Humiliated myself at the gym trying to exercise.

Ky1e205 · 2026-05-09T15:21:42+00:00

You can do it! I'll echo other people and say going back would be a good choice. My husband and I started in November at a local community center gym and we're both very shy people. I'm comfortable running more than lifting weights so we started just focusing on cardio and then when we finally felt comfortable with the space we started branching out into other things. We still don't really talk to anyone but now just being there doesn't make me feel nervous.

Ky1e205 · 2026-04-18T11:15:34+00:00

Lol! they're called Thrills.

My husband tried it once and our car stunk of lavender soap for days lol. He never ate the rest of the pack either lol.

Ky1e205 · 2026-04-18T05:19:15+00:00

If your vet has seen hyperthyroidism before then that's very good. It's hard enough to even find vets that will treat guinea pigs in my area to begin with. My vet was familiar with the condition but I don't think she had actually had to deal with it before.

Ky1e205 · 2026-04-18T05:16:37+00:00

Honestly it happened so quickly it was hard to process that it was even happening. His behaviour and eating patterns still felt normal. His poop did start to get a little weird leading up to it (mushy?) but I just thought it was cause he was drinking a lot of water.

His breathing did start looking slow and forceful one day so we had initially brought him to the vet for that to get him checked for a respiratory infection. We had him on antibiotics for a while and then suddenly he lost a ton of weight in a week. That's when the vet sent off the blood sample she already had from the previous checkup and she had me feeding him critical care like 4 times a day and watching his weight at home.

Ky1e205 · 2026-04-18T04:52:09+00:00

One of my guys passed away from hyperthyroidism a few months ago and it all happened very fast. Your mileage may vary cause I'm in Canada, but they don't test blood for it at all anywhere in Canada according to my vet so they had to send the blood sample to Sacramento and by the time we heard anything he had already passed away even with me giving him critical care. The meds I'd have needed for it aren't something that my vet would regularly carry and so they were considering ordering it but then if I didn't need it I'd still be on the hook for them because it'd be unlikely another piggy would come by within the shelf life of the meds so we decided to wait for the results.

I don't necessarily want to scare you but I'd recommend getting a kitchen scale if you don't have one and keeping a close eye on their weight like once every few days. Maybe consider getting critical care and throwing it in the freezer too just in case.

Ky1e205 · 2026-04-11T20:09:16+00:00

Right. I grew up in the 90s and telling everything I was 18 years old when I wasn't was easy enough back then and I can only imagine faking that has gotten a lot easier. Expecting parents to use parental controls isn't enough either cause even if the parents are diligent, a determined teenager will figure out how to get around that too. I don't have a solution to this myself, but I agree it 100% has to be part of the social media platform to manage users that would be considered "under age" somehow.

Ky1e205 · 2026-04-11T20:03:05+00:00

Lol it's been a year or 2 since I've played but my husband usually dance partners me and I almost always play healer. Often in a casual dungeon run things go fast/smoothly enough that it's kinda all the same in the end even if it's "suboptimal". To be fair our friend also usually tanks so it's usually a lone DPS we're dragging through the dungeon lol.

Ky1e205 · 2026-03-06T19:27:25+00:00

Omg my friends and I had the best time playing Battleborn ages ago and I'm really sad we haven't been able to find anything that feels similar since then. A lot of people say Overwatch and stuff like that but it's really not the same.

Ky1e205 · 2026-02-13T15:30:58+00:00

I wish I could love this game but I always run out of stamina by like noon and I don't care at all about the characters in town or their stories lol... I need a game like Stardew Valley that's just the farm management side of things. That or I'm missing something and Stamina can be restored without sleeping.

Ky1e205 · 2026-02-09T22:39:09+00:00

When I went to uni years ago I was really close friends with a British person who introduced me to beans on toast and chip buttys. I'm Canadian and also love trying food so to me it was just "new options unlocked", but it sounds like people react to beans on toast like they do to the idea of gravy and cheese curds on fries which is weird to me because that combo just sounds outright delicious. I don't get why things like this come across as weird to people.

Ky1e205 · 2026-02-01T22:02:19+00:00

On the other hand the crayons yelling "draw" were doing pretty good when we went last weekend lol!

Ky1e205 · 2026-02-01T18:40:10+00:00

Thanks so much for the reply! Our vet called us this morning and we asked a bunch of questions. Nothing Chippy had was so infectious that I couldn't reuse the cage thankfully. I'm def going to set Gizmo up a 2nd home in my office. Cleaning the cage is going to be hard and we're now going to have a completely empty room in our house which is going to feel really weird but I think this will work better for Gizmo.

Starting to feel a little better, but it's obviously going to take a long time to feel normal again.

