Medical assistant working interview

Hello- I currently work for USPS (18 years) and I would like to transfer to another government agency within the next two years. I do have a bachelor's degree in criminal justice/law (interdisciplinary studies) but it seems like there aren't many career options without taking a huge pay cut. I do not have any experience within the criminal justice field.
My goal is to have all of my debt (including mortgage) paid off within the two years. Keeping my current job with USPS will help with that because of overtime opportunities. After that, I will be able to take an entry-level position with lower pay. In the meantime, are there certifications/certificate programs that could help me get an interview? If so, how do I find them? I have applied to a couple of jobs in the past but did not get an interview.
I am interested in Intelligence/Homeland Security positions. I would appreciate any suggestions you may have. Thank you!

My 2 year old 40 lbs mutt has been on reconcile for about a year, starting at 16 mg a day. Then about six months in we upped it to 24mg daily. In the past few weeks we have noticed some of his anxious behaviors returning. Nervous in the car again, super nervous is anyone raises their voice for any reason, and just walks around acting nervous.
He had his annual last week, but not the prescribing doctor, and expressed our concerns. This is the first time she’s meeting him and us, of course she read his records but she didn’t seem to want to up his meds. She wanted us to try adaptil. I by no means am pushing to medicate him more, I just feel like she wasn’t informed enough about him? We tried all the non medicated anxiety solutions before and they didn’t really do anything. We tried for almost 10 months because we, his trainer and the vet decided he’d be happy on medication.
Has reconcile stopped working over time for anyone else? I’ve seen some people say that they say a regression a few months in but no one 10 months in.
I just hate seeing him nervous but I’m also scared of overmedicating since this vet seemed nervous.
Sorry that was a nervous ramble! Thank you!

Hi all, I’m currently a tech sales rep at a cloud company. I’ve been in role for less than a year and am considered new hire / early in career by my job level. I currently have a potential upcoming interview with a competitor for a senior-level title in a sales enablement role. Looking for your thoughts on the following:
1) Clearly the competitor doesn’t care / didn’t check my resume for how long I’ve been at my current role. How do I navigate potential questions about why I’m jumping ship? Being frank, my team is not a good fit for me and leadership is toxic. What’s a graceful way to go about this, being that I’ve been in role for less than a year?
2) I don’t have the years of experience required by the job description. I applied for the non-senior equivalent, but I’m interviewing for the senior level. Am I in over my head?
3) I don’t have a guaranteed spot on my current team with reorgs happening in the next 5 months. I’ve spoken with my current manager about this extensively, and she doesn’t have answers yet. Is it wise to see if I can get an offer from the competitor as leverage? It’s worked in the past for me but I don’t have as strong a relationship with her.
TIA!

Im a trans man (18), 5'9, 120-125 lbs (i fluctuate) and I have constant lower back pain, lower leg pain, and headaches almost every day.
I noticed the back pain since I was 11, I couldn't walk for long before the right side of my back tensed up and caused pain. By now, lower back pain is constant for me and has been inhibiting my ability to fall asleep at a normal hour, stand to cook for even 15 minutes, and (combined with my calf, knee, and sometimes hip pain) has make walking up the stairs more difficult.
When I bring my pain to my mothers attention, she says it's probably just because I'm tall (I always have been) but I don't think that's the complete reason why.
I have talked to a couple doctors about it and every time they check for scoliosis and an awkward gait and say I'm fine. Last time, I got an x-ray and heard nothing back (apparently meaning I'm fine).
I have been looking into conditions including Spoldyloarthritis and Sciatica which correlate closely to my symptoms but I was told (by my mother who works in the medical field) that I don't have sciatica. (she doesn't understand my pain so I don't think she's right)
What can I do and what conditions could it be? (not looking for a diagnosis, just things to suggest to my doctor)

Hi! I'm a medical student in Ambler, PA renting out a room in a 5-bedroom fully functioning home -- about 16 min from Villanova. I have had previous renters working at GSK, pharma companies, and university students. I am looking for a single renter starting June. The room has its own large bathroom (2-sink vanity, tub, shower) attached and fully furnished (queen bed + desk). If you have a friend that is willing to share a room to split the price, then that could work too. Please PM if interested and we can discuss further!

