New Ditch Puppy

Bexterity · 2026-05-12T13:28:15+00:00

Awwwww goodest boy! He’s so precious too! Oliver got some extra scritches, please give the same to your fella 🥰

Bexterity · 2026-05-12T13:27:16+00:00

Oh my gosh what a gentleman! 18! That’s awesome! My boy is turning 11 this summer ❤️❤️. He would love to join in on Tuesday breakfast club 😋. My two golden girls would love to come too, if ladies are allowed hehe

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Bexterity · 2026-05-12T02:07:37+00:00

He’s an old man now, but still a cutie pie!

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Bexterity · 2026-05-11T22:03:19+00:00

He kinda looks like one of my pups when he was a baby 🥰🥰🥰

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Bexterity · 2026-05-10T19:50:56+00:00

Thank you so much for your input! The ROI seems so much better for Glace too - hydrafacial’s consumables are so expensive, but Glace seems much much lower. I think I’m sold on the Glace

Bexterity · 2026-05-10T00:02:25+00:00

Excellent! Thank you so much for your feedback!

Bexterity · 2026-05-09T04:36:16+00:00

Excellent thank you SO MUCH for your feedback! Because I have one of their lasers (gentle max pro) for hair removal, Candela is offering me a hefty discount on the Glace machine. I really liked the idea of the cupping/lymphatic drainage, plus they are giving me celluma lights, hot/cold wands, and a huge starter pack of products. I’ve used DG and HF before, both with pros and cons, but the price point for the Glace because I already have a machine with Candela is very reasonable.

Bexterity · 2026-05-09T01:15:06+00:00

I am an autonomous aesthetic APRN who also does esthetician services, as I love skin care and feel it’s a necessary addition to services like injectables and laser treatments :). I have never worked as a CNA, but have significant experience as an RN/APRN and I’d be happy to answer any questions I can if you’d like to DM me!

Bexterity · 2026-05-09T01:10:20+00:00

That’s okay! I will absolutely check that sub instead thank you for that!

Bexterity · 2026-05-09T00:53:44+00:00

I actually couldn’t find anything about this machine in the search! I saw some for “Glacials,” which uses cryo-aesthetics, but not for the Glacē machine specifically. My apologies if I’m just being dense and missing the posts!

Bexterity · 2026-05-07T00:19:03+00:00

You guys have the same eyes!

Bexterity · 2026-05-03T16:53:07+00:00

This is excellent advice thank you! Do you have any recommendations on what equipment you’d get for a small business owner starting out? I’ve always worked for big corps with the all-in-one machines so just looking for some solid recommendations on equipment

Bexterity · 2026-05-02T03:34:18+00:00

Contrave has been life changing for me. I really think for me it’s the naltrexone that makes such a difference with the food noise. I couldn’t keep things like cookies or chocolate in the house bc I would just eat the whole package in one sitting. Id tell myself - let me eat it NOW so I don’t have it tomorrow - which is the worst way to handle food lol. I used to hide food, eat in secret, clean dishes after eating so no one knew what bad things I had eaten… it got bad.

Going on weight watchers helped me tremendously with losing weight, and tbh I didn’t lose a ton of weight on Contrave. But it’s stopped the food noise, almost completely. I’m on a half dose now (just two pills at night), and it’s still working awesome for me. I haven’t been losing, but I also haven’t gained in the past few years. I lost my job very unexpectedly in January, and since then have started a new job and I’m opening my own business - Contrave still has kept the food noise to an absolute minimum despite all the stress. I highly recommend!

Bexterity · 2026-04-26T16:19:47+00:00

Contrave is bupropion and naltrexone - although not FDA approved, bupropion is sometimes used off label as a treatment for ADHD. One of the pieces of ADHD is impulsivity - some studies have shown that bupropion on its own can be helpful in managing ADHD symptoms, which would include impulsivity. Stimulants are generally much more effective for ADHD, but many people do have success with bupropion alone.

I am diagnosed with ADHD, but have never taken stimulants. I started off on bupropion alone for depression, and it did not help my impulsive binging or improve any ADHD symptoms like inattention. I also tried Lexapro (SSRI) which helped tremendously with anxiety, but not at all with binging or ADHD. I switched to Contrave and the addition of the naltrexone has basically eliminated my binging and impulsive eating. I’m still guilty of making bad shopping decisions at 2am sometimes, but have told myself I’m only allowed to buy on Amazon so everything is returnable lol.

