Ibuprofen and naoh equation

Hi everyone,
I'll be getting my test results tomorrow (blood and stool).
Symptoms started as a gripey stomach occasionally. Progressed to acid in my mouth after a late-ish tomato based curry (that was a bit spicier than I am used to). Then, a month later, I woke up at 2am with acid in my mouth again. Except, I had only had a small amount of ketchup.
The more I've thought about it, I'm going to say it's down to the Ibuprofen I've taken over the years. I had knee surgery about 7yrs ago, it's been my painkiller of choice before that anyway (I always made sure I didn't take them on an empty stomach). Had been taking a lot more of them recently cos of my knee fairing up.
Booked in with my GP, got the tests done after a hiatus of 2 weeks for the omeprazole that I had been occasionally taking to disappear from my system.
Since the last episode of the acid in my mouth, my stomach never really feels settled where as it did before. Sometimes it feels like, just for a second, a bunch of needles being stuck in my stomach. Uncomfortable feeling is at the top of my stomach. Never been doubled over in pain at any moment, it's just there pretty much all of the time.
Ever since the 2nd incident I've cut out most of the potential trigger foods that I've seen on here.
Still eating butter, cut out tea, no tomatoes, onions, only banana and small amount of mango, one small glass wine and an IPA in 3 weeks.
Now drinking chamomile tea instead.
My surgery phoned me last week and said that the Dr wanted to see me about my thyroid function.
So the questions:
1) Assuming that it's nsaid brought on gastritis and my symptoms, how long is it on average to heal?
2) Will I get back to a normal diet if I avoid nsaid
3) Do I need to go further with my diet? I still have Sunday lunch with gravy but don't notice any particular issue afterwards.
4) I'm having difficultly pinning down what is causing my stomach to be constantly there, is that because I'm in a flare up?
5) How long does it take for food = pain to happen? I don't know if this lack of awareness is due to me cutting out most stuff that causes issues or just the stage I'm at so I'm currently at a loss to equate the two.
6) Is there a link between thyroid function and gastritis? If so, does anyone else have experience of this link?
Thanks in advance (and well done for getting to here)

I have a lab practical this week and it’s involves Coca Cola, NAOH and brothymool blue. The issue is I’m still a lil confused on the steps and how to preform this lab great. I have my notebook info recorded and I did online research but it would be a honor if someone could give a simple and great breakdown on the steps and the understanding of the info below:
The manufacturers of Coca-Cola products keep the recipe of ingredients in a secure location. By reviewing the list of ingredients in standard Coke, phosphoric acid (H3PO4) is one of the acidic components to provide a sour or tangy flavor profile. Unfortunately, the concentration of phosphoric acid is not well known in Coke. Consider the balanced equation when trying to determine the acid-base reaction at a neutral pH of 7.
H3PO4 (aq) + 2 NaOH (aq) → Na2HPO4 (aq) + 2 H2O (l)
In the lab, you will have a sample of Coke, a standardized base, and will be using bromothymol blue as an indicator.
Your goal is to determine the concentration of phosphoric acid in coke, provide a protocol for the experiment, interpret the data, and summarize the lab.

