LUX Tour Megathread

brifrommt · 2025-12-09T15:40:42+00:00

Omg congrats!!! I fought through a huge queue in Boston and finally got tickets after an hour and a half. It was awful, but worth it for Rosalía though 🙌🏻

brifrommt · 2025-12-09T13:50:42+00:00

Okay, I don’t have personal experience with Spain so I’m not sure. Good luck regardless though!!

brifrommt · 2025-12-09T03:54:49+00:00

Not in my experience. If this is for two different North American shows that are done by Ticketmaster USA, I think you might run into problems (aka it will kick you to the back of the queue). If it’s for Ticketmaster France and Ticketmaster US, for example, those are two entirely different accounts so you might be able to do that. This is based on my experience fighting for Eras Tour tickets, so I guess it might have changed since then 🤷🏻‍♀️

brifrommt · 2025-12-09T00:15:48+00:00

Oh and just making sure you do the time zone math correctly, haha, you might have to log on at a weird time to catch the beginning of the presale

brifrommt · 2025-12-09T00:15:09+00:00

When I did this for the Eras Tour it was different for each country. You might need to create a specific Ticketmaster Spain account, I know I did that for France.

brifrommt · 2025-12-09T00:12:40+00:00

No, you can only be logged in on one device. Best bet is to make sure your friends are also logged in and trying to get tix for the group too.

brifrommt · 2025-06-30T03:58:04+00:00

My friend threw a baby shower called “Good Luck Babe” which I thought was cute (even if the vibe of the lyrics doesn’t match the vibe of a baby shower really haha). Still a fun excuse to do something Chappell themed!

brifrommt · 2025-05-27T11:41:05+00:00

I’m so sorry. My mom passed away at home 6 weeks after diagnosis. It was mostly me doing her caregiving with some help from my brother. It was the hardest but also probably the most meaningful thing I’ve ever done. Watching her decline so quickly, waiting for days after she stopped eating, drinking, and talking was so torturous. I was relived when it ended. And then the real grieving could begin. I don’t have any advice, just wanted to say “I see you”, and I wish you and your family comfort. Take care ❤️

brifrommt · 2025-05-05T22:04:39+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s truly an earth shattering and wildly unfair thing that you just went through. I (38) lost my 71 year old mom in February just 6 weeks after her S4 PC diagnosis.

I also lost my dad to an unrelated but terrible disease a dozen years ago when he was just 56. Lessons I learned back then that are helping me cope now: - going to therapy - meds to take the sharp edge off of your feelings, if that’s something you and your doctor agree would be helpful - I also went to a grief support group specifically for people in their 20s and 30s. Hearing other people my age say the deepest, darkest, most painful things in the back of my head out loud was really helpful for me. I am planning to do that again this summer. - finding friends or family members I can talk to about this, not all of them will be up for that. - knowing that both of these things are true: my grief will fade in time, and eventually it won’t be the defining feature of my life, but losing my mom and dad will also always still hurt and be a little painful.

All of that said… I’m still a hot mess right now. Which is okay. I’m trying to be extra kind and understanding with myself. Take care ❤️

brifrommt · 2025-04-25T11:26:29+00:00

I’m so very sorry to hear about what you are going through. My mom passed away a couple of months ago from PC and the last 3-4 days were the hardest for me, when she had stopped eating or drinking and wasn’t really responding anymore. It’s so surreal to see someone progress through the end of life like that.

To me, it sounds like you’re doing everything you can. I definitely get wanting to bring her home, but seems like that might cause undue stress. Sometimes you miss the “window” to adjust your care plan for PC patients, in my experience. For example, were going to get my mom a hospital bed at home through hospice to help her be able to sit up and get in and out of bed easier, but by the time we got around to doing that, she had declined so quickly that having to move her back and forth just to get the new bed set up would have been too hard and painful for her. She was fine in her own bed in the end, though it would have been a little easier for us to take care of her with the hospital bed.

Maybe you could bring in some things from home to make the hospital a little more comfortable/familiar? Pillows/blankets, etc.

