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So my dad have mitralvalveprolapse since he is 14 years old. He also have high blood pressure. He is taking penidure injection for every 21days for all of his life. Now he is 50, he is bit overweight and trying to loose weight. Btw we are vegetarians. So my question is can he take protein powder?? If so, any recommendations for it?

I am 21F. While studying in college, I met a guy let’s call him J. We dated for around 2 months. We both planned to study in his favorite college. I prepared for the entrance like it was my last chance, completely on my own without coaching, while he had coaching. We both got seats there.

But after joining, J suddenly left that college and joined another one, saying his parents wanted him to. Than he ghosted me for 4 years. Didn't replied to my messages, calls etc. Since that college was too far from my home and he had already left, I took my seat back and joined another college instead.

There, I met another guy let’s call him A. We were batchmates with adjacent roll numbers. Our personalities matched really well, and we became best friends. I told him everything about J.

One important thing about J is that he had around 16 “girl best friends” and constantly posted extremely close pictures with them on his Instagram stories. I told him multiple times that it made me uncomfortable, but he never changed and continued doing it. Eventually, I blocked him.

After some time, he contacted me through another friend saying he wanted to get back together. I said I needed time to think about it. Later, I visited his college fest only to see him surrounded by many girls again, which honestly disgusted me. That day, he told me we shouldn’t get back together “right now,” but also said he “wouldn’t leave me,” implying maybe we could get back together in the future. It felt like he wanted to keep me as an option in case his plans. I waited for him for almost 4 years only to hear this.

Then A proposed to me. He knew everything about J but still genuinely loved me. He always treated me and other girls respectfully, supported me during my lowest points, introduced me to his friends, and helped me come out of my shell since I’m an introvert. Even my parents liked him because of his kind nature.

So I said yes to A.

When I informed J that I had a boyfriend now ( i did contacted him only because i wanna break ties with him), he accused me of betraying him and “playing the victim.”

Am I really a bad person? Is this even considered cheating?

I’m a 21-year-old female with GERD, a deviated nasal septum, and nasal polyps. I had a severe GERD flare in May 2025 that lasted until November 2025. During that time, I experienced intense throat redness, severe sore throat, and burning in my stomach. Then one random day, it seemed to calm down. ( after using PPI )

I also struggle with a lot of health anxiety. Around December 2025 to January 2026, my symptoms started bothering me again, especially in January. At first, my main symptoms were:

Burning tongue

Scalloped tongue

Dry mouth

Occasional stomach pain

Waking up with an extremely dry mouth

Frothy-feeling saliva

At first I didn’t pay much attention to it, but by February it got worse. My saliva started feeling thick and pooling in my mouth. It becomes bubbly/foamy when I talk. When I searched my symptoms online, I kept seeing things like Diabetes Mellitus and Sjögren syndrome, which made me panic even more.

Now my symptoms are:

Stomach burning

Thick/slimy/bubbly/frothy/stringy saliva that still somehow feels dry in mouth

Frequent burping, sometimes with sour liquid coming into my throat

White mucus from my throat

Nose making a weird whistling sound

Stomach burning and pain

Scalloped tongue

Does anyone else with GERD experience similar symptoms, or is it just me? If you think this sounds like GERD-related issues, what helped you manage or improve it?