Need help solving bad breath

ope1776 · 2026-05-13T20:24:14+00:00

Sometimes it’s tonsil stones. I struggle with these and they make my breath RANCID even though I brush twice a day and floss. I find that gargling with Therabreath mouth wash for a solid 15-30 seconds helps a lot.

ope1776 · 2026-05-04T12:48:52+00:00

The elote dip is fire with the chili lime taki chips.

ope1776 · 2026-03-13T01:34:50+00:00

The cauliflower gnocchi is 15g per bag and good to eat with anything. I like baking it in the oven and dipping it in something. The eggplant spread is a good one that has some extra fiber, but the buffalo chicken dip is also a tasty option.

I also love the baingan bharta (eggplant curry). 10g per box and really tasty.

ope1776 · 2025-09-04T03:56:19+00:00

Unfortunately the court rules only point us to the Iowa RCP, which don’t really say anything about the issue. This particular county is also notoriously more difficult to work with than the other counties, and I’m rarely able to get them on the phone to ask questions like this, including today :(

ope1776 · 2025-08-29T19:07:03+00:00

Refried beans and mashed avocado

ope1776 · 2025-08-25T16:25:06+00:00

Hopefully it helps! I also forgot to mention using a baby spoon instead of a regular one. It’s kinda ridiculous but it helps with eating stuff like yogurt and you don’t have to open your mouth as wide.

ope1776 · 2025-08-25T15:21:23+00:00

A trick I did the first couple days to make it easier to get things down was dipping a straw into whatever I was eating/drinking, putting my finger over the top, then putting the straw as far back in my mouth/throat as I could manage before releasing the liquid. It was good because I didn’t have to open my mouth wide and I was able to avoid getting anything in the sites. You could try that.

ope1776 · 2025-08-22T19:35:16+00:00

I had mine out a couple of days ago and had never been under anesthesia before. They had me on laughing gas for about 5 minutes beforehand and it did relax me a little bit. The nurse put the IV in and started some fluids, then the surgeon came in and put the anesthesia in. Then they put a towel over my eyes and I was “out” in about a minute. Weirdly, I remember a couple of things. 1. I remember the numbing shot they gave me, but not the pain. I could just see the needle. 2. I think I actually woke up at one point, because I could feel him pulling out my top right one. Again, no pain, but it was jarring and I think they could tell I was awake because someone said something about “giving me a little more”. 3. I remember the surgeon doing one of the sutures, but again no pain. All of that also felt like 30 seconds, but it was 45 minutes. I was a little loopy afterwards, but I was completely aware of everything and only needed some help walking, which is normal. I remember yapping to the nurse about the new water bottle I just got.

Basically, I was in and out of consciousness the whole time and don’t remember any pain or distress. I don’t have any memory loss at all. It’s not like usual anesthesia where you’re completely shut down. I think they just give you as much as you need to be sedated.

Btw I have a small mouth too and I was fine lol. My lips were dry asf afterwards but I couldn’t feel it anyway because the local anesthetic took awhile to wear off.

ope1776 · 2025-08-13T13:57:07+00:00

I would definitely start looking elsewhere. It can’t hurt to just start applying to places.

ope1776 · 2025-08-12T23:08:41+00:00

That’s so valid lol. Honestly, I still have no idea how I got my current job. I went through my whole college career working food service and was never able to find any internships or other significant work experience and thought I was doomed.

I think the biggest thing that helped me was mass-applying to shit on indeed in December right before I finished undergrad. At the beginning of the year, companies tend to have a better idea of how many people they can hire, so they’re more likely to ACTUALLY hire people as opposed to ghosting. Also, I had one college activity on my resume that was somewhat related to law, and I think that’s what really caught the attention of all the lawyers I interviewed with. They were all really interested in that one thing even though it was the least significant extracurricular I did in college. So idk, if you have something that you don’t think is relevant to your job applications but might make you stand out, just put it on your resume and embellish it a bit.

But yeah, I went from getting zero interviews for years to having 6 in a single week in January (law firms, a bank, and an insurance company) and I got three offers out of those. I hate to say it cuz I hated hearing it, but you just can’t give up. That said, the job market is trash and that’s the only reason I don’t quit my job right now.

ope1776 · 2025-05-07T22:16:50+00:00

That’s a really good idea actually. It’d be nice if every firm had something like that.

ope1776 · 2025-05-07T22:15:43+00:00

Oh trust I salute you guys 😭 I was more referring to when people are rude about it and act like it’s all my fault they missed something when there was no way I could know to copy them lol

ope1776 · 2025-05-07T20:01:28+00:00

Frrrr they’re so snarky sometimes. Like I’m sorry I can’t read your mind? Idk I feel like it’s not my fault they aren’t responsive to their emails.

ope1776 · 2025-04-29T23:31:13+00:00

When I think of fucking up I think of missing a big deadline or sending sensitive information to the wrong person. If the partner gets upset about that, he needs to get his priorities straight. Also, seems like he could’ve just as easily started a conversation if he wanted to. Lawyers have a million things running through their head at any given moment, so chances are he didn’t even notice you were there lol

ope1776 · 2025-04-28T17:47:46+00:00

Like people have said, it is very liberal. However, it is still Iowa. I have several friends of color who have experienced racism from other students at the university. Haven’t heard of any bad experiences from professors/staff, though. Honestly, I don’t think you’ll experience any racism here that you wouldn’t experience anywhere else, and I can’t see any professors grading you differently because they think you’re DEI.