I'll keep this brief with few descriptors, since I know my ex-boyfriend frequents reddit. I dated this guy (we were 22F and 29M at the time) for about a year. It was a tumultuous and toxic relationship. He hit me once during an argument. A few times, we would have what started as consensual sex but would turn into him being very violent and causing me a lot of pain, and when I expressed this to him, he still did not stop engaging in sex with me; One time he started having sex with me while I was still sleeping, and when I woke up and told him I was in pain, he still didn't stop (is any of this rape/assault? It didn't feel right). He currently has an active restraining order from an ex-girlfriend who claims he abused and threatened her. He was arrested once a few years ago for violating the order because he signed into one of her accounts. Last night, I got a notification that someone in the city that he lives in signed into one of my personal accounts, and I am 99% sure it is him. He currently holds a well-respected, well-paying, successful job in healthcare and works with young children and vulnerable adults. It's been about 8 months since we officially cut off contact. Should I get a restraining order so he doesn't sign into more of my accounts? Should I report the incident when he hit me? Is anything that occurred between us sexually reportable? I have no evidence and it has been almost a year since all of this occurred. My biggest fears are that he will retaliate. I have no evidence that any of this occurred, and it is essentially my word against his (a well-respected medical professional, though he does have this restraining order on him going against him). I'm also in a wonderful relationship with a new guy right now, and I'm scared of him finding out about my past. Overall, I'm scared he'll sign into more of my accounts. I've changed every password that I could think of. What should I do? Do I have an obligation to report him to the medical licensing board considering his past behaviors? Would they even do anything? Please help!

THIS IS A SHORTED VERSION OF A PREVIOUSLY DELETED POST: I post this earlier today but it was very long and not well articulated. I am really looking for advice and have spent quite some time trying to convey what I’m working with.
I just finished my junior year of undergrad. I am chem major and biology minor. I put in a lot of work and am really hoping it pays off w financial assistance. I’m sharing stat summaries and background info to hopefully gain some help/advice.
SUMMARY: To simplify it, so far I’ve been a full time student (~15 hrs), working two jobs as a tutor assisting up to Calc II, Intro to Stats, Gen chem, & O Chem as well as TA for Gen Chem lab. All whilst being in two officer position w/ two dif orgs. I then got another lab to TA and a promotion (Tutoring Team Lead & adding an O chem to TA) on top of the previously mentioned responsibilities. I have a GPA of 3.88 (3.97 for pre req), 240+ hours of research (+150 more planned for this summer), 300+ volunteer hours (some health care/some not), ~35 shadowing hours, in honors college, will be university scholar and ACS certified by graduation. I took my first year of college and senior year of HS simultaneously. I ended HS as 3rd ranked and various academic accomplishments if that is considered in application.

• The tutor & TA positions were reserved for professor selected students and require ITTP certificate and FERPA clearance.
• I am taking my OAT in mid July.

BACKGROUND: All this to be said, I am first gen college student from an ‘economically disadvantaged’ family of 7, I have had 4 siblings who’ve all tried college and have flunked out. In Spring ‘25 I will be the first person from either side of my family to earned a bachelors. (My dad never finished HS and none of my grandparents even finished middle school). I primarily worked so hard to eleviate some financial requirements. I found a passion for optometry/eye care due to having refractive and strabismic amblyopia from 8y/o to 16y/o until I got corrective surgery.
HELP/ADVISE: My top pick is UHCO but I am applying to both optom schools in tx and the one in oklahoma. I hate to have put in all this work for no compensation and am curious as what to do?
Plz suggest personal statement or secondary app essay idea, scholarships based off any of this info, etc. It would be so appreciated!!!

How do Moroccans in Spain get by? Living daily without knowing the language too well? How to ask for help in the system? My wife’s brother lives there with his cousin and going through a difficult time with a serious medical condition which the Doctors in the Spanish town of Alosno have no idea how to treat. And he’s unable to communicate with the Doctors without the help of his cousins. His uncle/aunt don’t have time in the day to help because they are working. Does anybody have any possible solutions? Anybody know people that speak Darija and Spanish that could help? I have even brought up the idea of hiring someone to help.

Help!! I manage a very hectic, special needs classroom and have difficulty with one assistant. She’s a nice person with a seemingly good heart otherwise, but plays dumb a lot to avoid doing her job. She acts aloof and asks constant questions all day when not much changes in our routines day to day. She has worked there longer than I have! She makes any and every excuse to leave the room throughout the day just to avoid doing direct instruction (example- goes to ask the class down the hall if they’re going outside for recess when I don’t care). It’s almost like she cannot sit still herself. I have very aggressive students who don’t even make me feel stressed, but her antics are driving me nuts! I’ve tried asking if I can be more clear about expectations, I’ve had team meetings, written clear emails… do I just need to tell her exactly what I’m noticing? I feel bad, because she is nice- but then I’m thinking is it really that nice to avoid work as much as possible? She will offer to “help” by volunteering for less difficult tasks while she is supposed to be working with a “challenging” student. Is this just manipulative?!

