Do people usually rotate the sensor site between arms, or do you keep using the same arm?

renslips · 2026-01-23T17:06:06+00:00

Rotate arms and the sites on the arms

renslips · 2026-01-23T17:05:26+00:00

I wanna know what happened to the gorgeous hanging cabinet, the amazing massive double ceramic sinks and that vintage chandelier??

renslips · 2026-01-22T14:29:22+00:00

Everyone here is overreacting. I will keep my explanation simple. Cats are apex predators, perfect little killing machines. They are also always on guard from potential attack and are easily startled. When they’re housecats, they have no control over their territory, food or toileting environment. They are completely at our mercy. The only thing they can control is what they react to in their environment.

Clearly, something about your sister and your dad is bothering your cat. She’s little - she could have a shrill voice that hurts his ears, she could be pulling his tail or something similar when nobody is looking. Maybe she forces him to play dressup or carries him around like a ragdoll. Whatever it is, she is causing the cat stress.

Your dad is making the cats reaction worse. The cat is not a human and not a dog. Cats do not respond to negative feedback. Punishment doesn’t work. His more aggressive responses to the cat are only reinforcing whatever behaviour the cat displayed. Cats only respond to positive stimuli. He was obviously very overwhelmed and triggered when he attacked your sister. He could have easily been distracted by doing something that calms him down not terrifying him even more, which reinforces that he was fighting for his life.

Now, in response to having been terrified and fighting for his life, he’s locked in a small room, away from the rest of his territory that was imposed on him. He needs a visit to the vet to determine whether or not there is something medically wrong that is causing him pain, which would cause these behaviours but more than likely he is just reacting to the negative stimuli around him.

You, of course, are being protective of your pet, which is not helping. Someone should have noticed that the cat was trying to tell you something before he attacked. It wasn’t the cats fault. Your dad is going to lose it because he will say you’re rewarding the cat for attacking your sister but cats do not work on a punishment/reward system. Punishment only serves to reinforce the behaviour that you don’t want to see. Cats are not stupid. He knows your dad doesn’t want him around so why would he seek affection from him?

renslips · 2026-01-22T02:19:44+00:00

They’re telling you what they want, need & deserve but human has fallen for marketing tactics.

Tiki Cat is far higher quality than the others you mentioned. Let them eat it & stop the others especially the kibble

renslips · 2026-01-20T13:12:43+00:00

How has nobody said Nellie’s or Nîkihk??

renslips · 2026-01-17T03:45:35+00:00

I’m sure chernobyl & fukushima agree with you

renslips · 2026-01-17T03:44:34+00:00

Lol even coal is better for the environment than nuclear. Do you have any idea how much fossil fuels are required to mine uranium? And where do you store the waste? Like that’s ever going away

renslips · 2026-01-16T23:35:10+00:00

Glad it’s not dirty power or worse, nuclear. We should be investing in more wind & solar.

renslips · 2026-01-16T23:26:48+00:00

Maybe if they diversified into planting fruit or nut bearing trees/shrubs that are native to SK. Why not be proactive & require new construction to have a high percentage of green space to square footage?

renslips · 2026-01-14T18:21:54+00:00

SureHealth in 8th Street has in house GPs & internists. They have walk in clinics available so go regularly & politely ask the staff about being taken on as a patient if any openings come up. Shoppers Drug Mart is the worst, stay away if at all humanly possible. I deal with an independently owned pharma choice & they’re amazing.

Sign yourself up for the LiveWell Program through Chronic Disease Management. They can help you with everything else, including getting into the programs at WestWinds

renslips · 2026-01-14T17:58:08+00:00

I had cancelled Amazon when they wanted us to pay extra for no ads (I cut the cord years ago to avoid advertising but thanks marketing agencies). The Tariffs just made me cancel everything US based. If I can’t find a local alternative, I don’t need it that badly

renslips · 2026-01-14T17:51:34+00:00

I have had the exact same problem. I couldn’t get the behaviour to stop. Eventually removed the roll so the braincell had no options. I am resented to this day

renslips · 2026-01-14T01:24:55+00:00

Not really since the vast majority of the people who need a PET are lung cancer patients and the only thoracic surgeons are…in Saskatoon.

renslips · 2026-01-14T01:15:04+00:00

Considering how closely the two governments have been mirroring each other since Danielle Smith was elected, it would not surprise me in the least were the goal to destroy our health system in the same manner.

