I, for one, am thankful daily that you can usually manage to muster it up, because without your influence, well...
I'd probably have checked out by now. Sheet's exhausting.
yeah, I also activate it each ride, so I can see what i've done. My kid, who turned me on to this app, and I share each other's ride info. I do 22m and he doesn't post unless he does 120m.
One of the things about Trump is that you should ignore the first thing he says about anything [cause like him or hate him, he does enjoy talking off the cuff] and pay attention to the second thing he says about the same topic.
I don't recall hearing a second thing he said about vaping and/or flavors. On this subject, don't know where he'll go. He's a free market guy, so hands off it. Then again, he's a bit of a straight laced person; no booze, no girls [LOL], churchy...
We'll see.
Yes, I have no clue where. Someone will.
I have missed you dear provaris I have been busy working and (ALSO! Shocker! Surprise! Avoiding a heart attack, or so my lab work told me.)
Thyroid doc has been trying to kill me ever since she did not like my "decades stable" numbers (endocrinologist approved no less.) Jesus.
There's nothing worse than a pet doc with a pet cause. I was like, "I better get my refill before I fire her maybe I can split the pills." Only when I GOT to the pharmacy in Sierra Vista they had a measly 4 pills for me with a big red writing on the prescription, "TALK TO THE PHARMACIST." On it. That's never good. There was some "Ummm ahh.... " I was like, "Oh, you must have read my lab work too! When I got my team to print it out for me on Friday I made an appointment with her first thing MONDAY only like, I did not get approval in time so I just cancelled it. I was gonna ask if it was safe to SPLIT these suckers because there is nothing like wicked fatigue plus wanting to jump out of your skin but like I thought I had a cold too or something and that was the chills, the um, all the symptoms really, we are entering HEART attack land. It's not fun."
Pharmacist told me I could like not take ANY thyroid for 2 days and doc would be ah "calling me Monday morning." And I was like, "You can inform her I want a bridge to my OLD meds, the ENDOCRONOLIGST approved ones I have been taking for 10 YEARS, okay? I'm going back to the PCP who ISN'T tying to kill me because they didn't have thyroid cancer, so it's not their pet CAUSE." I printed out ALL my labs from the start. .Every "change" she made caused worse lab work. Also, as the proud, "I found my perfect dose the FIRST time" she has NO clue how annoying it is to be calling and saying "Are you sure I am not dying? I feel like I might." And she was all like, "I will speak to you after your labwork."
Uh huh. You suck.
Also, time for my favorite OPTIMISTIC but also TRAGIC Death of VAPING video,. LOL. It has been a while...
Bill still has my radius. I hope it's not too much for him. LOL,.
Anna
I have missed you dear provaris I have been busy working and (ALSO! Shocker! Surprise! Avoiding a heart attack, or so my lab work told me.)
Thyroid doc has been trying to kill me ever since she did not like my "decades stable" numbers (endocrinologist approved no less.) Jesus.
There's nothing worse than a pet doc with a pet cause. I was like, "I better get my refill before I fire her maybe I can split the pills." Only when I GOT to the pharmacy in Sierra Vista they had a measly 4 pills for me with a big red writing on the prescription, "TALK TO THE PHARMACIST." On it. That's never good. There was some "Ummm ahh.... " I was like, "Oh, you must have read my lab work too! When I got my team to print it out for me on Friday I made an appointment with her first thing MONDAY only like, I did not get approval in time so I just cancelled it. I was gonna ask if it was safe to SPLIT these suckers because there is nothing like wicked fatigue plus wanting to jump out of your skin but like I thought I had a cold too or something and that was the chills, the um, all the symptoms really, we are entering HEART attack land. It's not fun."
Pharmacist told me I could like not take ANY thyroid for 2 days and doc would be ah "calling me Monday morning." And I was like, "You can inform her I want a bridge to my OLD meds, the ENDOCRONOLIGST approved ones I have been taking for 10 YEARS, okay? I'm going back to the PCP who ISN'T tying to kill me because they didn't have thyroid cancer, so it's not their pet CAUSE." I printed out ALL my labs from the start. .Every "change" she made caused worse lab work. Also, as the proud, "I found my perfect dose the FIRST time" she has NO clue how annoying it is to be calling and saying "Are you sure I am not dying? I feel like I might." And she was all like, "I will speak to you after your labwork."
Uh huh. You suck.
Also, time for my favorite OPTIMISTIC but also TRAGIC Death of VAPING video,. LOL. It has been a while...
Bill still has my radius. I hope it's not too much for him. LOL,.
Anna
FWIW, from having Bill work on a some mods for me, I have the strong impression that since he got the new job he's only working on Provaris on weekends. I don't remember when you sent it in, but I would not be concerned.
