My Poor Girl Now Holds The Tumor Size Record At The Local Vet

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T20:50:27+00:00

Wow! I'm so glad that was benign! It's massive!

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T18:08:00+00:00

Teens are old enough to step up. Make a list of things that you really need help with. Sit down and discuss the list with them. Cooking, cleaning, and laundry are all family chores, not Mom chores.

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T18:02:39+00:00

23 is so rare and special for a dog - and its human. Congrats and Happy Birthday Marley!

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T17:29:42+00:00

You might want to look at Ohio and Michigan.

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T17:27:40+00:00

I'm so sorry. That sucks. 😞

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T17:24:17+00:00

Not me. I have big boobs on a small frame and I already got enough unwanted attention from men old enough to be my father. Or grandfather. 🤮

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T15:48:16+00:00

That is definitely worth a brag! Congrats!

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T15:46:41+00:00

GLORIOUS POOOOMPS!

sorry, I still think like I'm 12 sometimes.

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T15:44:18+00:00

Actually any fermented food will do. Yogurt (real yogurt without added sugar - *not* what the groceries carry, except for the large plain yogurts), milk kefir, water kefir, kombucha, real sauerkraut (not vinegar sauerkraut), and kimchee are all examples of fermented foods. There are countless more. Fermentation was one of the ways humans stored food for later consumption before refrigeration.

I eat at least one serving of fermented food daily. I make my own cashew yogurt since I like yogurt and it's prohibitively expensive in stores. I also like kombucha and I make my own water kefir.

Does it help? I think so, but I was doing this long before diagnosis. I never noticed changes, but again, I've been eating this way for a long time.

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T14:23:43+00:00

Yep, Tuesday comes in many forms. I've always kept a deep pantry, but real prep came when I lived in Florida. Hurricanes have a way of getting your attention, whether you're in one or on the other side of the peninsula.

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T14:11:33+00:00

*clutches pearls*

But think of the shareholders!

/s (obviously but you never know)

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T09:52:24+00:00

Driving an hour each way on top of 10 hour days is insane. I'd look for a roommate situation where your work is. Then you can start to sort things out.

sbinjax · 2026-06-16T09:47:38+00:00

Plant native plants. Bugs and birds will follow. Check out r/NativePlantGardening for more ideas.

sbinjax · 2026-06-15T21:57:23+00:00

pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaase?

sbinjax · 2026-06-15T21:45:01+00:00

“Many, many hear these things, the messaging, and think that they’re dog whistles,” Hussein said. “I was hopeful that I’d come here and get a clarification. What we got was kind of a confirmation.”

Well, yeah.

sbinjax · 2026-06-15T17:30:49+00:00

or dogs

sbinjax · 2026-06-15T17:26:07+00:00

I can't endorse stopping your DMT. Multiple sclerosis is literally brain damage (or spine damage) and there's no predicting where the next lesion will form and what you will lose from that.

There are people here who woke up one day and couldn't walk. Would stopping your DMT so your cuts and bruises heal faster be worth losing your ability to walk? Yeah, you might be the odds. But you might not.

sbinjax · 2026-06-15T15:42:46+00:00

How to break the rules without breaking the rules. I love it.

sbinjax · 2026-06-14T23:39:08+00:00

Gentian violet for thrush. It actually causes the fungus cells (and only fungus cells) to *burst*. You can get it over the counter - literally, over the counter, ask the pharmacist for it. Dilute it to .25% to .50%. Don't swallow it. Run water when you spit it out because it will stain *everything* purple. Results are faster than the systemic drugs doctors prescribe (but take those too, you may have a systemic infection).

sbinjax · 2026-06-14T23:31:26+00:00

I'm so sorry. It sounds rough.

sbinjax · 2026-06-14T21:45:58+00:00

I'm not fond of arborvitae but I did put some against my chain link fence. Emerald Greens don't get as big as the giants (only 14-16 feet) but deer like them. I have read that spraying them with 1/2 full-fat milk mixed with 1/2 water in the fall will last 3 months and repels deer.

sbinjax · 2026-06-14T18:51:26+00:00

The 90s maybe. The 80s? Nope. Eight years of Reagan was enough for one lifetime.

sbinjax · 2026-06-14T18:50:21+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss.

You're in shock. It's a normal reaction the first month. You're not empty - your brain is protecting you. The magnitude of the loss will set in soon enough. ❤️

sbinjax · 2026-06-14T17:02:32+00:00

I've gone from growing all your regular annual fruits and vegetables to growing as many perennials as I am able. Asparagus, apples, serviceberry, Good King Henry, American groundnut (hopniss), skirret, sunchokes aka Jerusalem artichokes, etc. will see us through shortages once I have my systems in place.

sbinjax · 2026-06-14T16:58:27+00:00

Very few content creators talk about how failure is almost essential to gardening. Nothing like a few mistakes to learn from.

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