u/Which_Specific9891

Hello all, I hope everyone is well.

I have a Thermo Lab Aura Pro, red light lamp, 300 watt. 660-850.

I wanted to use this for several reasons.

• I have chronic fatigue and pain, and I've read that this can help with some of that?
• I recently had a surgery (February) and wanted to get it for scar treatment after top surgery.
• I know that some people have used it for anti-aging/age appearance prevention

This did not come with instructions. For my scar therapy, I was using this about three times a week for 10 to 15 minutes on each side of the scar (side, front, side). I did this for about 8 to 10 weeks., I tried every day. And I also tried every other day, and every two days. Because I just have no idea how to use this. They gave distance for use, but not time.

(I have EDS and fibro (and a few other things), and everything is always in pain. But in particular, my left hip my neck and back are very bad. I am on a morphine patch and have had no relief beyond this. And the morphine patches stop working because people get used to morphine patches.)

During this whole time, I did not notice any difference in terms of any of this – the chronic pain and fatigue, the surgery scars, or any apparent change in appearance.During this whole time, I did not notice any difference in terms of any of this – the chronic pain and fatigue, the surgery scars, or any apparent change in appearance.

Around this time, I noticed that my utility bill skyrocket. Apparently this is a very expensive device to run. I sent videos and photos of my scars to my surgeon, asking whether I'm not he was seeing any difference in how other peoples scar healing was going compared to what mine was doing. He said he saw absolutely no difference. So I have actually stopped using the device for a couple of weeks. And I've still not noticed any visual difference with the scars in not using it.

I'm trying to decide whether or not to just give up on this thing entirely, and possibly donate the device or what. If it works, I don't mind the very much increased utilities bill. But if it is just not working at all, I don't really fancy paying so much more for my utilities.

This didn't come with instructions, I don't know if I was using it incorrectly.

Before I just donate this device and give up on red light therapy completely, can anyone please advise on the following:

• Is this device even worth trying to use for any of the above issues? Is this just a waste of money, is it even just worth it? Should I keep it? Or donate it?
• If you believe that this actually can be worth the much higher utilities costs, out of these issues (chronic pain and fatigue, scar treatment, anti-aging/age prevention) what is this device? Most likely able to actually treat?
• If you believe this device might be worth still continuing to use, can someone please provide me with suggestions on how often to use this device, and for how long. Every day for 20 minutes? Every other day for 12 minutes? I don't know.
• Timing suggestions on how often and for how long to use this device for chronic pain and fatigue
• Timing and suggestions for scar treatment?
• Timing and suggestions for anti-aging/age prevention?
• How long it should take before I start seeing improvements? Three months seems like enough of a trial to see improvements, and I have not seen any improvement in any of these areas. So a realistic benchmark of 'if I am not seeing improvements by time, this probably isn't gonna work for me' would be quite helpful.

The much increased utility bill is a frustration. If this device works? If it does everything that I've been promised it would do when I got it, I can handle the increased utility bill. It will be well worth it to me to pay a little bit more utilities if it means not paying as much in pain treatments. So that's something I'm going to do if it works.

I would welcome suggestions and ideas of how to better use this. If I can't find a way to use this, I'm just going to donate it because for me this is not working. I'm hoping it's user error, and somebody can give me an idea of how to make the best out of this.

Note:I cannot afford to buy any different RLT devices. I am on disability, I can't afford it, and if the device I have has made a difference, I can't justify spending more money if there's no progress for what I do have. But, recommendations on how to make the most out of the device I do have would be welcomed.

Thank you very much for your time and help. I would genuinely appreciate any help on how to make the best out of this current device.

Cheers!

My local tea house had the perfect lemon sencha, but they've informed me their supplier have stopped making the lemon sencha.

I'm quite sad about this, and absolutely loved it. Any recommendations on a lovely Lemon Sencha available in the UK/IRE/EU that would be grand.

Cheers in advance!

(reposted from r/tea at their suggestion.)

