u/amordeluxe

I’ve ordered a Lenovo package that requires a signature and doesn’t allow digital signatures or redirection to a local UPS store. I’m not sure anyone will be home today (the package was supposed to arrive Oct 12, but yesterday this was updated to arrive today Oct 8 by 9pm) so I signed up for text updates on my package. Instantly my package changed from “on the way” to “we have your package” with the delivery date changed to tomorrow. I absolutely will not be home tomorrow.

Is this because I opted into texts for this delivery? Is there any way of undoing this?

I’m hoping to get an official diagnosis so I can get a management plan. I’m not sure what type of hypermobility I have — I score high on the beighton scale and I do not find the EDS symptoms I see listed online resonate with me

I’ve heard rheumatologists are the doctor’s best suited to diagnose hEDS, but since I’m pretty sure I do not have that, I’m not sure where to go. Do I still seek out a rheumatologist, or an orthopedist, or…? Who is best qualified?

I’ve recently come to understand that I’m hypermobile, and all the ways it makes me bendy. But my back is always stiff, all of the time. I find this can cause me pain in my every day life and it gets in the way during Adult Activities (no arch in my back, if you get what I mean). There’s seriously no give. I also carry a lot of tension in my thighs and have really tight hamstrings, and this poses problems in my daily life too.

The usual solution would be yoga but I know that’s not wise for those of us who are hypermobile.

For reference I do work out four times a week, usually an hour or so of strength training/lifting and 30 mins of cardio. Currently I’m focusing on my deep core to help with my posture/pelvic tilt. I’ve never given my flexibility much thought because I always confused my really bendy joints for flexible muscles.

Edit: To clarify my main issue isn’t the back pain ! I have much less back pain when I’m actively strength training as I have been this year. But man my back is stiff!! And when that stiffness faces against a need to move a certain way, soreness ensues.

If anybody has a fave wedding cake, I’d love to hear about it. I usually go for edibles but the person I’m hanging out with is into flower and I really don’t know which companies are selling good flower or at least good wedding cake. I always see such mixed reviews for NY companies.

I hear pre rolls aren’t as good as whole buds but I’m down for either or.

Alternatively, if you have any recs at all for good flower to smoke when you’re gonna fuck, I’d love to hear it. I always hear wedding cake is the best but I really wouldn’t know.

Hi. I’ve got low audio in my right earbud, even when I push my phones balance all the way to the right and amp up the volume. With normal balance, my left earbud dominates. They’re both clear of earwax and I’ve tried factory resetting and disconnecting and initializing etc etc. Anybody have any idea what’s going on?

These were a gift so I’m not sure how the warranty works, and even so trying to find help on the Sony site seems impossible.

Hi all! In 2018 I started experiencing really severe pulsatile tinnitus. Doctors told me these things can just happen. In 2022 I saw an ophthalmologist because I would sometimes lose vision in one eye when I was in dark rooms. He told me to see a neurologist about potentially having IIH. Life got extremely overwhelming in other ways, plus my PT faded away and the vision loss became inconsistent. So I put it off until now, when I noticed my vision issues returning. Occasionally I have mild PT, but it is no longer constant and overbearing.

My question is can this come and go on its own? My neurology appointment is in October and I’m concerned that because my symptoms are inconsistent and currently not severe, I won’t get taken seriously or properly diagnosed. My pulsatile tinnitus was dismissed for a long time and I was shocked when the ophthalmologist told me it was likely tied to my vision issues. My understanding is diagnosis involves measuring the pressure inside my skull — will it be below the proper threshold because my symptoms aren’t incessant anymore? I really want a proper diagnosis and I regret not seeing a neurologist immediately in 2022.