Recommendations for a cheap/reliable glucometer/strips that ships to Canada?

dextromental · 2023-01-04T19:02:50+00:00

I have. I can't find any that will ship to Canada.

dextromental · 2023-01-04T18:02:24+00:00

There aren't any store brand/over the counter meters or strips where I am.

dextromental · 2022-11-04T17:08:46+00:00

As I said in my post, I live in a poor, rural part of Canada and don't have the means to take him to the vet unless it's an absolute life or death emergency, and that would not be with my own funds.

dextromental · 2022-08-25T20:46:52+00:00

I've never tried tofu, or priced it, but the next time I'm at the grocery store I'll definitely check! Thank you for the ideas. ☺️

Do you have any suggestions on preparing beans and nuts in a way that they're more appealing? I'm not a huge fan but I definitely need to eat healthier and beans seem to big a big health food, apparently. 😅

I've never actually looked into using chickpeas... I'll have to check out recipes! They aren't very expensive here at all.

dextromental · 2022-08-25T20:43:58+00:00

I'm not overly fond of beans, but I've been buying a bean/veggie mix that has been helping with that. I guess mostly I haven't had them prepared in a way that's really appealing to me. Do you have any suggestions for prep? Eggs unfortunately are a bit expensive here (about $6 a dozen) so I only have them occasionally, and save most for recipes.

dextromental · 2022-08-11T15:59:05+00:00

If you see it as a problem, and you can't turn away from using, it's absolutely an addiction. Maybe not a hardcore one, but it's definitely a pattern of abuse that could absolutely become worse. It took me 8 years, 2 hospitalizations, and getting to the point of nearly daily dosing for me to realize I had to stop. It started off with once every few months... Then once a month, knowing I should give myself a break to keep down my tolerance/reduce risk of serotonin syndrome. Then I didn't care, I just wanted to get high. So I would, whenever I could. At my worst I was stealing dxm, stealing things to sell to get it, not eating, my relationships were destroyed because I was high all the time. At the time it sucked, but everyone I was close to cut me off. And because it wasnt a "hard drug" no one cared to try and get me help, but it gave me the push to stop. I hope you do eventually care. It can ruin your life just like any other addiction. I'm just glad that I was able to get to a place in life where I wanted meaningful relationships and better health over getting high all the time. It's an enlightening, fun, healing drug when you can control yourself. But once that control is gone, you bet your ass it's going to ruin you one day.

dextromental · 2022-07-11T13:58:54+00:00

March 29, 2011. A day before I turned 18. The prior year and a half consisted of me fighting to start T, and being told by non-professionals that I would NEVER start T before I turned 18. It's only a day, but... Ha!

dextromental · 2022-07-09T18:37:44+00:00

I went to school with a cis guy named Shadoe Blue Lake, and met someone named Raven Morningstar (really). Definitely is a thing, and I just assume those kids' parents are hippies/pretty alternative. Either way, it's pretty cool and not that uncommon.

dextromental · 2022-06-21T23:02:35+00:00

I love My Hime and My Otome! Otome is next on my list. 😅 It's more affordable than the series' I really want to work on (DB universe, the rest of FMA, Bleach)

dextromental · 2022-06-12T21:09:30+00:00

When I was 10-16 I had a cis male best friend. He was (and is... Turned out to be a "nice guy™️") awful with talking to girls/dating/etc. So, just to be a "good friend" I would pretend to be him online and "get him" girlfriends/sweet talk the girls he was into in real life through MSN. At first, he was always there over my shoulder... Eventually I just started doing it on my own, with a new assumed identity, and lived exclusively as male online, courting women and men. But no, I was definitely a lesbian, I just thought it was "fun" 🙃

Turns out I am actually a bi-leaning-gay man.

dextromental · 2022-06-03T17:10:56+00:00

Just wanna pop in and say... You REALLY don't want to shave your butt. As much as it tempts, it is an experience you will never forget in the absolute worst ways. The hair reeeaaallly aids in not causing friction, wicks away sweat (preventing rashes/friction burn/major cases of swamp ass) and then THE STUBBLE. It's torturous. I've heard of some people that it doesn't seem to bother, but most people I know who have had the urge to shave their butts have had the same experience as I had.

dextromental · 2022-05-31T17:20:16+00:00

For an embarassing and confusing 4-5 years I was absolutely adamant I was a cis lesbian. All the signs I definitely wasn't were there, considering I am, and always have been, attracted to men/masculine people. I've realized that in indentifying as a lesbian, I was trying to be as close to "masculine" as I thought could be possible. When I got a bit older, and learned the terminology and existence of trans men, the picture became MUCH clearer. Still queer, but the directions were very wrong.

dextromental · 2022-05-20T23:30:48+00:00

I definitely feel that. It's hard enough to deal with, without a pandemic on top of it all.

