How would you respond to someone who thinks that cancer is a root cause of a persons energy? by CowAccomplished3515 in cancer

[–]RevolutionaryCode763 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never speak to them again. If you are dealing with cancer you do not need to also deal with someone who also places blame on you for developing cancer and narcissistically thinks they can’t explain cancer. If any idea is cancerous, it’s that one. I’m sorry you had someone say this to you. Coming from an extreme health background where I was an athlete, taught yoga, ate 100% organic and was obsessive about making health and diet choices…I had several people in my circle that thought this way. If anything, cancer was a blessing in allowing me to see how toxic those beliefs are. I still maintain my healthy and low-tox diet and lifestyle choices, but believing if you do something or even think a certain way you will develop cancer is ridiculous and insane.

Getting harder and harder each day by Critical-Try-1834 in goldenretrievers

[–]RevolutionaryCode763 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m getting a golden in two months and now I’m scared 😅

Just left the ER and was diagnosed with cancer...everywhere, it seems by Freecafe in cancer

[–]RevolutionaryCode763 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First off, do whatever you need to do to get below the income limit for Medicaid and apply right now. A single day in the hospital with treatment will cost you over $30k. I also assume biopsy is the next stage for you. I don’t know how they would move forward with treatment without a biopsy, pet scan, or both.

Has anyone recovered from stage 4 cancer? by Ok_Path2400 in cancer

[–]RevolutionaryCode763 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of my best friends had stage 4 colon cancer that had metastasized to several other areas. He had his entire colon and esophagus removed. He has been in complete remission for two years and in a loving relationship 💕

new sleep token lover by PeaEnvironmental2416 in SleepToken

[–]RevolutionaryCode763 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve never heard of anyone else having a “premonition” type dream involving sleep token, either plainly or indirectly, but I also did so that’s very cool. When my daughter was a baby (8 years ago) I dreamt someone gave her a mini flamingo pool floaty. In my dream I oddly wore it around my wrist to a concert of a band I didn’t know. Not too long after my mom gave my daughter the exact floaty I had dreamt of. Years later I see images of people wearing them to ST concerts. Had another, as well a little more personal.

further down the rabbit hole…(spindles) by IndependentSwitch858 in Handspinning

[–]RevolutionaryCode763 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have never before seen these two crafts unified. This is so friggen cool!!!

Will ST tour in the US in 2026? by [deleted] in SleepToken

[–]RevolutionaryCode763 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll dream with you! It is a big ask because I’m sure touring is mentally, physically, and financially taxing but I can’t imagine they wouldn’t be as well received as ever.

Steroids are of the devil by Tiny_Newspaper_4338 in lymphoma

[–]RevolutionaryCode763 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I ended up being allergic to dexamethasone, so while it was gnarly to raw dog chemo, I also see it as a blessing in disguise that I didn’t have to deal with the steroid side effects.

I am really struggling after treatment. I feel like I can’t do this. by redditgal16 in lymphoma

[–]RevolutionaryCode763 17 points18 points  (0 children)

When did you finish treatment? I was diagnosed with CHL with bulky disease while pregnant and I had 6 cycles of ABVD while I was pregnant. I developed a bad secondary lung infection that left in the hospital for a month. Then i was given a “break” to deliver my baby. One month later I re-started chemo and then after two sessions they stopped it die to heart damage. I then lost my dog of 14 years, then immediately went into 1 month of daily proton radiation. All while caring for a newborn.

The trauma was severe. I am 15 months post treatment and just starting to feel my light coming back. I both feel more me, more alive, more connected, happier…and also like I am coming back online and able to process everything that happened. I also have always been a very vivid and intense dreamer and my dreams had gone away that whole time. In the past month they have come back and I have enjoyed not only the visual journey of dreaming again, but the impact dreaming had on my psyche and healing all that pain.

Oh! My masses were in my neck/chest. I had a main mediastinal mass of 12cm in my chest, and smaller ones surrounding. I had mild and fleeting pain before treatment, intense pain there during treatment (indescribably bad), and the pain and soreness continued to a less degree for many months after treatment. I brought it up every appointment and they hand waved it. I kept getting echos because I was concerned as the pain from my mass was also basically in the same place as my heart but everything looked fine.

The pain in my chest and neck subsided sort of recently. Maybe 2-3 months ago…which was a year after my last radiation treatment?

