u/Brief_Awareness_8231

Hey all
I am in the second year of my PhD and have lately just been really feeling like I’m really in a slump. My MSc project was histology and mouse behaviour but now I am working with iPSC models with goal of doing molecular assays. I have picked up the cell work well even the differentiations. But I feel embarrassingly behind in molecular techniques. I am only starting to learn western blot, PCR, and omics. I feel super slow learning these too - I read about them, watch tutorial videos and then feel so awkward when doing them. The ones I have been doing with a bit of help from the post doc haven’t completely failed but I feel this immense anxiety that I should already have mastered these.

I also have this sense of dread that I will never catch up in these techniques and will never get to a place I am confident in performing them. Any advice would really be appreciated!

Hey everyone
I keep hearing how durable titanium frames are supposed to be. I’m currently shopping for new frames and would love to get something durable. I saw a pair I really liked from Titanium Optix and was just wondering if they are really worth the hype?

Thanks!

Hey everyone

My brother (23M) was diagnosed with B-ALL almost a month ago now. When I got the call from my mom about his diagnosis, I put everything on hold to travel across country to help. I am a PhD student in biomedical sciences; stopped my experiments, and postponed my candidacy exam. In the first week and a half of my arrival my brother was very sick; couldn't stand, nausea, and sleeping most of the day. Thankfully he really started to improve once they started his chemotherapy. He started telling us he was feeling better than he had in 6 months, eating a lot, going for daily walks, planning his courses for undergrad, and making mathematical formulas to better play his video games. During this time, I was the designated person to get any meals my brother requested to supplement his hospital meals; pretty much everyday I would get whatever he requested to bring to him. I also managed chores at home because my mother is mentally ill, and cannot manage doing both visits to the hospital and regular daily tasks. I would also have to wake her up otherwise she would sleep till 4PM, then I would drive her to the hospital and back. I was also the mediator of any squabbles between my parents, them with my brother, or them with other family members. It was pretty exhausting.

I had been there for 3 weeks so I decided to book my flight back as the doctors were really happy with his progress, and I needed to return to my studies. I told him my brother a week before my flight that I had to return, and the only thing he said was "oh no, who will bring me my ice cream now". But a day before I was supposed to head back he had to be transferred to the ICU because of an infection in his central line. My mom was an emotional disaster, so I had to take her to the waiting room to calm her down, my dad was at home and didn't know what to do. My mom really wanted me to stay, and brought it up in front of my brother that she thinks I should stay longer until he's out of ICU. Now I understand he is in the ICU and probably frightened with what has just happened but he was still feeling pretty good. He replied to my mom and said "okay" and shrugged his shoulders, then went back to talking about his favorite engineering and physics principles.

Wake up the next day, and I am not feeling very well. My mom wanted to sleep at the hospital because it was my brother's first night in ICU, so I called her and the first thing she says to me is that he wants a specific Italian dish brought for him in a couple hours. I told her I couldn't come at all today because I was feeling unwell.

I am now having these very strong mixed emotions. I am at a point where I feel like I've reach my limit here, and I want to return to my PhD. I am starting to feel irritated by my brother's demands without any sort of "thank you". And then both of those thoughts make me feel guilty, because I understand he has cancer. Not sure if there's any advice to give but I just needed to vent a bit. Thank you!

Hello

I have a second generation AirPods from a few years ago that I was going to give to my mom to have. They had been unused for maybe 8 months so I went to charge them and test them to see if they are still working well. The left AirPod is fine, but I have noticed the right AirPod is not detected as out of the case when I remove it, and is then not detected in the ear either. The AirPod shows it’s charging when in the case and out of the case.

I’ve done a few resets on the AirPods but the problem still remains. Should I try cleaning the case, is there anything else to try? Thank you

Hi everyone

I recently got new frames and lenses, but I’ve been having massive problems adjusting. They are metal frames and it seems that no matter how much I adjust them I am massive pain, and pressure on my bridge. Additionally I am having a very intense headache mainly concentrated on my forehead area. I can’t figure out if this is normal in adjusting to new glasses or if something more is wrong? The headache is progressing to where I’m almost vomiting.

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks

Hey everyone

A few years ago, I got my WOOW Day Off 2 frames. I really love these frames but I guess they’d gotten worn and the arm snapped off. The store I got them from said they were discontinued and couldn’t be repaired or replaced. Since I take a long time to find frames, I decided to glue the arm on to use in the meantime. Then I had a major family emergency come up and had to fly out of province. I went to a few optometry places while in town and one of them was selling my exact frames and offered to put my lenses in them. I decided this was a good option with all that was going on.

Unfortunately I’ve been wearing these frames for a little over a week and they just don’t seem to be sitting right. I’ve been getting a headache and muscle strain around my eye. I’ve had multiple adjustments, even went to my mom’s optician who didn’t like the angle of the glasses but did make the best improvement with her adjustments.

Is it possible that the same frames from different places could fit so different? Should I keep getting them adjusted or just return them and start fresh?