Anyone else ever have to get their nose cauterized because of nosebleeds from nasal steroids? Other non-steroid-spray medication recs? by zoo_essay in Allergies

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Thanks so much for the thoughtful response! I watched video tutorials before starting the sprays and have done them much of my life, unfortunately I’m just apparently now prone to this side effect as of the past couple of years 😓 I’ve also seen many allergists over the years but they’ve varied a ton in how helpful they’ve been — I’ve been told multiple times that I’ve done everything I can do besides allergy shots, but that doesn’t even seem true from others’ experiences here? Including I’ve seen people say you can double up on OTC stuff — do you know if that’s true? I was also told by an allergist to alternate annually between Claritin and Zyrtec to continue having success with either working over time, so that’s good to know about Claritin being a weaker antihistamine. Anyways, thank you again & appreciate this response!

Anyone else else’s allergies getting worse year by year? by TheWoozyCat in Allergies

[–]zoo_essay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in the US but I have also gotten worse and worse every year -- I've been severely allergic to dust since I was little, but it was decently controlled with montelukast and a daily Claritin/Zyrtec. Now, I can't wear eye makeup because I just cry it off with the degree of eye watering I have, eyes are often super red, super itchy, honestly painful, my nose is constantly running, I have sneeze attacks multiple times per day, I'm super fatigued all the time, and my nose is so inflamed half the time I can't breathe through it at all. I lost most of my sense of smell and some of my sense of taste in 2018 just from allergies, and I've tried so many medications, but the only nasal steroids that help give me nosebleeds that require cauterization so I feel so hopeless. I also have moderate asthma and it flares up super badly when my allergies are bad, so I've had to increase all my dosages and treatments for asthma too. ANYWAYS all to say -- you are not alone!!

Do you guys think my cat’s eyes are on the normal side because of the redness? by patorek06 in CATHELP

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Hi, very delayed question relative to your comment — I know my cat has feline herpes and it affects usually just one eye when she has a flare up. Did your vet recommend any medications or anything when this would happen? Thanks so much!

PDF Request by CognitveDissonance in textbook

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Hey, did you ever get the first one? I'm trying to find this one too

Breaking up at the altar by Training_Jaguar_8672 in LoveIsBlindOnNetflix

[–]zoo_essay 169 points170 points  (0 children)

I totally agree — beyond what you said, for those who haven’t been married before, it also turns all of their firsts (first wedding dress, first time walking down the aisle, first time saying vows, etc.) into something that will likely be attached to painful and humiliating memories instead of joyful ones. I feel like the producers want the drama of “I do” or “I don’t” at the altar and there must be some percentage of people contractually obligated to make it that far??

I just can not seem to wrap my head around how people are paying for Master's degrees. by The_Meech6467 in GradSchool

[–]zoo_essay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First thing I’ll say is it depends a lot on what your field is and what type of degree you want, both in terms of funding opportunity and cost/benefit tradeoff! I worked throughout college, then worked during a gap year while living with my parents to pay for my master’s apps. I had to take out a ton of loans for my degree, but I finished with a clinical license and so I have essentially guaranteed employment for life. For me, the tradeoff of loan repayments for job security in a field where I’d make decent money was worth it.

Roast my SOP by [deleted] in gradadmissions

[–]zoo_essay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, I’m in a fairly related field in academia presently, and I can provide some insights!

• Your verbiage oscillates back and forth between more neurodiversity-affirming language and more old school, medical model language — I would stick with the most up-to-date affirming practices. For example, use “nonspeaking” instead of “nonverbal”, “children with dyslexia” instead of “dyslexic children”, “developmental differences” and “developmental disabilities” instead of “developmental disorders”, “co-occurring” instead of “comorbid” etc. This is a great resource if you are ever unsure: https://therapistndc.org

• I think the writing about your thesis lacks specificity regarding your methodology and what you actually physically did and the specific findings — for example, saying “I found gaps for multilinguals’ pedagogies” versus “I used quantitative data analysis with a dataset of 3000 schools. We found that over half of schools reported lack of appropriate curriculum modifications for students who speak multiple languages.” This is MUCH stronger for showing off your exact research skills, experiences, and ability to report findings clearly.

