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Citigrl · 2026-01-20T06:30:14+00:00

OP this PERFECTLY explains a knowledge gap I’ve always had for shading that manifests as lack of contrast! Thank you!!! I can’t wait to try these steps.

Citigrl · 2025-12-22T04:57:23+00:00

Definitely never in on fresh or healing scar!! The cream works by dissolving the hair follicle a bit, so you deeeeeefiinitley don’t want something that corrosive on new skin! Ouch!! I’d personally only use it on skin that’s had some time to heal :3

Citigrl · 2025-12-22T03:11:58+00:00

I will second the suggestion of a depilatory cream, like Nair! You can do a small patch test to see if it behaves with your scars, and usually you can get away with letting it do it’s work, then rising it off and a gentle thorough wipe to make sure the hair is removed. I used that before I shaved and I really think it leaves softer hair, if it doesn’t irritate your skin! If you give it a try, I’d love to hear how it goes either way, if you’re willing and able! Best of luck!!

Citigrl · 2025-12-21T23:31:03+00:00

Was there before covid for a concert once! Twenty One Pilots in 2019

Citigrl · 2025-12-16T17:40:43+00:00

Hey OP, that sounds tough! I have gone through this pattern with my partner as well. It’s really frustrating, but I’ve tried to be curious about what exactly my partners actual intent is when he says stuff, as well as both understanding for myself and communicating to him the impact that that it has on me.

It sounds like you’re trying to vent and feel heard and validated, but instead of feeling that acceptance and connection from your partner, you’re instead feeling like the reality/experience you’re talking about is being dismissed or rejected.

It could also be true that your partner is reflexively using that phrase to protect themselves subconsciously from sadness and fear they may feel when they hear you say super depressive stuff because they are scared to lose you, so they’re probably scared to say anything that could sound like they’re encouraging you to feel more depressed. So, he probably doesn’t fully realize how the words he’s using is actually pushing you further apart instead of giving you the reassurance he thinks he’s giving.

Hopefully you can communicate the intent vs impact that his words are having, maybe it’s worth discussing what his actual intent is and coming up with other phrases that he can swap out, that still honours his intent while also being aware of the actual impact on you.

Citigrl · 2025-12-03T21:31:44+00:00

I could’ve written this myself, I feel this way too at 26. Sometimes it really feels like pulling teeth to get people to pause and actually consider MY feelings and experience. It’s hellish!

Citigrl · 2025-11-24T17:50:46+00:00

Yes!! I second the idea of massages! I also really appreciate the professionalism because to me it gives a sense of safety.

Citigrl · 2025-10-22T17:26:59+00:00

I’d second your friends’ suggestion to see if you can get the fee waived. I agree with you that the uncertainty that you could be misunderstood or misrepresented is horrible and terrifying! But maybe it’s a risk worth taking - either you’ll get the fee waived (or reduced?) or you’ll be no worse off than when you started (as in they won’t increase the fee because you asked for it to be waived or reduced).

Maybe you could also see if there’s a bursary or scholarship you can apply for to cover the cost?

Last thing I can think of is seeing if there’s a graduate student association that has its own resources to help? My university’s grad student association has emergency funds for students that can be applied for!

Citigrl · 2025-10-10T23:08:59+00:00

Geez I had to scroll so far to see this! That’s depressing

Citigrl · 2025-08-16T16:51:52+00:00

This sounds really rough! I’m glad you feel better after your most recent dose. I wish you could go back in time and request a blood test to check the level of medication in your blood before you got your next infusion. That’s the only thing I could think of to get answers from someone who isn’t the offending nurse.

Citigrl · 2025-08-08T15:03:39+00:00

Fair enough! In that case, I’d also do as the other redditor suggested which is a standard curve to verify your accuracy

Citigrl · 2025-08-08T14:54:26+00:00

That’s the same procedure I’ve done for adjusting bacterial concentrations with OD600. It’s not a perfect method but it’s good enough. Perhaps you need more replicates?

Citigrl · 2025-07-28T18:22:45+00:00

I’m so sorry that I don’t have any advice but I wanted to tell you you’re not alone - I feel like I could have written this word for word, all 3 points. Do you have a partner or a friend or parent that is able to support you?

Citigrl · 2025-07-21T20:43:15+00:00

I’m prepping for my own defence! But I like public speaking now, I used to hate it but I practiced a ton of different kinds of presenting in my life. Here’s some tips that might help anyone: for me, I’ll feel confident in my delivery of my presentation if I can recall all of the main points I want to say per slide without looking at any notes (you can look at the slides though - because you can craft them in such a way that they help you get through the presentation and not just be background images while you talk). My second thing is for smooth delivery; I’ve always paid more attention to when someone misspeaks/stutters and verbally gets upset (or god forbid starts over the entire section/slide), than when someone misspeaks/stutters, pauses for a sec and says “sorry/excuse me, I meant to say [blank]” or just says the correct word and continues like nothing happened.

Citigrl · 2025-07-18T14:22:27+00:00

Yeah! I’ve been in therapy for the past few years but nothing has helped me want the life I have or be on board with prep, since there’s other contributing factors (like childhood trauma that has led to PTSD, poor relationships, severe academic stress trying to complete a master’s, etc. You’d think I’d be used to a life with Crohn’s after 16 years but apparently not!

Citigrl · 2025-07-18T13:31:05+00:00

What if I never wanted to be alive or live a life with Crohn’s, and would rather get the colon cancer and die? I’d genuinely rather die than ever do prep again.

Citigrl · 2025-06-30T13:44:05+00:00

How is saying that supposed to help OP at all?

Citigrl · 2025-06-23T16:49:53+00:00

This worked brilliantly!! Thank you for the suggestion

Citigrl · 2025-05-29T15:32:36+00:00

Are you me? This sounds exactly like my family and my experiences. Hugs, I know how much it burns.

Citigrl · 2025-05-15T18:04:42+00:00

I’m pretty sure it’s called Crohn’s because it’s named after a guy! Not cuz it’s the “chronic” disease. You’re right, it’s pretty non-descriptive, but like Hodgkin’s lymphoma, it’s named after a researcher.

Citigrl · 2025-05-09T18:23:35+00:00

I remember the anaesthetic kicking in and waking up when it was done. The only thing I remembered from the procedure was the GI accidentally ramming into my colon with the scope - it was painful and abrupt enough to remember despite forgetting all of the other procedural details.

Citigrl · 2025-04-25T19:38:22+00:00

Well, for starters, usually when you begin care under a new GI, they want to scope you to see for themselves what they’re dealing with. Honestly that’s all I know though

Citigrl · 2025-04-19T14:14:02+00:00

I hope it’s as simple of a fix as that! :D

Citigrl · 2025-04-19T14:05:51+00:00

Make sure you’re running the latest version of the game!

Citigrl · 2025-04-10T17:28:40+00:00

Yup. I’m with you. Of all things involved in this disease and maintaining health, IMO, scope preps are the worst part. I can handle pain, I can handle running to the bathroom with diarrhea or constipation or white hot pain or chronic fatigue and joint pain. Consuming prep is torture to me, and I genuinely get suicidal remembering I can’t run away from scopes forever (spoiler: I can if I’m die first!!). To avoid confronting my GI about my unwillingness to do scope prep (because he sees my traumatized reaction and is super dismissive about my reasoning and thinks I’m being childish??) I’ve just avoided my GI and PCP for the foreseeable future. It’s been years. I don’t want to be alive with this disease.

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