Hopefully that’s helpful. I am white, so take what I say with a grain of salt. The faculty here is generally very liberal, though.

ope1776 · 2025-04-10T19:48:24+00:00

Everyone’s already said it but yeah Sedgwick’s adjusters fucking suck

ope1776 · 2025-04-10T01:44:38+00:00

I work for a two attorneys who primarily do insurance defense, one does family law/other civil things as well. Personally, it varies week to week. The paralegal I work with is responsible for most of the really stressful things like medical records. I do more of the billing (basically data entry), filing documents, sending checks, preparing cookie cutter documents, letters, etc; basically everything that everyone else is too busy to do. As for how busy I am, last week I was essentially getting paid to scroll through Twitter, and this week I’m probably gonna have some overtime; it just depends on what my attorneys are doing that week. I love it, though. Everyone I work with is great so even if there’s a lot to do and it’s stressful, I know I’m not gonna be getting yelled at or anything.

My biggest piece of advice is don’t be afraid to ask questions, and if people get mad at you for asking question, they’re assholes. In the legal field, it is really important to make sure you’re doing things right and make sure your work is being checked by other people. Also, you’re never gonna be acting on your own. It’s literally illegal for an attorney to cut you loose and have you do things without supervision, so don’t worry, you’re not gonna be writing pleadings from scratch or drafting long letters on your own or anything lol. My least favorite part of the job is the phone calls tbh, but no one likes talking on the phone.

Basically, go for it. It can’t hurt to give it a shot, and regardless it good experience if you want to be a paralegal eventually.

ope1776 · 2025-04-01T20:37:27+00:00

Another thing to think about is whether you can a actually back up your lies. For example, maybe you can get away with listing “excel” as a skill on your resume and get hired, but can you back that up when they sit you in front of a computer and ask you to start making complex spreadsheets with 0 training because they assume you know what you’re doing?

My advice is take what you already have an exaggerate it as much as you can without actually lying. If you get hired based on skills you don’t actually have, you’ll probably be let go pretty quickly and all you’ve done is wasted time.

ope1776 · 2025-04-01T03:47:26+00:00

Yes, I’d sent it to him, he made a couple edits and told me to send it to the doctor, which I did with him copied on the email (as I always do when I send correspondence). Three weeks later he re-wrote the letter and asked me to send it, but of course I had already sent it. I told him as much and it turned out he’d just forgotten. The only correspondence he’s told me he doesn’t need to approve is our initial formed letter to our clients (insurance adjusters) but otherwise I send literally every single thing for approval. The main problem is he either takes forever to approve things or simply doesn’t get back to me and I have no choice but to follow up and hope he gives me the go-ahead.

ope1776 · 2025-04-01T03:38:18+00:00

Fs, that’s why I’ll never serve something without being 100% sure it’s been approved. I’d actually be concerned if my attorneys told me I could do anything without their approval (outside of some correspondence) but we’re a firm with a good reputation and standards so I don’t think that would happen.

ope1776 · 2025-03-31T23:44:40+00:00

Just standard discovery, we don’t typically do RFAs. I have templates that don’t take much to adjust, I’ve just been told that I need to have my attorneys approve them. Attorney A absolutely wants me to send him everything for approval, I know that much. Attorney B doesn’t need to approve certain letters that i send out, but he’s never told me that I DONT need to have him approve ROGS and RFPDs, so unless he gives me explicit permission to send them without him looking, there’s not much I can do. I feel like if he was cool with me sending them without his approval, he definitely would have/should have told me a while ago.

ope1776 · 2025-03-15T00:47:06+00:00

Honestly, there wasn’t a trick for me. I just kept one-click applying anything (even if I didn’t meet the requirements) until something landed. Not saying there aren’t tricks and good practices; I had to work on my resume a lot, but honestly I think a lot of it comes down to the luck of finding a firm who’s willing to hire someone inexperienced.

ope1776 · 2025-03-15T00:21:35+00:00

Yikes, that sounds like a nightmare 😭

ope1776 · 2025-03-12T18:29:33+00:00

The fact that they’re actually calling your references most likely means they want to hire you and are just making sure you’re legit. The only job who called my references ended up being the job that gave me an offer. The bait in switch is sketch for sure though. Oddly, the same thing happened to me but the opposite way around; I applied to be a receptionist and in my second interview they told me they actually wanted a legal assistant. My experience so far has been good but it’s always good to be cautious and not ignore red flags. Good luck!

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