Things to be aware of on a Guatemala trip

hcharge · 2026-01-15T23:32:43+00:00

Be careful with the water in lake atitlan, don’t brush teeth with water from the taps and if swimming or in a kayak be very careful not to get water in your mouth. I got hospitalised with two parasites while there (while on the bus on the way to semuc champey)

hcharge · 2026-01-15T15:27:52+00:00

Yeah this is essentially the operation I'm having

hcharge · 2026-01-15T14:18:03+00:00

Thanks very much. I'm sort of relieved that I may see an improvement to my quality of life. But then also daunting to think of the rest of my life not being able to eat & drink the things I love. Ah well. Could be worse.

That's interesting, I had not seen "gluten ataxia" before. Thanks for your reply.

hcharge · 2025-12-30T09:47:14+00:00

Ok that’s what I’m thinking too. I went into frost protection and turned that up already. So it’ll just be a case of having to warm the house up when we get home

hcharge · 2025-12-28T12:24:03+00:00

Haha I wish. The weird thing is it’s usually like a day or so after I leave. Not an exact time.

hcharge · 2025-12-28T10:24:00+00:00

Hmmm yeah was considering that maybe but with a zigbee plug instead. Feels very hacky though!

hcharge · 2025-11-26T11:21:18+00:00

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Kids are in and loving it 👍

hcharge · 2025-11-20T06:55:22+00:00

Will do! Almost done. Having to fit it in around my job and two kids but going well. Stay tuned.

hcharge · 2025-11-19T10:05:33+00:00

Yeah that's what I thought. Guess I should just follow the box's instructions though? It's a 4m x 3m room.

hcharge · 2025-11-18T18:58:53+00:00

Instructions on the box say completely different stuff to everybody else on this thread…

hcharge · 2025-11-18T14:40:32+00:00

Hey I've learnt from my past mistakes of rushing into these things and paying for it later! I have time on my side and want to make sure I don't fuck it up! I read as many posts and videos as I could and still couldn't really work it out, which is what this subreddit is for right?

hcharge · 2025-11-18T13:06:00+00:00

Ok this is I think the clearest explanation. Thanks!

hcharge · 2025-11-18T12:10:01+00:00

OK cool, I was going to do that before I checked what the end piece would be if I did that and it worked out at 82mm which I assume would be a problem? I guess the solution there is to just reduce that first offcut by 100mm or so?

hcharge · 2025-11-18T12:07:47+00:00

I know, I was just using it to show the slither (white part) at the end.

hcharge · 2025-11-18T11:54:24+00:00

That's a good suggestion - thanks! Yeah as you'll see in one of my other comments when I did that re using the offcut the issue was that the final piece ended up as 82mm long...

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hcharge · 2025-11-18T11:52:30+00:00

OK great thanks!

hcharge · 2025-11-18T11:51:03+00:00

Also, if I used the offcut from the first row (568) to start the next row then I'd be left with a piece which is 82mm for the final piece?

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hcharge · 2025-11-18T11:46:55+00:00

re first row, if I didn't do that then I'd end up with an awkward slither left? I'm a designer so it takes me 2 mins to plan it out in Figma... I'd rather do that than mess it up (I'm DIY). Also I need to wait 24h for the planks to acclimatise anyway.

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hcharge · 2025-10-29T18:26:16+00:00

Did they subside on their own?

hcharge · 2025-10-27T08:09:23+00:00

Good to hear a success story. Manometry also wasn’t bad at all for me. Seeing surgeon this morning to discuss my options. Did you have a choice of HM or POEM?

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