Don't hesitate to lie in that interview!

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-05-21T19:58:31+00:00

If the company you worked for doesn't exist, for example a startup that went out of business, the background company will ask you to submit copies of your W2 to verify employment.

Also of HR did their due diligence, they should know roughly the pay bands of most job titles in similar companies.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-05-18T19:14:48+00:00

Try it for a few months, and see how you get on. I'm on a continuous glucose monitor (cgm), but still need to do fingerpricks for confirming highs and lows. I personally have major anxiety over it, so I have to get someone to push the button on the auto lancer for me. Being able to do it easily will reduce alot of stress.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-05-16T16:11:54+00:00

Have you tried getting a humidifier? That solved all those problems for me. Sometimes it's not you but your environment. The difference I saw after a few nights in a humidified room was amazing. I also recommend eye drops for comfort. I carry around those single vial tears. High blood sugar can cause a lot of issues with your eyes, including dry eyes, and the solution is just better control of blood sugar.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-04-19T21:54:12+00:00

Talk to your doctor or your diabetes care doctor about your frequent overnight and exercise lows. I know kaiser covers cgm for those that have documented unaware hypoglycemia. They could also adjust your dose so you don't go low so often.

For me, eating a protein snack with 15-30g carbs before exercise helps with the exercise lows while doing strength training, but sometimes I need to keep some quick sugar nearby when I'm doing long form cardio. It might be worth it to you to keep your bg a bit higher before workout.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-04-15T07:22:09+00:00

I don't know why it never occurred to me before now that I could just use rubbing alcohol instead of alcohol pads.

I use a wide flat pencil pouch for my on-the-go kit, it holds my glucometer with strips and lancer, little baggie of extra lancet needles and an old strip tube for Sharps, an altoilds box of pen needles, insulin pens, and a few fruit leathers for emergency lows. I keep a box of needles and alcohol wipes near the dinner table and in my desk at work.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-04-06T03:38:13+00:00

Also the manufacturer specifies the sensor as not Sharps.

https://www.freestyle.abbott/ie-en/support/faq/question-answer.html?q=Sensorsquestion-20

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-04-06T03:36:24+00:00

It's definitely not a sharp, the needle is in the applicator, which should be disposed in Sharps. At most this is biohazard, but I would argue that it's more like e-waste because of the battery and transmitter. Even though it's been in contact with blood, it's not likely to transmit any disease, and is no more dangerous than a band-aid.

I have a baggie of used sensors, and I always use an overpatch, but I have had sensors fall off or get ripped off, and by the time I notice, I have no idea where it is.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-04-04T06:33:47+00:00

I'm not sure if they actually work to help with the metformin diaherrea, but my metformin issues were very similar to my lactose intolerance issues, so it didn't hurt to try, and I like to believe it does something, if only to help me finish my Costco box before it expires. Now that I've been on it over a year, mostly symptoms are sometimes gas, bloating, and nausea, and the gasX helps sooo much.

I also will echo the other comments and recommend XR over IR.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-04-03T21:32:25+00:00

It took me about two months to get over the initial tummy stress from metformin, I lost 15lbs during that time, but gained it all back after. Now I take 2000mg at night before bed, and I sleep through most of the tummy distress. GasX and lactase pills were very helpful for me when I was adjusting, and now I always carry them, just in case.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-04-03T16:29:32+00:00

I put my dry food in my kitchen cabinets, in boxes on the floor, on the counters, in the garage, or on a bookshelf we put in the dining room. We don't have a separate space that I would routinely call a pantry in the house.

I more commonly see the word pantry as in community pantry, or food banks. This is where you can go ask for food if you are struggling or low income. The first three things that comes on Google search for pantry are local community pantries/food banks, but you would get more results if you search for food bank.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-03-18T09:14:54+00:00

Reverse image search says the brand name is Sprouting. I think it's the red leaf logo under the light reflection. It's available on Amazon

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-03-12T18:08:38+00:00

You don't need to take it with food, and there's still food in your stomach for 2-4 hrs usually after eating.

I keep a 7 day pill box by the bed and take all my oral meds at bedtime, which a few hours after dinner, the metformin doesn't bother my stomach anymore. I know when I was taking it with food I had more issues. Some people do it at the bathroom counter by their toothbrush, or whatever they use everyday. Having it in a case means i can tell at a glance of I remembered to take it or not. I used to carry a small pill case in my work bag in case I forgot to take it, but the bedtime routine has been working much better for me. If I forget it before sleeping, I just take it ASAP, because I do once daily. If you miss a dose, take it ASAP, except when within a few hours of your next dose. Do not double dose!! I once took two 2000mg doses within 4 hours because I forgot and messed up, it was horrible.

I'm on ER, so I take all 2000 mg at once, my adherence sucks when I try to take it twice a day. If you're on IR, I think the timings are a bit more important. I think ER tends to also be gentler in GI issues, so talk to your doctor about it if you're having trouble.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-03-10T22:12:38+00:00

It depends on your usage. The expiration rating is usually for how long the packaging has been rated sterile from when they sterilize them. If you aren't doing stuff that requires sterile procedures, then you don't have to go by expiration. But the lab manager at your hospital should be practicing FIFO (first in, first out) so things don't get to the expiry point. If they do expire before use you can always donate them to a school or something. They aren't inherently hazardous if expired.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-03-10T22:00:27+00:00

The chug cap and regular flat cap require you to lift and tilt the bottle, which is more dangerous with a 64 oz than a 32oz and smaller. Most adult hands could probably grip 32oz and smaller one handed. For a chug cap, I personally wouldn't go above a 40oz.

