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I have type 2 Diabetes and have had back surgery for a herniated disk - sciatica on my left side. I used to have tremendous sciatica pain in my left leg.
Current situation: I have mostly numbness, but also tingling and pain in my left foot. Not much in my right foot.
So I am wondering if the issues in my left foot are due to Diabetes or from a pinched nerve re sciatica.
I am told that if it was diabetes then I would have approx an “equal area” of numbness on my right foot as well. Is this true?

31m, 5’6, 148lb, non smoker, and overall healthy according to doctor and bloodwork.Hey guys, super embarrassing here but have to ask because it’s been over a year of dealing with this. I have persistent itching, pain, and discomfort in my rectal area. In top of this when I wipe I sometimes see spotting of blood. A couple times I had blood in my stool, every time it’s bright red. I also noticed that as this started, my libido decreased, my erections aren’t as hard and harder to get, and it takes me a while to climax now. I’m bi, I don’t usually partake in anal sex but I have a couple times in the past couple years. I thought it could be an std but I don’t have much visible issues but I also have had multiple std tests done, everything is negative every time, my most recent test being taken in April. I then thought it might be fungal so I was prescribed nystatin powder, seemed to help for a couple weeks but it came back and using it hasn’t helped anymore. My stool is often hard to pass and sometimes there is mucus on the outside if my stool. I changed my diet and take stool softener every day which helps but hasn’t fixed anything. I use a sitz bath because I thought it might be hemorrhoids but it’s not doing much to help. I also have used all sorts of creams from prescribed hydrocortisone (and suppositories) and OTC medications. Does anyone have any idea what this is or how I can get help for it?

For the last 3 days my dog (about a 75LB boxer mix) has been begging to go outside just to eat grass in the mornings. I'm assuming his tummy is not feeling too well...The first morning he eat the grass he vomited it back up some, but yesterday and today no vomit after he ate it. Plus the last couple mornings his stomach has been making some crazy gurgling and rumbling noises. The grass eating and stomach noises is only happening in the morning, he is not eating grass on his afternoon or evening walks.
His stools have been normal and I haven't noticed anything odd with them. Also he is still eating (I would say he is a little less 'excited' to eat then normal). He does seem slightly legartic but still plays with toys and has energy, I'm no DR or vet but i pressed against his stomach and he seems to have no pain. I have been trying to give him a blend diet of rice with some dog kibble mixed in. Might switch to 100% rice & chicken.
Any reason I should be concerned and take him to the vet ASAP? This past weekend I was out of town and he was in boarding so not really sure if he got in something he shouldn't of. Or maybe he caught some kind of stomach bug from another dog in boarding? Could be a conscience but he was in boarding with my brother's dog and his dog also came back with some stomach issues. Their both are fully vaccinated and on heartworm preventatives so don't think it would be more than a stomach bug if they caught something from other dogs.
Trying to figure out if I should take him to vet ASAP or give him a couple more days to see if it improves.

hi!! throwaway account because i'm (19F) still not out to my very conservative family and i'm paranoid that they'll find me. anyway, for context, there's this really cute girl (19F) in my university course and i've been admiring her from afar for a WHILE, i've just always been so shy to talk to her because i don't have any experience with talking to girls in a romantic way (i only realised i was a lesbian a couple years ago when i was 16 and had a lot of internalised homophobia to work on).
2 weeks ago, i gathered the courage to send her a follow request on instagram and she accepted it, as well as followed me back! i was so happy. a couple days after that, we were sitting in class and she started talking to me. i tried acting as normal as possible but my heart was quite literally about to fall out of my chest. at first, she started talking about our coursework, and then, the conversation shifted to our sexuality. i told her i'm a lesbian and she said: "oh, me too!". we then started talking about women we find attractive, and turns out our types are completely opposite. i'm more into mascs, she's into femmes, and she doesn't really find the femmes i like attractive. it was a really nice conversation and i loved laughing with her.
a week after that, we were sitting in the same class and she came up to me asking about a presentation we had to do. i was still starstruck from the first time she talked to me and my mouth literally FROZE and all i could do was nod. still, she smiled at me and changed the conversation, asking me if i watch bridgerton (i do not) and telling me i should check it out.
3 days ago, i was sitting with my best friend and i told him everything that happened. he said i should have flirted back at her because she was obviously showing interest. i don't think that's the case. i think she was just being nice. this girl is genuinely so beautiful, she's way out of my league and i don't think she could ever be interested in me like that. but i still enjoy talking to her, she has a wonderful personality and i would be more than okay with just being friends with her. my best friend told me i should make a move to see how it goes and after an hour of freaking out i sent her a message. a simple "hey, what's up?". she replied almost immediately and we talked for a while until the conversation inevitably died out. i have class with her again today and i'm so nervous i'm considering skipping my lecture.
my question is, how should i go about this? i don't want to come off as creepy by just talking to her out of the blue. was she actually flirting with me or was she just being friendly? i'm going crazy over here.

