u/acatwithumbs

I’m SO UPSET. I rent a duplex and we are allowed to garden in the yards. I’ve been slowly amending the (constantly poisoned by herbicide) soil near the driveway, and building a garden in the backyard.

I purchased my own bricks, signs saying do not mow or spray, and seeds out of my own pocket. The seeds planted at the side of the house near the driveway were struggling since planting this spring but I finally had some sprouting plants.

Today I saw the landscapers come through. I should have run to check on them but I thought I’d look like a Karen doing so. I said to myself, SURELY they won’t touch anything that has a sign clearly saying not to touch it.

THEY RIPPED OUT ALL MY newly growing plants, my little blue stem, my beardtongue, native sages. Literally everything but single aster bloom.

Will these grow back without more seeds or do I have to replant everything?

Has anyone gotten their building management/landlord to compensate them for damages landscapers did to the garden??

I’m going to email my building manager and ask to be compensated at least for price of seeds but I’m doubtful and just devastated.

Thankfully they didn’t touch my backyard garden but wtf! Who looks at a sign that says, “do not mow/spray garden in progress” and says “I’ll just rip these out.”

Almost makes me want to give up. I put my own money into this shit. And for WHAT?!

Ugh, i can’t put more money into this right now. But If anyone happens to know where in central IL I could get native seeds for free let me know. Local library is empty of native seeds RN.

In my late 30s, tonight is my prep nite before my procedure tomorrow.

Thankfully my sibling who is few years older than me is taking me and has had a colonoscopy too so I’m mentally and emotionally prepared but guess I’m just feeling a bit isolated from my friends in terms of a medical experience like this?

I know colonoscopies are normal part of adulthood and ppl get them for all sorts of reasons, but it’s hard to crack jokes about the joys of sitting on a toilet all nite to ppl that just see getting a colonoscopy as something “old people” do. My generation especially is getting colon cancer younger and younger, why WOULDNT I agree to a colonoscopy if my GI doc recommended it??

I’ve even got a few friends several years older than me that haven’t had their first preventive colonoscopy.

Maybe I’m just feeling FOMO that my Labor Day weekend hasn’t really been a pleasant relaxing experience. Or maybe I’m annoyed it still seems so taboo to talk about colonoscopies.

But appreciate subs like this one existing, reading ppl’s experiences and relating to other first time anxieties has been therapeutic, thank you all.

To clarify quickly. My cat is getting continued medical treatment for her diabetes and kidney disease! She still getting her insulin daily and prescription food, and has had recent blood work…again. So she’s well monitored but I stopped using Solensia last month and have been feeling guilty about not getting her monthly dose this month.

My senior baby wound up in the Vet ER after my former vet dismissed my concerns at an urgent care appointment.

She’s stabilized now but apparently my last vet’s casual approach to monitoring blood sugar for her diabetes slowly worsened things and poor baby went into Hyperglycemia (ketosis.)

I had some savings and help from family thankfully but I’m still in debt as I maxed out a credit card and took on a care credit line for few grand. So this past month when it was time to get her Solensia I just haven’t had the funds and skipped it.

We’re now on week 7 and she seems fine as it’s summer, so she’s not dealing with as much weather related creaking. She honestly has been more mobile as of late because the new vet is getting her diabetes better managed.

But it’s taken several repeated visits, Libre monitors, blood draws to get her diabetes managed, just bills upon bills, and I just feel like a bad cat dad lately that I’m ignoring her other health needs.

Just looking for reassurance it’s probably not going to kill my cat to skip a few months of Solensia like it would to skip insulin. I love her dearly and do not regret paying to keep her alive and stable but I’m a single pet parent, with once source of income and I’m literally trying to find a second job on weekends on top of my full time work, just to dig out of my medical debt for her (and some I accrued for myself cuz we aging together 😭.)

I finished my first set of infusions and I’m still physically struggling with fatigue at a concerning level. I’m getting my levels rechecked later this month to confirm if my numbers improved but I’m just so frustrated and exhausted.

I just messed up at work big time and will likely get reprimanded if not put on a probationary status.

I would push myself harder but it just leaves me even more exhausted. For example, this long weekend was the first time I *only* put in a few extra hours of work so I could catch up on sleep and ended up sleeping two 12 hour stretches over 2 days then was behind already on Monday.
And today I’m exhausted as hell all over again.

I just need a few weeks to get more appointments handled and specialists seen and a momentary pause in all the hellish deadlines, but the only way I can think to do so is either FMLA/medical leave or quitting and getting a new job with less cognitive demand. But job market is rough and after few rejections several months ago I haven’t had much else.

Just curious if anyone’s been able to get actual leave from work due to the anemia or if it’s not something providers would likely consider “bad enough.”
I unfortunately work as a contractor so I’ve got very little PTO and no short term disability through work.

(Region -U.S.)
I’ve had anemia for at least a year if not longer (a doctor only thought to test it last year when lecturing me on my exercise and I told him how extremely exhausted I am, all the time.)

After a year of supplements and rechecking with no changes, I finally saw a specialist today. I’m still confused why hematology referral means I’m seeing an oncology specialist but whatever…

I’m happy I’m finally getting a doctor to agree to give me Intravenous iron because I’ve been on multiple supplements and followed multiple contradictory instructions on said supplements and my levels went DOWN.

But our appointment felt so pointless otherwise. He doesn’t think it’s cancer. I’ve already tested negative for celiac, negative for blood in my stool. Limited immediate family history of cancer so he’s just like “who knows, but we’ll give you the IV.”

Like ok, but won’t it just COME BACK if they don’t find the cause?

I’m so sick of being asked the same fucking questions. No I don’t have periods, I quit being vegetarian a year ago when this started, I’m not giving blood.

My brother has autoimmune disease and is trying to give me suggestions to tell the doctor, but they don’t seem to give a shit. I’m not sure what other specialist to see if the BLOOD DOCTOR isn’t investing the cause of issues with my BLOOD.

Is there other specialists I should be trying to coordinate with? Is this doctor just shitty and I should find a different one or are most doctors dismissive? Has anyone had success with getting causes diagnosed when it wasn’t obvious source of anemia?

Just feel like I’m being punished for being proactive in trying to address my health before it gets worse.