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I’ve been wondering about this lately. Whether it’s using the Iran war, claiming foreign interference or election fraud, or something else.

What do you guys think he could and will realistically try to do?

So my mother is 70 and now into the severe COPD territory. She's doing pretty good on 1.5L - 2.5L of oxygen for the past six months. At rest she's perfect but exertion can get tricky. But a major problem she has, and I think this happened before the oxygen, but I'm not 100% sure, is mainly when exerting herself (sometimes even when she's not), she gets a VERY runny nose and she has to keep taking out her cannula, blowing her nose, wiping her nose, wiping the cannula, and even sometimes some of it gets into the cannula and she has to replace them more often. It really causes her to get out of breath much more often.

She was prescribed a nasal gel and also a nasal spray called Mometasone. I tried to do a really good job at vacuuming the dust and also got an air purifier. Unfortunately, no improvement.

So basically, I'm just curious if anyone else has went through something similar. She's seeing her pulmonologist again on October 6 so if anyone has any recommendations, we could bring it up to her.

Thanks.

So I have an appointment coming up for a CCTA test to look for soft plaque in my arteries. In the notes that the testing clinic sent me, they said I have to take a beta blocker prior to the appointment the night before and the day of. The girl said they want my heart rate at around 60 bpm.

Now the issue is, when I'm at home, my heart rate runs in the 60s anyway, but I have white coat syndrome (maybe because of my anxiety disorder) when I'm in a medical setting It can rise along with my blood pressure. And I'm already taking 20 mg of telmisartan that makes my blood pressure pretty much perfect at home but not in a medical setting.

So I'm a bit confused on what I should be doing, because I fear if I take a beta blocker like they suggest, while I'm at home or out doing other things, it could lower my heart rate and blood pressure too much.

I hope this makes sense. I'm just looking for some advice. I see my doctor in a week, and I will of course ask her. The test is $900 CAD so don't want to waste it.

So I bought the 17E a while ago, and it's been a good phone for the price, but I wanted to upgrade to the 17 because of the slightly bigger display, get rid of the notch, 120 Hz display and the always on display. But I expected the iPhone 17 speaker to be either the same or slightly better than the 17E, but to my ears, the 17E speaker actually sounds a bit better than the regular 17.

Do I just not have good trained ears for testing this, or is it really possible that 17E has better speakers than the 17?

Thanks.

I'm just wondering if this is somewhat normal for it to have a minuscule amount of play, because when I tap it, it has a faint rattle. And I thought of returning it or exchanging it, but there's no iPhone 17s available where I live, nowhere.

Just curious what you guys thought. Thanks.

So my mother is 70 and is on the border of severe/very severe COPD after having it for many years, and six months ago she started on home oxygen, and she usually sits about 2 litres. But the problem is, for many years, she suffered from mild depression and also anxiety, and she takes a drug called Celexa, which helps her with her depression, but it doesn’t do much for her anxiety. and lately her anxiety has been spiking and causing a great deal of insomnia.

For the past many years on and off, my brother was giving her 0.5 mg of Ativan, which is similar to Xanax. and this seems to help. She’s never taken more than 0.5mg and many times she would only take only 0.25mg. She might even stop for a few weeks and she is fine. But now I’m reading that drugs like Ativan are not safe for people with severe COPD because it can cause respiratory depression. Her doctor put her on something else to try called trazodone, and it didn’t work that great, and it didn’t do anything for anxiety, and when she stood up, she would get dizzy because it lowered her blood pressure. She also tried Melatonin 5mg which was useless.

So we are seeing her doctor on September 13 to discuss options. But I just figured I would ask here if anyone has been in a similar situation and what they found was helpful.

So my girlfriend was on AISH and she got moved to ADAP and she had to call in for a separate issue. And well she was talking to the agent, she decided to ask her about her not receiving a call from the employment programs yet. So I decided to do a voice dictation on the computer of what was said. Now mind you, this is voice dictation, so it doesn't get every word 100% right, but I would say it's 99% accurate and we started the dictation a little bit into the conversation so that's why it starts at kind of an odd point.