My wife and I feel from BS3 to BS1. We have been married for three years with a baby on the way due in Dec 2024.
So back story, in Jan 2022 to Feb 2023 we were making $83,000 gross, all debts were paid off and we had $5000 in savings. We were living nice and funny enough I applied for a job a ramsey, made it to the final interview and didn't get the job.
I was 21 at the time and never had been flown out for a job. So I quit my jobs and couldn't go back after. I pretty much put my cart before the horse. I did 1099 for a year and now I work again only making $50,000 at a salary job with an extra $100 per month in 1099.
During that time I was prideful and thought I would never fall in this hole. But now we have $13,000 in credit card debt and had just paid off $2600 in taxes. This is our only debt but it's tough. We are currently working to negotiate with these companies and be done with this and never go back.
You know though at this point now I feel we are mentally stronger and I'm looking to get a part time job. Something now knowing the baby on the way has put a fire in my heart to provide more for us!
I share this just to say failure happens but we can all recover from it!

I'm a 3rd year apprentice about to start my 4th year.
I've worked at the same company since I was a helper. It's a small business and I love it.
Unfortunately after work my boss called and asked if I already ate. Obviously I said no for the free food, and at the early dinner he told me he's going to be closing the shop permanently.
He told me he will continue taking jobs until at least june 1st. If I haven't found work he would work with me and keep me busy until June 15th. After that I can apply for unemployment if I still haven't found work.
I have an interview tomorrow for a larger company with a pay increase if I get the job. For the owners of companies or hiring managers, does it look bad to say the company you work for is closing? Or should I say I'm unemployed? Or nothing at all?
I just want to put my best foot forward. How would you want to have it approached?

Due to taking medicine for my anxiety that’s a controlled substance- my new states is making me choose between adderall or my anxiety medication. I had to choose my anxiety medicine. So they switched me to qelbree xr. Has anyone had any great experience? I’m so worried as I finally had medicine that worked and now I can’t stick to it,

