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I've been having a problem for the last few months with battery powered Zigbee devices occasionally becoming unavailable.
These devices will show as "Online" in Z2M, but "Unavailable" in HA, with the message "Entity is no longer being provided by the mqtt integration".
I haven't been able to determine a common cause, but I can force it to happen by restarting Home Assistant.
This has been extremely reliable for over year until this issue started a few months back. I'd been just having an automation to restart the Z2M addon every few hours, but that's not a long-term solution.
Restarting the Z2M Addon usually resolves the problem.

• I'm running HAOS 2024.5.3
• Z2M 1.37.1-1 on a Conbee II
• Mosquitto Broker 6.4.0

Does anyone have any suggestions on a fix, or even how to troubleshoot? I'm not finding anything meaningful in the log files - or i'm not looking in the correct places.

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With all the new players entering the game as of late, a lot of the same questions get asked - specifically, ones like "How can I make the perfect team for classic/endless/etc.?". The guide ahead is an attempt at answering more common questions on the former end, from the perspective of someone who almost exclusively plays Classic and many wins under my belt in doing so. Community feedback welcome; hopefully something like this can expand into something like a wiki/full guide so we can help new players down the line, too!
Classic and You: Starting Out
So you just picked up the game, but not sure where to start. "Which starters are best?" "What team should I go with first?" "I unlocked [x] - can I beat Classic with this?"
Let me reassure you: you can beat Classic with anything. (Yes, even something like Caterpie.)
That said, it's understandable to not know where to start, especially if you don't know all the starters, or maybe haven't played all the various generations of Pokemon through the years. Many of them have their own strengths and weaknesses, and some are built stronger than others. For example: Fuecoco is commonly the #1 recommended starter out of the base selection you get when first starting the game. Why? His final evolution, Skeledirge, naturally learns Torch Song, which is a hard-hitting fire move that guarantees a Sp. Attack buff each time it hits. This lets you snowball fairly quickly, as each attack makes you stronger and stronger during battles. Many starters have "specialty" tricks like this that give them an edge - Sprigatito's final evolution, for instance, gets Flower Trick, a hard-hitting grass move that always crits (and therefore always ignores opponent defensive boosts and/or your own negative debuffs). Even with all these being the case, though, there's no "perfect" team to start with that will guarantee a win - and in fact, getting a win on your first run can be exceedingly difficult. Your starters all only have 10 IVs, neutral natures, and no egg moves - they're the bare bones minimum to get going. And that's okay. But it means you need to temper your expectations.
Pokerogue is a rogue-like - and in classic rogue-like form, you build upon what you start with little by little. Your primary goal shouldn't be to get a Classic win at the start. It's certainly doable, but even if you win, you're still likely without any reliable starter to take on Endless just yet, so there's no sense in rushing there. Instead, focus on that concept of building - specifically, building your starter pool. Every time you catch something, you unlock it as a starter (if you don't have it yet). You also get candies, which can be used to power up those starters by either unlocking a passive ability (unlocking additional features) or reducing their point cost, letting you bring more starters to each run (or more powerful ones!). Catching things with higher IVs also make your starting stats better - catching a 31 Speed IV Pidgey, for instance, means your Pidgey starter now permanently has 31 Speed IVs. More stats = more power, and getting higher IVs on your starters is probably the biggest early jump you can get on pushing your team further.
With this in mind, making a "perfect" team is less important than just making A team, so that we can go out and catch some things. As for what to catch, though, here's a list of things I'd keep an eye out for:

