u/Fryman23 — reddlx

ID needed for this non-reactive, soft, white/ light green rock found along southern Lake Michigan, USA.

I’ve posted this rock in several other places and not gotten anywhere. I found it along Lake Michigan near Kenosha, Wisconsin USA. This is it cut in half. I saw at least a half dozen others of the same apparent type. It’s soft, judging by the ease of cutting with my saw I’d put it at a 3-4, about the same as limestone. The green bits are softer than the white. When I scrape it with a nail it really digs into the green bits. Vinegar splashed onto a freshly scratched line has no reaction.
Thanks for your help.

u/Fryman23 — 12 hours ago

▲ 6 r/WASPs

Polistery!

Hello people that live in my phone. I have a mystery and I haven’t been able to solve it myself. These Polistes annularis showed up here about 2.5 weeks ago and really haven’t left. Usually they number 7-10 but in the last few days I’ve seen the numbers as low as 3 like in this video. They are not building any kind of nest. They are not scraping for loose paint on the fixture. I’ve left them small bowls of water and a pineapple core thinking they’d enjoy either the pineapple juice or the gnats it brought in but they ignored it. I offered them a small caterpillar but they had no interest. They’re perfectly docile. I walk beneath this fixture at least a dozen times a day and my head is maybe a foot or so from them. I’ve seen them have disagreements and tumble down to the ground as a pair but then they separate and fly back up. It’s always on this one angled corner of the fixture, never anywhere else. This is happening in west central Georgia, USA and I’d like to help them if they need assistance. The first day they showed up I left the light on all night to discourage nest building but they didn’t seem to mind that. This porch houses many gorgeous orb-weavers in the fall and that time is rapidly approaching. We name those ladies and enjoy their company but they’re not going to show up with these fellas around. First and foremost, does anyone know what they’re doing? Is it an island of misfit toys situation and they’re a bunch of homeless males? #wasps #entomology #wasp #polistes #insect

u/Fryman23 — 1 day ago

▲ 46 r/whatsthisrock

Found along Lake Michigan near Kenosha, WI, USA. Hardness is around a 4. First picture is it sliced in half and wet and second picture is the outside. Thanks

u/Fryman23 — 10 days ago

▲ 71 r/HeadandNeckCancer

1 year post treatment today!

Today marks one year from the last day of radiation treatment for me. I want to thank this group for the bucket loads of help, support, and shared experiences I have received!! Today is a bit of a mixed bag for me because it reminds me that a year ago I thought I might be in for a few more bad days before starting the climb up that hole 35 rads and 7 Cisplatin puts you in when in reality I had the three hardest weeks of my life to endure before things started getting better. But they did start getting better! In the last year I’ve rebounded at a rate I’m proud of and I’ve accomplished some big things for me. My taste buds are still a crap shoot but I’ve got a few things that I can taste so well it almost brings me to tears (blueberries, pineapple, cherry tomatoes) and a few things that I used to love and now I can’t stand (oranges, apples, anything spicier than ginger root). I am incredibly grateful to my wife and my care team for putting humpty dumpty back together again.

If you’re in it now, just remember that the only way out is through and you’re capable of far more than you might think. Trust in the process. I don’t agree with the idea that “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, but I do believe that what doesn’t kill you shows you just what you can endure. Push on through the darkest days.

Thanks again everyone for sharing your experiences.

M, 46, stage 3 with a lymphnode the size of a babies fist, primary at base of tongue, p16+.

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u/Fryman23 — 2 months ago

▲ 21 r/geology

Can anyone explain how this forms? The black is meta basalt. I’m just wondering about that contact between the black and feldspar. That’s a fairly crisp line. Could they be different events like an intrusion or something? From Junction City, GA, USA.

u/Fryman23 — 2 months ago

▲ 72 r/geology

It’s fun to slice up rip rap.

It’s a mafic mess of amphibolite gneiss unless anybody else wants to explain further. It looks like maybe it had a partial melt but I can’t be sure. From Junction City, GA, USA.

u/Fryman23 — 2 months ago

▲ 11 r/HeadandNeckCancer

Thyroid info

Let’s dig into the thyroid for a bit because it’s been on my mind…or 6” or so below my mind.

C’mon! That’s comedy gold! Anyway….

How is your thyroid post treatment?

Did you lose functionality? Totally or partial? Did you know something was up before the blood test indicated? How did that feel if so?

How far along post treatment were you when the issues began? Did you get 35 radiation treatments? What is your approximate age? Did you do anything to try to help your thyroid before it gave up? Has anyone heard of anything we can do? Right now I’m just doing what I always do, which is being super duper active and being exposed to lots of natural light, etc…(all things to help hormone levels in the body).

For reference I am 46 M, 11 months post now(*high five!), HPV+ at base of tongue, spread to one very large lymphnode group under my jaw. Stage 3. Full dosage of 35 rads and 7 Cisplatin.

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u/Fryman23 — 2 months ago

▲ 3 r/HeadandNeckCancer

Ground glass nodule

I had my 10 month CT scan and I thought everything went great. My doc said it was wonderful, and that my recovery was progressing very well. He switched my post scan timeline to 6 months for my next CT (instead of three) and said if that looked good then I’d be on the yearly timeline.

Then on the drive home I read the CT scan report. It noted a 5mm ground glass nodule in the lower portion of a lung. It also said this was likely benign. Then it said “no significant evidence of recurrence” and the last CT from 3 months ago said “no evidence of recurrence”. Scan report was written by the same person. So all that’s gotten pretty deep into my head! I’ve got a call in to my doc and I’m just freaking out a bit in the meantime.

Has anyone had one of these ground glass nodules show up? If it moved to your lungs what did they initially see? Was it a ground glass type or a totally different presentation?

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u/Fryman23 — 3 months ago