ch0 -- [already written]. City Alpha of Ikun, Nyektak-pack is in the Bastion, the official City Alpha residence, working through the annual agenda that the Lawspeakers have passed them for Y932. Along the way, they begin discussing what kind of legacy they'll leave behind after they're dead and gone, whether everything they've built will be torn apart in a day or stand for a thousand years. The pack's alpha Nyektak Tun points out that Ikun stands in a precarious position and what they do now will have a huge impact. The economy is stagnating due to jobs being replaced by robots and automation, the environment is collapsing, leading to huge waves of refugees from the equatorial Dunelands. Further, their geopolitical enemy Koranah city-state is rapidly catching up economically and militarily, and sensing blood in the water with regards to Ikun's hegemony, is becoming increasingly aggressive with its foreign policy. Nyektak Nyak suggests that geoengineering can be used to stabilize things, with tools such as weather control satellites and ecological nanobots. However, this is regarded as a critical security threat by Tun, as Koranah is ahead of Ikun in this field, so if a global Climate Control System is created, then it is likely Koranah-based companies and Koranah technology that will tie the whole system together, leading them to have an outsized role. Such a thing is regarded as politically dangerous, as it could pose a threat to the Hegemony even without Koranah overturning Ikun's nuclear monopoly. And it won't even create many jobs in Ikun, so it won't resolve the economic concerns. Nyak points out that it's not politically viable to simply ban geoengineering without the state coming up with a better idea. After a long discussion, it is Nyektak Aykay who finally has a breakthrough idea. They will create a starship to send a military occupation force to planet TRK-16-3 (aka Earth......). Not only will this create enormous numbers of jobs in Ikun to revitalize the economy, but it will demonstrate to the rest of the world that Ikun still has an unmatched ability to project military force even at interstellar distances, and give the citizens of Ikun hope that they can seek out a better life on another planet. Indeed for this reason, it is called Project Hope.
ch1 -- [already written] Nyektak-pack makes an unexpected appearence in the Hall of Power, where Ikun's Lawspeakers convene, looking to make some deals and exert some pressure in order to get Project Hope put on the annual agenda. They have identified that a certain Lawspeaker Ronyr-pack is the most influential pack in the Lawspeakers' Association at present, and so speak to them first, the idea being that they will be able to pull the strings necessary to approve Project Hope. Although Lawspeaker Ronyr-pack are initially skeptical, they agree to assist after Nyektak-pack promises an array of political favors, including guaranteeing that Ikoin Corporation--which Ronyr-pack own significant stock in--will be the main contractor for Project Hope, and reducing the taxes they collect on healthcare workers, who are present in large numbers in Ronyr-pack's district. However, Ronyr-pack is just the first Lawspeaker that Nyektak-pack will have to deal with; in order to ensure that Project Hope actually gets onto the agenda, they also have to make a separate deal with Ronyr-pack's enemy Lawspeaker Radenkiut-pack, who have the second-largest group of allies in the Lawspeaker's Association. Nevertheless, City Alpha Nyektak-pack gets what they want--zero restrictions on raising funds for Project Hope, coupled with a ban on geoengineering tech and directives to pursue sanctions against other city-states that don't join them in doing so, thereby inhibiting the rise of a Climate Control System as an alternative to Project Hope. As Nyektak Aykay points out, these two agenda items reinforce each other; one can't be overturned without also overturning the other.
ch2 -- Icen-pack is a struggling pack of construction workers in Ikun in Y934, who always have to be on the constant lookout for their next gig, as jobs are scarce and hard to come by. They are currently working on a new skyscraper in Ikun's well-to-do District 7, including the flying buttresses that extend over the surrounding roads to interconnect with the supports of adjacent buildings, as typical with Kyanah architecture. Even now they are already even as they work leveraging advanced algorithms to predict the next opening so they can apply before anyone else. Things are made even more cutthroat by the increasingly widespread use of wearable sensors to identify the best performers, and the fact that immigrants from the Dunelands tend to be willing to work for lower wages, which drives pay down for everyone and often forces native Ikun packs to work even harder to justify their wages. As they work, Icen Korak (who, like Kei and Nuyu, grew up in the industry, as their birth-packs worked in construction) laments that things used to be simpler when he was growing up, and packs didn't have to constantly fight against each other to land building jobs, and there were more full time positions instead of the constant data-driven scramble for gigs. Icen-pack's alpha Naiun, as well as Karok, mostly take this in stride, having not grown up in the industry and thus not being as familiar with it, but the rest agree with Korak. Karok points out that it's not a huge surprise, considering how few buildings are