• Anything with a missing and/or "dark" pokeball under their name. Just like in some of the main Pokemon games, Pokemon in Pokerogue will be marked with a pokeball if they've been captured before. If it's missing, and you want it as a starter, catch it! More importantly, though, is the "darkened" icon of the pokeball - this indicates that you've unlocked the starter, but this one has something you don't have yet; maybe a gender, or maybe an ability you don't have yet. For instance, a Meowth starter that you have may only have Pickup, but the one in battle before you now has Technician. Catching these "darkened ball" pokemon will unlock more options for your starters, letting you switch between these unlockables at the pokemon select screen when you start your later runs. I generally recommend catching as many of these as possible - in the beginning, it'll seem like every pokemon has a dark ball, but that's because you don't have many things unlocked yet. As you unlock more things, they'll get rarer - and more importantly, when you start looking for those elusive Hidden Abilities (HAs), these darkened balls will help you discover them more easily when you have everything else already unlocked. Remember, this is a rogue-like - we're building our starters here for future runs!
• Anything "rare". This is somewhat subjective, because "rare" can mean anything from "hard to find" to "legendary". In general, though, I recommend keeping an eye out for things you don't see often - starters, for instance, or legendary/pseudo-legendary/ultra beast/etc. "boss" monsters at the end of every 10 waves. But catching duplicates serves a secondary purpose - remember, it also gets you candies, which you can use to power up those rare pokemon starters you have later. Getting candies from friendship is certainly doable, but especially for rarelegendary pokemon, this can take a loooooong while. Catch them if you can to make it easier on yourself later. (A sub-point of this: If a rare or starter is available in a daily run, consider "farming" the daily run over and over to catch them again and again! Many of the daily run guides point these out intentionally for this reason - daily runs can sometimes be the best way to target farm candies in this way.)
• Anything you plan on using a lot. Somewhat of another sub-point of the above, catching duplicates of things you know you'll use often can be useful for candy collection. Specifically, this works well for things you know you'll use often - your first few shinies, for instance, or general-use pokemon that have Pickup. Build your Zigzagoon army! Candy collecting is especially useful for these to reduce costs, letting you take more of them with your legendary into Endless mode when you get to that point.
• Any shiny. This goes without saying for many, but shinies are the lifeblood of Pokerogue. You need them...a lot of them. They come in three flavors - starting from the weakest, a yellow shiny (Luck 1), then blue (Luck 2), and finally red (Luck 3), with the color being the "star" marker of the shiny pokemon on their HP bar. Eventually you'll want as many Luck 3 shinies as you can get your hands on, but when you're starting out, you're building from 0 - so catch any you see, even if it means failing your Classic run to do so. A new run takes an hour to start back up; a new shiny could take days or even weeks to find in Classic. (Ideally, though, don't be afraid to refresh/"save scum" to try and find a way to catch it without sacrificing your run if you can, and if you're willing. No sense in wasting all that work.)
• Don't neglect your team. Remember, our eventual goal is to win Classic...but more importantly, we're hoping to get as far as we can, and 190 if possible. The sprint from 180-190 is the most profitable floor in Classic for egg vouchers, with each Elite 4 member & the Champion at 190 giving them upon victory (Plus, first time wins get you bonus achievement vouchers too - two for one!). With this in mind, you want to make sure to balance your team out as you go, and don't neglect it as you progress. Perhaps your team needs a good rock-type wall to throw in the way of hard-hitting trainer pokemon. Maybe you're looking for a Ground-type to soak all those electric moves you keep running into in the electrical biomes. Good team building will carry you further than any IV or egg move ever could. Even the strongest legendaries can fold to a weakness.

This "starting out" phase doesn't have a specific length of time to get past - everyone progresses at their own pace, and some will get luckier with egg pulls and catches than others. Don't get discouraged. Just keep building on what you have - that's your initial goal, and it only gets easier as you do it.
As you start going through your Classic runs, the main resource you're looking to accumulate at first is egg vouchers - as many as you can get your grubby little new player hands on. Beating gym leaders, Elite 4 members, the Champion, and beating Classic all reward you with them. Doing the Daily Run each day also rewards you with a 10x pull voucher. Rarely, they can even show up after beating a stage in the item choice rewards - if so, pick them, usually over most anything else. Eggs build on your starters, and usually with either massively boosted IVs or egg moves to give them considerable bumps in power. Rarely, you can even get shinies from them.
And speaking of the egg gacha: only pull from the Shiny gacha at first. The entirety of your goal as a new player should be accumulating shinies. The legendary gacha is misleading - you only get increased odds for the shown legendary, not all of them (at least as of this post), and even then legendaries often have a huge starter cost tacked onto them, making teambuilding difficult early on. Once you build up your starter collection with a good few handfuls of shinies, and are cruising along in Endless vacuuming up vouchers, you can spend some on the other gachas for specific niches if you like (move gacha for egg moves, legendary gacha for legendaries), but for the most part the shiny gacha is where the money's at. Besides, the shiny gacha can hatch legendaries, too - so you're not missing out on legendaries by not hitting its specific gacha.
I Got a Few Shinies And Legendaries - What Now?
Alright, so you've been cruising along, catching everything you see and building your starter pool like the rockstar rogue-like player you are. Keep building from here, but now you have more options - you can start bringing shinies on your Classic runs to improve the quality of item rewards you get at the end of each floor; you can maybe even bring a legendary/ultra beast along to have an easier time against the end boss and get that first win. At this point, if you haven't gotten that first win yet, now's the time to start knuckling down and making a serious go at it. Some general points of advice for Classic success I haven't yet covered:

