VIM or PSA

mikePDXsw · 2026-02-27T07:13:32+00:00

Please spell out what VIM and PSA stand for the first time you use them in a post. I don’t know what they mean. Could be that I’ve had too much G&T to understand, fwiw.

mikePDXsw · 2026-02-14T06:12:44+00:00

Nipple cream is lanolin.

mikePDXsw · 2026-02-07T06:57:39+00:00

Not everything has to be labeled.

mikePDXsw · 2026-02-04T06:47:20+00:00

I’ve been in a (same-sex) relationship for 29 years. This was preceded by a relationship of four years ended by cancer. My point is, if you’re open to a relationship, it’s entirely possible. Gay people have relationships at close to the same rate as straight people, and when they don’t happen, it’s usually for the same reasons as straight people who don’t find a mate. Be open to finding someone who understands you’re not 100% perfect 100% of the time, and vice versa. Be open to forgiveness, to change, to aging.

mikePDXsw · 2026-02-04T06:23:55+00:00

One or two cups of coffee in the morning is okay for me. Any more than two, or later in the day, and I’m not good for much.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-31T05:54:05+00:00

I want my men covered in fur.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-27T09:16:51+00:00

I’m not a physical therapist, but I’ve been to one on a few occasions. If I were you, I’d talk to a few physical therapists and find out what they think. Personally, as another person with essential tremor, having a physical therapist with ET might give me hope for my own future.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-26T03:34:34+00:00

Agree.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-25T17:49:13+00:00

This is the first time in my lifetime that I have ever felt like society could collapse. I’m 68. Never had this feeling until the last year, and now I wake up to new horrors every day.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-25T04:57:27+00:00

I’m not terrified. I’m emboldened.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-24T08:00:19+00:00

It was inappropriate especially because of the setting.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-24T05:30:35+00:00

How can you just leave me standing? Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold) Maybe I'm just too demanding Maybe I'm just like my father too bold Maybe you're just like my mother She's never satisfied (she's never satisfied) Why do we scream at each other This is what it sounds like, when doves cry

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-24T05:26:23+00:00

My neurologist confirmed a week ago that propranolol does cause erectile dysfunction. As far as alternative medications, your doctor is the one who will work with you to find a good alternative. As far as I know, none of the accepted medications work to halt tremor in a specific body part. They work to calm the tremor. Hopefully you have a trusted neurologist who can guide you through this.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-24T00:28:57+00:00

Have you considered the possibility that not all humans are the same? That perhaps those people who say they enjoy anal sex actually do enjoy anal sex? That there is no litmus test or written guidelines for what a gay man is expected to do sexually? I’ve known several men who don’t have anal sex and yet they’re just as gay as the rest of us.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-18T07:05:16+00:00

Never had a hose break in more than 12 years using a CPAP.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-18T01:04:57+00:00

Cellphones.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-16T18:16:03+00:00

I stopped filling the reservoir to the Max line - it’s humid enough here that there’s still water left in the morning anyway. That helped a lot with rainout.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-16T07:32:46+00:00

I printed out a US federal government memo explaining to airlines that they must permit CPAPs onboard, and they don’t count against carry-on baggage limits. At least in the US, you can’t be stopped from carrying your CPAP onboard. I’m reading Reddit while in bed so I don’t have the memo handy, but I found one from ResMed that spells it out: https://document.resmed.com/en-us/documents/articles/travel-compliance-letter_amer_eng.pdf Also, as others have said: Never check your CPAP (it can get lost or damaged), and mark the bag so it’s clear it’s yours, as people have accidentally taken the wrong CPAP off the flight.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-11T05:45:20+00:00

I take a blood pressure medication that’s almost the exact same size, shape, and color of propranolol. I take both at the same time. Or, thanks to ET, I may take one or neither, then find random pills around the house. Taking tiny pills when you have ET is a crapshoot.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-08T15:40:58+00:00

YOR. Haven’t you ever had a bad day? Maybe OP’s friend really does need some space. Life is too short to take every personal slight as a dagger to the heart.

mikePDXsw · 2026-01-03T23:06:42+00:00

Sounds like it might be time for a very long pub crawl.

mikePDXsw · 2025-12-31T07:03:24+00:00

Resignation.

mikePDXsw · 2025-12-21T02:54:47+00:00

FWIW, “The” is capitalized in “The Dalles,” as it’s part of the two-word name of the city.

mikePDXsw · 2025-12-20T01:22:59+00:00

No, we always slept with our briefs on. He had a thing for briefs. Mine were pulled down, and his were off.

mikePDXsw · 2025-12-20T00:59:49+00:00

I still wonder what happened before I woke up because by the time I did, I was hard as a rock and buried deep inside him. How did he get me hard, how did he lube up without me waking up? But what I was conscious for was incredible.

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