being built in the current economy and how even a skyscraper can be built with just a couple dozen packs with current technology, but still nobody is happy with the status quo. They contemplate trying to sabotage the metrics of their coworkers, suspecting that others will do the same to them, taking advantage of the new wearable sensors that are measuring performance; however Naiun insists that they will be fine if they just work hard and be honest, and seeing as she is the pack's alpha that kind of shuts the idea down. They also contemplate having another pair of young, in addition to their current pair Raktan and Tyorek, but money is at present too tight for that. However, Project Hope is announced to the public in an address by Nyektak-pack on state TV. They are initially all a bit confused why Ikun is planning an interstellar invasion, but Kei realizes that Project Hope will serve as a huge jobs program and speculates that this will have knock-on effects across the rest of the economy, and jobs for them will once again be plentiful, putting the whole pack on a hopeful note.
ch3 -- Ryen-pack is graduating from the prestigious Nktan University (in the neighboring city-state of Nktan obviously) and becoming scholars of the first rank. While they all agree they are going to miss the university, they all look forward to going back to Ikun and what comes ahead, as they will be starting work at a prestigious influencing firm in Ikun, basically working with the government to have laws changed for their clients. Ryen Kerok, the pack's Alpha, is especially eager to change the world, believing that they will be able to do a lot of good by influencing the highest levels of Ikun's government for their future clients. Teren is mostly thinking about the high salary that will enable them to have children quickly, whereas young packs in Ikun have to save for years. As for Kaun, she occupies something of a middle ground between the two. Ryen Konyan has the most misgivings about everything, about leaving Nktan University for the "real world", about the possibility that they'll end up working for corrupt clients and doing more harm than good, and about bringing children into a dying world, especially with the onset of Project Hope, which they all agree is stupid and short-sighted, but don't think the government will actually go through with building the starships and launching the military expedition to Earth. They are also concerned about the geoengineering ban, believing that Koranah city-state and their allies will just ignore it, giving them even more control over the future Climate Control System. And so they make their way back to Ikun to begin their careers at the influencing firm Kortak-Dakayan Corporation, a bit hopeful but also a bit uncertain about the future.
ch4 -- some lawspeakers and the city alpha are being shown the initial stages of technological progress on Project Hope in Y935 at Toryak University, the most prestigious university in Ikun. An enormous supercomputer complex has been constructed, using the Kyanahs' signature mechanical computers and is being used to research interstellar propulsion methods. Although many of the scientists are a little skeptical of Project Hope, they do appreciate the huge influx of funding to pursue their research. Nyektak-pack is impressed that the complex has been constructed in only a year (technically it's still under construction, but experiments are already underway as the city-state has imposed some very tough deadlines on them), but as the lead scientist-pack points out, it wasn't so difficult when they had a blank check from the Ikun government. However, they have some bad news: they've been attempting to design an interstellar engine using nuclear pulse propulsion, but despite their best efforts to optimize the design, it will only be able to reach 4% of light speed, which as they point out means that humanity will possibly be more technologically advanced than their own military by the time Project Hope arrives. The main problem is that the casing and detonation mechanisms of the nukes are basically dead weight. It seems that there may be a way around this by using antimatter-catalyzed nuclear propulsion, where small quantities of antimatter are fed into nuclear material to force a reaction without needing a bunch of actual nukes. However, this further has the problem that it will require grams of antimatter, meaning that a huge particle accelerator in the PeV range will have to be built. But if this can be done, the engines will be able to reach the required 7.5% of light speed. Much to the scientists' shock, Nyektak-pack immediately agrees to fund this accelerator. However, in private this prompts an argument between them as they don't actually have available funds, even if they funnel money from non-Hope agenda items into the project. The realize that Ikun can't do it alone while also building the starships themselves, they need funds and technical expertise from other city-states to build it, and will need to use their influence in the Coalition of Cities to get it, possibly in exchange for dipolmatic concessions that may destabilize Ikun's already precarious Hegemony. Meanwhile, we are also introduced to Nyektor-pack, a student of the second rank working on the supercomputing project while nurturing big dreams to someday be scholar of the third rank, at which point they aspire to start a research group to solve the many technical problems that must be solved for Project Hope to be successful.
