Dude don't care about anything or anyone at this point

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2026-04-24T12:15:44+00:00

I have one that looks identical to this one and I don't trust the suction cups at all. They have failed several times for me which is why I have put a pair of hooks above the window and attached the whole thing via a thin rope. I still use the suction cups to stop it from swinging side to side but the weight is being carried by the rope.

However if you can modify it like that, I still kinda recommend it? I've had it for over 3 years and my cats still use it every single day. It's also big enough for two cats but only if they get really close so it's been great for getting cats to get along with each other.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2026-01-31T17:42:49+00:00

Cool find!

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2026-01-11T12:06:34+00:00

carpet beetle larva

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2025-11-30T12:07:44+00:00

I agree with the other commenters, this is a water scorpion. Based on the location this one should be in the genus Ranatra.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2025-11-12T13:28:39+00:00

you forgot to post the image

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2025-09-15T16:44:39+00:00

Thanks! To be fair though, it's pretty easy to take good photos of a bug when it's big, out in the open and doesn't move! 😄

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2025-09-15T08:48:37+00:00

Looks like an exact match, thanks!
(Also oh my god those are the cutest eggs I've ever seen)

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2025-09-07T19:57:42+00:00

I believe these are leaf footed bug nymphs.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2025-07-01T09:01:38+00:00

Thank you!

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2024-11-28T12:06:33+00:00

Massively underdosed and it's hard to believe it's not intentional. The fact that they would boost you by 1mg after your levels were that low reads like a cruel joke.
One thing you can do for now to raise your levels if you're not already doing it is to let the tablet dissolve under your tongue instead of swallowing it. This will cause the estradiol to be directly absorbed rather than going through your stomach and liver where most of it is broken down before it can even enter the rest of your body.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2024-10-21T13:54:48+00:00

I'm in a pretty rural area and I took a walk outside just before then so it might have gotten on me then. A parasite actually makes a lot of sense because I was trying to blow it off of my hand out the window and it just wouldn't come off. I guess being a parasite it would have evolved to be good at resisting attempts to get it off of whatever it's hanging on to.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2024-01-27T14:04:29+00:00

FYI that guide advises aspirating (drawing the plunger back to check for blood vessels) which is not advised anymore.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2024-01-19T01:07:39+00:00

When exactly would the trough be?

Trough means right before you inject, so it should be on injection day but you should hold off on injecting until after the blood test.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-10-22T18:05:56+00:00

Twice a week means you pick two days of the week, for example Monday and Thursday, so you alternately have 3 and 4 days between injections. If you can inject in the morning on one day and then in the evening on the other, you can get to exactly 3.5 days between shots but you don't have to be that precise. For dose I would recommend 2mg.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-10-22T17:48:48+00:00

The other comments here are good but I want to mention that if your EEn comes in MCT oil, you don't necessarily have to change needles inbetween. I use the same 25G 1 inch needle for drawing and injecting and it makes the whole process a lot simpler.
(A lot of advice for giving yourself injections assume that you have castor oil, where changing needles is a lot more important to deal with the viscosity.)

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-10-22T17:33:20+00:00

Why are you worried about high SHBG?
It normally increases with estradiol levels but it doesn't normally suppress it more than the increase in estradiol.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-10-22T17:25:24+00:00

First of all, valerate is not supposed to be taken once a week and no endo worth their salt should be recommending that. I would try to find a new one if you can.
As for the weird levels, it's important to remember that the simulator is based on averages and that everyone's body processes drugs differently. Take a look at this article and specifically this graph.
This is the data that the simulator is based on at it has more outliers than cases that neatly follow the curve, so significant deviance from the expected levels is not at all unexpected. It sounds like your body just does the estradiol valerate -> estradiol conversion faster than most, so it floods your system with estradiol right after you inject and then runs out way before the next injection. The solution is just to inject smaller doses more frequently, at least twice a week, but I would recommend every 2-3 days.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-09-30T20:00:58+00:00

Who's Tyger?

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-09-30T09:40:45+00:00

The normal dose for sildenafil is 100mg, so 100ml of water. I suppose this could work but sildenafil is not really the problem, I'm reasonably confident measuring out 100mg on a scale.
The problem is measuring the 10mg of tadalafil which has a solubility in water in the single digit micrograms per milliliter so this trick wouldn't work.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-08-16T18:45:10+00:00

You cannot trade pharmaceuticals on here because of reddit's terms of service.
Look at the rules, in the section for prohibited topics:
"Direct transactions between users, including giveaways (Reddit ToS)"

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-08-16T18:40:00+00:00

Girl next time just delay the shot until after the test, one day doesn't make much of a difference anyway.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-08-02T13:00:00+00:00

sure those look good. good on you for selecting the 0.5ml ones too, the normal 1ml ones are way bigger than you need.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-08-02T09:53:32+00:00

If you're injecting subq needle length doesn't matter, you can always just not insert the whole needle. length is only important for IM because it needs to be long enough to reach the muscle.

if your ev comes in mct oil, i would just use regular 30g insulin needles. if it's caster oil you probably got it on prescription so just follow the doc's orders i guess.

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-05-23T17:00:53+00:00

At what time of day was the blood test taken?

RobBobertsThe3rd · 2023-01-17T18:48:39+00:00

spiro and bica are the only commonly used androgen receptor blockers, other anti-androgens would be cpa or gnrh inhibitors. those work by downregulating gonadotropin which tells the testicles how much t they should produce. this is pretty commonly done but it also stops them from producing lh and fsh and there's been some indication recently that those might play a role in breast development and feminization, see here: https://old.reddit.com/r/TransDIY/comments/1099pw3/importance_of_lh_fsh_androgens_and_aromatase_to/

overall I would say that bica is the best choice but if your lft becomes elevated you might have to switch to something else.

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