u/queerdevourer

I am an trans guy who has lived in Ohio my whole life but I go to university in Georgia. My old provider (Thrive clinic at nationwide children's hospital) was able to prescribe me my testosterone in Georgia until it was completely shut down and I had no luck finding a provider in Georgia that can also prescribe me my testosterone in Ohio when I'm up there for breaks.

I'm using Folx at the moment just because I have no other options but obviously going from $5 a month for my testosterone to $50 a month due to membership costs as a college student is highly irritating AND I am required to switch providers whenever I move states because apparently they can't prescribe over state lines??? I was going to go with Equitas until I learned that they can't even prescribe out of state either.

Someone please help because I don't have the time to be on a waiting list for a provider just to find out they aren't licensed to prescribe out of state since I'm returning to Georgia in September.

Not even soda, but carbonation. The feeling of carbonated beverages on my tongue and down my throat has been a huge comfort for me as long as I can remember and has been the hardest thing for me to sacrifice. What's worse is that I'm so early into healing that I haven't even gotten an official diagnosis from a gastroenterologist or an endoscopy yet and don't have my first GI appointment for another 2 weeks (fuck American healthcare).

I started having really bad symptoms 2 weeks ago and ended up in the ER from how bad my stomach irritation hurt, which resulted in my doctor telling me it was likely gastritis and I've been following a sad and bland diet ever since and its been killing me. I love food, but those cravings aren't even that big of an issue since I am a lifter and was actually on a cut prior to developing gastritis. The problem is even when I ate super clean, I was still consuming a ton of zero sugar soda and energy drinks to satisfy myself. Now I can't have that either.

A part of me really is trying to gaslight myself into thinking it's just some weird stomach issues I'm having due to a surgery I had about a month back and that there's no point in restricting until I get an official diagnosis, but I know it's not smart. Last week I caved and took a big swig from my girlfriend's heavily carbonated strawberry lemonade drink and it resulted in no stomach upset or acid reflux at all and I keep getting thoughts saying that maybe I just have really weird gastritis that can somehow handle soda, but I know its probably not true.

Tonight me and my girlfriend are going to see a movie and I don't know how well I will be able to hold back from getting a slushy or diet soda. Does anyone else feel like this? Is there any yummy drinks that would be safe on my stomach OTHER than tea?

I was already dealing with really bad GERD (the worst its been in my entire life) before the surgery. I luckily didn't have TOO much issue with the first week (which was shocking considering there was way more pressure on my upper abdomen and chest with the foam) but I'm now 12 days PO and the past few days have been a NIGHTMARE with constant acid reflux and upper abdominal burning. Tums and pepcid don't work at all and its been almost constant. I keep the binder on for as long as possible but it's painful, nauseating, and extremely uncomfortable. I only have to technically wear the binder for 4 more days according to my surgeon, but I kind of want to stop now. There are no signs of a seroma forming at all and I've made sure my nipples are coated in neosporin and covered with non stick pads at all times (except for showering).

Any advice on what I should do? Other than the obvious "ask your surgeon" because its the weekend and the office isn't open unfortunately. I think I may get some ace bandages as a replacement instead and making sure it doesn't press into my upper abdomen. I'm not trying to be irresponsible, just trying to not constantly be miserable.

I have not been diagnosed with CHS, but I am now suspecting I'm in my early stages of it. I'm 19 and I've been a fairly heavy user of marijuana (primarily cart use) since around the start of this year. Before that it was more of an occasional thing.

I didn't start having symptoms until I had to switch to edibles for an upcoming surgery, in which I bit too much off a boof gummy to help me sleep and I woke up with a pounding headache and nausea that lasted the rest of the day. I had severe morning nausea that would last into the day for over a week, but I would never throw up from it. In fact, my phobia of throwing up (which fully diminished a few years back) came back in full swing, and I heard this was an early symptom of CHS. I felt miserable the whole week, so I stopped marijuana use altogether per request of my primary care doctor until the very end of that week when I gave into trying a joint for the first time (it was still 5 weeks pre op so me hitting a joint a few times that weekend didn't affect my surgery). The joint actually made me feel completely normal and nausea-free, and my CHS symptoms stopped after that, and I ruled CHS out.