ch5 -- A certain Ryen-pack--none other than Ryen Kerok's birth-pack--are working at one of Ikun's top universities, where their life's work has revolved around developing ecological nanobots that can break down pollutants in the soil. However, with enforcement of Y934 Agenda Item 579 beginning (banning technology associated with the Climate Control System), their entire life's work has now been forbidden by the government. Even many of their own students have bought into the official propaganda that this technology is dangerous and unreliable, and must be banned, much to their anger and disgust. They have continued working right up until the day the ban comes into effect, but a pack of university administrators orders them to destroy their research as the police will soon be arriving to shut the department down. Many harsh words are exchanged between Ryen-pack and the administrators, but ultimately there's nothing they can do except wipe their computers and destroy their prototypes before the police show up. After this, they reach out to their son Kerok's pack, which causes Kerok to wonder what is going on in their lives and if they want to be ikoin (kyanah term for friends/allies, but more explicitly transactional) but the elder Ryen-pack is retiring and leaving Ikun for the northern scrublands. Kerok urges them to stay and use their brilliant minds to do some good in Ikun, including the younger Ryen-pack's future children (even telling them that they will name one of their young after the elder Ryen-pack's alpha, Ayen), but the elder pack has made up their mind, they're done trying to pursue science while the government keeps interfering with their work, but tell the younger pack that the young are the future of Ikun, and if they want to save the planet, they must optimize their young for the cause, a message which seems to resonate most with Kerok and less with some of the others, especially Konyan.
ch6 -- Aktektan-pack is a large pack with many young who works long and arduous hours at an Ikoin Corporation factory assembling bombs and missiles for meager pay. After another mind numbing and monotonous day of working and getting into petty fights with coworkers during Y936, they head home to their tiny rundown apartment and engage in their typical pasttime of watching TV, especially Ikun's state TV, which triumphantly reports that Project Hope is already proving to be a massive boon to the economy. The fact that they've receieved a small bonus this year further convinces them that this is unquestionably true. They immediately proceed to spend their bonus on alcohol and pro-government merch. After Nedak realizes that their rent has increased as well by the same amount as their bonus, he angrily accuses their alpha Nyaken of mismanaging their money, to which Nyaken accuses the other females in the pack--Karien and Tanun--of laying too many eggs and creating too many mouths to feed, though their seems to be an undercurrent of jealousy in her rants, which leads to a physical fight between the members of Aktektan-pack. Later, Karien reveals that she's actually laid another egg--actually only one, which is seen as a sign of bad luck, as Kyanah lay eggs in pairs. These arguments ultimately peter out as the pack ends up falling asleep whilst watching a rather jingoistic movie.
ch7 -- Ptorya-pack lives in Adronkin, a city-state in the scorching hot Dunelands that is poorer, less developed, and much smaller than Ikun, where they're assistant administrators at a local textile factory. An unseasonally strong and dangerous sandstorm strikes, causing considerable damage to the factory and disrupting operations. Some workers, including Ptorya Llrien speculates that city-state officials including the City Alpha have been embezzling money intended for fortifying local buildings against sandstorms and spending it on luxury cars and mansions instead, but Ptorya-pack's alpha Rytor advises everyone not to ask too many questions about it and just focus on repairing the factory so they can all get back to work. At their home, which is quite small and spartan; despite them being white collar workers in the top 10% of earners in Adronkin, it would be a poor pack's apartment in Ikun; they notice clouds of irritating industrial smog containing lots of coal dust wafting in from the south and find several dead thukukenoids (creatures which float through the air like balloons, filter feeding on airborne spores and vegetation) lying around their neighborhood; Nekyez notes that they seem to have been dying off in droves as of late, though Rytor dismisses this as probably nothing and tells Nekyez not to worry their pack's young children. As they eat their day-meal, the subject of Project Hope comes up; they seem to be a bit bemused about Ikun's plans to launch an interstellar conquest (as Ntreyn points out, "the blue people always have crazy ideas") but they are hopeful about reports that Ikun is reviving its economy and will continue to remain a hyperpower, as they see Ikun and its military as bringers of peace and order, especially as they provided aid and peacekeeping some years ago when Adronkin was struck by a wave of deadly sandstorms. Llrien offhandedly mentions that she sometimes wishes that they were in Ikun and Rytor says that it would take a long time and be very difficult to get in, but concedes that it would probably be better for their young to grow up there.