We both tattoo and met 9 months ago at the tattoo shop I worked at, she was an apprentice and we just clicked and started talking. In the beginning looking back I think we both love bombed eachother but at the time I didn’t see it that way I just saw it as love at first sight and I was so into her and her I. But I recall her telling me I told her I love you sooner than normal, I want to prefise this as to say I may also have some undiagnosed issues. I have an identical twin who has bipolar I dnt know the specifics but he could be very irrational and angry most of the time. But I’ve never been that way. I’m typically passive and try my best to avoid conflict, a people pleaser. But back to the story we fell in love and in the beginning our age gap was an issue for her but over time that became a non issue. I became part of her family and she became part of mine. But at least once a month she would break up with me for various reasons one main reason being she was confused about her sexuality, we are both bi, she would always come back saying she loved me and I’m just confused and we would have the most amazing sex and special moments. When we met she had a male friend that she told me was only a friend but after 4 months randomly confessed he wasn’t just a friend, he was an ex she met though a dating app. Which really shocked me because they talked everyday which isn’t a problem and I wouldn’t typically care but the fact she chose to lie for so long made me uncomfortable. Which she insisted on continuing to talk to after I expressed that it made me uncomfortable. She also had a mutual friend lie to me so they could spend time together without my knowledge saying that she did this because she thought I would be mad considering she’s bi and our mutual friend is lesbian. And again I was shocked that she did this. I found this out by looking in her phone which I’m not proud of but if I didn’t this information would have never been known. after this she treated me with so much love for a small period of time and I always wondered if it was only an attempt to make up for the things she’d did as it soon stopped and we went back to the ways things were. Her withholding affection silent treatments and lack of communication. But she wanted to regain my trust and so I chose to forgive her and build back the trust. Fast forward to now she would txt me I love u every morning and we had plans for the future and all the things in a relationship and suddenly and randomly again she messaged saying I can’t do this I’m confused and I no longer have feelings for you. Obviously I was confused and deeply hurt, I regrettably begged her to work on this with me because she has done this in the past and hasn’t been taking her medication throughout our relationship and since I’ve met her I’ve learned so much about her condition. She has quiet bpd and disorganized attachment. And I’m anxiously attached so in my mind I thought could this be a repeat of her past behaviors and with time this may pass. She agreed but said she only would do it to make me happy and that because her family loved me it made sense but deep down I knew and she vocalized that she didn’t want to and that she was putting on a mask to satisfy me. Which hurts because I want her to be happy but I also wanted her to want to fix this like I did. The plan was to take things slow so I invited her over for dinner and movies and told her I would refrain from serious talk but the problem is with her I was never able to talk about my feelings. Anything serious or relationship related and she would shut down and it stifled any communication. we had a few drinks and regrettably I brought up my frustrations and how it wasn’t just the two of it was us and her bpd. Like usual she shut down and I tried to be present while she explained her feelings. The mistake I made was that while she was crying I was smirking this is what she said and that wasn’t my intention to make her feel crazy but she said my facial expressions made her feel that way .so she left and has blocked me on everything. I kind of vommitted all my backed up feelings on her because I repressed it for so long and I feel bad, I didn’t want to hurt her but I never felt safe telling her how I felt out of fear of her reaction but since it may very well be the end I wanted to at least tell my truth. I loved her so much and regret my inability to hold to what I said and not bring up serous talk if u will but I also feel like it’s not fair to me that I can’t express my self to my partner. Through our relationship she said some of the meanest things anyone has ever to me that anyone. I guess this is kind of a rant and idk what opinions you may have because I don’t think she will ever speak to me again but the saddest part is I truly loved her and her family and would have done anything for her and I tried every day to be there for her and learn about her condition so that I could be the best partner possible . I’m scared about my future and the pain I will face in the coming months, I built my life around her. But I think deep down I knew this wouldn’t work I just so badly wanted it to. I love u Andrea always and forever. I’ll never know how much of our relationship was steered by her bpd but I know that she has an amazingly loving and kind person and just has her own set of problems. I want to say that I know I have issues to and in no way want to be negative towards her or undermined my issue I just can only write so much in this post. I’ve never felt a pain like this and I’ve had other serious relationships. Sry for the rant I just need to vent my feelings and I just miss her already and I dnt see a point in anything anymore but I’m to weak to unalive myself.

