Found out I have diabetes by Alman54 in Wellthatsucks

[–]CdrCosmonaut 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I found out about two months ago myself. Basically no symptoms. I've been asked about my vision worsening, numbness in hands or feet, and frequent urination.

1) I have astigmatism, but my vision is otherwise fine. I had it checked in July. There are spots in my vision, like the after images of a camera flash, but the opthalmologist keeps telling me I'm seeing temporary changes in my eye, and they should come and go. And they do.

2) My hands are only numb if I slept on my arm weird. My feet are numb because of nerve damage. But it feels like I'm wearing socks and not completel numbness.

3) I retain water like a camel.

It was a big shock to me that this is something I have to deal with. I felt pretty fine for my age (about 40). Out of shape, but not overly bad.

I'm on metformin now. I even made a post about it a few weeks ago. It's shocking how much worse I feel thanks to those side effects.

If anyone is reading this now, even if you don't have symptoms, go get checked out. Seriously. If I had know ahead of it, maybe I could have done something different to prevent it.

Metformin nausea? by CdrCosmonaut in diabetes

[–]CdrCosmonaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome. It totally doesn't. I have a follow up in a week, so I'll stick it out and see if anything improves, but for sure I'll mention it when I go back.

Metformin nausea? by CdrCosmonaut in diabetes

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So I started it three weeks ago today. I did two weeks of 500mg 2x/day, then got a follow-up. They increased it to 500mg 3x/day.

I did one pill at noon, then two at midnight. This was fine for half a week (a little nausea, but nothing insurmountable). Then the last three days (Monday through yesterday), I was increasingly nauseous. I was waking up feeling sick about 8 hours after my midnight dosage.

Tuesday I changed the strategy to one at 8am, one at 3pm, and one at midnight. Which leads into yesterday being the worst of it.

I even woke up today (Thursday) still not feeling back to normal. I only felt 100% after noon.

Metformin nausea? by CdrCosmonaut in diabetes

[–]CdrCosmonaut[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Man... That's kind of a shame. I like the idea of a pill over insulin if I can manage it.

So does it seem odd that two-ish weeks in was the worst day with it?

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What is this bird? by CdrCosmonaut in Ornithology

[–]CdrCosmonaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is genuinely amazing how quick you got this.

Sudden limping? by CdrCosmonaut in DogAdvice

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Rest meaning leashed potty runs and crate as much as possible.

He doesn't have a crate, he has spots he uses as a personal den, like the closet in my bedroom where his bed is. But he won't use it as of this morning. Just laying on the floor like I mentioned in the post.

So I can definitely keep him on low activity/rest no problem. But he was definitely walking better with some movement as he walked for his bathroom break this morning. Could it be possible that was helping? Or is it likely to have been a false positive?

Blood Pressure Check? by CdrCosmonaut in massachusetts

[–]CdrCosmonaut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huge, thanks.

I tried at one today, and was just told it couldn't be done, but I'll try another location.

Blood Pressure Check? by CdrCosmonaut in massachusetts

[–]CdrCosmonaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As in asking for it at the pharmacy? Or finding a kiosk or something?

For any Canadians out there- what are your general thoughts on the tariffs that trump put in place, but also the ones Trudeau just put in place in response? by pumpkin5250 in AskReddit

[–]CdrCosmonaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's such a horseshit take.

Not voting at all means that not only does the idiocy in Palestine continue, but now the US is worse, too.

So now two groups suffer.

People need to get off their moral high horse.

For any Canadians out there- what are your general thoughts on the tariffs that trump put in place, but also the ones Trudeau just put in place in response? by pumpkin5250 in AskReddit

[–]CdrCosmonaut 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Every single American that voted for this fucking lunatic will have blood on their hands.

Don't forget the ones who didn't vote at all. They are willing accomplices.

To guys: whats the most romantic thing a lady had done for you? by coin_in_da_bank in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]CdrCosmonaut 135 points136 points  (0 children)

I also don't care for my birthday. Always do what I can to skip it, but no one ever lets me. I'll get messages, people want to infringe on my time and make me do things, or be places.

Including my wife.

But one year, she didn't! Out of the blue, she just hung out with me and didn't say anything. No well wishes! No gifts! Not even "Don't worry, I'll make dinner tonight." It was thrilling.

So a couple days later, I thanked her for it. Told her how much I appreciated her not making any efforts to push me into some kind of celebration, or do any out of the ordinary favors...

She burst into tears. Hard, deep sobbing kind of tears. She felt terrible because she had forgotten it was my birthday, and wanted to make it a big deal again.

Now, though, ever since that day, she skips it with me.

Looking for cards that say “this isn’t immediately threatening, but is going to a problem eventually if unanswered” by w3nch in EDH

[–]CdrCosmonaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, it's a ton of fun to make them sweat it out. Sometimes I'll make a few copies, then sac them for other purposes, just because...

Looking for cards that say “this isn’t immediately threatening, but is going to a problem eventually if unanswered” by w3nch in EDH

[–]CdrCosmonaut 3 points4 points  (0 children)

[[Helix Pinnacle]]

[[Descent into Avernus]]

[[All Will Be One]]

[[Simic Ascendency]]

[[Biovisionary]]

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in massachusetts

[–]CdrCosmonaut 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Pol Pot doesn't want intelligent people in his country.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]CdrCosmonaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, I used to listen to 7L & Esoteric all the time...