Hi! I'm a medical student in Montgomery County, PA renting out a room in a 5-bedroom fully functioning home. I have had previous renters working at GSK and pharma companies. I am looking for a single renter starting June. The room has its own large bathroom (2-sink vanity, tub, shower) attached and fully furnished (queen bed + desk). If you have a friend that is willing to share a room to split the price, then that could work too. Please PM if interested and we can discuss further!

i (19f) applied for a job at a macaron bakery/coffee shop, i’m supposed to interview tomorrow. i told her i had some barista background knowledge because i remember making a few lattes when i worked at a different bakery a couple years ago. any tips for the interview? i’m nervous but i want the job.

this was inspired by the movie Gravity I would recommend watching it
All or Nothing
I woke to the sound of alarms blaring, I opened my eyes to see nothing just empty black i began to panic but then the planet below came into view, and I was relieved but the realization of my situation began to creep into my mind, I was alone… truly alone. I tried the radio but I knew it wouldn't work I was too far away from anything. Cursing my situation in rage I began to panic once again after about 20 minutes I calmed down. I had a problem (a very big problem) but this is what I was trained for, first things first… stop my rotation and figure out where I am and how long I can survive like this.
I am stable and not spinning anymore and I can survive for another 3 hours like this, but I still have no idea what my orbit is on the upside my last recorded relative speed is high enough that I'm in orbit and not going to be burnt to a crisp. I need to conserve oxygen so I lower the o2% but I begin to feel lightheaded so I turn it back up. It wouldn't be good to make decisions like that. “I need to find a station or an eleva—” Something caught my eye i rotated myself to see what it was i gasped at my luck, it was an old satellite. I used a little bit of my dwindling supply of fuel to get to it (if I could figure out what satellite it was then I could find out where I am). I slowly grabbed onto the satellite I saw a plate with the words “Mars Global Surveyor” I immediately connected my straps to the handles and pulled out my holo map that shows all objects in a close orbit to our craft and found it. I let out a sigh of relief because I am heading in the direction of an elevator, only one problem, I'm moving too slow by the time I get close enough to get to the elevator I would be long dead.
10 minutes passed and I'm still trying to think of a way to get enough velocity to not die of oxygen deprivation. I began to yell my heart rate began to elevate i let go of the handles and punched the satellite sending myself in the opposite direction, when it hit me, use the satellite as a counterweight to launch myself, i could maybe gain an extra 10m/s of velocity and I could also set myself up with a better orbit for a closer pass with the elevator. Anyway, I'm out of time… it's all or nothing
I detached my straps and got rid of my now-empty main oxygen tank all I have now is my emergency tank with only 2 hours of oxygen. I'm ditching all the weight I can so I can get more velocity. I put my feet against the hull of the satellite and with my hands still holding on in 5 seconds I'll jump like my life depends on it. My heads-up display showed a countdown. 5, 4, 3, the seconds felt like minutes 2, 1 I jumped, and as I left the Surveyor behind. I used my maneuvering thrusters to orient and adjust my orbit for an intercept.
Once again I'm floating through space. I got a little bit more speed than expected at 10.8m/s. I begin to lower my o2 to conserve oxygen giving me the largest possible margin for error. As time passed, each minute felt lonelier than the last. I checked and rechecked my oxygen levels, trying to eke out every last breath. The loneliness gnawed at me, a relentless companion in this vast emptiness. I thought of everyone I got separated from, wondering if they even knew I was out here, still alive. As reality set in my hope diminished faster than my oxygen and I began to question the point of all of this. But even as despair threatened to drown me that voice of determination and resilience continued to echo throughout my mind and that's all I needed to know that there is still a way, even if it's a 1 in a billion chance that I survive I'm starting to like my odds.
In the distance, I could see the 5 cables that connect the ground and space i started my minuscule preparations consisting of grabbing the straps that I saved connecting them to my suit, and starting an ETA timer. As the clock ticked down time began to slow. I was still too far from the cables to make contact and I needed my fule to slow down, but I planned for this and I still had the straps that I had when I connected to the Surveyor right before I passed the first cable I braked as much speed as possible using the last of my fule and threw one of the straps around one of the cables and caught the other end that swung around the cable. My heart began to settle but then the strap snapped, unable to control my movement I drifted into another cable and grabbed ahold i used my second strap to connect myself. But, the struggle wasn't over I began to slowly let myself slip down the cable, and after 500 meters of sliding I reached a maintenance catwalk where there was an emergency alert button. I sat down after hitting the button and As my heart rate began to settle I finally noticed the blaring alarm that indicated my oxygen was almost completely gone and I passed out.
When I came to, I was lying on the cold metal catwalk. The alarms had stopped, replaced by a distant sound of machinery reverberating throughout the cables. My head throbbed. With a groan, I pushed myself up and fell, struggling against the weight of exhaustion.
The emergency alert button I'd pressed blinked nearby letting me know it worked. feeling a sense of relief wash over me. Help was on the way, I hoped. As I waited, my mind raced with thoughts. How long had I been out? Minutes? Hours? My oxygen was almost depleted when I passed out; I could only pray it hadn't run out completely.
Footsteps approached, breaking the silence.
A voice reverberated through the ground distant yet reassuring. "We've got a signal, someone's out here!"
Relief flooded through me. I'd been found. I managed to sit up, weakly waving my arms to signal my location. Soon, they arrived, faces covered by helmets, but their urgency was all I needed to know. They rushed to my side, checking my vital signs and oxygen levels. I was hoisted onto a stretcher, surrounded by flashing lights and the sound of people's voices.
"Stabilize him and get him back to the station," one of the rescuers ordered.
The journey back was a blur of motion and noise. I drifted in and out of consciousness, the weight of my ordeal finally catching up with me. When I woke again, I was in a sterile white room, surrounded by monitors and medical equipment. A doctor stood nearby, monitoring my condition.
"You gave us quite a scare," the doctor said with a smile. "But you're going to be alright."
Relief flooded through me again.
"Where... am I?" I managed to ask, my voice hoarse.
"You're aboard Anchor 9 a orbital platform," the doctor replied. "We picked you up just in time. You're lucky to be alive."
I nodded, the reality of what had happened sinking in. I had faced the vast emptiness of space and survived. As I lay there, surrounded by the beeping of monitors, I knew one thing for certain: I was not alone. Even in the darkest reaches of space, there were others who would come to your aid, a reminder that no matter how dire the situation, there was always hope.

Can I recover without inpatient? I don’t think I can do it on my own. But I can’t take off that much work. Can I get better with other forms of treatment? I’m about to move across the country I can’t stay where I’m living I feel like it’s an endless cycle of bad things that I’m doing to myself. I’m in weekly therapy and I’m on medication. I’ve had a low grade ED since I was atleast 14 but it’s gotten worse and more intense in the last two months. People in my life are starting to get concerned about me which I don’t like so it’s either I lose them and fall into this deeper or I get help. I want to get help because I know it’ll make me feel better

I’m 50 with little retirement savings. My husband doesn’t have much in his 401k either. I unexpectedly found myself in the position to take a high paying but EXTREMELY stressful job. I’m only a week in and I’m so ill. I have broken off tabs of anxiety medication on my work from home desk, my face has broken out in rosacea, my IBS is really bad, I can’t sleep. But I keep thinking about how this could fix, at least partially, our retirement situation. I feel like it’s such an opportunity. At the same time, I’ve suffered with anxiety all my life, to the point that I’ve been on disability in the past. I’m concerned about what this could do to my health. What’s the point of a decent retirement savings if you’re not around to enjoy it. Thoughts?