Hello, i am 22 years old. i know the thread says it cant diagnose but im just looking for advice. i went to the er about 7 months ago with what i thought were symptoms of dvt. pain in my groin and calf, heart palpitations and chest pain, on and off. they basically laughed at me saying "dr. google told you u have a blood clot huh", took my blood, and scanned my chest xray, said it looked fine. then sent me home saying i have anxiety with a 3500$ bill. now 7 months later, ive had worsening pain, and its daily now. my groin down to my knee will throb and sometimes sharp pain. sometimes my toes look blue/purple ish, but it becomes better after a shower. chest pain and fast heart rate, sometimes it feels like an electric bolt in my heart, other times its a sort of dull aching in my chest that will last minutes or hours. most nights i struggle to fall asleep as my chest is hurting and sometimes im woken up by intense heart pain. my lower left stomach oftentimes has a dull pain and ive also been having small amounts of blood and dark stool about once a month but most days it looks normal. and some days my stomach will bloat up massively like im pregnant but only on the left side for a couple hours. i am so tired all the time, having to take naps about every 4 or 5 hours. sometimes ill go a full day without much pain, other days its constant. im just wondering if this sounds like a clot or pe to you guys, i cant afford to go to hospital if they are going to laugh at me, and not even do an ultrasound on my leg or anything. i was a heavy nicotine vaper for about 5 years, but have recently attempted to quit, (currently hit it about 3 times a day to get me through). everytime i try to quit, after about 2 days fully sober, my leg starts hurting worse so then i hit it again cuz i get scared. ive seen some studies online that nicotine may suppress symptoms of health issues and even may hold clots in place due to constriction which then can increase risk of the clot moving when u quit, so im wondering if each time in a couple days clean my symptoms are finally showing more or if it really is just anxiety. the thing is, im not often anxious, and when i am most anxious, such as when i was at the hospital, i didnt feel the symptoms. they seem to be worst when i am just sitting at home watching or working on pc, or out with my gf doing simple things like grocery shop. again, i know you cant diagnose me, and i plan on making a dr appointment after the weekend passes. im just wondering your imput, and also what things i should tell the doctor to make sure they do the proper tests this time around. thank you

Hi everyone,
Wanted help to understand what my options are and what are due to patch mayhem versus mods, etc.
Pre-patch was using DEF_UI with VIS, and started playing for real only post the AZ Prime show as I forgot I had this in my library. When I got VIS to work, REALLY LIKE how it sorts weaponry by ammo type, the WT changes, and simple things how PreWar Money isn't junk. Also really liked the naming tagging for apparel to show what body part it's meant for, etc.
Recently I noticed some items I've been picking up to not be categorized for either weapons or apparel. Seen this before for legendaries, but now it seems to be happening for common items. In particular 1 clothing item is causing me grief named "Metal Light Armor". In the past simply dropping from my inventory and picking it up made VIS do it's magic. This time nothing happens. What's worse is I can't tell what body part it's meant for, as several are named the same for both legs, and chest for example. Only way I know what it's for is seeing which appendage is highlighted in the pipboy.
Thought it was related to VIS, so I went the route of FallUI, FIS to see if that solved the problem as it's more recently updated. It didn't. Really like the colored icons, UI, and feel overall, but before going into complex mode (using basic), not liking the lack of WT changes nor how prewar money is again listed as junk.
Due to lack of experience with the game prepatchs, wondering if the item issue is a game patch issue, mod issue or both? I'd rather keep VIS with its WT and categorization options, and endure that one particular clothing item's confusing lack of clarity if I knew it was a one off, and due to progression I will not see other issues with other clothing items appear.
So trying to understand:

• If only historical items I've picked up in the past going to categorized, and it's a sign of the sorting not working in the future?
• Without getting deep into the world of FO4Edit, is the item I have issues with a known outlier or just my build?
• Is there some combination of mods folks recommend to get the best of both worlds - WT and junk categorization as I would like, plus categorizing Metal Light Armor correctly, and perhaps even keep a bit of the FIS menu options.

Anyway first world problems I know, but for now at least I think I'll revert back to VIS (WT and prewar money are key to my experience) and play the dang game.
Thanks for reading this.

