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Thanks to lifestyle changes and performing, I have been able to reduce my A1C from 7.8 to 6 in three months. My diet has been pretty strict- and I have dropped about 10% of my body weight. I plan on continually monitoring my weight, and losing. That being said- I don’t know what my life looks like going forward. Can I have pasta without freaking out over every extra noodle over 30grams of carbs- as long as I am continuing to lose weight? Do I still need to freak out over carbs? What is my new normal?

Hi Everyone, quick back story. In December 2021 I (35 M) got very sick (possibly COVID), and had an episode of gross hematuria. This cleared up after a day or two but I was concerned so I went to my general doctor. He ordered some bloodwork, and said everything was fine, so I forgot about it and moved on.
Then in April 2022, I got sick again, and the blood came back. Same thing, tests were "fine", and since my doctor said they were ok I didn't look too closely. However, I did notice that I had microscopic blood on all my urinalysis over the same time period. I decided to push on that, and to make a long story short, I went through the entire workup with urology, who basically gave up and said "some people have blood in their urine, you're fine).
Fast forward to the end of 2023, and the visible blood came back, again while sick. I pushed a bit harder, and got referred to a nephrologist. Another key piece of information is that I used a standard dose of Ibuprofen (either pill form or Niquil), each time the visible blood presented.
While waiting for that appointment, I discovered IGA nephropathy on my own and basically self-diagnosed. When I had my appointment with the Nephrologist, she basically said I have a "probable" diagnosis of IGA nephropathy, but didn't want to biopsy because it wouldn't change our treatment plan (Mediterranean diet and bloodwork in a year). She circled "Stage 2" on the kidney stages paper she gave me. During this same time I also dug into my previous lab results and started to look at my eGFR scores. Now, I know they changed the way they measured this at some point (removed the race from the calculation, so not sure how that plays in), but these are were my numbers:
eGFR
November 2016: 93
December 2017: 92
July 2021: 99
December 2021: 89
eGFcr:
May 2022: 88
November 2023: 71 (Morning after a late night soccer game, i was very banged up).
November 2023: 84
December 2023: 79
Since December 2023, I changed my diet: cut out gluten, far less dairy, not much alcohol, and no more protein powder. I eat regular whole foods, just nothing processed and not as much red meat as I had been. Due to the diet, I probably lost 15 lbs. (some of which is probably muscle, I am in shape).
I then went to a functional medicine doctor, just to see if they had any insight. She ordered labs through her preferred testing facility. My numbers just came back:
EGFR: 115
So, now I am completely confused. As far as I can tell, they are using the same formula to calculate this. This most recent test showed my creatinine to be much lower than it has been, maybe due to diet changes? The only other thing I changed was I didn't exercise 24 hours before the test this time.
My question is (and I of course am going to talk to my nephrologist), what do I make of this? Can diet really impact things this much? As of my last test, the microscopic blood is still in my urine, but I have never had any protein detected (and I've had probably 8 urinalysis done since 2021).
Thank you in advance for any insight.

Hi Everyone, quick back story. In December 2021 I (35 M) got very sick (possibly COVID), and had an episode of gross hematuria. This cleared up after a day or two but I was concerned so I went to my general doctor. He ordered some bloodwork, and said everything was fine, so I forgot about it and moved on.
Then in April 2022, I got sick again, and the blood came back. Same thing, tests were "fine", and since my doctor said they were ok I didn't look too closely. However, I did notice that I had microscopic blood on all my urinalysis over the same time period. I decided to push on that, and to make a long story short, I went through the entire workup with urology, who basically gave up and said "some people have blood in their urine, you're fine).
Fast forward to the end of 2023, and the visible blood came back, again while sick. I pushed a bit harder, and got referred to a nephrologist. Another key piece of information is that I used a standard dose of Ibuprofen (either pill form or Niquil), each time the visible blood presented.
While waiting for that appointment, I discovered IGA nephropathy on my own and basically self-diagnosed. When I had my appointment with the Nephrologist, she basically said I have a "probable" diagnosis of IGA nephropathy, but didn't want to biopsy because it wouldn't change our treatment plan (Mediterranean diet and bloodwork in a year). During this same time I also dug into my previous lab results and started to look at my eGFR scores. Now, I know they changed the way they measured this at some point (removed the race from the calculation, so not sure how that plays in), but these are were my numbers:
eGFR
November 2016: 93
December 2017: 92
July 2021: 99
December 2021: 89
eGFcr:
May 2022: 88
November 2023: 71 (Morning after a late night soccer game, i was very banged up).
November 2023: 84
December 2023: 79
Since December 2023, I changed my diet: cut out gluten, far less dairy, not much alcohol, and no more protein powder. I eat regular whole foods, just nothing processed and not as much red meat as I had been. Due to the diet, I probably lost 15 lbs. (some of which is probably muscle, I am in shape).
I then went to a functional medicine doctor, just to see if they had any insight. She ordered labs through her preferred testing facility. My numbers just came back:
EGFR: 115
So, now I am completely confused. As far as I can tell, they are using the same formula to calculate this. This most recent test showed my creatinine to be much lower than it has been, maybe due to diet changes? The only other thing I changed was I didn't exercise 24 hours before the test this time.
My question is (and I of course am going to talk to my nephrologist), what do I make of this? Can diet really impact things this much? As of my last test, the microscopic blood is still in my urine, but I have never had any protein detected (and I've had probably 8 urinalysis done since 2021).
Thank you in advance for any insight.

