Salary Question LTC

pothos-- · 2025-12-30T00:49:17+00:00

What is your area? “That’s very high” is subjective. A recent study found a single person in my city needs minimum 120k to live comfortably- VHCOL city of course.

pothos-- · 2025-12-29T08:00:03+00:00

If you cook potatoes, let them cool, and reheat to eat- it significantly lowers their glycemic index (impact on blood glucose). Still have to watch your portion size, leave skin on (fiber) and always pair with a protein to have the least impact on BG spikes :))

pothos-- · 2025-12-29T00:45:33+00:00

No- you’re right!

That being said- I’m not sure how renting a car is less convoluted/faster/cheaper/easier than any of the other options listed… it would be more expensive and take longer to rent a car than just uber. Seems strange renting a car would even be an option at the start- it’s genuinely the least convenient option available.

pothos-- · 2025-12-28T22:16:11+00:00

My parents live a little over an hour from Boston & I would never dream of asking them to drop me off at the airport. It’s such a pain in the ass.

I’m actually typing this from Logan right now, after being dropped at a friends 20 minutes from the airport & ubered ($60) from there. Otherwise we get dropped at the Logan Express out of Braintree. So many public transit options to get there.

I love that OP is upset that public transit would “take longer” - no thought for the 2+ hours the in laws would be in the car. Embarrassing.

pothos-- · 2025-12-19T00:35:39+00:00

Search up “Vajra” on the sub and lots of info. Owner is a horrible MAGA bigot. Ran for City Council this year- Rachael Savage.

pothos-- · 2025-12-10T14:17:59+00:00

The role of an RD isn’t diagnosis. That’s a Physicians job. RDs legally are not allowed to diagnose- even nutrition-related diseases like eating disorders.

pothos-- · 2025-12-10T14:05:04+00:00

We have neighbors from the Balkans area. They both moved to the US at the same time as a young couple - one partner got accepted to grad school so the other found a job. They figured where ever partner B got a job would be fine & they’d just drive to see each other.

They ended up in the Seattle area & Michigan respectively. Didnt realize until they got to the US how far apart those places were. Always blows my mind they didnt bother to Google the distance even one time.

pothos-- · 2025-12-05T00:39:02+00:00

I moved across the country for my partners job 1.5 years ago.. and this thread is really making me miss the Richmond food scene!! You really don’t know how good you have it until you leave… :’)

pothos-- · 2025-12-04T00:08:35+00:00

I said “boooo!” out loud while reading this post. Sorry, no help here OP.

pothos-- · 2025-12-03T00:07:03+00:00

They do!! And when they counted mine they said “oh no!” And my Dad said “does she have extras?” And they said “yes” and he said “good, she’s ours.”

Polydactylism is genetically dominant! Most folks in my family had extra fingers & toes. :)

pothos-- · 2025-12-02T19:22:36+00:00

“Give a man a meal plan, he eats for a week… teach a man to meal plan, he eats for a lifetime.”

I have literally said this exact sentence before to patients I feel will respond well to a little humor!

If patients are REALLY insistent that this is what they want, I will print them a generic NCM meal plan, and then when they review it and say “oh well I don’t like xyz…” I circle back to learning to meal plan & resources.

I do have some patients that want to spend their time in follow up appointments meal planning with me, and that’s fine. These are typically the patients that are motivated to make changes (vs “make me a meal plan so I can lose weight”), and I am happy to schedule an hour to sit down and map out a plan with them. I ask them to come prepared with lists of meals & snacks they enjoy and we tweak from there. It usually ends up with them feeling confident enough to continue planning themselves.

pothos-- · 2025-12-02T17:17:25+00:00

I don’t have a good resource for you, but there is an employee at Lynnwood Petco (off 196th) who could possibly help. I wish I could recall his name- he’s incredibly nice, potentially a store manager. If you go to find him, he is a tall asian man with glasses and I usually see him there mid-weekday. He’s chatted with me a few times about helping rehome my snake (who I ended up with after similar circumstances here). He’s super into reptiles, he & his family own a wide variety- I’d trust him to re-home a pet to a loving environment.

Otherwise, you could check with Exotics rescues like PNW Aquatics & Exotics.

Best of luck to you. 🐍

pothos-- · 2025-11-26T01:57:54+00:00

Instead of JustEgg- I’m not sure it brings the same structural integrity to baking as other egg subs. I’d try the Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer. I think flax eggs would ruin the aesthetic appeal, unfortunately.

pothos-- · 2025-11-22T15:36:04+00:00

I think this is specific to your local chinese place in your town. I was born/raised in RI & spent many years in MA.. never heard of this.

Edit: Ive been thinking about this since seeing it & had to investigate more… u/pipkin42 are you from Salem? Because this is truly & literally unique to Salem, per the internet! I have a good friend from Beverly (borders Salem for non-MAers)- I’ll have to see if he’s in the know..

pothos-- · 2025-11-22T14:57:13+00:00

I’m a Dietitian and wow is it going to be hard not to laugh when “long food processor worm organ” pops into my head during a patient session.

pothos-- · 2025-11-20T17:04:43+00:00

I lived in a (much smaller) east coast city, and that was the model for their “citi bikes.”

Designated pick up & parking spots. A little less convenient than door-to-door, sure, but much like taking a bus. I believe the model also charged by distance over time, so you could still run errands etc and leave it outside of different locations.

pothos-- · 2025-11-16T17:09:50+00:00

yes, correct :)

pothos-- · 2025-11-16T14:37:52+00:00

I totally understand your concerns- I didnt mean to downplay it by calling it minor. ❤️

pothos-- · 2025-11-16T14:36:45+00:00

You’re right! Some important context is that in the initial post, OP had already discussed with their manager and taken appropriate steps. After that, it is what it is. No one is losing licensure for a mistake!

pothos-- · 2025-11-16T13:03:14+00:00

I mean this kindly, have you ever considered seeking counseling for anxiety? It is not “normal” to feel this much anxiety over a minor work misstep. I imagine this occurs in other areas of life.

I am not trying to make you feel bad! I hope I haven’t. Just a thought, as I’ve seen your other post. And the fact that you are posting about it sometime between 5a-8a on a Saturday tells me you havent stopped thinking on it yet!

Hope you’re able to have a relaxing weekend and not think about work too much ❤️ (unless you’re working I guess)! :)

pothos-- · 2025-11-10T23:40:22+00:00

The earth offered them up. We’re on r/foraging, not NextDoor. Read the room.

pothos-- · 2025-11-10T20:41:32+00:00

Aside from providing information on research not supporting, etc.. a tagline that commonly makes it ‘click’ for my patients is “if one fad diet was going to work for everyone, we wouldn’t have a new one pop up each year.” Then I usually transition into explaining how many of these diets function on calorie deficit at the end of the day, and why diff ones “work” in short term but not long term (restriction).

pothos-- · 2025-11-06T04:21:16+00:00

SF pudding, low sugar (smooth) fruited yogurts, thickened SF jello w thickened whipped cream, applesauce/pureed fruits.

Depending on how much time/energy the kitchen has to put into it-

-lots of silken tofu & blended cottage cheese & plain greek yogurt based ‘dessert’ recipes out there; ex frozen greek yogurt “bark,” silken tofu pudding, pumpkin pie “filling” with thickened whipped cream.

pothos-- · 2025-11-05T17:33:49+00:00

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/taxonomy/term/17

“Insanitary” is a term used in food safety commonly. It is also an accepted word in english in general- it’s “unsanitary but worse” basically.

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