• Early on, focus on 1-2 pokemon. Ignore the rest. Same advice as in Endless works here. This perhaps sounds counter-intuitive, but until at least floor 30-40, try your absolute hardest to only focus on leading with 1-2 pokemon (and that second one should ideally only be necessary to cover the weaknesses of the first). Your immediate early-game hurdles are the two rival battles at floors 8 and 25 (and maybe a Gym Leader battle at 20), and if you try to level everyone evenly you're going to find it harder to win. The Exp All and Exp Charms you get from rival battles and item rewards will more than catch your team up later even if you don't ever use them...so don't worry about them for now. Right now, you're creating the Ultimate Early Game Juggernaut(s) to get you through the initial hurdles.
• Be frugal with your money in the beginning. In Endless, it's common practice to reroll often to look for specific items - candy jars, rare candies, etc. That's because in that mode, once you get set up you have almost unlimited income. In Classic, your income is much more limited (usually hovering ~$100k or so by the mid to late floors), and you don't have the luxury of blindly rerolling for optimal results. The option to "save scum" your re-rolls exists, if you were willing - after winning a floor, check the rerolls, and if you don't like any of the offerings, refresh the page. This will "start the floor over", resetting the rewards and refunding your money. This isn't really necessary, though; in fact, I rarely reroll rewards at all until floors 180-200, and often settle with generic healing/item rewards. Why? You'll notice through your runs that in the midgame (floors 50-150, mainly), you'll accumulate quite a bit of gold; instead of using this gold for rerolls then, where it doesn't help much, you should instead wait for the later floors where you start to take on the toughest opponents of the run - the Elite 4 and Champion on floors 180-190, the final rival battle at 195, and the final boss at 200. Specifically, 180-190 is where you'll buy more healing items than perhaps the rest of the run combined (to keep your team healthy in between each Elite 4/Champion battle), and 190-200 are where you really want to look for things like X [stat] items to give your team that extra "oomph". Even the strongest legendaries fear a Butterfree packing +4 X Specials and an X Speed. Money saved early on lets you dump it into rerolls later where it matters most. (Don't ruin your run by being *too* frugal, though - if your party is near death early on, spend it. You can't spend it later on if you're dead.)
• Pickup is NOT necessary (but it is helpful). I see a lot of general advice in posts on pokerogue that tell new players to stack Pickup team members on Classic. This isn't necessary, or even arguably desirable past maybe the first 20-30 floors unless you're running a very strong carry that can solo all 200 floors (which is extremely unlikely, and far more difficult to boot). I've won Classic many times without using Pickup at all, and I can't say as I miss it when I don't have it. More importantly, you need to be cautious which items you're picking up - the end boss can and WILL use them against you, so things like Sitrus/Enigma/stat boosting berries that you picked up along your 200 floors suddenly seem a lot less useful when they're in enemy hands. That said, if you bring someone along with Pickup, be generous with handing out berries and other items to your party regularly using the "Transfer" option, so you can reap the benefits all throughout your 200 floors. Sitrus, Enigma, and the speed/attack boosting berries in particular are great in trainerival battles where you expect to take hits and want to revenge kill things. In the endgame against the final boss, though, perhaps load everything on a party member you hope never to bring out (such as your Pickup mon) so they don't get stolen. (Hot take: I prefer to use no berries at all in my Classic runs if possible, with one exception: Lum! Lum is amazing for healing status effects, especially when it feels like some trainers have all the hacks against you, and it doesn't feel bad if/when it gets stolen later.)
• The same goes for Pokerus. The biggest advantage to having pokerus is capping out your levels faster; even without it, in the later floors you'll still cap your levels by each final stage so long as you pick up a charm or two along the way (which you'll usually do, pokerus or not). It's also a decent help for that floor 11-25 range where you're at your weakest and that second rival challenge comes knocking. In Endless it's common practice to take a pokerus pokemon so your carry can keep up with the level gains of the floors until you get fully set up; in Classic, the scaling doesn't feel nearly that punishing. If you can bring a good pokerus pokemon, though, it's more helpful than not - just don't go out of your way for it or feel like it's "necessary".
• Understand how biomes work, at least somewhat. Many of them chain into each other naturally, which is part of where the memes come from regarding "endless water biomes" or similar. As you start to expand your starting 2-3 into a full 6, know what biomes you need to look for and what to avoid. This is part of why the Map is one of my favorite item rewards to pick early on - it lets you target farm the remaining members of your team much easier, and towards the last 50-80 floors you can choose the easier ones to coast through while you finish building your team. In particular, routes you need to keep in mind:
  • You always start in "Town" and move into "Plains"; this is 100% guaranteed in every Classic run. This means the first 20 floors are always weighted heavily to normal- and grass-types. When building your starting team, it's helpful to keep this in mind - for instance, picking up things strong against these two types (shoutout to Flamigo/Hawlucha!) and maybe not bringing a grass type knowing that you're likely to catch one early on if you're desperate for filler.
  • "Metropolis" vs. "Lake" vs. "Grass": Moving out of Plains, these are your three options available if you have the Map by now. The biome you leave Plains for is the biggest observation you can make for your run - it will dictate how you form the rest of your team as you progress into the midgame. If you get diverted to Lake, but need an Electric-type (for instance), you need to find a way to get the map to divert to "Construction Site" or loop back to Plains, or you may be hard pressed to find an Electric-type at all in your entire run. The same goes for Fairy- and Steel-types - "Fairy Cave", the biome with the largest quantity of fairy types, is only accessible through "Meadows", which requires you to go through the forest biomes first. If you're not looking like you're going through those areas, you'll need to be less picky about what fairy-types you come across if you hope to snag one. (I recommend visiting the wiki for their nice little flowchart diagram if you ever want a more nuanced look into each path and where they can potentially lead, along with what spawns in each.)
• Build a well-rounded team. Building mono-type teams is cute, but ultimately extra work. Focus on coverage and being able to handle anything that comes along - remember, the last floors feature a variety of Elite 4 members and the Champion, all of which will require a varied approach on what types of Pokemon to bring for best results. By floor 100, you should either have most of your team set or a plan to fill the rest out by the time you reach ~170. By 180 it's likely too late (with the exception of maybe getting a last Mushroom or TM to fill out a moveset).