An added thought - he did a tremendous job on a Radius I sent him. Came back looking and acting like a new one straight out of the box.
Yeah he told me it might take a while. I'm pretty sure he can fix it and I am PSYCHED because I sent him a Procyon that mysteriously died and I was like, "Oh that is what a new provari looks like." LOL.
I have a P3 Kabuki waiting to be placed back on top, and I'm not in a huge rush (I mean, I MISS that setup but also like, yes, I'm glad he is fixing it. It's going to be fantastic. I almost gave up the ghost on it and then I was like, "Don't be a TWIT Anna, you should get it fixed there is NO way you are replacing it."
Bill has always been super awesome (to me anyway.) I'm not stressed. I bet it looks great, and I'm just happy there is someone SOMEWHERE fixing them.
I know this will not be the case forever. I am trying to be really careful with them.
Also I feel much more chipper today. That's thyroid for you. It's the most frustrating dosing thing of all time. Because (for me anyway, but I hyper metabolize) the changes take 8 weeks to show up in your labwork, but you FEEL the changes pretty much immediately. My first PCP who was the BOMB he left and I miss him so much, handed me a bunch of 30 mg tablets and said, "Just keep increasing every 4-5 days until you feel better then stop. Do not go above "X" dose.. Once you stop, come in for a test in 8 weeks."
That dude was Mister Common Sense. He was "only" a Physician's Assistant but also the best PCP I ever had. Everyone else thought so too. EVERYONE I sent to him was like, "Wow." Some people just possess "excellence" because they want to be good at their job, dude and they are smart. I hope I'm a bit like that. But yeah when he left (for the military no less, sigh) the clinic... Mourned.
Anna
I have a P3 Kabuki waiting to be placed back on top, and I'm not in a huge rush (I mean, I MISS that setup but also like, yes, I'm glad he is fixing it. It's going to be fantastic. I almost gave up the ghost on it and then I was like, "Don't be a TWIT Anna, you should get it fixed there is NO way you are replacing it."
Bill has always been super awesome (to me anyway.) I'm not stressed. I bet it looks great, and I'm just happy there is someone SOMEWHERE fixing them.
I know this will not be the case forever. I am trying to be really careful with them.
Also I feel much more chipper today. That's thyroid for you. It's the most frustrating dosing thing of all time. Because (for me anyway, but I hyper metabolize) the changes take 8 weeks to show up in your labwork, but you FEEL the changes pretty much immediately. My first PCP who was the BOMB he left and I miss him so much, handed me a bunch of 30 mg tablets and said, "Just keep increasing every 4-5 days until you feel better then stop. Do not go above "X" dose.. Once you stop, come in for a test in 8 weeks."
That dude was Mister Common Sense. He was "only" a Physician's Assistant but also the best PCP I ever had. Everyone else thought so too. EVERYONE I sent to him was like, "Wow." Some people just possess "excellence" because they want to be good at their job, dude and they are smart. I hope I'm a bit like that. But yeah when he left (for the military no less, sigh) the clinic... Mourned.
Anna
I was optimistic and felt justified back when Gottlieb was running the FDA. I wasn't exactly in the majority.I very much appreciate your optimism during these dismal days of our vaping journey.
Yes, I knew there would be a clamp-down on vaping even under Gottlieb but felt we would still have vaping as a legal and viable activity. Well, Gottlieb left and we got Azar who is an enemy of vaping and a complete disappointment. Then add the judge's decision to move the deadline up to May and now the epidemic of "vaping related" illnesses and, well, my optimism has turned to realism. I've responded by stocking up on all necessary gear and ingredients for DIY. I've still written gov't officials but truthfully I have come to the conclusion that optimism wont keep me vaping in the future. Would I welcome a reprieve on what appears to be a death sentence for legal vaping? Oh, hell yes! Just not enough hope to keep me from preparing otherwise.
Oh, I completely agree with you, on all of the above.I was optimistic and felt justified back when Gottlieb was running the FDA. I wasn't exactly in the majority.
Yes, I knew there would be a clamp-down on vaping even under Gottlieb but felt we would still have vaping as a legal and viable activity. Well, Gottlieb left and we got Azar who is an enemy of vaping and a complete disappointment. Then add the judge's decision to move the deadline up to May and now the epidemic of "vaping related" illnesses and, well, my optimism has turned to realism. I've responded by stocking up on all necessary gear and ingredients for DIY. I've still written gov't officials but truthfully I have come to the conclusion that optimism wont keep me vaping in the future. Would I welcome a reprieve on what appears to be a death sentence for legal vaping? Oh, hell yes! Just not enough hope to keep me from preparing otherwise.