I'm stuck in the flat, sick with a stupid head cold when it's nice and warm outside and I would have much preferred to sit my ass in a nice bar at the latin quarter than break my heart over this show but this cold won't let me love Paris as it's supposed to be loved so I guess I'll have to love these idiots instead.
Right, straight on, Mary announces she wants to bring Richard over to meet the family because why the hell not, apparently.
Violet: Careful Mary, he mustn't think you're after him.
Edith: Why not? Isn't that the truth?
Mary:
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I bet she wonders if she can end this fast by stabbing herself with her fork.
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Mary: He's nice, isn't he?
I would describe Richard Carlisle as many things, not all of them bad things, but "nice" would never be one of them. I suppose, what she meant was "appropriate", "breathing", or something along the lines of "he exists and he's into me so why the hell not at this point". Rosamund responds appropriately "I'm sure I'll love him" as in "yes he's breathing and he's into you so you might as well".
My God I'm so glad I wasn't alive back then. Imagine looking at any random man and being like "yeah why not".
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I really liked the parallels between Anna and Mary in this episode. They both can't be with the men they love, even if it's for different reasons, although connected through the Pamuk scandal. Mary didn't marry Matthew because of it, Bates had to leave Downton and Anna to protect the family from it.
So they both were "tainted", in a way, by the whole Pamuk mess, and now they're suffering but in very different ways. Anna has so much clarity while Mary is a mess. Anna knows what she wants and what she needs. Mary knows what she wants, but since that's not an option she's struggling over what she needs.
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Quite possibly the worst combination of dinner guests available. Imagine those 4 having dinner alone. Just internal struggle and uncomfortable silences. They'd have had an amazing time as family and neighbours if Carlisle and Mary had actually settled at Haxby 🙈
Lavinia coming in with a "well, old acquittances anyway" and immediately rebuffing Carlisle's "friendship". Love a queen who won't bow to a man's wishes.
Also, love the contrast between Matthew's exquisite taste in women vs Mary's spotty (at best) taste in men.
Although, to be fair to Mary, many of the men in her life were hardly a choice.
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Sybil: I wonder what Mary sees in him
Rosamund: Besides the money you mean?
I love Sybil's face at Rosamund's words. Like Bitch, you know nothing of my sister.
And she doesn't, at this point Rosamund doesn't actually know the rumours about Mary are true, and that she has about 100 reasons to entertain any man's interest. She's just a bad judge of character (as she proves, again and again, multiple times on the show).
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Right in front of everyone's salad. Matthew is really not good at this. You're not supposed to look like you're at a funeral mate. Just meeting your cousin's suitor right. Right??
Mary is absolutely breaking my heart so I'm choosing to ignore her. Look at her, she's like they can do this, they can get married to these people and still see each other. It will be fine and she won't have to lose Matthew entirely, right?
IDIOT stop making me cry.
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Worried about Dad 2 who does a perfect impression of dying (of natural causes, of absolute mortification, who knows). I do love how calming her voice is in all that mess though, I know Carson appreciated that.
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Carson: May I give you one piece of advice, my lady? Tell him what's in your heart. If you still love him, let him know. Then even if he's killed - and he may be - you won't be sorry. But if you don't tell him, you could regret it all your life long.
Carson dropping truth bombs that Mary is so not ready to hear. I do love that she has at least one person who knows her and advices her for her benefit and no one else's. He doesn't have all the facts, however, not that Mary would take this advice, in the end, for reasons other than the fact that she'd have a lot of things to admit to to Matthew if she were to make herself honest with him now.
I also love that she says "And what about Miss Swire?". Carson interprets that as her wondering if Matthew would pick Lavinia over Mary, but as we see later on, Mary simply expressed concern, for this other person in this unfortunate equation.
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Can I just say, that I *love* Mrs Hughes' beef with Mary?
We literally haven't seen Mary do or say anything to her at this point in the show. And Mary has been so kind to so many people downstairs already this far, Carson, Anna, William. Mrs Hughes' shouldn't dislike her any more than any other member of the family and it just makes me wonder why, while also finding her comments about Mary hilarious (and she's also given her my favourite nickname - the Blessed Lady Mary (sarcastically) - I'm dying).
I think it's only to show how people who don't know Mary perceive her, and it's always a good perspective to have. I do love that Carson doesn't even bother responding to her jabs about his favourite daughter.
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He knows Mary has created this image for herself, we see it from what she says "Carson has been boosting my confidence". Like she went all the way to his room for a confidence boost, and not out of love and care for him. This girl, always wanting to appear so cold and selfish.
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Richard: Are you shocked by my bold and modern values?
Mary can't say it (with words anyway, because she says it with her face well enough) so I'll say it for her: bitch, please.
Richard gives the first indications that his interest in Mary is as distanced from affection as hers is. He doesn't want to marry her because he cares for her, he sees it as a stepping stone on his way up the social ladder.
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Rosamund finally learning why Mary is considering Carlisle, having what seems to be a never ending argument with Violet over the merits (or lack there of) of her late husband, and Violet lamenting Matthew's choice of Lavinia.
Rosamund: You speak so eloquently of the human heart, Mama. You must be aware of its...vagaries.
I love the irony here. Matthew falling in love and wanting to marry a solicitor's daughter is anything BUT irregular.
