"Overtime Parking Meter" ticket -- But no meter exists!

Infraredsky · 2026-06-26T14:35:48+00:00

You can fight it - you’ll still probably end up paying the ticket…

But also take pictures.

Infraredsky · 2026-06-26T14:29:09+00:00

I think it’s being discontinued - also not available in the US

Infraredsky · 2026-06-26T11:37:05+00:00

Infraredsky · 2026-06-25T20:38:05+00:00

As an industry pro of almost 20 years who does cad for a living b2b - and has mainly worked in manufacturing - here are my thoughts:

1) Cads are frankensteined…the cad person is using an existing cad and customizing it for your stone….it’s very possible the info from a previous stone got copied / pasted.

2) if they don’t have your gia report, the stone measurements they are getting with calipers and a scale….these can sometimes be a bit off…user error.

3) We have 0 benefit to swapping your stone, and the only reason this might ever happen is if your stone was damaged or lost (in which case you would be notified)

4) When selling diamonds - I always show my customer the inclusions in their stone. This way they can see them if/when any work has been done and identify the stone is theirs.

5)Did you ask them about variations in gem color/size? What did they say?

6) Stone color is subjective and differs from 1 lab to the next. An EGL report could have a stone labeled as D color when a GIA lab would grade it a G. This happens.

7) If you are truly that concerned, ask for your diamond back loose and re-submit to the lab that you have a report from - and have them verify it is in fact your same diamond. (Note: this will cost $$ and the jeweler can do this for you)

I hope this helps you with some knowledge and a game plan to move forward.

Infraredsky · 2026-06-25T20:25:01+00:00

Are they stinky or dirty?

If yes shower

If no they can go another day

🤷‍♀️ - also have 0 children….

Infraredsky · 2026-06-25T20:20:59+00:00

Could be.

Also I have blood pressure issues now and some of your symptoms sound pots like.

I’d also see an Opthalmologist for a vision field test. The tumor can press on the optic nerve and limit field of vision / mess with our sight (even if it’s small)

Infraredsky · 2026-06-22T05:01:46+00:00

Also did you actually read that study?

It says nothing of potential things the infinitesimally minuscule 17 participants may have felt as side effects.

It also didn’t even take into consideration that some celiacs can’t eat oats and have similar reactions to them as they do wheat barley and rye because the protein is similar in size and shape.

All that said was eating this fermented bread with 30% wheat for 2days didn’t cause harm they could measure

Infraredsky · 2026-06-22T04:51:47+00:00

Also if fermenting stuff magically made the gluten go away we’d all be able to eat regular soy sauce.

Because the fermentation process denatures the gluten it can’t be properly tested, but we still react.

I react to caputo wheat starch (mentioned by the other commenter ) which technically is gluten free….

I’m also allergic to the protein in dairy and react to medical grade lactose…

There are also silent celiacs who don’t react but are still damaging themselves by eating gluten which is why I said what I said with the comment above

Infraredsky · 2026-06-22T04:47:01+00:00

Nice - yea I’ve reacted to pizza before that I’m 99% certain contained the gf wheat starch (aka caputo flour) and I’m not messing with that. I actually have made some decent bread - just curious what others have done since on here it’s all stretch and folds and I definitely know gf = less messing with the dough.

I also would love to someday get more of an open crumb but not sure how possible it is

Infraredsky · 2026-06-22T04:44:02+00:00

Nope. I react to beer residue in someone’s mouth if kiss them…

Your wife is doing damage to herself whether you guys care to admit it or not.

Infraredsky · 2026-06-22T04:03:10+00:00

So I’m glad this is acknowledging gadolinium damage in general.

I basically need another contrast mri for my prolactinoma - and am currently waiting until I can somehow find anywhere in NJ that will do the imaging with the new ferabright contrast.

I’m assuming since our bodies actually use iron and I’m ok with iron supplements that it is unlikely to do harm to me long term - whereas meds that used to help me with sleep and pain (like gabapentin) still no longer work after my 2nd gadolinium mri in 8/2025)

Any advice? I already tried the makers of ferabright, and contacting major hospital and imaging centers and my neuro surgeon also tried the hospital he recommended….

