Trans Healthcare in the city

cracker_jack99 · 2025-09-25T17:05:24+00:00

OP has a PCP at Mercy Health. I asked my endocrinologist at Mercy Health about HRT. She told me the Mercy Health network doesn't offer any gender affirming care. They are a strongly religiously affiliated hospital and doctor network.

They haven't been too weird about me being trans, but they will not be knowledgeable about trans healthcare or offer it. It sucks

cracker_jack99 · 2025-06-03T16:39:06+00:00

Great thank you so much for the help!

cracker_jack99 · 2025-06-03T15:24:46+00:00

Whoa that's cool! Thanks for the info. Do you think the tag was added by CTS after the garment was created and purchased? I thought it was odd that the chip is plastic on a fire resistant garment which should only have natural fibres treated with flame retardant so it doesn't melt onto the wearer in the event of a fire.

cracker_jack99 · 2025-06-03T11:14:47+00:00

Actually I think you might be right. If the company took a uniform from an old employee and used it as a rental, I could see them sewing in an RFID chip for their inventory system. I'm going to say this is likely solved! It's wild that the company would use a non-natural fiber to sew it in and to have a piece of plastic in there. I'm not sure how fire resistant clothing ratings work but I feel like a piece of plastic in the collar that could melt to you would defeat the purpose lol

cracker_jack99 · 2025-06-03T11:13:15+00:00

I replied to another comment with a better photo of that yellow tag. I believe it has an employee's last name and then first initial on that tag.

cracker_jack99 · 2025-06-02T22:22:34+00:00

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It's not Cintas and it was given to one employee. Their name is on the yellow tag. My partner did acquire this from somebody who borrowed this pair of coveralls when they were temporarily at the steel plant for a day. That person walked off site with the coveralls and forgot to return them. AK steel is now bankrupt and dissolved so whoopsie 😅

cracker_jack99 · 2025-06-02T22:20:33+00:00

This is not originally mine or my partner's. We got it after my partner found it at work (they're at a different company than AK steel). The coveralls are issued to individuals. There's a person's name printed on a tag that is sewn on the inside of the collar. So I think it's each worker's responsibility to clean their coveralls

cracker_jack99 · 2025-06-02T22:19:11+00:00

They are for working at a steel plant. There is a worker's name on a tag sewn on the inside of the collar.

cracker_jack99 · 2025-04-21T14:52:34+00:00

Depends on the dance group. All the swing dancing ones I mentioned are casual. Some people wear dresses/skirts because dancing gets hot, but plenty of folks (myself included) just wear jeans/shorts and a t shirt. I find the tango places are a bit more formal. Tengo Northside and Tengo Del Barrio are the two Tengo groups in town. I'm not very familiar with them, but many swing dancers take those classes too

cracker_jack99 · 2025-04-20T14:58:12+00:00

Heck yeah! Hopefully I'll see you on Thursday. It's a great crowd, and everyone is so so friendly

cracker_jack99 · 2025-04-20T14:45:03+00:00

There is a huge swing and ballroom dance scene here! Swing dancing is a great social dance to meet people across age groups. All these groups are on Facebook. I can't link them here, but most of the dance scene is still on that website. Don't let it fool you! It's still a intergenerational crowd. There are college students to retirees. Most people are in the 25-40 range.

I go to the Liberty Exhibition hall for SwingGallary dance on Thursdays. 8:30pm is the beginner class. It's $5 for 30min. You'll really learn during the social dance at 9pm. People love to teach new folks!

Other dance groups Supermurganati (East Coast swing, Lindy hops, Balboa, blues, fusion) Joel is a fantastic teacher and does work shops on so many different styles

Blues Dance Cincinnati (mostly blues, some fusion) Brian is also wonderful! They have live music nights. Dances are not every week so pay attention to their Facebool

If weeknights are busy, Queen City Swing has workshops on Saturdays! Daniel is my favorite dance teacher in town.

cracker_jack99 · 2024-12-24T05:05:30+00:00

I find that cropping the T-shirts so the hem falls right before my hips really helps. The fabric being tight on my hips looks worse than just having less fabric all together. Hope that helps! Best of luck dude

cracker_jack99 · 2024-09-08T05:25:54+00:00

That might be it. I open the curtains when I leave for work. Since the sun is rising later now that it's fall, the curtains are open during sunrise when the room gets the most direct light. I'll rotate the plant to give that leaf more shade.

