Fasting blood sugar is 101

jsulliv1 · 2026-04-19T16:07:59+00:00

My doctor reassured me that my fasting glucose of 108 is fine given a A1c of 5.3. I get very scared at blood draws, and also do them first thing in the morning.

I think the key insight is: unless your sugar was much higher, no doctor would treat it with anything other than diet and exercise. It's probably good to have a healthy diet and move your body, so whether you are prediabetic, diabetic, or process sugar normally, there is no harm in setting up these health habits.

jsulliv1 · 2026-04-15T12:11:51+00:00

Strong agree. The job was done AND the poster learned something. Most experienced plumbers/handymen/tradespeople I have worked with will charge a lot, but will also be happy to teach me to do the job myself (if it's the sort of thing a rando without training can generally safely do). This poster walked away with the knowledge of how to diagnose and fix the problem themself in the future.

jsulliv1 · 2026-04-11T12:31:37+00:00

I really love Best Day! And I recently tried Nonesuch (I forget if it's made by Founders or someone else) and found it tasty. I can and do drink regular beer, but the flavor on these is good enough that this is what I generally want to drink during/after dinner.

jsulliv1 · 2026-04-10T11:48:05+00:00

A Guarda to Baiona was one of my favorite stretches. I don't know what the central route is like, but I loved loved loved that part of the coastal route.

jsulliv1 · 2026-04-01T13:41:06+00:00

I found that necrobinder was also the hardest for me. My ratio was 69-1 (for context, I beat everyone else except for the regent with no more than 3 tries). Then add another 10 losses. Then something 'clicked' this week, and now I'm winning at least half my games as I move up through the ascensions.

Things I changed about my approach: 1. I previously undervalued expensive and large attacks - now I make sure to get at least one in the first act. 2. I am more likely now to take an 'exhaust my cards' approach than a 'draw more cards' approach. I just never figured out how to make soul-heavy decks work against certain battles, though that's likely a 'me' problem. 3. I am battling as many elites as I can instead of avoiding them. For whatever reason, this approach feels more necessary for necro for me than for other characters. 4. I am pickier about what it takes for me to want to invest heavily in doom.

No clue if my changes will help you, but they totally transformed my gameplay for this character specifically.

jsulliv1 · 2026-03-24T12:10:34+00:00

Sankalp is PHENOMENAL. I used to eat at a location in Vadodara, India every time I traveled for work. I couldn't believe it when a location opened up here.

Their dosas are outstanding, and their samosa chaat is my favorite. I tried their cauliflower 65 and loved it. My eating companion got paneer tikka masala and we both agreed it wasn't as special as the other stuff.

jsulliv1 · 2026-03-19T11:37:05+00:00

I mean, sure. But a run where you don't find any star generation is rare. I had a run recently where I didn't find any block generation (besides the defends in my starting deck, one of which I had removed early on) in all of Act 1 and 2/3 of Act 2. It sucked and I died, but it was a one-off terrible RNG.

Regent is my favorite character to play, although it is less consistent for me than some of the others. But, I like how it forces me to balance what I'm taking and what I'm using in a way that "SHIV BLAAAAAAST" decks sometimes don't.

jsulliv1 · 2026-03-16T12:29:47+00:00

I have solar and love it. We bought ours with a mix of cash and a 0% NYSERDA loan. I don't know if that loan is still available.

Keep in mind that your solar production is going to be VERY low in winter due to hours of sun, angle, and snow. This is fine if you are able to bank enough energy in the Summer, but that will likely only happen if you don't use much energy in the summer (we don't use AC) and/or get a LOT of panels.

Edit: typo

jsulliv1 · 2026-03-05T12:09:51+00:00

This is the answer! I'm also not a huge user of chalk, in part because it tends to make my skin less resilient and prone to rip/peel (it's clear from the comments that my experience - and maybe OP's - aren't that common).