Mary considering marrying Richard to secure her future is also anything BUT irregular.
Matthew, a middle class lawyer, falling in love and wanting to marry an earl's eldest daughter, and her loving him back, even though they're currently with other people who should, by the time's standards, be more suited for them, THAT is the irregularity of the heart here girls. Wtf kind of drugs are you on.
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Also, Rosamund seeing Richard blackmail Lavinia over something she doesn't know and being like "ah, that's how we'll get rid of Lavinia."
Mate, I think you're concentrating on the wrong thing here. This man is a blackmailer. And from what we've seen Lavinia has done nothing to invite his wrath so he must be doing this just because he can, so he simply *enjoys* having that kind of power over women. That man wants to marry your niece and it's THE WOMAN you choose to focus on?????
She also doesn't share that information with Mary straight away even though they're alone together later that night, which, honestly, ugh.
No wonder Mary went to Carson and Anna for advice, these people are useless.
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Speaking of which, Mary shares Carson's advice with Anna after she asks how he's doing, and Anna agrees with him.
Anna: Well, they do say honesty's the best policy, and I think you regret being honest less often than you regret telling lies.
But Mary is still struggling with the idea, even though it is solid advice, and from people she trusts.
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I love this scene. For so many reasons.
Carlisle: You see, I want you to marry me.
Mary: Why?
Carlisle: Because I think very highly of you.
Mary: Very highly. Goodness.
Her face is like "from declarations of love, to this", which really makes me wonder about what Matthew said in his proposal of marriage (well, the first one anyway). Carlisle is obviously struggling to express care, and he reiterates his logical thinking in this choice of his as he goes on. His proposal is somewhat reminiscent of Mr Collins, but less funny, more tragic to be honest. Because he also has this image of Mary as a cerebral person, when Mary is often led by her emotions.
She is a logical person, yes, but she vert often allows her emotions to lead her decisions in many subjects (how she told William the truth even though she didn't have to, how she supported Sybil's choice in Tom even though it was anything but logical, how she decided to keep her secret from Matthew even though it ruined their relationship out of fear, I could go on).
She tells him she'll think about it, and we can clearly see how she's trying to lean on that logical part of herself to make this decision, but it's so very hard for her. I love how she's says "now that's better" when he says "I think we'd make a good team" which shows she's looking for equality in marriage. A rare condition, at the time. She, of course, doesn't know of Carlisle's real character just yet. Not even of his "argument" with Lavinia (I still hate that Rosamund presented it to Mary as an argument and not as what it actually was - blackmail.)
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I love that she sits down and tries to reassure Lavinia. That she empathises with her fear and pain so obviously, a strange thing for her, to show her emotions in front of someone she really doesn't know that well. I love it even more that it's Lavinia's obvious care for Matthew that makes the decision for Mary not to tell him the truth.
I also love that this scene comes right after Carlisle's proposal. In Mary's eyes, unlike her, Matthew has found a woman who truly cares for him. And Mary obviously likes Lavinia, and she thinks she's good for Matthew, so who is she to ruin this for him now, when he might have actually found happiness?
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Mary: We hope you're still coming for dinner tonight.
Matthew: Certainly we are. Why wouldn't we?
Mary: Sure? It'll be your last evening.
Matthew: Why? Don't you want me?
Mary: Of course I want you. Very much.
I hate them. She covers for her random visit with checking if they will join for dinner, Matthew freaks out that now that Carlisle is in the picture Mary won't be that interested in dining with him anymore, and Mary can't even look at him when she says "of course I want you. Very much." because she might actually just burst into tears.
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I hate them both.
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Not Matthew trying not to laugh at Mary's unnecessary jab at Edith and Mary enjoying watching him struggle. Your honour, they truly belong together, why am I being tortured like this 😫
"Don't be so tough on her" But you're laughing Matthew, that was the point.
"I've found someone now, and I want you to do the same"
Yeah, sure you do. Try saying that when Carlisle is actually in the room and you haven't got Mary all to yourself after dinner. What? Matthew looked constipated at the previous dinner scene when Carlisle *was* there? Thought so.
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Mary: I'm going to accept him (Carlisle). Do you think I should?
Anna: That's not for me to say. If you love him more than anyone in the world, then of course you should.
Mary: It's not as simple as that.
Anna: Oh? It is for me. But then, I'm not Your Ladyship.
Mary: Did you love Bates more than anyone else in the world?
Anna: I did. I do. I'll never love again like I love him. Never.
Mary: Well, there you are then. One day you'll meet someone else and you'll marry. Perhaps it'll second best, but it doesn't mean you can't have a life.
Anna: I think it does. For me.
Again, I love the parallels between them. For all that I adore Mary and Matthew, I think this is my favourite relationship in the entire show. And not just because it's yet another way to show how Mary's heart finds love in all the irregular places, a father's in a butler, a sister's in a maid, a husband's in a country solicitor.
Mary couldn't get a more relatable opinion than this. Not only because Anna also lost the man she loved, to the same secret, honestly, but also because Anna knows her, is honest with her. I think Mary could have married Carlisle and made a good show of it. But she'd be miserable her entire life, and you can see her here considering it, seeing it. If it weren't for the family name, she wouldn't have married him. She didn't. Once Robert released her from her obligation to the Crawleys she dumped him. And Anna was the only one who had that clarity of vision for her, from so early on. Even before Mary knew it herself.
Anyway, random ramblings over. Thank the good lord for doctors, scientists, and ibuprofen.