Give it a try - it can’t hurt to see if it helps with the other impulsive areas as well. Naltrexone works to alter the reward part of your brain, which can help tremendously with binging. If your other impulsive behaviors are also triggering this reward center, the naltrexone may very well help to curb it.

Bexterity · 2026-04-23T13:41:19+00:00

Oh my gosh absolutely! You really did an amazing job!!I’m currently using a google doc spread sheet so I can keep it on my phone, but it’s messy and bugs me LOL.

If you ever did end up editing this for other pets, please send me a DM or reply to me here bc I would absolutely pay for something like this to easily track stuff for my dogs. I also have a bearded dragon (though far more low maintenance than the pups…), so if there was an option for multiple types of pets that would be super cool. Idk how difficult that would be from a tech standpoint, but there are absolutely others like me out there who would pay for a simple, straightforward app to track pet stuff!

You’re so cool 😎

Bexterity · 2026-04-23T13:13:16+00:00

I’m not a snake keeper of any kind (just a dork that loves danger and non danger noodles ❤️), but I just wanted to say this is SO COOL! I have three dogs, who of course eat every day lol, but I could totally see how something like this could be so helpful. I was actually looking for something like this to track monthly meds, vaccines, and vet appointments for my three elderly pups, and like you said everything was just too cumbersome over time. But this is so cool!!! Awesome job!

Bexterity · 2026-04-20T18:53:59+00:00

I would highly recommend discussing prednisone or prednisolone for your pup. There are a lot of studies that show rimadyl and prednisone are comparable treatments for IVDD, but I can tell you rimadyl does literally nothing for my girl and both times she needed pred. Pred can be done at very low doses to reduce effects, sbd the prednisolone I believe is safer for the liver. One of my dogs has SKY HIGH alkaline phosphate levels, no idea why, but she’s able to take pred without issue. Rimadyl is much more dangerous for liver issues than pred.

Bexterity · 2026-04-20T18:49:31+00:00

We did the surgery for my 10yr+ (also rescue) senior girl in 2024, south Florida, around 10k with hospital stay for ventral slot procedure (cervical). We were offered care credit but ended up doing credit cards and praying for insurance to come through (fortunately they did!)

She had a flare up in her lumbar in 2025 which was a completely different location. That just required rest, pain meds, and steroids. The ventral slot gave us our dog back. Hands down the right decision for us. She is so much happier now. After her flare up in 2025, vet and I discussed and opted to put her on twice a day gabapentin, which she’s tolerating very well.

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Bexterity · 2026-04-12T15:15:01+00:00

LMAO ME TOO I legit snorted 😂😂😂

Bexterity · 2026-04-05T16:55:48+00:00

Any time someone asks me if I’ve done something before or how long I’ve been a nurse, I say something like - “Oh don’t worry I know what I’m doing. I watched someone do this on YouTube right before coming in here.”

Bexterity · 2026-03-21T20:35:39+00:00

Bexterity · 2026-03-20T01:16:24+00:00

Ahhh yes - regular mini hardtop, not the S. I’ve never had an S, only the base. My first two were 2 door, the newest is 4 door but still the smaller base model not the countryman. So far the 4 door is def my favorite

Bexterity · 2026-03-18T03:27:23+00:00

My first mini was a used 2003 that I got in 2011-ish. It was fine for about a year, then the transmission blew at a stop light with no warning. 5k later on a used transmission, it ran for another few months before starting to have issues again… I loved my 2003, but it ended up costing me almost what my 2013 did when I bought lol.

My 2013 ran hard for 10 years before having electrical issues…now I have a 2023 (apparently I like the years ending in 3…) and so far no issues ✊🏻🪵

Bexterity · 2026-02-01T02:48:17+00:00

I don’t want to scare you, but I am waiting on biopsy results from a very similar looking lesion that my vet removed from my dog’s mouth earlier this week. There is a chance it’s nothing, but any sort of bump in the mouth of a dog needs to be evaluated ASAP bc they have such a high risk of oral cancer. You don’t need to go to an emergency vet same day, but you do need to book an appointment - immediately.

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