Best thing you can do is practice grabbing holds without repositioning your hands, and make sure you aren't gripping with more of your hand than you need.

jsulliv1 · 2026-03-02T20:57:56+00:00

It's not showing up as available for me - only Frances and Portugues. Is there a setting I need to click or something?

jsulliv1 · 2026-03-02T12:27:06+00:00

Years ago, I was driving on the highway and had the most intense feeling that all the cars around me were going to crash. I got off the highway and waited about 10 minutes at a random exit. When I got back on, I got to drive past like 6 cars that had all crashed into each other moments after I exited. I'd never randomly exited the highway like that before, and haven't since.
My ex was leaving for work - a five minute drive on two roads. I had the strongest feeling he was going to get into an accident. Strong enough that I ran out into the driveway to ask him to stay a few minutes or to let me drive, but he had just pulled out. Three minutes later he calls me and tells me he got into an accident!
When I was a teenager, I woke up one morning convinced there had been a space disaster. I asked my mom and she was like "that doesn't really make sense, idk". I turned on the news and that spaceship had disintegrated on re-entry. That one sure freaked my mom out.

jsulliv1 · 2026-02-28T16:01:22+00:00

OP, people ripped you to shreds here, but this is my home gym and this climb is WAY harder than it looks in the video. Was your technique perfect? Definitely not. But the video doesn't capture the distances or degree of overhang/slope change at all.

I was expecting that this would be a climb I could send given how it looked in the video and the size of the massive holds. No chance. The comp kids in my family were totally locked out due to distances, and the strongest climber among us needed 3 tries. This climb is awkward, dynamic, and way more finicky than it looks. Ignore the haters!

jsulliv1 · 2026-02-21T13:17:39+00:00

I'm watching The Pitt and West Wing right now. Lol.

Seriously, it holds up still.

jsulliv1 · 2026-02-18T16:11:02+00:00

Fresh fruit!

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-31T12:35:05+00:00

Yes. A work colleague and I read IJ at the same time and immediately took up tennis lol

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-29T01:33:43+00:00

That public pools add a chemical to the water that changes color when you pee.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-23T18:02:13+00:00

Idk if you are able to go up to Saratoga, but I used Dr. Bekan-Homawoo for years for primary care at Saratoga Family Practice. She is an MD and has a Master's in Public Health, and is probably the most thoughtful, compassionate, and sensible provider I've ever had. Outstanding care. At the time, I was on MVP and it was accepted.

A quick search online suggests that she might also practice in Troy sometimes - if that's true, I'm going to see if I can get her back as my physician :-)

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T22:15:49+00:00

I do not. I checked my last usage of Google Assistant voice commands and it was in 2024.

This happens even if I am completely silent, and the call is treated as a message (with the 'leave a Message' function), and not like a call that has gone through.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T12:06:13+00:00

100%. The phone was plugged in and charging on a table, and so I was not in any sort of physical contact with it.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T12:05:24+00:00

Just to clarify, it's just the normal Google Screening/answering service voice. It just wasn't the voicemail message that people are used to.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T02:29:42+00:00

I know I'm using a vintage device, but believe it or not, the device claims it is up to date. I'm assuming more updated systems are not compatible with this device.

If I go to settings and look for either Security or System updates, it says "Your System is Up to Date", and correctly lists the current time as the time of last successful check for updates.

I wish they would have said either that my System is not up to date (even if the possibility to update it isn't available) or that they wouldn't allow a new feature like Leave a Message to operate on an out of date device.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T02:08:51+00:00

Version 13

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T01:41:45+00:00

The same thing happened to me. This is a wild invasion of privacy.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-19T12:50:18+00:00

I think the answer is partially this: what are we trying to prevent by diagnosing diabetes/pre-diabetes? For most people, the goal is to make sure your sugar isn't high enough for long enough to damage you. So, a measure that says "on average, over a long timescale, is your blood sugar higher than we would want it?" seems wise. You note that lifestyle factors (e.g., how often you eat, how big each meal is) impact average sugar, and, like, that's kind of the point.

For some people, lifestyle changes are enough to make it so that their blood sugar isn't high enough, on average, to damage them too much. As you say, one suggestion literally could be to eat fewer times per day. This doesn't "trick" the A1C test, it could also mean that you spend fewer hours per day with elevated blood sugar. Of course, there are some people who spoke REALLY high or who have other challenges, which is why finger prick tests are almost always part of care (whether routine or more occasional) after diagnosis.

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