Posts by ironangler22

Mark Robinson said:I'm really hoping everything works out for the best, you know?

Thanks!
So far, so good. My wife is on day 7 of symptoms—nothing too crazy, just some mild stuff.
I'm checking my temperature every single day, and I'm still feeling fine so far.

Mark Robinson said:Looks like a few people over here have already chimed in

Thanks.
Well, it unfortunately made its way into our house too.
We're doing alright for now—just keeping our fingers crossed for the road ahead.

Joshua Cox2 said:Ever since COVID-19 kicked off, trying to get anyone on the phone at my local Health department has become a total mission impossible. It’s either ringing endlessly or just busy—probably because someone else is stuck on hold—but nobody picks up for hours on end. Sometimes I can't even get through for days, and I just need them to handle a prescription.

Since I live right around the corner, one Friday I finally hit my limit with the calling (honestly, I think my own cell phone blocked me after I tried dialing the same number about 70 times), so I just walked over there. Not a soul in sight. I rang the bell, and eventually, a nurse opened the door....

I have no clue what’s going on, but I know other people have been complaining that nobody answers the phone either. Meanwhile, Vili Beroš is out here talking nonsense about telephone call volumes...🙂

Maybe the doctor is just on vacation, so you might have better luck calling during a different shift. That was the case with my pediatrician once.

Hey, has anyone else on here caught COVID-19?

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- full results - Standard X-rays of both knees show normal bone structure and mineralization
Joint spaces—both the femorotibial and patellofemoral areas—look normal too.
No major signs of wear and tear or degeneration.
There is some mild, chronic enthesopathy at the quadriceps tendon on both sides.

The X-rays of the lumbar spine show a right-sided scoliosis at the thoracolumbar junction, along with a flattening of the natural curve (lordosis), though the posterior intercorporeal line remains intact. Vertebral body heights and mineralization look fine. The disc space at L5-S1 is slightly narrower in the back, but there aren't any clear signs of disc osteochondrosis.
Small facet joints are visible and look okay.
Spinous and transverse processes are normal, with no signs of spondylodestructive changes.

- reference ranges - none

- age - 32

- reason for testing (your symptoms)- Pain in my right leg. It felt like it locked up—pain in the calf, behind the knee, and even a bit behind the thigh. My tendon felt really stiff. I hadn't done anything intense, so it was pretty weird.
It lasted about a week before I saw my doctor, who sent me for X-rays.
The pain actually cleared up after a few days, but since I already had the appointment set, I went ahead with the X-rays. Those are the results above.

- brief medical history - Flat feet
- other - nothing significant

So basically... what's going on with me??

Just stumbled upon this news story...

Does this mean our insurance options are about to shrink? 🙂--kind of worried about that!

Straight from the source...

Justin Adams5 said:Thanks to everyone for all the replies.

Cheers!

Hey, have you ever spent any time in a Baroque Chamber? If so—what’s the damage like?
I've got some hypoxia testing coming up soon, so I'm just trying to get the lay of the land...

rustymaker5 said:... and it often ends in aggressive behavior and fights.

Honestly, it’s even more likely to turn into stabbings, shootings, or grenade tosses—it's wild. I feel like the best business move would be opening a gun shop right next to a country music bar.

rustymaker5 said:It’s annoying how fans of that music think the whole neighborhood should blast it at max volume—it really shows you how much they value living peacefully with others. You never hear someone cranking Beethoven or Bach, or even Deep Purple or Metallica, out of their car.

So true. Just as I'm typing this, my neighbor—who isn't exactly a rocket scientist—is blasting that trashy country music. And yep, he's got it cranked way too loud...

I don't want to paint everyone with the same brush, but I honestly feel like most fans of that genre aren't exactly hitting the high marks when it comes to intelligence.

Thomas Hernandez86 said:A buddy of mine was telling me the other day that he keeps waking up in the middle of the night totally paralyzed—like, he can't move a muscle for about 30 seconds before it finally lets go.
He says there’s no pain or cramping or anything, just pure fear.

