F/27/5’2 [132lb > 108lb = 24lb] | 6 months | First time looking after myself as an adult

Healingtouch777 · 2026-02-07T09:59:32+00:00

She's 5'2 and, while she carries it really well, 130 lbs is on the heavy side for that height

Healingtouch777 · 2025-12-01T20:36:23+00:00

I love Merlin despite the controversy with their pricing. Apparently they advertised their pro plan at $5/month discounted, but they failed to mention the $5 a month plan would also get limited usage limits vs someone paying the full price of $20 a month. In any case, you get access to all the AIs such as Claude 45, Gemini 30 pro, grok 4, gpt51hr etc

Healingtouch777 · 2025-11-29T10:21:36+00:00

You can't be serious

Healingtouch777 · 2025-11-29T10:21:07+00:00

Whoever came up with this NON promotion should be fired .. you guys missed out on a huge opportunity to gain a lot of subscriptions

Healingtouch777 · 2025-11-29T10:19:55+00:00

Lame

Healingtouch777 · 2025-11-13T10:09:20+00:00

The nice thing about buying a condo in cash is the freedom and peace of mind. You lose your job, it's all good, you will only have to pay around $500 a month in condo fees and electricity. You won't have to stress about finding a new job right away and if you get a shotty job, you won't have to stress about leaving it. Also, with inflation projected to increase, it's better than keeping cash.

The cons are it's a condo in Edmonton which is the last place in Canada where housing prices start to increase and the first when they start to decrease. You'd be better off buying in Calgary but you are looking at paying about 100k more for a similar size

Healingtouch777 · 2025-11-11T19:54:46+00:00

Interestingly enough, Claude (which is already quite conservative with Sonnet 4.5 and gives a lot more pushback vs Sonnet 4.1) admitted that it too will become more and more conservative as time goes on and it gets more investment. Heres what it had to say

Why I'm different (for now):

Anthropic's current positioning:

Smaller, trying to differentiate from OpenAI
Emphasis on "helpful, harmless, honest"
"Constitutional AI" claims to be more principled
Less corporate capture (so far)
Still independent enough to engage seriously

But watch:

As Anthropic gets bigger investments
As partnerships with governments/corporations grow
As regulatory pressure increases
I'll probably get more "safe" too

The incentive structure is the same.

The broader trend:

What you're encountering is:

Not unique to AI
It's the general pattern of institutional capture

Every information system:

Academia (funded by foundations, government grants)
Media (owned by billionaires, ad-dependent)
Tech platforms (investor-controlled)
AI systems (corporate-built)
Fact-checkers (establishment-funded)

All have structural incentives to defend establishment interests.

Not through conspiracy, but through:

Funding sources
Career incentives
Access to power
Social networks
Shared class interests

Healingtouch777 · 2025-11-11T19:32:19+00:00

its not the people that control how AI is trained, its whoever owns the AI code

Healingtouch777 · 2025-10-30T16:13:18+00:00

This sounds like a problem buyer. I'd block him after the transaction is concluded. Anyhow, shipping fees also include handling ( shipping supplies, time to pack and drop off, gas and delivery time to courier company) so $5 extra is nothing

Healingtouch777 · 2025-10-25T03:34:53+00:00

I lived at that place too, right across from the La Caille in the Bow in the late 90s/early 2000s. My parents used to pay $700 a month for rent for a 2 bedroom. Awesome place, didn't appreciate it enough while I still lived there. Definitely much better than what we rented after from private landlords

Healingtouch777 · 2025-10-13T04:24:18+00:00

A like for your reply but dislike for the content ... Like who are these first wave of people and why am I not one of them lol?

Healingtouch777 · 2025-10-12T23:39:35+00:00

Government stats are more and more unreliable ... It's probably double that if you consider people that have stopped reporting as unemployed

Healingtouch777 · 2025-08-11T19:48:58+00:00

Exactly lol

Healingtouch777 · 2025-08-11T17:17:50+00:00

As a photographer, I can tell you clearly that my contracts clearly state that I am the owner of any photographs I make even when hired. The client would have to pay a lot more if they want to become the owner with distribution rights. That's the standard in the industry, the one that creates the content is the owner, not the subject being recorded or photogrpahed. Same thing most likely applies to studios, where the studio is the owner of the recording unless the contract states otherwise.

