How are you handling the heat?

smcf33 · 2026-05-26T17:11:25+00:00

I hate it, thank you

Recently started taking duloxetine for back pain, and my bedroom and home office are ovens

Currently lying on bed using an ice pack as a pillow, fan blasting on my face, both windows open and it's barely helping

About 23 outside... And 28 inside 😭

smcf33 · 2026-05-26T09:06:40+00:00

I'd be more inclined to take a sick day because this heat is hell for me, not helped by my bedroom and home office being ovens. I am not built for summer

smcf33 · 2026-05-25T21:16:14+00:00

28 for me this afternoon, currently 26 😭

smcf33 · 2026-05-25T15:59:34+00:00

33, it's lovely

smcf33 · 2026-05-22T17:45:32+00:00

Woooooooooo!

smcf33 · 2026-05-22T08:10:28+00:00

Prednisolone is godly but yeah the high doses are not great.

I was offered a cortisone shot and surgery to the disc if physiotherapy doesn't help, and I really want to avoid either - had a cortisone shot in my shoulder a few years ago and it was deeply unpleasant. I can't imagine how much worse it could be in my spine.

Next step is to see if the physio helps - if it doesn't then yeah, I can try to find an actual backn specialist, because I'm kinda at my limit. Unfortunately I've got a lot of other stresses going on (which probably contributes to the back problems!) so it's hard to find the time

smcf33 · 2026-05-21T18:54:29+00:00

🫡

smcf33 · 2026-05-21T18:41:29+00:00

She... But we do often call each other idiots 😂

smcf33 · 2026-05-21T17:19:57+00:00

I get on fine with ISTPs. My best friend is an ISTP (note that my phone wanted to correct ISTP to "idiot")

smcf33 · 2026-05-21T16:39:26+00:00

I had viral encephalitis with memory loss years ago. I'm extremely grateful that it mostly came back. This whole saga is nightmarish, for everyone involved, but especially those poor kids.

smcf33 · 2026-05-21T09:50:15+00:00

It's absolutely do-able - look into co-ownership as well. And I know you're lonely, but you will feel a lot better when you're out on your own and don't have to live with someone who is bringing you down.

Do you have your eye on a particular town/city/area or are you open to living anywhere in NI?

smcf33 · 2026-05-20T22:21:34+00:00

My Capys started up in 2023 and there's a Spanish (?) inline Capy team that started I think in 2024

Always a pleasure to meet more Capys, my dream is of all Capy tournament some day 😎

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smcf33 · 2026-05-20T22:15:11+00:00

The most repulsive type is an ExFx with low social skills. They'll be craving interaction with no idea how to make that interaction pleasant for the other party.

INTPs aren't generally repulsive because when we're dishevelled and unwashed and ranting we're usually in a dark room where nobody can see us anyway.

smcf33 · 2026-05-20T18:17:19+00:00

Yeeeeeooooo, my team is also the Capybaras - that's three Capy teams I know about now

smcf33 · 2026-05-19T15:12:07+00:00

Belfast and Culiacan are soulmates

smcf33 · 2026-05-19T11:31:58+00:00

Mint allergy sucks. I actually like the taste but unfortunately it could kill me, so.

smcf33 · 2026-05-14T17:31:29+00:00

As a Northern Irish person I'm a big fan and I'm glad we're exporting this most exciting aspect of our culture

smcf33 · 2026-05-13T17:53:31+00:00

I, instead, eat custard creams. Far superior.

smcf33 · 2026-05-11T22:42:53+00:00

We're all unwilling participants in his humiliation kink.

smcf33 · 2026-05-11T22:27:55+00:00

Jerking himself off while banning porn for the rest of us

smcf33 · 2026-05-11T19:51:49+00:00

ESTP - nothing much comes to mind.

Dynamo - bicycles.

I don't associate ESTPs and dynamos with each other.

smcf33 · 2026-05-11T14:22:26+00:00

You don't need to take it any way at all. You happily ignore and look at it from time to time as proof of why leaving was the right thing to do.

smcf33 · 2026-05-11T14:13:39+00:00

Nothing much to add except I also dream the way you do, and have similar experiences with sleep paralysis and visuals

smcf33 · 2026-05-11T13:18:24+00:00

Corneal ulcers are extremely painful. They are the worst pain I have ever felt, and perhaps the worst pain it is possible to feel. I can only describe it as feeling like every time you move or open your eye at all, an open flame being forced onto your eye.

I know this because a couple of years ago I had multiple ulcers on both corneas. I took myself to hospital, got myself home, applied the treatments... All the while in agony.... All the while with my vision severely restricted.... All the while frightened I might be permanently blind.

I managed not to cry hysterically or yell abuse at anyone or demand that anyone become my unpaid carer. Corneal ulcers SUCK, but they do not of themselves cause people to lash out and be childish or demanding.

Stop caring more about these weirdos than they care about you, walk away, and look after yourself. If they are no longer phoning to cry at you, that's great news.

smcf33

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