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Our Chairman and these Regarded APES have come here to make this tweasured agweement in front of their family and fwiends, pwomising their commitment in this holy and magnificent pwace, today and each day fowawd.
We would not be here today without wuv. Wuv, twoo wuv between these two. Twoo wuv will follow you forevah, so tweasure your wuv, Mr. Chairman with your Highly Regarded Apes, always.
My wife of 21yrs, who is pursuing her doctorate in Psychology to enhance her Marriage and Family counseling practice, has always been a supportive listener, especially throughout this saga. We watched together the events in 2021 unfold in real-time and in a recent discussion concerning market manipulations and the media's role in it all she interjected with unexpected psychological insights. What felt like a gentle change in the subject matter led to an unexpected and insightful conversation about narcissists, divorcing a narcissist, and the tactics of navigating them in your personal and professional lives.
Miracle Max: “'To blave.' And as we all know, 'to blave' means 'to bluff.' So, you're probably playing cards and he cheated…”
Did you know that there are divorce attorneys who specialize in dealing with cases involving narcissistic spouses? These attorneys are typically well-versed in high-conflict divorce scenarios and understand the psychological dynamics that can arise when one party exhibits narcissistic behaviors. They focus on strategies to manage manipulation, gaslighting, and other tactics that a narcissistic spouse might use to control or prolong legal proceedings.
Specialized attorneys in this area offer guidance on how to maintain clear and documented communication, set firm boundaries, and protect oneself legally and emotionally. Their expertise is particularly valuable in helping clients navigate the complexities of custody battles, financial disputes, and other contentious issues where a narcissistic spouse may attempt to use legal strategies to their advantage.
During our conversation my highly regarded ape-ette, outlined a total of 7 “Acts” in the Narcissist’s playbook.”

