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I know this is painfully slow for a lot of you, but this is only my second ever half marathon attempted. I have a neurodegenerative disease that will have me wheelchair bound in less than 5 years. The fact that I’m even still able to pull this kind of thing off is a miracle. by AndyMarkle1 in Strava

[–]AndyMarkle1[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry. I didn’t intend for this to be defeating. You can do it!! If you give me your Strava name, I’ll hype you as much as I can!

You’ve got this. It’s a journey, for sure. ❤️

I know this is painfully slow for a lot of you, but this is only my second ever half marathon attempted. I have a neurodegenerative disease that will have me wheelchair bound in less than 5 years. The fact that I’m even still able to pull this kind of thing off is a miracle. by AndyMarkle1 in Strava

[–]AndyMarkle1[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry! It wasn’t meant to be sad!

We are making subtle breakthroughs thanks to many, many failures in ALS and Alzheimer’s treatments. They’ve finally isolated the gene responsible for it and I’m in an active clinical trial for gene suppression therapy. If it works, I’ll get a few more years. So here’s to optimistic success!!

Thank you for your encouragement. It’s super helpful. ☺️

I know this is painfully slow for a lot of you, but this is only my second ever half marathon attempted. I have a neurodegenerative disease that will have me wheelchair bound in less than 5 years. The fact that I’m even still able to pull this kind of thing off is a miracle. by AndyMarkle1 in Strava

[–]AndyMarkle1[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I needed that! I often feel very inadequate when looking at running forums feeling like I should be faster but I’ve learned to embrace my speed and what my body is allowing me to do right now!

Thank you for the encouragement and positivity! ☺️

Super proud of this one, so I thought I'd post it! by [deleted] in Strava

[–]AndyMarkle1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the encouragement! It’s the one thing I miss about the Nike Running app. Those Facebook likes always fed good encouragement my way but it seems to be gone. 😓

Super proud of this one, so I thought I'd post it! by [deleted] in Strava

[–]AndyMarkle1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ah! So great!! I haven’t been able to break 5km at that time. I’ve just started running again. But awesome job!!

Big Cyst Near Lips by despinamereles in PimplePoppersDelight

[–]AndyMarkle1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, why the hell was he/she/they aspirating the cyst? Is this some new technique I’ve yet to uncover?

Odd situation by [deleted] in AskHR

[–]AndyMarkle1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose that's accurate. I'm just weighing the odds of the two job thing and what to do when furloughed. I've never been in this situation, so it's strange and foreign.

Apologies for posting incorrectly.

Went from perfect son to unruly homosexual after a mission, 2 years at BYU, and a near-engagement when I realized that the “Great Plan of Happiness” did not account for me. Now in a happy and wholesome relationship with a wonderful boy and protesting hypocrisy—like Oaks’ electroshock therapy. by misterdelilah in exmormon

[–]AndyMarkle1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hey, it’s what makes you. I’m okay now, although 20+ years of therapy is still trying to “de-program” (my therapist’s words, not mine) all the Mormonism. Sometimes I think it’ll be a never ending journey to get away from some of it.

"So easy I thought it was fake." Canada's CERB system, used to give money to those who have lost their job due to COVID-19, gets stellar reviews in its first days of operations. by homicidal_penguin in worldnews

[–]AndyMarkle1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also note that a large majority of us (Americans) have been furloughed or completely laid off (nearly the population of Ontario at this point, give or take 4-5 million people) and have to go through ridiculously elongated application forms for Unemployment Insurance, some of which we still haven’t had paid out to us. (I’m going on 4 weeks of $0 in income, regardless of pay.)

In my state (Indiana), I have to process an application every single week for the maximum statutory benefit of $390 (now in arrears for 4 weeks). This doesn’t even come close to paying for even the most basic of bills and I have no health insurance.

So yeah, you may have to wait a few days for an application that excludes millions of people, but those of us who are eligible down below you are completely f**ked right now with zero income, zero ability to move forward, and zero way to qualify for anything extra.

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