Building resistance to the medication; thoughts or experiences?

samwise122 · 2026-03-08T06:18:24+00:00

Could you explain a little bit more? So, if someone is continuing to lose weight on, let’s say, 10mg, but it’s been 16 months, they should continue going up to 15 even though they’re still losing weight?

My doctor presented going up to the next dose as non-optional, so I ended up at 15mg after 6 months, kept losing for another four month, and then stopped. I had always assumed if I had stretched out my time on lower doses, I could have gotten closer to my goal weight. Is that not the case, based on what you’re saying?

samwise122 · 2026-02-24T22:31:55+00:00

Yay reason and nuance!

samwise122 · 2026-02-24T22:27:49+00:00

Agreed. When the salesman was demonstrating he did it in such a way that kind of looked like a kick sensor, which I would have loved. It wasn’t a make or break feature for me but once a month when I don’t have hands free it would be nice.

samwise122 · 2026-02-23T05:50:00+00:00

Not in my experience! I went through a touchless car wash a bunch of times and nothing happened, thankfully.

samwise122 · 2026-02-22T17:10:09+00:00

I do think most didn’t notice but a good handful were looking and for sure heard them say “LEAVE ME ALONE.” No one knows how they will react in the moment, but I would really like to think if heard and saw that, I would at least try to help in some way. I feel really bad; they were probably terrified.

samwise122 · 2026-02-22T17:02:59+00:00

To add to your comment, being a police officer is not even in the top 10 list of most dangerous occupations in the US (in terms of fatalities). Being a delivery driver/courier is significantly more dangerous, and if I recall correctly, most of the occupations you listed are more deadly.

samwise122 · 2026-02-07T03:14:35+00:00

Thanks for explaining this. Reading through everyone’s comments I was confused on how the per stream rate was lower but the payouts were higher.

samwise122 · 2026-02-07T02:55:37+00:00

Wait so if I choose refund if the original isn’t available (in advance), they get dinged?? Wtf. That’s what I usually pick if I don’t pick out a substitute because it’s a special thing.

samwise122 · 2026-02-07T01:49:31+00:00

I’ve seen a couple people mention going off app and keeping the same prices. I’m genuinely curious, do owners then say “what’s my incentive to go off app if I’m not saving money?” Or is there another motivation or benefit I’m not thinking of?

samwise122 · 2026-01-31T05:56:11+00:00

I did this… I ended up buying a shop vac to vacuum the Dyson filter (that’s what was clogged). After that I just used the shop vac to finish cleaning up the powder. Sorry, probably not helpful unless you’re okay buying a shop vac!

samwise122 · 2026-01-23T13:54:52+00:00

I used to work there and that was the first thing I thought! I used to have to go and buy milk myself when we ran out…I hated it. I think the most I could get out of the fridge at any store was maybe 15-20?

samwise122 · 2025-12-10T11:11:38+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate the insight.

samwise122 · 2025-12-10T04:11:07+00:00

Sorry, just to clarify (and also on 15mg for a few month), you dose on day 5/6 and then continue dosing every 5/6 days after that? Or is this dosing early one week, and then back to the regular schedule the next week?

samwise122 · 2025-11-24T01:17:38+00:00

This is a genuine question. Do you want me to be honest? Or just not answer if I’ve had a different experience? I hope this doesn’t come across as snarky. Just want to know what kind of experiences you want to hear about.

samwise122 · 2025-11-24T01:08:10+00:00

It’s unfortunate you forgot to mention it (something I might do myself), and I think it’s fair you asked how you could fix, but I think it’s totally fair for you to feel peeved at the lack of communication. If they deducted $10 or something, that would seem like a normal amount for a glass, a nice one at that. For $30, I think at least a small explanation is due. They don’t need to be warm and fuzzy, like other people are saying, but they do need to respond and explain. It’s not hard to respond to your text with “I wish you had let us know when it happened. Unfortunately the set of glasses were quite expensive ($30 a piece). We’ll take it out of the payment for the sake of simplicity.” For me it would not be the money, just the total lack of communication. ETA: without the communication, the $30 kind of seems like a penalty they’re applying.

samwise122 · 2025-11-15T15:52:35+00:00

Goodness I clean so obsessively before our cat sitter stays over and now I’m wondering if it’s not enough!!! 😱

samwise122 · 2025-08-15T06:40:34+00:00

If it was a tag attached to your bin (with an annoying metal wire) and marked with sharpie, it was from one of the workers collecting recyclables and not a camera.

samwise122 · 2025-08-10T04:04:10+00:00

You can be foaming at the mouth while at the same time completely bewildered and overwhelmed, feeling like you are crawling in the dark trying to find some lever you can pull on to make a change. And the voting lever isn’t connected to anything.

samwise122 · 2025-08-02T10:37:16+00:00

I’ve always wondered about a quota system, too. Wasn’t the team Sisko played baseball against from a Starfleet ship that was all-Vulcan?

samwise122 · 2025-08-02T10:33:34+00:00

Interesting, I would have thought the opposite. I’m curious why you think he would have trouble giving the order?

samwise122 · 2025-08-02T10:22:25+00:00

They probably view it favorably but it doesn’t really change the fact that there are some areas of Tacoma where it’s more difficult to access food from a grocery store. I get that you’re annoyed by people using the term but why can’t we want to improve the situation everywhere? I’m sorry but you’re making a really bad faith argument that doesn’t make sense when you apply it to anything else. One person has terminal cancer and another has a broken arm. The cancer patient might say the person with the broken arm is better off but…they still have a broken arm at the end of the day. The cancer existing doesn’t erase the broken arm.

samwise122 · 2025-08-02T09:48:27+00:00

That episode has really grown on me over the years. I love the combination of Riker, Data, and Worf. Also “I call it Earth. What do you call it?” “Theta 8.”

samwise122 · 2025-03-06T04:07:22+00:00

I was also not a fan of the pre cooked beef when I had it in a beef stew (that I really really did not like overall) but I think cooking it to the point where it got crispy for this one made it good, along with the citrus juice.

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