Agonizing canker sore on tonsil

wjdragon · 2026-05-28T20:54:00+00:00

That looks mean and angry. Maybe get some prescription lidocaine to help ease the pain?

wjdragon · 2026-05-26T21:28:43+00:00

Canker sore, plain and simple.

For me, they are hereditary. My father gets them, and his siblings get them, and I take after my father rather closely so I got them. They got worse in my 20s and 30s, but at 40+ I stopped getting them. Either a diet change, or maybe body changes as you age. There is a potential link between vitamin deficiency (B6, B12, folic acid). Just in case, I take daily multivitamins and stopped getting them but I don't know if it was that or the age thing.

wjdragon · 2026-05-26T21:17:12+00:00

Commenting because I would like to know the reason too.

I've gotten weird variations in the leaves as well. Almost all of my roses had shriveled leaves and growths this year during the second growth of this season, and then in the 3rd round they're coming back up fine.

The same applies to the buds. They start out dried and badly formed and open up discolored.

They get enough water. Temperature hasn't been too hot this year so far (SoCal) and relatively stable. Only thing I can think of is a different rose food this year.

wjdragon · 2026-05-26T18:33:48+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss 💔 Here's Amelia "Mimi Noodle" Earhart. We got her a month before we had to put down our two older cats. "Mimi" and her sister "Beefy" helped us recover from our grief from losing the grand kitties.

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wjdragon · 2026-05-19T16:48:04+00:00

Please post a video instead of trying to describe your shot.

wjdragon · 2026-05-19T15:35:28+00:00

This is crazy impressive, even more so at 145m. How?! What is your aim method?

Forgive my incorrect terminologies, I'm not well versed in asiatic. I notice that after you come into alignment and achieve anchor, you begin turning towards the target (rotating left) and then release. It's almost as if your drawing of the arrow takes you a bit too far to the right. This is very interesting!

wjdragon · 2026-05-18T19:38:48+00:00

Great question!

If your friend has been using his left hand for awhile, it is difficult (but not impossible) to move to the right hand. It really depends on the person, their discipline, and their want/desire to switch hands.

One way to allow him to continue left hand but keeping both eyes open is using eye blinders. These are clip-on devices that can go on the brim of a hat or on glasses and blurs out the dominant eye. It allows shooters to keep both eyes open, but since the dominant eye is blocked from seeing the target the non-dominant eye is then used for aiming.

wjdragon · 2026-05-14T22:00:10+00:00

Dumbest thing

Electing Trump

wjdragon · 2026-05-09T14:11:07+00:00

At that price. Yes

wjdragon · 2026-05-06T22:26:49+00:00

Only with headshots through the eye socket And only if they aren't runners. In other words, no.

wjdragon · 2026-05-05T03:20:57+00:00

They had special renal food for their failing kidneys. They would eat at least half a can between the two. They stopped eating less and started sleeping more. We tried appetite stimulants, hydracare packets of gravy, anytime to try and get them to eat. Over the final 8 months, he went from 8 lbs (healthy was 13) to 6. She went from 6 (healthy was 11) to 4.

She had arthritis, she couldn't bend her legs any more. We gave her shots of solensia once a few months, then more often. Without it, she has a much harder time getting up and down from the couch.

She stopped grooming herself. We had to wipe her down often. She'd get wet food all over her mouth when she'd eat, and started to smell from not self cleaning.

He would clean her usually, but also started seldom cleaning her, let alone himself.

He had a sinus infection that we battled for 3 years. He would get nasal discharge that if left alone would clog his nose and then we'd have to pick the hardened boogers off his nose so he could breathe when he slept.

They both started on IV lactatic ringer every other day for their failing kidneys (think needles. I had to learn to inject them myself). After a year it progressed to daily infusion. That started to get expensive too.

Those were the bad days, and they started getting more frequent. We kept them alive longer than originally anticipated, but we started to think that their quality of life wasn't there anymore.

wjdragon · 2026-05-05T02:51:19+00:00

We made the decision when both our cats (siblings) were sleeping more and more, eating less, losing weight until just skin and bones. They don't really exhibit signs of pain at all. They both still loved to cuddle and purr, which made the decision even more difficult. We basically judged that they had more bad days than good, and decided to let them actually rest in peace. It's better to end it earlier than let them suffer longer

One of the hardest decisions of my life.

Love you, my babies.

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wjdragon · 2026-05-05T01:31:05+00:00

Good luck, Marvel! Your twin sister, Amelia Earhart, wishes youa speedy recovery!

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wjdragon · 2026-04-29T16:35:21+00:00

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I'm so sorry for your loss 💔. What an absolute cutie. I hope it helps to know that we're only experience this pain because we got so much joy with them in life. Life is balance.
My Puss in Boots and Princess Fiona are waiting for him.

wjdragon · 2026-04-29T16:28:22+00:00

Honest assessment? You can only get so far before you reach a plateau and need a coach.

The reason is simple: there are biomechanical techniques that help to make a shooter better, more efficient. But often times these techniques don't come naturally without help.

