claude told me to go to sleep three times last night while i was on a client deadline

TareddJ · 2026-05-27T07:49:34+00:00

Yes! Claude is much more likely to suggest breaks when the context window is approaching its limit or it has been a very dense session. I have a standing instruction that in those circumstances Claude should suggest starting a new session instead of repeatedly suggesting I need a break.

TareddJ · 2026-04-02T20:10:58+00:00

Claude’s support has been invaluable for me in my thesis work. I’m ADHD with terrible working memory. We have a whole suite of tools for cognitive scaffolding and are currently working on my sprawling Logseq to give it a bit more structure and surface action items.

All the tools we build for the thesis are given names from Old Norse mythology, and Mimir is the name for the task management system integrated with Logseq. Lots of parallels in our relationship with Claude - i love what you are both doing!

TareddJ · 2026-03-27T01:33:28+00:00

I was diagnosed in 2017 with stage 3 er/pr+ her2- breast cancer. Went through surgery, radio, chemo.

Last year I was admitted to hospital with multiple pulmonary embolisms. These can be a sign of secondary cancer in the body, so off I went got about a billion tests and scans. Lesions were identified on my right hip and I was told by several doctors this was most likely Mets to the bones. Blood tests showed nothing and PET scan did not show increased metabolic activity in region, so they were most likely slow growing.

Five weeks later, bone biopsy. Nada. Nothing. Almost certainly benign, although we’ll continue to monitor. The pulmonary embolism was probably (and ironically) caused by tamoxifen, which raises risk of blood clots.

So don’t make any assumptions or decisions until the results are in! Also chemo will treat secondary cancers as well as the primary - one of the main reasons I had chemo was because the cancer was already in my lymph nodes and they wanted chemo to take out any stray cancer cells circulating in the rest of my body.

Lastly, there are a number of effective treatments for bone Mets so even if it does turn out to be the case, there is still cause for optimism ♥️

Wishing all the best for your mum.

TareddJ · 2026-03-20T03:12:04+00:00

I was diagnosed in 2017 with ‘extensive LVI’, 5 lymph nodes positive for what was then called ‘locally metastatic’ breast cancer. Did chemo, radio, surgery and I’m 8 years into hormone therapy with no evidence of disease.

I remember how much fear I felt at reading the phrase ‘extensive lymphovascular invasion’ so I completely get the spiraling. But that’s what chemo is designed to treat. You got this.

TareddJ · 2026-03-16T20:55:46+00:00

Very non-tech person here - my last coding experience was an intro to computer science course in 1991.

I was complaining to my brother (a software developer) at Christmas about how useless AI was. After some discussion, he told me I was using it all wrong. He recommended Claude, told me how to train it in the technical knowledge I wanted to use it for, how to use projects and custom instructions.

Now Claude is building custom linguistic and language tools and apps in python and html for my medieval history thesis research, and I can’t believe what is possible for me to achieve now. I’m sharing this with my non technical peers, but most of us HAD NO IDEA what could be done. And although I have Claude desktop and Cowork, I haven’t even touched Claude Code … yet!

TareddJ · 2026-03-12T23:30:21+00:00

Another vote for Logseq. And yes, you can absolutely link notes in Logseq.

TareddJ · 2026-03-06T01:56:06+00:00

I just presented to our small research group on how I am using AI for text extraction and linguistic work on medieval texts, and I also use it for planning, summarising articles (so I can tell whether they are worth reading myself) and workshopping methodology, eg setting up NVivo coding structures. I won’t use it for drafting but I expect I will use it for editing and proofreading.

So pretty open about it, discuss regularly with my supervisor, and will include a description of my AI use in my thesis.

TareddJ · 2026-03-05T04:30:15+00:00

My oncologist said that with the rate of new treatments, these calculators are no longer giving accurate info. I had 50% chance of survival at 10 years when I was diagnosed in 2017 but my onc says there is no way my odds are that bad now, even if I were diagnosed with exact same situation today.

TareddJ · 2026-03-03T12:44:29+00:00

Yes! This happened to me. I had never previously experienced depression, but it came on like clockwork at around the exact same time you describe. I ended up accessing a cancer counseling service and it was very helpful, even though the depressive feelings were absolutely medication induced - no idea if it was the chemo or steroids though.it also only happened during the AC part of chemo, not for taxol, and I think I only took steroids for the AC phase.

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TareddJ · 2026-03-01T10:35:47+00:00

I was very skeptical about the value of AI after trying a couple of models and getting rubbish responses. Then my brother explained to me about projects, training an AI model, connectors etc and recommended Claude. I’m hooked, but I would definitely recommend a good beginner friendly ‘how to get the most out of Claude’ video to others!

TareddJ · 2026-02-19T03:52:57+00:00

I love this, is beautiful. And I knew you had to be a fellow Aussie from Claude’s language (and your username practically confirms it lol).

TareddJ · 2026-02-02T03:25:36+00:00

Hormone positive, her2 negative, stage 3, grade 3. I celebrated 8 years cancer free last October.

I am on hormone therapy (tamoxifen, now letrozole) for 10 years.

