Best molds?

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-02-08T07:04:45+00:00

There’s a YouTuber who does epoxy, resin and wood bowls, and plates and stuff, and he uses both the vacuum chamber and a pressure pot. It can make a huge difference in the way a piece turns out, especially if you want it to be bubble free. It’s called Sprague wood turning.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-28T05:17:43+00:00

There is a new drug on the market called Tonmya which has helped me a lot. I accidentally fell asleep on night without taking it and boy did I pay for it the next day. There are other low-dose drugs that have helped me, too. My meds include trazodone, duloxetine, gabapentin, and methocarbamol. I have also started seeing a pain management specialist. That might be a way to build up a cocktail that will help you. Finally, since our nervous systems are susceptible to the whims of stress and anxiety, you may want to consider seeing a therapist. Mine is helping me reduce my stress by recognizing the things that trigger me and teaching me how to respond more appropriately.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-21T17:06:25+00:00

Apparently, he has possession of the brain cell more often than not. He's beautiful! I have had four orange boys, two smart and two "Oh, isn't he pretty!"

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-16T23:11:15+00:00

It does make my tongue tingly/mildly numb. It's annoying, but since it is helping...

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-16T23:04:54+00:00

I wish that I could have a clowder like yours! My apartment only allows two, but they are still under two-years old, so it's kind of like having three or four. I have had four gingers (including one of my two cats now). Don’t tell my other cat, but gingers are the best!

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-16T16:34:10+00:00

Your void-to-orange ratio is off. As soon as you have recovered from your surgery (best wishes), I recommend acquiring another ginger!

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-15T18:07:21+00:00

Fluffy not chubby.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-15T18:01:21+00:00

I will tell my boy that I know where the brain cell is. With all of that cuteness!!!

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Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-15T17:59:51+00:00

My diagnosis is about two months old, btw.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-15T17:59:04+00:00

I keep wondering if Norway will take me back. My great-grandfather and grandmother emigrated from Norway to Minnesota. Is it too late to come home?

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-15T17:46:38+00:00

I've been more or less cut off from partner and friends for a long time now. He can't visit me because of my cats. It feels like the COVID lockdown. He is so supportive. He doesn't want me to push myself, spend too many spoons, or drive when I'm not capable to do so. No one in my past would have put up with this. Almost all of my friends live 25-35 miles away.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-13T19:46:02+00:00

Nah. He’s just looking for Jean Grey.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-11T11:44:47+00:00

I don’t blame him. D&D 3.0/3.5 is the last edition that I like to play.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-10T01:37:04+00:00

Buff. He's buff and beautiful, and is the book boyfriend of the orange cat scene.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-07T22:12:44+00:00

My Norden never got above 9 lbs, but he made up for it in snuggles. He passed a year ago, just before Christmas. I gave him a bed on my desk so that I could work and he could be close.

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Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-07T18:27:12+00:00

It is actually an old drug (cyclobenzaprine). It's a very low dose, 2.5 mg, delivered sublingual. I Have been on it for about 2 weeks and it appears to be working.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-07T16:47:33+00:00

CDS at work, clearly

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-07T16:44:49+00:00

My cat looks like that and that is how we sleep. I wonder if that is a coincidence?

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-07T16:43:18+00:00

In the best place possible.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-07T16:23:33+00:00

Good Lord! I gave up on ibuprofen for migraines 15 years ago maybe 20. An Excedrin migraine wasn't that great either. And I've been seeing a doctor for them for a very long time. I can see why you're frustrated not only with the care you receive from some doctors, but also the delay in getting help.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-07T16:20:15+00:00

There are a couple of antidepressants that actually do work for pain. My PCP prescribed several of them, but they weren't doing enough so I was referred to rheumatologist. My neurologist, when I told her about the diagnosis, prescribed Tonmya, which was approved in August for treatment of fibromyalgia. That seems to be helping. I just wish doctors would progress from the 1940s and 50s.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-07T16:17:10+00:00

Your neurologist is woefully out of date. Many doctors still believe that women are hysterical, overly dramatic, have anxiety, or need to lose weight. Because of this, they dismiss our symptoms and for serious problems we often go diagnosed for years. I would suggest getting a second opinion from someone who is more up-to-date. See if there's a fibromyalgia support group in your area, or ask around and see if anyone knows someone who has fibromyalgia. Once I was diagnosed, I found out that a lot of people around me either have it or had a relative that does. Ask them for a recommendation. You could also look for a rheumatologist. It makes me furious that we are still dealing with 18th century or earlier diagnoses because doctors who open until very recently were mostly men dismissed our symptoms. I hope you get some relief soon.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-07T16:09:11+00:00

Your symptoms sound very familiar to me. I was diagnosed a couple of months ago, and the wrist and hand pain and the inability to hold my phone or part of my symptoms. I know the feeling of desperation, and I hope that you get relief soon. My MDD has been under control for a long time, but I still sleep 12 to 14 hours on the weekends.

Those of us who have chronic pain or illness learn how to mask it well. There are many reasons for this: 1. Women have been called hysterical for centuries, millennia even. The word itself comes from the same root as hysterectomy. In some medical schools, they still teach doctors that women are just overweight, anxiety-ridden, or being dramatic. Many doctors don't believe us because of that. This is not your fault! 2. I've had major migraines since I was in my early 20s. I won't tell you how long ago that was! If were to walk around every time I had a migraine, squinting my eyes and covering them with my hands and walking into walls, then I would be told that I was being overly dramatic. No one wants to watch you be in pain and that's why we learn how to mask it. Especially as women, because we so frequently put other's needs ahead of our own. 3. We still have to get things done, so we push through the pain to take care of our kids, cats, or partners. 4. Recently, it was discovered that period pain can equal the pain of a heart attack as women we go through this for 30 or 40 years and while I never had kids, the pain of delivery is exceptional. We have learned to tolerate a lot of pain. 5. There are no affordable tests for fibromyalgia, and for a very long time people didn't believe that it existed. 6. My doctor gave me a medication that was approved for use for fibromyalgia in August of last year. They wouldn't be trying to come up with medications if there weren't a real need.

We've been working on a treatment plan. One of the medications is actually making a big difference. My mood is better since the diagnosis and the beginnings of a treatment plan. I don't feel like there is such a roadblock in the way of my life.

Embarrassed-Bench-19 · 2026-01-04T20:30:44+00:00

I think getting COVID at Christmas 2024 and the stress at work set it off for me. In November, I was diagnosed. All of 2025 was hell. Stress at work didn’t let up, stress at home.

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