u/JennyDoveMusic

I am just starting my small buisness, but I have my sights set on providing health insurance. A big part of my dream is to create jobs for chronically ill folks and well... When you are chronically ill, you desperately need health insurance.

I understand health insurance is crazy expensive and I won't be able to provide it for quite a while.

I did read some folks saying it's a lot cheaper if you go through a PEO.

What did the price difference per employee look like for you?

Does using a PEO restict you in any way?

I have had chronic fatigue for 7ish years and have been trying to find answers for 3.5. My B12 test was 488 last test, so not out of range.

Though, with having tried so much else, I don't have much to lose trying B12 shots. I have been doing 2 a week, and I am 2 weeks in.

I am almost sure I feel worse? There was one or two days sporadically that I would have normally felt worse than I did. (I only got 8 hours of sleep vs the 10 I need) It could be coincidence.

The day after and later in the day I feel reaaaallly tired and where I didn't feel depressed & pessimistic before, I am starting to.

A few things feel better or went away. I used to have a pain like my right femur was breaking in half at random times, but it's only happened 2x since I started and it didn't hurt nearly as bad.

Did you feel worse with all around fatigue before you felt better? How long did it take? I was going to do it for a month and see, but maybe I should do it longer?

Can feeling worse be a good sign? Lol!

Notes: I am making sure to eat bananas for potassium; I have done 4 in 2 weeks at a clinic and Sublingual B12. I also ordered B1 just to throw everything at the wall.

TLDR: My levels are 488 but I am always so tired it's ripping my life away. Could it be B12, still?

I tried my first shot today, how long should I try them weekly before deciding if it is working?

What Sublingual is your recommendation for in-between?

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So, I've been suffering with slowly worsening symptoms since I was in high-school. Getting more and more tired and blaming myself for a looong time. I specifically remember the day I started to feel off.

It's been 3.5 years of trying to figure out what is causing it. I am freshly 24, and this started around the time I was 16.

I haven't been able to work for a long time and the brain fog is crazy.

I get....

- Chronic fatigue in all forms

- Physical Fatigue

Sore even if I wasn't active - Exhausted where I dont want to move

Sometimes it takes energy to speak, I am so exhausted.

- Brain fog / mental exhaustion

I can't read a book when I used to fly through them and everything takes me 3x as long. I forget basic words sometimes and will forget what a conversation is about. Keeping my head on straight is an extreme struggle.

- Emotional exhaustion

ANXIETY mostly over nothing at all. I can get really internally pessimistic and have to talk myself back to being content. (I'm really glad I worked so hard on myself before this happened.)

Not wanting to hang out or do things I love because I am just too tired.

- Tired/burning eyes

- Feeling like it almost takes a split second more for my vision to catch up when I look somewhere.

- Chest pain with heart issues ruled out

- Bone-Breaking pain in my right femur occasionally

- Undersleeping makes me feel nauseous. Oversleeping also makes me nauseous.

- Feeling out of breath after not-that-strenous activity

My levels are 488 but could it be?

I have done sleep studies, a brain MRI, cardiac tests, everything.

I tried my first shot today for the hell of it. I don't see a difference, yet, but I am not sure how long to try it.

Hey y'all, I am in a mad dash search for a good machinist that can create a rotary die machine for me. Everyone I can find is 6 months or more out, which, is fine, but the product I'm developing has it's hottest moment during Christmas time.

I've been calling around like crazy, but my Google searches don't come out with a lot of rotary die Machinists. I can find the shops that make components, but not the machines.

I'm still a ways out from getting the other components to the project, but I'm just looking for a shorter lead time to see if I can get these out before the holidays. 🤞🏻

It would consist of cutting 6-in aluminum foil coils into a pattern, as well as embossing. So, it would need an unwind, as well. A re-wind would be nice but I have to consider budget.

I'd love to hear some suggestions of shops to reach out to and maybe some good terms for my search! Appreciate everyone in advance!

First off; I am not Mormon and never have been. I was one of the (I guess few) non-mormon fans, and honestly still think it holds up pretty well.

Funnily enough, I think the fact I liked it so much, made people think I was Mormon. 😂 I also didn't realize they were Mormon for years. I was really young and had no idea what BYU was. It wasn't until a Christmas sketch ending that I was like, "wait...?"

Anyway, when I was recently thinking about them, I wondered if they were all still Mormon. I am SO happy for Adam and Stacy coming out and the fact they are all still so close. 🥹

It doesn't seem like any of them publicly identify as "ex-mormon" but I wasn't sure. Thought y'all might know more. I saw Mallory say in an article that she still identifies as mormon "most days" which is chill but it also made me wonder... is that a thing for Mormons? I genuinely thought it was "all or nothing" religion.

They pretty much all give me the vibe they left, but I know how hard it is to leave Mormonism and the emotional pain that also comes along with it. I'm just glad they all seem to be good people. 💜(🤞🏻)

I need something to watch for in news to keep up some kind of hope. 😓

Where is the best research happening? Is there anything new that is promising? If so, how does it work?

If it isn't directly about a train, it's implied or a train was used in visual imagery. 😂

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These guys and gals just loved trains. 🚂

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Drop your favorite song about a train. 👇🏻

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(and if you can find a band that didn't. I could only find a few, lol!)

I feel as though there is a loss I experienced with not having proper representation of the Ace experience.

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A really beautiful part of being Ace is the ability to look at bodies, people, art, and see them/it for what it is without the blinds of sexual attraction. (Now, sexual attraction can also be seen as an enhancer of certain art, but the Ace experience is equally as important. The beauty of humaity are these different lenses.)

