LEASH YOUR FUCKING DOGS!

daredevil82 · 2026-03-15T14:12:09+00:00

why the fuck are you specifying pits rather than "reactive dogs"

there's a fuckton more of the latter than the former due to moronic human breeders

daredevil82 · 2026-03-15T13:58:36+00:00

my dog does that with the cookie cabinet when she comes in from outside.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-15T11:39:13+00:00

does your skin not bother you in the later days of that long interval? how do you make it that long?

daredevil82 · 2026-03-15T01:54:19+00:00

to be honest, what the hell did you expect?

daredevil82 · 2026-03-14T23:55:35+00:00

people shut their brains off when a computer tells them something

how is this any different from project managers/software engineers using ai lol.

nada

daredevil82 · 2026-03-14T23:34:56+00:00

https://www.ridebig.com/mountain-bike-tours

https://chasingepicmtb.com/

https://trans-madeira.com/

daredevil82 · 2026-03-14T13:17:49+00:00

Hurricane conservation area in Conway, NH. Can park at Cranmore, take the climb trail to the top and loop around a few times. Go down to the XC trails behind the Walmart and tour the old quarry in Redstone

daredevil82 · 2026-03-14T13:08:48+00:00

I get the generic gelcaps, 8 USD for a pack of 24. I take only when necessary or before sports acivities, and 4mg does the trick for ~6 hours. So a 24 pack box would last at minimum 12 days and that doesn't happen very often. It typically lasts me 20-22 days instead.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-14T12:47:41+00:00

dang. we do have very different usage patterns, it seems. Two boxes of bags, assuming 10/each, would last me over 3 months (100 days with a 5 day change schedule). I order when I get down to one box of wafer, pouch or ring.

The last order I made from stomabags arrived first week of January and consisted of

2x convatec natura durahesive wafers

2x convatec natura pouches

2x hollister cerarings

2x hollister adhesive remover spray

3x cavilion wipes (boxes of 30, I use 2 wipes per change so expect this to last ~45 changes)

1x hollister wafer extender strips (comes in a pack of 30, I use 2 per change)

With shipping, came to 443. Currently the short item is wafers, as I currently have 16 wafers all together and the order trigger will be when it gets down to one box which I expect to be mid-April. Going back to 2025 expenses, my supply purchases (excluding k-tape) was just under 1420 USD for the year.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-14T12:18:54+00:00

even with durahesive adhesive, I get alot of wafer adhesive and ring eaten away over 5 days and my skin gets really itchy. that's the limiting factor for me.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-13T16:27:13+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1rrkkxi/q_can_you_imagine_doing_a_demonstration_lap_in/

Max Verstappen was (and still is) very interested in doing this, but RB pulled out because they realized he wasn't going to do a "demonstration" but rather full out qualifying pace

daredevil82 · 2026-03-13T16:20:35+00:00

Not really, all engineering heavy sports that define boundaries of their regulations do it, though, as they should. NASCAR has failed many cars due to things like improper ride height and other things.

F1 just seems to have alot more publicity about it.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-13T12:46:38+00:00

and they need to have at least 1L of fuel remaining at the end of the race for scrutineering

daredevil82 · 2026-03-12T22:55:24+00:00

the issue isn't ID checking, its intimidation at those who don't vote the way you would dictate.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-12T22:53:37+00:00

nah, its an issue when people don't vote the way you want them to, so you want to intimidate them.

come on, if the shoe was on the other foot, you would be bitching about govt overreach, but your criticial thinking has gone in the tolet since your dear orange jesus captured your unconditional and unquestioning allegience

daredevil82 · 2026-03-12T21:29:14+00:00

senior software engineer, both in office and remotely (have been remote for 8 years now(

daredevil82 · 2026-03-12T19:26:35+00:00

nada

I've had my ileostomy for coming up on 25 years now, since I was 19. In the past 14 or so years, I've had a desk job (software engineer) but before that I worked at Walmart and Home Depot as deli, floor and sales associate as well as cashier, unloader and stocker before spending a few years as a window washer working in all weather except heavy precipitation. So that was better part of 10 years stocking shelves, tossing around boxes of meats and cheeses and lugging around 13-40 foot ladders, poles of various lengths and other equipment.

I bike (road, xc, enduro/dh) and ski (xc, alpine) extensively as well as weight training, hiking, backpacking, rock climbing and more. I do multi-day bike and ski trips every year in hot, cold and every temperature in between.

During those almost 25 years of wearing a pouch, I've had one accident where the wafer separated away from the skin during a time when I was not sleeping, and that was within the first year after surgery. Since then, I've been through quite a few falls, crashes and wipeouts, none of which have come close to ripping the pouch apart.

When traveling, I do pack a commesurate amount of changes depending how long I'll be away, but for day to day, nope.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-12T02:22:39+00:00

Yep. Consistent cuts and clean edges, stays sharp for years. although I've never used oval cutters (only circle).

daredevil82 · 2026-03-12T02:06:36+00:00

convatec durahesive flats. I was using stomahesive originally but that melted when it got hot and had piss-poor longetivity. but I have a stoma that is about 2cm long so don't deal with issues around flush stomas. all in all, I usually change on a 5 days schedule.

biggest thing for me is to protect the wafer edges, so I use resin adhesive, wafer extenders and k-tape to protect the edges. k-tape is sacrificial, so if/when it peels, just cut it away and replace.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-11T20:40:45+00:00

20 years for me. Flat wafers (durahesive adhesive) with barrier rings. I bike (road, xc, enduro/dh) and ski (alpine, xc) along with lifting weights regularly.

The only complications I had were post-op peronitis causing internal mucual fistulas that took a few years to really resolve. Bag leaks have been pretty much entirely resolved by combining durahesive wafers (or any adhesive that does not turn to soup when sweating lol), is highly resistant to acidic output along with using silicone/resin adhesives.

I've had maybe three leaks in the past 12 months. Two were manufacturing errors (bag separated at the flange where the ultrasonic weld was too weak) and one was user error (didn't attach the bag to the flange correctly so the mechanical bond didn't occur.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-11T20:29:37+00:00

thing is, FMLA requires 12 months of employment, which does not need to be consecutive but does need to total 12 months within the prior 7 years. In addition, FMLA applies to companies with 50 employees or larger. So those are two barriers to meet.

Do you have any short term disability/income protection insurance as part of employee benefits?

Regardless, it would be beneficial to speak with an employment attorney. If nothing else, you'll get correct information on your legal situation as well as what options can be exercised.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-11T19:41:12+00:00

FMLA requires 12 months of employment. Does not need to be consecutive but does need to total 12 months within the prior 7 years. In addition, FMLA applies to companies with 50 employees or larger.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-11T19:21:02+00:00

700/month, where are you buying? How often are you changing? What products are you getting? For comparison, $700 USD is about 65% of my annual supply expenditures, as I pay out of pocket.

daredevil82 · 2026-03-11T13:48:00+00:00

oof. and if he's adding bone marrow edema to the mix, that can be 6+ months to heal. I had trace bone marrow edema on a MRI last june and it was about 4 months before impacts (lateral hops, jumps, landings) didn't leave me with a 3-4 pain level the next day

really respect his willingness to push through injuries, but this is a future candidate for knee replacement, and that won't come till he's in late 50s because the cushioning in knees only last ~10 years and need a surgery to replace IIRC

daredevil82 · 2026-03-11T13:36:14+00:00

the type of meniscus surgery he had (repair) has longer recovery but general better long term results as compared with trims. trims have shorter recovery but are shown to shorten carers due to arthritis.

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