My local tea house had the perfect lemon sencha, but they've informed me their supplier have stopped making the lemon sencha.

I'm quite sad about this, and absolutely loved it. Any recommendations on a lovely Lemon Sencha available in the UK/IRE/EU that would be grand.

Cheers in advance!

Hello folks!

I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations for packing underwear and what your favourite places for packers are?

I'm only 150cm, so brands that are on the smaller side would be appreciated.

I'll probably just get a soft packer roll for most use, at some point i'll be looking more seriously at STP 3 in 1s, so happy to take advice for any of that if you have it.

Just happy to hear what is working for you, what you like, why you like it. I'm pretty open to ideas and suggestions.

Thank you!

have a good weekend.

Hello folks, I was starting to cook a vegetarian stew, simmered mushrooms, carrots, celery and onions in butter. Turned off the heat cos I needed to do a quick thing. Covered it.

ADHD, got distracted, just remembered it was there.

Is it safe to put in the fridge and re-heat tomorrow to finish making the stew? I'm too tired to finish it now.

thanks, sorry if this is a dumb question, i've never left food out this long.

cheers!

Hi all,

I'm with BT (I hate them). Internet has been really horrible the last 6+ months. I already have been having problems with BT for months-- dropped signals, internet going out for ten minutes or an hour but they say everything is fine. Price hikes when they promised none, etc).

Fellow came to the door today saying that BT is ripping out all the copper wiring to go full fibre, and many will experience a loss of internet, etc. He says this is why the internet has been so bad, but youfibre is buying out all the BT contracts because they already have fibre connection and will price-match whatever BT is doing.

He had a business card but no official literature.

I'm deaf, so I was lipreading him, I only really get ever second or third word lipreading when people are talking, and he spoke quickly. I told him I'd need to look into it because I need to read things as I am deaf, he said cool text or call him when I'm ready if I have questions.

Was this a scam, or was this legit? Anyone know what's going on here? My neighbour is also having problems with the internet, so I don't know what's happening. Advice is appreciated!

thank you

Hi folks. I have MKV files I'm trying to shrink. The original files have the subs looking perfect.

Now the subs are bright green, no matter what subtitle track I select from the menu on the VLC bar. Sometimes they run off the screen like this:

https://preview.redd.it/ww8pe2vqxo3h1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=cebad8097249daad4a6da05db1a329ed185eff10

I made no changes in Handbrake that I can think of that would cause this change. The DVDs look exactly like the original file image. Only wanted to shrink them cos the original files are 1.50+ GB and it's taking up a lot of space.

Any suggestions would be welcome. I am deaf and NEED subs. This suddenly started doing this today, I've never seen this in years of using Handbrake.

This is doing it for multiple files, and I don't know what's gone wrong.

Comparison of images-
Original file:

Original MKV file.

Compressed file:

Compressed through Handbrake

Settings I used are below, but I have used this setting dozens of times with no issues. I did not click the forced or the Burnt in subs.

Preset: 	Fast 1080p30

Format: 	MP4, Chapter Markers, Align A/V Start

Range: 	Title 1, Chapters 1 through 7, 1 Foreign Language Search Pass - 

Dimensions: 	Source: 720x576, Output: 620x576, Anamorphic: 882x576 Automatic

Filters: 	Decomb (Default)

Video: 	Encoder: H.264 (x264), Framerate: Peak 30 (may be lower), Constant Quality: 22.00 RF

Video Options: 	Preset: fast, Tune: none, Profile: main, Level: 4.0

Audio: 	0: English (AC3, 5.1 ch, 384 kbps) ▸ Encoder: AAC (CoreAudio), Mixdown: 5.1 Channels, Samplerate: Auto, Bitrate: 160 kbps

	1: English (AC3, 2.0 ch, 192 kbps) ▸ Encoder: AAC (CoreAudio), Mixdown: Stereo, Samplerate: Auto, Bitrate: 160 kbps

Subtitles: 	Foreign Audio Search

	0: English (VOBSUB)

	1: English (VOBSUB)