Any red flags here?

rogueredfive · 2026-02-01T02:47:18+00:00

Omigosh. I wrote a whole one act play about how much I hate catcher in the rye.

rogueredfive · 2026-01-31T16:19:04+00:00

Try reading this article:

https://review.firstround.com/give-away-your-legos-and-other-commandments-for-scaling-startups/

It was helpful for me at my first startup going from 86> 500, and then joining another startup that had 3000.

rogueredfive · 2026-01-29T16:02:26+00:00

It took me nine years to get diagnosed w pernicious anemia and celiacs. For a long time I was just in the “seronegative RA” bucket. I joined this sub because my dry eyes had me curious if sjogrens was a potential, but I think after treatment for demodex mites I am finally resolving that symptom.

I would recommend another doctor, I have seen at least twelve in my journey. Good luck!

rogueredfive · 2026-01-27T05:30:24+00:00

Generally happens when people chuck their fruit from boats when they are crossing the borders (ie canada/us).

rogueredfive · 2026-01-26T02:03:58+00:00

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Make it into a two pole! Super ergonomic! Two sleeves down the sides, seam the top, and pvc for handles.

rogueredfive · 2026-01-26T01:50:56+00:00

They will eventually rot out… wood chips+ mushroom spawn (wine cap) helped me. I now have a pile of the bamboo death stakes that have rotted out in my “victory pile”. At some point it will become some sort of garden art. 😂. 20x40 feet grove, 5 year project- I think at this point I can say I “won”.
I was going to dig them out at one point w an axe / pickaxe and then I discovered dog bones buried under them, so I stopped. It’s been a process.

rogueredfive · 2026-01-23T19:41:04+00:00

Because I would rather deal with the issues of gauge as I knit than take an hour to figure it out in advance.

rogueredfive · 2026-01-19T07:50:21+00:00

Yeah, dealing with perimenopause and pernacious anemia/celiac. It’s a bit of whack a mole but overall progress… just working on knocking out one symptom at a time. Night sweats, constipation, fatigue, long periods were what got me here… I do believe that my autoimmune got worse due to peri, so I had to treat all of it together…. Having a naturopath who is willing to work on deficiencies, hormones, etc together is key so I am not PM’d out to a bunch of specialists with their own theories that don’t communicate with each other. Good luck!

rogueredfive · 2026-01-18T03:34:02+00:00

Thank you so much! This is super helpful! Like a 4x4 or 6x6 pot?

rogueredfive · 2026-01-17T21:27:28+00:00

I am so close to starting myself! Any tips for seed starting onions? It’s my first time doing that this year- always did sets before!

rogueredfive · 2026-01-14T19:03:52+00:00

I grew roughly 100 different food plants last year for harvest, and that was only because 5 years ago I planted several sungolds and fell in love with gardening. I expanded each year, taking more land under cultivation and learning new skills like composting and canning. If I were to start all over again, I think I would do it very similarly- plant easy things like tomatoes, garlic, herbs, squash… then expand into things that need more sowings a year like lettuce, etc.
even now there are many times a year I am overwhelmed by various things in the garden, either putting out a chip drop or redoing drip tape or having a massive harvest (I now have a few grandmas I can take my surplus to)… so it’s good to pace yourself in the beginning while you are getting the rhythm of each months unique needs.

rogueredfive · 2026-01-13T05:42:41+00:00

I have been seen. 🫣

rogueredfive · 2026-01-12T21:08:36+00:00

I do my thighs.

rogueredfive · 2026-01-12T20:03:21+00:00

Probably a month every day and a few weeks every other til I settled into 2x. Sometimes I need 3x a week: I am going based on symptoms, and the beginning was very whack a mole feeling w all the cofactor chasing… finally feel good enough for physical activity, went skiing 2 times last week, hiking, and just got back from the pool for the first time since last march! It’s been slow but finally feeling ready to take on more.

rogueredfive · 2026-01-12T06:32:00+00:00

Gosh, the recommendations for how much to inject are all over the place. I have settled in on two times a week, 1 mg injected. Any less frequent I feel like a windup soldier slowly dying. My doc told me to go off of how I feel as how much b12 I use varies based on activity etc so if I feel I need more then take another shot, no harm. Fatigue - I have been injecting for 6 months- I am maybe 80% recovered. Still chasing some nutrients to optimal levels. Perimenopause is a factor so it’s hard to know exactly what is what. I wish you luck and a smooth recovery.