After ruling out CHS, I proceeded to continue my use. About a month later it happened again, only less extreme and was primarily gas pain mixed with anxiety making me feel like shit. This was around the time I was getting home from college and I had surgery almost immediately after coming home. My morning nausea and stomach pain lasted up until the morning of the surgery, in which it magically disappeared. I was continuing heavy edible use during that first week of recovery to manage the pain and everything was swell. I wasn't experiencing nausea at all and the only stomach pain I was having was just acid reflux from the restriction of the post-op binder (for context I'm trans and had top surgery).

I'm now 9 days post-op from my surgery and last night I decided to get crossfaded with my girlfriend. I was up until 6am but not because of the weed or alcohol, but because I had taken my concerta late in the day. I woke up nauseous again this morning and brushed it off as a mild hangover.

I had scheduled an appointment for a medical marijuana card this morning and while the lady was explaining the risks, she mentioned CHS, which had been noted as a very low chance but possible by the doctors I've seen recently for this nausea. I was approved for the card, but the CHS mention made me kind of rethink things.

Another thing I would like to mention is I have autonomic disorder (most likely POTS) and have had week long nausea spells in the past due to flare ups, but never to the extreme as it has of late. Another possibility is I could be sensitive to some of the foods I've been consuming as of late and my doctor advised me to begin an elimination diet a few weeks after my surgery.

I'm essentially just asking for advice. Marijuana has helped me more than anything else with my chronic pain and surgery recovery and I utilize it medically far more than recreationally (even though its just been delta 8). Does it sound like I have CHS? Would you recommend I pick up my medicine from the dispensary or hold off for awhile?

TLDR; I am a regular marijuana user and have conflicting data where possible CHS symptoms come and go despite keeping myself to a fairly consistent with use. I was approved for a medical marijuana card this morning and am unsure whether to utilize it or not.

Anywhere in Gulfstream or Monty where I can find staples? Like not even a stapler, just the staples. Thanks!

For the past few weeks I've been having issues with my 3 year old Acer monitor (SB220Q) and if I bumped it ever so slightly it would completely black out for a couple seconds then come back on. It wasn't too much of an issue until a couple days ago it would start up, show the Acer logo that it shows when booted up and completely black out, no backlight either, but the blue light indicating the monitor is on was flashing.

I eventually fixed it by moving a few wires around my pc set up, but now its completely blacked out doing the same thing as before except I've tried everything and it still won't come back on. It's technically my secondary monitor so it's not like I'm being completely left with nothing, but with finals and everything, it's super inconvenient.

Does anyone know if I can drive over to the physical resource center and pick up my package instead of waiting for them to put it in a locker? It's been delivered since Friday and it was a big ass purchase that I kind of need asap. Also kind of nervous because Amazon packages usually are put in same-day in my experience (the Amazon lockers were full).

I'm unsure of what to do at this point. Sunday night I took a new edible I bought on a whim to help me sleep. I woke up with an awful headache and mild symptoms of nausea, stomach pain, weakness, disorientation, acid reflux, and fatigue persisted throughout the day. I woke up the next morning and felt worse but not bad enough to call off work. It got slightly worse with each passing day, but I never had any diarrhea or vomiting. Friday morning I had a morning shift and felt terrible. About 30 minutes in I started having extreme nausea along with a hot flash and I went to the bathroom. I had diarrhea and had to leave because I work in food service. I got back to my dorm and continued to have awful nausea and general sick feelings for the next hour before it subsided. Today I woke up and it was pretty bad but it went away before coming back in full swing a few hours later. It went away again but out of nowhere about an hour after that I had the worst nausea I've ever felt in my life and I was unable to move my body. Still never threw up.

I have no clue what's going on or when it will end. I have a suspicion it has to do with my POTS but I can't pinpoint what is making me feel so awful for a week straight.