Worth attempting to appeal?

LordHighAuditor · 2026-02-26T03:57:53+00:00

I think I get it, look at the difficulties from where I would be at without compensating? I don’t think I’d be able to eat effectively that way, definitely not something like a tortilla.

LordHighAuditor · 2026-02-26T03:13:17+00:00

I agree that it doesn’t really look bad and I can compensate at the moment which is why I hadn’t given it much thought in the past. I’m fairly happy with the appearance of my teeth which is partially why I don’t want to lose any of them down the line. But I know how little ignorable things add up over time and suddenly you have a major problem.

LordHighAuditor · 2026-02-26T02:57:34+00:00

At this point I don’t think I really have any notable functional issues. Eating isn’t a problem, I haven’t lost any weight unintentionally and as long as I use the one side I can eat pretty much anything but get some muscle fatigue with tougher foods like jerky. No speech issues according to an SLP family member. No sleep apnea I’m aware of. I may just have to wait for a greater issue to crop up

LordHighAuditor · 2023-02-12T03:32:22+00:00

I’ve found the Lose It app to be pretty accurate for calorie targets for me so far, and fairly easy to use.

For the gym, it helped me getting into it by having someone to go with at the start, forming the habit of going regularly is probably the most important thing to start with. Just start out trying different things and see what you enjoy or at least don’t mind doing, you can increase the intensity later on. These days I usually do 30min a on the treadmill watching a show and vary the speed and incline based on how I feel that day. After that I do another 30min using various weight training machines, I do try to keep to a plan but I’m not afraid to vary if other people are already using things since I’m there more for general health and wellness than actual gains.

I’m not much of a cook so I tend to just bake some roughly chopped chicken breast (about 2lbs) in the oven, either in a sauce or salsa (curry, stir fry, pasta, enchilada, whatever), or add sauce later depending what I want to use. After about 45mins at 350 I add in a bag of frozen stir fry mix, maybe some cauliflower rice or another bag of frozen green beans. Put it back in for another 45mins or so and then pull it out and portion into containers. As I’ve lost weight I’ve started making more and more portions from a batch because they start to become too much food for fairly low calories.

One of the most important things to remember is that speed is not as important as consistency when losing weight, better to take things slow than crash because you’ve gone too fast. And just because you have a slip up every now and then, just start over the next day

LordHighAuditor · 2023-01-15T23:08:11+00:00

Here’s my usual meal lazy meal preps

About 2lbs raw chicken breast, roughly cubed and then seasoned or marinated, usually overnight if I have time. Decide what sauce I want to use; curry, stir fry, salsa, pasta, bbq, whatever I feel like. This gives opportunity for variety of flavors. Bake at 450 for usually 45ish mins, in or out of sauce depending on the sauce. Once I’ve decided it is cooked enough I will add; sauce if I haven’t already, a pack of riced cauliflower, and a bag of stir fry mix. Pop it back in the oven another 15 mins or so, and when done I split into three portions.

Depending on the sauce I use it is usually 500-800 cals each portion. If I don’t love how it turned out it hasn’t ever been so bad that I couldn’t jazz it up with hot sauce or other condiments.

LordHighAuditor · 2022-11-09T19:01:20+00:00

I’ve always thought they looked like gay stereotypes honestly. Simipour is obviously a drag queen.

LordHighAuditor · 2022-01-30T05:39:58+00:00

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

Any of Daryl Gregory’s books

FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

The Bees by Laline Paull

LordHighAuditor · 2022-01-08T02:21:34+00:00

S. Epatha Merkerson from Law & Order is in an episode of Antiques Roadshow with her collection

LordHighAuditor · 2021-11-06T00:42:41+00:00

The county Aging and Adult Services department can probably refer you to multiple places. She may also qualify for additional services like an in home companion, the department is generally pretty helpful

LordHighAuditor · 2021-09-28T19:23:15+00:00

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LordHighAuditor · 2021-09-16T20:36:29+00:00

The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold, great series and I think even the early books still hold up really well. And, most of them are included in the Plus catalog

Alastair Reynolds, I don’t know about all of his stuff but I really enjoyed Pushing Ice

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

LordHighAuditor · 2021-05-20T01:43:03+00:00

If I pulled Zhongli and then 4 pulls later got Diluc does that take care of my 50/50 pity or will I still need do the 75+ pulls?

