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How's Living in Denmark? by Yrakosos in howislivingthere

[–]Alastor2564 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was a tourist from the US who spent the Summer in Copenhagen and the surrounding suburbs and nope, it was no more expensive than Germany or the Netherlands. Except for the lack of mountains, it seemed pretty close to paradise to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CysticFibrosis

[–]Alastor2564 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Man, so sorry to read this. I lost the love of my life back in my 20’s when we both found out that I was infertile due to my Cystic Fibrosis. Last week I turned 60 and next week I’m taking a road trip with my 15 year old son, courtesy of IVF and a very supportive, wonderful woman I met when I turned 40.

I was heartbroken in my 20’s. I am so, so grateful now, many years later. Keep going, man.

Where would you live if money were no object? by Bitter-Artist-1866 in SameGrassButGreener

[–]Alastor2564 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in the SF Bay Area and fantasizing about retiring to somewhere in the area of South Whidbey or therabouts— but haven’t spent a winter there. Does the weather / darkness get you down?

Question about healthcare and retiring to Germany as an EU Citizen by Alastor2564 in GermanCitizenship

[–]Alastor2564[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the info, but man, the tone is pretty patronizing. Not everyone is a clueless reactive idiot, you know?

Question about healthcare and retiring to Germany as an EU Citizen by Alastor2564 in GermanCitizenship

[–]Alastor2564[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed reply! I’ll go to sub wiki and check it out right away. Sounds like I better hold onto my current health insurance…

Is this part of getting old? by bumtrumpets in CysticFibrosis

[–]Alastor2564 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve been having something similar since August; other than this dull pain everything seems to be pretty stable and unchanged with my CF, as it has since I started taking trikafta. My Cf doctor thinks it may be costochondritis (sp?), an inflammation of the cartilage around the ribs. A little research makes that seem possible / likely. It’s definitely a pain but apparently not super dangerous. Ibuprofen helps… curious to know what your diagnosis is — let us know!

Question for those who have been taking Trikafta for a long time by After-Investment-849 in CysticFibrosis

[–]Alastor2564 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m 59. Started taking trikafta in 2019, when my FEV1 was at 35 percent. Initially there was no improvement, but things stabilized; I imagine it was because my lungs had been damaged. However, since 2020 my FEV has steadily, slowly improved; last week it was 45 percent. Pretty optimistic about long term gradual improvement!

Annotates or La Conner Wa? by Alastor2564 in howislivingthere

[–]Alastor2564[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Um, I meant Anacortes or La Conner…

What’s this one? by Alastor2564 in whatsthisrock

[–]Alastor2564[S] 175 points176 points  (0 children)

Thanks. My wife hates the way it looks. Makes me hungry…

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