Hi everyone!
In my lab course we reacted several chemicals with AgNO3. Now I have to setup the chemical equations and i am struggling. My question is what is the best way to find out which products the reaction will have produced?
For example:
AgNO3 reacts with NaOH
My guess would have been that the products are:
AgNO3 + NaOH = AgOH + Na+ + NO3-
However checking this on the internet shows that the product is actually Ag2O
Is there any technique on how to find out the products of an reaction? Or is it just making a guess and comparing to literature.

I am a 28 years old male who has a constant feeling of having to have a pee (pollakiuria) and have suffered from this since the age of 16, after I suffered from a myopericarditis that we supposed is the result of a poorly treated pharyngitis.
I just schedule a new appointment with my current urologist, hoping he won't give up on me, and I would like to have some more points of views before I actually see him.
It's a huge shot in the dark and maybe not the proper sub for that, but I can't think of anything else so feel free to redirect me if needed.
Symptoms

• Pollakiuria
• Constant feeling of having to pee, coming from my urethra - I actually go pee every ~45min to 1h30
• Trouble peeing after having ejaculated
• Sometimes it bothers me when I have sex (no pain, but I feel that something's not right in my urethra)
• NO incontinence
• NO issue emptying the bladder fully
• NO pain (except for a feeling of having razor blades inserted in my urethra when I had to endure Cystoscopies and Urodynamic testing, which I still have no idea if it's a normal response to it or not)

What is out of the equation and tests I have done

• Diabetes - I have done multiple blood tests throughout the years
• Neurological conditions such as Sclerosis - I saw a neurologist and have done scans and MRIs
• Prostate malfunction / prostatitis - I have done ultrasounds for that and tried some pills for this purpose only which lead to nothing
• Bladder inflammation - Multiple ultrasounds and Cystoscopies did not reveal any issue
• Kidney issues - Ultrasounds and other tests did not reveal anything here either

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What somewhat worked / needs to be explored more

• Urodynamic testing was mostly normal except for the Pves which went literally off of the graph because it was too high at some point (way over 100 cm H2O), but I have no idea what it means and the doc does not understand it much either
• Antispasmodics seem to help relieve this constant feeling of having to pee coming from my urethra, which helped me at least be able to finish watching movies in one sitting, but it definitely has not fixed the issue entirely and the doc says the body usually ends up getting used to them so I can't just keep taking them my whole life either
• I used to take a lot of Ibuprofene because of migraines. I never used more than the recommended dosage in a day but took them daily for months at a time. I have no idea if this might be linked or not. Doctors seem to shrug it off, even though they do tell me it's a bad thing but that I would have had bigger issues if it was actually a problem, especially related to my kidneys.

