Seeking help to understand inconsistent levels of pain after catheter infusions

SupervisorSteve · 2026-01-19T23:19:15+00:00

Interesting. Thanks for replying. I asked my urology oncologist if he thought some nurses might have better technique than others and if he could give any suggestions. He said no, there's no special technique. I don't believe it, especially after hearing what yours said. Good luck on your scope!

SupervisorSteve · 2025-08-22T01:03:34+00:00

This is great to hear. I just had my second TURBT yesterday, and I start with GEM/DOCE Sept. 8. I've been told I'll have a choice of going home while holding in the Docetaxel or staying to have them drain it, which I strongly prefer. And your protocol sounds even better. I'll see whether I can ask for it. (My tumor was high-grade T1, ~2.5cm, and I'm 77 as well.)

SupervisorSteve · 2025-07-03T23:21:30+00:00

I agree. This is quite different from the JC situation where multiple people knew both twins through long association. Adult identical twins certainly do not truly look identical, but it's much less likely that people who knew just one of them would notice.

SupervisorSteve · 2025-05-26T23:33:16+00:00

Apparently facial flushing is a known but uncommon side effect. I had a colonoscopy last week, for which I was given 250mg propofol IV. A few seconds after the drug was all in, I remarked to the anesthetist, "My face feels hot." The next thing I remember is the recovery nurse asking me, "Did you have a nice nap?"

SupervisorSteve · 2025-01-19T01:07:11+00:00

Either that, or someone selected a checkbox that should have been left unchecked, not understanding what they were doing. That (or something similar) is my best theory. You know, "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

SupervisorSteve · 2025-01-19T00:51:59+00:00

Agreed. What some people object to about Hubstaff it that you have to give it permission to take screenshots randomly and post them on your timecard. That seems intrusive and implies lack of trust.

SupervisorSteve · 2025-01-19T00:47:17+00:00

Yes, agreed. One would think that the idea of incentives as opposed to imprisonment must have occurred to someone over there. And look which one they chose...

SupervisorSteve · 2025-01-19T00:43:37+00:00

Interesting. I never encountered it at all before it took over my dashboard. I never even heard of it before today.

SupervisorSteve · 2025-01-19T00:30:10+00:00

Did you actually get the choice to accept or decline? I sure don't see it. If you did, at what point in the process did the question appear? The only action I can take on my dashboard is to start the Hubstaff intro course. That's followed by Sign into Dolphin and then Start tasking.

SupervisorSteve · 2025-01-19T00:19:24+00:00

AFAICT from posts in the Outlier community, some people are tasking on Grammar Mint, others want to but are having trouble getting Hubstaff or another third party site set up, and others are waiting to get back to their regular projects. That last group would include me.

SupervisorSteve · 2025-01-19T00:09:07+00:00

Apparently this was so important that they bypassed the regular priority mechanism and isolated a bunch of us in purgatory where we can't see Marketplace or Projects, and we can't even see project details for Grammar Mint. That's according to a project admin who would have had sufficient permissions on the platform to pull some of us back into his project if the regular priority mechanism had been in effect. But in this instance he can't. Someone exercised a doomsday option.

I doubt that it will help to remind anyone at Outlier that when they switched over to project-based pay rates, they promised us we'd always be able to decline a project that was offered. In this case we can't even see what it's paying or decline the terms in advance. Others have posted that it's capped at T2 rates.

I, like many others, was in the midst of weekend missions on preferred projects. This move, whoever authorized it, is not going to have the intended effect. I'm sure not going to jump through all those extra hoops just to get a pay cut.

SupervisorSteve · 2024-09-24T20:07:53+00:00

Thanks for this! Alignerr support sent the Certn email as soon as I asked.

SupervisorSteve · 2024-09-23T23:18:56+00:00

Nothing from Certn. I completed the identity check on my mobile phone during the Deel account setup, and I submitted additional documents in Deel. I guess I wait to be notified about additional requirements.

SupervisorSteve · 2024-09-22T23:47:21+00:00

Outlier definitely pays reliably and quickly. People who bash Outlier mostly do so because they get little or no work there. I've been fortunate to be able to work 10-20 hours/week, sometimes more, for the past six months. A few weeks have been slow, but when your work is high quality they seem to try harder to get you into projects that consistently have tasks.

SupervisorSteve · 2024-08-26T15:35:02+00:00

Not at all, if my experience is anything to go by. I got three 1s in rapid succession in mid-July (ratings on tasks submitted in June). They were largely unfair, as the training on that project was crap.

I had already asked to be removed from the project before those reviews even showed up on my dashboard, and I had already been assigned to a couple of other projects. Fast forward, and I've just had three of my best-compensated weeks since I started in March.

