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Just wrapped up pre-surgical radiation treatment for a neurofibromatosis tumour (it was NOT malignant, but they still wanted to use radiation prior to surgery to make sure it doesn't increase in size) and I'll have a better idea of when I'm getting surgery and the recovery process in a couple of weeks when I meet with the doctor. The surgery will likely be in May.
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2 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:
I wear a size 5.5 M (6 in athletic shoes). Do people ever make comments about the size of your feet?
I'm a 5M (sometimes even 4.5). People have freaked out, including one woman who looked disgusted.
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3 hours ago, Cloud9Shopper said:
Women who post their maternity photos in which they are half-naked. I know someone who is having a baby soon and she posted a picture of herself with her shirt unbuttoned (or maybe no shirt on and just in the bra) and her pants undone. If you’re going to take these kinds of pictures, keep it between you and your husband; I don’t want to see you on social media with half of your clothes off.
Thankful for my cousin’s wife who took maternity photos in a long dress and otherwise has kept her clothes on for all the pictures she’s posted with her baby so far. As much as I like her as a person hopefully she show the family any half-nude photos of herself holding the baby. I don’t like her that much. 😂
This started some 30 years ago when Demi Moore did this for a cover of a magazine (don’t remember which one).
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I've started subscribing to various Substack newsletters. I even have one of my own. I also have a blog under my own URL, but I really haven't updated that in ages (okay, I did post something around the Lunar New Year, which was just over a month ago). I've found various recipe Substacks as well as beauty and general culture. Seems like a fun bunch and many are civilized people. The only issue is that most are freemium. So for many, you can subscribe, but only certain posts are free and the remaining are for paid subscribers only. Or you can read everything but not comment. Right now, mine is free for everyone, but that's only because I don't have that many subscribers! I'm trying not to look at my IG or FB too much, and have considered logging out of my personal Instagram and focusing only on my professional one.
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1 hour ago, Ancaster said:
Just wait until he runs out of the house in nothing but his underwear. :-)
He's 5 1/2 years old! I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen anymore.
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We didn’t even register for fancy china when we married nor did I inherit anything (my parents had a fancy set of Chinese porcelain that we never used. I’m not sure if they even still have it) and just keep a partial set of our (very nice) regular dinnerware (plain white and dishwasher friendly) and wine glasses in our cabinet!
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I worked for a university's fundraising/advancement office for a bit (temporary position) and TBH, it's probably the only part of any school I'd ever work for. Anything else, especially these days, would be completely hands-off for me (though I'm pretty sure even advancement would be horrid considering what's been happening) for certain reasons.
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4 hours ago, Yeah No said:
So did it? Inquiring minds want to know, LOL. 😄
Haha. It worked this time. It’s just this once so far so I may need to keep reminding him.
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I also voted for separate. As others have noted, both are more or less the most active threads on the board!
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Hope this works!
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7 hours ago, Yeah No said:
I admit that like the woman in the audience, I hesitate to take other meds. that might cause stomach upset based on past experience doing that and then having the same reaction. And my doctor told me that if I have that side effect with most drugs that are known to cause stomach upset in some people it would likely happen to me again. I'm just not willing to take the risk.
Are you on Synthroid? Are your thyroid numbers considered "normal"? Mine supposedly are so I'm not being given that. Yet, anyway.
It's interesting that you're not experiencing obesity. There's more to this than they currently know. I think most people probably struggle with weight gain like me who have this.
I hear you. I don't know how tall you are, but being just under 5'2" you feel really uncomfortable when all the weight goes to your middle like you have this big floatation device strapped to your midsection. Just imagine how that would feel on a daily basis. It's very uncomfortable especially for a short person! My arms and legs aren't that long to bend over and reach around it! And forget about clothes! Dresses are an absolute nightmare. Everything looks like a mu mu on me. I haven't worn a dress since menopause. And clothing in general is proportioned for a woman with a defined waist.