1. Denial
2. Minimization
3. Deflection
4. Rationalization
5. Displacement
6. Generalization
7. Victim Blaming

If you have ever had dealings with a Narcissist you know all to well these acts are rarely played in any kind of orderly fashion. Infact, their “playbill” is so well known that a short poem was created by Dyana Craig called “The Narcissist's Prayer”:

1. That didn't happen.
2. And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
3. And if it was, that's not a big deal.
4. And if it is, that's not my fault.
5. And if it was, I didn't mean it.
6. And if I did, you deserved it.

For the purposes of this post and to fully wrap our heads around the manipulative actions by those in the media, the financial system, in government, or our personal lives, we expanded upon the above as follows:

1. "That did not occur."
2. "And if it did, it was not that severe."
3. "And if it was, it is not a significant matter."
4. "And if it is, it is not my fault."
5. "And if it was, I did not intend it."
6. "And if I did, there were extenuating circumstances."
7. "And if there weren't, you provoked me into it."
8. "And if you didn't, others would have reacted the same way."
9. "And if they wouldn’t, the real issue is being blown out of proportion."
10. "And if it isn't, everyone makes mistakes."
11. "And if they don’t, I am under a lot of stress."
12. "And if I did, you deserved it."

These 12 narcissistic acts can be grouped into these stages that reflect a progression in the way responsibility, blame, and reality are manipulated by the media.
Stage 1: Denial

• "That did not occur." - Absolute refusal to acknowledge the reality of the event.

Stage 2: Minimization

• "And if it did, it was not that severe."
• "And if it was, it is not a significant matter." - These steps serve to downplay the severity and importance of the event, suggesting it is unworthy of concern or reaction.

Stage 3: Deflection

• "And if it is, it is not my fault."
• "And if it was, I did not intend it." - Shifts focus from the act itself to the intention behind it or external factors, deflecting responsibility away from the self.

Stage 4: Rationalization

• "And if I did, there were extenuating circumstances."
• "And if there weren't, you provoked me into it."
• "And if you didn't, others would have reacted the same way." - Attempts to provide reasons or excuses for the behavior that justify it or align it with normal responses.

Stage 5: Displacement

• "And if they wouldn’t, the real issue is being blown out of proportion." - This step attempts to shift the discussion from the actions to the reactions of others, suggesting an overreaction.

Stage 6: Generalization

• "And if it isn't, everyone makes mistakes."
• "And if they don’t, I am under a lot of stress." - These steps attempt to dilute personal responsibility by invoking common human faults or personal stress, suggesting that any errors are part of broader, understandable human conditions.

Stage 7: Victim Blaming

• "And if I did, you deserved it." - The final step, which shifts all remaining blame to the victim, positioning them as deserving of the actions or consequences.

