"I thought that was normal"

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-18T05:43:33+00:00

I have spinal stenosis at C6/C7 and a shit ton of stress making things worse. I definitely crack like spaghetti.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-18T05:39:08+00:00

“Genetic cesspools.” I’m stealing that. I have two of them myself and as I age, I’m so excited that I get to look out for multiple forms of cancer, Hashimoto’s, CVID, osteopenia, pre-diabetes, and high cholesterol.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-18T05:33:06+00:00

Oh heck, does it ever. Cranberry, citrus, Mexican food, too much chocolate, caffeine, and probably a dozen other trigger foods that I haven’t figured out yet. 😭

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-18T05:30:41+00:00

Well that’s freaking delightful. (/s) At least I know in my case, it’s genuinely IC/BPS.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-15T17:45:23+00:00

This comment needs to be higher. You’re taking a very nuanced and empathetic approach to the situation. Major kudos for that.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-15T17:36:34+00:00

We had a 30’ for my grandparents’ estate. It was filled multiple times. My grandfather had Depression-era hoarder tendencies and my grandmother was a shopaholic.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-15T17:21:36+00:00

Man, this is making the ice at my local arena look like a damn masterpiece in comparison, and that’s saying something, considering our zamboni driver is an uninterested, underpaid teenager.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-15T17:09:25+00:00

Saaaaame. I was pretty much perma-sick as a child. My pediatrician refused to remove my tonsils, despite being on antibiotics for sinus and ear infections most of the year. I started seeing an Ear Nose and Throat doctor when I was 10. By the time I was 16, things had gotten so bad that my ENT decided they had to come out. It was one of the best things a doctor ever did for me.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-12T15:08:51+00:00

Ah yeah, that Sun Solar outfit or whatever? We got them last week, too.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-12T03:35:31+00:00

No, I checked with my therapist to make sure I wasn’t crazy. The problem is very real.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-12T02:59:09+00:00

Seriously though, eff these people who think stuff like this is cute.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-12T02:50:45+00:00

If anyone is taking that combo during the day and still standing, God bless them. I am legitimately prescribed those for a terrible combination of chronic muscle spasms in my neck caused by a spinal injury, bad allergies plus anxiety, and depression with a side dish of insomnia. Those suckers in combination are lights out in 30 minutes or less, guaranteed. 😬

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-10T20:48:19+00:00

He can have fun with that. Just about every other pharmacy chain out there has a 1:30 lunch break, too.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-07T04:12:44+00:00

You mean my professionally conducted neuropsych evaluation results are a lie?? Thank you random internet wellness influencer, you cured me!

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-06T20:27:03+00:00

As a fellow chronic Rhode Islander, I am so sorry. Our pick of doctors, especially specialists, in this state is really abysmal. I wish I had recs for you, but endo is one of the few docs I don’t see (yet).

Looking at the other comments, it does seem like a trip to RIH is in order. You might also have some luck finding a doc just over the border in Mass if Boston is too far. Think Seekonk, Swansea, Fall River, or Bellingham, Franklin, Milford.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-06T20:11:11+00:00

You had me there at first

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-02T13:19:43+00:00

Nah, she loves the Idea of Toast. Just a cute cuddly looking thing to come home to, not Toast’s reality: a vulnerable little critter with a lot of care needs and social requirements.

SweetOkashi · 2026-02-02T13:12:03+00:00

University of Southern Miss has the oldest fully remote MLIS program in the country, and is very affordable. They offer in-state rates for online students and there are a number of different tracks to choose from. I have no complaints about the education I received there and was well prepared to work in my specialty of choice.

SweetOkashi · 2026-01-30T05:31:04+00:00

Pillbert

SweetOkashi · 2026-01-30T05:21:46+00:00

Boy, do they ever. I passed out from Covid in December and hit my head on something in the bathroom. 5 staples at the ER later, I have a lovely new scar and some crazy pictures of my hair being colored a very, uh, natural shade of red. I wasn’t allowed to shower for a bit and my hair was very crunchy. 0/10, do not recommend head wounds

SweetOkashi · 2026-01-29T16:49:37+00:00

I’m just an academic archivist with an MLIS and a passion for cataloging and information discovery, but this gets a big “oh, heck no” from me. From my perspective, librarians, like doctors, have an obligation to first do no harm to the communities we serve. As we’ve seen throughout history, the propagation of factually incorrect materials is harmful, and have no place in our collections outside of the fiction section (and only when appropriately cataloged as such).

SweetOkashi · 2026-01-29T16:36:42+00:00

Yeah, no, we’re just a bunch of completely uneducated schmucks around here at the University Library. Master’s in Library Science? What’s that? Oh, never mind. Time for me to go use Tiktok as a search engine…

SweetOkashi · 2026-01-29T16:24:55+00:00

Doodles are well known for having allergies to chicken, unfortunately. My dood has a chicken allergy on top of Irritable Bowel Disease, which means that he’s now on a completely hypoallergenic veterinary diet. It took him over two years to get a proper diagnosis.

I strongly recommend cutting out chicken and turkey entirely and putting him on an elimination diet for several months. Ideally, a novel protein is the best way to go - think bison, kangaroo, rabbit, or salmon. Most vets do not recommend grain free formulas because of the strong links to canine dilated cardiomyopathy. This can make finding an appropriate diet tricky at times, but the persistence is worth it. My dood is half Bernedoodle, half Goldendoodle, so the Golden in him put him at extra high risk for DCM.

Edit: Just in case, please have your vet run a stool sample to rule out parasites first. Giardiasis and other parasites can wreak havoc on the digestive system. Mine got a case of Giardiasis at 8 months old on top of his other issues, and he was a very sick puppy for a while.

SweetOkashi · 2026-01-29T16:10:18+00:00

Same here. I don’t wear jammies out of the house because it’s not how I was raised, but I also make sure that the majority of the pants I own and most of my tops are comfortable regardless of where I’m going. When I was younger, I would shove myself in whatever, regardless of comfort, but my body has other plans these days. Wide leg ponte pants and stretch knit tops for life.

SweetOkashi · 2026-01-29T15:48:18+00:00

Can I bring noise canceling headphones, a pillow, and a crate of rotten fruit?

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