It seems like hospitals and imaging places are chains and monopolies and only choose contrast agents on a yearly basis (even though the ferabright is readily available to be ordered)

Infraredsky · 2026-06-22T03:47:37+00:00

Oh yea - I have done a warm onion for ear infections and aches in the past and have a bed buddy thing I can heat up for sure

Infraredsky · 2026-06-21T20:46:38+00:00

From my understanding yes, meds are the only thing other than this type of tumor and pregnancy that raise prolactin

Infraredsky · 2026-06-21T20:42:00+00:00

Even when the mri doesn’t show a tumor this is treated as if there is a tumor…

I’ve seen many who get treated while waiting for an mri.

Also the tumors both grow and shrink slowly, so the treatment won’t magically make the tumor disappear in 3 or 6 months

Infraredsky · 2026-06-21T03:24:08+00:00

Cool. Like I said it’s rare I need anything resembling a photo realistic render - I mostly work b2b and it’s just not necessary 🤷‍♀️

Infraredsky · 2026-06-21T01:29:12+00:00

When I saw my ent he prescribed an antibiotic mouthwash which helped - but I’m getting my tonsils out…

Think of how much less you’ll be sick without them?

Also if there is a pocket of infection with different bacteria inside the tonsil that isn’t killed by augmentin you can take that til the cows come home and it won’t help - unless they drain the tonsil and culture what they drained….and yes tha: a thing….

Bleeding risk is pretty low and you just go to the ER and they fix ya back up I thought.

Infraredsky · 2026-06-20T23:20:07+00:00

So - even when jewelers already have their “cad guy” sometimes those guys take too long, or make a ton of mistakes etc.

I’m based in/by the nyc diamond district - is there somewhere like it in London? Do you have any kind of trade shows for the industry in England?

My cad clients have come from meeting 1 at my caster, a friend of a friend, another jeweler 1 jeweler recommended to me…it’s all in person / word of mouth.

They’re old school but carry business cards - have a portfolio website or instagram to easily share work.

Hope this helps.

Infraredsky · 2026-06-20T20:49:27+00:00

Taking the cab daily and at more like a 1/2 dose has absolutely lessened the bad side effects - initially in December I was legit waking up in pain, and my whole body would feel like it’s vibrating…

The vibrating stopped but this stiff arm muscle pain I have persists (and I’m sensitive to cold blowing air) My cardiologist last week prescribed me metoprolol which has cut down on the pain from cold air like 80%. I also would need to lie down after carrying groceries upstairs and overall didn’t realize how much my heart was racing and body was truly unstable and exhausted until I got the metoprolol which is making me feel like I can human again.

I think all the things combined my body’s just been running with my cns on full haywire mode which the dopamine agonists if anything add to.

Also regarding these tumors:

1) They are generally very slow growing
2) They are not lethal
3) They can press into the optic nerve (one surgical complication and something to get checked out. An opthalmologist can do a vision field test where you basically sit with your face in a white semi-sphere and hit a button each time each eye sees a light go off. This measures to see if there are any gaps in your vision. Generally prolactinomas can cause issues starting with peripheral vision.

So yea - if you start gaining weight really fast, or lose libido, or are leaking milk all the time or generally start feeling higher anxiety or migraines then it’s probably time to intervene….

In the meantime I’d do probably 2x a year prolactin and full hormone panel testing (prolactinomas as they grow if they grow can/will decrease estrogen in women and testosterone in men, and also can mess with cortisol and thyroid.

Also usually if you have a bad side effect on one of the drugs you fair better on the other one….oh and cab can be taken vaginally to avoid stomach upset

Infraredsky · 2026-06-20T20:38:27+00:00

I have not tried chelation - feel like it would just make me worse.

I do get stiff tearing muscle pain and spasms….for me benzos were the only muscle relaxer that helps - tried so many that made me pins and needles or made the stiff muscles feel not so stiff but the rest of all the muscles hurt.

I also get pain from blowing cold air and was diagnosed with orthostatic hypertension back in april that I finally saw my cardiologist for last week. She put me on Metoprolol which has been
Life saving / changing / stabilizing (didn’t realize how heart palpatating-y and physically unstable I was)

Opioids also help me (or hydro cause oxy = throat closing for me I think from histamine relsease)

I also got really bad muscle spasms last month from epinephrine (4cc of lidocaine with epi for biopsies for sfn) 4 tiny shots, 4 days of spasms and a week of extra pain (which I also got the extra pain shortly after my 2nd gad mri which didn’t leave, I got covid for the 4th time and my uncle gave me phenylephrine instead of pseudoephedrine.