These stages reflect a progression from outright denial to subtle and overt forms of manipulation, ending with a complete inversion of blame. Each stage is designed to protect the narcissist’s self-image and deflect any responsibility for their actions onto others or external circumstances.
For those of use that have been around since the beginning and has endured all of the above reminds me of one of my favorite parts in the Princess Bride:
Westley: Aha! Your pig fiance is too late! A few more steps and we'll be safe in the fire swamp. Buttercup: We'll never survive. Westley: Nonsense! You're only saying that because no one ever has. Westley: It's not that bad...Well I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here but the trees are actually quite lovely.
We begin unwinding all financial and manipulative aspects of the now very dead relationship that once existed. We document everything and those weary and nervous and we pick back up with…
Buttercup: We'll never succeed. We may as well die here. Westley: No, no. We have already succeeded. I mean, what are the three terrors of the Fire Swamp? One, the flame spurt - no problem. There's a popping sound preceding each; we can avoid that. Two, the lightning sand, which you were clever enough to discover what that looks like, so in the future we can avoid that too…
We navigate the shills, the media pundits, and hedge fund market making Mayo loving thunts, aka the R.O.U.S’s. Through it all, we arrive at the events of the day! Our mascot triumphantly returns and now the Media is pulling a Prince Humperdink as if we are going to fall for it.
Buttercup: We did it! Westley: Now, was that so terrible? Humperdink: Surrender! Westley: You mean you wish to surrender to me? Very well then, I accept. Humperdink: I give you full marks for bravery. Don't make yourself a fool. Westley: Ah, but how will you capture us? We know the secrets of the fire swamp. We can live there happily for some time, so whenever you feel like dying, feel free to visit.
Navigating and enduring the demise of your first narcissist relationship is, in my opinion, the fire swamp. Reading all the DD ( • )( • ) and easily recognizing all of manipulations and cheating tactics being used and not reacting to them is what makes apes say “We can live there happily for some time, so whenever you feel like dying, feel free to visit.”
Last but not least… our current marriage to our chairman, is bliss compared to our prior sham marriage where belief in a free and fair once existed. Remember, narcissists are married to the devil for time and all eternity!
I share this so that further discussion can continue and help everyone understand the kinds of people we are up against. They will never change, they will never care, and if they are fined or even found guilty of a crime, they will always and forever be the victim.

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I have read a lot on this sub but I need advice for my current situation- I recently separated from active duty after ten years and was awarded 100% P&T and am now also a member of the National Guard. My guard unit is TDA and drills mostly 5-MUTAs and AT only 3-4 days a year. We have June and July off but make up time during the other months. My spouse is AGR in case that makes any difference.
I am conflicted on rather to waive drill pay or to pay back the VA at the end of the year. I mostly just want to continue in the National Guard for retirement purposes. Here is the pay breakdown:
VA monthly award: $4,231.61
1 MUTA drill before deductions: $146.26
Money per MUTA I would owe back to the VA: $141.05
What would you do if you were me?

1. Doubling down that their suggested way of handling a situation is the right way
2. Ignoring the confrontation, giving a response that doesn't actually address the confrontation
3. Denying that there are any problems happening
4. Doubling down that if there are problems happening, my parents don't have any blame for those problems
5. Quickly addressing the situation when cornered/pressed, then reassuring me everything is good and fine

These are some of the outcomes so far of me addressing a few scenarios in my family that I am aware of