Thanks a lot for reading this far, even if you have no clue what it is I'm suffering from :)
Throaway account because, ideally, I don't want my main account to be linked to me needing to urinate a lot even though everyone who knows me IRL already knows this

I (24F) got my Mirena yesterday morning. Overall, the experience wasn’t intolerable, although it was painful. I chose Mirena for my period cramps, and I would equate the pain of insertion to my worst period cramps. My dr was great and walked me through everything. I had no painkillers or anesthesia, I just took 800mg of ibuprofen an hour before. Painful yes but nothing I couldn’t handle or haven’t felt before. The drive home I had some bad cramps in my stomach and back. I slept for two hours after, and then got 12 full hours of sleep that night!
I’m about 24 hours from the procedure, and I haven’t had any side effects besides pretty bad cramping on and off. This has cause some anxiety, but I don’t think the Mirena itself has cause the anxiety. I have had health anxiety/panic attacks so when I’m in pain I get really anxious. I can update if anyone is interested.
Any advice on how to tolerate the cramping/ when will it be over? I’ve been taking a lot of ibuprofen and using Tigers balm and a heating pad on and off. I do have to go to work for the next six days. Might try to take Aleve (naproxen ) instead to see if it helps more.

Race Information
Name: Run Rome: The Marathon 2024
Date: March 17, 2024 Distance: 26.2 miles Location: Rome, Italy Website: https://www.runromethemarathon.com/en/home-en/ Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/10979541610
Time: 4:49:39
Goals Goal Description Completed? A Finish Yes B Sub 5 Yes C Sub 4:30 No
Splits Kilometer Time 1 6:55 2 6:31 3 6:31 4 6:34 5 6:43 6 6:34 7 6:39 8 6:34 9 6:42 10 6:40 11 6:33 12 6:28 13 6:32 14 6:29 15 6:40 16 6:38 17 6:36 18 6:34 19 6:30 20 6:28 21 6:29 22 6:31 23 6:21 24 6:22 25 6:25 26 6:45 27 6:36 28 6:36 29 6:43 30 6:39 31 6:59 32 6:39 33 6:40 34 6:42 35 6:20 36 6:55 37 6:59 38 6:21 39 6:52 40 6:48 41 7:26 42 9:42
Training
This is where things get interesting. Followed the MacMillan 12-week plan included with Strava Premium. I say I followed, but in truth I lost about six weeks due to persistent injuries.
I started running back in February of last year, and decided in about June that a marathon in 2024 was a realistic goal and be a fulfilling way of raising some funds for a charity that mattered to me. Within weeks of starting running, I knew it was changing my life for the better. It's given me a new lease of life and a peaceful escape from career, anxiety, and body-image issues.
All was going extremely well up until late-Fall 2023 when I started to experience some knee trouble on my right leg. A classic case of going too far, too soon without proper strength training. This cost me a good month of running, an absence that did knock my confidence. Things picked up again until just before Christmas when the good old IT-band came into the equation. Working with my physio, I took a long break from running to strengthen and rehab it and my knee. Everything was still on track for March, with long runs being a particular favourite for me. I set myself the non-concrete target of 4 hours for the Rome Marathon to aim for but not to get too hung-up on if it didn't go my way.
Early 2024 saw more problems with the IT-band and knee but I was confident I was managing it well. I introduced cross-training to keep my cardio up and lessen the load on my right leg.
Disaster struck in February. On my physio-sanctioned return to long runs, I had a lock-up with my IT band (not totally unexpected) but I started to notice some extra fatigue in my glute on my left leg. It wasn't anything to worry about initially but it has ended up being the worst injury of the process.
My physio initially reckoned this was a hip injury. This obviously meant it was game over for Rome. To say I was devastated would be a huge understatement. In addition to the personal growth and the ambition to achieve something physically impossible to me even 12 months previous, I had raised a significant sum of money for charity through fundraising built around the Marathon. The pressure and the fear of letting people down was overwhelming.
Thankfully in late February, we were able to properly diagnose the injury as a tear somewhere in the glute. Obviously not good - but it was something we could work with if I just took it slow throughout the Marathon and focused on strength and rehab. My biggest concern was no longer the injury but having the cardio to last the full 42.2km having never run further than 28km due to this horror show of injuries.
