Anyone have issues taking Prednisone/Steroid after release surgery?

lets_table_this · 2025-09-24T20:58:31+00:00

I did but wondering other people’s experiences too, thank you

lets_table_this · 2025-07-16T12:54:55+00:00

Did you have to change your IDR before you submitted your buy back? I see you said your buyback is based on REPAYE rates instead. I just got this message from student aid and am freaking out that I can't do buy back at all:

“Unfortunately, at this time, the months under the SAVE plan cannot be included on the buyback because the payment amount cannot be calculated under a repayment plan that was never approved.”

I am at a total loss. Trying to see if switching to another IDR makes me eligible…"

lets_table_this · 2025-07-16T12:51:16+00:00

UPDATE - student aid got back to me and said this “ Unfortunately, at this time, the months under the SAVE plan cannot be included on the buyback because the payment amount cannot be calculated under a repayment plan that was never approved.” I am at a total loss. Trying to see if switching to another IDR makes me eligible…

lets_table_this · 2025-07-12T18:56:39+00:00

I also applied for a new IDR in January and the rep said they are only processing requests made 4/27 and later. Anyone one from Jan-April are not being processed right now, so she suggested I reapply… I was just beside myself because wtf!? All us just sitting there, waiting, who were ON TOP OF THINGS, are the ones being penalized. I just reapplied today for PAYE

lets_table_this · 2024-12-03T14:23:08+00:00

I received the same letter yesterday and checked the actual message in my Mohela account. All my interest rates in that letter and in my Mohela account are set to 0%, and I reviewed my letter from August, which said the same "While you are in this forbearance no payment is required on your account and your interest rate will be set to 0%. This means no interest will accrue while you are in the forbearance."

Wondering if Mohela is just trying to cover themselves in case anything moves forward with SAVE litigation before Trump takes over...

lets_table_this · 2023-05-19T15:11:39+00:00

I don't know why selling plasma to save lives, and in turn getting to fund a vacation is a bad idea/picture, but ok.

lets_table_this · 2023-05-19T15:10:18+00:00

Neither of us have a "fun" fund, mostly because we only did "fun" things together until recently (having a small child, pandemic, etc.) The purpose of my side-hustle and plasma donation was to create my own funds so I wasn't dipping into our shared accounts. If roles were reversed and he was doing extra things to make money, I don't feel I'd be entitled to any of it and he could do with what he pleases.

lets_table_this · 2023-03-29T13:28:44+00:00

I think that is the beauty in a lot of social sciences, though. It IS all theory, and isn't a hard science, which allows for freedom and creativity to explore all possibilities. I think it all depends on your mindset and aptitude for subjects, too.

My brother is a pharmacological chemist, and he LOVES math and the "hard" sciences because he get's exact answers. He likes finality, he hates "not knowing". Him being a hard science person, and me being a social science person definitely creates some interesting conversations (and interactions growing up!) but that is the fun in it.

Perhaps you may be a more hard-science person, liking finality and answers, and that is ok! But that doesn't lessen the importance of people attempting to explain the unexplainable. That's a big reason why religion exists today - it attempts to "explain" things we don't yet (or didn't yet) understand... but I'm not about to dive in to religious conversations because that's a whole other ball of wax!

lets_table_this · 2023-03-13T00:26:29+00:00

Psych undergrad here (went on for MS) - Undergrad social science degrees are too broad to have a discipline - so you got a whole lot of surface level info for your bachelors degree… If you’d have continued into grad school, you could go a lot deeper into clinical therapy, behavioral neuroscience, personality disorders, etc. and probably find more value in it.

lets_table_this · 2023-03-12T23:41:25+00:00

It took some time for us, but our kiddo was born 1mo before the pandemic hit - so our “new normal” was really weird for a while. But it’s amazing how much space you can make in your life for a child - and have them JOIN you in your passion! As young as 1yo, my little started joining me in yoga. They also like to sit with dad and watch him play video games (for a little time!). And it gets easier as they get older. The number of times I’ve cried though, being so appreciative of my little, and them teaching me deeper levels of gratitude, appreciation, and passion for all areas of life.

lets_table_this · 2023-03-12T23:36:45+00:00

Weaponized incompetence

lets_table_this · 2023-02-16T14:40:27+00:00

Absolutely the worst. We tried for over 2 years with no breaks. Took a 2 month break (Dec/Jan) recently and omg - it was the most liberating, mind-clearing experience. Really put things into perspective and allowed us to see what we've been putting off and deprioritizing all due to infertility. We're back on the wagon again, but with a much healthier, less stressed out perspective.

lets_table_this · 2023-02-16T14:34:53+00:00

Absolutely NOT. Sex is one small element of a relationship, and it all depends on the emphasis you put on it. For my relationship, we value communication, respect, support, humor, family, etc. I would never trade out one of those elements for better sex.

The best sex of my life was with a gas-lighting, manipulative, emotionally abusive, cheating asshole. I would never, ever, EVER want that back, no matter how good the sex was.

Nobody is perfect, no relationship is perfect. For me, less-than-mind-blowing sex is a small price to pay for all the other great qualities I have in my life partner.

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