I’ve been working toward getting this surgery for about two weeks and was finally granted it, with a surgery date of 5/30.
I am in tremendous pain and have been pretty much immobile - only able to stand maybe a total of 10 mins each day. And every one of those minutes is excruciating due to sciatica and back pain. I can barely switch positions while lying in bed - all of that is to say, I’m suffering.
I had a microdiscectomy and laminectomy in the same spot last year and was in a similar state back then, but was only immobile for about 4-5 weeks.
The difference between then and now is, I’m absolutely terrified. Usually, being in this amount of pain makes it so I don’t care what they have to do, I just want the pain to stop. But this time is so different because even though I have the same doctor who did spectacular work last time (I fell, which is what put me here again), the way I’ve been treated by his office has been less than ideal (not him, but his supporting staff.) I’m also incredibly squeamish and the idea of drilling into my spine and cutting muscle makes me want to literally vomit.
They were able to move up my surgery an entire two weeks early to this morning. I’m terrified like I’ve never been before for anything in my life. It’s like my heart is palpitating, I’m sweating, feel nauseous and can’t control this staggered panicked breathing. I’ve been unable to sleep straight through the night - it feels like I’m being led to the gallows.
What do I do about this? I feel like my mind is racing - what if I wake up during surgery? What if they chase me out of the hospital before I’m ready? What if the pain is too much to bear and they mess with me by not providing enough post-op meds for pain control?
Realistically, with this surgery, what should I expect?

Hey guys - long time lurker, first time poster here.
Just wanted to share my experience with SRPE and what I do to manage it.
Reading through the posts here, I consider myself lucky to have quite a mild form of SRPE. Provided that I avoid the triggering activities, I would typically get woken up 1-2 times a night, upon which I would get up, pee to get rid of the erection, then try to go back to sleep.
The thing that I find would trigger the worst symptoms was if I was sexually aroused during the day (e.g. cuddling / petting / seeing sexy pictures) and as a result got a "normal" erection but did NOT go on to ejaculate. In this situation, I would expect to be woken up 5/6 times per night, until I ejaculate.
Getting aroused AND ejaculating would also trigger more awakenings, but not as many as getting aroused and not ejaculating.
So to avoid aggravating my SRPE, I would generally try to avoid any form of sexual arousal, and if I do get aroused, I would either have sex or masturbate so that I ejaculate as well and avoid the worst symptoms.
In terms of managing the erections and pain / discomfort, here are some things that I found helpful:

• Cutting holes in my boxers and making a device to prop up the blanket around my groin area so that when I get an erection at night, it does not touch anything and nothing will press on / apply any pressure to my penis
  
• Taking 500mg Inositol and 200mg L-Theanine before bed. This is part of Dr Huberman's sleep supplement suggestions. I may also take an additional 200mg L-Theanine upon mid-night awakenings, depending on whether I feel I need something to me fall back asleep.
  
• Upon midnight awakenings, taking 1000 mg paracetamol together with either the 200mg L-Theanine mentioned above or 5mg melatonin - this would usually end me back to sleep for another 2 hours.
  

Trying to avoid the stronger medications and the above has worked for me so far and generally get between 6.5 - 7.5 hours of sleep total when following the above protocols.

Does anyone have any idea if it will ever be on sale again? It is the perfect size (height especially) for my bedroom and I can't seem to find a single alternative to it.

Knee pain and stiffness on one side is my main symptom. I've had it since my teens (now in my 30s) and the orthopaedic consultant I saw then just sent me to physio. An MRI last year showed damage to the cartilage (bone on bone).
I have a fused SI joint on one side, hip pain (I also have a hip impingement), elbow pain and a new symptom is ear psoriasis.
With all that, my doctor mentioned ankylosing spondylitis as a likely diagnosis. However, a spine MRI showed no inflammation, my HLA B27 is negative and my inflammatory blood markers are all negative.
They told me over the phone that I have spondyloarthritis. I'm confused as I thought that was a category of arthritic conditions.
I'm also confused about how I can have such bad damage in some of my joints (my knee consultant said I'll need a knee replacement in the future) but my blood tests are normal.
They're putting me on Humira (adalimumab).
Has anyone else got experience of the above, being diagnosed with spondyloarthritis but with normal blood tests? Asking here as my phone call with the rheum was a lot of info to take in and it's always helpful to hear real-life experiences.