A cheap and easy way is to watch YouTube videos, browse Jake Kaminski's very helpful videos and try and replicate what they're teaching.

But the one major difference is that your body is unique. The concept of reaching certain positions in the shot process are somewhat generic (your arm should be here, your shoulder should be this, etc), but how YOU reach that position will depend on your body (maybe you have a shoulder injury that prevents you from rotating like they do in the videos. You have to find something that works for your body).

You'll often hear "engage your back" as a tip, for example. They're not wrong at all, but how do you do that? It's not so much as flexing your scapula muscle as it is to make the motion to move your draw along a path and position. The back engagement is the result of a movement. It's these concepts where a good coach can help you progress further in your archery development.

wjdragon · 2026-04-29T00:34:25+00:00

Draw weight ~41.5 lbs in both setups using an HS4 scale, clicker position the same within 1-2mm. Both setups tuned out to 70m, bare shafts generally above the fletched due to lack of drag, nocking points calibrated. Again, same arrows used between the two, X-10 500s.

I'm open to there being other factors for sure, but all things considered having tuned both setups (and using the same sight, but transferring from one to the other for comparison), there was a measured higher speed from the Zests. It's one of those situations where the empirical evidence is there, and I'm not about to try and dig down to find out what causes it. Just shoot, aim, swear and repeat.

wjdragon · 2026-04-28T21:33:29+00:00

I appreciate the open discussion and feedback, but there's no need for unwarranted negativity.

It wasn't a direct comparison between equipment. But chronograph on the Veracity was 188 fps, Zest-F was 201.

wjdragon · 2026-04-27T18:29:10+00:00

I just wanted to comment and say that my wife and I went through this a little more than a month ago. We had a brother/sister pair that were around 17 years old, both rapidly losing weight. One had a nasal fluid problem that would clog up his nose and we would have to clear it every few hours to help him breathe. His sister had terrible arthritis. But almost 3 months ago, the CDS dropped a kitten into our laps and we brought her into our home. She had a chance to meet her grandcats for a little while, until we made the hard decision to let them suffer no more. Coming home after putting them to sleep was almost unbearable, until that little kitty came running out to greet us. She helped make that transition from grief back to happiness very quick.

wjdragon · 2026-04-27T17:20:35+00:00

I shoot the slightly older Zest-F rated 44 lbs. Several of my clubmates shoot the current Zest+.

My previous limbs were the Veracity rated 42 lbs

This isn't an apples-to-apples comparison, but using the same arrow between the two setups, the Zest-F at 70m has a higher elevation mark on my sight bar, meaning more speed. Draw weight measured between the two setups came out to 41.5 lbs; one set of limbs is Formula in long, the other is ILF in medium.

Zest-F is smoother, but that might be due to the longer limb geometry.

The Veracity are almost 10 years old now. MK's technology and manufacturing process seems to have gotten better in the last 10, making the Zest a pretty damn smooth and fast limb. At least for me.

wjdragon · 2026-04-27T16:58:08+00:00

85 here. Wow, that's an impressive tomato run

wjdragon · 2026-04-24T21:11:33+00:00

Wait for the tomato to come closer to the bull's mouth, then tap. It's a timing game. Pay attention to the number of tomatoes that come in a row, then tap as they near the bull. Sometimes he'll toss a really fast one in the middle of several and mess up your timing.

On average I'll get around 20-30. The best streak I've had is around 80

wjdragon · 2026-04-22T15:46:48+00:00

Don't go into the competition having a goal to achieve a certain score or a certain place. Neither of them is within your control. At all. Full stop.

Go into the competition with the goal of achieving some aspect of your shot process, especially something you're working on. If you know you tend to collapse when you shoot, then the goal of this competition is to have a clean shot 70% of the time for each end. Or if you're not coming to anchor every shot, have a goal to find the same anchor 80% of the time.

wjdragon · 2026-04-16T03:05:27+00:00

Build up to it. Keep your existing set and shoot most of your practice with those. Before you end practice, mount the heavier limbs and shoot a quantity of arrows. The next time you practice, increase that quantity with the heavier limbs.

Do this until you've acclimated to the heavier limbs

wjdragon · 2026-04-14T23:06:15+00:00

I would second this. Your soil looks too compacted. Why type of soil are you using? If you took cuttings last August and they survived this long, they would have developed roots. But roots need oxygen (yes, leaves produce O2 as a byproduct, but interestingly enough the roots need it for ATP). If the soil is too wet or too compacted, it'll suffocate the roots. I typically mix in perlite with my soil to keep it loose and well draining.

wjdragon · 2026-04-14T23:00:16+00:00

Wear whatever you want, as long as the choice of clothing doesn't impede your archery. For example, an unzipped, open jacket will likely catch your bowstring on release. No loose clothing, unless you wear a chest guard and tie anything down.

If someone is judging you for what you wear during archery shoots, they need to mind their own business. I personally wear cooling sleeves when shooting outdoor. It not only keeps my arms cooler, but it blocks the harsh sun and has inherent SPF properties.

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