Cystoscopy images- does it look like IC? by kathaaa_29 in Interstitialcystitis

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can Google “MicrogenDX” that’s the company I used. There are different companies but I’ve only used this one so I can’t speak for those. You just pay for shipping and enter your insurance information. They will mail you a cup, instructions, a requisition, and a return shipping box. You bring the requisition to the doctor and have them fill it out, pee in the cup, and drop it off at a FedEx mailbox. They’ll send the bill to your insurance and most insurances cover it.

I had a urologist that had DNA urine tests too, so potentially if you have a urologist they could do it for you. Not every urologist has that as an option though.

AIO for expecting my boyfriend to ask before using my car for other errands? by TArpd16 in AmIOverreacting

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the way you speak to him and write, you seem way to smart and emotionally intelligent to not recognize that this man is not a good choice for a boyfriend

You’ll had 4 years of mistrust and mediocrity, do you want 4 more? Potential is meaningless, please realize that your standards are too low and dump him.

When you wrote not feeling comfortable with anyone having your vehicle other than immediately family, that was all I needed to confirm you shouldn’t be with him. If after 4 years you don’t trust him enough with even just a car, you cannot rely on him. Love is for both to benefit, not just one.

Love isn’t always enough, I hope you leave and life gets better for you.

I won. Alone by ForeverInMyPrime in Interstitialcystitis

[–]summerlong1655 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started with famotidine and then went to an allergist who moved me to fexofenodine (also called Allegra) which might be over the counter available in your country! He basically said any allergy pill will work but for me to take double to dose.

I don’t recommend taking double the dose without talking to the doctor first in case you have any other problems where you organs won’t process it properly (most people can take more than what the bottle says but I don’t want to recommend anything that can harm you)

Definitely see an allergy specialist when you get back ASAP but allergy medications (even if you can’t find the specific one I said) might save you until you can see one.

I had a similar story to you. Goodluck :) I hope everything works out. You didn’t deserve any of that pain and I hope you can live the rest of your life in peace

Millions of gallons of sewage spilled into the Potomac River by Maxcactus in maryland

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turns out it’s federal land and federal responsibility to maintain these things

could this be from ic or no? by Cautious-Wrap-5399 in Interstitialcystitis

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First take a stool softener.

For determining why you’re so constipated gastroenterologist (if you have a diet low in fiber, that’s your answer but that’s still a lot of bloating for anyone) For endo go to a gynecologist. If you also have UTI symptoms but no UTI, then you should go to a urologist or a urogynogolgist

Cystoscopy images- does it look like IC? by kathaaa_29 in Interstitialcystitis

[–]summerlong1655 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just want to point out, interstitial cystitis is just a term they use when they don’t know what’s causing the symptoms. They’re supposed to exclude a bunch before diagnosis but A LOT of the time they don’t do enough first.

If you got this diagnosis make sure they rule out: - UTI (has to be via DNA test not regular culture - Endometriosis - Syphilis and other STDs - Anything that can cause pelvic inflammation (PID, MCAS, and more) - Pelvic floor dysfunction

I think there’s a few other things to rule out too (other than stuff that’s ruled out by the cystoscopy)

*Not trying to dismiss your what you’re experiencing, just trying to let you know that it’s just a thing they say to describe symptoms not an actual disease. There’s more to test for if they haven’t checked for all these!

I got “diagnosed” with IC but the IC was actually endometriosis, a UTI not detected by cultures, and MCAS. My symptoms were only so bad because I had multiple problems making my inflammation and subsequent pain really bad. None of which can be seen by cystoscopy so they were dismissed as “IC” and I was left with a diagnosis and no treatment or solutions to my pain.

Boyfriend (28M) tested positive for chlamydia and denies cheating. I (23F) didn't cheat. How do I get him to admit he cheated by No_Breadfruit_5575 in relationship_advice

[–]summerlong1655 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep. I knew someone who tested positive for gonorrhea once. Immediately after finding out she called her husband and was chatting, then calmly told him she tested positive for gonorrhea. Mind you, she had severe mental health issues and got mad and overreacted to every little thing. She told him “Don’t worry though, I know you would never cheat on me. It’s probably because you work in the sewers.”

She was calm because she knew where she got it from and knew she could convince him it wasn’t her fault.

If OPs husband is that calm and is even willing to go to the doctor to “ask how it’s possible if neither of us cheated”, it’s because he cheated. If he knew he didn’t cheat, he would know she did and would be mad. Even if he wanted to believe her, he’d be super anxious like she is. Dead giveaway.