Time is relative, as are the experiences within a relationship no matter the duration. One relationships "love bombing" may lead to a marriage the following month that spans an entire lifetime, while another relationships "love bombing" leads to an insincere actor with ulterior motives.
I was hoping for the former while you were engaged in the latter. You never had to grieve the end because it was not real for you so you blindsided me and pretended like I no longer existed.
You said you had to end it so you can work on yourself; so you could love me the way I deserved; that you had no more to give to anyone else, yet you immediately went back to your ex in addition to looking for other people.
I never judged you for your actions, I simply wanted to understand the how's and the why's.
How could you watch me suffer while knowing the entire time none of it was real for you? Why would you introduce me to your friends and family knowing that I would be discarded soon? How did you convince me that all the things you said to me were real? Why did I compromise my values for you? How could you sleep so comfortably as we cuddled knowing about all of those secret messages? Why would you use the trauma and abuse I experienced as a weapon against me?
There are some questions that were answered once provided context, but there are many questions I will never know the answers to and I'm okay with that and despite all of the deciet and lies, whether by omission or obfuscation, I still love you; but I know that you can love someone yet still not be together or in their life at all. I am not bitter or spiteful and I forgive you.
A lot of unfair and terrible things happened to you in life that I wish you didn't have to experience but those experiences should build empathy not cruelty. However, I do hope the love and affection I showed you allowed a brief respite from that pain.
It feels odd to still love another person unconditionally, want to understand them completely, and want to give them everything despite knowing it was never a possibility.
12.16.2023 ♥️🐧

As a little girl and for most of adolescence we would live inside our inner world. We’d spend hours inside there, and people would find us staring blankly at the wall or the window. We got told by our family members that we “lived in our own world” and weren’t “all there” and that we were “a really spacey kid.” When we’d come back to reality we wouldn’t know what we’d missed. Often we angered out abusive mother for this because we’d have no idea what was happening and she’d want us to be present for her or attend to her needs, but we were incapable, and due to autism we were developmentally delayed and couldn’t speak like the other kids our age. This pissed our mother off because she wanted us to be able to do things we were not mentally able to do, and we were too delayed and too young and too dissociative, we spent most of early childhood “asleep” in the mind and on physical autopilot. We’d think we were walking through the woods, but we would be walking down the stairs and trip and fall. We ended up in dangerous situations because of it. Dangers ranged from wandering into traffic, falling into the pool, tripping and falling down, spilling things, breaking things, eloping and getting lost, going along with strangers, and getting hit by our mom for not being aware of what was happening around us.
We legit were dreaming while awake and would lose touch with reality. A little like sleepwalking.
This got harder as we got older (preteen) because social demands increased, and suddenly one of our alters became a main host and fronted the body all the time. We were pulled into reality and out of the inner world more and more and some of us couldn’t handle reality. For many different reasons, one being it didn’t look like home, or where we grew up. (We spent so much time in the inner world that we experienced childhood in it and not in our real home) we cried to sleep at night to the point of hyperventilating when we started losing access too it. What happened eventually is that Liz took over the body and began trying to participate in real life, and most of us stayed behind. Because our abusers and bullies have used to word “reality” so much and critized us for not “living in it” we call the outer world “The Realities” In our world, we can see the portal, it looks a little like a vertical wall of “aurora borealis” and it’s on the edge of a wheat farm field. We do not like to step through it.
Liz had all sorts of psychological issues from us, we’d try to “haunt her” to wake her up and get her to realize she was missing out on us in here. She didn’t get to visit much and soon forgot who we were and didn’t know what to do with our dreams at night. (That’s where she’d come home to us sometimes and we’d try to comfort her)
Not all of us live in our inner world. We know of other alters that don’t live here. We hear of them, but they are behind a thick subconscious wall of black space. Much like outer space, except with muffled sounds.
Liz is who everyone in the realities thinks she is, but she doesn’t know we exist anymore. When we come out sometimes, we cause her to lose consciousness, and she’s deathly afraid of that. We aren’t very good at handling the outer world and could put her in danger. What we mean by this is that we feel physical pain in the body when we fully live the inner world, so we don’t. We step half out, half in, and have less control of the body. She’s afraid we will accidentally ently kill her. (We don’t know how to drive and there are no real threats in our world, we can’t die, so we’re not able to worry about danger.)
So some of us can’t front and we won’t front. It’s too much physical/sensory pain.
Who else is an alter that lives in there own place instead of The Realities ? Anyone? Tonight is a dreamlike night for us, so we can finally speak. She’s asleep.

