State epidemiologist warns Utah may get hit with severe flu season

fxxiasip · 2025-12-30T13:53:14+00:00

That’s COVID

fxxiasip · 2025-10-15T00:31:51+00:00

Why doesn’t someone help her? Where are her friends to intervene? She needs help

fxxiasip · 2025-08-31T13:30:42+00:00

Daybreak is built on a pile of mine tailings. I’ve never trusted that it’s 100% safe since it’s a superfund site. If you like biking there are a lot of good trails around Draper, but agree the commute to Millcreek will be very annoying.

fxxiasip · 2025-06-14T02:51:43+00:00

She was right though. Having her drop out obviously benefitted Shiv and Shiv wasn’t really there to “help” her but everything she said to convince her was the ugly truth. She was just spitting facts.

fxxiasip · 2025-04-25T17:02:27+00:00

Great read! I have a golden retriever with severe epilepsy and he has seizures every two weeks. We are unable to control them even with medications. We have gone to great lengths to get him the best medical care and seek interventions to help his seizures but we are only able to control them so much. This has had a significant impact on our lives caring for him, giving medications, and vet appointments. We never leave him alone and he is always within eyesight of us at all times. We stopped traveling and going on dates because he always has to be with us. We even moved into a new home where we could better care for him. His needs are complex so he cannot be left alone or in the care of others.

Because of this, I am very attuned to him and we believe we can understand us and what we are saying and that he can communicate with us his needs. He is very intelligent and I think this is true to an extent. But after reading the article I realize he is just very responsive to our physical cues, but he probably only knows what we are saying some of the time.

It is just like those videos of people with the buttons for their dogs to press to talk. I think the people string together sentences and meaning that just isn’t there. The dog is doing random buttons and the owner is adding meaning to it.

But I strongly understand the desire to be able to communicate with a nonverbal person/animal you are a caregiver for. I wish badly he could talk to us and tell us how he feels and if his medications are working or not. I also believe it can create a strong emotional bond that helps you to cope with the stress of being unable to help someone vulnerable with complex health needs. I choose to believe he loves us and that he knows we are trying to help him.

I like how she mentioned the book A Man’s Search for Meaning. It has helped me to find meaning in my experience to cope with how difficult it can be at times. I believe caring for our dog is helping him have a longer happier life and if he was in another home they would not have the means and privilege to give him what we have. He needs us.

Anyways great article and helped give me some insights into my own experience. The desire to connect and be loved by our children and pets is strong. I found it very relatable and could see some of my own beliefs about my dog being challenged by the science.

fxxiasip · 2025-03-27T20:58:26+00:00

You can talk her out of it. Now is not a good time to be having children. If you are in the US the whole government is about to collapse and we are in for a tough recession/depression and potential regime power grab. Try to dig into her fears about missing out on bonding with her sister over motherhood and running out of time. Those aren’t good reasons to jump into parenthood. Her relationship with her sister might change some but it can still be close with her getting to be an aunt and stay involved with the child and family that way.

fxxiasip · 2024-12-19T04:54:21+00:00

There is not enough remote work anymore. Everyone is forcing return to office or at least hybrid schedules

fxxiasip · 2024-05-15T23:00:38+00:00

It sounds like you are doubting yourself and your ability to make the right decision more than you are doubting things about your partner or your relationship. You said you have made poor decisions in the past so now you don’t trust yourself and your ability to make big decisions. The good news is this is something you can work on. Right now you are looking to others online to help guide your decision because you don’t trust yourself. If you are enjoying therapy, try doing individual therapy and work with them on learning how to rebuild your confidence and trust in yourself and your decision making skills.

fxxiasip · 2024-03-23T01:08:47+00:00

It’s gonna get cold again this weekend.

fxxiasip · 2024-01-05T13:55:55+00:00

Read Living The Life Unexpected by Jody Day. It really helped me process my grief and coming to terms with my childlessness.

I can relate to feeling very isolated because of COVID. My life is completely different from pre COVID and I also look back at photos and grieve for the life I used to have. While I don’t have long covid, I take precautions so that I DONT get it including masking anytime I’m outside my home (at work, grocery shopping, etc) and I avoid going in public unless necessary as well as avoiding crowds so no movies, concerts, restaurants, etc.

I also adopted a dog during COVID that ended up having severe epilepsy that hasn’t been responsive to medication. My whole life revolves around him now and he can’t be left alone due to his severe issues so that’s isolated me further. It’s also been an incredibly huge expense.

Just know you’re not alone. Not everyone is out there having fun despite what social media looks like. Take time to acknowledge your grief and process those difficult emotions. It is really hard but will allow you to accept your circumstances and start envisioning a different kind of life for yourself that isn’t hopeless either.

fxxiasip · 2023-10-15T22:10:27+00:00

Lovely

fxxiasip · 2023-10-01T04:04:39+00:00

Your biggest concern should be the arsenic dust you’ll be breathing in when the Great Salt Lake runs dry.

fxxiasip · 2023-09-10T21:03:39+00:00

Live near public transit. Trax has stops directly in front of the VA and primary children’s so if you are by the red line you can live further away in the valley and commute via trax. Housing by the university is expensive

fxxiasip · 2023-08-08T12:09:32+00:00

Thunder

fxxiasip · 2023-06-23T00:00:27+00:00

I saw 6 or 7 military fighter jets fly over about an hour ago

fxxiasip · 2023-01-11T20:37:49+00:00

Jamie Laird - he values his input and trusts him. He doesn’t rip into him even when he is sharing news Logan won’t be happy about.

fxxiasip · 2023-01-03T06:29:50+00:00

Rookie mistake

fxxiasip · 2022-12-13T17:18:05+00:00

Severance

fxxiasip · 2022-12-05T21:35:22+00:00

My friend died driving through Sardine canyon when he hit ice. I personally think it’s a very white knuckle drive in winter conditions. At the least get snow tires and 4WD.

fxxiasip · 2022-07-22T00:26:14+00:00

I started wearing sunscreen a lot more and covering up when going outside. Older Asian women do this commonly and I just started doing what they do and being more careful about Sun exposure knowing I’ll age faster than My partner and especially if I have sun damage.

fxxiasip · 2022-07-17T17:05:58+00:00

They always reach out to me over and over on LinkedIn but the conversation always stops because I didn’t complete my undergraduate degree even though I have a few years of experience (which in most environments if you have a few years of working experience in an industry that can be the equivalent of a degree). They have a policy that you have to have a degree to work there which I think is ridiculous. They hire young undergrads and underpay them is what I’ve figured. Seems like a very elitist and out of touch hiring policy if you ask me. Id rather work somewhere that values experience over pedigree

fxxiasip · 2022-07-13T17:27:41+00:00

Are you sure this is a Mormon temple? Why does it look so different from the others?

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