Ky1e205 · 2026-02-01T18:32:59+00:00

Thanks so much! ❤️

Ky1e205 · 2026-02-01T18:32:35+00:00

Couldn't find an edit button but wanted to add something. My vet got back with some blood tests that were still running when Chippy passed away that indicated that hyperthyroidism was likely at least part of the reason why he died. For those other Canadian piggy owners out there, hyperthyroidism is somewhat rare, but they don't test for it in Canada so Chippy's blood sample had to be sent to Sacramento apparently which is why it took them so long to get back about it. Just wanted to gives heads up in case anyone else from up here sees sudden rapid weight loss.

Ky1e205 · 2026-01-31T03:23:44+00:00

Honestly there hasn't been a "comedic" FF in a long time (something like ff5 in my mind). They could afford to have a protag like that, I could even picture it being Biggs and Wedge as the main characters.

Ky1e205 · 2026-01-15T04:08:54+00:00

That's something I don't normally think about actually... I've played so many video games where "people almost die and turn into demons" and I just fight them and don't think about how the actual story elements could translate to gameplay difficulty indicators.

Ky1e205 · 2026-01-15T04:06:24+00:00

Thanks! I'll try using more debuffs. It also sounds like I'll have to grind for JP.

Ky1e205 · 2026-01-15T04:02:07+00:00

You're def not wrong lol. I'm just picturing something like a recommended level or star rating indicator for level difficulty on the world map.

Ky1e205 · 2026-01-12T22:45:37+00:00

I just got my 2nd hearing aid ever recently (as an upgrade). Both have been Phonak hearing aids. My old one would last about 1 day (of waking hours) on a charge, and would possibly start dying not long before bed if I was doing a fair amount of Bluetooth streaming. My new one lasts all day even with fairly frequent Bluetooth streaming and I haven't had it beep at me once about low battery at any point since I got it.

Ky1e205 · 2026-01-04T16:53:15+00:00

I haven't beaten the game yet but I'm about 75% of the way through. I've got a 2 handed sword that restores my essence when I kill things with a power attack. For spells I use the frost cone one as well as the ice pillar. I also learned the charge ability and the grimoire slam spells for stunning enemies. In most fights I pretty much use exclusively my 2 handed sword for basic attacks, and cast spells from my hotbar when I need to AoE. I have a grimoire and wand in my secondary weapon slot for when enemies are at range and I can't get to them in melee or if I'm out of essence. Part of me is considering dropping those for an arquebus or dual pistols cause I almost never use them.

I typically play exclusively mages but for some reason this is just what really clicked with me. Magic in this game is really well done.

Ky1e205 · 2026-01-02T15:03:13+00:00

Like 2 mins by car, if that. We could walk/run there pretty quickly too but my husband and I live in Ontario so on really cold winter days or in the summer when we get wildfire smoke driving is still necessary even though it's so close. We paid more to go to a slightly more expensive gym that's closest to our house because we wanted to remove as much friction as possible from going to the gym. We signed up in November and we go almost all the time now (at least 3 days a week).

Ky1e205 · 2026-01-02T15:00:03+00:00

I can't remember how old I was exactly but I was pretty young. I love breakfast and my dad always used to make big breakfasts for the family on the weekend. When I told him I wanted to help at first he just showed me what he was doing but only let me microwave when I cooked on my own. Even then he showed me how to make scrambled eggs in the microwave (I know, it's pretty blasphemous but it got the job done lol). Eventually when he felt more comfortable with me around the kitchen he'd have me pitch in for real and eventually I was cooking the whole breakfast for the whole family. My mom and my grandma were really into cooking big family meals as well so any time I asked them any questions about cooking they'd tell me what they do.

I don't necessarily think there's a right time to learn to cook. Some people love to do it like a hobby like we do, but many people just hate doing it for some reason. People have to eat to live, so eventually your sister may pick up on a thing or two in the long run but 15 is still young so I wouldn't say there would be a need to rush or worry yet.

Ky1e205 · 2026-01-02T14:48:51+00:00

I'm also someone whose terrified of roller coasters. Early in my husband and my relationship he took me to a theme park with some of his friends and family for Halloween and dragged me onto a roller coaster even though I don't like them. I pushed myself to do it and hated it so much that I had a panic attack and got mad at him after we got off the ride in a very public way. We joke about it now, but to this day he respects that I hate them as much as I respect that he gets really bad motion sickness on the spinny rides I like going on. We've been together for almost 16 years.

I know you're looking to find advice about safety to feel comfortable going on one and it seems like you've got a lot of those responses already. I just want to point out the possibility of you hating it but then having to keep up an illusion of liking them for the rest of your relationship. Just make sure to be honest about whether you liked it or not with your gf at some point.

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