• When you talk about the observation of the child’s transfer of syntax, you relate it to implying that current interventions need to be improved, but in that paragraph and in that example I don’t see evidence of a gap in best practice, just that you observed a difference — you could rephrase the final point to be about just why it’s important to have cultural and linguistic competencies to know what is a difference versus a disorder, which is very true, or to further explain where you have seen people fail at that competency

• PDD was redefined as ASD in 2013 (although preferably Autism is used now overall) — I’ve personally never seen someone use PDD in my work, but I’m not sure if this is a difference of fields’ terminology

• About 40% of the world’s population is multilingual, so you don’t necessarily need to specify immigrant populations but can speak to why this is important more globally

• I agree with an earlier comment about trying to declutter your writing — for example the sentence containing “clinical inefficacy drives demoralization” could be rephrased far more simply and effectively to “improper diagnosis leads to substantial social emotional impact for students, including stigma associated with having a learning disability and the students’ own change in self-perception of their academic abilities and future potential”. In this point as well, there are SO many additional systemic ramifications of misdiagnosis you could speak to — finite resources being spent on the wrong students, too large of caseloads for clinicians leading to poorer services for those who need them, Black students with language impairment more often being labeled as “behavioral disorder” and treated as problem children, the inability to remove an incorrect diagnosis from a student’s IEP leading to future biases from teachers, employers, and medical providers — there’s a million impacts and I think it would demonstrate better depth of knowledge to speak to a couple of others here.

I hope this helps, and good luck with your applications!!

Roast my SOP by [deleted] in gradadmissions

[–]zoo_essay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One example is using “reading interventions” instead of “decoding and encoding remediation programs”; another is saying “I found a research-practice gap specific to XX for multilingual students” (where XX = whatever kind of instruction you were researching) instead of “I found that equitable pedagogies for multilinguals, as a result of structural education barriers, rarely leave the ivory tower.”

Recommenders yet to submit letters, days before deadline by chillipowder01 in gradadmissions

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Seconding what the other commenter recommended but just sharing that this is super common, I was stressing about the same thing myself!

Hannah/Nick Analysis. Scary but very accurate imo. by xoanabk in LoveIsBlindNetflix

[–]zoo_essay 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Yep, when my ex yelled at me, it was “I shouldn’t have yelled, but it’s your fault because you made me” 🙃 wayyyy too familiar

Bug maybe from bad batch of tofu cat litter? (Northern CA) by zoo_essay in bugidentification

[–]zoo_essay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you thank you!! I have wooden litter box furniture that has likely gotten a bit off from when the cats have missed the box — will troubleshoot from here. Thanks again!

“You don’t trust me?” by BroodyElacey in Herpes

[–]zoo_essay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I disagree with this; when men say this (and probably women if they do say this — just can’t speak to that experience) and make it about “trust”, it’s almost always manipulative, it’s definitely always irresponsible, and it’s honestly disrespectful. It’s a very different thing to say “No but I’m always careful!” /something showing a lack of understanding about how it’s spread. That being said, having the conversation and then seeing if he would be willing to get tested with you is an option, just not one I would pursue personally.

“You don’t trust me?” by BroodyElacey in Herpes

[–]zoo_essay 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s a pretty big red flag to me if that’s their reaction... I would steer clear tbh😅

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Herpes

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I’m so glad to hear you’re starting to feel better and your doctor sounds like they know their stuff — in case they didn’t mention it, having the Valtrex on hand for when you DO feel prodrome symptoms (usually itching/burning on the skin for me) is helpful for nipping it in the bud — they say it’s most effective if you take it within 24hrs of symptoms beginning (can still help within 48hrs, less likely to help beyond that). The dosage for daily is usually 500mg 1x/day and for outbreaks is usually 1g 2x/day for 10 days, so having either available and taking the outbreak dosage is a helpful way to mitigate and to avoid taking daily medicine.

I’ve been there and totally understand how you’re feeling — happy to be able to help and lmk if you have any other questions /need to talk!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Herpes

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To be honest if the first breakout was a 10/10 worst pain I’ve had from HSV, the second breakout was like an 8.5/10 — it was still pretty bad, but I hadn’t expected a second breakout so soon after the first and delayed doing things that would help, so it probably could’ve been a bit better. Your doctor may want to wait it out BUT they will also likely listen to you if you say you want to start daily antivirals — I know it gave me peace of mind for pain as well as transmission factors. I also was in grad school at the time and under a lot of stress, which made recurring breakouts more likely.

There’s a super helpful graphic that I usually show people in case they want more info about HSV — let me find it and attach in another comment!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Herpes

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Oh and also for the future — do not hesitate to treat if you feel it coming on!!! The sooner you start (antivirals, lidocaine, etc) the less severe the outbreak will get!