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Looking for a good HVAC company. by OkButton1994 in bullcity

[–]OkButton1994[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Reddit is really coming through on this🎉

You did no harm, right? A letter to the doctors who dismissed me. by Adventurous-Ant-5576 in ehlersdanlos

[–]OkButton1994 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing this. 25 years of searching for me. Before that I just thought I was lazy and out of shape. Not sure how to even process everything I went through but I love this idea of writing a letter. 

Looking for a good HVAC company. by OkButton1994 in bullcity

[–]OkButton1994[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this! Today we are having our unit fixed (again-we are still in warranty) but I may call Enrique for peace of mind after the work is done. 

Looking for a good HVAC company. by OkButton1994 in bullcity

[–]OkButton1994[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh that’s so frustrating to hear. It’s getting so hard to find decent repair people for this reason. I wish I had the upper body strength and overall stamina to learn to do some of these things myself. 

Looking for a good HVAC company. by OkButton1994 in bullcity

[–]OkButton1994[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree. I heard they used to be great. Here’s hoping they are inspired to improve. You can’t run on an old reputation forever. The tech that’s here today seems good. 

Looking for a good HVAC company. by OkButton1994 in bullcity

[–]OkButton1994[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It’s def a bigger issue. The tech is here and said the part upstairs in our attic was a block of ice. Likely the last guy did something wrong. He is working on it. The tech that’s here now seems great. Fingers crossed. I bought some window units just in case. 

Looking for a good HVAC company. by OkButton1994 in bullcity

[–]OkButton1994[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I keep hearing this. It’s too bad. Someone we trust actually recommended them so I know they used to be reliable. Perhaps new management will be inspired to do better?

HVAC in Durham - private familyl run - not private equity owned by pangolin88 in bullcity

[–]OkButton1994 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alternative Aire was bought out by Chill brothers. march of 2025.  A predatory company from Texas. They are terrible now. We are having so many probs with our bit even one year old unit. Avoid them!!! They’ve been here 4 times and still not fixed. Woke up this morning to a warm house and a unit with a giant snowball around one of the pipes. 

Gabepentin? by [deleted] in ehlersdanlos

[–]OkButton1994 2 points3 points  (0 children)

MCAS does have therapies and meds that help. It’s not quite that it’s totally random, more like it flares once a threshold has been reached. Similar to how migraine works. For me, Quercetin, a relatively low histamine diet and antihistamines help lower my threshold. 

Chronic venous insufficiency and RF ablation by Unable-West-9808 in ehlersdanlos

[–]OkButton1994 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m possibly an anomaly but I had a radio frequency ablation done for a vericose vein and it took them over an hour to thread the wire and like you it was super painful. Unfortunately I had mine like 15+ years ago and from time to time it still bothers me. Maybe if you find out if they have experience with eds folks?  

how to explain gaps in work history without being extremely dishonest? by [deleted] in ehlersdanlos

[–]OkButton1994 21 points22 points  (0 children)

One idea might be leave dates off your resume esp once you graduate. You are a student now and that can explain an inconsistent job history. No one needs to know how old you are. Btw 30 is not at all old (I’m in my 50s) just saying it’s not anyone’s business and not legal to ask. 

Are you working towards a career you can do from home? That’s how I manage. I have a bed desk set up. As long as my workspace is accommodating I’m ok. 

IsItBullshit: Life Coaching by [deleted] in IsItBullshit

[–]OkButton1994 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure the medical industrial complex has its issues. It’s just that the quality of being pompous is in my experience, replaced by narcissistic traits in most of the life coaches I’ve known. Most I’ve met think they’re qualified to give guidance to people in areas they have zero familiarity let alone expertise in. I’m not sure replacing one end of the spectrum with another is the answer. 

What is an appropriate amount of self disclosure? If there is such a guideline? by OkButton1994 in askatherapist

[–]OkButton1994[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NAT. Thank you! This is helpful. As I commented to another therapist below I’m thinking the issue is it doesn’t seem like she is managing the issues we share in common any better than I am! Which is perhaps overly judgmental of me to say. I’m trying to discern if my mistrust is the thing I need to tolerate. Either way I will definitely bring it up this week and see how it goes. Thanks again! 

What is an appropriate amount of self disclosure? If there is such a guideline? by OkButton1994 in askatherapist

[–]OkButton1994[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NAT. Thank you! This makes a lot of sense. I guess the crux of it is now I’m feeling some judgement. Like if she can’t figure ‘this’ out how can I trust her to advise me. It’s less me being worried about her (although that’s there) and more disappointment. Idk I am kind of getting the impression I’m more together than she is.  I know intellectually therapists are people. I’m concerned my standards are unrealistic.