29 F. To start, I'm diagnosed Bipolar 1, and antipsychotics don't work for me, I've tried them all.
I have constant stomach pain since beginning BuSpar 8 weeks ago. Im on oxycarbazepine, klonopin 0.25, adderal 10mg/day, & 5mg BuSpar 5 mg 3x/day. If it's not constipation, it's diarrhea. Usually I wake up at about 9am with horrible nausea (not pregnant, I checked) and I only throw up stomach acid. I then have horrible shooting gas-like pains in my stomach for hours until I go from constipation to diarrhea. It calms down for a few hours and comes back raging around bedtime. (Any time I'm laying down, really.)
It's made things like traveling, waking up any time before 9, taking care of my 4 year old, everything, miserable. It's made me uninterested in sex with my boyfriend. The BuSpar worked ok for anxiety, but that could be my ADHD finally being under control. It's the 17th of May (Norway's Independence Day) and I'm missing the parade because of my sickness.
I have moments of clarity, shortly after toilet time, but moments of extreme distress and suicidal ideation (which I've NEVER had) because of the stomach pain. How do people live like this?? Anyway, I'll stop rambling. Hoping for some answers. Peace & Love

Left eye hurts, can't see clearly from it, have public insurance, can't seem to get any doctors appointment. Emergency doctor says get a normal opthamology doctor. Tried 116117, tried my own public insurance help line, even got an emergency code from hausartz... No chance for any appointment. I can't drive because I can't see license plates Infront of me anymore. I have good eyes... No glasses.. No previous history of any eye issues... This is a sudden occurance...eyes also hurt alot... My friends, myself, my family,... We all are trying to find a doctor....
Out of all countries that I can do my job for the same pay, I chose Germany just to experience the country and Anyway I'm going back in a years time once I finish my project. However I may loose more if I stay here is what I feel. I'm really sitting Infront of my computer deciding to book a flight back so that I can get proper care for my vision as it's the only organ which cannot be replaced. I'm posting this jsut thinking... I can escape and get proper care... But what about actual citizens living here with no access to doctors... What are they going to do? There is a pain in my heart for such people... And a fear for my daily prognosis which I'm not getting... It's all so confusing..
My german friends explain that doctors don't earn alot here due to insurance companies limiting the payments.. Not many future generations are even interested to become doctors it seems..it's all chaotic thoughts...
Adding more info: doclib not so helpful, have been turned away from waiting rooms, many have too many patients it seems for waiting rooms. We are now calling around for direct money payment appointments.

My Sciatica pain started one day after assembling some furniture (and a long period of being sedentary). I scheduled an appointment at an Orthopedics clinic. I live in Germany, and In my experience, medical attention is at times not so customer-oriented... what I mean is that the Doctor immediately knew what was going on, but after testing for some range of motion/movements, he decided that things would get better on its own and no further procedure was required...
(at the point of my appointment I had minor back pain (only after sitting for long) but walking was super uncomfortable, no limping but the leg (behind knee) and foot pain/heavyness sensation would be quite strong)
I recovered in around 8 weeks, then I went back to my regular life, while trying to be more active. I tried to slowly incorporate exercise into my daily life, as I was scared of overdoing it... The thing is, that I actually dont know If I under-did it. Pain slowly returned in somehow a different way (which I don't know if its for better or worse)
Whats your opinion / what was your experience / what would you recommend in terms of the following:

• At the moment, If I don't go on a walk, or do some exercise during the day I can hardly sleep at night.
• I was scared of going to the gym for light exercise, and now I do it to see if it helps (I think it's kinda working)
• I sometimes feel that this lumbar support (rolled towel) is counter-productive, as when I use it I have less back pain but more leg pain (maybe nerve gets pressed more).
• Sleeping on a hard mattress feels more comfortable now as opposed to when I first had the pain with elevated knees + semi hard matress.
• I don't know If my chair to do home office is so bad (it supposedly has lumbar support) but it's just so uncomfortable to sit there (sometimes I feel better sitting in cheap kitchen chairs as I'm forced to move more / align my posture)

