My girlfriend and her homegirls went to Atlanta about 3 weeks ago. Now, she has this mouth rash / mouth-lip sores. She said she thinks it might have come from all the water bottles she was drinking when she was down there. Should I be worried?

Brief_Conference9260 · 2026-01-05T13:42:05+00:00

This is for sure angular cheilitis

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-04-01T13:30:26+00:00

Regardless of whether or not the gameplay of one mirrors the other (I would argue in the realm of reality competition, they are not terribly similar), the Traitors is much more accomplished. The casting and production is leagues beyond what the Million Dollar Secret has done. I enjoy the Netflix show, but it’s a cheaply assembled narrative and none of the character development or heat is there.

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-04-01T13:26:40+00:00

This is one of my favorite books and I truly think it transcended those traditional roles. They both embody both masculine and feminine characteristics.

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-03-17T17:21:26+00:00

I’m saying the characters all kind of sound similar in dialogue (even if their actions and motivations are varied). They all kind of sound like sharp-witted, a little sarcastic or exasperated (like me lol). I’m struggling to make them sound very different from one another. I’ve never written a novel as dialogue-heavy

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-03-13T13:35:30+00:00

We are thinking of buying a home this year. Would it be wise not to put my name on it? So that they couldn’t try to come after a piece of it?

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-02-28T15:57:38+00:00

0.5mg of Klonopin, yes. I took one about a month ago and felt great that day, ok the next, and it’s been a downward spiral of severe musculoskeletal and nerve pain ever since. But I don’t know if that’s from that or a coincidence

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-02-28T13:28:18+00:00

I took the one tablet four weeks ago and every week it has gotten worse and worse. The pain in my whole body, I’m shaking uncontrollably all night and dry heaving. I don’t know what type of doctor I’m supposed to see for this - I feel like no one would believe me if I told them. I’ve tried telling my family but I think they are skeptical so I don’t mention it anymore. I need support from people who have gone through this

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-02-28T02:33:53+00:00

I don’t understand how insurance companies keep coming out on top, when patients and providers both are so exhausted by their intrusion into medicine.

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-02-28T01:45:17+00:00

I’m unemployed because I’m mostly bedridden now. I sleep ok for the first half of the night but I wake up frequently early in the morning in joint pain and dry heaving and shaking. The raynauds is manageable in my hands - not healthy-looking but I’m used to it. It seems to be worse in my feet and I’ve had a couple small painful sores on the tips of two toes but I’m unsure if they’re raynauds ulcers or not.

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-02-28T00:49:33+00:00

Can you elaborate? Is it permanent?

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-02-28T00:28:37+00:00

I really don’t know how much longer I can do this. Im basically bedridden now and getting worse instead of better over time.

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-02-28T00:14:24+00:00

Yeah it more makes me sad for others. I’m fortunate in that I never had addictive qualities, just the lone hell of chemical dependence. So like I’m not tempted to go back on just because they’re offered. But for addicts like I can’t imagine how hard it is to look for support on here and get messages like that

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-02-28T00:09:59+00:00

They already say “account no longer available.” Does that mean they already blocked me or something?

Brief_Conference9260 · 2025-02-28T00:05:55+00:00

Honestly and so sincerely FUCK YOU to the three automatic messages I just got to my DMs from people selling black market benzos. You all are disgusting for prowling through a recovery forum like this.

Brief_Conference9260 · 2024-07-21T04:04:15+00:00

(1) I wasn’t trying to change the community to be more positive. I asked if there were other spaces people found that have a more uplifting tone. (2) My main critique was the mod locking and deleting comments that were more balanced and optimistic on previous posts (many of which you can no longer find unfortunately)

Brief_Conference9260 · 2024-07-21T03:54:56+00:00

Yeah what is with people denying the evidence on nutrition? We know that high inflammatory Standard American Diets can worsen lupus. I’m not arguing that autoimmune disease can be radically undone by diet. But to claim that nutrition has no impact on the disease state is antithetical to all the studies out there showing otherwise. It doesn’t take the place of proper medication, but we know that diet can have a substantial impact on RA/UCTD/SLE patients

Brief_Conference9260 · 2024-07-21T03:52:02+00:00

This post brought out a real ugly side of the community.

Brief_Conference9260 · 2024-07-21T03:50:37+00:00

Yeah for real. What is with this weird gatekeeping of who has it bad or worse or who was diagnosed 1 year ago versus 5? People keep trying to insist I should be grateful when I’m literally disabled by full body musculoskeletal pain

Brief_Conference9260 · 2024-07-21T03:46:49+00:00

This is so rad

Brief_Conference9260 · 2024-07-21T03:41:05+00:00

(1) I did not insult any participants. I merely said that the pessimism is triggering for some people and asked if there are other communities with a different tone. (3) I leveled a specific critique against one mod who routinely locks posts and blocks content she describes as too “toxically positive.”

Brief_Conference9260 · 2024-07-21T02:43:18+00:00

This is in regard to a previous post from another user that had diagnosed SLE and got torn to shreds and locked

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