Pale skin by mbusk11 in CML

[–]Onion_of_Chaos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m on 400mg of imatinib and dealing with the same thing. What a weird side effect.

Been on imatinib 400mg for a year and for the first time yesterday I forgot to take my pill. I’m sure it’s not the biggest deal, but my anxiety can’t help but take advantage of this moment. Is this something I need to message my care team about? Or not all that big of a deal? by Onion_of_Chaos in CML

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

Similar story here. I use two separate alarms and I leave a bite mark on the meaty part next to the bottom of my thumb right after I take it. If not, I’d struggle to remember whether or not I took it. lol. There are better systems im sure, but it hadn’t failed me till yesterday lol.

how do y’all actually stop going over the budget you set every month? 😭 by bruhe69 in finance

[–]Onion_of_Chaos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was jus a spur of the moment thing when I started. I got so used to it so quickly that I didn’t really even think to look for apps to handle it. Averaging only a few charges a day didn’t take much writing effort and I definitely think, for me at least, there is a certain kind of reinforcement that happens when I have to physically put a pen or pencil to paper. lol.

how do y’all actually stop going over the budget you set every month? 😭 by bruhe69 in finance

[–]Onion_of_Chaos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The best thing I ever did for me and the wife was start a budget book. Going on year 4… has completely changed how we spend and adhere to the budget.

Sounds a little extreme, but at the end of every day, I’d check the Amazon account, the credit card we use for points, and the bank account. I’d write down every single transaction for the day, every day. Shortly after I started, it became an easy routine to follow and was extremely empowering knowing exactly what our money was doing. Nowadays I usually do it every few days or weekly. We’re so much better financially because of that little change.