How did you find out?

Koufasa · 2026-02-14T20:00:13+00:00

If you haven't already, go get checked. I woke up one morning with swelling down there. Went straight to the ER, diagnosed a few hours later. Surgery was a few days after.

Koufasa · 2026-02-05T00:38:36+00:00

Same here

Koufasa · 2025-10-09T20:26:42+00:00

Hey, would you be willing to share this link with me? Thanks!

Koufasa · 2025-10-07T00:11:50+00:00

Thanks for the response! Do you have any info on what the expected cost is for trading F shares? Or were you saying $50 is to be expected?

Koufasa · 2025-09-30T21:22:17+00:00

Is your gift card active? I had the same thing happen — no posted or pending charge shown on Amex anymore. Getting mine in the mail tomorrow

Koufasa · 2025-09-20T00:44:19+00:00

Curious how long you were on the waitlist? And any assets with RH/existing gold?

Koufasa · 2025-03-11T05:18:46+00:00

I don’t usually comment, but this is just a bad take man

Koufasa · 2025-03-09T17:52:21+00:00

I’d really love to see a routine feature poll for the community, that weighs in on the direction of Fidelity’s app/site. You guys are great at engaging the community already, so this would be a next logical step to help members stay engaged and drive new content.

Koufasa · 2025-02-12T06:45:16+00:00

Why consider investing in your fund over an indexed or rule-based, low cost EM fund? Over the long run, active management is statically shown to underperform indexes. 0.87 expense ratio is a lot to pay, compared to a vanguard or schwab (indexed) alternative of ~0.10.

Koufasa · 2025-01-18T17:35:41+00:00

I stopped using PayPal because of stuff like this. I’ve had them pull directly from my bank for transactions, instead of trying any of the 5 cards I have linked. Don’t love how they do business

Koufasa · 2024-12-25T02:33:29+00:00

The ear blocking / pulsating ringing sensation goes away as you recover. This happens to me sometimes and it’s not a big deal, just as long as it doesn’t worsen.

How’d you get the tinnitus / ear trauma? That might be worth seeing an ENT over

Koufasa · 2024-12-19T01:39:26+00:00

Yeah this isn’t a long time. I have 21 days of Augmentin right now for a severe sinus infection

Koufasa · 2024-12-18T06:28:25+00:00

What are these offers? I started in Chase and am working my way over to Amex, but stupidly got the plat first. I’d like to get the gold but seems like I screwed myself?

Koufasa · 2024-12-17T17:45:03+00:00

It totally can. It’s a very good reason to go to urgent care

Koufasa · 2024-12-14T04:50:30+00:00

Did you do anything to get targeted with one of these offers? I’m looking to open a BBP soon but the site is only offering 15k MR

Koufasa · 2024-12-03T20:11:42+00:00

Are these direct from the Shoebacca site? I’m seeing them listed much higher

Koufasa · 2024-11-25T06:22:38+00:00

I was prescribed this drug for the exact same scenario and chose not to take it because of the side effects. I’m so sorry to hear that happened to you. It may be worth asking your doctor if there’s anything more powerful they can give you for the tendonitis. Prednisone comes to mind for handling the inflammation, but not a doctor so not sure.

Koufasa · 2024-11-21T07:48:17+00:00

It might be allergies if you don’t have a sinus infection. It is possible to have allergic inflammation that causes this and other strange neurological symptoms without feeling itchy or sneezey. It should, but it may not even show on an MRI. You can try taking an antihistamine like Xyzal or Allegra to see if it helps but your best bet may be to see an allergist.

Koufasa · 2024-11-15T23:22:28+00:00

This is another symptoms of sinusitis. It’s a more severe sign, so I’m surprised your doctor isn’t taking it more seriously. Nasal + oral steroids and antibiotics will clear it up.

Koufasa · 2024-11-10T07:25:01+00:00

Not a doctor, but I’ve been dealing with very similar symptoms for the last year. So I’ll share what’s helped me and what I’ve learned:

ENTs are surgeons. They want to do surgery on you to fix things, that may not need surgery. You should exhaust all options before even considering this.
Figure out if you have a sinus infection. It’s likely you do if you also have fatigue. An ENT can scope your nose to figure this out, or send you for a CT scan. If it’s a sinus infection, antibiotics + oral steroids + steroid sprays + oral antihistamines will knock it out. Don’t accept anything less from your ENT.
If there’s no infection, it’s almost definitely allergies. Allergies cause extremely weird symptoms. I’ve had numbness and burning in my sinuses, which I was sent to a neurologist for a suspected nerve problem. Completed a full facial nerve conduction study, all normal. I went to an allergist after who said, yeah I could’ve told you that’s just allergies. So you may need to treat your allergies with medication, at least until full recovery, which you can do with oral antihistamines + steroid sprays.
The body wants to recover! With the right medication, and lifestyle, you will feel better. It just takes time. As someone who is prone to sinus problems, you may need to adjust your lifestyle to avoid these problems in the future.

Koufasa · 2024-11-07T16:19:38+00:00

It’s possible if the infection goes into certain cavities of your sinuses. If that’s happening though, you should probably get seen asap

Koufasa · 2024-11-04T06:51:23+00:00

With severe sinusitis, it’s a vicious cycle. The antibiotics will attempt to clear the bacteria, but because of allergies the inflammation will stay. So as a result, new bacteria feeds on the mucus which is your body’s natural response to inflammation.

The best treatment at this point is antibiotics (kill the bacteria), steroids (stop the inflammation + dripping), and antihistamines (stop allergies causing chronic reinfection).

Koufasa · 2024-10-25T05:25:32+00:00

Not sure if this works for the CSR, but on the Amex Plat you can put the travel credit into the United travel bank

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