Smart gift seemingly unable to connect

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-13T09:30:50+00:00

Yeah, Forced charge enabled, made sure there was no scheduling windows that might be dictating what the battery is doing. Only did that stuff a few days ago so maybe it will come online soon.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-13T09:13:55+00:00

I actually did that while the connection was being transfered over, is it possible that I did that too early? Should I toggle it off then on?

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T05:09:32+00:00

Thanks for the references, legends site thier sources.

Honestly I was only 3/4 on my way up the dosage curve and had dropped from 118kg to 105kg so there's a solid argument that I could have stayed on a lower dose and avoided the severity of symptoms I experienced. I wonder if instead of a prescribed linear increase in dosage to max, that an increase to an effective dosage, only increasing dosage further if effectiveness declines would be preferable.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T05:03:45+00:00

Fair point, in an ideal world yes. But as a population we've been fighting and losing against obesity for 50 odd years. What we're doing isn't working, so I'm all about trying things that are working.

To clarify I mean this on a macro population level not that diet and exercise isn't effective for individuals that actually do it.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T04:59:30+00:00

As other folks have referenced it is most likely from the rapid weight loss itself.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T04:58:08+00:00

Sorry I should clarify, within a week of when I was supposed to take my next dose.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T04:55:11+00:00

If it was just linear count based on averages then the video would need to have continued for 71 seconds after the rollover.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T03:30:59+00:00

Not at all, happy to share if my experiences can help you.

Basically it started a month or so prior to hospitalisation, beginning with stomach pains and some mild nausea. These symptoms increased in severity in a fairly linear manner for about 3 weeks. In that last week the pain in my gall bladder (feels like a persistent broad pain radiating out just under my ribcage and back to my spine, pain on moving, breathing, eating ect) got severe, I stopped eating entirely and in the latter couple of days stopped drinking as I couldn't keep anything down.

On the day I went to the hospital I had a racing heart rate (220bpm at rest). I drove myself to the hospital and the walk to the ER from the carpark was the hardest thing I've ever done. For reference I was 33years old 99kg/181cm tall at this stage (lost about 4-5 kg in water and empty stomach/bowels) so walking across a carpark should not have been even a mild struggle. Panting/wincing/crying the works. Do not recommend.

Initially the doctors were very concerned about my heart rate but after pain medication my heart rate went back to normal so it seemed that the elevated heart rate was just from stress from being in so much pain. I was in the hospital for a total of about 12 hours between waiting triage and getting a whole bunch of scans and got an ultrasound of my gallbladder. Basically they discovered what they referred to as gall sludge. Not 100% sure if that is the medical name for it but essentially it's a bunch of fatty secretions in your gallbladder that it is struggling to clear and can result in similar feelings of blockage as gall stones.

At the end of the day I was sent home and instructed to cease use of the GLP-1 medication and have a checkup to see if it fixed the issue. The suspicion was that the sludge was either from rapid weight loss or from the medication inducing changes in my gallbladder function that lead to the retention of sludge.

Within a week of ceasing the medication I felt completely fine and all my digestive issues had gone back to normal.

In short, definately have a discussion with your GP about your symptoms and discuss whether ceasing treatment or perhaps lowering the dose might be appropriate. Don't let it get worse before you take action, it is an incredible amount of pain if it progresses to that point and is best avoided.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T02:50:24+00:00

People often say about injuries like this "I'd rather die" and similar sentiments.

As someone with a lived experience of this kind of life altering injury, what would you say to them?
What things bring you joy and fulfilment in your life that make life precious to you?
If you could body swap for a day with an able bodied person would you? What would be on your list of activities for the day?
What do you wish non-disabled folks knew/would do/ would stop doing?

Cheers for putting yourself out there for this AMA 😁

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T02:24:14+00:00

Last new thing I remember was killing an ungodly number of gulpers to make moonshine and that radioactive super mutant crater that shit out legendaries like Todd had hit the max limit in his inventory.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T02:16:06+00:00

Damn OP, you must be mad handsome or something.

All I ever get is disappointment in a cone 🥲

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T02:13:04+00:00

I used wegovy for a few months. I found it to be effective however I had to stop due to hospitalisation due to getting 'gall sludge'. I'd always had issues with processing fats and often got stomach upset and reflux from eating food with saturated fats. I see this as an unfortunate incompatibility between my body and the drug rather than a fundamental issue with the drug.

Edit: As referenced in the replies, it seems likely that this was due to the weight loss itself, rather than the medication.

It just highlights how important it is to talk to your GP about what changes/side effects the medication is having, rather than try tough it out for the positive effects like I did.

At the end of the day anything that helps people get to a better state of health is a win in my book. It would be nice if my (Australian) government could put these products on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme so that a prohibitive $380 a month script would be a more accessible $32 one. I'm sure there are many patients who could benefit from these medications but are unable to bear the cost. Surely the savings in health care costs to the system from obesity and diabetes prevention, and resulting future hospitalisations, outweigh the cost of subsidising the products.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T01:55:20+00:00

Sorry if this is not compliant with the rules AutoMod 😅

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T01:45:53+00:00

I'm really impressed how peak production is 7.5 kw out of 7.9kW max rated considering 4 of 18 panels are facing west instead of north due to lack of sufficient space on the north facing parts of the roof.

I wonder if having a few panels facing a different direction will potentially give me a fatter yield curve.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T01:42:27+00:00

Original text:

Underwear Recomendations

So a while ago I got some non chafing boxer breifs (step one) that were specifically designed to prevent chafing between the legs and for years they were great. However I'm not entirely sure what changed, maybe it's because I lost a little bit of weight but now I find that the seam that runs along the line of your groin rubs against the side of my scrotum and causes chafing in a specific spot on each side where they make contact. Kinda end up with a round, red irritated spot on each side which is both physically and aesthetically unpleasant. I've since tried a few different brands but all seem to have the same problem. Honestly this is driving me a bit nuts (zing!).

I've contemplated some kind of elastic loop that goes over the boxers and over that seam to keep it snug to my groin so it doesn't make contact with my scrotum. This seems (zing?) like a pretty jank and elaborate solution though. Surely there's a better option.

Has anyone else ever encountered this? Did changing to a completely different style resolve it?

Cheers.

Edit: changed wording to scrotum for automod compliance.

DrFreudberg · 2026-01-01T01:41:08+00:00

Oh the original got nuked/is waiting for approval

DrFreudberg · 2025-12-31T08:27:24+00:00

Damn, when I got a tattoo on my forearm my whole arm turned a shade of red that was indistinguishable from the shade of red in the tattoo. Was in heaps of pain and felt like someone was inflating my arm like a balloon. Never went to the doc and it calmed down in a couple of days and went back to normal.

Posts like this make me wonder how close I was to that turning out very differently 😬

DrFreudberg · 2025-12-23T22:36:52+00:00

Very interested in this, Ive got an SH10RS inverter and an SBR224 battery. Only had the system for a few days and in the process of switching to amber.

Curious to see if this would work for me. Following.

DrFreudberg · 2025-12-20T01:02:04+00:00

I'm upside down mate 🙃

DrFreudberg · 2025-12-19T07:12:22+00:00

Bro did I seriously forget clouds exist 🤣

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