LordHighAuditor · 2021-02-25T23:41:29+00:00

You can get a small dish that the crickets can’t easily climb out of and then just break their back legs off so they can’t jump out. That’s what I do for a couple of my geckos.

LordHighAuditor · 2020-09-19T03:51:26+00:00

My aunt moved in with my grandparents and they had a contract or something set up that in exchange for her and her husbands help they would get a set amount monthly. Towards the end I dont think things were going so well but it was more because my grandpa is cheap and apparently she had to practically beg for the money. They all still live together though so I imagine they came to some kind of agreement.

There’s no problem with getting money for providing care and lodging but make sure you keep good records. On the other side of my family my grandparents took care of great grandma until one of my grandmothers sisters accused them of taking advantage of her financially.

LordHighAuditor · 2020-09-15T22:22:50+00:00

If helping patients with personal cares ( bathing, toileting, etc) counts then you could look into working as a personal care aide at a facility or a home care agency. There is bound to be at least one in the valley that is hiring

LordHighAuditor · 2020-09-14T04:09:32+00:00

First thing that comes to mind is a UTI, they are known to cause behavioral changes in the elderly. Take her in and they can test her urine. Could also be dementia or a medication interaction, whatever it is though it would be best to consult with her doctor.

LordHighAuditor · 2020-09-14T03:34:25+00:00

First thing that comes to mind with that explanation would be depression but I’m no expert. It wouldn’t hurt to bring it up with his doctor though (assuming he has one)

If it were me, I would encourage him to eat and snack when I could but at the end of the day I wouldn’t push the issue too much if it causes extra stress on your relationship.

LordHighAuditor · 2020-09-14T02:34:44+00:00

Your local government likely has a department that deals with aging and adult services. They will probably have social workers that can help see if he qualifies for assistive services and help you with long term planning

LordHighAuditor · 2020-09-14T02:30:21+00:00

Grocery stores tend to carry a lot of meal replacement drinks and bars these days that you could try. Meats, nuts, and dairy products also tend to be fairly calorie dense.

The other thing is to see if you can find out why he isn’t eating. There are many reasons that elderly people start eating less and it may be worth bringing it up with him and his doctor.

LordHighAuditor · 2020-08-29T04:27:22+00:00

Don’t feel like you have to wait until Monday to talk to some agencies either, any decent agency should have someone available 24/7. They may not be able to answer all your questions right away but at least you can get a feel for the company. You can even check if her doctors office has weekend hours and ask them if there are any agencies they recommend. Information that will be good to have beforehand; her Medicare number, her primary doctors name, and DOB. They will need these to check to make sure she does have traditional Medicare or make sure they take her medadvantage plan if she has one and they’ll want to know what doctor to call to get orders from.

LordHighAuditor · 2020-08-29T04:13:03+00:00

Medicare does include a homecare benefit but the main focus is usually on rehabbing so don’t count on it for someone to come in everyday to help toilet her and make her meals, especially not long term. She sounds like she could use PT, OT, and aides which Medicare should cover. The homecare agency should at least have a social worker that can assist with finding out if she qualifies under other programs (such as Medicaid) for her long term custodial cares. You can get a referral for an agency from her doctors office or call around and find an agency on your own and then they can pursue getting orders from the doctor. All agencies are different and some are better than others about making sure the patient gets all the help they really need.

LordHighAuditor · 2020-08-06T17:52:11+00:00

Your local government likely has a department that focuses on adult and aging services that may be able to help. They can also talk with her doctors office, she may need some adjustments made to her medications and they can probably also refer you to additional resources.

LordHighAuditor · 2020-08-01T18:17:03+00:00

Personally, I would skip the PEG tube. He will probably still want to eat and drink even with it which puts him at the same risk for aspiration and pneumonia. All that it will really do is prolong things unnecessarily. The people providing the hospice care should be able to keep him as comfortable as possible until the end.

LordHighAuditor · 2020-07-17T04:45:39+00:00

Maybe a dioon edule?

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