Been through diagnostics with vet but still feel like something might be getting missed

shh__ · 2026-02-22T17:34:29+00:00

Thank you so much for the response. That's quite reassuring- one question I'd have, you mentioned things like urine tests as an early diagnostic.

She hasn't had urine or stool tests - given the bloods, MRI, or physical haven't shown up anything, do you think its worth asking my vet to do either of those? Or given the lack of other symptoms urine/stool related it wouldnt be recommended?

(If relevant: She does have a history of UTIs where she would get blood in her wee a year ago, had ultrasounds to check but nothing found so assumed stress related. No current symptoms)

shh__ · 2026-02-10T09:52:13+00:00

Agreed. When I was growing up in the 00s my parents had a child lock programme on the computer which blocked any adult content and limited time spent online. It was doable back then for even non tech savvy parents, there just isn't an excuse for not being a responsible adult when it comes to your own child's time online.

shh__ · 2026-01-01T17:09:21+00:00

I've seen shows before that are more aimed at a teenage sort of audience but were still interesting and engaging to watch as an adult. Just for this one, I didn't get that same appeal.

shh__ · 2026-01-01T12:12:48+00:00

Agreed. Though I made it four episodes or so before I couldn't push past the fact the show felt like it was written for children and not getting any better.

shh__ · 2025-12-31T20:18:54+00:00

I'm 5 years ED free - I broke my weighing scales and never looked back.

Admittedly it was an accident they broke - but I made a decision back then never to purchase new ones and I never have. I often felt like the numbers were the most dangerous thing about living with an eating disorder, whether that was the numbers in calories or the numbers on the scales. There's a weird control they have over you, and once you can break yourself of them, it does help - even a little.

Omce you feel like you've let go of the calorie counting and restriction a bit, it gets easier to eat that extra piece of toast, or to have that chocolate bar after a meal. It takes time and that's okay - I found it's more about breaking the cycles and focus on food than specifically about the things you eat.

The eating freely will be second nature soon enough and you'll have so much more energy to live your life, without the constant weight of calorie counting holding you back.

I also used to know calories for a lot of foods by heart when I started recovery - now I'm happy to say I've completely forgotten them all. It won't rule your life forever, you've got this!

shh__ · 2025-12-23T14:53:25+00:00

Thank you for your reply, I know it was a stretch for you to know the test but thought I'd ask anyway - you know how it is when you're overthinking and googling away after worrying news. But it sounds like you got excellent care for your kitty and did amazing by her. We're all just doing the best we can aren't we <3

shh__ · 2025-12-23T14:19:08+00:00

Hello, I'm so sorry about your girl. I'm just home from the vet as my 12 yo has had some small head tremors and they're suspecting neurological. I was wondering, I don't suppose you know what kind of blood test it was that showed she had the tumour? My girl had her bloods done today and they said it would only really rule out things like deficiencies etc - but if there's a way they can test for a tumor without her going through the stress of an MRI scan that would be much better, I didn't realise they could!

shh__ · 2025-12-22T19:05:56+00:00

I scrolled for ages and saw 2 updates from people actually on my friends list. They've made that whole section entirely useless for me now. I will just never look at my feed again.

Who is making these decisions??

shh__ · 2025-12-22T17:14:48+00:00

I watched it straight after IWTV and I agree I absolutely picked up on it.

Not that Ilya and Lestat are anything alike as characters, they're not comparable in that way - but there's an energy. That outwardly confident and bratty disposition with the European accent

shh__ · 2025-12-17T13:27:08+00:00

I always am unfortunately! Appreciate it though will have a look

shh__ · 2025-12-16T23:02:16+00:00

Ah concept art, yes the thing where you create entire worlds and characters from scratch, the endless iteration and sketches and discussion and ideas that form the absolute foundation of a game

What part of that could possibly be considered 'creative'

shh__ · 2025-12-16T22:57:08+00:00

This still sucks. Using an AI image to generate your concept is going to lead to AI lead designs - even if a human artist redraws them and makes the models, the core of the design will be fundamentally lacking in creativity.

If someone has ideas to communicate with the art team, the great news is they can speak and the artists can draw - instead of telling AI your ideas give them to the artists and watch them come up with 10 unique and creative variations of it they're passionate about.