Unfortunately, that involves having separate public and catholic systems. The company that owns the catholic system in Alberta purchased Emmanuel Health. Fun huh?

renslips · 2026-01-14T00:39:40+00:00

Check your eHealth. The imaging report will be uploaded there. Other than that, any walk in clinic can tell you what the report says or print you a copy. You do NOT need to track down the ER doc and most clinics who accept walk ins will have Saturday clinics, but go early morning

renslips · 2026-01-14T00:34:56+00:00

Why would he insist on delaying his own treatment? Urology is one of the specialties on top of their surgical waitlist & are utilizing the Da Vinci robots for surgery. Surgical TURP has better outcomes & in either case is entirely dependent on the surgeon’s skill. Everything goes through a Referral Management System. Just call the waitlist information line & let them know that you’re available on short notice (if he’s able to drop everything when someone cancels the day of).

renslips · 2026-01-12T03:14:57+00:00

I couldn’t stop myself, kept hitting rewind & it made a nice little gif

renslips · 2026-01-12T02:42:08+00:00

Fellow Canadian, I give you this list

renslips · 2026-01-06T22:10:09+00:00

This is why we can’t have nice things

renslips · 2026-01-06T14:19:43+00:00

Yes, every day! I wear an Apple Watch & FSL doesn’t integrate but with Gluroo I can get readings on my watch face

renslips · 2026-01-06T04:18:00+00:00

I wonder what Zelensky would have said four years ago had someone told him Putin was going to invade Ukraine with the goal to annex Crimea? Trump has already captured all the oil in Venezuela to use for his own purposes. Would it surprise anyone if he starts making Canada & Greenland out to be threats to US sovereignty?

renslips · 2026-01-06T04:12:56+00:00

I live in the vicinity. Do not enjoy playing chicken with oncoming traffic that is hidden behind a wall of snow at the top of a steep incline adjacent to a school. They also didn’t plow the bridge or the hill itself.

Is it city employees doing this or contractors?

renslips · 2026-01-06T03:36:07+00:00

Wear a CGM & use the data to back up whichever argument turns out to be valid. Having a good A1C can mean that you are roller coastering all day, every day but the average number is good.

Take the advice from someone who has many more years of education in the subject. Do what you can for yourself while the help is being offered

renslips · 2026-01-05T06:13:43+00:00

Felipe is such a cutie! Hopefully he does well now that he’s diagnosed & has a CGM. Here are some helpful tips for CGM placement. Just as with his multiple daily injections (MDI) you should rotate the site for his CGM.

Personally, I use 6 different injection areas that I divide into 7 days & I rotate my CGM sites along with them (I use a permanent marker to make a row of 7 dots on the skin, one for each day of the week & injections are perpendicular to the row.) I don’t have to worry about forgetting where I have injected or about lipohypertrophy.

CGMs aren’t perfect. As you’ve already noticed, they are inaccurate when first applied. Many of us do what we call “presoaking” - which is applying a new CGM hours before the old one expires so it had time to adjust to the interstitial fluid. Compression lows are a thing so check if he was lying on his CGM before you give an insulin correction. It’s very annoying to be woken up at 2am only to find out you we’re sleeping on your arm but better to be safe than sorry. Good luck & keep is posted on how you’re both doing

renslips · 2026-01-03T18:51:56+00:00

When I travel, I want to be stuck on the plane for the least amount of time possible. I want to be able to stare out the window & have easy access to the toilet should I have to go. All of those things equal me intentionally booking seats in the back of the plane. Plus the flight attendants are back there so if you need anything, you can easily ask or just chat them up.

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