I'm personally a half glass empty type.
I think it's going to be bad when it does all come down....I stocked up three years ago.
I just mean, in general, it's good to see people with the optimistic attitude...helps to balance things, for me anyway.
It's just nice to be reminded, "chin up" sometimes when things look so dark.
I always kind of had a sweetness for Gottlieb personally too. @Bronze we are so similar in many ways (and different in others
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BUT I have the HUGE announcement I AM DONE!!!! I bought my last GALLON of nic (I actually calculated it out and it was cheaper) and another DNA tank mod from VapeNW and also a clone RTA that was expensive (for a clone) got good reviews and like THEN I checked my bank balance and I was like "OKAY-- final Dicodes 21700 and charger station or NOT???)
I got them. I mean, even after donating most of my bonus to the husband for the contractor and the kid, for being my KID, well I was like a bit SKREECH (I hate exchange rates, Brithish ones specifically) but I was like "F it, it's ALL in stock I CRAVE the silver one) and that means I am DONE. Finito. I have 17 liters (or the equivalent, I just counted it up) and a new liter in the fridge I JUST opened and I cannot see me running out of nic NOW.
It feels so good to be DONE.I gotta go do the notes that support all this spending but I'mma gonna try hard not to buy stuff for a while. I need to pay down my debt. I really should have used the 1K I gave the kid for HIS debt but like, he's MY kid and the poor thing had his wisdom teeth out with no dental insurance.
He is way better at paying down debt from me. Instead of giving him money, I should ask him to give ME tips.
But, I have been super poor until last year, so my mom had all the money and the kid (she still does I want to take him on vacation in the spring so MAYBE I will pay off my debt more and with every dollar, I shall put it into savings, so we can go on vacation.
And I HAVE savings. LOL I remember the time, in the distant past when I did not have to worry about overdraft fees because I had 2K in my savings. That is PLEASANT, bank start to give you some RESPECT.
Anna
Anna
)BUT I have the HUGE announcement I AM DONE!!!! I bought my last GALLON of nic (I actually calculated it out and it was cheaper) and another DNA tank mod from VapeNW and also a clone RTA that was expensive (for a clone) got good reviews and like THEN I checked my bank balance and I was like "OKAY-- final Dicodes 21700 and charger station or NOT???)
I got them. I mean, even after donating most of my bonus to the husband for the contractor and the kid, for being my KID, well I was like a bit SKREECH (I hate exchange rates, Brithish ones specifically) but I was like "F it, it's ALL in stock I CRAVE the silver one) and that means I am DONE. Finito. I have 17 liters (or the equivalent, I just counted it up) and a new liter in the fridge I JUST opened and I cannot see me running out of nic NOW.
It feels so good to be DONE.I gotta go do the notes that support all this spending but I'mma gonna try hard not to buy stuff for a while. I need to pay down my debt. I really should have used the 1K I gave the kid for HIS debt but like, he's MY kid and the poor thing had his wisdom teeth out with no dental insurance.
He is way better at paying down debt from me. Instead of giving him money, I should ask him to give ME tips.
But, I have been super poor until last year, so my mom had all the money and the kid (she still does
I want to take him on vacation in the spring so MAYBE I will pay off my debt more and with every dollar, I shall put it into savings, so we can go on vacation.And I HAVE savings. LOL I remember the time, in the distant past when I did not have to worry about overdraft fees because I had 2K in my savings. That is PLEASANT, bank start to give you some RESPECT.
Anna
Anna
The lung injury epidemic was the triple whammy, and the conflation of vaping with the other stuff was like a mule kick. I had always hoped that more folks in the medical fields would start to realize that we got this all wrong in the USA. I still believe that eventually they will, if the British model is a success story. Public opinion could be changed via the media, and policy could be changed if enough people cared...but that might take years, we got months left.
Glad you finally took some steps to hopefully insulate yourself.
I always kind of had a sweetness for Gottlieb personally too. @Bronze we are so similar in many ways (and different in others
Anna
It will take a while me to work on the similarities between @Bronze and @stols001 but given sufficient time and a room full of super computers...well, perhaps I really am an optimist.
Well, I took a shower and I figured it out. Showers are warm and dilate my vasculature making it easier to get oxygen to my brain. Bronze and Anna are similar in that they both think about things, not accepting conventional, easy or obvious explanation.
In Bronze this thought is easier to see. Anna requires a a little more time because of the easy flow of consciousness from idea to idea. My first thought was that of "flighty", but upon continued reading with attention paid, the act of deliberate thinking became clear with her, too. I try to not miss either's posts.
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AWW.
I had to love on you for this post....I bet you ten bucks Bronze does NOT. Hehe.
Anna
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