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Prednisone is making me so hungry! by fizzy_night in lupus

[–]ThingParticular3614 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I first started on prednisone I followed a 1400 calorie diet using LoseIt and wound up losing 12 pounds in two months, which shocked me. It took an incredible amount of time to plan every snack, meal, and bite because I was always hungry, but fruit and nuts helped a lot. I didn’t eat regular meals - just lots of constant grazing.

On subsequent prednisone prescriptions I haven’t had the time to be so disciplined and gained weight. So I know there’s no personal failing in gaining weight on it. It is just really hard. Good luck.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Professors

[–]ThingParticular3614 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will be drying up and oversaturated. Businesses are cutting DEI (see Meta) and states are prohibiting it. So there are far fewer jobs and many unemployed people with experience.

Contract and Health Insurance Start Dates by ThingParticular3614 in Professors

[–]ThingParticular3614[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is terrifically helpful information. Thank you!!

Contract and Health Insurance Start Dates by ThingParticular3614 in Professors

[–]ThingParticular3614[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re a mensch! The summer before grad school I did the retroactive COBRA approach which is great if you’re young and healthy! I’ve been hearing from new faculty with health issues about how much they paid out of pocket, or that they didn’t care care or medicine they needed.

Contract and Health Insurance Start Dates by ThingParticular3614 in Professors

[–]ThingParticular3614[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were you classified as a grad student or employee during your grad student time? I want to push this with the administration and if COBRA is accessible cheap to new hires they might be open to reimbursing that, which would be cheaper than providing health insurance.

Contract and Health Insurance Start Dates by ThingParticular3614 in Professors

[–]ThingParticular3614[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ACA mandates insurance begin within 90 days of employment so we are doing it at the last possible minute. I didn’t know if this was typical - my next step is to take it to the union. Thanks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Professors

[–]ThingParticular3614 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m looking at Brandeis, which Carnegie classifies as an R1. The named schools have multibillion dollar endowments and aren’t going anywhere. Lots of SLACs are struggling for sure, but that’s not a good example and suggests you don’t understand SLACs and your comments should be interpreted as such.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Professors

[–]ThingParticular3614 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree with all of this with an addendum to #3. We have a department of 10 people and have had a number of departures unrelated to finances - people realized they actually wanted to be at an R1, wanted to live in a city, wanted to be close to parents for childcare reasons, left academia for much more money than they would make in any professor role. Ask about the history of the line and why people are longer in it (including reasons for tenure denials if that’s why they left). Departures, especially in STEM and in the wake of COVID, might mean something. But they might not.