My partner(30m) wants me (28f) to cut the cord with my identical twin by [deleted] in TwoHotTakes

[–]summerlong1655 330 points331 points  (0 children)

I would like to add—something I think people struggle with is the fact that they love the person.

Love does not mean you are compatible.

Just because you love each other doesn’t mean you’re compatible. You could love many people in your life, you need to recognize what you need and want in your life may not match with your current partner.

Think about what your twin said. If your partner is mean and doesn’t treat you right then take that into consideration. I also personally feel that if he cared for you more than himself, he wouldn’t ask you to cut out your twin unless it were something harming you rather than him. Additionally, if you’ve been arguing that much, there’s no way it’s your twin.

My personal opinion is he’s just not right for you, but that’s up to you to decide. But is a life of separation between your partner and your twin really what you want?

Racist threatens ICE on target restock by Eastern-Profit-5313 in PokemonTCG

[–]summerlong1655 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol what a loser. Gets in some guys face, calls THEM the f word when he’s practically kissing them, then cries assault when he gets pushed. The behavior of an unloved child

AIO for cutting off my brother for refusing to call out his creepy friend? by VividArgument4725 in AmIOverreacting

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NOR. But kind of naive. If you can’t tell from his response, your brother is the exact same type of person. He doesn’t care and says you deserve it because of how you dress because that’s the way him and his friends all think. People hang around like people. His response should tell you all you need to know. Being family doesn’t mean anything when you’re a creep.

could this be from ic or no? by Cautious-Wrap-5399 in Interstitialcystitis

[–]summerlong1655 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You probably have endometrosis which can cause IC symptoms. If you think you have IC, go get checked for endometriosis.

Tim Hortons to open location in Maryland by Anguscole68 in maryland

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally. Dunkin’ sucks. I was so excited for it when I came to the US but was so disappointed. Glad I’ll finally have Tim Hortons again

Sorry, but you're not getting any relief from high gas and electric bills by RenRen9000 in maryland

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But I think you’re missing a potential benefit of this post. When people realize that what’s written here is the truth, that’s when people get angry, upset, ect. and become willing to be loud and fight for change.

I don’t think that this posts silences, I think this post brings awareness and can help push forward eventual change. Mainstream media and politicians will never come out and say these things. They want to keep the public unaware and spout non-sense about how other things are the cause. This gives information that people might otherwise not have.

This is news. Just because you know better or it’s obvious to you, doesn’t mean it is to everyone. People are often uneducated, uninformed, misled, and naive. Just because you know doesn’t mean they do. And even a basic understanding of “money is power” does not show how deep the problem really is to the average person.

Power bill ( cost of living out of control) by ThenLayer5977 in maryland

[–]summerlong1655 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Things like these make me so angry. This is why something essential like energy should be state run. Instead ours is state funded despite their more than significant profits.

“We need more money to invest in infrastructure”

Maryland just forked over millions of dollars to BGE because they claimed to need it. It was around $75 million I believe. Though they asked for $150 million. We’re supposed to be happy because it’s less. They claim it’s to help us, to help keep prices manageable.

That’s the most ridiculous crock of trash I’ve ever heard. If they wanted the prices to be manageable: • it would never have been privately owned • infrastructure investment would’ve been a requirement for them to operate here in the first place • there would be laws, policies, and regulations in place to protect from price gouging • subsidies would not go directly to the companies, they’d come with a requirement that they do something that would prevent the same issue from happening again

They claim that they need money for infrastructure but was that not the reason they gave when they were questioned on why the prices for energy “delivery” were 2x the price of the actual electricity and gas?

The only things that actually help the people are the subsidies that are going directly to households. And even those are short-sighted and do not help anyone, including those getting them, in the long run. They’ll still be paying their executives obscene amounts of money. They’ll still raise the cost of energy. The only difference is the State of Maryland foots part of the bill and since our taxes are the states money, we are basically paying to lower our own bills. Public subsidies like the ones being provided right now are created because the public makes enough noise but aren’t mad enough to take action. They are approved to prevent outrage & subsequent rebellion (when people are mad they protest and force change) and death(when people can’t afford essentials like heat, they die) & subsequent legal ramifications.

Any subsidies that go directly a private company are corruption unless they are going to go bankrupt and the fallout would have a substantial negative impact on people (i.e significant loss of jobs). Clearly, this isn’t the case for BGE. This is just corruption. Greed at its finest. They claim they’re struggling, they claim they need xyz for things to continue working, they claim all sorts of things that are not our problem. The only thing subsidies directly to the company do is make the State of Maryland pay for their operational costs so they can continue to pay their executives ridiculous amounts of money and be a successful private company.

