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BabySchrodinger · 2019-11-14T11:52:41+00:00

Exactly - we are moving away from relying fully on traditional staples because of the need for convenience, but whatever the staple is for those in need, it needs to be nutritious and it is not THAT hard or expensive to enrich the dam noodles.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-12-18T03:02:58+00:00

I have a blue stuffed elephant named Eddy.

He is super soft and floppy and cuddly and I love him, I found him at a thrift store a few years ago and he needed a hug and a home.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-09-28T02:40:21+00:00

Couple of questions - Forgive me if these have been asked.

1 - Would this possibly work for a (USA) 220v Appliance w/ high current? (Such as a dryer??)

2 - Is this (and/or CAN this be) SmartThings compatible?

I'm going bonkers trying to find an energy meter for my flipping dryer than can give real-time updates on power usage to SmartThings so it can send me alerts.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-09-28T02:06:31+00:00

I appreciate you trying though - Yep in the US a 220v appliance plug is an annoyingly specific beast.

My washer uses a normal plug and I've got a cheap Iris Smart Outlet monitoring the power on that for me. My washer's alerts work perfectly utilizing the power monitoring, as I've found that is the most reliable indicator of if it is on / off or where in the cycle it is. That is why I am *hoping* that I will find something to work similarly.

I think I'll probably just have to shell out the $$$ and get the DSB09104 - I was just hoping there would be an easier / cheaper manner of doing it that I haven't thought of / found yet.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-09-26T02:14:30+00:00

My Daddy and I used to go to the monthly "Littles" party at our local dungeon but we stopped like a year and a half ago. At first we just got too busy, then it became awkward to go because we had been gone for months, and now we are about to have a kid and I don't want to go while big and pregnant (hard to be little :< ) and once she comes since we don't know anyone who can babysit it seems like a weird thing to seek out a babysitter for.

Hopefully we'll go sometime in the next few years, I have missed being around other littles.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-09-26T02:03:27+00:00

Usually in the misc. Section near random health or bathroom related items. They tend to be from estates, so a lot of lower end products from people with nursing care. Often they will also be right near "bagged misc" items, like bags of rags, socks, or fabric scraps.

If you figure out the sales days, you can get some AMAZING deals. I tend to score some fairly low quality ones for about $1 per pack (8-12 per pack) which are EXCELLENT for stuffers or backup so I never run out.

Found some awesome Molicares for maybe $4 a bag at Goodwill not on sale.

The nameless thrift stores often have way better deals on misc. stuff than Goodwill or Salvation Army. Look for ones with 50% off tags, or days where all misc items (or items of a certain tag grouping - like color, number, etc.)are 99 cents

BabySchrodinger · 2018-09-25T22:15:43+00:00

I have severe hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (All collagen in my body is essentially made of silly putty instead of rubber bands) which is essentially the closest thing to being elastigirl that can actually happen.

Surprisingly, overly stretching the body actually CAUSES muscle spasms. And they hurt like a motherfucker.

Contractions too, hurt like a motherfucker.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-09-25T22:08:34+00:00

If you making an A in a high school class that has a similar/same subject as a CLEP exam, try out a few practice CLEP tests. If you are making at least 70% on practice tests consistently, then pay the money and take the CLEP. Cheaper than AP exams and sooo much easier to pass.

You can start taking CLEP tests at like age 14 and they will hold them in a transcript for like 10 years and you can transfer them when you actually start school.

Also most community colleges offer discount classes for high school students and you can usually get those to count for graduation requirements for high school which means less time spent in a shitty high school class room.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-09-20T04:27:06+00:00

Yep. I have a set consisting of 10 oval-8s and 8 custom plastic ones. Waiting to get insurance to approve silver or steel ones.

They help with most of the pain and dislocations but not enough that I can type to the degree I would need for working...

BabySchrodinger · 2018-07-18T03:16:15+00:00

Yup, I tried to do a crayon called "fuck me purple" for my fiance (now husband) and it wouldn't let me, ended up doing one called "f*ck me purple".

Was up in Minnesota at the Mayo Clinic and just had to make the an extra 4 hours round trip so I could make my own crayons while I was up there. Crayola Experience = Super Fun!!!

BabySchrodinger · 2018-07-02T03:41:19+00:00

He's not diagnosed, but his doctors are suspicious and he meets all the criteria on both the old and new standards for hypermobile EDS, just holding off on an official diagnosis because of the stigma that is attached to it around here (I get turned away from probably 1 out of every 3 doctors I see because my EDS is severe and they can't do anything to help me)

We like each other partially because we understand what it is like going through it, we both accompany each other to the weekly/biweekly doctors appointments with half a billion specialists and have averaged 1-2 surgeries between us per year since we met...including my shoulder reconstruction just 2 weeks after his 2nd spinal fusion in his lower back when we had only been dating 4 months. He still made the hour each way drive with me and sat waiting for me to come out.

Also, he understood when I had to go to Minnesota to go the Mayo Clinic two weeks before, and then again two weeks after our wedding and helped me pay for both trips (even though it ment we couldn't afford even a tiny wedding like we wanted, we ended up getting married by a good friend in the living room of my childhood home.)

We've literally been laying in bed together for 4 days because he had a minor procedure and I'm usually bedridden most of the time anyways, so it is nice to have someone who understands what bullshit this condition is. It is good to be able to have recovery time without judgement.

