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Looking to build a set of Minolta Rokkor lenses. I'm still doing my research regarding which ones suit my interest the most but I'm open minded to what's out there.

I think MD lenses would interest me more because of the better coating and lighter build but this is not a strict rule. Please reach out if you have any to sell. Let's chat. Cheers.

Curious because I am suspicious this is what I have done to myself. If you have experienced this, may I ask what your symptoms were and how long it lasted? Thanks.

Preferable brands would be B+W, Hoya, NiSi but open to others depending on quality and price. Thanks.

I've recently read that Biliary Hyperkinesia is a fairly new concept and not agreed upon by all. If a patient is experiencing attacks but all imaging is normal, do you ever consider Biliary Hyperkinesia as a possibility if the Ejection Fraction is 80% or higher?

In the last five years I've had about 15 attacks that linger for weeks and are exacerbated during that time from lunch and dinner. Early on I had a lot of tests including a HIDA (80%) and was told everything is normal and that it's probably not my gallbladder.

I recently had a bad attack and it's painful. It's day seven. No fever or jaundice but occasional back pain and shortness of breath. I went to see yet another gastroenterologist and he also doesn't believe me. Suggested ACNES which has been brought up before. I went to a pain management doctor and got a steroid injection. It did nothing.

At this point I have no choice but to believe them. What else could this be? It's truly debilitating and scary as fuck. I also think being a healthy looking 40yr old male doesn't help my case. I am a cyclist and visually I am in great shape.

I don't know what to do. I can't live like this anymore.

I tried posting in r/focuspuller and got downvoted. Thought I'd try here. Cheers.

Interested in buying a SmallHD Ultra 7 kit and wondering if anyone here is selling. Please comment on this post before messaging.

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Starting my next set. :)

Been hunting these a while. Cheers.

as my father enters his mid-seventies i find myself obsessing more and more over his mortality and if he is content with all the choices he has made, or hasn't made.

after fifty years working and being newly retired he has finally gotten into the groove of filling his time; going to concerts, taking long walks with his dog, the occasional class (yoga, flute making, etc.)

but i also see in my father a loneliness and a regret of not having taken bigger chances in life. he always wanted to be a writer but now with his free time he cannot bring himself to put words onto paper. he likes photography but never goes out to shoot. it's like he is missing the muscle that helps him explore a more emotionally driven creative side of himself. i want that for him and seeing him fail at that brings on a lot of sadness for me.

there is something about watching my father age; limp a little more, skin covered in spots, not follow his past aspirations with his newly found free time. i find myself judging his diet, his finances, and even his clothing (because he wants to get out and socialize more, maybe meet a woman).

sometimes i can be constructive and sometimes i think i can be a bit harsh even though he will tell me he likes when i point these things out. i've read on here before that you just have to let your parents be their own people. it's his money, his body, his mind, etcetera.

i think a lot of my behavior comes from a very typical place; fear of his aging and sickness, facing my own mortality, and the fact that he is the only real family/parent i have left. when he's gone i am completely on my own which scares me a lot.

i wish i had better tools and more patience. i love my father immensely and i wish i could just let him be himself more without concerning myself, and being harsh at times when i do so. any advice and/or anecdotes are heavily welcomed.

thanks for reading.

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80mm and a WLV at the minimum but open to various offerings. Thanks.

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Wondering if prescribing medication such as an immunosuppressant is something a gastroenterologist will do to rule out ibd even after all tests came back negative. Is this a thing?

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Original C/Y mount preferred. Thanks.