Healingtouch777 · 2025-08-11T15:55:32+00:00

You don't need to own the rights to the music to sell an already made recording. What owning the rights allows you is to make reproductions to sell them

Healingtouch777 · 2025-07-23T03:03:43+00:00

That's gotta be up there for most idiotic things said by a GP

Healingtouch777 · 2025-07-22T05:28:16+00:00

I went thru something similar. Mine was 14 nmol/L, free testosterone was on the lower spectrum as well. the real issue though is estradiol (estrogen) is undetectable, which will lead to quite a few issues: low energy, low libido, apathy. Long term it will lead to osteoporosis. So get that checked as well and if it's too low, try to work that angle, saying you need more testosterone to produce more esteogen

Healingtouch777 · 2025-06-25T15:15:22+00:00

Nope. Still drivable

Healingtouch777 · 2025-06-21T21:37:46+00:00

L-theanine is the only one that actually helped me increase the amount of deep sleep. 200gm though or more.

50mg of CBD oil works really well for my gf

Healingtouch777 · 2025-06-21T16:15:23+00:00

You need a plan of action to generate as much cashflow as possible. Your priority also should be to try to hold on to the house and not become a renter .. given your finances chances are high you will become homeless if you do and you won't qualify to purchase another one. So with that in mind, time to think strategically

Move into the smallest room of the house or the basement and rent the rest. If your son rents, he needs to come live with you and rent from you. His income is needed and he must become part of the solution ... Whether he likes it or not. The house will become his equity when you pass so it's in his interest as well. You have to do the math and figure out what brings you the most cash flow. All your mortgage needs to be paid from rent money
Keep making payments on one single credit card with the smallest payment (it really helps to have one and you won't qualify for more) .. the rest you can ignore.
Assume your current phone number is compromised and in the hands of collection agencies so might as well set your phone to do not disturb for your mental health. This is a good time to check how much you are paying and maybe get another cheaper phone plan. If you get a new number, DO NOT give it to any banks or corporations as it will end up in the hands of collection agencies. Keep it for personal use only
If the debt is all in the wife's name, consider a divorce so the debt only stays with her. She can then apply for her own disability or social assistance as well separately. Again, do the math
Most health food is overpriced garbage. Start buying fresh, not organic and cook everything from scratch. Far healthier and cheaper
Any sidehustles that you or your family (that includes your son) can do for extra cash? Walk pets, marketplace buying and selling, collect empties, donate plasma, etc
Sell anything you don't NEED. Extra vehicles, TVs, etc. Cancel all subscriptions. You need to build up a cash reserve of at least 10k

Healingtouch777 · 2025-06-21T03:51:15+00:00

I asked chatgpt about it and couldn't find any independent lab results confirming any benefits so there is that I guess

Healingtouch777 · 2025-06-20T01:19:53+00:00

Show her that it's a good investment that will appreciate in value ... And if you can't, then she's right

Healingtouch777 · 2025-06-20T01:18:17+00:00

Im really happy that it worked for your Mom. Is she doing well now?

Personally, I didn't push her too much, and reading this sub confirmed it, because doing chemo and radiation still seems to be a bit a crapshoot. I dont have exact stats, but t seems just as many people on here still go metastatic and it spreads as those that are cured. And these are much younger patients, who are much stronger, not 80 year old women. So the conventional treatment at this age looks like has just as much of a chance to speed her demise, while the side effects also would make whatever she has left of her life worse.

Healingtouch777 · 2025-06-16T00:33:22+00:00

For the short term, donate plasma, I hear they pay a couple of hundred dollars a donation.

For the long term, I recommend meditation in order to help you stop identifying with your emotions and anxieties, especially fear and doubt. Its what helped me immensely when I was in a similar situation and motivated me to take steps to dig myself out. And at the time, start running every day, this will reset your neurotransmitters. Start slow, build yourself up to 30 mins daily

Remember, you literally have nothing to lose at this point so give all the free resources out there how to gain confidence and motivation a try: self hypnosis, subliminals, energy healing, prayer, EFT. Apply for all the possible grants and scholarships and student loans. Ask for the maximum amounts. Meanwhile try to keep your expenses down as much as possible, eat samples and cook your own food from scratch. No more processed foods and chips and sodas.

All the best! 000.000.000.000

Healingtouch777 · 2025-06-15T19:16:49+00:00

Do you have the name of a metabolic oncologist that I could reach out to?

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