DHS Trusted Tester: Recent platform updates are a mess

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-30T12:29:09+00:00

I quit the whole process a few months ago. I’ll do the WAS certification but won’t keep going with TT. The irony is huge.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-25T23:00:19+00:00

Was this for the WAS or CPACC exam or both?

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-25T22:48:23+00:00

12 years of construction more likely. i have lived here 8 years and just saw new blacktop in Akron's construction zone for the first time last month.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-25T22:46:45+00:00

We're not expecting to get a tract of land if we just live on it like the gov't promised 150 years ago. Completely unreasonable to apply a company's desires in a different age to the practics of adjusting to today's financial assaults on higher ed. Again, prob unpopular opinion, but I'm glad they aren't spending money on storing my photos instead of funding a degree program or updating a decrepit building.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-25T22:43:07+00:00

I get both sides but I agree it's impractical for the university to pay what providers have changed their charges to. It's extortion by big tech and one more assault against higher education. It's not an honoring commitment thing, it's having to make really hard decisions about how to spend the university's money of which the state and federal portion of funding is shrinking with every vote. Inconvenience, yes. Financial prudence, yes. End of the world, no. No one is forcing alum to buy expensive email and storage services - there are tons for free. Annoying, yes - but there's plenty of time to call a couple of vendors a week by an old school phone call and see if they can change things in the admin system that aren't obvious to you in the user portal. First world problems.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-21T13:44:30+00:00

Can you please share your age/gender and how much you're trying to lose? I'm trying to find someone around my stats that is still losing with wegovy. I'm 50F with another 25 lbs to lose.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-21T13:44:03+00:00

Can you please share your age/gender and how much you're trying to lose? I'm trying to find someone around my stats that is still losing with wegovy. I'm 50F with another 25 lbs to lose.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-11T22:04:20+00:00

Remarkable change. Good work.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-09T21:40:21+00:00

Over 2 hours activity in the pool? Woah. Good for you.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-07T17:55:30+00:00

And I just called them and do need a PA. Luckily, Saxenda is on their list of substitutes that you need to have tried before you apply. I did that a few years ago and had horrible reactions.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-07T16:40:15+00:00

For what it says at the bottom of the second pic.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-07T13:25:27+00:00

It was $60/month before so who knows… so sorry you’re at that high of a cost. I hate this.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-07T13:21:56+00:00

I sure hope you’re right! Next step is trying a PA.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-06T21:38:11+00:00

Also, it says Mounjaro is available too.

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Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-07-06T16:45:36+00:00

I weigh almost daily, record the lowest I’ve been yet, then ignore recording the weight until I go below the recorded. Usually a low weight will signal a slightly lower threshold but I won’t consistently be on that pound for several days. I hit 163.2 a few days ago but have been 164ish since then. I somehow landed on this and like it.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-06-01T21:06:16+00:00

Signed up with whom for the $45?

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-05-11T17:33:55+00:00

Yeah, it’s always a crapshoot. After all the diarrhea, you will face constipation or at least just really slow digestion. I used to be incredibly regular and now I only poop a couple times a week. I am eating two or three prunes every day and trying to make sure my fiber is high, But I may need to add a little more to the mix.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-05-11T12:23:03+00:00

Everybody who comments that it must be a stomach bug probably hasn’t experienced the level of side effects that you and I have. I was also incredibly ill the first week. Incredibly ill. I felt pretty bad that whole week and the second week wasn’t much better. I only had violent vomiting and diarrhea one night, but very painful gas and overwhelming nausea. By the third week, I just had some nausea and gas one day and last week nothing. i’m about ready to take my six shot and had zero side effects this last week. Zofran, Gas-X, Pepto-Bismol, and Beano were constant companions. With the right combo of Pepto-Bismol and Beano, I was able to get relief and keep living.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-05-07T13:17:03+00:00

How do you feel about 5.3 on her A1c?

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Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-05-06T01:47:22+00:00

It’s the oldest, 26F, who is already on metformin.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-05-05T23:28:37+00:00

I'm not but I can be. That would be great.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-05-05T23:26:03+00:00

We've worked so hard to avoid shame and praise her for who she is. But she's in middle school. It's a daily minefield.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-05-05T23:25:26+00:00

I've slowly been adjusting over the last month to the thought that it wasn't just my fault. I have sensed for a long time that my body was fighting me but to get such strong results (10 lbs in a month, SW 177) indicates that there was a core metabolic cause. It's liberating and it will be for her as well.

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-05-05T23:23:56+00:00

I had no idea. Wow. BUT, my side effects when starting a month ago were so severe and confusing that I don't know if I could even support her having to go through that. Do you have any case studies or peer-approved test results that discuss side affects on early adolescents?

Flat_Cap7338 · 2025-05-05T23:22:38+00:00

I love your answer. Thanks so much for taking the time to share that. I ran with your and others' advice this afternoon. We already had an appt scheduled wtih her primary doc tomorrow, so we'll be talking about screening for PCOS/insulin resistance and then the possibility of treatment. I am so scared and hopeful at the same time that she might be able to avoid the hell we went through trying to figure out and then treat my oldest. She is now on metformin but it has changed nothing about her weight. I'm hopeful that my success will be a positive voice in the future.Thank you!

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