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imstraight · 2 years ago

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well ig since i walked out i can spill the real tea at my last job

extreme racism

extreme sexism/misogyny

extreme homophobia/transphobia (a supervisor targeted this trans girl who was so sweet)

sexual harassment on a daily basis. i reported it often and was laughed at. didnt really help that the worst of it was coming from managers/supervisors. so many incidents including getting groped by an 80 something year old dishwasher over the summer

cut hours with a promise we’d be back to full time (never happened the salaried bitches got a 1k bonus for sending 20 people home daily) none of us were approved for partial unemployment and couldn’t eat or pay bills

dishwashers got paid meals. cooks did not. we were threatened with termination if we ate uhhh it was called stealing. but we got a free shift beer which no normal person took! we were hungry and most people weren’t even 21

call out sick? no that’s a write up. you were expected to come in still and have a manager send you home. (this is why i walked out i just came back after 2 viral infections that almost killed me and my dr sent a note and i had medical paperwork as proof) any absence would be held over your head including covid, not coming in during a travel ban, etc…

begged for a raise. i did not get a raise. i was the only person with a soup talent. i can make a mean soup. i was told “i didn’t give enough back to the company”

do you care about your family? not allowed. your life was supposed to be just work

13 hour shifts at times no recognition no nothing

phones were not allowed to be even in your pocket (new rule riiight before i left) scary shit bc i watched my friend have an extreme family emergency and i had to step in and take her home

managers got fired for sexual harassment ONLY if they were caught with multiple minors. no adult accusations were believed

sick time that you would get in trouble for using

filthy work environment

expired ass moldy food

someone sent out a blade in salsa a customer actually found it idk how we weren’t shut down and no he didn’t get in trouble he just blamed someone else

food was sent out either overcooked or extremely undercooked

gas leak (i almost got fired for calling osha over the summer cause everyone was getting sick anyways it was still a problem when i left)

we had a fire one day on a GAS STOVE and my coworker was screamed at for grabbing a fire extinguisher. it was rusty and he couldn’t pull the pin. they got it out with corn starch 😺

drinking on the job (im not a buzzkill but it was extreme and these people would drive home hammered)

you want a raise? you have to fuck a higher up for that. this girl was fucking a supervisor and they got caught on the property multiple times. she got a raise. a girl who busted her ass working did not get a raise and she quit after she found out (she was very nice)

need flexibility because you have personal obligations? no you’re not giving enough back to the company

unpaid vacation that rarely got approved. over the summer i needed 2 days off for getting my college shit set up and my bf’s bday. i let this manager know over 5 times with notice. eventually i was tired of being ignored and went around her and sent a mass email to everyone else reminding them i would not be there. it was not a request i was NOT going to be there. they didnt like that too much

managers would regularly come in 30+ mins late. i had to step in and get shit set up for the day write out lists and get a good idea of what we had stocked (which was not my job)

FAVORITISM if you were a white man you were golden. all minorities were treated like absolute shit

good employees were threatened with termination over everything. they did not need a reason to fire you. they just did

harassment in general i almost got into full on fist fights trying to defend myself after people came at me

hr cared about the company. owners cared about the company. management cared about the company. they did not give a fuck about employees at all

no one had manners this bitch almost knocked me out with a door she dropped a box on my head. she never said “behind, sharp” yk all the common kitchen etiquette. i was advised by a manager to stab her?

benefits? nonexistent. i did get covid relief for 40hrs which they didn’t want anyone to know about. i told everyone (we were encouraged to come in with covid just wear masks)

annoying ass rude ass people that wanted to mansplain everything even if they were in different departments LOL. i cussed out people on a daily basis. it got to the point grown ass men were afraid of me because they didn’t expect me to fight back

good workers were threatened the shitty ones were promoted

and much more!

honestly fuck that place with everything in me. i have been debating on blowing them in for labor laws and sooo much illegal shit. they would get shut down for many incidents i didn’t get into

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thecustomcosplayed · 3 years ago

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Danganronpa THH but its things me + my friends have said

