Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:38 am
Still quiet? I'm bloody exhausted and it's purely my own fault. Played Kenshi until 3am... 
Damn game is so addictive. 
--A
Damn game is so addictive. --A
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:38 am
Sorry that I have not been around much lately. Oh, Peter, that is an amazing story about your toe, and as it was over a month ago, I hope all is well with it. But it is a comically horrible cringe-fest of a story. I have a bit of a story about fluid removed from my stomach that is nowhere as nasty as a broken little toe that I guess I will post in my own grump-ass thread .
.Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:40 am
Sheesh, burn-out anybody? Been a (relatively) rough week for me, feeling a bit guilty about skiving off the Watch, but then, I'm skiving off everything right now, so it's nothing personal.
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 6:47 pm
Rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbit!
Rabbit
Rabbit!
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:05 am
^ Climatologically the first day of Autumn here is SA. ^
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:53 am
The sergeant who helped me get a job with the prison twenty years ago died today of lung cancer.
I worked with him at that unit for ten years.
I worked with him at that unit for ten years.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:42 am
Sorry to hear Sarge.
Seems I'm not the only person being lazy lately huh?
We're back to load shedding at the moment, so my power will be going off in 2 hours, for 2 hours. This is usually annoying, (at least it's not 4 hour blocks anymore) but Friday is a short day, so it's eating up most of the work day. So not too unhappy.
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Seems I'm not the only person being lazy lately huh?
We're back to load shedding at the moment, so my power will be going off in 2 hours, for 2 hours. This is usually annoying, (at least it's not 4 hour blocks anymore) but Friday is a short day, so it's eating up most of the work day. So not too unhappy.
--A
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:29 am
I boarded for a job at the prison cannery today. Went well. No idea when they'll decide.
Thank you Av. Funeral is Monday, but I'm working. Went to visit his family already.
Thank you Av. Funeral is Monday, but I'm working. Went to visit his family already.
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:35 am
I debated putting this in the Low Carb Cooking thread in The Galley, but decided the thread is a general discussion thread so decided to put it here. I went ahead and wrote my full story for another forum. I know I've shared bits and pieces here before, as well as the photo. And those who have been Facebook friends with me throughout will recall each step happening. But, I don't think I've ever told the whole thing in one go before.
I'm sharing in hopes some will find it encouraging, and possibly inspiring.
Why I started keto and chose it as a lifetime woe:
In May of 2018 I was diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) in my left breast. This is after already having my thyroid removed in 2011 due to Stage 3 thyroid cancer, and being diagnosed with chronic (lifelong) myeloid leukemia in 2017. After doing tons of reading, I was hopeful of having a lumpectomy of the area affected, even though as Stage 0 breast cancer there was no lump to remove. However, when I met with my cancer surgeon, she informed me that the DCIS was spread throughout 75% of the milk ducts in my left breast, and it would have to be removed.
My mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had the one breast removed at the age of 42. The cancer reappeared in the other breast and metastasized seven years later, leading to her death on her 50th birthday. In 2018, at 58, I had already outlived both my parents ages at their deaths due to various cancers.
I decided to go for a double mastectomy, to hopefully eliminate a recurrence, which was done at the end of June that year.
Prior to surgery, I was told I should start thinking about reconstruction. My cancer surgeon waa hopeful to have both the double mastectomy and reconstruction done at the same time. However, that usually occurs with implant reconstruction, and hearing many horror tales regarding implants, plus the implant surgeon telling me my skin was too thin to cover the implants in an appealing manner, I decided to pursue DIEP FLAP Reconstructive Surgery, which involves removing fat from the stomach, basically referred to as a tummy tuck, to rebuild the breasts.
When I met with the reconstruction surgeon, she pinched my tummy fat and said I was definitely a candidate for the DIEP FLAP surgery. However, at the time I weighed 250 lbs. on a 5'3" frame. She flat out told me she would not put me on an operating table until I got down to 200 lbs. Then she suggested doing keto.
I told her I wanted to discuss it with my primary care physician (who had me on two blood pressure medications as well as a statin), as well as my endocrinologist for my thyroid cancer and type II diabetes (for which I was on medication), my oncologist for the breast cancer, and my hematologist for the leukemia. She told me to do so, and *if* I reached 200 lbs. to contact her office again. I suspect she has a lot of overweight patients she never hears from again.
All of my specialists and my primary care physician were in favor of me giving keto a try. So, I started keto the day after being released from my mastectomy surgery in June of 2018, and started a twice a day walking regimine when I was given clearance to do so.
In mid December of 2018, five and a half months later, I returned to the reconstructive surgeon's office weighing 196 lbs. The first words out of her mouth was, "Give this girl a goal!" We scheduled my reconstruction for April of 2019, but there was a cancellation and my reconstruction was done in January of 2019.
Even at 196, on a 5'3" frame, I wanted to aim for my high school weight of 112. A bit extreme, and if I hit 125 I'll be happy. I made keto my lifetime woe choice, and while I have a long way to go to get to the weight I want, I have had other benefits in the meantime. I have been taken off one of my blood pressure medications, and since my A1C has been hovering at 5.4 for over a year, I am no longer on any diabetic medication as well.
At 61 years old, I'm feeling the best I have since my weight gain started in my early 20s. Keto for Life!
Here is a side by side photo of me before my double mastectomy and at my current weight. As I said, I still want to lose another 70 lbs., if I can, but I'm on my way.
I'm sharing in hopes some will find it encouraging, and possibly inspiring.