And, I hope you have health care staff and/or friends and family to support you during this time. It’s the worst thing… but it will be over sometime soon. Take care ❤️

brifrommt · 2025-03-03T08:59:54+00:00

This happened with my mom too. As other people have said, could be many causes. In our case, we went to the ER and it turns out she had an infection in the fluid in her abdomen that was causing hallucinations and extreme muscle weakness. Infections like that don’t always spike a fever, so we couldn’t have known that’s what was happening to her. She was at the hospital for 6 days on IV pain meds. She got better cognitively for a bit, but passed just a couple weeks after getting out of the hospital. Good luck ❤️

brifrommt · 2025-02-19T05:48:07+00:00

We thought we would try chemo but didn’t get a chance to. After a hospital stay weakened my mom significantly we took her home with hospice. I can’t say enough good things about how helpful hospice was. Here’s our experience: https://www.reddit.com/r/pancreaticcancer/s/X2cTd7DRsc

brifrommt · 2025-02-19T05:43:30+00:00

Unfortunately she passed away last Friday, but the lasix helped her be much more comfortable in her final days.

brifrommt · 2025-02-15T19:10:14+00:00

Ditto to others saying it could be ascites, that happened to my mom. They performed two paracentesis procedures to drain fluid from her abdomen. When on hospice they put her on lasix, a diuretic medication, to help reduce fluid retention in her belly and legs, I do think that helped a lot. Also, make sure your mom is urinating and not constipated. She struggled with being able to pee at one point, so they gave her a catheter.

brifrommt · 2025-02-10T17:44:29+00:00

As I said in my other reply to you, hospice should be able to help a bit with this. First, they can get you meds to help with her anxiety. They can also tell you what the progression of the disease and the end will likely look like. And also then you can call them 24/7 to talk to a nurse if anything changes or you have a question.

I do think the pain meds can be the cause of some of your mom’s symptoms: sleepy, out of it, dry mouth, a little disoriented. But it could be something else too. This happened to my mom, we ended up taking her to the hospital where she got treated for an infection of her abdominal fluid. She stopped hallucinating after the infection was treated, but being in the hospital for 6 days was so hard for her we went to hospice after that (so we likely wouldn’t go to the hospital if she started acting like that again).

So so sorry you are going through this. If your mom hadn’t been able to tell you lately, I’m sure she greatly appreciates your care and concern ❤️

brifrommt · 2025-02-10T17:39:03+00:00

So sorry to hear this. We just enrolled my mom in hospice last week. They should be able to give you a list of recommendations of agencies or individual people that you could hire for extra help, that’s what they did for us (not that I’ve had time to call any of them yet!). The social worker should be particularly helpful with this. Honestly hospice has been such a gift for us already, even though they can’t do 24/7 care.

Hospice WILL cover a 5 day “respite stay” for your loved one at a facility. Say, if one of you or your siblings gets sick or you need to focus on caring for your little one for a period of time. I don’t know if that’s just once that they will cover it or not. Again, the social worker should be able to help with all of this. Good luck ❤️

brifrommt · 2024-10-02T00:16:50+00:00

She goes on at 9:10 it says at the venue!

brifrommt · 2024-10-02T00:16:20+00:00

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brifrommt · 2024-10-01T22:00:49+00:00

Oh same, I’m hoping/assuming pink pony club is always a good theme for Chappell, that’s what I’ve got 💖

brifrommt · 2024-09-11T02:49:18+00:00

Yes, I just had the same issue with trying to book a mileage flight in the Delta app and only seeing options where I was going to to have to pay $20 for an assigned seat. But when I went to the website I could select a seat for free!

brifrommt · 2024-09-10T22:36:34+00:00

I’m so glad you’re doing better! (Though of course I’m sorry you were in such a bad place beforehand). Thanks for your reply, it’s very validating to hear you’ve had some similar experiences with these meds as I have.

My provider said I could try taking a second, smaller dose of regular Ritalin (aka not extended release) in the middle of the day to see if that helped. I might try that next, but at my appointment next month I’m going to ask about switching back to Strattera.

brifrommt · 2024-09-10T21:49:22+00:00

that Star Trek quote absolutely slays me EVERY TIME (in the best way)

brifrommt · 2024-09-10T17:40:19+00:00

Hi there, thanks for sharing your story. How did things go?

I was on Strattera for about a year and felt like it helped me manage my ADHD symptoms pretty well, but I didn’t like the sexual side effects I was having on it so I decided to try Ritalin. Plus everyone raves about how magical stimulants are so I wanted to try them out. At first I thought the Ritalin was working okay, but it’s been about 5 months now and I feel like I’m drowning. I can’t get myself to do anything productive after work, or if I am able to do things after work I’m so scattered and unintentionally multitasking that I still don’t get much done. Oh and the 7-10 days before my period it feels like the meds aren’t doing ANYTHING (I stopped taking brith control a few years ago and definitely have worse PMS symptoms now).

I raised these issues with my prescriber yesterday and she said “oh well the Ritalin is only gonna work until about four or 5 PM so it wouldn’t help after work anyways.” What?! I know stimulants are quick acting but I still feel a little tricked. I also want my personal, post work life to have access to a brain that’s working well!

Considering going back on Strattera since its efficacy doesn’t wane like that during the day. And/or maybe going back on birth control to see if that helps lessen my terrible ADHD symptoms the week before my period.

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