To me, this sounds 😲 , I've never even heard of it. What's actually going on here?

It's been mentioned on this forum before, so maybe do a quick search.
It's actually pretty common—it happens to me every now and then too. It's a super creepy feeling...🙂

If I remember correctly, when you hit that deep REM stage of sleep, a dream can feel so incredibly real that you wake up halfway. Basically, your brain shuts down your muscle movement so you don't accidentally act out your dreams and hurt yourself—so you're stuck in this weird half-awake, half-asleep limbo. Correct me if I'm wrong on that part!

Kevin Morris12 said:The whole parents thing is out. It’s honestly ridiculous that in this day and age, NOT A SINGLE bank here in America offers a card like a Visa Contactless—basically anything designed EXCLUSIVELY for online shopping...

Actually, there is one! It’s not technically a bank, but still...
http://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/e-card.html

Oh, and yeah—students can get it too.

Quentin Tarantino

You were brave enough to floor it—so be brave enough to just pay the ticket. Don't go getting soft now and trying to dodge it without any real ground to stand on...

Jeremy Gray69 said:Every single year when spring rolls around, I deal with this annoying dry skin—it just peels right off my fingertips. It lasts about a month, then clears up and it’s like it never even happened... happens every single year.

People have suggested vitamins, changing my diet, all sorts of stuff... I've tried everything under the sun. Nothing actually works.

The funny thing is, when I spent three years living on a tropical island, my skin was perfectly fine. As soon as I moved back to the States and spring hit—boom, there goes the irritation...

On top of the peeling, my fingertips get super sensitive and sore to the touch, which is a total pain in the ass. Anyone got any ideas? Advice? Anything at all???

Unless I just move back to the tropics... 😉

I'm dealing with the exact same thing. Every year at the same time, and it just kind of fades away on its own.
It's seriously frustrating. For me, that Dove hand cream helps quite a bit...

Meg said:I used to work at a big firm like Charles Schwab. All I can tell you is that everything there revolves around money—even though nobody actually makes any. You grind away and see zero profit... it's just sad, really. It’s heartbreaking how people in certain financial houses lure others in by painting this rosy picture where everything is perfect—when the reality is totally different 👎 from what they claim. And since we're talking about them—they always have this reputation for being solid, reliable, and somehow constantly turning a profit. A real company would never hide its losses, but they act like they’ve never had a bad day in their lives 😲—what a joke. From the jump, things felt off to me. Once I saw what was actually happening and where it was all heading, I quit. And honestly? To anyone who asked for my honest opinion, I told them straight up: I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy because the whole thing is a scam. That's my two cents... 🙄

I actually sat through one of those "consultation" sessions with all the fancy charts and graphs. Even though I made it clear I didn't have a steady income and was just a college student, they were still trying to push retirement plans on me. They even ran the numbers to show how tiny monthly contributions could turn into half a million in forty years. Everything sounded so smooth—and the advisor was super nice and easy on the eyes, too. I almost bit... 😁

But then, I caught myself at the last second. Like I said, I don't have a regular paycheck, and besides, I already have some savings put aside. But get this—they didn't just let me walk away. A few months later, they called me up to ask if I wanted to join the team. Another meeting, more blah blah blah, and suddenly they're mentioning a $3,000 salary $1667 for maybe 5 or 6 hours of work a week.
Advisor: "Any questions?" (at the end of the call)
Me: "Hmm, yeah. This pay—is it based on anything specific? Like, does it fluctuate between $3,000 and $5,000 depending on how many hours I put in?"
Advisor: "No, it's based on performance."
Me: "Hasta la vista!"

I'm pretty sure it would take me forever to actually make any real money working for a place like that...

Honestly, I’ve been tossing and turning for about a week now—just flipping from one side of the bed to the other, hunting for a pillow to drag along with me. It’s a bit of a struggle since I’m using a tiny pillow on a huge king-sized bed. I usually don't actually drift off until maybe 3 a.m.
I’m pretty sure it’s just stress, though—my finals start in three weeks, and the pressure is definitely starting to kick in.