Pre-race
Arrived in Rome on the Friday for a little bit of sightseeing and to get psyched up. Shakeout run on Saturday around the Colosseum and Forum was a real treat but it didn't allay any fears about how my injury would hold up. This was really a case of pre-show nerves in hindsight.
After an evening of cacio-e-pepe-fuelled carb loading and an early night, I was up at 5.30am to get to the bag drop, pen and get set to take on the challenge.
My strategy on the day was simple: Stay in it. Slow and low.
With that in mind, my gear was structured around settling in for the long haul. Hydration vest, gels, electrolytes, a nice biscuit, and some ibuprofen for if the glute-related pain hit my left leg.
Race
The race started from Piazza Venezia passing the Colosseum. Crossing the starting line was a huge moment for me on a personal level and, within two or three kilometres, I knew that I would get it done today.
The one factor on race day that was becoming an issue was heat. It was 22 degrees celsius (72 Fahrenheit) on race day - not something that a training block in Irish winter could prepare you for. This meant sticking to the slow and low strategy and taking on plenty of water and salt was right to the fore of my mind.
The KMs clicked by, I soaked up the atmosphere for the first 4km on the way out of the Forum/city centre at around 6:30km - before sticking my earphones in.
The route was true pleasure to run - gorgeous atmosphere, plenty of spectators, helpful volunteers and Italian military and police bands hitting some tunes along the way. I kept split times super consistent as planned, not letting the big day get to me or losing my head. Honestly, for the first 20km, it was just the best 'long run' of all time.
Once I got to halfway, I started getting the urge to pee. Now, one factor with my injuries has been that if I stop at all - it becomes incredibly difficult to run again. The leg locks up and requires a bit of bodyweight squatting and luck to get moving again. I didn't want to risk falling off into walking or DNF territory so I kept plugging away in the hope I'd get done before nature called.
The route back into Rome lifted my heart. The crowds built. The runners swept through the Piazzas, around Arches and monuments and I could feel the tingling anticipation from all of the runners around me that we were getting close. I pulled out my earphones to let the adrenaline and the atmosphere take me home.
Split times remained consistent, which I was delighted with, until we got through the narrow, cobbled shopping streets and my need to pee became absolutely overwhelming. Something had to give. I spotted a portapotty off to my left just after 40KM, right before a hill and went to relieve the burden.
As expected, my legs didn't want to work after that point. I couldn't kick-start them. I walked about 200m hoping that I could get something going and if not - I wouldn't feel too bad about walking the rest of the way given how unrealistic completing a Marathon seemed only a few short weeks ago.
A couple of Americans spotted my name on my bib and gave me a motivational lift. "Let's go X! You got this!" Huge. A kid carrying a Super Mario mushroom power up sign held it out towards me and I tapped it. Instantly started to run again. This sounds corny as hell but it was absolutely what I needed to eke out the last 2.2km.
The cobbles took us past the Colosseum. I could see the finish. Tears immediately started to fog up my eyes and I crossed the finish line in a time of 04.49.39.
Post-race
Bawled my eyes out getting my medal, thanking all of the volunteers around me. Hit my squats and stretched my quads and met up with my travel companions, collapsing into the biggest and best hug of my life and cried some more. Actually getting quite teary just reminiscing about this moment. I clicked open my phone to see that the fundraiser had clicked way, way above what I hoped possible, rounding off a perfect day all things considered.
I'm back from Rome now and hitting the gym today to continue the rehab. I have a Half-Marathon in September and my home Marathon in October which I'm looking forward to immensely. For now, the focus is allowing my injuries to heal up; building up more strength; and, most of all, running for the simple, heart-lifting joy again.