My cats been sick for a few year, she got pancreatitis and a liver spot from chewing the leaves off of a hungarian wax pepper plant about 4 years ago. We have had some very close calls over the years but ive always managed to get her hydrated with IV's and found foods to feed her, from baby food to pretty much every cat food i could find. I currently feed her applaws chicken and duck, and purina pro plan complete essential(she ate this just fine for anout a year but is starting to not want to touch it). Shes been losing weight slowly and is down to about 5.5 pounds from 10 pounds, her ribs are starting to show and applaws just doesnt have enough calories in it. My predicament is that she needs low fat food or else it will trigger her pancreatitis, like ANY fat food i.e a single dog kibble almost killed her. So i need to find a food that is both low fat and high calorie(that she will want to eat). Im at a loss so i cam here, please help me.
TL;DR Cat is picky about food and cant have fat in her diet due to pancreatitis and not being able to digest fats. Shes lost tons of weight and needs a good weight gainer food. Please help. 13 years old.

(20M) After spending almost 8 months of IBD and IBS related symptoms such as bloating and flatulence, loose stools (1 - 2 BM per day, rarely 3 - 4), urgency in the morning as soon as I wake up and rarely mucus in stools, I finally had my first colonoscopy done a few days ago and the report says " Mild Inflammation at the Rectum. Apthous Ulcers at the caecum. Diagnosed - Proctitis". Biopsies were not taken.
Now I'm currently on mesalamine suppositories 2g a day as prescribed by the GI. Started 3 days ago and now I feel so much better, with little to no symptoms. The doc assured that I would be fine soon but didn't clarify that whether my Proctitis is ulcerative or not (Most of the docs in India don't clearly discuss the problem with their patients). He advised to me to avoid certain foods and over spicy things, but I pretty much convinced myself that this is ulcerative Proctitis (shouldn't have googled too much). I am planning another visit to the clinic next week to discuss with the GI.
As a part of preparing for the worst, I am trying to learn a lot more about this stuff. I have a few questions like

1. if I am on remission, how can I avoid flare ups in future ?
2. Should I follow any diet and lifestyle changes to maintain the inflammation only in the rectum or is it out of our hands ?
3. Is it okay to follow my workout routine and regular physical activities without any changes ?

All your Answers, suggestionsand related information (and a few words of reassurance 🥺 if possible) are welcome.

• Species: Cat
• Age: approx. 7
• Sex/Neuter status: Male/neutered
• Breed: Siamese
• Body weight: 9 pounds
• History: One very mild UTI/ two dentals resulting in surgery to remove teeth
• Clinical signs: n/a
• Duration: n/a
• Your general location: Germany
• Links to test results, vet reports, X-rays etc: n/a

Hi I hope this is allowed. I checked the FAQ and couldn't quite find what I was looking for. I'm considering switching my cat from dry food to wet, or at least a mixture and was wondering if dry food is really as bad for a cat's health as I've seen recently. My cat has eaten dry food his whole life and I've free fed him (he's a good little intuitive eater and isn't very food motivated so this has never been a problem, but I have recently read that almost unanimously free feeding is a bad idea so I have plans to try to get him on a feeding schedule).
The fact that cats in general seem to be afflicted by kidney and bladder issues has me concerned that I should switch to at least mixing wet food into his diet but I was always under the impression that wet food was like junk food to cats -- but now the increase in people feeding wet and even raw has me thinking I should be incorporating wet food into his diet. He's never shown much interest in wet food, even after surgery to remove teeth he wanted to eat his dry food, but I have researched how to transition him so I'm not worried about that. I just want some clear cut information before making a switch based on unwarranted fear that my cat is inevitably going to get some sort of urinary or kidney disease if I don't switch his food. A lot of the information I seem to be finding is very black and white and I feel like there are studies done on both sides of this argument that are very convincing either way so I'm left feeling confused.
Thank you for any information!

I was having some bad Anxiety and racing heart within a few hours of my last shot (just 3mg), and decided to see if it was related. Turns out, yes it was. Around day 8, I was like a new person. SO that sucks to confirm it was the med. I guess I'm done, I was fully planning on returning, but here's what I've noticed now:
The fatigue was REAL and I didn't even realize how bad it was
I had brain fog and didn't even realize it
It was driving my anxiety and panic attacks
So if anyone tries to tell you you're not experiencing a known side effect (the compound community if full of smokescreens because there's so much money exchanging hands), give yourself a break and find out if it's the med, or something else. I am BUMMED, but I don't think I can take another shot knowing what I'm in for this time. Still 30 pounds that need to go, and I'm not sure what I lost will even stay off since I was dieting and exercising before and nothing ever worked before this. I hope they're working on different formulas or something that wont have the bad side effects. Curiously, I never had bad GI effects.

On my second reread and just finished the White-Luck Warrior (the entire series is so different, and better in many ways, on reread imo). I don't know why I didn't consider this earlier, but it seems that Kellhus must have planned or at least expectedthe tragic destruction of the Army of the South at Irsûlor.

• He knew Carindûsû was unstable, arrogant, egotistical and competitive.
• He intentionally sent the illustrious and well-respected Saccarees to assist them, knowing that the presence of the Mandate would provoke jealousy and resentment among the Vokalati and especially their Grandmaster.
• He must have known about the ill-advised plan to trap the Horde by the River Irshi, and how it would set the Army of the South up for their doom. Yet he did nothing to prevent it from being carried out.
• He came to "rescue" the survivors only after the battle had already run its disastrous course, even though he was only a few(?) miles away with the Army of the Middle-North.

With these points in mind it seems pretty clear that Kellhus intended the catastrophe to happen. The question is why? Why would he allow a huge portion of his sorcerers to turn on each other, killing off most of the Vokalati and half the Mandate? Did he want to shed some extra weight from the Ordeal before the next step of the push to Golgotterath? Was he looking for a dramatic excuse to jumpstart the Meat diet? Questions abound, as always, with the Dûnyain...