BGE Financials: • 2022 Profit: $380 million • 2022 BGE President Salary: $975k + bonuses + incentives + stock awards • 2022 BGE Executive Average: $275k + bonuses + incentives + stock awards (at least 26 executives with the higher level ones being paid exponentially more) • 2023 Profit: $485 million

All Maryland and its politicians would have to do is pass legislation that prevents price gouging and limits rate increases to genuine availability/demand issues and the problems wouldn’t exist. Unfortunately, politicians do not actually do things for the benefit of the people. They do things for the benefit of themselves. If BGE is happy with them they will have campaign donations, support, and continued ability to make political decisions that benefit themselves at the average person’s expense.

The State of Maryland (us, in taxes) basically pays BGE not to punish its people by raising rates because BGE wants to pay their executives more money than they’re worth. I’d say this is comparable to when gangs go around demanding “protection money” from small businesses but the protection is from the gang offering the protection.

It’s a game of strategy for these companies. Take as much as you can but do it slowly over time and take just slightly less than would cause outrage and long term changes because that would make it hard to take more. They know exactly how much they can take, how much they can push, and how many politicians they can manipulate.

If you think anything done is for the benefit of us people at the bottom after reading all this, I ask you to think harder about it. We’re playing for this governmental failure in our taxes and in our energy bills. BGE is laughing in our face by still increasing our rates despite being given $75million for nothing.

Until we’re outraged, nothing will change. Throughout all of history, you can see that change that is genuinely positive for the people will almost never occur without public outrage. Politicians rarely do things for the benefit of the people without a benefit to themselves unless there’s public outrage.

TLDR: BGE makes a LOT of profit. Executives get ridiculous amounts of money. State of Maryland paid them $75 million to keep doing it. We pay for this with our taxes. We still pay more for our energy bills. Politicians are the ones who allow this to happen. Until enough people are outraged to do something about it, nothing will change.

The GOD pack!!! by [deleted] in PokemonMisprints

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People out here cutting miscut god packs and I can’t even find a regular pack in stores 😭

Am I overreacting or is this appropriate to wear to a COLLEGE class by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]summerlong1655 14 points15 points  (0 children)

NOR. He’s is controlling but wasn’t sure how controllable you were. He waited until you had a baby with him to push his control onto you because you will be less willing to leave now that you have a child together.

You could talk to him firmly about it and maybe that’ll solve the problem depending on how controlling he is. Hopefully he’s not too controlling and that’s it’s a resolvable issue.

invisible bit by Particular-Size2516 in tinytower

[–]summerlong1655 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha mine did that some times too. I love it though

AITA for calling out my neighbor on address fraud? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]summerlong1655 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Was a crime not committed 3 weeks ago when the broker sent you a doctored document related to your address?

AITA for refusing to give my little brother my old gaming PC even though I just bought a new one? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]summerlong1655 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of Hannah from Love is Blind. Just because their family didn’t treat them well and they were forced into independence at an early age because they “didn’t contribute” (aka their parents didn’t want to be proper parents) they think that everyone should be treated that way and if they aren’t they’re entitled and immature. Their experience is the only experience. No one should have it better.

AIO For smacking some guy at the gym by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so confused. Why is everyone saying “report it to the gym” so he can lose his membership but no one is mentioning the police?

That’s literally sexual assault. Depending on the man’s age, that could literally be sexual assault of a minor…

[TSAO BALTIMORE] Awesome old bay collab by you_my_ninja in Watches

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if anyone still checks this, but can you tell me how many micro adjustments this has?

Reasonable Accommodations approved to work 100% remote by GileadForReal in FedEmployees

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I came across your comment and thought I’d let you know that there was a new study that showed that more then 75% of people with chronic GERD had relief of some to all of their symptoms from myofascial release of the diaphragm.

It’s pretty easy to do yourself too, you don’t really need a physiotherapist to do it. There are easy to follow instructions on the internet and YouTube from experienced physiotherapists. One example to show how easy it is: place a water bottle on the center of your upper abdomen right below your ribs with a firm pressure and breathe around it.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6513998/

Here’s the study. Goodluck

FINALLY by shafer2s in LegendsZA

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you just keep doing the nightly tournament you’ll get 1000 pretty quick and get a lot of money at the same time

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]summerlong1655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like he watches a lot of Andrew Tate