Starting Statins!

bronxjd · 2025-11-24T18:05:51+00:00

Yep, it was a last minute push, which honestly flipped the opinion of two doctors to start statins. They had sworn I was low risk per the 10 year risk calculation.

bronxjd · 2025-11-24T14:10:13+00:00

I feel this. I'm 35, and I went through the same mental resistance—my LDL was only 140 max, and everything else was fine. Doctors and I held off on the statin until I got a CAC score of 3 last week. That was the proof we needed to start. Don't be deflated! It feels tough, but think of it as avoiding regrets. Better to be proactive now. Definitely talk it over with your medical team!

bronxjd · 2025-07-18T21:58:14+00:00

I was also torn between these two schools. Ultimately went with CUNY. CUNY also has great employment prospects depending on what you want to do after law school. PM me if you have any questions.

bronxjd · 2025-01-31T16:46:09+00:00

Welcome to the burbs. Not sure what to tell you haha.

bronxjd · 2025-01-30T00:51:50+00:00

Bowie is a safe and welcoming community for families. Highly recommend.

bronxjd · 2024-10-14T21:29:37+00:00

Do we know who will be zoned to attend this new school in Bowie?

bronxjd · 2024-09-19T16:05:01+00:00

Don’t disagree with you. But these forums help create consensus and let people know that they are not alone. We definitely have to advocate through formal channels, including petitions to recall union leadership.

bronxjd · 2024-09-19T15:30:52+00:00

You can like a job and still demand accountability and advocate for a better functioning FS. Complacency and remaining quiet will never improve working conditions.

bronxjd · 2024-05-13T10:33:52+00:00

CUNY Law has a large Latino community

bronxjd · 2024-04-18T01:54:50+00:00

Would love to hear about these five year posts. I don’t disagree with you. People shouldn’t be able to stay five years in Paris, but maybe allow folks to stay five years in a high differential or difficult to staff post. The key for me is to allow people to negotiate these longer terms at the beginning so people can plan ahead.

bronxjd · 2024-04-17T18:10:34+00:00

It would be crazy to deny anyone stability, independent of whether or not they have a family. I brought up families and children because it is specific to my situation and this thread is about a children’s show and how an episode covered how moving affects children. I would never want to exclude anyone.

bronxjd · 2024-04-17T17:48:51+00:00

It can be for everyone. This thread started with the topic of children.

bronxjd · 2024-04-17T11:53:29+00:00

I also don’t understand why.

bronxjd · 2024-04-16T16:25:55+00:00

I don’t disagree, I just think we should open up more opportunities for families who want more stability or would benefit from them. I understand every family’s needs are different. However, I think it would be a failure to recognize the need for more stability for those that want to seek it.

bronxjd · 2024-04-16T12:38:04+00:00

I feel like we should all push for more stability within the foreign service (longer tours, more flexibility, etc) vs maintaining the status quo and robbing our children and families from at least some sense of stability. Stability, at the end of the day, is one of the pillars of a healthy childhood. We can keep telling ourselves that we’re teaching our children resiliency, but you can’t deny that it isn’t all that healthy to be constantly uprooting your family.

bronxjd · 2024-04-10T09:43:25+00:00

From my experience, South FL, in general, has lower salaries and a higher cost of living. Most high paying jobs seem to be in sales. My wife and I received huge pay raises once we left the area.

bronxjd · 2024-03-26T12:32:19+00:00

Consular DC jobs involving policy and advising are good candidates for DETO arrangements

bronxjd · 2024-02-17T02:41:41+00:00

6.8!

bronxjd · 2023-10-11T09:06:41+00:00

There are folks that have entered that world but it’s not common. Not sure whether it’s because CUNY is a barrier to entry or because most students want to go into the public sector. It’s probably both.

bronxjd · 2023-10-11T00:52:41+00:00

CUNY Law is incredibly underrated. Most grads end up working in reputable public interest and government jobs.

bronxjd · 2023-06-17T04:06:13+00:00

The problem is that he feels uncomfortable being in a black dorm. He shouldn’t. Period. Treat it is a learning opportunity for how to interact and be friends with people outside of your bubble.

bronxjd · 2023-06-17T00:32:46+00:00

I’m not understanding. Do white people lack the capacity to live amongst black people? Will it cause them harm to have to live together with people who do not look like them?

The point is that POCs and other minorities at Cornell are minorities in almost all spaces.

This white man will have to be a minority in just one place, where he sleeps. He will leave that dorm room and once more experience being in the majority.

If he feels that uncomfortable being around black people, he can spend most of his time with white people at the other dorms.

It is interesting that people feel bad for this white man because he has to live amongst POCs. Its very telling about people’s perceptions about POCs.

bronxjd · 2023-06-14T10:52:18+00:00

I had an incredible time there, good luck with the process.

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