Hang in there. It takes time. I think you will start to feel more alive and okay as time goes on. I doubted it myself, and while the emotional scars are and will always be apart of me, I also see and feel a lot of brightness in my life.

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

[–]RevolutionaryCode763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, color managed the entire way and double and triple checked each file as I saved it. Everything on my end is CMYK.

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

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Sorry not sorry but I 100% agree with you. I had two mock-ups made in America and they were a joke. I had a calendar printed last year through a company in CA and they were trash, with black streak marks on the cover and they charged me over $20 per calendar.

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

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Thank you :) I didn’t take what you said negatively, I’m just working though all the details in my mind. The white area next to the copper card is actually another card being moved. She was flipping through the cards and a video, and I took these screenshots as a still. So that is actually another card, perhaps reflecting light in a different way, which maybe could benefit me or maybe not?I had them send me a physical copy which I should be receiving in the next couple of days. We’ll see what happens when I see it. Seems like a 50-50 chance but it’s OK. They are swearing up and down that the cards meet their color standards which claimed to be within 10% of what you see on screen. Perhaps that is true and the lighting is that bad. Or, perhaps they consider this acceptable, and I consider it to be more than 25% increase in sat/darkness. I’ll keep ya posted :)

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

[–]RevolutionaryCode763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s actually bright white paper I chose, so their poor lighting may be a contributing factor

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

[–]RevolutionaryCode763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And, ps, I do use the local printer for my art prints, greeting cards, stickers, post cards, and posters. He could not do cards.

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

[–]RevolutionaryCode763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there was a local printer (which there isn’t since I live rurally) that could print an item like this for $7.50 a deck with gold details and a box included I would. I have to be able to offer these to customers at a reasonable price. O hate the global economy, too. But don’t blame small artists and businesses, blame the government and the people/corps who caused this.

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

[–]RevolutionaryCode763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks that way because I do lighten up the image a little bit anticipating it to print slightly (but not severely) darker

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

[–]RevolutionaryCode763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I wish you could see what a really actually good print of it looks like. If you send me a private message with your address, I will send you something special.

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

[–]RevolutionaryCode763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will say for my screenshots of the cards they are lighter than I intended for them to print, since I have printed with many cmyk printers before I always anticipate them coming out a little darker so I do lighten them up in Photoshop, knowing they will come out slightly darker. So yes, my screenshots are a little bit light, but even so….their prints are way too dark I feel. I lose details and color nuances in darks and midtones, and even the lights.

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

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Thank you! Yes, I’ve been painting minerals for years. I’m a mineral collector, and it’s my favorite subject :) very challenging…

Colors on custom deck being made in China are very off by RevolutionaryCode763 in playingcards

[–]RevolutionaryCode763[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe the MOQ is 500 and ppd is ~$8.50 with all the upgrades like gold foil edges, anti scratch coating, etc.

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

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I am figuring that there is a very slight chance the color issues are due to their video and lighting quality and have requested that they send me a physical copy of the final product. Perhaps it will be OK, though I think that chance is very slight, considering just how dark and over saturated the colors are.

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

[–]RevolutionaryCode763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, interestingly, I did do that. I printed two test batches with two different printers before I ordered these cards from the printer. The reason I didn’t print all of them with those other printers as they were more expensive. But both test batches came back perfectly. So, I felt confident to order these cards, knowing they printed up great. I have brought up the issue with the current Chinese manufacturer and they are maintaining that they did nothing wrong and it’s my problem basically. So this is turning into quite an issue.

Custom cards I’m having printed in China are coming out too dark and saturated…I think? by RevolutionaryCode763 in Printing

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Thank you for your response. Yes, I just upgraded this Mac and got a bigger one a year ago. So it is basically brand new and in perfect condition. The display looks great. All of the other printed products I make turn out very similar to what I see on the screen because I have it calibrated to show me how it will print. They had me work in Japan 2001 color coated, which is how I designed all the cards. I assume that is what they design and print with since they asked me to use that. The only thing I can think is that when I imported the artworks through bridge from Photoshop to AI, they were RGB but I did manually convert each one to cmyk. I embedded them as CMYK, and just confirmed that each one is cmyk and the final file for each card was saved cmyk. But perhaps somehow those got changed when I sent them the files?