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dingus

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  • thsi is true in my case ,so useless thing

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  • God, j would eat the shit out of whatever the fuck that food is rn. But it's bedtime so I guess I'll just go to sleep. :pp

  • Thank god for innovation

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  • But funny meme

  • What are some new things to enjoy?

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  • The past year I've discovered tattoos and riding a motorcycle/motorcycle maintenance.

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  • You'll think yourself into crazy that way. Source: been there

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  • I don't know. I feel like I had that mentality for a while, actually. It led to an increase amount of background stress which would then increase exponentially when I would "fail".

    Letting go of that mentality helped me to be a lot more at peace. Don't get me wrong, it still creeps back up from time to time. I'm only human, after all.

    But life isn't a series of fails and wins. Life just is. Events occur. Some bring us up a bit and some bring us down a bit. You can't control everything about the universe. Things happen. Time passes. You do the best you can in life and see what events will unfold. Be gentle to yourself when negative things happen. You can't control everything. You are a human being, not a robot. Not a deity.

    Or maybe landing on a specific psych med helped me a bit too idk.

  • Art on the walls

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  • I built a whole ass cat wall for mine and he has never ever used it. I used to try to coax him up with treats and he would just go eat the treat and then come back down.

    I'm contemplating taking the thing off the wall but then I'll have a bunch of holes in the wall.

    My cat is broken. He only likes to sit out in the open on couches and chairs!!

  • Introverts will do anything but ask for help

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  • Yes I always hated the thought of inconveniencing people. But then I remember that I actually love helping other people. And so then others may actually feel the same way about helping me.

  • what is up with pushing multiple kittens?

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  • I recently adopted a singular adult cat and the process went very smooth and not pushy or weird at all. I went to a "cat cafe" which essentially showed cats from the local shelter. Maybe that's why my experience was so pleasant.

    I did visit an actual shelter prior to that and I didn't have anyone hassling me, but I didn't dive into the adoption process there. Actually, I spoke to one of the employees and told them I was concerned at adopting a pet as a single person who leaves the home to work every day about the pet possibly being lonely when I'm at work. It's funny because he kind of looked at me like I had three heads and was like if you feed it and take care of it, it won't matter. It's still a lot better than them living on the street never being sure where their next meal will come from. It made me feel better about adopting.

  • What was the conversation about sex and drugs like in your home growing up?

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  • My mom bought me a book on puberty and handed it to me. That was the extent of anything even remotely related to that. I don't even think I read the book.

    The public school system I grew up in had sex ed every year anyway, and occasional anti drug stuff.

    I was always an isolated loner so I don't think any of that was ever a concern for my parents anyway.

  • If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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  • Well bois...I'm fucked because now I missed the cutoff to cancel it

  • If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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  • Well it's funny because it will cost me, but I'm in an unusual position for me where it would be essentially heavily discounted lol. I can't see that happening anywhere again in the near future. So it was part of my reasoning for considering it. I have an incredibly high deductible plan which I never meet. Before my deductible, I pay 100% the cost of medical care. After my deductible, I pay 20%.

  • If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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  • Gastric cancer is terrifying. With a family history, I hope you are able to continue to be monitored. Luckily there are other ways to monitor it beyond imaging. Like how colonoscopies are regular screenings for colon cancer, they can scope your stomach as a way to screen for gastric cancer.

    I have a family history of esophageal cancer which is a bit scary to think about! I'll have to remember to get it monitored as I age. One of my uncles died of it and I'm not sure if the other will end up dying from his.

  • If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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  • Yes but my insurance sucks and I somehow managed to meet my very high deductible this year. I can't see that happening again in the near future. So it's probably the cheapest I'd ever get an MRI lol...that part is part of the reason I'm considering doing it.

    Insurance says it was approved so I would pay 20%. Normally when I haven't met my deductible (most years), I would be paying 100%. I am comfortable financially to pay for something at 20%.

  • If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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  • Damn! Very glad to know you're still with us! Was it suspected or totally unrelated to why you got the imaging?

  • If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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  • Well essentially I had a bit of an odd biopsy result and one of the possibilities can be a strange hormone effect. I wanted a second opinion on the biopsy to make sure it was benign. I also recently had some blood hormone testing which doesn't seem to find anything too odd outside of the possibly of way earlier menopause than normal. The second opinion was benign which made me happy. But then the doctor suggested an MRI to have a better look at my adrenal glands (which are also producers of hormones) and ovaries. I think because she noticed that I have excess hair on my face and body. This can also be due to a hormonal effect, but this particular hormone wasn't tested and would not have effected the biopsy.

  • If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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  • What happened of you don't mind me asking?

  • If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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  • Haha yes I work in healthcare and we used the world "incidentaloma" when I was in school lolol.

    Sometimes things diagnosed incidentally do save people's lives though. I had an uncle diagnosed with renal cancer indicidentally when they were imaging him for some other reason. He had the kidney removed and has been cancer free forever now...might have been more than a decade ago. In many cases, a random scan can save someone's life.

    But the other hand causes things you describe, unnecessary stress and intervention for otherwise benign but odd things that people see. It's one of the big reasons why you don't generally just get an MRI just to get one.

    I've been fighting back and forth with what to do in my mind here.

  • If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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  • Potential monetary cost, "wasting" medical resources needed by others, possibly finding something incidental but benign leading to unnecessary further testing/surgery/etc. There are reasons why these generally aren't done willy nilly.

  • If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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  • I'll copy a reply I said to someone else.

    "Well it's funny because they are the second opinion I was referred to. Had an odd result to something so I wanted to make sure it was fine. The second opinion also said it was fine which made me relieved, but then they asked if I wanted an MRI. At first I was like well ok sure I met my deductible but now I'm like wtf am I even thinking."

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

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    Cat

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    Update: Lester is a healthy boy :)

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    FIV+ cat tips?

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    Do any of you actually call your cats by their names?

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    My cat has started swiping/clawing at me to wake me up or for attention. Is it ok to remove him from my bedroom when he does this?

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    I think I'm suddenly very allergic to my cat maybe? What gives????

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    Meet the guiña (aka kodkod), one of the smallest wild cats

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    What dis

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    After a few weeks, Lester has gotten more comfortable to explore high places in my home lol

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    Dis my new buddy, Lester

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    Cat enrichment questions from new cat owner (WARNING: incredibly long and rambling lol)

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    ...

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    I've been told that I "bottle things up and then explode". How do you not "explode"?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Has anyone else always been the "crazy one" for their whole life? How have you been able to deal with this? Both mentally and your actions in the real world.

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    What does masturbating or having sex physically feel like to you guys?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    How do you deal with two people who you are close to and have to spend every day with...but one of them hates the other one?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    How can I deal with not being able to help with other people's problems whom I care about?