So for about a 2 or so months I've been dealing with worsening Sciatica and back soreness at work (barista at Starbucks currently). Started as soreness and tightness and the occasional quick sharp pain in my lower back/glute/buttocks once or twice in early January. Then throughout February it turned into full blown shocks throughout my butt that happened more frequently and , slowly migrated to what I could only describe as a electric shock throughout my right leg which caused my leg to kinda briefly go weak (give out) and tight when it happened.
I figured it had to be sciatica quite quickly as I heard older co workers talk about it before (I'm 27F) and finally saw a urgent care doctor who gave me some muscle relaxers and said with ibuprofen see if it helps and if after a week go to a spinal doctor. So the muscle relaxers helped lessen the growing shocking pain and soreness in my lower back to make it happen less frequently for a a little over a week; however after a couple busy rushes the sciatica would flare up really bad and much more constantly (I assume from all the fast bending and twisting my job requires) . So with the flare up I decided to make an appointment, after mentioning symptoms and that I had scoliosis ( had my back lock up 3 years ago, and due to my moms scoliosis and other factors my MD ordered the cobb x-ray)
Had the new scoliosis measured to my one from 3 years ago, and went from a 21 upper curve/ 21 lumbar curve, to 25 uppe26 lumbar (which sucks) and the spinal doctor figured my probably had a pitched nerve possibly due to my scoliosis. Ordered a MRI and physical therapy, both took till this week to start due to being booked pretty full. Till then I was also on doctors orders got a back-brace which definitely helped with my back soreness.
Seemed like I could manage until I started PT and had the MRI with these temp conservative help at work. However 2 more weeks later my sciatica really flared up and was having constantly at work now, around every 20 or so minutes a shock would just jolt through my left leg this time instead of my right for some reason. Even the med and back-brace while helping back soreness was just not helping the sciatic pain at all. Had a specifically bad flare up this Sunday as we were particularly busy and understaffed and would constantly be taken down when the sciatic went through, had to lean on counter and was limping when I got off work as it hurt so bad.
A higher up and store head were there and while I told the store lead about the sciatica I said with the brace and meds I was fine enough, however they saw the flare up and my boss was worried cause he didn't think it was that bad. Anyway higher up told my store manager to take me off work until I got an all clear from the doctor for work, cause they don't want me having a work place injury and limping all over the place. I need to get back to work soon though.
Anyway long post almost done, had the MRI the day after (this Monday) and finally got my results back. I do have a follow up next Wednesday so I will go over this with my Doctor and ask him, however I would like some help from others who may have similar issues or had them before. Any tips for what helped you guys. Also if you had to take off work as well some estimates of when you could return? Or at least some help understanding my MRI results. Tried to go through and slowly google or translate what I could. Again going to ask Doctor but that's not till Wednesday want some idea before than.
For my MRI results most of it was clear except for my L4-L5 which had tons of stuff attached. Been slowly parsing through it but still confused.
L4-L5: Disc bulge and right paracentric broad-based disc protrusion.
Contact of the right-sided descending L5 nerve root. Mild facet
arthrosis. Annular fissure. Mild bilateral neural foraminal narrowing.
L5-S1: No disc herniation at this level. No evidence of spinal canal
stenosis or nerve impingement.
IMPRESSION:
MILD DEGENERATIVE CHANGE AT L4-L5 . ANNULAR FISSURE.
BROAD-BASED DISC PROTRUSION
CONTACTS THE DESCENDING RIGHT-SIDED L5 NERVE ROOT
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Is this normal for a 27 year old? I do mild exercise every other day and stretching daily, only weight 118 so not a weight thing but might lack muscles perhaps? Or perhaps my Scoliosis is part of the equation here. I've always stretched and have dealt with tight calf's and legs in general for years now. Did physical therapy for my back pain when it locked up for about 6 weeks, apparently I had really poor range of motion back then according to my PT. I'm sure Monday when I start my new session they will re-measure my range of motion and I can compare. I do know I have a very low spinal range of motion particularly on my right side even after my last PT sessions. I just need to get back to work, and it's frustrating that it might be weeks before I can or am given the clear, due to the high pace physically demanding job I currently have, but I don't want to make things worse or keep having the flair ups either.
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Anyway tips or well words would be appreciated, need some stuff to help in the meantime. Atm I do about 45 minutes of walking (2-3 miles) a day and do multiple leg and lower back stretches my last PT taught me. The calf stretches feel great but the tightness comes back rather quickly. Anyway thing helps.

I'm still getting to know the process, and just learned the value of patient filtering. I was basifying the solution for a second time and adding NaOH was changing the pH value at a very slow rate. I realized that i had created a pH buffer solution with acetic acid and sodium acetate. Now as i'm diluting with water for the final yield, the pH value is changing at a similarly slow rate.
I suppose this happened because i acidified and basified two times, using foolproof amounts of both each time. Also did a failed attempt at salt precipitation before freebasing, perhaps adding even more sodium to the equation. Next time i'll stick to acid boil, extensive filtering and then basifying once thoroughly filtered.