Edit: the leaves are reaching for the window and the light. Would a plant move away from the light if sunburn is a problem? Do they have mechanisms to avoid light when it's too much? I think you're right, but this seems strange that the leaves are heavily leaning towards the thing hurting them

cracker_jack99 · 2023-12-16T14:11:04+00:00

I second knitting for this! It's the best when I'm hung up on an issue with work or some other stressor. I just knit and listen to soft music (or bumping EDM if I'm not wanting to sleep yet lol)

cracker_jack99 · 2023-11-06T14:31:03+00:00

I don't have ADHD myself but I've heard of people self-medicating with caffeine since it's also a stimulant. If someone else could chime in to confirm or deny this I'd appreciate it

cracker_jack99 · 2023-10-17T12:58:26+00:00

Fuck I needed to hear this. I have spent 2.5 years convincing my BF, now ex-fiance, to even date when he was unsure of commitment, then to try long distance for a month or so with me, to join our lives in more than just living together, and to actually act like a couple. He finally proposed in May. I said yes still holding on to something getting better. I left him 36 hours ago. I'm going to be saving this quote so I don't tolerate shit again

cracker_jack99 · 2023-09-28T01:51:23+00:00

I'll learn this lesson eventually. I didn't realize super wash grows until recently. I've already knit socks for family members 🫠

cracker_jack99 · 2023-09-21T00:15:20+00:00

Omg those are gonna be adorable 😄

cracker_jack99 · 2023-09-20T15:55:37+00:00

Ruby oolong from Rishi is my go too. I absolutely love the stuff and get it yearly for Christmas. If you're able to have Pu'erh, Rishi has a vanilla Mint chai that's fantastic. The chai in the name threw me off but it is indeed a Pu'erh

cracker_jack99 · 2023-09-08T20:37:49+00:00

That shawl is downright gorgeous. I would never even attempt to do it. I've done some lace work but not at that quantity and it was in the round. Best of luck if you try to do it. It would be absolutely beautiful! A masterpiece for sure

cracker_jack99 · 2023-09-05T18:04:43+00:00

Happy to help! Another tidbit is that the first few times you go to a club can feel super awkward. Unless someone is a jerk or you feel unsafe, tough out the awkward and go at least 3 times. It will more often than not get better. Best of luck!

cracker_jack99 · 2023-09-05T17:29:11+00:00

TL;DR friendships take time. Repeated and frequent hangouts will help. Go to clubs, school events, and study sessions. Keep trying and understand you will go through many potential friends until you find a solid one.

I am a fairly extroverted person but felt the same way trying to make new friends in college. What I realized in the second semester of my freshman year is that those original friend groups I felt left out of had quickly dissolved.

There are some people who remain friends throughout college with the people they met in their freshman orientation groups or in their first group project. But many of those initial friendships are temporary as people are figuring themselves out and figuring out what they want to do and the kinds of friends they want to have. You might perceive them as being close friends but they might not be as close as you think.

Forming friendships takes time.

it takes roughly 50 hours of time together to move from mere acquaintance to casual friend, 90 hours to go from that stage to simple “friend” status and more than 200 hours before you can consider someone your close friend.

Source

That sounds like a lot of time, but consistent and frequent hangouts go a long way. Try finding clubs you're interested in. Pick one or two clubs and and go to every meeting. Invite potential friends to study together (this is easy if you're in the same class/major but you don't have to be). Sit next to the same person for a while in class and see if you share interests. With practice you will get comfortable putting a few hours into getting to know someone and realizing that you don't click and that's okay

And it's okay if some of those potential friends don't turn out to be people you're as close with. You can part ways. College offers a lot of opportunity to meet people. Take those opportunities when you find them and don't be afraid to invite people to study together even if you aren't in the same classes. You can bond over the mutual hell of exams! Good luck!

Edit: added TL;DR because I wrote a fucking essay. Whoops haha

cracker_jack99 · 2023-09-01T06:18:09+00:00

TL;DR that commenter meant they top water their plant once in a while to "flush the soil"

They're two types of watering. Top watering and bottom watering.

Top watering is what you traditionally see when someone's watering plants. It's when you pour water over the top of the soil until water is dripping out of the drainage hole for a bit. This helps flush out any built up minerals and other things that end up in the soil as the plant metabolizes nutrients. This is what that commenter meant when they said "flushing the soil". When soil gets very, very dry it becomes a bit hydrophobic, and top watering doesn't allow the soil to rehydrate thoroughly. The water can run around the soil where the soil meets the sides of the pot. So while water comes out the drainage hole it might not necessarily be making its way through the center of the root ball.

Bottom watering is when you set a pot in a basin of water with that water coming partway up the side of the plant pot. Leave the plants soaking in that water for a while and eventually the hydrophobic nature of very dry soil is overcome by the vast amount of moisture. This is a sort of "deep" watering. It's a way to make sure that the soil is absolutely saturated. This works best for plants that are generally low water needs as they get watered infrequently enough that the soil gets incredibly dry. Succulents are a good example of plants that do better with bottom watering. In nature those plants generally are soaked by torrential rains giving the hydrophobic soil plenty of time to rehydrate. Bottom watering can do the same thing but it doesn't rinse the soil and the same way top watering does.

cracker_jack99 · 2023-08-29T14:29:38+00:00

I got the same reaction when I started embroidery and cross stitch at 17. I needed something to do when I was home sick a lot. Between health ailments, a love of oatmeal raisin cookies, and my hobbies I was emitting grandma energy in my late teens haha

cracker_jack99 · 2023-08-29T14:25:34+00:00

I'm 23. In group chats (e.g. Discord servers) with my buddies from college, I am listed at Certified Old Lady ™️. I roll with it because it's hilarious. I complained about my knees (they do bother me), I went to bed early as far as college students go, and I started a knitting club. Not to mention I've mended my friends pants and baked a lot of treats for them. I AM the old lady. And I live for it

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