Hi, i’m currently 90kg 182cm wanting to lose weight, i have a large gym with all equipment needed, im planning to do 6 days a week and about 1 hr per day any suggestions would be amazing as i dont have a diet or workout plan at the moment.

I (13F) have 5 siblings (17F, 16M, 15M, 10F, 8F) and 3 step siblings (14M, 11M and 9F) as well as a half brother (4M).
My middle step sibling is my 11 year old stepbrother Bryer. His mom died 7 years ago when he was 4, this is the same year my parents divorced. My mom started dating his dad a year after this happened. They got married in December last year and this is our first Mother’s Day together.
Bryer has been the one who is the most okay with all of this, he never mentions his mom when my other step siblings do. He’s said he was never really that close to her, which makes sense because the only people he’s close to are his friends from school who he plays basketball with. Those boys are the only people who he will allow to hug him and the only people he seems to like talking to. Bryer isn’t close with me or any of his siblings, he’s not close to his dad or my mom either. He will buy birthday gifts and Christmas gift, but even at family parties, he will spend most of his time on his phone taking to his friends. He’s always been like this according to my stepdad. I’ve always thought it was weird.
On Sunday, Breyer and I had some fights over how he was acting on Mother’s Day and I don’t think I did anything wrong, but my mom and stepdad are upset at me.
The first fight happened while we were going to lunch for Mother’s Day, Breyer is a very picky eater and he was getting all nervous over not finding a menu online for the place we went to. I told him to chill out and he could look at the menu when we got there, but he was freaking out about if they had nothing he liked. I told him if they didn’t have anything he knew he liked, he should try something new but he said he was worried he wouldn’t like that either. When we got there, he saw some things he liked on the menu and he was fine, and I told him he shouldn’t have been so dramatic and that I told him so, and my mom told me to knock it off. I tried to explain to her my opinions, but she told me that it’s “ok to be a picky eater” and how she read an article online about young people having “menu anxiety”.
Another fight we had was over the gifts he got her. My mom’s favorite animal are elephants, she thinks they’re cute, but she doesn’t spend all day thinking about them or watching movies about them. Bryer often goes out to the thrift or antique stores with his friends, and he had a bunch of elephant stuff for her, from little figurines to shirts to books and more. He said anytime he saw something with an elephant, he got it for her. He was keeping the collection at a friend’s house and had to bring it in a trash bag because it was so much stuff. Bryer does this with basketball stuff, from shoes to posters to trophies, anything basketball he sees in a store he wants. It’s all he ever talks about and he knows a lot about it. I told Breyer that she didn’t need all of this elephant stuff, but he said he was right for getting it and how he wants her to have a collection of the stuff she loves, we literally need to get a new cabinet for the living room to put all of them in.
We had another fight when he started to have a temper tantrum when our plans changed, we were supposed to see my great grandma’s spot at the cemetery, but my mom decided that it would be too much for her and wanted to do something fun instead, so we decided to go to the donut shop on the way there instead. Breyer was freaking out because he didn’t have plans for what he wanted at the shop and didn’t know what they had. Everyone there’s even a minor change like this, he starts to cry and fidget. My mom and his dad claimed him down, I told him he needed to grow up and know that as an adult, sometimes things change.
Later that night, my mom told me that I was overreacting to Breyer’s behavior and that he’s always been a bit quirky. She told me about a guy she had in her school in elementary school that reminds her of Breyer, she said he would go on about cats and knew everything about them, etc. He moved after elementary school. She said he now owns a cat cafe a few towns over and she wants to visit it now. She said he’s a very happy and successful man, and she was talking to him on Facebook. He told her not to worry about Breyer and how it’s ok to be shy like he was. She said that if I continue to talk about Bryer's quirks that I would get in trouble. She said they love Breyer for just the way he is, that nothing is wrong with him and that “everyone has a bit of weird in them, including you, Breyer is just a bit more weird than average”. AITA?

I love the idea of Kosmik but the execution isnt quite there yet. I plan on trying it out further but theres a couple of things that get in the way. This is my first impressions review and what i intend as constructive feedback
Usability (testing on windows 10)
Smaller stuff easy to improve (but are creating attrition for me constantly)

• (BUG) For me right-click -> create if i dont navigate correctly to the desired option the sub-menu with the options disapear while the main right-click menu still shows. I need to close the menu and re-open it to try again
• Lack of basic keyboard functionality like shift+arrows for selecting text
• Wich is very weird- on one hand things like text editing are telling me 'this is mouse first', meanwhile i cant drag the canvas with the mouse, only by pressing space...?
• Im constantly confused by the delete key not working, instead only the backspace deletes cards
• Cards can only be resized on their corners
• I expected dragging urls would add then to the canvas and bookmarking being some sort of traditional bookmarks. Took me awhile to figure it out
• Theres a Tag button on the browser, but applying tags to the open browser and later closing the browser dont make that url appear anywhere searching for that tag
• 'Bookmarks'(urls on canvas) for me are failing to show any image or preview beyond the default space station illustration (except for kosmik own website)...
• ...and then the app prevents me from resizing the cards RATIO- i can make the card smaller but i cant make it more of a rectangle or very small, im forced to have a big square repeated ilustration for each, and with no alternative like folding then
• Absent settings for the overall app and smaller features or options- like ui size, custom keyboard shortcuts, dark mode

