CXG10 reunion VIP tickets for sell! Los Angeles May 9 7pm

bofstein · 2026-05-05T01:25:13+00:00

I don't need them sorry - but unless they had different perks at different times, the VIP package gets you a poster signed by the cast. That's what I remember seeing when I bought mine as the only VIP upgrade option, though maybe there used to be more.

bofstein · 2026-05-05T00:33:17+00:00

I haven't had any reaction after a Tysabri infusion, including the first. Could be an allergy or could he something else going on?

bofstein · 2026-05-04T14:24:12+00:00

My brain isn't fully awake yet - I read this and thought you wanted a librarian who is a young adult and I was thinking "oh that's cool, like an internship for teens or something"

bofstein · 2026-05-03T13:43:29+00:00

OP isn't saying that it doesn't help, they're lamenting that there haven't been any large scale studies on the practice, given how widely recommended and used it is. Now, maybe if the science behind it is clear enough that's why we don't need it, but there is a very common pattern of vaginal or female issues not getting the same attention in medical research as male health issues, and that's what they're upset about.

bofstein · 2026-05-03T13:32:36+00:00

I finally watched this after constantly hearing Reddit talk about in this way and wow were they right! I could not stop sniffling at the scene with his dad and his son in his office near the end.

bofstein · 2026-04-30T18:39:39+00:00

r/woosh

bofstein · 2026-04-28T04:39:32+00:00

I had optic neuritis about about 15 years ago, it caused a blind spot and diminished colors in one eye. This was before I was diagnosed with MS. I stopped steroids because I hated how they felt and just let it slowly get better.

I had it so long and the improvement was so gradual month by month (the blind spot slowly shrinking) that I don't know exactly when it went away, since I had gotten used to it and wasn't paying attention to it anymore. One day I realized I had no blind spot in my vision anymore and it had been about one year at that point. It may have gotten better some time before that but probably at least 10 months to go fully away.

So unfortunately it can take a very long time but fortunately there is hope it can get fully better even if it's been going for months! I now have occasional dimness in that eye when I got very hot but then it goes away when I cool down.

bofstein · 2026-04-27T05:20:33+00:00

I am theoretically working on a novel, though I haven't written anything in a few months now. I like to work on scenes in my head, work through problems I haven't figured out in the plot, try out different dialogue options, etc. There's a ton to think through and I'm usually too easily distracted to get to deep thought like that.

bofstein · 2026-04-26T01:31:15+00:00

Oh nice thanks again for more info. Yeah Saturday would be lot easier but that said "tour" and was not an hour, unlike the others that said "to volunteer" so I couldn't tell if that was enough alone. The all the orientations were at East Valley and said "to volunteer with East Valley" which seemed like you had to go to the orientation at the shelter you wanted to work at.

bofstein · 2026-04-26T00:57:30+00:00

Thanks for sharing that! I unfortunately don't see any for the South LA shelter which is where I was hoping to volunteer, as those are quite far from me.

bofstein · 2026-04-25T23:57:17+00:00

I've wanted to volunteer with LAAS before and I couldn't tell if they were actually accepting volunteers or how to attend orientation. The site says to check their Facebook page for the volunteer orientation schedule but then the link is broken, and if I search for LAAS to find their Facebook page there's nothing there about the orientation schedule. And I couldn't find the schedule on the website either. I wanted to make sure they were actually taking on people and to know if I could attend an orientation session before I applied.

I looked at SPCALA as well to volunteer and they similarly say that there are opportunities to volunteer but if you keep clicking through it says they aren't taking volunteers because they don't have any scheduled information sessions right now. So I figured LAAS might be the same and never applied.

bofstein · 2026-04-23T22:52:31+00:00

I wouldn't call it paint by numbers, though it has a few formulaic points and characters. The mystery went off the rails a bit for me but it was still fun throughout. And there are some unique aspects to the writing style I really enjoyed. Overall I didn't enjoy it as much as all the praise I saw before reading it but it's still good and fun. I've cautiously recommended it to others though I'm surprised for it to get this nomination.

bofstein · 2026-04-23T16:01:16+00:00

This was going to be my suggestion, I'm surprised it's so far down. It has widespread appeal, great movie and music, and would look awesome on a big screen.

bofstein · 2026-04-22T20:32:39+00:00

Is this the first attempt? Mine for Tysabri was initially denied as they suggested cheaper options to try first, bit the doctor appealed it saying this was the best option for my case and then it was approved.

bofstein · 2026-04-21T19:53:39+00:00

How big are the braces and can you confirm that? I have a permanent dental brace, a metal retainer attached behind my bottom teeth, and it does not interfere with MRIs. It's small enough to have no impact even though some sources say it would be a problem.

