I’ll fire up the grill

They got rid of gold?? When?? I left reddot and came to Lemmy in the third-party apps exodus and haven’t even looked back

I spent 20 years trying to find a rheumatologist who would take my positive lupus test results, symptoms, extensive family history, and potential comorbidities seriously and give me a diagnosis and treatment. Nobody would listen until I was 23 because I was “too young.” After 23, they started accusing me of just wanting medical marijuana.

At 27 I finally found a doctor that would take me seriously. We spent 2 hours going over the 15 years of medical records of mine that are accessible digitally, as well as some physical records from before that that my mother kept in a safe. The doctor ordered an absurd amount of tests and gave me a diagnosis when they all came back indicating that I, indeed, have lupus. She saw the same results in all of my records, too. I’ve tested positive and have had all of the other indicators my entire life. Like I am a textbook case of Systemic Lupus Erythematous that attacks the joints and connective tissue.

She started me on treatment and for the first time in my life, I’m not ruled by my pain and fatigue. I actually have a life now. I have started doing things that I’ve always dreamed of doing because now I can. I’m not chained to my bed anymore.

All of the doctors that refused to treat me despite positive test results and symptoms because I was “too young” or “just wanting marijuana” can rot in Hell. “Do not harm” my ass. I spent twenty years suffering, with multiple pediatricians and general practitioners sending me to every rheumatologist they knew of to try to get treatment for what they, non-specialists, believe I suffer from.

I drive two and a half hours one way every 6 months to see my rheumatologist and it’s worth it because she gave me my life. I’d say she gave my life back to me, but I never had one to begin with. I’m actually living now. 20 years too late if you ask me, but better late than never.

I disable that shit the next time I’m in the computer. We also manage the updates so users can’t run them on their own.

I work in IT and I try to remove all clues that copilot exists when I set up new computers because I don’t trust users to not fuck up their devices.

Oh nice. Can you still install banking/credit card apps with Graphene? I’ve heard it can be a pain in the ass to get around

Right? I hate how there’s like no options for phone OS

Does anyone have a good in depth guide on how to de-google? My ultimate goal is to not use Google at all and use Graphene OS on my Pixel

Okay, so we just make him use his money for good all the time under threat of throwing him into a skillet.

Tysm!

I’m having an absolutely terrible day and I needed to see this. Thank you for posting. 🥹

I was already hugging my dog but this meme made me hug him more. He’s a beagle who had a rough time as a baby before I adopted him, so this meme hit especially hard.

I’m one of those people who got diagnosed with lupus. My life is just a House meme now.

I also deal with DNS that totally can’t be DNS like 3x/week

Dogs really are great.

Ty. I ended up calling off because I’m not use to my company in the hospital or dead. My coworker had the audacity to message me on Teams while he knows I’m off sick to ask about a thing I was working on. Can’t wait to leave this place

Ty! I’m contemplating calling off of work because I’m so winded all the time, but I wfh and my boss is a dickhead when it comes to taking time off unexpectedly. I’m also severely immunocompromised, which is why a cold developed into pneumonia in the first place.

When I was a kid, I played Black and White constantly and my dad printed off a complete guide from GameFAQs and put it in a binder with page protectors and everything. It was so awesome.

Me when I got back into horses after 13 years.

Send help, I have an addiction for grooming supplies. I own like 4 stiff bristle brushes.

The what crowd

Every day I’m so much more thankful for Lemmy existing. Joining the exodus when third-party reddit apps died has been great for my overall online experience. Lemmy may not have the traffic that reddit does, but the quality of posts here and the community makes up for that.

I love encountering people I recognize in random posts. Found some comments about my horse in a post on a community separate from the one I post pics of her in and the post had nothing to do with her. Made me feel really happy to stumble across that. You can’t get that kinda wholesome shit with reddit.