Just thought it might be interesting to some people who were having some anxiety about this stuff. Nothing really exciting I guess, but what stood out to me was her saying you don't get kicked off if you can't work, and by the sounds of it, she really meant it.

And I wanna say the agent was extremely nice and helpful.

ADAP Agent: If there's barriers that they're experiencing, where, you know, how is it a problem or things like that, it's like okay let's see what we can do to that help support you get stabilized and then if depending on people's capacity and whether or not they are ready and what kind of level of autonomy means they have capacity for. It's like is employment or education or training or something like that, something that you do want to explore. So when it comes to that phone call at some point, yes, you'll get it and it really is truly a case of connection and exploratory and see how you're doing. what can we do to support you, things like that. Yeah. So I just I would really want to invite you to kind of keep that in mind when you get the call, they're not going to become calling and saying like okay we're going to drop kick you into the first job we can find you it's not going to be that at all. 

My Girlfriend: And then so like if somebody really can't work and if their doctor has agreed on that they don't just kick you off for that reason, right? 

ADAP Agent: No, no, they don't. 

My Girlfriend: Okay, so they just want to basically check in on you and just see where you're at basically?

ADAP Agent: Yeah, see where you're at. see like we do ask for engagement and from the place of the garden that you set, see where you're at, see what we can do to support you in whatever, you know, your goals might be and if employment truly is off the table that's okay we're not going to kick you off for it. 

My Girlfriend: Okay, yeah, no that I understand. There's so much, you know, there's so much out there people saying a lot of things and it has been a little confusing to be honest. Some of the things the government has been saying. 

Not much said after that as she was calling in for another unrelated issue.

A few months ago, I was crossing Walterdale Bridge when a vehicle approached head on, which made me almost shit my pants. Within the past two days, the same situation occurred twice, once in Ottewell and once in Tamarack with a car coming directly toward me. Fortunately, each driver moved aside. I've been driving this city for over 20 years and lately it's unbelievable the shit I see

It's a known fact that many driving examiners grant passing marks to relatives, friends, or even strangers for a fee regardless of test performance. I am simply wondering whether undercover operations exist to detect such examiners, perhaps conducted by the city or the province, since I don't know if the Police would handle this sort of thing.

For people on AISH or ADAP, I think this subreddit does a lot of good. and it's nice to see it helping people with their concerns.

I know people are frustrated about their late payments, I would be pissed, but I'm thinking there should probably be a mega thread on people's payment issues? I keep seeing the same posts over and over.

Just a thought.

My mom has a Fitbit Air paired to her iPhone, and she gave me permission to sign into her Google Health account on my iPhone so I can check her stats remotely.

I can see her heart rate data (even recent readings), but when I try to view Sleep, SpO₂, etc., Google Health says “Can’t connect to your Fitbit Air” and tells me to have it nearby.

I’m not trying to pair her Air to my phone. I just want to view the data that has already synced to her Google Health account.

Is there any way to do this?

I'm curious how companies are supposed to approach this from a long-term business perspective. Trump has repeatedly said that companies should move manufacturing to the U.S. to avoid his tariffs, including companies in industries like automotive, steel and aluminum.

But moving an established operation can cost billions and is a decision that could last for decades. Trump will be out of office in January 2029, so how does a company justify uprooting a Canadian operation based on a policy that could potentially change in just over two years?

The same question applies to the huge U.S. investments Trump is encouraging from companies like Apple. Are companies assuming these policies will continue after Trump leaves, or is there some other business logic I'm missing?

I'd especially like to hear from people who work in manufacturing, supply chains, finance, etc. How are companies actually thinking about this?

For example, I bought a pre-owned Phone 15 Pro Max. and I noticed the power button is quite a bit softer than the volume buttons but it works just fine.

So I was wondering maybe a two or three year old phone this could be normal due to it being pressed thousands of times.

Anyone else notice this on their older phones?

Just noticed this after taking my case off. Volume buttons are much more clicky. Power button works fine, it’s just that it’s very quiet.

Is this normal?