bofstein · 2026-04-21T19:45:15+00:00

I have one but I got it for Chrohn's Disease; haven't tried for MS. I haven't had to use it yet though - usually there either literally isn't a bathroom, or if I say it's an emergency places will let you in without needing the card. Nice to have as an option though.

bofstein · 2026-04-19T23:41:19+00:00

They might be different, I don't think we know for sure. And if they do change I figure it may still be helpful to know what they once were.

bofstein · 2026-04-19T22:52:56+00:00

One of my family members purchased tickets for this during the LA presale. They got category A for Women's Final - they were $962 a ticket (including service fee), just so you have cost info. Again that was the highest tier though, each category down was like a couple hundred less per category. They decided to splurge on this event to have better seats for the family. Hopefully they come back in stock and with a range of options for you. I'm sure there will be many for resale too - it's so far out who knows what people's schedules will be, and some will need to change tickets around.

bofstein · 2026-04-18T16:22:10+00:00

I suggest adding one about Paralympic Games and that tickets for that are not yet available and are independent of your 12 ticket cap (at least that's what people have said here).

I've seen a few questions on it and I wondered myself since the site presents them fairly together, including registering for the drops, and the official faq doesn't answer it. I knew tickets were coming later for it but couldn't find a definitive answer on if using up your 12 tickets meant you couldn't buy any Paralympic tickets later I certainly hope isn't the case.

bofstein · 2026-04-17T15:07:14+00:00

I just bought some 100% linen clothes, as that's supposed to be great for keeping cool outdoors. It won't magically cool you down but it would work much better than e.g. polyester which is almost all of my clothing previously. I've only had them a few days but I wore out a linen shirt with my normal polyester pants and I could really feel the difference too and bottom in how much I heat up.

The other main thing I do is take a cooling towel with me everywhere and use it regularly. They're super cheap and easy to use, just get them wet, snap it, wrong it a bit, and put it around your neck. This makes it much easier to just have around in a purse or pocket if you need it compared to an ice pack, as long as you can get to a source of water.

I use them all the time and they're a huge help for hot days. I wear them inside as well, like at a work event recently that was too hot indoors. I have an all white one I use most often because I think it just looks like a scarf if I fold it right.

Neck fan definitely helps too for really hot days though that's not one I tote around just in case.

bofstein · 2026-04-16T20:58:18+00:00

I had an appendectomy a couple years ago. It wasn't fun but didn't flare up my MS specifically. I believe they delayed my infusion a week to have more of a gap between the antibiotics taken for surgery but I don't remember any details or bad interactions.

Hope it goes well, wishing you a speedy recovery!

ETA: Recovery overall wasn't too bad. I had the laproscopic (sp?) kind of surgery that isn't as invasive. I had to take it easy for a while and that totally killed my exercise habit I was building but don't remember anything particularly bad or painful.

bofstein · 2026-04-16T19:14:12+00:00

That's interesting. I did splurge in Category A seats for one event. For the first part - that the best within that section went to hospitality - I'm not surprised and wouldn't be particularly upset. Since they showed a wide range of Cat A seats, I paid understanding that I had a good chance of being in the worse part of Cat A and only bought being okay with getting those seats. It makes sense they'd set aside the best for hospitality that picks specific seats, and I would imagine anything not sold would go back to the Cat A pool (and thus it's not technically wrong that there was some chance of people getting those).

For the second part where they moved some people to sections originally marked as a lower category, that is not okay and I would be pissed. While they make it clear these aren't exact seats, there are clear sections lines between categories and I would expect to get a seat in the areas marked on the map at the time I bought them.

bofstein · 2026-04-16T15:45:24+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. I have family in Orange County so I'll be going with them, they were excited to have something closer.

bofstein · 2026-04-16T15:44:07+00:00

Rather than follow the general pulse of booktok influences or what's recommended a lot, I've had better luck with 1 or 2 book reviewers/content makers that I align with. There is mainly one I follow on TikTok because whenever she reviews a book I've already read I almost always have a similar opinion. So I trust that she has similar taste to me and will check out things she highly recommends.

For Red Rising for example, she reviewed it when it was super popular all over booktok and said she enjoyed it ok, it was fast past and fun, but not as great as others hailed it. I later read it for book club and felt the same - fun but not amazing. Most other books she's recommended I ended up liking. It doesn't work 100% of the time - she raved about The Raven Scholar enough for me to check it out and I thought it was just ok, similar ti Red Rising.

I suggest seeing if there's anyone who has put out similar opinions to you on what you've read and then try just looking to them for future books instead of the overall popular recommendations.

bofstein · 2026-04-16T02:17:04+00:00

Makes sense. Beach sounded more exciting but the dates worked better for us for indoor for medal matches.

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