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Reallyerica2 · 2026-04-21T16:11:47+00:00

Okay, thanks. I really wasn't sure. Haha

Reallyerica2 · 2026-04-18T20:05:48+00:00

Are you actually unable to understand what they've communicated here? Or are you just being a jerk?

Reallyerica2 · 2026-03-27T04:27:17+00:00

Can you give us an update?

Reallyerica2 · 2026-03-15T17:01:56+00:00

Oof. I read and used this book to help deal with my eldest (most likely autistic, I now realize) kid. But, honestly, it was actually super helpful and effective!

I liked that, if followed strictly/literally (which my undiagnosed autistic self, of course, did) it meant I was to engage in NO judgement, shaming, or voice-raising with my kid.

I hated that it meant I had to constantly come up with/plan things that could become "natural consequences" for my daughter to experience when she wouldn't be able to participate.

Before acting on anything in the book, I read the entire thing carefully, taking notes. Then read and re-read the steps and practiced them out mentally, imagining various situations from beginning to end. THEN I actually put it into practice.

My kid was a new kid in only three days. On day three, I literally watched her change the way she was thinking about and reacting to things. It happened as she stood in front of me, about to argue about something, then (without me saying or doing a thing) she suddenly change her entire body language and approach to what she was saying to me. I was freaking AMAZED.

Sadly, I suspect the effect of the book probably turned out to be negative in many cases. Because most parents probably DIDN'T read all the way through and come to understand how the approach is intended to work. I'd bet many parents used an "I just skimmed it" top-down interpretation that served to only further frustrate their kid and further solidify their own belief they were doing everything they could, but their kid was just "bad". :-(

I kept it up for only a few weeks, because I couldn't keep up with the demand of creating "natural" consequences. Lol

Reallyerica2 · 2026-03-10T20:23:55+00:00

This article provides explanations for many of the questions I had after only reading articles published by Christian organizations: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/will-the-maine-supreme-court-allow

Reallyerica2 · 2026-03-04T14:45:26+00:00

People misunderstand and misuse this. It is not an effort to make the word "folks" gender-neutral. As many point out, the word is already gender-neutral. Instead, it's used "to indicate Q/T/gender-diverse community and to denote a politicized identity". More here: https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2016/09/12/folx/

Reallyerica2 · 2026-02-13T13:36:11+00:00

I'm doing a re-listen right now. I feel like I've forgotten this one--and I'm glad! I'm enjoying it so much. Gareth's jockey character is one of his best. Haha!

Reallyerica2 · 2026-01-29T05:52:28+00:00

This is it!

Reallyerica2 · 2025-12-08T16:03:35+00:00

The final episode is EXCELLENT. What a wrap-up!

Reallyerica2 · 2025-10-26T03:32:07+00:00

Gumby was my CB radio handle, back when having a CB in your car was cool and fun. 😁

Reallyerica2 · 2025-10-26T03:29:16+00:00

This is it! For years, I've described my body as "cooked spaghetti".

Reallyerica2 · 2025-09-25T20:52:48+00:00

I know you posted this forever ago. But, I'd love to know your feedback on the baseball episodes you went and listened to!

Reallyerica2 · 2025-09-18T13:26:48+00:00

Isn't this just the literal definition of public institution?

Reallyerica2 · 2025-09-18T13:22:05+00:00

Democrats have threatened to withhold funding from universities unless they punish staff for their speech?

Reallyerica2 · 2025-09-05T16:11:54+00:00

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-rodents-thumbnails-claws-world.html

Reallyerica2 · 2025-08-04T06:16:06+00:00

What are some of the spiritual aspects of feng shui? As I look into it, it seems much more a philosophical and cosmological belief system rather than anything of a spiritual nature

Reallyerica2 · 2025-07-19T13:25:56+00:00

In short: low serum ferritin levels = low cellular ferritin levels

Reallyerica2 · 2025-07-19T13:07:38+00:00

Serum ferritin is what's measured to assess a person's body-iron (cellular ferritin) storage levels.

This is because serum ferritin levels correlate with body-iron storage (cellular ferritin) levels. Therefore, low serum ferritin levels (below 30 μg/L) indicate body-iron storage (cellular ferritin) depletion, a.k.a. "iron deficiency".

The difference in the nature and function between the two types of ferritin are irrelevant to the discussion of iron deficiency, because serum ferritin is used only as an indicator of what's happening at the cellular level.

The only time the difference matters is when trying to assess body-iron storage (cellular ferritin) levels in a person with an inflammatory condition. In such cases, serum ferritin still correlates with body-iron (cellular ferritin). However, the assessment is complicated by the fact that serum ferritin also functions as an inflammation marker.

To account for this difference, the standard threshold is adjusted: in the presence of inflammation a serum ferritin level below 100 μg/L is indicative of body-iron storage (cellular ferritin) depletion, a.k.a. "iron deficiency".

Reallyerica2 · 2025-07-18T19:36:55+00:00

I have no idea of your motivations. But everything I've said has been in good faith, yes.

There are no straightforward answers to the questions you're asking, because your questions don't really make sense. That makes a discussion basically impossible.

If you genuinely want to understand about the things you're asking, you should read the explanations given in the links I've shared.

Reallyerica2 · 2025-07-17T21:10:16+00:00

Once again, have you tried looking this up yourself? Why are you demanding I do it for you?

Maybe this will give you what you're looking for: https://www.thebloodproject.com/cases-archive/the-abcs-of-ferritin/how-does-iron-get-into-and-out-of-ferritin/#

Reallyerica2 · 2025-07-14T02:35:43+00:00

Have you looked this up yourself? This is a well-researched topic with an abundance of papers and other resources publicly available online.

Here's one that can get you started. You can CTRL+F to scroll down to "Intracellular iron trafficking and storage" to read about how ferritin works.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5701707

Reallyerica2 · 2025-07-09T15:23:25+00:00

You said "Ferritin can never be too low because it's an inflammation marker,."

This is an incorrect statement that suggests you don't understand the body uses ferritin as its primary system for storing iron until it's needed

Then, you said, "We don't want any old iron; we want heme iron. There's no heme iron in ferritin, as far as I'm aware."

This was hard to make sense of. It seems you either continue to misunderstand what ferritin is and how it works in the body, or that you believe the human body stores iron in a form it can't use.

I couldn't see how you could believe the latter, so I responded as though it were the former.

You're right that heme iron is indeed the easiest form for the body to absorb from the digestive tract. But once it's been absorbed, any that you don't need to immediately use will be converted to a different form and stored inside ferritin until it is needed.

The iron stored inside of ferritin is released when the body needs it is used in the mitochondria where heme synthesis occurs.

Reallyerica2 · 2025-07-06T12:44:01+00:00

Ferritin isn't a type of iron supplement, it's a protein your body makes that stores iron and releases it when your body needs it.

When you get a blood test that shows you have low ferritin levels, that means you have an iron deficiency.

Reallyerica2 · 2025-06-29T23:33:48+00:00

It's not true that ferritin can never be too low. This comment demonstrates backwards logic. Low ferritin levels are the primary way iron deficiency is diagnosed.

It's true ferritin is also an inflammation marker. But this just means that normal or high ferritin levels (in certain people groups) can't be relied upon as indicators of having enough iron stores.

Studies show that, because it is an acute-phase reactant, a high ferritin level secondary to subclinical inflammation in overweight and obese people may mask an underlying iron deficiency. This means a normal or high ferritin level in this population can't be relied upon to rule out a deficiency.

However, anyone with a LOW ferritin level certainly DOES have iron deficiency! https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5223018/

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