Hello, I am a 20y F. I have had hormone issues since I hit puberty. I got my first period at 9yo and have had irregular periods ever since. Ever since I was a child I had issues with excessive urination. My parents never thought much of it so we never pursued it. I was a competitive swimmer and I was always at a healthy weight. I still am very active, have a healthy diet, and weigh 120lbs. When I turned 15-16 I had severe cystic acne, hair loss, depression, my face appeared very swollen, painful periods, etc. I was on and off the pill and spironolactone but nothing really helped. Despite going on spironolactone the amount I was urinating was the same whether I am on it or not which is very strange to me. Also when I was about 16-17 I had tachycardia and shortness of breath and I was having exercise intolerance. I saw a cardiologist and they diagnosed me with POTS syndrome. When I was 18 I got my DHEA checked and it came back mildly elevated (300). I also had some small cysts on my ovaries so I was diagnosed with PCOS. I then started taking Yaz and Spironolactone 100mg. I felt much better initially but soon I was still having some problems with hair loss, acne, mood swings, urination, fatigue, heart palpitations/tachycardia, facial flushing, unwanted hair growth, and headaches. I went to a naturopathic doctor since my OBGYN dismissed my concerns. She ran multiple tests and the only thing that came back abnormal was my cortisol (35) and cholesterol (200) which have come back slightly elevated numerous times. She referred me to an endocrinologist where I had multiple tests done. My cortisol consistently comes back elevated at 50-70 for 24h urine, and 30-40 for blood. My prolactin serum initially came back as 45 with a reference range of 4.79 - 23.3. I then had an MRI which showed 5 x 2 microadenoma on my posterior pituitary. I have never had elevated/abnormal testosterone, ACTH, or other hormones and I don’t have the physical symptoms of Cushing's disease. I also have not experienced any sort of vision loss. My endocrinologist was then concerned with the possibility of an adrenal tumor. She ordered catecholamines urine which all came back normal. She also ordered metanephrines urine and my Normetanephrine came back elevated at 386 with a reference range of 90-315. She refuses to order a CT scan to check if there is a possibility of a pheochromocytoma. I just don’t understand why my cortisol is consistently coming back high when she tells me I don’t have cushings. I recently went to my follow-up appointment and she dismissed all of my concerns. She said my cortisol is high due to my birth control, the excessive urination is from spironolactone or bladder problem, the headaches are not from the microadenoma but a possible neurologic problem, and the hair loss from stress. I am really unsure of what to think or do. I feel that I’m not making any progress. I know it’s a very small tumor and I am very young but it still bothers me. I also feel I have more symptoms of an adrenal tumor than pituitary. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Had an update on 5/10 for "Rating Extraschedular Memorandum". Not sure what this is.
Had a Temp Jurisdiction of Wichita on 4/30. Went back to N/A on 5/6, then back to Wichita today. Tomorrow there is a Medical Opinion Appointment with LHI that I don't have to attend, at 10:00 AM EST.

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I was on the MSC 2024 world cruise and it was terrible. A huge rip off! I seriously regret my decision, but i wàs seduced by the great itinerary. Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia at the one end and Greenland at the other end. None of which happened! Now i understand the war in the middle east impacted our travel plans but MSC said we would replace with Rhodes, Malta and Cyprus. Ok, well now that didn't happen. We had 6 stops in Spain, each the same as the one before. Then Port Verde which is a dump. We then raced down to the other side of Africa with 1 stop for gas in Namibia. Raced again to Durban. In 21days we spent 18 at sea. Disgraceful. People paid a lot for this cruise and got very little in return. Some of the “out of the way stops” were dumps where we were told not to wear jewelry, watch out for our phones, don't go anywhere alone.
The food was atrocious. I am diabetic and had to fight for 3 weeks before I could get sugar free Ice cream. The food in the buffet was the same day after day. The salad bar was not appetizing, with bland vegetables. Dishes supposed to be hot were cold, and vise versa. After Africa the ship ran out of certain foods. They watered down the yogurt. MSC was contacted by a number of upset people but they refused to do anything. The passengers of all nationalities got together and 900 + people signed a petition which was sent to MSC offices in numerous countries. PEOPLE wanted compensation for the atrocious 1st leg of the trip. They ignored us until after other cruise lines stepped up. MSC gave 500 euros for each adult and 10% on a future cruise if taken in the next 2 years. Disgraceful. 500 euros is less than 5% of what we paid, and I will never take an MSC cruise again. I don't care how much the offer me. It doesn't end here. We went to canada in april. The shopkeepers told us that a cruise ship never comes before may. Then we were to go through Belleisle straight and on to greenland. The captain canceled our trip to greenland. He tried to imply it was the ice and winds. What he didn't say was that NO CRUISE SHIPS GO TO GREENLAND BEFORE JULY. They have to wait for the icebergs to melt. THE BELLE ISLE STRAIGHT IS NEVER OPEN BEFORE JUNE. It is my belief that they never intended to go to Greenland as i don't believe a company as big as MSC didn't do the research. We also found out that the ship we were on, the Poesia, was not equipped with the lights and other equipment necessary to go through the iArtic at that time of the year. They never intended to go. One huge rip off. The word fraud comes to mind. The French passengers got together on the ship and submitted another petition on the Greenland situation. They gave us 300 euro and announced that they would give 50% off for a cruise to Greenland this summer or next. I will say again, i will never take an MSC cruise again. Entertainment was blah and if you didn't want dance lessons, bridge or exercise routine, there was nothing for you to do. One of excursion members blatantly lied to my face. Now the lower staff members, housekeeping, waiters, dining room staff were just awesome, the middle to upper management felt they were better than the passengers. People who were handicapped were treated so badly and for a number of the earlier stops, had to stay on board as it was too much trouble to facilitate them getting off the ship. One lady I know sat and waited on a bench in the heat for almost 4 hours waiting for a wheelchair to help her back on the ship. One of the passengers went and got a wheelchair himself to help her. I COULD GO ON BUT YOU GET THE POINT.