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See attached: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-05937-9#:\~:text=Together%2C%20these%20findings%20suggest%20that,regulation%20in%20the%20dorsal%20hippocampus.
Food for thought as many report taking CGRP inhibitors and increases in anxiety, panic attacks, depressive episodes, insomnia, etc., but many neuros dismiss the cgrp blockers involvement. Ive been dismissed by one myself, but as you can read in the article (and in other neuro textbooks,) CGRP plays an important role in regulating many emotional responses like fear, arousal, pleasure, depression, and so on. Makes you wonder what actually happens in the body if we take medications that inhibit CGRP on a regular basis.
Diving deeper, the cgrp blockers all work differently so its not that "black and white", but still makes for an interesting conversation.
Thoughts??

I want to start out by saying this is the first review I’ve ever made. I’ve never felt so inclined to make a review towards any establishment, let alone a senior living facility. I’m a 24 year old black female and I’ve been a delivery driver for years and I come in contact with so many different people and this interaction by far has taken the cake. I am an independent contractor for Amazon. I deliver groceries that customers order from Whole Foods kind of like instacart. This is a side gig that my partner and I do just to make a little extra money when we can. I always have my partner do these deliveries with me since I am young and a female and have been in some very sketchy situations while delivering and I am so glad he was here with me today. On this particular morning, May 15, 2024 at around 8-8:20am, we had a delivery to a resident at this facility. My gps leads me directly to the front of this establishment where I park underneath the pergola. I proceeded to the first set of doors leading to a foyer where then I was met with another set of doors in which I couldn’t open because they were locked. I then looked to the right of me and saw a doorbell with a sign above it asking to please ring the doorbell for further assistance. After ringing the doorbell, I was greeted by Jeff Puls, who I was later informed by other staff was the director of this establishment. He goes on to tell me that I am at the wrong entrance, I cannot make my delivery to the resident here and I need to go to the front entrance. I then tell him that I think I am at the front entrance and give him a description of where I am, but again, he says I’m not in the right place. So, we drive around the building trying to find any other entrance that could be the correct one and every entrance I tried had locked doors and seemed as though they were residential access only. We come back to where I am certain the main entrance is and I call the resident to whom I’m delivering to and she confirms that I am at the correct entrance and that I shouldn’t have any problems getting in. While on the phone, we see someone come out of the buildings doors and walk over to the driver side so I roll down my window where Jeff Puls angrily asks me “what do you want, I told you to go to the front” and then asks what it is that I’m delivering. I tell him that I just have a flower delivery from Whole Foods for [insert residents name] and I originally tried to deliver here in the front but you told me I was not at the front entrance. He huffs and puffs and says “give them here”. I present the flowers and he then aggressively snatched them right out of my hands, leaving two bouquets still in my hands. I open my door and try to hand him the remaining flowers which he again aggressively snatches out of my hands and as he’s walking away he says, “f****** b****…..all you delivery drivers are all the same, I can’t stand you”. Me and my partner then step out of the vehicle and asks him to speak to a manager or someone higher up in authority for what he just said to me. Jeff refused and continued to get into our faces, point his fingers in front of our faces while yelling at us to leave. He then proceeds to threaten to call the police if we didn’t leave to which me and my partner encouraged him to do so because we drive a Tesla that has eight cameras around the car constantly recording so we were eager to show the police officers his behavior towards us. While awaiting the police officers, Jeff continues to badger us, taunt us, called me a racial slur and would not keep his distance away from us even when asked to back away nicely. I then decided to wait in our car for the police and as soon as I sit down in the passenger seat and go to close the door, I see Jeff charging at me. I immediately start to close the door as fast as i could and honestly right in the nick of time because he kicks my car door! Finally, the police officers arrive, and of course, like most people do when the police show up, he cowers away and acts calm, cool and collected in front of them. We speak to the police officers and show them the footage of the whole incident from start to finish and we are currently in the process of taking more legal action. Thank you to the nurse working on the clock that day that came out when the incident was happening to make sure everything was okay and made sure that the flowers we promptly delivered to the resident there and another thank you to the maintenance guy that also came out during the incident to give us the name, number and email of the higher ups to proceed with further action. I don’t plan on taking my parents to a senior facility anytime time soon or even at all because of people like Jeff. If he exhibits this type of behavior to a delivery driver, then I can only imagine his behavior and treatment towards the elderly and people like him are why I fear having to take my parents to a senior facility.