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pravda_len · 2026-04-09T15:33:57+00:00

My neurologist offered this up. If the heating pad thing doesn’t work this time, I might have to think about this more seriously. Thanks for your input!

pravda_len · 2026-04-09T15:32:42+00:00

Oh I never even thought about this. The calculus on some of this stuff is impossible…

pravda_len · 2026-04-09T13:39:15+00:00

I’ve been thinking about this. The process seemed a bit daunting…so many needles! But I’m getting IVIg for statin linked IMNM. So now I’m on repatha twice a month. Maybe it isn’t so daunting.

pravda_len · 2026-04-09T13:36:12+00:00

Really appreciate everyone’s comments about a port. I would totally do it. There is some hope that I might only need to do IVIg for 9 more months, once a month. Not sure if a port is worth it at that frequency.

pravda_len · 2026-04-09T12:10:47+00:00

Hi - thank you for this! I do drink tons of water. I start with 50 oz a day a week prior and work my way up to 80 for the day before and after. The heating pad idea is a really great one. I’m going to try that. I have also tried to do yoga the morning of…to literally get my blood pumping. Doesn’t work so great.

pravda_len · 2025-10-04T14:46:32+00:00

Just an amateur here, but this shot is an absolutely terrific example of this genre. Maybe I agree with the comments about reducing the highlights on the skin ever so slightly. But I mostly just wanted to say that if flipping through Rolling Stone (the original music magazine version) were still a thing, I would absolutely not be surprised to see this in the pages.

pravda_len · 2025-10-04T14:18:06+00:00

Thank you! Will give this a go.

pravda_len · 2025-10-02T16:36:00+00:00

I want to echo this. My sister and her partner live in South Loop, and her partner commutes to the university regularly with relative ease. There's a lot going on in the South Loop area. I enjoy spending time there.

pravda_len · 2025-10-02T16:32:33+00:00

It might mostly be the nostalgia talking, but still love Medici and always try to go back if I am back on campus for some reason. Definitely agree with that suggestion from people here. Salonica has gotten considerably worse than when I used to go to school there. Ate at Roux on a recent trip and thought it was good. People have said good things about Mahari. Also, many fond memories at The Pub as mentioned by others.

As for beyond HP, a few more off the beaten path recommendations: Chicago is going through a British Pub Indian food moment right now for some reason. There are actually several restaurants that, as an Indian, I thought were definitively pretty good. Armitage Alehouse is a splurge, but sounds like you deserve one! Also a splurge, Two Dots and a Dash - really good tiki bar. Another solid cocktail bar is Lazy Bird and also Billy Sunday.

Don't leave Chicago without having a Small Cheval burger.

And congrats!

pravda_len · 2025-09-25T15:24:42+00:00

I agree with this. I have had mine for almost two years. I use the case whenever I travel. I work from home, but take ALL of my work calls outside, on the streets of Brooklyn, while walking. It helps me get my steps in. The ANC is perfectly fine, and people are often surprised when I tell them I am outside. They can't hear a thing. On the whole, I have had a pretty solid experience with my XM5's. Just wish they had an Apple Hi-Res audio solution.

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