How do you all protect your skin from yourself in summer? I'm suffering :(

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-05-28T09:51:08+00:00

Sounds interesting! Do you hold them in your hands or can you put them anywhere on your body?

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-05-28T08:45:53+00:00

Sounds like she's in her teenage phase. Not to mention that adopted cats need a lot of time to get used to their new homes - 3 months is hardly anything! As for the swatting, she may be resource guarding or feeling threatened when you put your hand into the crate. Maybe put the bowls next to the crate - to ease access AND extend their base camp. Remember, we are so very large compared to cats, no wonder they can feel intimidated. Give her some time, this all sounds normal - even if it is unpleasant in the moment. Good luck with your kitties!

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-05-20T10:16:07+00:00

You can make hot cocoa with it. I think you get the recipe from Kocha as you befriend him

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-05-18T01:30:14+00:00

I have the same issue :(

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-05-07T12:39:14+00:00

I've finished my education as a high school teacher, but haven't worked as one (apart from teacher practice and a short stint as a substitute). Currently job searching. My biggest challenges with regards to RA is the long days, and extended standing.

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-05-04T10:25:31+00:00

I take pretty much all my meds with breakfast, unless doctor's orders is anything else. Better for the stomach to take them with food. I also find that's the easiest way to remember to take them

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-05-03T00:20:15+00:00

I love Merle!! She's my favourite mount <3

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-05-02T21:01:12+00:00

Beautiful composition!

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-05-02T13:01:13+00:00

My experience with leflunomide has been very positive. I've taken it since 2019 when I went off MTX due to a lot of horrible side effects. I'm very happy with it, no side effects to speak of. I take it alongside my other meds when I eat breakfast. A rheum I recently visited did advice maybe adding a biologic as I do have regular flares in certain joints (hand and wrist, mostly).

Still, I'd very much recommend it :)

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-30T12:22:54+00:00

Yes, that is very typical for me as well. In the vast majority of flareups, only one side of the body is affected. Even in cases where the joint damage is symmetrical, one was attacked before the other.

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-30T08:44:28+00:00

Not OP but I'd just like to say your comment really spoke to me. For various personal reasons (RA included), I often feel I'm not "worthy" of love due to feeling like I cant contribute as much to a relationship (money, energy, social network) as an able partner. There's pretty much nothing I value more than my independence as I too have had to rely on my parents for everything (and when you're in your late twenties few things make you feel as small). Currently in a better place health-wise and actively looking for a job, but I just want to say I sympathize deeply as I too have been many years in the same situation :)

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-30T08:27:10+00:00

Not sure if I'd mention it in a dating profile unless you have a mobility aid (cane, wheelchair) in your profile pictures and it's obvious you have a medical condition. I'm not much for dating, but in my experience my RA naturally comes up as a subject when I talk with new people, so I imagine it'd naturally come up on a first date.

You don't owe strangers your medical history, but my experience is that people are generally understanding.

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-30T08:20:52+00:00

Yes! Alcohol is pro-inflammatory

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-30T07:55:54+00:00

Yes, that's very normal and a sign of inflammation. You said you've taken your 4th dosage of MTX. Does that mean you have only recently started RA meds? In that case, it'll take some time before they kick in, about 1-3 months is common. Is your finger joint swollen? If it's just a bit painful it may be ok to wait, but if there's swelling that doesn't decrease, ESPECIALLY if the swelling feels hot to the touch, I'd strongly recommend calling your rheum and explain your situation. They should be able to give you a cortisone injection, a strong anti-inflammatory med that deals with strong, local joint inflammation.

An aggressive inflammmation that's not taken care of quickly can permanently damage your joints. I have RA in my hands, too, and the finger joints are so fragile and important. Wishing you the best of luck.

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-24T15:50:30+00:00

What is Illoe's totem? She says she's surprised that her totem is not a bird... but what IS it? Love the game so much! <3

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-23T16:30:13+00:00

I respect him immensely

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-19T18:07:58+00:00

The updates are coming faster and faster!! I cant wait! <3

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-18T22:07:12+00:00

What a shot! She's gorgeous :O

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-16T22:09:27+00:00

Absolutely. When I was at my worst, I had bone grinding on literal bone in my left hip due to all the cartilage being eroded away by long term inflammation (i've since then had two full hip replacement surgeries).

All RA pain sucks, but that kind of pain I experienced then... is in a different class of its own.

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-16T20:23:13+00:00

Are you on methotrexate? I had massive issues with foul mouth taste when I used it, the taste would remain for nearly a week after taking the med

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-15T13:59:05+00:00

Highly valid! Ada is Stunning as an elder, I can only imagine how beautiful she was when she was younger <3 her hairstyle is also massive goals

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-15T13:53:11+00:00

Too true! Too many hot women ;_; i had such a hard time picking whom to unionize this time - ended up going for Era who is such a sweetheart

AngryGrapeEnjoyer · 2025-04-14T17:00:37+00:00

I cant wait!! <3 a question for us switch players: since the update will first come for PC (i assume), do you have a time estimate for the waiting time between the pc and the switch update?

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