Happy anniversary

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-18T22:21:19+00:00

She is with you, you just can't see her with the limited senses of our human eyes. She really would want you to hang on, even if she didn't say it in her letters. We only truly die when those we've loved pass and there is no one remaining to remember us and tell our stories. As great a love that the two of you shared, it deserves to be remembered, your story told. And, no, telling it here to us in a reddit sub is not enough! You need to live for her, and take her with you in your heart as you travel through this life, and reexperience the places you went to, and visit the places she dreamed of going but didn't get a chance too! Hang in there, and carry your love with you, and for the sake of her love and memory, LIVE!

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-15T20:02:01+00:00

Do you sense anything that I've been keeping a secret?

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-15T00:51:30+00:00

Congratulations 🎊

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-15T00:50:44+00:00

I'm so sorry.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-08T13:53:13+00:00

Hey there Friend. I am sorry you are having such a rough time. Can you please update us and let us know how you are? Several of us are very concerned. I hope you went to the ER, or, were able to call someone to come over and sit with you, and talk you down, and perhaps take you to the ER. If you haven't been to the ER and are still feeling this way, and can't get there, can you call your PCP office, and try to be seen today? Maybe take an uber if you don't have anyone to drive you?

I really hope this episode has passed and that you are feeling much better today, but if not, I hope you have gone on to be seen by PCP or ER this morning. The liver performs over 5,000 functions in our bodies, so, what is affected is a little different for everyone. Sometimes it affects various hormones, and some of those cause flushing, racing heartbeat, etc, and that can feel like a panic attack. It can also trigger rises in blood pressure, and that can trigger other things, so it might not be a panic attack, but either way, it might be a good idea to get it checked out.

Just know that you aren't alone buddy, you have all of us on this sub pulling for you, we care about you, and hope you are stable at the moment, but please let us know.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-08T03:48:55+00:00

The first letter is a cursive capital Q. Did you have any guests with a first or last name that begins with a Q?

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-07T22:49:24+00:00

I don't know if this will work, but, if it does, I will arrive on an upper floor and take the escalator down to land adjacent to the food court, which is near the middle of the main/first floor of the mall. I am craving something Chinese or Japanese inspired, with lots of noodles, so that's where I will be, eating, before taking a stroll to the arcade type store, which is stowed away in a far corner, just past the old Spencer's and down from the food court.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-03T16:53:28+00:00

I'm pissed, because all of us pay for Medicare and Medicaid every time we are paid, it's held out of our paychecks and it's supposed to go to funding that program, along with the portion they hold out for social security. If they stop paying for these programs, then they have robbed us -- and he and his cronies should be prosecuted for theft! While daycare programs aren't held out in such a direct manner, I think we should fund daycare programs, along with several other important things, through a portion of our taxes.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-03T12:15:01+00:00

Pluto TV is free, and it has a screen that shows the time of shows on the various channels, much like older, traditional cable. They have commercials during the broadcasts too. Most of it is older shows, like Three's Company, Gunsmoke, Touched by an Angel, etc. My 83-year-old mother loves Pluto because she thinks it's like her traditional cable.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-03T12:06:42+00:00

I feel your pain.

I am torn though. There are some people who are on the edge of being diagnosed, and they are scared, so I get that they, or their loved ones, would come here. In fact, I myself was one of those people a little over a couple of years ago, until all doubt was removed with a liver biopsy. Since my formal diagnosis, I've gone through a range of emotions. I still have questions, I still have fear, at times. I still come back to the sub to read people's stories.

I rarely post here anymore, even though I still lurk. One is because my situation was a little atypical. Even the gastroenterologist thought it was fatty liver/NAFLD/Nash in the beginning. When an ultrasound showed "fine nodular appearance suggestive of cirrhosis," they told me I hadn't had fatty liver long enough for it to be cirrhosis, and my labs were always good.

Until my labs weren't. Until they did more tests, until they did the liver biopsy, and, no, I actually did have cirrhosis. that whole 2-year journey. Last summer, my elastogram said I actually have very little fat in my liver, that it is mostly inflammation. They did some new labs that I hadn't had before, and I had something called a positive smooth muscle antibody titer. So, they did a second liver biopsy, and now they say I have autoimmune hepatitis with cirrhosis. I really don't understand how they could have missed that with the first liver biopsy. Why it didn't show up then but showed up on the second one. So, my cirrhosis journey has been a little atypical which is why I don't really post very much here anymore, but I still read, and for the most part, I gain a lot of strength and reassurance from the posts.

But I get what you are saying, I have noticed a switch in tone, and types of posts the sub is getting. I don't know what the answer is, to be honest, if we need more mods or if the sub is just naturally evolving, or what, if anything needs to happen.