At least on windows feels a bit undercooked. I dont know wether some of those are design choices or features still missing but i feel the design a bit at odds- in some parts it conveys 'use mouse only/first' in others it demands keyboard, and in the mean time some of the common design patterns both for mouse and keyboard arent used or use some non-tradional choice- making it harder to learn, creating some confusion or wrong expectations.
For example the bookmark icon is a vey tradional and ubiqutuous skeumorphic symbol for a very common feature that saves urls or files in a list, tradionally urls. Some apps get away using then for favorite files, photos or other things given their context so the user can imagine the equivalent in a given context... but here it shows alongside the in-app browser, next to an url... Maybe a different icon, like a card with a Plus sign and a tip 'add to canvas'?
I dont understand why tags are in the browser if apparently they only work with cards added on the canvas. If the intent was treating the open browser as a canvas element then said browser should be like a card (for example being able to open multiple browser windows in different universes) as if they were cards. Right now the browser is like a temporary tool...
If the intention (im trying to deduce here) was to apply tags before bookmarking so the bookmark already apply said tags then both operations would work better together- 1 button, the add-site to canvas, and that button opening up a prompt to add tags before confirming if desired.
Overall- Service, app, marketing
I was a bit misled regarding expectations because of a video/moto 'best browser for research' - so i installed it expecting more of a Browser with a canvas then a canvas with a very limited in-app browser. So i came expecting multiple tabs or adding extensions...
I dont mean to say the app should be like a browser BUT it is a interesting area to improve and turn into its differential, given some of the competition and how most people would be using it alongside a browser anyway
In a general sense my impressions:
From the 'best browser for research' perspective:

• Some missing browser features creates attrition, like quickly switching between 2 sites (tabs or some alternative) or having common used urls quickly acessible (like favorites/bookmarks in a traditional sense)
• For example if i have a site i commonly use or search and wanted to quickly open the app requires we add then to a universe. If i make a universe of 'favorites' they will only open those sites on that particular universe... if i want those common shortcuts elsewhere id have to add then to each and every universe...?
• Given the research goal, existing features like tags and search i was expecting things like bookmarks could have descriptions. I can add a bookmark to a universe then create a text/note explaining it on 1 universe...
• ...but then i cant add that same bookmark and that text and its tags in another universe, unless i made a new repeated bookmark and written the same thing again
• Therefore 2 feature suggestions: (1)some bookmark list or browser, where the bookmarks can also have tags even if they exist globally (2)optional description for bookmarks, that would be acessible if/when theyre added from bookmarks to a canvas
• Some useful features from some browsers or famous extensions are great for research, like saving and reopening sessions...
• ...or searching through your history
• Theres complete obscurity how the app handles logins, cookies... or options for different profiles. We can make different universes, but i see no way of having different profiles/spaces (with different universes each) where one im logged in with my work mail and the other my personal one.

I wonder if the app allowed for pages inside cards (not previews, rendered pages) would be a good alternative for things like tabs
From a general canvas-notation perspective

• Universes even tough created/saved locally are always in sync with the cloud - im one of those people that dont like having sensitive data on clouds because leaks and data theft by hackers exist (and do hit even huge companies). I wouldnt create some of the universes/notes i naturally would take in Kosmik, only more general browsing links and quick notes- unless it had an option for optional local-only universes
• A lot isnt covered in the FAQ and i couldnt find the answers, such as:
• I see no options for exporting universes or its notes in any way
• I could have no sense if images copy-pasted/dragged from the browser are like urls the canvas render (so no file size) or copy-pasted files that hit the cloud space quota- im under the impression theyre all copy-pasted (and i feel like they shouldnt, the app should consider every url as that and render the url)
• I can see nowhere how much space been used, left, etc

I have used waaay too many notes and canvas apps in my search for the apps that filled that niche for me like id like, and heck for years a good app with canvas was my most wanted feature that almost no one was doing save for few clunky flowchart apps.
Im glad that now theres been a boom of options and ive been giving everyone a chance- but still not one have all the things id like (i could pinpoint a frankenstein of features from different apps id wish into one)... Kosmik is already ahead of half of the competition (imo) just by having both a native app and web view options, and by the apps having the files locally+sync instead of rendering from the cloud only all the time (much faster and snappiers wich is a big deal for me) - and the web/browsing+canvas angle is a very interesting proposition
But that is where i got disapointed- the web-browsing in app alongside canvas is still very limited to hit the potential of that proposition. As it is right now, for example, i feel more confortable having any browser in a smaller window and copy-pasting urls into Kosmik then relying fully on the internal browser, save for quick search queries
I focus so much on the browser aspect not only because it was how i first found about kosmik but also because without that angle it falls short on some alternatives. Not completely btw, drawing tools and pdf handling seem to be great and ahead of some alternatives (some are good at drawing but barely beyond that, others better as notes but with terrible or no drawing)...
But i still feel like the 'best app for research' (browser+canvas/notes+pdf), emphasis on the browsing is the best angle, best bet for Kosmik to grow above alternatives... but extra emphasis on potential- i dont feel like its hitting that note quite yet, at least not on windows.
I will try to stick with Kosmik for awhile despite the clunkiness and attriction i feel, but not as id like to use it and more like a buffer between traditional browsing/searching and taking my notes- im planing on inserting Kosmik in between as quick notes for links before later refering to then on notes elsewhere... but i confess im sort of forcing this workflow just to keep using kosmik and keep tabs on updates- im sticking around in the hopes of what may come and not for what it currently is.
I have high hopes for the app and in my case (i lean more towards power user then casual) even if i use other apps a good better version of Kosmik in this niche would fit for me even alongside other apps. Heck i currently use 2 similars in tandem (similar in notes/canvas) for their different strengths and niches- and neither have carved web browsing research as their niche
Anyway, those were my very long 2cents. I hope the feedback is taken positively