I've been looking for something like this for a long time and I am astounded and frustrated nobody has made anything like this. I found plenty of people asking for this, but no one actually showed a solution.
I stream with friends on twitch as we are in a discord call, and they will often post pictures in discord, but there was no way for me to easily show the picture on stream without toggling the entire discord window so twitch chat can actually see what we are talking about. What I wanted was some way for it to be automated, at least as much as possible.
Through the use of a custom discord bot, I was able to make something work.
Before I get into how to make this work, let me briefly explain how it works so you can tell if this is something you're willing to do. I will be highlighting all areas you need to fill out. The rest is mostly copy paste.
Discord Bot has reading access to a discord channel of your choice>a code tells the bot to monitor this discord channel for image links and image attachments>Upon detecting a new image, the bot will edit an HTML file somewhere on your computer with the link to the image along with some other things to make it readable for OBS>OBS uses that HTML file as a local browser source.
The only potential issue here that can benefit from some improvements is the source will not properly update unless you hide and then unhide the source. If its already hidden, simply unhiding it will prompt the correct image. (Just be sure the source has "Shutdown source when not visible" enabled, to allow it to update and take less resources while not visible) I simply made this a hotkey to easily toggle the source, however there is a way to create an OBS script that will automatically hide the source after a period of time, and reveal it upon updating, I was unsuccessful in this though.
To get this to work, you will only need to create 2 text files, paste some code, and change 3 lines to match your details so it properly links to the correct channel, bot, files, etc. I will highlight these things so you wont have to go searching.
1. CREATE YOUR DISCORD BOT
-Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications -Hit "New Application" at the top right, accept terms and name it whatever you want. -On the left under Settings/Installation be sure User Install and Guild Install are checked. -Navigate to the "Bot" tab on the left and turn OFF "Public Bot" and turn ON "Message Content Intent" -Head over to the "OAuth2" tab on the left. -Under "OAuth2 URL Generator" You will see a big list of "scopes" All you need is to check "bot" -A new portion will be revealed called "Bot Permissions". For simplicity sake since you can give it "Administrator". If you are concerned about security, you can check off only what would be needed like read messages and maybe read message history. This area you will have to experiment to see what is absolutely needed. -Copy the generated URL and paste it into your browser and select what server you would like to add it to. -Once added it should have all the needed permissions to do its job, but double check roles and default permissions to make sure its not conflicting with anything on your server. -Go back to the "Bot" tab on the left and hit the "Reset Token" button. You will be given a code. (Copy and paste this somewhere for you to refer to later.)
2. PYTHON (DONT PANIC) You barely need to mess with it.
-Head over to https://www.python.org/downloads/ and download the latest version. -When installing, make sure to check the box that says "Add Python X.X to PATH" during the installation process. This ensures that Python is added to your system's PATH environment variable, allowing you to run Python from the command line. (Just stay with me here, its not as bad as it sounds) Otherwise if you don't see this, its fine.
-Open Command Prompt as an administrator.

• Enter the following command: pip install discord
• That's about it for python.

3. CREATE THE CODE (PASTE IT)
-Create a new text file and name it "discord_bot.py" (Be sure to change the file extension from .txt to .py) -Right click the file and hit "open with" and select notepad. -Go ahead and paste the following code into the file:

import discord import os import time import re TOKEN = 'YOUR BOT TOKEN HERE' CHANNEL_ID = 'YOUR CHANNEL ID HERE' TEXT_FILE_PATH = 'YOUR TEXT FILE PATH' # Create an instance of discord.Intents intents = discord.Intents.default() intents.messages = True intents.guilds = True intents.message_content = True # Pass intents to the discord.Client() constructor client = discord.Client(intents=intents) # CSS style to limit image dimensions CSS_STYLE = """  """ .event async def on_ready(): print(f'Logged in as {client.user}') .event async def on_message(message): if == int(CHANNEL_ID): print(f'Message received in correct channel: {message.content}') print(f'Attachments: {message.attachments}') if message.attachments or any(re.findall(r'(http[s]?:\/\/[^\s]+(\.jpg\.png\.jpeg))', message.content)): image_url = message.attachments[0].url if message.attachments else re.findall(r'(http[s]?:\/\/[^\s]+(\.jpg\.png\.jpeg))', message.content)[0][0] try: # Generate HTML content with image URL embedded in an  tag html_content = f"""     {CSS_STYLE} Include CSS style      """ # Update the HTML file with the generated HTML content with open(TEXT_FILE_PATH, 'w') as file: file.write(html_content) print(f'HTML file updated with image URL: {image_url}') except Exception as e: print(f'Error updating HTML file: {e}') else: print('No attachments or image links found in the message') client.run(TOKEN)message.channel.id 

