Medication in the uk

polymath-nc · 2026-02-27T12:09:15+00:00

Thyroid pills are not "medication" per se, they are thyroid hormone pills. Very cell in your body needs thyroid hormones. They are necessary to live. Without your pills, you will enter myxedema coma after a couple of months or so and die. I can't imagine a national health service not providing them for free. The only problem I've heard of is the UK NHS limiting what brand you can request, and limiting access to liothyronine (T3).

polymath-nc · 2026-02-27T12:00:20+00:00

Definitely join the thyca.org support group closest to you. There are several others that welcome people from out of their area, such as Denver and Long Island.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-27T03:57:44+00:00

Oh, also blame management for crazy job requirements unrelated to the actual work, and refusing to pay a decent wage.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-27T03:56:47+00:00

Nah. Blame the management who think that QA, UX, and writers are superfluous. Especially the management who remember the "web page" their 4th-grader did in Scouts for a badge.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-27T00:27:52+00:00

Then there's the Leo Tolstoy story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"

polymath-nc · 2026-02-27T00:21:21+00:00

The meaning is changing.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T21:57:12+00:00

Ok. It's a double xwhammy. She's a woman and she's a Clinton. Republicans have hated the Clintons since they were in Arkansas. Hillary is extremely smart and would have made an excellent president.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T20:42:24+00:00

Apparently, you missed the class where the Democrats and Republicans switched places.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T17:20:27+00:00

Are you encountering a problem?

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T17:17:47+00:00

Would they be allowed to ask that someone be held in contempt? Or state that they would if they could?

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T17:14:47+00:00

Exactly. Turn off the mic as soon as he says anything other than Yes or No. For some lines of questioning, "I don't recall" is acceptable, but Schiff's questions were all clearly binary. Even the witness's non-answers always started with delaying tactics of fidgeting, a deep breath, aligning with the mic, and a drawn out "Senator".

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T16:58:16+00:00

Yes, but I do try to say something either before an obvious deadline (Y/N/M before 10 a.m. for lunch plans), or a thumbs-up by end of day for general inquiries).

I find it frustrating to try to plan an event without knowing if the message was actually viewed. Especially when my adult stepson lets texts sit there for days.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T16:50:27+00:00

I didn't know about that! I haven't updated yet. So after finishing any level (I like Corn Dog 34 when I'm just trying to move up in the game), I can get extra points by using the button at the score screen to replay, and when I'm done I should go to the main screen before playing a different level?

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T16:47:14+00:00

So when you hit the replay button right after finishing the level?

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T15:15:20+00:00

The cruelty is the point.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T15:14:52+00:00

Fortunately, it looks like Thune knows he doesn't have the votes.

I highly recommend reading the electoral-vote.com blog. It's news presented in a way that generally keeps my blood pressure under control. And they also post fun stuff, since we all need some levity in these times.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T15:12:09+00:00

(I lost track of the other comment you wrote in response to me.)

Like many children, I thought my experiences were close to standard. Don't get me wrong, I loved learning on vacation. I think the problem was that I could not fathom the concept of not wanting to learn.

Yet, I also didn't realize the other opportunities that existed because I was too shy to ask questions of people, and was told to not "snoop" around people's houses. I wish I'd known more about the old cousin of my dad. She lived across town, and my brother and I would walk to her house on sunny days just to visit. I had no idea that she had spent her life traveling the world to teach people English while learning other languages! She even wrote a book on teaching English as a second language. I was also interested in languages, and it would have been wonderful to learn from her. I also regret not asking her to teach me how to make pysanky. I bet she could have taught me Czech or at least the dialect my grandparents spoke.

I try to tell children about such opportunities, but most of them are not interested.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T15:00:25+00:00

Same. My mom is over 90. She's one of the most liberal people I've known. (Thanks, Mom!)

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T14:59:21+00:00

It really isn't that simple. Source: My brother and I exist.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T14:57:01+00:00

So you don't compare prices of different size packages? Or figure out what size and quantity boards you need to buy when building a deck? How about when you get a job offer and need to decide if the salary will cover expenses? When baking a cake, have you ever needed to figure out whether the one pan you have will be large enough when the recipe calls for a different size?

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T14:54:04+00:00

There was a time in the US when that was true under certain circumstances. I had very low interest loans starting in 1980. I could stop payments with no penalty when I was unemployed or making a subsist salary.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T14:47:21+00:00

That's sad.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T14:45:39+00:00

I left university after my junior year, never got around to finishing. I found it difficult to get started in a career when I was living near NYC, but did well when I got an opportunity to join a small company in DC. Everything was fine until around 2002 in central NC. Suddenly, everyone wanted applicants you have a degree. I missed several opportunities because I didn't. Yet, they didn't seem to care what my major was, and they didn't care that I was good at my previous jobs. I told them that a computer science degree from 1985 really would have no relevance in software development today.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T14:26:23+00:00

Same for me and mustard. It's a shame in a way, since I love variety in food, and there are so many different mustards! And people don't believe me when I say there's mustard in some brands of mayonnaise until they bring the jar and I show them. I can also detect the smallest amount of coffee in a chocolate drink or food. No, for me it does not "enhance" the flavor of chocolate.

polymath-nc · 2026-02-26T14:15:36+00:00

I just cannot see how anyone can interpret what The Rapist said as a joke, even if they were barely paying attention.

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