It's weird because I camouflage my middle with clothes so I don't look "fat" the way people expect people to look obese because the rest of me looks pretty normal. Looks can be deceiving! I also have the fat roll with the crease. I started getting that during perimenopause when I was still wearing a size 8! People usually associate that with obesity but it's its own condition. Both my mother and my grandmother had it. And yes, it's very uncomfortable. I use Arm & Hammer "Friction Defense" on it to prevent chafing. I recommend it highly.
Yeah. This. It's ALWAYS been a worry of mine since I'm built scrawny with a short waist (i.e. the end of my ribcage and the top of my hip don't have much distance....any amount of food would make me look like I'm about four months along...LOL)! Combine that with being around 5'2". As a teen and going through my "sugar phase" (but even then, consuming less processed sugar than the average North American), I would sometimes wear old lady control top panties just to look curvier. I lost most of the belly in my 20s (moved downtown, so I walked more. I also gave up sweetened caffeinated drinks. Never really was a pop drinker, so that was not an issue). Perimenopause is hitting so some of the belly has come back.
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My husband drinks a lot of bottled water (already a peeve...what's wrong with municipal water? It's not like he's drinking anything flavoured!) and has the nasty habit of leaving nearly empty bottles in the fridge. He never finishes those nor does he empty them and put the bottles into the recycling bin. I constantly remind him, but he never does. I always end up emptying them for him. I'm seriously thinking of leaving sticky notes on nearly-empty bottles just as reminders. I'm not the one drinking these things, so why should I get rid of them?
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5 minutes ago, TattleTeeny said:
I just meant I hate the new spelling of "woah." Where did "whoa" go?
Isn't the former pronounced more like "wah," which is how they say "wow" in several East Asian languages? It's being used in Hyundai commercials.
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If those rumours are true, we may need an alternative forum just for chitchat and peeves. Lol…I’ve made a lot of “friends” here!
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Yesterday, I was on a local group mom chat where one woman kept on asking about when to start her child in preschool. She really wanted to start her child at a more traditional school as soon as he turned 3. His birthday is early in the year. I tried patiently to explain to her that traditional private schools with preschool programs (usually schools with (some) elementary grades (at least) as well) don't take new students in the middle of the year. She kept on going on and on about starting the kid after the December holidays, blah blah blah. It doesn't happen that way. You apply in the fall, get some sort of interview/bring the kid in (where they make sure they can at least somewhat play well with others) and then get an offer. She didn't seem to understand that. Totally annoying!
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Re The Notebook: I heard the rain scene is SOMETHING (though I worry that if I see it, I'd be disappointed...they seem to make it sound like it rivals the chandelier in Phantom or the helicopter in Miss Saigon)...
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1 hour ago, JustHereForFood said:
I've noticed something similar recently about people who seem unable to accept that some other people (mostly women) might have different ways to express themselves and might choose to do things that they themselves see as repressing. A woman wants to shave her legs? Must be conditioned by society. She wants to lose a bit of weight? Must be conditioned by diet culture.
Sure, some are, and some of these trends or what to call them can be damaging, but not everyone is the same and not everyone does everything they do because of them. As long as the person in question doesn't harm themselves by that behavior, who cares? Do I really want to shave my legs for myself because I feel better that way, or is it a result of hearing everywhere growing up that women should shave their legs? Counterpoint: If I don't, do I really not want to do it or am I just pressured by a trend that claims it's empowering and feminists shouldn't shave their legs, that seems to pop up every couple of years? I don't know and honestly, don't really care. I will shave them when I feel like it and have enough time to do so, or if I plan to wear something that shows them in summer (I hate summer and hot weather and prefer to wear long trousers anyway, so that is only a few times per year). Why not just let everyone do whatever they want. Over-analysing everything others are doing sometimes makes me think that people have way too much free time.
I'm SO TIRED of this whole "diet culture" thing. So I limit ultra-processed foods. Yeah, I've been "conditioned" by "diet culture." No, hon, I was raised on more traditional, home cooked meals. Read Little House. How did THEY eat? The only thing I could think of that might border on "ultra-processed" would be the salted meat they ate in the winter (is it weird that I remember what the Ingallses ate even though the last time I read a Little House book was in the 90s? Yes, the books were an influence on my growing up. I think I learned a lot about pioneer life from Ms. Ingalls Wilder)! But that's also a very old way of processing food.