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What gets lost when you put an Ace person into a sexual world is the expectation. Your brain starts to wire itself to recognize where you should see something as sexual when you do not see it that way.

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For example, I love burlesque. I cannot however watch burlesque in the way I would like to because my brain is too busy running the, "this is supposed to be attractive... is it? No! But it should be... Well you like seeing it... yes? But you don't want to touch them. So, no..." instead of just freaking enjoying the art.

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I analyze my own words and ponder if I can use sex in my art when it's not something I want to experience.

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It makes you wonder if you can embrace your body despite then having the knowledge that other people WILL see you sexually.

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It makes you wonder if, as a grown adult, you have actually entered adulthood despite making every other developmental milestone.

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If there had been asexual representation, I would have been able to not have that internal questioning of what does and does not belong to me, it wouldn't have taken as long to fully accept myself as being a grown woman, I would have had a much earlier understanding of the opposite allo experience instead of doing some weird reasoning to try to make it fit into my world.

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It was never shame for me. I never felt pressure to conform in my personal experience, but I did try to push the sexual nature of things in the world that I didn't understand, into my own understanding. Once that came crashing down, it caused me to over analyze everything in a way I am still trying to shake. If I had been able to recognise my ace-ness and see sex as a bodily function like using the restroom, my OCD wouldn't have pinholed it.

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Representation is important not only so people don't shove themselves into a box of sexuality, but so they don't try to rationalize sexuality into their lives.

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(P.s. Yes, you do still own sex and sexuality. Use it in your art if you wish. I questioned if I could find the emotions in a sexual verse properly when I don't even wish to experience it, but realized I could use the emotions I would attribute to it had I not already categorized it as "sexual.")

I have chronic fatigue and I just can't chase him down. I never ever punished him for coming to me, even if I had to track him down, first, BUT I would yell at him if I had to catch him. My mistake because now he'd rather just run faster so I can't catch him.

We have a great relationship, we love each other to death, so it isn't an issue of not being bonded.

He just loves adventure. My childhood dog who looked almost exactly like him was the same way, but that was back when it was safe for him to roam the area then come home. Gator always comes back, just like Taz, but it's not safe for him to have an unreliable recall all the time.

I'm just not sure where to go with it. I am going to get a new Ecollar because training was going ok when I had it; but even with training with it, not just using it as a loophole, the moment it isn't on, he notices and doesn't care about any of the previous progress.

I'm obviously doing something wrong. He always ends up back with me eventually and if I am working on something, he lays nearby while I work. If we are walking on the property loose, he'll just run off and disappear an increasing amount. 😮‍💨

Tell me your secrets. 🙏🏻

I've gone through 3 collars now, 2 just stopped working and one, that I specifically got because I just taught my dog he can swim, was supposed to be waterproof. It lasted a while but not very long. It also just didn't phase him?

We used to be able to just use the beep and rumble, and I'd only use a really low setting if he was getting into some kind of danger. (Running to the street.) This one, the e part of the collar, he didn't care. I turned it up thinking it was too weak (I always try them on myself) and the guy does. Not. Care. I'm not sure if it was a poor connection? It worked fine on my skin.

I need one that's reliable and actually works... and is actually waterproof. Part of the problem is that now he likes to swim... to the other side of the creek where I can't get him, lmao.

He always comes back, but on his own terms and I obviously want him to listen. His recall goes from amazing to awful and has been firmly in "awful" despite training that doesn't include ecollars. 🫤 (Just so no one says to train him. I am trying.) He wears a bell so all my neighbors know it's him, but he also needs to come back when I call.

Appreciate any recommendations in advance. 🙏🏻 He's a 75lb shorthair dog

Sorry 65+ I ran out of option space, lol!

I'm curious the ages of those in the group. I am 23 and starting to try to get my friends into appreciating dolls. I think there are a lot of tenderhearted younger folks that just aren't exposed to antiques.

Even when someone sees a doll and thinks they are creepy, unless they have a general fear of dolls, I am able to sway them by asking them to imagine the little girl who once loved that doll. It makes the doll feel precious all of a sudden.

Anyway, just curious!

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First of all, I have a "??" dog, who I have a test for but came to this sub and talked to some breeders in it about traits both physical and for temperment to make my best guess. (Always said, if I did post, that I wasn't sure, yet.)

When speaking to them, multiple told me that BMCs are commonly mixed with pits for boar hunting. (You can look it up if you want, sorry to rain on your pit-hate parade.) So, there ARE going to be dogs that have pit and BMC. A dog looking like a pit doesn't disqualify them as much as it doesn't qualify them.

I get wanting a breed spec sub, but yall are just straight up mean. Good luck with your community where everyone is sarcastic and quick to call other people "stupid."

I liked this community because there were real discussions on BMC traits and what to look for. Lots of training advice and genuinely helpful people. When someone posted a certified BMC, people were quick to upvote and ask questions.

Imposters? Sure, tons. But it is as easy as a chuckle and a swipe to go to one more likely to be one (or certified).

I saw one where the photo was a dog UPSIDE-DOWN you could barely see his traits and he turned out to be a Heinz 57. Comment? "Shocker."

What do you mean, "Shocker."?? You can't even see the freaking dog in the photo!

Did the sub need more educational content, maybe an automod and more tags? Yeah, probably. What it didn't need is you.

Idk what changed, because the sub flipped on a dime.