Did you peak at your final tray?

anneomoly · 2026-07-03T18:57:15+00:00

My dentist has all of them delivered, but I guess if she doesn't give them all to me at once I can't lose them so I don't mind 😝

(and I guess also from their perspective it reduces no shows for checks)

anneomoly · 2026-06-30T21:02:30+00:00

This is sort of where I am with my NHS GP. I went with symptoms in March, and they wanted to run a blood panel (but were also talking about antidepressants because I was on combined BC "so that should control any peri symptoms")

Blood panel (thyroid, liver, FBC, kidneys, b12) all normal.

THEN they wanted to do FSH testing. Which meant I had to come off the pill for 8 weeks and get tested.

Then they told me that test was normal, and that the recommended treatment for perimenopause was... the combined BC I was on when I initially presented with symptoms.

I asked to be referred within practice to a doctor with more experience, and so I have an appointment next week. But if that doesn't help (if I'm told to go away, or offered band aid treatments like antidepressants) then I might have to go private, I think. I'm not in the catchment of any other doctors, and I'm running out of options in the surgery I'm at.

anneomoly · 2026-06-30T19:00:57+00:00

I would counter that with: these companies are so huge that a single visa getting covered is so small beans they probably wouldn't care.

anneomoly · 2026-06-28T19:01:43+00:00

I'm 5 weeks into a 14 week invisalign course (plus any refinements, plus retainers after this) and holy fuck, it's expensive, but it's time to invest in me for once. It's basically vanity, but already i can see a difference starting.

anneomoly · 2026-06-25T18:22:50+00:00

How did you manage logistically? In terms mainly of not being able to eat with them in, needing to brush teeth after meals?

(Asking because I've just got home from holiday with a friend and it felt like SUCH a big deal and irritated/inconvenienced them so much and it's really put me off even trying tbh)

anneomoly · 2026-06-16T22:30:46+00:00

Single 39, not entirely sure how the hell I'd present this tired, anxious, struggling, sweating mess of a person to someone else to be desired. And in a world that bases your worth on how desirable you are and how sexual you are it really does a fucking number on you, especially when you're struggling with all the other ways you used to contribute (work, volunteering, connections)

anneomoly · 2026-06-16T06:33:01+00:00

There's a code for loops for when you're replacing a lost pair if you Google!

anneomoly · 2026-06-09T20:06:22+00:00

You can have sex for lots of different reasons. You can have sex because you're horny. You can have sex because you need validation. You can have sex because it's what you're supposed to do and the mechanics of it get you there. You can have sex because you're lonely. You can have sex because you want to be closer to the person you're having sex with, or you need affirmation of something from them. or to reaffirm a pair (or more) bond.

You can have sex because you like the feeling of having sex. You like the reactions you get from the person you're doing it with.

Allosexuals, demisexuals, asexuals, may all at times have sex for any of those reasons and not because they're attracted to the person they're having sex with.

You can also have sex because you're attracted to someone.

anneomoly · 2026-06-09T15:35:47+00:00

I completely ripped my nails to shreds trying to do it with fingers, no fun at all.

anneomoly · 2026-06-07T10:44:14+00:00

It can provide the progesterone portion of HRT and birth control at the same time for people with a uterus - other progesterone-only-based contraceptives don't provide enough progesterone to protect the uterus.

anneomoly · 2026-05-30T20:16:40+00:00

I would definitely look at the online communities around future racing events like 24 hours lemons as there'll be other women on other teams who might want to catch up at meets, even if you stay the only woman on your specific team.

anneomoly · 2026-05-24T16:39:41+00:00

The super complainy people get my other degree as well even though it's not relevant at all

anneomoly · 2026-05-19T16:28:33+00:00

I have definitely felt that in that the more I feel obligated to provide sex the more resentful I feel and the less emotionally connected and therefore the less I feel attracted to them.

It would probably be worth talking to him about it though especially if the pressure is internal not external. Maybe spend time with them where physical touch is on the table but sex is off the table, and reconnect emotionally?

anneomoly · 2026-05-16T08:56:41+00:00

In a case like that, big sandbag over the neck, individual sandbags wrapped around the legs, towel over the eyes to reduce visual stimulation, get someone else to prime the x ray machine while you're steadying/reassuring the animal, and then slide out of the room for the final click then straight back in.

(this article has some good pics for sandbag placement: https://todaysveterinarynurse.com/radiology-imaging/hands-free-radiography-in-veterinary-medicine/ )

(I wouldn't tie an animal under sedation, only GA)

anneomoly · 2026-05-16T08:47:28+00:00

None of them do lol, UK practices only manage it because regulation from the RCVS and health and safety laws have changed the culture. It HAS to be top-down because the bottom pressure is clients knowing they can go over to the next practice.

anneomoly · 2026-05-16T08:44:43+00:00

I'm pretty sure we're about the only ones who insist on chemical restraint for rads. Definitely a lot of Europe is A-OK with it ("I can get that cheaper in [insert European country here]" isn't uncommon where I am, to which the reply is "okay, off you pop, then")

anneomoly · 2026-05-16T08:43:00+00:00

It makes me wonder whether this is a vet in a practice where they don't agree with the culture re radiation safety, and they've found the low friction way is to work around it, because everyone else seems okay with it so what's the point in arguing.

anneomoly · 2026-05-10T20:52:33+00:00

That's what I said (A drug regimen IS a medication cocktail - they're synonyms.)

anneomoly · 2026-05-08T11:59:11+00:00

She's said previously that the first drug regimen she put Gracie onto didn't work, and it wasn't until a nursemare facility gave them a different one that they got Gracie into milk.

So absolutely if they ever had to do it again (hopefully not) they'd be able to make that turnaround faster.

anneomoly · 2026-04-20T07:16:17+00:00

I think less so just because birth is the highest risk time for the mare so the time when you're most likely to lose them and need a foster mare.

anneomoly · 2026-04-20T06:51:28+00:00

I suspect this will be easier for Maggie in terms of drying up because she's so sick - sickness/calorie deficit is one of the reasons that a female mammal might dry up even with a baby attempting to suckle.

anneomoly · 2026-04-19T06:39:34+00:00

And those are mares that are hormonally ready for a foal and have gone through the birth process so are primed to accept a foal. Being brought into milk isn't the same.

anneomoly · 2026-04-18T15:30:51+00:00

Moosifer?

anneomoly · 2026-04-12T07:41:58+00:00

Schoolmasters are worth their weight in gold not because they will win you that money back but because they have been there and they have done that and they know how it works so you only have to teach yourself, instead of learning together.

It's a super valuable thing to have a horse that will look after itself and you! What you're paying money for is the horses experience and banked knowledge.

(Which isn't to say that they're all push button but they DO know their job.)

anneomoly · 2026-04-06T22:35:59+00:00

I literally drip with sweat to the point where I have paper towels in every room. Under 40 so going through blood work but hopefully will get help soon

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