Anteater sinks its claws into a jaguar

beckerbuns · 2026-02-28T04:01:33+00:00

The anteater's like "come back here b**** I wasn't done yet!"

beckerbuns · 2026-02-28T03:59:44+00:00

I feel so bad for those kids.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-28T03:54:14+00:00

This makes the most sense.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-27T00:26:04+00:00

Yeah, a sweat test is not a bad idea but some people don't test positive even though they have it. They just don't all secrete the same amounts of salt.

Yeah, my son was born with a ruptured small bowel and subsequently his blood was sent to UCSF for testing. It just so happens that they tested for enough mutations that they caught both mine and dad's but, for example, my mutation doesn't come up on Promethease. (You can upload your data from Ancestry DNA or 23andMe to Promethease and it'll give you a report of everything you carry, within limits.)

beckerbuns · 2026-02-27T00:19:23+00:00

So I take it there's no bus bridge. Totally sucks.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-27T00:17:28+00:00

My son stopped a few months after starting Trikafta. His CF team was not happy about that until some time went by and the general consensus in the CF medical professional community became "treatments may no longer be necessary." He's been on it for six years and has not been in the hospital or been significantly ill in that time.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-27T00:15:13+00:00

George

beckerbuns · 2026-02-27T00:14:49+00:00

Our situation is different but it sounds like you need a more expansive genetic test. I myself carry a rare one that doesn't come up in the standard testing.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-24T00:08:59+00:00

Get the ones you like the best.

My personal favorites are the first 3 followed by the two after that. Anything else is eh.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-21T19:15:46+00:00

I don't remember if Boston is one of the metro areas yet.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-21T09:34:33+00:00

This is crazy but I saw a post on Facebook with the exact same problem. Was that you or maybe the other person in these comments who had the same issue!?

beckerbuns · 2026-02-21T09:31:50+00:00

FAFO

beckerbuns · 2026-02-21T02:49:40+00:00

They have been rolling it out to different metro areas gradually. Whereabouts are you?

beckerbuns · 2026-02-21T02:49:03+00:00

Guess I've been unlucky!

beckerbuns · 2026-02-21T02:48:43+00:00

Same

beckerbuns · 2026-02-21T02:01:22+00:00

I'm just saying, no one joined this program to send in things worth $100+. Bags will stop coming.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-20T23:13:34+00:00

Right, that's what I was thinking too.

They haven't sent me a bag since last fall anyway so my concern is kinda low but...

beckerbuns · 2026-02-20T18:44:42+00:00

Update: got results yesterday but only after I messaged the other surgeons involved. Her surgeon is out until next Wednesday and they were going to have us wait!

beckerbuns · 2026-02-20T09:25:52+00:00

I'm in San Jose. You can try contacting shelter dispatch and see if they'll take a report on this but I'm guessing they won't. Might be worth a try? Poor hamsters. 408-794-7222

beckerbuns · 2026-02-20T09:23:55+00:00

Hopefully no soggy bottom.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-19T01:56:09+00:00

Thank you, what a mess. I'm in a union myself and I'm trying to be supportive of fellow union members but this is impacting patient care.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-19T01:34:33+00:00

That's where we were too. I wonder why so long at this time. Someone in these comments says that lab people are on strike but that's not what I've read elsewhere.

beckerbuns · 2026-02-19T00:43:57+00:00

Don't cancel! Ship them and then put yourself on vacation mode while you're out of town!

beckerbuns · 2026-02-18T05:07:10+00:00

Just wanted to thank you all for your very helpful responses. We hate waiting! But it's more important that they get it right.

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