If you're reading this, I'm sorry you're here and going through this terrible "disease". I promise it gets better and it becomes more manageable. We tend to work our lives around this. Everyone is different and I'm just sharing part of my story that has recently come to light.
Now onto something that had recently come up at work (I work in healthcare) and some background information. I've been having a "flare up" of menieres and vestibular migraine symptoms, but have only truly been diagnosed with menieres. Prior to Covid, I had my symptoms under control and was able to eat whatever I wanted, but lived a generally healthy lifestyle. Also as someone that works in a major healthcare facility they have started mandating flu vaccines. I have always opted out of getting them until they started mandating us to get them yearly and a simple doctors note was no longer enough.
November 2021 I was given flu vaccine (normal vaccine) then in December 2021 I had my first infection of Covid 19. By January 2022 I was having a flare up of similar symptoms that I am having today. Symptoms ranging from severe vertigo (think drop attacks), slight dizziness, ringing in the ears, ear fullness, migraine, light sensitivity, and sound sensitivity. The drop attacks and any sort of vertigo would last seconds up to a minute at most. I was given a single IT steroid injection (that's what controls my MD). It didn't stop any of the vertigo I was having, but I simply would wait it out because back then I was worried that if I continued steroid injections they would one day not work at all for me. These symptoms would last till April-May 2022. Things would be under control after that.
July 2022- I get my second Covid infection and yet continued to have menieres symptoms under control.
November 2022, I decided to try to go vegan and vegetarian for awhile to see if I could eat healthier and improve some other health issues. I opted to get egg free flu vaccine. No issues and continued to have symptoms under control.
November 2023, I go to get flu vaccine and planned to get egg free version as I did previous year. I'm no longer eating vegan or vegetarian but have continued to eat a healthy lifestyle and work on just eating a balanced diet. The nurse decides to tell me I should get regular version of flu vaccine because egg free version actually has more "live" virus in it. So I take her advice and get the regular version as I did in 2021. By January 2024, my symptoms are back out of control. All the previous symptoms as I did in 2021 except I had also aura with migraine. February 2024, I received another single steroid IT injection. I also stopped hormonal birth control (due to having aura). Only thing resolved was aura and ear fullness.
It's now May and I feel my symptoms are finally starting to resolve once again. It've been over a week since I've had a drop attack. It's been 4 months since I've drove a car. I'm 4 sessions into physical therapy. Have had 1 perfect brain MRI. 3 failed migraine medications and 2 other medications I have not yet tried due to wanting to wait it out. My coworker decides to ask me about the flu vaccine and if I had it. She has severe vertigo from her flu vaccine (she doesn't have MD). This is how I have linked all this together. I will not be getting the flu vaccine anymore. I'm guessing it creates an uptick of inflammation in my body. 2025, I will fight to decline it and see if I have the same reaction next year.
We are all in charge of our health- we have to advocate for ourselves in what we feel is right for our own situation.
I'm not here to tell you to get it or not to. This is just my encounter with it. I'm not pro vaccine nor anti vaccine. I'm curious to know if anyone else here has a similar pattern of symptoms returning after vaccines or any medications? This is just some food for thought for those of you out there that are doing everything right but still not sure what's going on.

My girl was diagnosed about 6 months ago with pancreatitis, and the vet recommended switching to the hydrolyzed protein diet. I currently have her on the Purina Pro Plan Hydrolyzed dry food, and she has taken well to that and likes it.
However I want to also add wet food to her diet as well, knowing how beneficial wet food is for cats, but I am at a loss in finding a hydrolyzed wet cat food that is on the market. I was told to try the Royal Canon HP wet food, but it seems that is discontinued.
And the only hydrolyzed wet food I’m finding is from Blue Buffalo, and I’m not sure how trusting I am with that brand.
I did find that Hills makes a “Food Sensitivity” wet food, and the first ingredient is hydrolyzed chicken liver, so would that make it safe for my cat to eat? Or do I have to keep looking for the “hydrolyzed” in the food type on the front of the can?

59 Year Old, Male, 275 lbs, 5'11"

1. 2018 Summer - Experienced an injury to my scalp that did not heal quickly.
2. 2018 Fall - Itching dandruff spot on head appear in same area, similar to what I was experiencing on my chins since 2008.
3. 2019 Fall - The problem covered all of my scalp. A California Dermatologist (SD) me with Seborrheic Dermatitis and gave me steroid cremes, these made my skin thin. Now looked like serious burn. Leg and Head. SD starting to affect me psychologically and professionally.
4. COVID - Visited 2nd dermatologist in Maryland and they gave me liquid Betmethazone Dipropionate. Lotion. Was a liquid in a super small bottle. Got some relief but would run out in less than two weeks. Had to apply multiple times per day and still was terrible shedding. Using this was not sustainable.
5. 2023 Fall - September: Saw third dermatologist asking for anti-fungal medication. I had heard that Malassezia yeast was a trigger. The Dr. refused and I did not want to use immune suppressant he recommended and prescribed. I figured I need my immune system and looked for the trigger. Also suffer from joint pain, stiffness, lethargy, etc. etc. Suspect I may have general arthritis and getting old very quick.
6. December 2023 - Very depressed and frustrated with SD. I was told if I shaved my head this might resolve the problem. Cutting my hair very close to scalp, #0 ManScaping, did not resolve the problem... If I shaved I would have cut into my skin. However, I was better able to debris the dry skin and apply medicine. I began trimming hair to #0 every other day.
7. January 2024 - Thinking the problem was still a fungal trigger I purchased two products from Amazon: Pet Honesty Chlorhexidine Cat & Dog Anti-Itch Shampoo. It contains, 2% Chlorhexidine and 1% Ketoconazole. After washing my skin, I also used Alpha Paw - Antibacterial & Antifungal Wipes. The higher concentrations of medicine is important. Health insurance did not pay. I used these over the counter items in isolation, no oils or lotion. I would cover my head with a beanie and leave my leg open to the air. I did this after shower before bed and upon rising each morning. For the first time in 4 years I began to see some relief. I was able to reduce the amount of irritation and large areas of swelling and scaling reduced. This occurred almost immediately. Yes, using this product burns somewhat but is bearable as compared to chronic itching.
8. March 2024 - Area on my leg is getting back to normal on the edges and my scalp is now only dandruff, not huge flakes. No more open sores on head, and sores on legs reducing.
9. May 2024 - I decided to take on the issue of inflammation in my entire body head on. I started fasting. I drank only 2 liters of Emergen-C per day, iced coffee with cream for a period one week. I went on a daily hour long walk and normal routine. By day 5 of my fast the change to the SD was pretty incredible. The skin swelling on my head is greatly reduced and the dandruff is minimal as compared to weeks prior. Joint pain is gone, feel much better. I broke my fast on Day 7 with a salad and hard boiled eggs.
10. Going Forward: I will be continuing to cut hair, apply anti-fungal and fast several day on and off until I reach desired weight and skin clear completely. Currently 240 lbs, goal of 180 lbs. I am currently consulting a fasting expert and adjusting accordingly. Goal is to stay in ketosis as much as possible. Repair biome with probiotics and continue to treat skin to ward off overgrowth yeast or fungus. I am moving back west and will be doing Hot Yoga in AZ. I plan to diet, sweat, and get this cleared up for good. I will post more in a few weeks.