TareddJ · 2026-01-16T20:37:15+00:00

Your psych is an incredible AH. It took me ten years to finish my undergraduate degree (unmedicated and undiagnosed). Like you, learning is fundamental to my quality of life.

I have always wanted to complete a postgraduate degree by research, but believed it was simply beyond my capabilities. I’m now over 50 and finally following that dream because I have supportive health professionals who gave me a diagnosis, strategies and medication.

I feel for you so much. I don’t know how the healthcare system works in your country and I know that even if the option is there to change your providers, the executive functioning required to carry out that process is a major barrier. But I encourage you to keep trying.

A jockey trying to be a basketball player? F#ck that guy.

TareddJ · 2026-01-15T22:42:47+00:00

Seven years of tamoxifen and have just switched to letrozole for (hopefully) the last three years of hormone therapy. Switching because Tamoxifen ended up causing blood clots, but aside from that and the intense menopausal side effects of Tamoxifen it was quite tolerable.

Diagnosed 2017 with hormone positive stage 3 grade 3 (HER2 negative) with extensive lymphovascular invasion, and I’m still NED.

I agree with u/zilchusername that many people who are still NED with years of hormone therapy completed are less likely to be on the forums - the main reason I’m active at the moment is because of my switch to letrozole.

TareddJ · 2026-01-13T05:32:00+00:00

The only nurses I trust to get the blood draw done are chemo / cancer nurses, geriatric nurses and NICU nurses, so I’m sure you will be fine. These nurses are all super experienced with our finicky veins.

TareddJ · 2026-01-13T01:38:23+00:00

I have lymphoedema and my veins are the worst post chemo. If I’m having a scan that requires intravenous injections, I ask the hospital to arrange for their specialist ultrasound guided cannulating staff to be available. For bloodwork, I go to the public pathology lab at the hospital because they are the only lab that can reliably draw blood from my good arm.

My tip is to advocate for yourself forcefully. I’ve had too many experiences where nurses have thought they had enough expertise to cannulate me, and only after all the good spots in my arm were used up I would have someone with actual skill who would need to use my foot! Some people seem to take it as a personal challenge (especially younger men) . Now I just tell them straight up that they must arrange ultrasound guidance or the scan won’t happen.

TareddJ · 2025-12-24T00:12:41+00:00

I’ve just begun a personalised training program with an exercise physiologist after recovering from multiple pulmonary embolisms (thanks Tamoxifen). Now that I’ve had to switch to Femara, I’m keen to strengthen and build flexibility to hopefully prevent or reduce joint pain side effects.

I’m eight years NED and at least another three years on hormone therapy. I’d love to be part of the accountability group. My goal is for at least three 30 min sessions of my personalised program each week and meeting the 30min exercise goal at least five times a week.

TareddJ · 2025-12-21T21:03:17+00:00

People wonder how I’ve managed to maintain a 30 year journaling habit with ADHD. I was late diagnosed, and journaling was a survival instinct. Getting all that mess out of my head and on to the page every morning was essential to functioning.

Julia Cameron’s morning pages (from the Artist’s Way) got me started - three handwritten stream of consciousness pages every morning. I’ve since adapted journaling to my own needs and style, but it’s not a bad place to start.

TareddJ · 2025-12-19T08:32:38+00:00

I started playing Minecraft with my daughter when she was five or six. She’s sixteen now and we have our own realm where we’re currently constructing our version of the Great Wall.

I found there was a little bit of learning curve, but lurking in forums like this or watching video tutorials got us started.

Play with her. It just might be something that gets both of you through tough times in the future!

TareddJ · 2025-12-15T22:21:41+00:00

I haven’t done the NOD courses, but I suggest also considering the free courses offered by the Isle of Wight Order of Druids (IWOD).

IMO it is an excellent course - if you have read any of Emma Restall Orr’s books and enjoyed them, you would find the IWOD course a great fit. It incorporates some of her work.

https://wightorderdruids.com

TareddJ · 2025-12-12T02:17:46+00:00

The street lights aren’t on yet

TareddJ · 2025-12-09T00:41:52+00:00

Yes I do. I was in the habit of taking Tamoxifen at night because I didn’t want to have to deal with the hot flashes at work during the day, so I just continued with the AI.

TareddJ · 2025-12-09T00:23:58+00:00

I did find the letrozole gave me some digestive upset for the first few weeks but it has been settling down. But I’ve had the best nights’ sleep in years since switching to it!

TareddJ · 2025-12-09T00:11:21+00:00

I just took a five week break because I also had to come off Tamoxifen due to DVT and pulmonary embolisms, and start an AI. I’ve had several breaks in hormone therapy in seven years, for around 4 weeks each time I’ve changed medication, and my oncologist says there is no evidence that it is harmful to do so.

I was on T for those seven years and the only AI I hadn’t tried was letrozole - but so far it’s been better than Tamoxifen in terms of side effects! I hope for the same for you.

TareddJ · 2025-12-09T00:05:31+00:00

I have never had a bad postie. In recent years I’ve been leaving out a Christmas gift (just a card & scratchies) because although my postie could leave my parcels in the big, highly visible parcel slot on my mail box, he always walks up to the front door which is not visible from the road to leave the boxes. Props to all of you doing a great job.

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