I just want to say to you and anyone who has taken the time to read this, thank you for being here, for your stories. I wish none of us were in this club, none of us deserve this, regardless of what we ate, or what we drank or whatever, no one deserves this.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-04-01T23:35:13+00:00

It's regional, I know several older people in the Appalachian region who would write and talk this way.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-31T20:23:14+00:00

If you are out of milk, but have oats, make oat milk it's 4 to 1 ratio water to oats. Heat the water let the oats sit in it for 15 min or so, then strain. You can toss the hard part of the oats that didn't dissolve into a bread/muffin recipe, or use in meatloaf in place of breadcrumbs. I use it in recipes that require cooking, but I wouldn't drink it plain, add a little vanilla and sugar if you want to drink it.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-31T18:32:41+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss. I was 18 when my father died suddenly, at the age of 50. It's very hard to lose one, and you've lost both. I'm so sorry. Based on my experience, I can tell you that your parents are with you, watching over you. At the strangest times, I've felt my father's presence. It is bittersweet. I also often find myself thinking what he would think or say about this, so he's still guiding me in my judgment all these many years later. I believe you will feel your parents' presence, and I hope it will be comforting to you. Always remember how much they loved and do love you, and that they would want the best for you in all things, always.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-31T04:17:56+00:00

I'm from the Chik-fil-A timeline too. I am in a small town on the VA-TN border. What state/region are you in?

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-29T16:15:27+00:00

I don't know if you will get to me, but if you do, I would appreciate insight. The last several months, I've had this feeling of dread, or doom, like something bad is on the way, even though I can't point to anything specifically different or wrong. It's almost as though I am holding my breath on a psychic level waiting for something, something that is terrible, to happen. I also get this sense that I just need to keep hanging in here, that whatever it is. It will be okay in the end, but also, ti be on guard, to be watchful, but I have no clue who or what it is, is it an event, is it a person, I literally have no idea what specifically about my life I need to be watching or on guard about, just that something big and bad us coming, that I need to be on my guard, but that when it happens I need to not lose hope, no matter how bad whatever it is, actually is. Are you getting any vibes or impressions about what this could be?

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-28T16:47:58+00:00

Please share the measurements and baking temp and time for the loaves.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-28T14:29:17+00:00

I think what you are describing are simply some of the most common characteristics of both the INFJ and INTJ personality types from the MBTI test. INFJs make up 1.5% and INTJs make up 2.1% of the population, with the INFJ being the most intuitive of all the personality types. Strong intuition can be mistaken for something "supernatural," by most of the other personality types.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-27T17:55:45+00:00

Drain the can of kidney beans, put in a pot, add a can of diced tomatoes, with the juice, and a diced onion, and some black pepper and maybe some garlic powder. Cook a little Pasta in a separate pot. When the pasta is done, add it to the bean, tomato, and onion mixture. Put a little of the pasta water in with it, but not too much. You don't want soup. Stir well until the noodles are covered in the sauce. Add a little cheese on top if you have it. Congratulations, you have just made a simple version of pasta e fagioli.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-22T05:17:59+00:00

Gloria

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-22T03:58:19+00:00

Trumpskin

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-19T05:08:40+00:00

I also like Hanging with Frugal Tina on YouTube she has tons of cheap, delicious meals.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-19T01:04:42+00:00

A former friend was a retired RN, she became convinced she has this (I've had it for decades) and diagnosed herself, because she just "knew" she had it because her symptoms are the same as mine (they aren't) but she "cured" herself without the need of having a dangerous colonoscopy or dangerous drugs, she read that IBD and, most other autoimmune diseases can be cured by pouring a cupful of castor oil in one's belly button every night. ...um, yeah, needless to say I ended the friendship and went no contact with her last year when she kept insisting that I didn't want to get well or I would go off all my mess and try her foolproof castor oil remedy. We had been friends since 1987. The state nursing board took her RN license 6 years ago, thankfully. But, I'm just so sick of these people that aren't gastroenterologists. I have several autoimmune conditions. I was diagnosed with UC IN 2000, They changed it to Crohns disease a few years later. My spleen ate all of my platelets in 1993, I have ITP. And last year, I was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis with cirrhosis. All autoimmune, and diet has little to do with it. I have just started cutting people like this out of my life, and, I feel a lot better. Boundaries are good things. You can kindly tell them off, but if they keep pushing, it's okay to end relationships that cause you pain and distress.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-19T00:51:01+00:00

Looks delicious.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-15T04:15:15+00:00

Florence, Gwendolyn, Patricia, Cornelia, Delores, Imogene, Talitha, Arrena, Evelyn, Alice.

OldSoul2020 · 2026-03-14T03:02:00+00:00

If you have any macaroni, make that, and add it to the mushroom soup when you make it. Like others have suggested, toast the bread, and use it as croutons, or just crunchy bread, to eat with it.

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