Im still living at home while I attend college so I currently live with 4 other people.I'm like 90% sure Im trans
Its not like I dont think anyone will be suppourtive thats stopping me from saying anything because realistically the worst case scenario is probably just gonna be me having to explain what all this means,its just I dont want to feel like I have 4 people looking over my shoulder and judging me while I figure myself out.Id much rather just explore everything by myself in private before telling anyone.
I dont know how much longer I'll be living here.I'll give a minimum of 5 years.3 years to finish college and if Im lucky 2 years before I move out(probably more).
I just dont know if I can keep up the act that everythings still ok and keep going on as a guy for that long.I wish I could just move out,do the transition stuff without telling anyone and then just show up again.I feel like I cant even wear girl clothes rn as Id be very easily found out.I'm too nervous to buy any in public and cant get any ordered as theres a chance someone gets to the package before me and opens it
The only silver lining is that if I get the results next year then the year after next I'll be spending the year studying abroad which will give me a bit of time away from family
I really dont want to come off as hating my family,I dont,I just feel a little stuck is all

Hi all, this is my very first post in the 2-3 years I've had reddit. Title says it all, I want to flex my build but also want to know what you think are the strongest mono or multiclass builds, without accounting for any powerful magic items. If you can provide numbers too that would be dope because I certainly will in my following build.
So my build is Rune Knight fighter (5)/Giant Soul Sorcerer (5). My character has great weapon master and uses a maul. I rolled pretty great for them, but to make it even across builds let's assume everyone uses standard array (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, and 8). I'll put 15 in str, 14 in cha, 13 in con, 12 in dex, 10 in Wis and 8 in int. Bumping str to 17 and Con to 14 with race asi (my character is a Harengon). At fighter 4 I took great weapon master, at sorcerer 4 Id take an asi to bump my strength to 19.
Base damage is 4d6+8 (+20 more if I do gwm on both attacks). With giants might that's another 1d6, for 5d6+28 (assuming I gwm all my attacks).
With action surge that's 9d6+56 Plus 2d6 for fire rune for 11d6+56 Plus a bonus action, quickened attack (booming blade, fireball, etc). Let's assume I booming blade, 13d6+1d8(+2d8 more if they move after)+70.
Pretty crazy if I can manage all my abilities on a NOVA round, but even consistently 4-5d6+28 is pretty great.
Please share your most op or busted builds with me! They don't even need to be damage dealing builds, I'll take movement builds, AC builds, etc into account!

Traditional Tuesdays 🍗 😋
Current Win / Loss Ratio = 4:2
Enjoy some wings today wherever you are! Went 4-2 yesterday which was also our first day. Looking to roll those good vibes into today with some picks I'm enjoying. Check my profile for play history and follow while you're there! Congrats to anyone that tailed yesterday!!!!
I'm favoriting four undeovers today with three other plays I felt like adding but without further ado :)
Tues May 14 MLB Picks

• DET / MIA O8.0 ( -115 )
• WAS / CHC WS U8.5 ( -110 )
• OAK / HOU O8.5 ( -115 )
• LA Dodgers / SF U8.5 ( -115)
• OAK +1.5 ( -120 )
• LA Dodgers ML ( -170 )
• Guardians ML ( -103 )

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