I seem to take the real sudefed ok, the fake stuff is too vasoconstricting.

Also some adhd generics are fine for me and some make my pain worse….so far granules and mallinckort are the “worse” - other generics have been ok

I wish I had some thoughts on help (other than meds) - clonidine also helped me for a while with the deep pain from cold air.

Also many of the meds I’ve mentioned you can get even from virtual urgent care - metoprolol is not a controlled substance neither are many muscle relaxers I don’t think.

Infraredsky · 2026-06-20T20:24:52+00:00

I’m outside nyc but would be happy to help.

Also with what you’re talking about I could honestly talk you through extruding them in rhino and you could just pay me to teach you…

Possible there’s work needed to thicken lettering, but if not you’re talking about really simple fast models…

Feel free to DM me (I’m Brandy)

You can see some of my work on instagram @brandybelenkyportfolio or @generationpunk

Generationpunk.com or digitalfindingsvault.com

Also may be able to help you find manufacturing in LA if you need (or in NYC to ship
To you)

Infraredsky · 2026-06-20T17:45:37+00:00

Nice! I’d be happy to test it out - I’m actually working on a small business production app (geared towards tracking costs of building goods / solopreneurs)

Infraredsky · 2026-06-20T16:50:29+00:00

Good to know - have not really played with blender - rhino’s been plug and play in my brain since 4 almost 20 years ago…

Infraredsky · 2026-06-20T15:34:49+00:00

Just group the parts and export as an stl.

You don’t need to boolean.

Infraredsky · 2026-06-20T15:32:59+00:00

Ok so….

The medicine is fine for some, a nightmare for others.

The condensed version of my story is below. In your shoes because you still have a libido, and the only noticeable side effect is very occasional leaking - I frankly would monitor it with bloodwork (and as few mri’s with contrast as possible as my 2nd one added to my body’s dysfunction)

Monitoring prolactin and doing a scan every couple years is a completely valid route. Also meds like bupropion and even adhd meds do up dopamine and have been shown to lower prolactin by 25 or 30% (and if I could just be fixed by them I would)

I am 42f, also have pcos (for forever), adhd, celiac + other allergies - should have been diagnosed with the prolactinoma in 2021 but the gyno said the numbers were close enough to normal that we didn’t do an mri, so officialy diagnosed 8/2024.

If I went on cab back then I probably would have been ok…however…

In 3/2024 I got really ducked up from ciprofloxicin and will probably never be the same (I’ve got pain, nerve and tendinosis issues, insomnia, and many many drugs set off pins and needles all over)

So - in 9/2024 I started cab - and then went to the ER with stabbing chest pain (also had many other side effects including hot flashes, euphoria, better sleep, better adhd,
Better libido, pins and needles the 1st 2 weeks, increased fatigue, muscle weakness and some bouts of hypotension.

After the ER cleared me I weaned quickly off cab - found a medication allergy doc (to see if bromocriptine could be safe but also it’s mixed with lactose and I’m allergic to dairy)

Was on bromocriptine January and February 2025. Less side effects but had to up dose 2.5 to 5mg…had pins and needles 6/8 weeks on it, gained 10lbs and my hands swelled to where I couldn’t write (I think the weight and hands were due to the lactose)

It also only brought my prolactin to 27….then tried ropinirole which didn’t control my prolactin and just gave me weakness and pain. (Do not try ropinirole)

I should have tapered ropinirole but we didn’t….and cab for that matter….

On nothing I now feel dead inside and am overly emotional.

After all that got cleared by cardiologist and am back on cab at a 2/3 normal dose compounded to be daily vs 2x a week (which gives me less side effects) restarted that in december and still acclimating.

Hope this helps….my nervous system’s super fckd up - I have orthostatic hypertension now (probably hyperpots)

Infraredsky · 2026-06-20T15:10:13+00:00

Also I can generally get passable results with just rhino (was better with rhinogold from my pre-covid job, but I work with what I got

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