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Little guy had a playdate with a friend from school today and they spent an hour in his backyard digging/hunting for insects. Just how long does this phase last? Parents of boys, please help!
Note: Neither are allowed to bring their specimen indoors.
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There have been shortages of various Type 2 meds over the past few months. My husband had to go off Ozempic for a bit because it just wasn't available in Ontario. He's now back on. His bloodwork has been okay, but he still can't be off without it going back up. He's cleaned up his diet a bit (he used to drink a lot of fizzy, sugary things he bought with his own money. Glad we both separate accounts and a family one). Honestly, I don't know what it's like to be on meds, but I can't imagine it's all that pleasant.
As for my own health, radiation therapy has had, so far, zero side effects, save for the day I had migraines, likely due to eating a bit too much turmeric powder (cooking "accident") the night before. I was cooking for myself, so no one else ate the meal, and thus wasn't affected. I'm about half way through, but haven't been informed of a surgery date yet. I guess they won't tell me until after everything is over and they do more scans.
ETA: I should note that I AM on meds for epilepsy. I just don't know what it's like to have to do weekly shots.
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Welcome, @zoomama!!! :)
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I use Instacart for my groceries quite a bit. Recently, I checked my credit card bill and saw that I had some Costco charges. I don't shop at Costco and don't even have membership. First thing I did was to check my Instacart account to see if I had been hacked (rather than my credit card). Then I noticed that the credit card charges matched up with ANOTHER store I made purchases (via Instacart) from. I called Instacart to clarify a few things and it turned out that said store uses Costco's system so all Instacart purchases show up as Costco rather than the store's name. Weird.
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3 hours ago, Browncoat said:
Unfortunately, that gets me sent to the hold music, the same as if I press whichever number is the option I need.
I've been put on hold with that darn music for several minutes before it automatically hung up on me or I end up getting silence instead of voicemail several times. I finally called the same number, pressed for another person and told that person what had happened. It was a phone system error.
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51 minutes ago, Ancaster said:
I'm a bit confused, were the pasta and the salmon two different dishes on the kids' menu, or . . . ?
You don't need to order off the kid's menu. When our kids were little they would either order what they wanted for themselves from the regular menu, or we'd share, depending on how big we thought the portions would be. If there were leftovers, we'd take them home (leftovers were also a normal part of our life - I don't get people who refuse to eat them).
(I'm happy to be proved wrong, but about the only thing I can think of that can't/shouldn't be eaten for a second meal is sushi, and the nature of ordering sushi means you shouldn't end up with leftovers.)
I'm sure I've told this story before, but my kids once famously tried to order liver and onions and brussels sprouts from the fake kids' menu because they didn't realize it was supposed to be a joke.
Two different dishes and two different restaurants. Salmon was from the dinner we had at the CN Tower for our "Spin of Prosperity" meal we have for Lunar New Year. It's been an ongoing tradition since *I* was little (obviously, we didn't go during the pandemic)! The buttered pasta was from a brunch we went to between Christmas and New Year.
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14 hours ago, Anela said:
This is the quote:
“The larger the group, the more toxic, the more of your beauty as an individual you have to surrender for the sake of group thought. And when you suspend your individual beauty you also give up a lot of your humanity. You will do things in the name of a group that you would never do on your own. Injuring, hurting, killing, drinking are all part of it, because you've lost your identity, because you now owe your allegiance to this thing that's bigger than you are and that controls you.”
― George Carlin, Last Words
Wait, no, it was a different one that will sound very political, when it's from something like thirty years ago.
THIS! I follow various mom groups and goodness, the parent-shaming there (especially when it comes to food) is NOTORIOUS! Like, if you buy more expensive and less processed cereal, you're part of that whole "diet culture" thing and if you buy, say, Froot Loops, you're going to make your kids sick. I even made an Instagram Reel about it!
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Chit-Chat: What's On Your Mind Today?
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People seem to think it’s fine to make comments on smaller people for some reason. But only if they don’t have dwarfism.