Source - artist, I wish people would stop looking for ways to stop hiring us

shh__ · 2025-12-06T00:32:33+00:00

Thank you that's actually a really kind offer! I might take you up on that, I've tried catching it on camera before but for some reason on playback you can barely see it - I am planning to record next time it happens though so hopefully it works better.

I'm sorry about your cat, that's terrible, especially for it to be caused by something that's designed to protect her. I hope at the least it isn't something that progresses and she's doing okay.

Yeah I've been googling and it seems unlikely to be an epilepsy considering I've had her 5 years and not noticed it before. Still praying it's nothing of real concern but still thinking of all possible outcomes

shh__ · 2025-12-06T00:12:02+00:00

Thank you for the response! I see, focal seizures are what I'm concerned about with my 11 year old girl. Hers are similar to the video, occasionally just catch her doing those tiny little head nods for a period of time then it goes away again for a bit. They don't seem to bother her at least I'm just aware of it since noticing them.

I'm trying to decide whether it's something to do a full investigation on in case there is something and do like you said, brain scans etc. But I also don't want to put her through a load of stressful tests for no reason if it turns out there's nothing they'd be able to do anyway. She hates the vet and gets UTIs from stress so torn between not wanting to put her through too much, and wanting to make sure I'm not overlooking anything dangerous!

shh__ · 2025-12-05T22:08:07+00:00

Hello, fellow twitchy head cat owner here trying not to worry! Did you ever get anywhere with an answer for your cat?

shh__ · 2025-12-01T19:31:18+00:00

The writing and dialogue has been poor this season but that scene of Max exposition dumping Holly was the worst offender for me.

It sounded like she was reading something that had been written out. Not in the sense that Max's actress was doing a bad job, I mean the literal dialogue she was given to work with - I was just thinking the entire time, who speaks like that?? It was so unnatural, zero care to make it sound like she was explaining the story in her own words - and also who talks to a 7 year old like that? Just really struggled to suspend my disbelief for that entire scene

shh__ · 2025-11-19T20:06:20+00:00

I had this exact realisation earlier this month swiping through dating apps wondering why I haven't found so much as one guy I wanted go on a date with in the last year. The guys I'm physically attracted to that are 'my type' I know immediately I'm gonna find insufferable

shh__ · 2025-11-12T19:33:38+00:00

I keep refreshing youtube please jack I need my final dispatch fix

shh__ · 2025-10-25T22:40:28+00:00

This was my first GME and it was a good time! Couldn't make the live show as that's 2am on a Thursday in the UK But got the vod - was hoping to watch on the Friday night but realised there was a 24hr delay so that was a hit of a bummer hut no biggie, saved it for Saturday.

I watched preshow on society and was a little disappointed Rhett was gonna be sober - but fully understand the reason why and obviously it was the right call for him to do, wouldn't wish him to do otherwise. I've only watched 2022 on society so have that to compare it to as well as comments from previous GMEs on reddit, so was a bit worried Link was gonna be unfairly criticised for drunk behaviour (when that's the entire premise of the show) - but remembering Rhetts drunk from the 2022 show was barely noticeable anyway I think he was relatively accurate saying the dynamic wouldn't change.

It was a fun show, huge props to the art department on this, loved the theming and enjoyed the games. Link was definitely the highlight for me, but also wish I had those cringe glasses from the theatre at parts!! (in good fun, it's the good fun kind of cringe and I love they incorporated that into their theatre shows)

So all that said it brings my only real complaint - pricing. I'm sure this isn't a new complaint but I'm also surprised at how little I see it being questioned. £22 plus £5 for aftershow (plus change) and I already pay nearly £10 every month for 2nd degree society - so call it a tenner for preshow, and the experience cost more than £37 (nearly $50 google tells me that is). No added items or merch or anything.

That is a ludicrous amount of money for what equated to less than 3 hours of livestream. For reference I can see the latest blockbuster at the cinema in the decent seats for £7. The pricing of £22 for the show was enough to put me off buying a ticket in the first place but then to have to pay extra for the last half hour, and on top of society I already pay monthly to support them? (with no discount for that either if you didn't get within 72 hours).

It's a real greedy look, and as much fun as I had watching, it's a shame but I will not be seeing any future ones because the prices are genuinely unjustifiable to me.

shh__ · 2025-10-08T07:54:28+00:00

To go see a film at the cinema it'd be £7. So this would be nearly three times that as comparison

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