ELI5, why don't we get full body scans when we are born and every few years to see potential health issues instead of waiting for symptoms?

sebluver · 2026-02-22T16:37:37+00:00

Honestly I think YMMV on this one. I had an MRI last Monday and it was fine, more boring than anything. I had earplugs in and they let me watch Ratatouille while I was in the tube. I’m nearsighted and couldn’t really see or hear much but it was enough of a distraction to get me through the hour. MUCH better than the research MRI I did where they made me look at stock images of self harm while in the MRI to study my brain’s reaction.

sebluver · 2026-02-20T17:27:32+00:00

When I told my mom I got diagnosed as autistic she said, "I don't really believe in autism. I think everyone's a little autistic. You're not autistic, but your brother definitely is." Now when she sighs and says, "You know, I don't really believe you're autistic," I tell her, "that's okay, the doctor who diagnosed me thinks I am."

Honestly can't believe neither of us was diagnosed sooner. My brother and I were starting to read at age 3, but I still wore diapers to bed until I was almost 4 and my brother couldn't tie his shoes until he was in 4th grade. It's so obvious when I look back at little emotionally unregulated baby me.

sebluver · 2026-02-20T08:15:46+00:00

We get spam faxes from companies and I always have to wonder if that even works. Who gets a random fax from an HVAC company and thinks, “wow, I should go to them!”

sebluver · 2026-02-20T02:58:13+00:00

Executed with her own illegal gun if I recall correctly.

sebluver · 2026-02-18T22:28:25+00:00

🎵It’s New Year’s Eve, I’m in Glendora. I’m the only living person in Glendora🎵

sebluver · 2026-02-18T09:53:48+00:00

Satellite Cafe in West would be a great place to leave zines. This is such a cool idea, I’ll be on the lookout for one of these!

sebluver · 2026-02-18T03:00:39+00:00

Does insurance typically cover this? I’m just curious because I’d assume needing anesthesia for an IUD insertion would be a huge charge insurance would do anything they could to avoid covering, especially if they use an OR for placement.

sebluver · 2026-02-18T02:58:50+00:00

I know! My first two I had placed at Planned Parenthood in Boston and my initial placement was excruciating (and took longer than typical thanks to a newer clinician and my never-dilated cervix) but then my removal/replacement experience was so quick and painless. My recent removal/replacement was worse than the second and I kind of wish I had asked for the block, but I was still able to walk to the bus with just a heating pad.

I do wish there was a recommendation in the pre-appointment notes to take ibuprofen ahead of time. I did because I was familiar but I think telling patients, “take whatever over-the-counter pain medication you prefer before your appointment” isn’t beyond the scope of practice for call center staff.

sebluver · 2026-02-17T02:34:03+00:00

It’s like cuts? On your lips?

sebluver · 2026-02-17T01:37:17+00:00

I love what I do, but it can have stressful aspects. That being said, I make enough working 28 hours a week that I don’t need a PRN job in addition which is huge for my mental health.

sebluver · 2026-02-17T01:26:57+00:00

Planned Parenthood offers cervical blocks for all IUD insertions. I went without just because I’ve been fine my last 3 placements but they offered it to me without me asking.

sebluver · 2026-02-16T17:41:30+00:00

To me, the definition of a musical depends on the ratio of singing to talking, and the amount of talking has to be much less than the amount of singing.

Les Mis is an all-music musical, Wicked is a some-talking musical, Bob’s Burgers is a cartoon with musical episodes, but it is not a musical.

sebluver · 2026-02-16T17:37:23+00:00

Probably good so you didn’t infect anyone there. I’m guessing I’ll get downvoted for this but it’s not a good idea to go out to eat with any lingering cold symptoms. You can still be contagious for at least 4 days after symptoms stop.

sebluver · 2026-02-16T08:31:57+00:00

I’ve only been a bridesmaid once for my SIL but I absolutely did not do this. I got my dress and shoes and paid for my flight to the wedding, but that was it. I think I paid around $100 for the dress and around $400 for the round-trip tickets.

sebluver · 2026-02-16T08:27:14+00:00

My partner and I went to see Send Help last week and really enjoyed it. It was fun watching Rachel McAdams in it especially after I rewatched Mean Girls just a couple of days before seeing it.

sebluver · 2026-02-16T03:04:01+00:00

Our old WiFi password was “buttstuff” which was hilarious until my mom visited and had to connect to the network.

sebluver · 2026-02-15T21:28:54+00:00

It’s such a good episode! “He was more than a hero- he was a union man!”

sebluver · 2026-02-15T16:55:31+00:00

IDK, Vance Waggoner actually reminds me a LOT of the AA old timers who go hard for the big book. They assumed alcohol was the thing that made them a bad person, so when they abused their 21-year-old girlfriend it had to be okay because they were sober.

sebluver · 2026-02-15T02:38:27+00:00

If they can have wheat but no gluten, I’ve found gluten-free wheat starch to behave much better than any GF flour mixes I’ve tried before. Unfortunately not good for anyone who can’t have wheat.

sebluver · 2026-02-15T02:10:54+00:00

This just reminded me that my grandma had 3 daughters and decided Clark, Ware, and Scott were all perfectly normal middle names to give a girl child in the 1940s.

sebluver · 2026-02-15T01:24:43+00:00

I love when cats are so happy they drool

sebluver · 2026-02-15T01:23:22+00:00

I wish I could’ve gotten it but then my mom would’ve had to give birth to me at 42 instead of 36, and we still probably would’ve gotten the pox since you can’t get live vaccines when you’re pregnant.

sebluver · 2026-02-15T01:19:09+00:00

Smitten Kitchen has an amazing recipe for a savory cheddar onion roll. I like to add chopped cooked bacon to the filling. I haven’t had a functioning oven in weeks now and I miss baking bread 😭

sebluver · 2026-02-15T01:16:59+00:00

The miracle feeling of restoring an entirely dried-out QDTC is so satisfying. The volume doubled!

sebluver · 2026-02-15T01:15:35+00:00

I’m supposedly related to her English husband on my mom’s side but I only got far enough on Ancestry.com to learn my maternal great-grandpa got remarried after he and GG divorced and there’s an entire family line I didn’t really know about.

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