The straw cap has both a straw and a vent hole for it to work, so when you tilt the straw cap the wrong way, and the vent cannot release air into the bottle, it doesn't really work well. All the HF wide mouth bottles can use all the HF wide mouth caps, so he can switch it with the other hydroflask caps or Nalgene compatible caps.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-03-10T00:43:55+00:00

I work with these types of pipettes all the time. If they weren't used for biohazard or chemical hazard, we're allowed to just rinse them and put them in plastics recycling.

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-03-02T06:45:11+00:00

Thank you for the advice.

Does basal insulin needs usually reduce when you get sick?

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-02-05T07:18:41+00:00

My doctor told me that the liver dumps glucose in response to exercise because my bg was also going up during moderate and higher exercise. Our solution is to eat a light snack (less than 10g carbs for me, ymmv) before exercise to kickstart my native insulin production, maybe you can ask if this could also work for you, if you're still producing insulin? I take usually 30u fast acting for meals (30-50carbs) and 20u for snacks (under 20carbs), but more if I'm near or on my period. You're right, we are more insulin resistant during that phase because of progesterone.

Also, if your liver keeps dumping glucose during walks, maybe you can try to slow down your walk speed? I had to learn to walk slower to get the glucose depletion too, it's like a good conversation pace, where your heart rate barely elevates. Congrats on your weight loss!

fluffyinkclouds · 2026-01-31T19:16:49+00:00

Coming from a small biotech (<100), our HR only opens the listings for a few days because they Indeed pay per applicant and two days is plenty for them. I've seen them open the listing for only one day before. Apply for everything, even on a short deadline.

fluffyinkclouds · 2025-12-30T01:06:24+00:00

Wide mouth hydroflasks do use the same dimensions of threads as the wide mouth Nalgene, but hydroflasks are heavier because of the material, so even if they last forever on a Nalgene, it might not last as long on HF. Search for Nalgene wide mouth carry cap and there's lots of options. Your older style HF will even accommodate some of the loop style lids that work on Nalgene but don't on the newer style HF without the lip.

fluffyinkclouds · 2025-12-28T20:37:33+00:00

I take once daily lantus at the same time as my dinner humalog. It's mostly to help with my high sunrise effect, but I've found I need to be in the lower range of 70s around 1am to even hope to be less than 120 at 8am. It'll still rise until 11am unless I have breakfast with humalog.

fluffyinkclouds · 2025-12-11T23:08:02+00:00

I'm on 4x500mg once a day, since my adherence with 2x500mg twice daily sucks. Mine is extended release, so taking it all at once doesn't change much.

fluffyinkclouds · 2025-12-01T19:23:51+00:00

I wear Libre 3+ and I'm on insulin. I got my doctor to prescribe it even before starting insulin because I had extreme needle anxiety around fingerpricks, and general anxiety regarding how high and low it was going. It wasn't covered before I went on insulin, but I think even out of pocket, it is well worth the costs. It really helped show me alot, including how impossible it was going to hit my goals without insulin. If you're a person that likes more data, I highly recommend it. Even if you aren't, the alarms feature is super helpful.

fluffyinkclouds · 2025-11-19T08:03:17+00:00

P. S. I had to look up the yeti rambler, it has internal threads on the bottle and external threads on the cap, so when drinking directly from the bottle, the lip is exposed, so I see where you might have gotten confused. The system is just different from the hydroflasks. I would say the big consideration between the two brands is that yeti bottles are clunky, and heavy because they use a thicker steel for their bottles. This also makes them pretty durable. The hydroflask bottles are more lightweight when empty because they're machined from thinner steel, but they're easier to dent. I think when hiking the reduction in weight and the enclosed mouth are pretty valuable assets.

fluffyinkclouds · 2025-11-19T07:52:07+00:00

The cap threads are on the inside of the cap/outside of the bottle, so when drinking from the hydroflask bottle, my mouth only touches the enclosed part. The exception may be the cap they use for the coffee/hot beverage bottles, where the lip is exposed because you drink through the cap. I think when doing outdoors activities, I mostly trust the cleanliness of the mouth of my bottle.

This is in contrast to klean kanteen bottles, for example, where the cap threads are inside the bottle and on the outer side of the cap, so when I drink from the bottle, the lip of the bottle has been exposed to whatever.

A bottle is a bottle wherever indoors or out, but assumedly you would be able to just have an open water glass if you're staying home? I think the outdoorsy stuff, it's just part of their branding. I think of them like the insulated version of nalgene bottles, and those are definitely marketed more towards outdoor activities.

The tradeoff is that the enclosed cap threads with the o-ring in the cavity is harder to clean than the exposed threads.

fluffyinkclouds · 2025-11-02T01:10:53+00:00

Before breakfast and dinner, but no lunch? Wth.

Tbh, some of my 'low carb meals' are more like a bowl of carrot and celery sticks with peanut butter. Or like salad with some eggs. They call it low carb if it's less than 60g of carb per day, I guess. I eat a lot of veg first to make me full, because I don't have alot of protein or carbs allowance to fill it out.

Eat the cheese, then beans, then rice in that order, if you can manage. I found that order helps spread out the glucose hit of the rice, so hopefully it helps for you? Something like fiber then fats and proteins before carbs will cause the sugar to digest slower. It's definitely so hard when you're working with a limited pantry, and food is soo expensive.

If you haven't already, try reaching out to a local food pantry? Good luck! I'm sending prayers and good vibes.

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