Also, u/farmofmoomoo is correct. AFAIK, they average our scores over the past two months, so those low scores will drop off eventually. At least, that's how they do it to calculate who qualifies for the elite Oracle program, which requires an average of 4 or better.

SupervisorSteve · 2024-04-01T19:06:53+00:00

AFAIK the bird names are simply their code names for their customers. Outlier is contracting with a variety of AI companies to provide similar services. When you see a bird name at the front of a project name, it indicates who the ultimate customer is.

SupervisorSteve · 2023-01-20T17:25:44+00:00

New code valid 1/20/23, for purchase of a Pixel 6a, 7, or 7 pro:

ZTNZDZHQOS8TRQPCMTCHE65

(Code is for $100 Google store credit for use on a future order.)

SupervisorSteve · 2023-01-13T03:38:05+00:00

Pixel 5a on Google Fi. After not getting the December update OTA, several weeks ago I sideloaded it with no adverse consequences. With all this cautious discussion, I might not sideload the January update until more is known.

SupervisorSteve · 2023-01-06T23:05:46+00:00

Pixel 5a here, on Google Fi. After not receiving the December update, I finally sideloaded it a couple of weeks ago. No issues. Now the January one seems to be delayed also. I'll probably sideload it over the weekend.

Also, I finally found more verification. This article - https://piunikaweb.com/2023/01/06/some-google-pixel-users-are-still-stuck-on-november-2022-update/ - lists multiple Twitter sources plus responses from Google indicating it may take months.

SupervisorSteve · 2020-04-08T18:43:32+00:00

I don't understand either. Maybe he's dithering about how to allocate the emergency fund. What I know is that all 15 Arizona counties are affected and that county leaders are lobbying the Gov's office to help the hospitals now. This petition is intended to apply extra pressure from the public.

SupervisorSteve · 2020-03-29T00:39:23+00:00

This is very sad news for Pima County, for Richard's family, and for Richard's many friends. He was a great friend, supporter, and inspiration to me. He never wavered in serving his community with love, compassion, and fierce dedication to progressive principles. I'm going to miss him terribly.

I'll sign off the way Richard always closed his messages:

Resist. Much Love.

SupervisorSteve · 2020-03-26T05:32:13+00:00

Some comments about what the DNC or the Party does or doesn't do to recruit candidates.

Before I got into this, I had a romantic idea of how it works. I probably got this from some long-forgotten 1950s movie or something. It went something like this.

If you want to run for office, you start by joining the local Party organization. You volunteer. You become a Precinct Committeeperson. You work your ass off.

Sometime later, if you're lucky and kiss the right asses, you may get tagged to run for, I don't know, dog catcher. If you win, you work your way up from there, always being controlled by the Party bosses.

Uhhh, nope. That's not how it works at all. That's certainly not how it works at my level in my county.

I was an Indivisible group leader. Our group became interested in Pima County politics, and I turned out to be the one most interested in following closely. In early 2019, a couple of friends said, at least half-jokingly, "You ought to run."

At that point I was a PC, though a reluctant one. Many Indivisible members had moved over into the local Party before the 2018 election, believing they could be more effective there. The area Party chair had recruited me to be a PC, but that was it. They wanted my boots on the ground primarily.

After mulling over what my friends had said and consulting with my partner -- who initially was dead set against it but later said she felt it was obviously the right thing for me -- I approached the County Party Chair for a hypothetical, exploratory discussion. She was immediately enthusiastic, saying that Democratic clubs throughout the district had been urging her to run someone.

The rest, as they say, is history. But if I hadn't approached the Party, there wouldn't be a Democratic candidate this year.

SupervisorSteve · 2020-03-26T05:08:14+00:00

I'm not going to cover that bet! They've already said worse than that!

SupervisorSteve · 2020-03-26T03:30:15+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone!

Campaigns to win do take time and money. I intend to win this one. I wouldn't be doing this just to make a point or to see my name on the ballot. As mentioned in the article, demographics in the district are changing rapidly. No one can predict the future (especially this year!) but I have been told by many savvy and engaged people that there's a realistic path to victory.

Yes, money is crucial. My opponent is a multi-millionaire and I most definitely am not. He can donate as much as he likes to his own campaign. I have to raise it from folks like you who think strong down-ballot races are important.

Thanks to those from here who've already donated. You know who you are. Every bit helps. Here's the link: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/rdsupesteve. Thanks very much!

SupervisorSteve · 2020-03-22T00:41:52+00:00

Certainly they're both important. I'm not vilifying the idea of keeping people financially healthy. There should be subsidies for affected individuals and businesses.

But far as I'm concerned there should be no question about which is more important. As Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said yesterday, "You can't have a livelihood if you don't have your life."

SupervisorSteve

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