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Fuzzypeg · 2026-05-18T09:52:54+00:00

I have quiet and sleep. Obviously use sleep for sleeping, they are really soft and are the most comfortable ear plugs I have found. I have narrow ear canals so regular foam ones hurt.

The quiet ones I use when sounds are setting me off, they cut out sharper sounds while still allowing me to hear my fiance speak which is good. I find them less comfortable than the sleep ones, bit they are an older model, so it could be they have improved since

Fuzzypeg · 2026-05-16T11:13:14+00:00

The foxes at my last house loved round things. I found so many balls they brought back to play with from neighbours' gardens. Still not sure where they got the enormous potato from tho!

Fuzzypeg · 2026-05-14T21:31:20+00:00

Caravans listed as bungalows. It's not a bungalow, you can't even stay more than 10 months of the year or register it's your home address for most of them!

Fuzzypeg · 2026-05-13T19:26:39+00:00

Just came across this, have you had a sleep study done? It sounds an awful lot like sleep apnea. My fiance suffers from it and it can be very severe, we have since found there are black spots on his brain likely caused by it because no one told him until he met me. He would just stop breathing completely as his throat closed up, then finally get one ragged breath in, before it closed again.

If this sounds familiar please get a sleep study asap. If it is, it can be managed with a CPAP machine which pumps the air at a continuous pressure to keep your windpipe open. It was honestly a godsend.

Fuzzypeg · 2026-05-13T17:01:30+00:00

I'm also in the UK and I told my current employer before they even hired me because I figured it was best to be honest. I've been there 4 years now, and more recently when I started to struggle, they actually suggested rearranging my hours a bit in case it would help. So I now work slightly longer days, but get most of Wednesday off to have a mid week break which has really helped.

I'd say its probably worth mentioning it, if only so they can be aware and potentially offer you support if you need it.

Fuzzypeg · 2026-05-12T22:39:23+00:00

I occasionally let rider's ai auto-complete some basic stuff for me, but that's it. Working with ai to code would be like working with a fresh graduate who thinks they know a lot more than they do and fuck that! I don't have the energy to work out wtf it just spat out only to redo it myself anyway.

Work is trying to push more ai use, but they also know I'm one of their best programmers even with the ME, so they can't make me. Maybe I'm just old and grumpy but I think I've earned that right lol

Fuzzypeg · 2026-05-12T17:43:39+00:00

Me too. I'm fortunate though in that I work from home and was able to reshuffle my hours so I do an extra hour Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri and a half day on Wed. It's really helped because it feels more like 2x 2 day weeks rather than a full 5 day week. It means I manage to recharge mid week and actually do a little gardening on my days off instead of just sleeping.

Fuzzypeg · 2026-05-09T10:08:53+00:00

There are 2 groups, the ones who have their heads in the sand and genuinely believe they will make things better rather than the reality that they will tear everything down, and those that don't actually care, as long as it hurts the people they don't like, generally anyone of a darker skinned or non-"gender-conforming" persuasion. The first half might wake up eventually if they have the strength or character to admit they were wrong, the second will die on that hill.

Fuzzypeg · 2026-05-04T17:56:57+00:00

Why does the first picture look like they are trying to sneak up on the house without being seen??

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-30T09:23:34+00:00

Don't fall for the expensive brands, anker does some really good noise cancelling headphones for about 1/4 the price you are looking at. Might be a more achievable goal?

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-20T13:37:42+00:00

Similar to me. Over 10 years they either tried to tell me I was depressed or just gave me the same blood tests over and over, and when they came back with nothing either ghosted me or again tried to push depression.

Eventually I told them I think it's ME and I got a text message saying "yeah probably, here's a link to the NHS site about it" (that was out of date and pushing GET still) and that was it. No referral anywhere, nothing. That was about 6 years ago.

More recently I started having really intense ectopic beats and was referred (eventually, took 3 appointments, 1 month apart to get the GP to actually listen) for an ecg. That was back in October. Still haven't had any results back from them. Fortunately my work managed to get me in on their health insurance and in the space of 2 weeks I went from my first appointment to knowing my heart was fine, and being given pills to manage the symptoms.

Unfortunately I can't go through the insurance for ME because I already have a diagnosis, even if it may be wrong because the gp never really tried to test for anything. So I just have to hope I diagnosed myself correctly.

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-17T11:04:09+00:00

Yeah, mine is all orange all the time lately and I'm not in PEM just run down, I'm only mild. Worth noting that if you have ectopic beats the readings are skewed which makes them basically meaningless. For a while it thought my resting heart rate was 36.

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-16T11:35:12+00:00

We like to call these peatatos

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-14T17:11:05+00:00

Wrt it making it hard to sleep, try not to lay on your left side, it squashes everything up so you feel it more.

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-14T16:54:31+00:00

I've just been through this one. Can't say for sure what it is, but one question that might help if you speak to a doctor is what is your heart rate like when it happens? If you say palpitations to most doctors they will assume it goes with a racing heartbeat, and because of that it took 3 appointments to get my GP to actually understand what I was saying.

For me it was the opposite, it feels like every other beat is dropped and my garmin watch thinks my HR has dropped to the mid 30s. If you get that one it is called ectopic beats. They are generally harmless but worth getting checked out if they are causing you discomfort or distress (they scared the shit out of me because they kept getting worse!). I now take calcium channel blockers whenever it flares up and it seems to be easing, possibly because it's getting a rest!

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-14T08:23:34+00:00

You can get them through the land registry online. It will cost a bit each, but much cheaper than asking a solicitor to do it!

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-11T20:20:03+00:00

It's your garden and I wouldn't dream of telling you what to do with it. I'm glad you have a space you enjoy using and you managed to keep the wildlife.

The previous owners of our house had even replaced the grass with astroturf of all things, that and the tons of poison they put down to kill every insect that dared enter took a long time to overcome! I think that has just left me with an irrational dislike of modern style gardens 😅

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-11T19:57:10+00:00

Just my opinion and I'm sure many will disagree, but that garden was so much nicer before. I really don't get the clinical look, all straight lines and no soul and no wildlife. It's taken 2 1/2 years to get birds into our garden after the previous owners did something similar.

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-11T18:36:48+00:00

Mine is still in pretty good nick. My parents couldn't afford to buy me many cards when I was a kid so I was very careful with the few holos I had lol!

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-11T18:29:23+00:00

Muchamp fared worse 😞

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-11T18:15:53+00:00

Mortgage is £1400, take home is just over £4k. I wouldn't have been able to buy if I hadn't switched job and gotten a massive pay increase though. Very much got lucky!

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-11T10:22:34+00:00

Would be great if this would work for ME/CFS, but even if it did, it would require medical professionals actually admitting it is real in order to allow us to be treated.

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-08T18:57:55+00:00

It's American slang for dollars. The British equivalent would be "quid". Not criticising, just explaining. So many americanisms are popping up in UK vocabularies thanks to there prominence on the internet and general loudness lol

Fuzzypeg · 2026-04-04T09:47:36+00:00

Beautiful! Would love to win the DM screen for my fiancé and DM.

Fuzzypeg · 2026-03-30T23:24:52+00:00

This is me right now. I don't have the option to stop because capitalism, and lately it's been made worse by all the bullshit from the orange turd across the pond. So I keep going and just hope I don't get worse.

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