Posts by Jack Jones7

No way.
We'll just have to wait and see if they actually get it sorted by March 13th.🤣

And who exactly counts as "normal"?😁
I don't know anyone like that. I haven't met a single person who doesn't deal with some kind of issue or struggle, though none of them have an official diagnosis.

I'm 20 and I have pierced ears, but since I haven't worn earrings in forever, I can't even get one in on one side. It hasn't fully closed up, though—the earring goes in halfway and then just hits a wall. On the other hand, you can still see the hole on the back, so it clearly isn't healed shut.
If I try to force the earring through, the exit hole starts bleeding and my ear swells up.
It makes no sense. It feels like there’s some kind of blockage inside, even though both holes are visible.🤷 Should I just go get them re-pierced? Or what should I do?

Eric Newman4 said:I'm over 30 and, honestly, nobody has ever once asked me when I’m getting married or having kids. If anything, it feels like people are way too preoccupied with their own messes to bother worrying about my life...

If you're a man, that's why it isn't weird.😁 You can still have kids well into your fifties if you want to.
From what I've noticed, those questions are almost always aimed at women.

Tyler James5 said:Just getting a single blood draw to check your fasting glucose doesn't always tell the whole story when it comes to how your body handles sugar. That’s why if you’re feeling off or there’s a history of it in your family, doctors usually go for an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT).

Here’s a snippet from one of our local labs:

"ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (OGTT)

The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) is used to determine if someone actually has diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, or issues with fasting glycemia.

Basically, the OGTT shows how well your body can actually process glucose and helps spot metabolic disorders. The whole thing takes about 2 hours.

They measure glucose levels in both your blood and urine at specific intervals.

1. For pregnant women: timing is at 0 min, 30 min, 60 min, and 120 min (with urine samples taken at the start and end)

2. For everyone else: timing is at 0 min and 120 min (urine samples at the start and end)

The procedure works by taking initial blood and urine samples, then having the patient drink a precise amount of glucose dissolved in water.

You have to be totally fasting before starting, and—this is key—you can't move around. Any physical activity burns through blood glucose, which could totally mess up the results and give you a false reading.
No eating, no drinking (not even meds), and definitely no smoking during the test.
And you shouldn't use the bathroom during those 2 hours either, because if your glucose spikes past the kidney threshold, it'll show up in your urine.

High readings:
Elevated glucose levels on this test might point toward diabetes, an overactive thyroid, liver issues, or even celiac disease.

Low readings:
Low OGTT values can be linked to things like sepsis, viral hepatitis, pancreatic cancer, pheochromocytoma, hyperthyroidism, acromegaly, adrenal gland issues, PCOS, hyperlipoproteinemia, liver degeneration, cystic fibrosis, thalassemia, cirrhosis, chronic pancreatitis, acute or chronic kidney damage, or rheumatoid arthritis.

If you hit a value of 11 mmol/L after 120 minutes, that points to diabetes, whereas anything lower suggests impaired glucose tolerance."

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Does tachycardia count as movement?😁 It feels like a type of physical exertion to me.🤷
Honestly, I'd definitely need to take a sedative. My heart starts racing and I start sweating the second I get near a doctor; I have a massive phobia of these things.

Good grief, the sheer number of doctors out there is something else.🙄

So, did you actually make it to the doctor?
What’s the word on the test results and everything else?

Honestly, I think you’re the one causing the issue here.
If you need to give your brothers money without your parents knowing, go ahead and do it.

And I don't get why you haven't reported them yet?🤷
I have this nagging feeling that you still actually care about them.😢

All I know is that complexes, whatever kind they may be, are incredibly hard to root out.🤷
Plus, she’s getting older, so I don't see much hope for any real change happening at this stage.
I'm sure she realizes she's making mistakes—that her standards are totally off—but she just can't seem to help herself.

Daniel Bailey39 said:If nobody's complaining about our hospitals, you'd think they were some kind of dreamland...

Give me a break. It’s an open secret that our healthcare system is a total mess and the staff can be incredibly rude, so people just don't bother arguing about it anymore.🤷

Kimberly Robinson80 said:Sometimes OB-GYNs prescribe birth control pills specifically because they help manage heavy flows. If you aren't interested in hormones, though, check out the period cup thread on this forum. Plenty of women who switched to cups because of heavy bleeding have been really happy with the results.

The thing is, those kinds of heavy flows usually stem from an underlying issue that needs to be treated, rather than just masking it with a cup.🙏 🤣🤣