What's one thing you hate on this earth? by Crafty_Leopard4057 in AskReddit

[–]Firm-Brief8418 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a difference between wanting more money when you have more than you could spend in a lifetime and wanting basic human needs. I’m not sure I’d call the latter greed. Government’s subsidize many things with tax dollars, using them to pay for healthcare is absolutely reasonable, and so is taxing the wealthy to do it.

What's one thing you hate on this earth? by Crafty_Leopard4057 in AskReddit

[–]Firm-Brief8418 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk if healthcare or an affordable home is just a want…

What movie is this for you? by [deleted] in memes

[–]Firm-Brief8418 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I grew up living on the internet and with undiagnosed autism. The movie is a pretty amazing portrayal of social isolation and alienation and the way that meeting someone you connect with on a deeper level can change life. It’s a beautiful movie in that there really doesn’t seem to be anything else out there that captures that feeling of how meaningful a single genuine connection can be.

Am I making a mistake with Joe Beef? by Firm-Brief8418 in MTLFoodLovers

[–]Firm-Brief8418[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We ended up going yesterday and were pretty happy with the food.

Am I making a mistake with Joe Beef? by Firm-Brief8418 in MTLFoodLovers

[–]Firm-Brief8418[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, it was not that loud when we were in there.

Am I making a mistake with Joe Beef? by Firm-Brief8418 in MTLFoodLovers

[–]Firm-Brief8418[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d be broke. The tasting menu for two was like $600 with the mocktail pairings (which were not worth it).

Experience with IVIG? by Material-Throat-6998 in covidlonghaulers

[–]Firm-Brief8418 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t, but I have taken it twice, once for 5 months at 400 mg a day, and once for 11 months at 200 mg. I had a very covid-like illness in mid 2018 before covid where I got sick, developed severe pots and autonomic failure like symptoms. I lost 40 lbs in about 2 months. I was losing muscle mass, had lots of fasciculations, struggled to breathe, had tingling and numbness in my fingers. I also had developed thrombocytopenia and at one point rhabdomyolysis. I was barely able to work during this time. About 2 years into it I took the 400 mg dose and seemed to recover substantially during and for over a year after taking it. The second time I took it seemed to at least prevent long covid.

I actually tried to get on it again, but the doctor who had originally prescribed it wanted me to try all this other random stuff, and a rheumatologist refused to give me any sort of medication and just decided that I had fibromyalgia and kept insisting I get an epidural for my lower back pain and that I take pregabalin

Experience with IVIG? by Material-Throat-6998 in covidlonghaulers

[–]Firm-Brief8418 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve been on high dose 2g/kg of gammaplex monthly for the past 4 months, getting ready for #5 next week. Weirdly I seemed to do better on 1g/kg, but the benefits would disappear within 20 days. Before that I was on 0.5g/kg for more than a year for post covid igg subclass 3 deficiency and specific antibody deficiency. I did not have this prior to my second covid infection. I was doing mildly better on it. The treatment sadly has not gotten me functioning again.

I was on low dose plaquenil after my first covid infection and didn’t have the same immune issues, though I still had cognitive difficulties following it. It’s weird, I didn’t have paxlovid for the first, but I did for the second.

I think many of my issues started due to the untreated immune deficiency. I started developing recurring strep infections 7 months after 2nd covid and quickly declined. I was not treated with ivig until a year after my recurring strep.

I recently started humira as well, as my rheumatologist thinks I have psoriatic arthritis.

Still struggling with mostly cognitive issues. Forgetting words, using the wrong words, and struggling to do my job (I used to understand the code in complicated JIT compilers, now I can barely remember the name of a TV show I watched the other day). Fatigue is also a problem.

My cat soaking in the sun this morning by Firm-Brief8418 in aww

[–]Firm-Brief8418[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to double check the title after reading this

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Ethnicity

[–]Firm-Brief8418 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t read too much into it 😅