-A few lines into the code you will see three lines that read:
'YOUR BOT TOKEN HERE' 'YOUR CHANNEL ID HERE' -and- 'YOUR TEXT FILE PATH'
-You need to replace these. Refer to your token you saved earlier and paste it in place of YOUR BOT TOKEN HERE. When you replace it, it should still have the (') at each end. Example: TOKEN = 'adnlkn34okln2oinmfdksanf342'
-For the Channel ID, head over to Discord>Settings(cogwheel bottom left)>advanced and turn on Developer Mode. -Head over to the Server where you want OBS to grab from and where you invited the bot. -Right click the text Channel you want OBS to grab pictures from and hit "Copy Channel ID" -Go back to the text file with the code and paste the ID you just copied place of YOUR CHANNEL ID HERE. (again make sure not to delete ' ' in the process.
So far we have the Bot Token and the Channel ID done.
-We need to create another text file. Create one and find a place to save it where you'll remember it. Somewhere like your documents folder will work fine. -Name it whatever you want, but be sure to save it as a .HTML file, rather than a .txt file. (for the sake of the tutorial, lets assume you named it "showimage.html" ) *-*Right click the html file you just made and click properties -Here you can see the file "Location". Go ahead and copy it. -Go back to that discord_bot.py file and replace YOUR TEXT FILE PATH with the address you just copied.
HOWEVER: BE SURE TO ADD EXTRA SLASHES TO THIS. I DONT KNOW WHY BUT ITS NEEDED. Example: TEXT_FILE_PATH = 'C:\\Users\\YOURNAME\\OneDrive\\Desktop'
There. The code is finished so go ahead and save it. Now you need to implement it into OBS
4. OBS BROWSER SOURCE
-Go ahead and open OBS. Go to your desired Scene and create a new Source, and make it a Browser Source. -I made the width and height 600x600, but you can adjust it once we get a picture on screen. -Toggle ON "Local File" and "Shutdown source when not visible" -For the local file, browse your computer for that "showimage.html" file we made earlier and select it.
5. (FINAL) LAUNCH THE BOT
We are almost done. You will have to launch this bot every time you want this image thing to work, so maybe save this last part on a note.
-Type CMD in your start menu on windows. -Right click "Command Prompt" and hit "Run as administrator" -Navigate to where the discord_bot.py file you made was saved. You can do this by typing "cd" followed by the address and hitting enter
Example: cd C:\Users\YOURNAME\OneDrive\Desktop Enter\*
-Then type: python discord_bot.py Enter\*
You should see a few lines of text that say: "Logged in as (whatever your bot name is)"
You're done!
When someone posts a link to an image, or uploads one directly to your desired channel, the bot will create a link for the obs source to refer to, and it should pop up in your scene, assuming its visible. If you still dont see anything, try restarting OBS and or go into the source properties, scroll down, and click the "refresh cache of current page" button at the bottom. Keep in mind the picture will not update unless you force the source to refresh somehow. If you dont want to keep going back to obs to hide/unhide the source to update it, you can set a hotkey to it, create an OBS script, or use a separate program like streamerbot to automate the process to your liking.
This was a huge pain in the ass to do, and I dont want anyone to go through what I did, so I wanted to have it all in a janky guide to get people started. Also I made it so the pictures have a minimum and maximum w/h size so small images arent so darn small, and big ones dont take up so much space. You can adjust this in the .py file, just be sure to close command prompt and start the bot again for the changes to go through.
Please let me know if you guys have any questions or suggestions, and Ill try my best to help/ respond. I hope someone makes use of this and it pops up in search results because I couldnt find anything like this anywhere.

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So for context I go to the gym most mornings, on my days off, later. The later days there’s always this girl who LITERALLY stares at me during sets. She’s a much bigger build, covered in tattoos with a topknot.. bearing in mind we always say hi or she smiles at me etc. Not huge conversations because I’m focussed on my workouts so I don’t want to socialise, just do the thing and leave. But it’s such a regular routine that it does take away my focus.
Today she came into the showers just as I was getting out, I wrap a towel around my waist because I don’t really care who sees my chest but she just stood a bit taken a back when getting to her locker. I made eye contact and said ‘alright?’ And she smiled back.
As I’m drying off she asks if I’ve got much on today and I tell her I’m just running errands in town etc, ask her and she to is going to the same place as me. I take it as a ‘we’re both free today and alone’.
I ask if she fancies grabbing a coffee, my treat and if so maybe I could get her number to text her there?
She shoots me an awful look and says “look, I’m not gay if that’s what you’re suggesting and I don’t like coffee”
I played it off cool and just said I only suggested because it’s nice to have company when doing boring stuff plus I feel less guilty buying coffee if I’m treating someone as well (coffee has gone up in price man)
I feel stupid but I just thought there was something between us and I’m confident in making the first move 🤷🏼‍♀️

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