffee drinking is like serial killing, you have to progress through stages or something.

[surreality]

@SG At the weak and espresso-strong ends of the spectrum, it's sweeter. In the middle you get a lot more bitterness and acidity and that weird... 'did I just chew on gravel, I do not remember chewing on gravel' taste going on.

[Roz]

@Sunny That makes me so happy just because I'm like SO SICK of horrifying articles about women who live with emergent conditions for days or chronic conditions for years and have permanent and preventable damage because doctors wouldn't listen to them. That is: I'm sick that the articles still need to be written. It's good that they are being written so long as this remains a problem.

That got a little RL Anger there, but the point is GOOD ON YOUR GP. FOUR FOR YOU, GLEN COCO.

[Sunny]

@Roz

Yes. Story of my life until recently, honestly. ('Your leg can't possibly be broken, you're walking on it.' a couple of x-rays later 'Oh, your leg IS broken'). So having a doctor that listens is priceless. Rare creature that she is.It's very happy making.

[Auspice]

I got a 100 on my final project last month.

The cyberpunk/horror story. I mean, I busted my ass on it, but...

No notes. No feedback from the instructor. Just 'This is ready for publication and you should find somewhere to submit it.'

I... wow.

[Ganymede]

@Auspice

Maybe you should do that, then.

[Auspice]

@Ganymede said in RL things I love:

@Auspice

Maybe you should do that, then.

Already did. >.> I had a publication picked out for once I got feedback and made... well, the edits I expected I'd have to make?

... but apparently there are none, so...... off it's gone.

If people wanna read it, I can message the dropbox link. >.>

[Meg]

@Auspice I'd be down for reading it! With or without giving my thoughts as you want.

[Auspice]

@Meg said in RL things I love:

@Auspice I'd be down for reading it! With or without giving my thoughts as you want.

I can probably live with thoughts!
It's too late for any edits for the submission tho. And I gotta wait for a rejection before I can submit it anywhere else.

[Auspice]

Dual post...

...also got a 100 on my other final project in that class which was to outline a horror movie (oh man did I stress out and bust my ass on that one so WOOOOOOO!).

...which means I came out of my horror/mystery course with A FULL ONE HUNDRED.
I've gotten a 95-or-better on most of my courses. I think only... 3? in my degree program so far have fallen below (and 2 of those have been 90-95 while one was a B).

But this is my first perfect 100.

I'mma celebrate tonight.

[Thenomain]

@Auspice said in RL things I love:

@Ganymede said in RL things I love:

@Auspice

Maybe you should do that, then.

Already did. >.> I had a publication picked out for once I got feedback and made... well, the edits I expected I'd have to make?

... but apparently there are none, so...... off it's gone.

If people wanna read it, I can message the dropbox link. >.>

If it would help you more, tell us what publication it eventually ends up in so we can buy it.

I’d love to read it, tho. Been so long since I’ve read good Cyberpunk.

[Auspice]

@Thenomain

Well, that's if it ends up published, but I won't get kickbacks if it does.

The plight of being an unknown and all. I'll just get the initial payment.

I'll toss you the dropbox link, Theno.

[Gingerlily]

@Sunny said in RL things I love:

Having a doctor that actually listens to me.

FFS, it makes such a difference in the quality of my life to have my GP believe me when I'm in pain.

This is such a big deal, and dodgy insurance can make it tricky but my feeling after years of complicated health issues is if I am not gelling with a doctor, GP or specialist, I ditch and try again. That relationship is so important.

Though I have had the same GP since I was 18 and the same neurologist since about 22. (My neuro now works with me in collaboration with another neuro at his practice who is a headache specialist though). But I've ditched dentists!

[surreality]

@Gingerlily It is honestly amazing how dismissive people are of some things. I'm heavy, I smoke, I've been in car accidents. 95% of the health issues I have now, I had for years before any of the above. This has not stopped every doctor ever from ascribing the problem to one or all of those things.

I still thank gods for the surgeon I dealt with earlier this year, who initially was mentally going down those roads, but when the testing came back that proved no, she is really not having this problem because she's a fat person, all of her numbers are 100% ideal from cholesterol to blood sugar to high end of normal blood pressure at the worst even with this infection that is trying to kill her, so we need to intervene now and not put this off and tell her to eat less and move around more, again.

[Gingerlily]

@surreality said in RL things I love:

@Gingerlily It is honestly amazing how dismissive people are of some things. I'm heavy, I smoke, I've been in car accidents. 95% of the health issues I have now, I had for years before any of the above. This has not stopped every doctor ever from ascribing the problem to one or all of those things.

I still thank gods for the surgeon I dealt with earlier this year, who initially was mentally going down those roads, but when the testing came back that proved no, she is really not having this problem because she's a fat person, all of her numbers are 100% ideal from cholesterol to blood sugar to high end of normal blood pressure at the worst even with this infection that is trying to kill her, so we need to intervene now and not put this off and tell her to eat less and move around more, again.

Yeah for real. I have had a friend who is overweight go from doctor to doctor to be diagnosed with "You are overweight, exercise more" until the right one found that she has leukemia Oopsies.

[surreality]

@Gingerlily One lady, when I was 14 -- and already had massive acid reflux -- insisted this was because I was grossly obese. (I was 5lbs over ideal weight, and to put it bluntly, that's because I was wearing a 32G bra size, ffs.) Her reasoning was, no lie: "The only other typical cause is stress and that's simply not possible for someone so young, you have no stresses in your life."

If I remembered her name all these years later I would go on a crusade to make sure she was no longer seeing patients; anyone that egregiously stupid needs a reality check.

[Auspice]

My current rheumatologist, after fully going over everything, was like... Yeah, no intensive exercise for you. Exercise as you can, keep it light, etc... Because she clued in to the same thing I always knew: I build up muscle too fast. If I even walk too much, the muscle will build up in my calves, pull my tendons out of alignment, and fuck shit up. So she wants me to stick to stuff like swimming, yoga, etc.

Whereas all other doctors are just like 'pff just lose weight you'll be fine do any and all exercise all the time oh and eat less'

Well my primary doc is also not on the 'oh you can always eat less, it doesn't matter how little you eat because you're fat' deal, thank god. I told her how little I've been eating since the migraines and she was appalled. She had a 'no! Eat! You need to eat!' reaction. (Which I finally am eating... more normal amounts. Not quite 'enough,' but closer.)

[Gingerlily]

@Auspice

She's right of course, you do need to eat. Hunger and/or low blood sugar are major triggers! Behave!

(jk, my neuro told me to go on a wheat free diet 3 months ago and I keep 'planning to start next Monday' ever since then.)