I've had a limited diet my whole life. Carbs, bread, pasta and pizza and cheese and dairy have been the majority of what I eat since I was little. I've never really been able to eat vegetables unless I force them down, they just taste disgusting. I'm also grossed out by most meats, the only ones I ate growing up were hot dogs and salami. I've never touched seafood and I'm not interested in any. Adding chicken to my diet in my late 20s was a HUGE win for me and opened up more options in restaurants etc. I used to be afraid of not finding anything to eat whenever going out. I like some fruits when they're available, like berries and apples. Anything in the melon family tastes weird and unappetizing to me. My parents say I used to eat more variety but started restricting more the older I got. Don't know what's up with that.
I need to make changes though. My doctor says I've crossed into obese BMI territory and I know it's terrible for me. I hate the way I look. My mother also had a heart attack due to arterial blockage earlier last year and I don't want the same thing to happen to me. But the vast majority of safe foods are high calorie high fat carby stuff. I know I need to eat vegetables but they're so disgusting and unappetizing. And I'm also short at 5'0 so my calories really need to be restricted in order to get to and stay at a healthier weight which fills me with despair. I don't want to be starving myself and forced to eat only vegetables the rest of my life and giving up the foods I actually do like in order to be a healthy weight.
Ranting over, now to the point. Does anyone have tips for making vegetables edible? I just hate that bitter sensation, I'm probably a supertaster and sensitive to bitter foods. Never liked coffee either. I need ways to hide the vegetable flavor so that I can eat them. I don't even know what to start with, maybe broccoli since it's so nutritious? What can I do to them that's still healthy but hides the flavor with something more tolerable? One thing that has worked for me lately is to mix cooked & shredded cauliflower into my rice when I make my homemade chicken tikka masala. The masala sauce is so flavorful it hides the taste of the cauliflower somewhat. Cauli is a more mild tasting vegetable I think so I don't know if this will work for other things. I'm looking for more ideas like that. I also have a dietician appointment in a couple of weeks to make a plan and get some more ideas. Hopefully they can help me. If you read this far thank you and best wishes to you all as well!

Hi Everyone,
Looking for advice as I am starting a new workout routine, details below:
Push/Pull/Legs
Day 1: Forearms, Chest, Shoulders, and Tris
Day 2: Legs, Glutes and Abs
Day 3: Forearms, Back, traps and biceps
Day 4: Shoulders, Chest, and Tris
Day 5: Legs, Glutes and Abs
Day 6: Forearms, Back, traps and biceps
Day 7: Rest

Little history: I have been hitting the gyn constantly for 6 days for about 10 months now, I have added weight and gotten stronger over time but, the last 2 months, I am don’t feel like I am growing or adding weight even though I am feeling stronger. The strength in my opinion could be a result of 1 of 2 things. 1) Either I was never pushing myself as hard or 2) The improvement in diet and sleep has truly helped.

My questions/concerns are as follows:
1) I started experimenting with this new Push/Pull/Legs workout 2 weeks ago with a plan to go full starting in June. I am trying to find the right balance. I have been doing 4 sets on my first muscle and 3 on next. Example, on day 1, heavy and 4 sets on chest and on day 4, it will be heavy and 4 sets on shoulders. I have not been getting sore and I don’t know whether I should be adding weight or reps?
2) On legs day, I have been constantly adding weight and reps but, only sore for a day or 1.5 days at most. I go very slow, full deep reps, do I add more reps/weights?
3) I am working with a nutritionist and I know my diet is on point, no concerns there.