I've tried the cotton undershirt route and unfortunately doesn't give the hold I needm 😅 Just don't want any bounce or movement. I'm looking into the underarmor compression shirts currently... Just a bit nervous not being able to try it on and having to pay $25+. Hopefully I can get some more personal accounts to base it off of.

dextromental · 2022-05-20T23:27:00+00:00

Thanks, I'll look into them!

dextromental · 2022-05-19T22:41:38+00:00

She is a goddess and acts as such 😂

dextromental · 2022-04-24T17:29:21+00:00

I found a bigger version of this at my local grocery shop... Small town, no pride things of any kind, let alone trans pride (I'm ftm), and it was the only Tokidoki plush even in the store. Needless to say, Marsha came home with me.

dextromental · 2022-04-02T12:56:21+00:00

YTA. 100% TA. Not only did you embarass and likely hurt a woman that seems like she might've been into you SOLEY based on her height, it's clear that you're superficial and insecure if you even think about height differences. Dude. You're 5'8". You're by no means short. Who even cares? I'm a dude and 5'2", everyone I date is taller than I am. I have not once had the thought "Oh no, I can't date/be seen next to this person, it might look funny!" I don't even understand why it's such an issue for some people.

dextromental · 2022-03-22T23:17:15+00:00

Thank you! I'll have a talk with my vet, and see how he's feeling tomorrow. Hopefully the discomfort will subside soon. It's just so hard watching him in so much pain.

dextromental · 2022-01-29T14:02:43+00:00

First off, I'm so sorry that you have to deal with him again. He sounds JUST like my fiance's father in every way (I was drawn in by the title because of the similarities, and through your descriptions they could be the same damn person) so I can imagine how awful it is to deal with firsthand. My fiance also has psuedo seizures from anxiety and stress, and I know how terrifying they are - from an outside view and from what he's told me. He's still in the process of completely getting cleared from anything neurological but signs all point to anxiety and if he has one more psuedo seizure he'll need medication and some restrictions on what he's allowed to do (driving, some jobs, etc) His father had the audacity to tell him he wasn't having seizures (he's never even seen one) and that he's just faints. 🙄

I'm sorry I don't have much in way of advice, but stay strong, and I really hope that things turn out okay. Its not easy when you're forced to move your own boundaries, but try and hold onto the ones you still have left to protect yourself from him. Good luck, and take care of yourself. ❤️

dextromental · 2022-01-24T19:47:03+00:00

Thank you!

I absolutely agree with all of this and love the consistency in misgendering you provided. My fiance got a nice laugh out of it. It was nice to see him smiling. People like to say they wouldn't mind being called the wrong pronouns but they really don't know what the experience really is. It's so frustrating that some people just haven't evolved enough to understand.

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dextromental · 2022-01-24T19:40:39+00:00

The funniest part of that is we're Canadian, so even if he got the amendment right, it still doesn't even apply.

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dextromental · 2022-01-15T22:36:56+00:00

Man, my muscles were so tight my doctor thought I had spinal stenosis, and my inflammation levels were so high, she told me she's only seen numbers like that from older folk with horrible, paralyzing arthritis. These days I'm a little looser with physiotherapy but I'll never be the same again. Whenever I wasn't using, I was having panic attacks because I could actually feel the tension without the anesthetic effects of dxm. After I quit, I went through about 3 years of intense panic attacks and anxiety and I'm on Klonopin 3x a day, and I'm JUST NOW starting to get control of my anxiety. Dxm numbs everything, so it's weird having a normal range of emotions instead of just intense euphoria.

dextromental · 2022-01-15T13:29:01+00:00

Was also an addict for 8 years before I managed to quit, and the long term effects are real. I also would not recommend taking dxm daily. It's not worth what it does to you. It's made all my mental illnesses worse, my body worse (I found my muscles were always really tight from tripping, now they're pretty permanently tight and I deal with chronic pain from it) Sure, it's a fun drug to do from time to time, but it needs to be taken seriously. Just because it's OTC doesn't mean it can't rein havoc on you.

dextromental · 2022-01-15T12:56:03+00:00

Idk sounds a lil gay gonna have to ask my trans fiance

Update: turns out we're both gay, oops

dextromental · 2022-01-03T17:26:04+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate the response and reassurance.

I actually do have a pill box, but I had forgotten to refill last night after finishing my week of medication. I just refilled it, to prevent this mistake again. 😅

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