u/blandreo

i just want to preface this by saying that i have worked with EE before, so i knew what their customer service was like since working with them… also, i don’t have broadband at home so it would be so lovely if they were more helpful.

i just called up to have my content restriction taken off as it’s now blocking me from gambling, looking at tattoo supply sites, accessing the site of the company i work for (nightclub), and just so much more. i explained that i kinda need this sorted so i can buy my stuff and be frivolous with my money, but oh my gosh this woman on the phone did NOT want to unlock my content, i told her i have a credit card ready, im even ID verified on the app- nope she just wanted to try and push me onto a contract- bear in mind i called in on PAYG tech support. in the end, she didn’t end up taking my card details and told me the block was removed… EHHHH no. still very much there.

yeah, so is it better to just go into an EE shop? or should i dare to attempt again?

this is a shot in the dark, there’s no research that puts nexplanon on the forefront of causing hyper thyroidism- but i am curious-

my mum has hashimotos, and showed no signs until she started nexplanon late in her 20s.
i had a blood test done in 2024 to check that i was fine before getting my nexplanon (because i guess im a bit of a health freak), my tsh and everything else was perfectly fine.
later that year, when i finally got my implant, i started experiencing things that only went away when i started my levothyroxine two weeks ago. my tsh went from being in perfect range to dropping severely over two years out of nowhere.
now i know that hashimotos is hereditary and could be what’s causing my hyperthyroidism, but i think the timing of it for myself and my mum is something, if not suspicious. or just one crazy coincidence.

i acknowledge that this could just be due to the fact that most people are on BC in their 20s, and most people develop hyperthyroidism early in life and that this could just be a simple crossover, and not a link.

but… if there was research into estrogen causing thyroid problems, surely there should be research into what nexplanon could be doing too (i can’t find research that denies it or confirms it).
is it just myself and my mum feeling this way?

so, i selected weekly test enanthate (12 week prescription, as it turned out) under the impression i was going to be paying £80-£120 per 3 ampoules. that’s fine.
i struggled to find a pharmacy that would 1) accept a clynxx script or 2) be under £600
i saw people recommending to just go with olympia, which i was fine with.
now, bear with me i am HORRIBLE with numbers on account of dyscalculia but…
olympia clearly stated that 3 ampoules were £107. GREAT! i need 12, and that would only come to £428 (not including tax), right? could someone tell me why they are asking for £694.04 (not including tax)?
are there charges for more than three at a time?

•did anyone else experience this?
•if someone doesn’t mind sharing (given they are also collecting 12amp of TestEnan), what pharmacy did you go to and how much are you charged?
•has anyone managed to change a prescription whilst their clynxx token goes unused?

my tiny mind is in bits, and my little heart is broken. i am in PIECES. please, shed some light on this soul.

i’ve been waiting for my rheumatology appointment for two years, when i finally got it in february i was quite disappointed. the rheumatologist seemed to be rushing me, not actually properly testing the mobility of my joints and shoving “fibromyalgia” onto me. now, i don’t doubt that fibromyalgia is real, but i feel it is over diagnosed because doctors don’t have the time or resources to actually figure out what is wrong with some people. so under this diagnosis of fibromyalgia, we have people with FM and people that don’t, but are none the wiser.
that 15 minutes is important, because she referred me to physiotherapy and has now passed that information off to my gp who wants to prescribe me medication. 15 minutes, and a medication doesn’t feel right.
shortly after my appointment i noticed a lot of hyper mobility that i had never noticed before- because i hadn’t been tested properly in my rheumatology appointment, that went completely unnoticed and i couldn’t contact the secretary to make the rheumatologist aware.
i had my physiotherapy last week, and the physiotherapist saw no mention of fibromyalgia on my notes. she did a thorough exam on my joints and concluded i was hyper mobile, and as i had mentioned the rheumatologist thought i had fibromyalgia, she disagreed and didn’t want me to fixate on a diagnosis yet, she feels that i don’t have fibromyalgia but if i did, that i’d need more appointments and exams before coming to such a conclusion or trying to treat something we aren’t entirely sure of.
today, my gp contacted me about off-license medication for fibromyalgia as instructed by that same rheumatologist i saw for only 15 minutes.

this feels wrong, to me. and neglectful.

the rest of my cats use a litter box and are chill with him considering he was born here, so it’s not like he feels uncomfortable.
when he was a bit younger, maybe 6-7weeks he used a litter box everytime i put him in it. we used a wood shavings litter specifically made for kittens but quite quickly, when he could finally start wandering on his own (had to wear a splint on one of his arms bcs he was born with deformities) he just stopped using his specific litter box.
he’s had regular vet visits and there’s no UTI
he’s had multiple changes in litter, we even have small kitten litter boxes.
he always watches my cats use the litter boxes but still- he can’t and won’t. maybe it’s safe to assume that he maybe feels awkward because of his disability but then, it hasn’t stopped him from digging on the bed and peeing
i have several enzyme cleaners and we regularly use them, and clean our sheets.
the age old question: how do we stop this before he gets any older
(he’s 10 weeks old today)
edit: i have also tried to put litter boxes where he regularly will pee and poop, this has not been working so my thoughts are that it’s an issue with the litter or the fact the kitten boxes are plastic (my other cats have steel trays, but they’re way too tall for him to use them)