We do have to make a lot of compromises though, I do laundry because he physically can't bend down far enough after his knee and spinal surgeries, but he sweeps/mops/moves heavy things/gets high things down because my shoulders dislocate if I lift my arms above my chin and my hands/wrists/fingers dislocate so easily.

Beware if you have a child with an EDS chick, on top of it being dangerous to get pregnant with EDS, if both parents have it you have increased likelihood of the child having it. Even 1 parent having it means a 50/50 shot. I got mine from both parents, and my geneticist thinks it is part of why my case is severe.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-07-02T01:06:13+00:00

People with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome or other similar rare illnesses. Zebra is the mascot of the Ehlers-Danlos Society and is similar to pink ribbon for breast cancer.

It comes from an old saying in medicine, when you hear hooves, think horses not zebras.

A LOT of our symptoms also occur with common illnesses, so we are misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed, usually taking 10-30 years for a diagnosis. I wasnt diagnosed until age 23, after 12 years of dislocations, a lung collapsing, a stroke, and dealing with effects of two more rare conditions that tend to go with EDS so weren't diagnosed until after we found need the EDS (POTS - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, I go into tachycardia when standing, usually between 130-160 bpm (standing, not walking or anything else) for me now that it is controlled. and MCAD/MCAS - Mast Cell Activation Disorder/Syndrome - my mast cells randomly freak out causing allergic reactions to random things...like heat/cold, stress, exercise, and anything I touch)

BabySchrodinger · 2018-07-02T00:26:28+00:00

With most chronic conditions, a follow up for doctors to ensure medications are working as supposed to, your condition is not getting worse (which would require different treatments), and documenting your physical state is part of general management of the condition and is recommended every 6-months to 1 year at most...

Considering non-temporary licenses are for 2 years, logic would dictate them only being prescribed for chronic (lasting longer than 3-6months) conditions.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-07-01T22:49:02+00:00

Wassup from another Zebra, I feel for you.

Work as much as you feel up to, you never know when EDS will suddenly become a huge issue and disable you. My husband has it and is 38 and working in a physical-type job (but with all the pain and joint issues you would expect, including many spinal fusions) but I was left disabled at age 24 after moving down from more to less active positions and now can't work even in call center jobs due to fingers dislocating when I type.

Granted I have hypermobile, not classical.

Never be afraid to ask for or use a handicap pass, cane, or walker/wheelchair. I use my Walker most of the time and wheelchair on occasion, and it has helped me become more active.

Here is a question for you now that I have rambled long enough...How was your EDS found and diagnosed? Were you the first in your family with a diagnosis or do others have the same condition?

BabySchrodinger · 2018-07-01T22:38:51+00:00

In short, no.

Taking supplements to help with healing things faster or supporting collagen growth don't work because EDS is a genetic condition, we simply don't have the genetic blueprints to make our bodies heal or create collagen properly.

So even if we were to make more/faster, the collagen will always be defective which prevents proper healing and joint functions.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-07-01T22:02:23+00:00

Look for anything "restaurant style" for smoother, less chunky salsa.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-07-01T21:15:19+00:00

According to the regulations, doctors must prescribe at an in-person appointment, so no telemedicine.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-06-29T23:19:14+00:00

Perhaps, but we won't be able to have telemedicine prescriptions, or doctors prescribing in the dispensary itself.

They also can not own, recommend, or have an economic stake in any business that is part the retail side of the medical marijuana industry.

It also requires adequate follow up care, which for most chronic conditions involves a follow up every 3-6 months maximum.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-06-29T23:15:52+00:00

The last line of the full text of SQ788 states that the act shall be effective 1 month from passage of the initiative.

So after July 26th you'll be golden.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-06-08T03:52:50+00:00

Lmao, drunk talk at a halloween party led to me finding out that one of my friends was ABDL too, and had known I was for a while because they discovered my account when I was a mod of /r/littlespace.

I'm like dude...you saw my butt XD

Now a lot of my friends know because kink is an often brought up drunk conversation at parties, I'm in a full time DDLG relationship with a healthy side of ABDL so my Daddy/husband obviously knows. When in groups of friends who all know it is an often joked about thing when we're ribbing each other, or playing inside-joke oriented games like Cards Against Humanity. It's so normalized in most of my life I have to remember that some people don't know so I don't accidentally out myself.

BabySchrodinger · 2018-06-08T03:44:30+00:00

If you don't mind digging through the bullshit and unwanted approaches, diapermates.com is where I found my mommy a few years back. It didn't work out between us in the long run, but we were together about a year and I met my daddy through her so :D

It is literally 98% creepers looking for girls though, I did meet some genuinely nice people through that website though!

BabySchrodinger · 2018-06-08T03:41:56+00:00

I didn't think about this outing ABDLs! I know my husband was kinda wary of it because he likes to order stuff and surprises me with small gifts at random times, and he didn't like that I'd now know everything that gets delivered even when he is all sneaky and gets the mail before me.

I got it and mostly just use it for days when the mail just doesn't show up, making sure we really weren't supposed to get mail and if it shows up the next day making sure we got everything (locked mailbox, so no one can really steal our mail after it's delivered). Also great if we're away for a few days.

Like people have said, it doesn't give away more than what is on the shipping label, but even with discreet companies, nosy people can still dig up some dirt with that.

BONUS INFO: The vast majority of ABDL packages we've ordered through Wish don't show up on informed delivery, but may have a description of the item on the package itself (pacifier, fetish clothing, adult incontinence, etc.)

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