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A supply of sodium metal was contaminated with sodium oxide and sodium chloride. A
sample of this metal weighing 1.00 g was reacted with water, producing 470 cm³ of hydrogen gas under room temperature and pressure. The resulting solution was made up to a volume of 250 cm³ with water and a 25.0 cm³ portion of the final solution was exactly neutralised by 37.20 cm³ of 0.0560 mol dm³ sulfuric acid. Na + H2O NaOH + 1/2 H2 Na2O + H2O → 2NaOH
(a) Calculate the amount of hydrogen gas released.
(b) Calculate the amount of sodium hydroxide produced by the reaction between water and the sample.
(c) Use your answers to parts (a) and (b), together with the equations given, to calculate the amount of sodium and sodium oxide in the sample.
(d) Hence, deduce the % by mass of sodium and sodium oxide in the sample

Hi ! I have a question about double displacement reactions. The homework question asks you to analyze water for lead. If I mix sodium chloride into the water with lead then the precipitate lead chloride (PbCl2) will form.
I understand that the reactants in this double displacement are Na, Cl, Pb and is the fourth one water H2O?
How would I write this as a skeleton equation? I will balance the equation after.... Is H20 the right element or is it something else? Or is it oxide?
PbHO + NaCl PbCl + NaHO ???
PbOH + NaCl - PbCl + NaOH ??
Any help is appreciated

Quick to the point: my nipples are in pain, my breasts hurt like a thousand tiny razor blades are floating inside of them after pumping, and my milk suddenly has changed consistency and has floating tiny globules of milk fat instead of being cohesive. I am seeing a lactation consultant tomorrow morning and spoke to two OBGYNs and one pediatrician, everyone has different opinions about what it is. I will update when I figure it out, but in case anyone else ever has this issue, thought I’d make this post since I didn’t see much of this anywhere else.

I had my first, a daughter, 6 years ago. Had an oversupply with her. Fed her til she was about three or so. We breastfed until she was 10 months when she self weaned, but she continued to drink breastmilk for that length of time. One case of mastitis at week 3 and I was then a sunflower lecithin addict and never got it again.
Fast forward and I have my son. He just turned 4 months. I have an oversupply again. At one point I was making 80+ oz so I cut my supply down to 5ppd and regulated out between 50-65 oz a day. Recently I cut down to 4ppd and I get 50-60 oz a day.
PUMP INFO: I used a Spectra with my daughter. I kept that pump and this time I got a very similar pump that uses all the same pump parts and is new, called Motif Luna and I started my pumping journey with that, as I preferred it over the Spectra. My son was in the NICU and I got to use the Medela Symphony and loved it so much I bought one for myself and exclusively use the Symphony now.
Situation lead up:
I live near the equator and it seldom gets cold here.
The first night it did get cold, I mistakenly pumped with too high of suction when my nipples were hard from cold weather and it caused me significant pain, and due to the fact I have elastic nipples that eventually fill the entire flange tube, the crevices of my nipples were forced to stretch open and it created open wounds.
Ever since then, during our “winter” I was walking around with the silver caps over my nipples I’ve been wearing since day one, but over those, wool pads, then when those didn’t help enough, I added air-activated hand warmers!
The vasospasms moved from only my nipples to inside my breasts, as if I can feel my milk ducts and it feels like a thousand tiny razor blades are in there after I’m done pumping. My nipples got white scab-like tissue in those cracks and a general white appearance on top. The tissues often come off after each pump session and reform themselves by the next pump session.
I saw two teledocs about this thinking it was thrush. Got a prescription to fluconazole and took that. Nothing changed.
I am so busy in life that I basically resigned to dealing with it later hoping it would resolve itself and living off 800 mg ibuprofen twice a day.
But then my milk consistency changed one day. My nanny, me, and my husband all noticed it the same day. I’ve wanted to attach pictures here, but video does it better justice.
The milk appears “finely curdled” immediately after pumping.
Google and even paid-version of ChatGPT point to subacute/subclinical mastitis but three doctors don’t think so.
Anybody else had razor stabbing pains and weird milk fat consistency? 😬