Looking for any advice

My (F29) 2 friends (both F30) from university have created a group chat and are urging me to go to Japan with them, since tickets are cheap right now. I told them that I will be going twice this year already, so I will have to pass on going with them and they can just go together.
I don’t want to go with them at all, because I went with them to a different prefecture in Japan 6 years ago and we had so many differences. They are always looking for the cheapest things and places regardless of where it is and what it is. I also had to plan everything and make the itinerary and buy tickets for everything. I was also the designated train expert. I’m okay with staying in cheap hotels as long as it’s in a good location and the bathroom is clean. I’m also okay with taking trains and walking instead of taking taxis, since the price difference is insane and I love walking anyways. What I’m not okay with is eating at 7/11s, family marts, or random restaurants that have 1 star reviews but are cheap. I know I sound crazy, but I love food. I love to eat. I especially love to eat when I’m on vacation. I’m not rich by any means, but I would rather save up and eat whatever I want and go to whatever attraction I want on vacation rather than go there and just stare at food and places I cannot afford. Eating while on vacation is one of the best experiences. Especially in Japan!
When I went with them 6 years ago, I wanted to try this yakiniku restaurant, but they did not, since they found it to be expensive. It was about 30USD per person. I acquiesced since they both didn’t want to eat there. They chose this random restaurant with a more affordable menu. The food was about 10USD per dish. I just ate ice cream, because the food did not look appetizing at all and even they were having a hard time finishing it. The bill came and we were all shocked. There was a random door charge that was about $10 each person. I was pissed. They wanted to complain to the waitress, but how in the world were we going to complain when it was probably normal in that area. I just stayed quiet the rest of the night and told myself to just let it go. The next day came and we were in line at this famous tonkatsu restaurant. It was about $20 per meal and when we sat down they only ordered one croquette ($5) per person because they didn’t have want to order a $20 meal. The croquette wasn’t even that big so they were still hungry. My meal was a set and was refillable, so they just ate my rice and soup. It was honestly really embarrassing, because the waitress was staring at us and I just wanted to melt. I’m not dragging them to $100 per meal restaurants here. I completely understand that people have different budgets for different things, but I feel like this is too extreme. We also went to a theme park and instead of riding different rides, they got tired after 3, and wanted to just sit down the rest of the day. I had to go around by myself, because they were too tired.
We meet about once a year, because our schedules are too different. Even when we meet I cannot help but think we are just growing apart. We have so many different views on things. We recently went out to dinner and we were just having a good time when one of them mentioned a very delicate topic about another young woman. This woman had an intimate video of her released when she was a minor and they were making fun of her. I saw red. I didn’t shout at them or anything, but I reprimanded them for being vile and I told them if they were going to continue with this conversation, I was leaving. They always stick up for each other, so it always feels like I’m in the wrong, but this time I didn’t back down. They told me I was ruining the dinner, so I said it wouldn’t be ruined in the first place if they just acted like well raised adults. We all went home soon after that.
They’ve been acting like nothing happened and have been messaging me and still asking me to go to dinners with them, but I just don’t want to anymore. I can’t help feeling sad, because we’ve been friends for over a decade. They’re going to ask me to go with them again somewhere sometime in the future, and I don’t know how to tell them I don’t want to go with them without hurting their feelings. I’m not even sure if I still want to be friends. I know we’re all old enough to talk about this maturely, but these two are not very mature. When I mentioned that I was already going this year, they both said that it’s because I didn’t want to see them and I was choosing my other friends over them. I don’t know how to handle these two, because all my other friends act their age. My 14 year old sister is easier to reason with. What do I do?
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My (F29) 2 friends (both F30) from university have created a group chat and are urging me to go to Japan with them, since tickets are cheap right now. I told them that I will be going twice this year already, so I will have to pass on going with them and they can just go together. I don’t want to go with them at all, because I went with them to a different prefecture in Japan 6 years ago and we had so many differences. They are always looking for the cheapest things and places regardless of where it is and what it is. I also had to plan everything and make the itinerary and buy tickets for everything. I was also the designated train expert. I’m okay with staying in cheap hotels as long as it’s in a good location and the bathroom is clean. I’m also okay with taking trains and walking instead of taking taxis, since the price difference is insane and I love walking anyways. What I’m not okay with is eating at 7/11s, family marts, or random restaurants that have 1 star reviews but are cheap. I know I sound crazy, but I love food. I love to eat. I especially love to eat when I’m on vacation. I’m not rich by any means, but I would rather save up and eat whatever I want and go to whatever attraction I want on vacation rather than go there and just stare at food and places I cannot afford. Eating while on vacation is one of the best experiences. Especially in Japan! When I went with them 6 years ago, I wanted to try this yakiniku restaurant, but they did not, since they found it to be expensive. It was about 30USD per person. I acquiesced since they both didn’t want to eat there. They chose this random restaurant with a more affordable menu. The food was about 10USD per dish. I just ate ice cream, because the food did not look appetizing at all and even they were having a hard time finishing it. The bill came and we were all shocked. There was a random door charge that was about $10 each person. I was pissed. They wanted to complain to the waitress, but how in the world were we going to complain when it was probably normal in that area. I just stayed quiet the rest of the night and told myself to just let it go. The next day came and we were in line at this famous tonkatsu restaurant. It was about $20 per meal and when we sat down they only ordered one croquette ($5) per person because they didn’t have want to order a $20 meal. The croquette wasn’t even that big so they were still hungry. My meal was a set and was refillable, so they just ate my rice and soup. It was honestly really embarrassing, because the waitress was staring at us and I just wanted to melt. I’m not dragging them to $100 per meal restaurants here. I completely understand that people have different budgets for different things, but I feel like this is too extreme. We also went to a theme park and instead of riding different rides, they got tired after 3, and wanted to just sit down the rest of the day. I had to go around by myself, because they were too tired. We meet about once a year, because our schedules are too different. Even when we meet I cannot help but think we are just growing apart. We have so many different views on things. We recently went out to dinner and we were just having a good time when one of them mentioned a very delicate topic about another young woman. This woman had an intimate video of her released when she was a minor and they were making fun of her. I saw red. I didn’t shout at them or anything, but I reprimanded them for being vile and I told them if they were going to continue with this conversation, I was leaving. They always stick up for each other, so it always feels like I’m in the wrong, but this time I didn’t back down. They told me I was ruining the dinner, so I said it wouldn’t be ruined in the first place if they just acted like well raised adults. We all went home soon after that. They’ve been acting like nothing happened and have been messaging me and still asking me to go to dinners with them, but I just don’t want to anymore. I can’t help feeling sad, because we’ve been friends for over a decade. They’re going to ask me to go with them again somewhere sometime in the future, and I don’t know how to tell them I don’t want to go with them without hurting their feelings. I’m not even sure if I still want to be friends. I know we’re all old enough to talk about this maturely, but these two are not very mature. When I mentioned that I was already going this year, they both said that it’s because I didn’t want to see them and I was choosing my other friends over them. I don’t know how to handle these two, because all my other friends act their age. My 14 year old sister is easier to reason with. What do I do?