Why I started keto and chose it as a lifetime woe:
In May of 2018 I was diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) in my left breast. This is after already having my thyroid removed in 2011 due to Stage 3 thyroid cancer, and being diagnosed with chronic (lifelong) myeloid leukemia in 2017. After doing tons of reading, I was hopeful of having a lumpectomy of the area affected, even though as Stage 0 breast cancer there was no lump to remove. However, when I met with my cancer surgeon, she informed me that the DCIS was spread throughout 75% of the milk ducts in my left breast, and it would have to be removed.
My mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had the one breast removed at the age of 42. The cancer reappeared in the other breast and metastasized seven years later, leading to her death on her 50th birthday. In 2018, at 58, I had already outlived both my parents ages at their deaths due to various cancers.
I decided to go for a double mastectomy, to hopefully eliminate a recurrence, which was done at the end of June that year.
Prior to surgery, I was told I should start thinking about reconstruction. My cancer surgeon waa hopeful to have both the double mastectomy and reconstruction done at the same time. However, that usually occurs with implant reconstruction, and hearing many horror tales regarding implants, plus the implant surgeon telling me my skin was too thin to cover the implants in an appealing manner, I decided to pursue DIEP FLAP Reconstructive Surgery, which involves removing fat from the stomach, basically referred to as a tummy tuck, to rebuild the breasts.
When I met with the reconstruction surgeon, she pinched my tummy fat and said I was definitely a candidate for the DIEP FLAP surgery. However, at the time I weighed 250 lbs. on a 5'3" frame. She flat out told me she would not put me on an operating table until I got down to 200 lbs. Then she suggested doing keto.
I told her I wanted to discuss it with my primary care physician (who had me on two blood pressure medications as well as a statin), as well as my endocrinologist for my thyroid cancer and type II diabetes (for which I was on medication), my oncologist for the breast cancer, and my hematologist for the leukemia. She told me to do so, and *if* I reached 200 lbs. to contact her office again. I suspect she has a lot of overweight patients she never hears from again.
All of my specialists and my primary care physician were in favor of me giving keto a try. So, I started keto the day after being released from my mastectomy surgery in June of 2018, and started a twice a day walking regimine when I was given clearance to do so.
In mid December of 2018, five and a half months later, I returned to the reconstructive surgeon's office weighing 196 lbs. The first words out of her mouth was, "Give this girl a goal!" We scheduled my reconstruction for April of 2019, but there was a cancellation and my reconstruction was done in January of 2019.
Even at 196, on a 5'3" frame, I wanted to aim for my high school weight of 112. A bit extreme, and if I hit 125 I'll be happy. I made keto my lifetime woe choice, and while I have a long way to go to get to the weight I want, I have had other benefits in the meantime. I have been taken off one of my blood pressure medications, and since my A1C has been hovering at 5.4 for over a year, I am no longer on any diabetic medication as well.
At 61 years old, I'm feeling the best I have since my weight gain started in my early 20s. Keto for Life!
Here is a side by side photo of me before my double mastectomy and at my current weight. As I said, I still want to lose another 70 lbs., if I can, but I'm on my way.
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:58 am
Damn Menolly...you lost weight. Congrats.
Me, I feel fine. A bit burned out maybe...next week will be a year since we started working from home...very weird, but definitely has its benefits.
Maybe feeling a bit adrift though...lack of motivation, lack of direction...still, nothing to complain about really.
--A
Congrats.Me, I feel fine. A bit burned out maybe...next week will be a year since we started working from home...very weird, but definitely has its benefits.
Maybe feeling a bit adrift though...lack of motivation, lack of direction...still, nothing to complain about really.
--A
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:05 pm
Shit day. I gave in and bought myself a new graphics card yesterday, which arrived today. Went to install it and found my PSU didn't have the right connector. Ordered a PSU from a local shop and went and collected, but once I got home and took it out I found out it didn't match the specs in the description, so I had to return it. Now I'm exhausted from two trips into the city centre, and when I've put my PC back together with the old card in it, the card's fan is running full speed constantly for no reason.
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:24 pm
Use MSI Afterburner to manually modify the cards fan speed profile. (Or do it in your Bios.) But check the card temps first...maybe it's not for no reason?
(What card did you get? Seriously jealous...what little is available here is exorbitantly expensive, and I've been meaning to get a new card for ages... *sigh*)
Me? Fine. Usual usual.
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(What card did you get? Seriously jealous...what little is available here is exorbitantly expensive, and I've been meaning to get a new card for ages... *sigh*)
Me? Fine.
Usual usual.--A
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:02 pm
I got an RTX 2060. Not the greatest or newest but a big upgrade. Also triple the price of the last one I bought five years ago.
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:08 pm
A Blessed Palm Sunday to all celebrating.
Hosanna
Hey-sanna
Sanna Sanna
Ho
Sanna-hey
Sanna
Hosanna...
Hosanna - JC Superstar (1973)
Hosanna
Hey-sanna
Sanna Sanna
Ho
Sanna-hey
Sanna
Hosanna...
Hosanna - JC Superstar (1973)
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 5:53 am
*spew*
This is great!
I purposely didn't include the link to the shirt, as the shirt is not why I'm posting this...
This is great!
I purposely didn't include the link to the shirt, as the shirt is not why I'm posting this...
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:56 am
An old lady came into the shop wearing a "Make America Smart Again" baseball cap back in the US election. I thought it was great, but didn't comment on the Watch about it because...... well, shall we say that tempers were running a trifle high at that point!
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 5:10 pm
I love that the band America follows NdT. That just makes me happy!
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:10 am
A friend died of Covid today. She was 44 with a husband and young son
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:49 am
I'm so sorry, sarge.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:25 am
Thank you.