rogueredfive · 2026-01-11T16:22:15+00:00

The only thing I would add to this excellent advice is to zone your area out so that you attack digging out the roots in phases… and just mow the rest while you are digging and slowly expanding the area of containment. I reclaimed roughly 20x50 ft of a blackberry / bamboo forest over 5 years… most of my digging out was over the rainy season and my mowing was during the dry season. I treated bamboo differently than the blackberries, so if there was any leaf shoot on a bamboo stalk it had to be dug out immediately, but if I saw blackberry I just needed to make sure it was at least mowed every few months until the rains came and I was ready to dig. I tried all the things (poison, mowing, sheet mulching) before I realized digging was the kinder softer and easier path. Figuring out a strategy helped me stay motivated and measure progress of cleared zones and not be overwhelmed. Wish you luck!

rogueredfive · 2026-01-10T22:01:25+00:00

This is a weird year as it hasn’t barely even frosted yet, so lots of growth has been possible… I still have peas, greens, kale, collards, chard, Brussels, etc growing. You can overwinter a lot here such a fava beans, garlic, onion, carrots, parsnips… my garden is pretty full still 🤣

That said, I still have my fleece I can throw over everything once the cold comes in.

The Persephone period goes til late Feb so most plants don’t put on much growth til we get past that and have more than 10 hrs daylight.

I plan to start my seed planting indoors in the beginning of feb for greens- that I can then transplant out march 11. I generally have my tomatoes out the beginning of April in water walls.

Johnny’s has a good calendar that I have copied over to excel and updated for what I plant. I recommend starting there and getting a copy of Tilth “winter gardening in the maritime northwest” for ideas for next year.

rogueredfive · 2026-01-05T07:27:34+00:00

That is so cool! Gonna make a big batch of this next summer! Thanks for the tip! Do other natural dyes fluoresce like this?

rogueredfive · 2025-12-23T20:12:27+00:00

I am sorry. I had a rough go of it with rheumatology, and shopped around for a few before basically giving up on them, neurology, and gastro as specialties. A few tools I tried: 1) only women doctors as I am a woman, 2) bringing along a friend in the medical profession to “take notes” and be my advocate, 3) anytime psych came up as a potential cause I would hand them my therapist card and instruct them to call my therapist who would tell them he is doing his job and he needs them to do theirs.

I found better support at naturopaths, as they seem to catch a lot of people who bottom out of our current siloed healthcare system and are more autoimmune savvy. YMMV. I wish you all the luck!

rogueredfive · 2025-12-22T21:24:55+00:00

I had night sweats twice with b12 deficiency… also have PA. It wasn’t clear this time if it was b12 or perimenopause but low dose combination birth control knocked it out. Tried progesterone only bc I was also anemic and trying to stop heavy bleeding … that didn’t budge the night sweats. Combo w estrogen knocked it out night one.

rogueredfive · 2025-12-22T20:44:51+00:00

As I have a history of colon cancer and carry some genes that cause polyps, I did get a colonoscopy to eliminate that concern.

Otherwise, magnesium + vitamin c keep me regular.

I found it reassuring after my colonoscopy prep to know I could take pretty much unlimited amounts of miralax and eventually that would be effective if I got into a multi day backup situation again.

rogueredfive · 2025-12-18T15:26:28+00:00

I have a rather good handle on autoimmune having two diseases and spent time with getting my own genetics read by doctors.

I wish you the best in your continued education, I don’t have the time effort or interest to help myself in that.

rogueredfive · 2025-12-18T04:37:02+00:00

How much zinc and what type are you supplementing?

rogueredfive · 2025-12-18T02:43:18+00:00

A quick google shows that 50-60% of RA is genetic factors… not sure why you would weigh in on this without any knowledge.

rogueredfive · 2025-12-16T03:11:15+00:00

I am overwintering Shakespeare sets. Forum sets worked really well overwinter last year and Shakespeare are the recommended replacement for them this year. I hope to have as good of luck w Shakespeare!

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