My journey towards my first injection of Zepbound the Friday before last started at an age earlier than I can remember. I was told that I would finish bottles twice as fast as my brother and sisters did and that was just the beginning. I can remember my first official diet at the age of 10 and can recall the allowances given by Weight Watchers to this day, 6 protein, 5 starch, 5 dairy, 3 fats, and 3 fruits, with unlimited servings of vegetables. At the time this was the accepted way of doing things and the family followed this plan together. We would calculate these portions and buy frozen meals that had these values written on the side. I never would have known that this would be the start of a lifelong battle, where I was accepted and validated while losing weight, dismissed and ridiculed when I wasn’t. In my house weight loss was looked at as a matter of willpower and my father would take me to the grocery store where we would open the bakery cabinet and breathe in the scents of the muffins, brownies, and other pastries without giving in the the temptation of eating any of them. The yo-yoing of my weight started then and continued through 5 years ago, when I was larger than ever and found my way to a weight loss clinic that restricted calories down to 800 a day before building back up over time, mostly through the use of bars and shakes, alongside a meal of protein and veggies. Just like in the past I was able to shed weight on command with a restrictive system, eventually losing 140 pounds, which brought me from 388 down to 248. This was by far the largest loss of my life, having had losses of 90, 75, and multiple losses in the 30-50 range. This time it felt different, but the binge eating at night came back every time I would get to the 250 range. Like clockwork I would creep up and the nurse practitioner would ask if I wanted to try a medication to help and instantly I would take offense and lose the 15 pounds that crept back on, realizing along the way that I needed someone to doubt me, that I needed someone to not believe in me to get back on track. Through this entire journey I had told every person involved that I would be impressed if they could help me keep myself within a 15 pound range for over a year. This method came close but it was always 15 up and 15 down, cycling nearly every other month. This epiphany was met with curiosity and I eventually was referred to a mindful nutritionist that focused on talking through my binge eating issues and removing the good vs. bad labels that I placed on each food my entire life as it relates to food. It took some time to get on their calendar and by then I had risen to 270 pounds. I started this new part of the journey barely eating any real foods and over time I incorporated foods into my life, while removing the labels associated with them. My weight crept up, but I knew this was part of the plan as I judged less and shamed myself even less. I knew this as I had taken up zen meditation over the past few years and along the way I noticed a voice in my head, that voice used my mother’s nickname for me and whenever clothes started to tighten I would hear this admonition, and then one day I realized that I was saying these shame ridden insult out loud to myself. Over the course of a year I reduced my binge eating considerably and accepted more foods into my life. I also noticed that I would often tell my children that “I couldn’t be trusted” with his food and that food and over time I stopped doing these things, both to my benefit and their’s, as the parentification wasn’t good for either of us. Despite all of this I still continued to see the numbers climb, but didn’t weigh myself and felt better than I ever had at such a high weight. As I went past the 300 mark the guilt wasn’t there and the shame was lessened to a a degree I couldn’t imagine. Along this path I believed that the more self acceptance I could show, the less shame I would feel, and in turn I would eat only one hungry, at least eventually. My weight stabilized and I thought I was in my way,but my clothes kept getting tighter, bit by bit over time. At my next physical my doctor looked at my weight and immediately went to suggesting medication. As I tried to explain my work with my nutritionist he was dismissive and kept referring to the work I was doing as being on a diet, which I had refused to do. I was incorporating all foods in my life while not binging and although I physically didn’t feel great, I was proud of the mental place I was in. It was at this time that I began a 4-5 month dialogue between my doctor and my nutritionist. Talking about my goals, fears, and everything in between. I had become comfortable in a bigger body and accepting of it, however I was starting to notice the effect on my psyche, especially at work when I had to present and speak publicly or on camera. I came to the conclusion that I just wanted to be able to exercise regularly and buy clothes at a regular store, staying at XXL sizes or below. My nutritionist was along for the ride and while she never had a patient on Zepbound her approval meant the world to me as I had my doctor place the prescription in at the pharmacy. It was another 2 months before I asked them to fill it and I eventually had it delivered and in my fridge. I had been dismissive of everyone who had bariatric surgery and other interventions, for they didn’t have the “willpower” that I had to lose weight on command. Swallowing my pride I injected myself 11 days ago not knowing what to expect. The injection instead served as admission that I was no better than anyone else and that I could accept medical intervention for something that I just couldn’t solve in any way. After the injection I experienced a profound moment where I went to the pantry prior to a Zoom panel discussion that would have 400 people on it. In this moment I realized that I always came here prior to speaking publicly, it his time was different. I realized I wasn’t hungry and I also realized that my anxiety was lessened in a way far beyond my appetite and impulses. In the 11 days since I have come to terms with the fact that I suffered from anxiety deeper than I ever knew and this new medication made that completely clear. I now move forward hoping to stay in XXL or lower, but fearful that without this medication my anxiety will come back, with my impulsive eating right behind. I then come back to the fact that I will continue the meditation practice, exercise routine, and self acceptance tools that I’ve worked on diligently over the years to guide my path. I don’t know where this journey will take me, but I am glad that I was able to share this publicly for the first time here on Reddit

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