(part 2 ig.. also mostly over discord, and Komaru is here, so) Hina, responding to a keyboard smash, accidentally adding spaces: FRO G S? Makoto, replying: WHY ARE THEY SOCIAL DISTANCING?? Hiro, pointing at a tree: Haha, this tree is gonna commit treeson. Toko, reading a poster Komaru is holding out to her: Wait, this says bapple?? Komaru, looking at the poster, that very obviously says banana: Wha- Toki, are you wearing your glasses? Mondo: Man, usually vikings are above water but this is something different. Hiro: I’ll drink the poison!! I’m poison proof! Kyoko: Please don’t, you will literally die. Nobody is poison proof. Hiro: Then I’ll be the first! Kyoko: NO. Chihiro, running on 2 hours of sleep and 3 mugs of coffee: Mike Wazowski nodding is the same thing as him twerking. Mondo: What the fuck, Chi? Taka, also very sleep deprived: No, no, they’ve got a point. Hifumi: I put ketchup on gold fish once- Hina: WHAT THE HELL, YOU’RE LIKE MY BROTHER, HE DRINKS KETCHUP AND SMOOTHIES! Hifumi: Was it at least appetizing? Celeste, watching with Byakuya: There is something horribly wrong with them. Byakuya: Yes. *In the middle of an arguement* Junko: Well, you’re a virgin! Makoto: I- what, and you aren’t? Byakuya: What’s this? Love is in the air? Nope. It’s a gas leak. Makoto: *sends a gif of 5 Minute Crafts trying to eat cereal with an upside down spoon, before they hammer in the spoon and it that way* Kyoko: Makoto Naegi, I swear to god, if you send that GIF one more time I will block you and ban you from all group chat’s I have you in.

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thekoogler-blog · 6 years ago

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Convos

Interior Kitchen

Breakfast has already been cooked. Three still sit at the table. Two seats with empty plates are seen. One girl. Two boys.

So what you’re telling me is….

I’m telling you that what you’re saying is crazy, not just crazy, but batshit crazy.

It’s a pretty crazy notion to think up

Why is it such a crazy notion. I think it’s a great notion. A fine idea, one of my better ideas in fact.

You have the worst ideas, not just the worst ideas, but the worst batshit ideas that I’ve ever heard.

You do have pretty bad ideas, McMillan Party, 07.

A. That was not my fault. What kind of house does not have a fire extinguisher? B. It would have worked if no one had panicked. And C. That was the past, just tell me why it’s a bad idea?

Look. If I have to tell you….I have to actually explain why this would be a bad idea, then….I just don’t know. DAAAAD (Im not in it…leave me out of it)

Shouldn’t have to explain why this one is bad. Its pretty bad

Can you pull YOUR head out of HIS ass and think for yourself for once? This would work, this would totally work. I already have the supplies ready and no one is doing it. Why wouldn’t this work.

OF COURSE you have the tools. Really? I guarantee you it would not work, who would want to see this, and there’d be no money in it. And don’t curse at him, he’s got his head on straight and its right where it needs to be. You know he’ll crush you.

You know I would crush you and it’s a bad idea. No one wants to go to a place like that

It wouldn’t be a place, it would be an experience, think about it. You roll up to the building, family in tow, wife by your side. You open the door, and BOOOOOOOM. It’s a Sesame Street themed paint ball extravaganza. Think about putting one right between Bert’s eyes just once. One time. I mean……..he was so mean to Ernie.

………………what in the name of the Black Panther God are you even talking about. This is why it won’t work, your ideas NEVER work. You take two totally separate things and mash them together like they’re just supposed to and then you look at us like WE’RE the crazy ones. I mean…..MAAAAAA (Me and your father are both dead, stop yelling at us please)

Bad ideas. Chocolate covered broccoli, May 2000.

CCB was flash forward thinking. You guys, have no vision. Absolutely none. That’s like the stuff now. Right? People wanna do things that are just unconventional and what not. Think about it. They put Thanos in Fortnite and people were trying to get Shaggy in MK. There’s a whole restaurant where they hurl insults at you. Think about the friggin IG chatter. The pictures on the Twittosphere. We would have the only place on the planet that would allow you to come and pop a shot of at that yellow fuck Big Bird (Curse in front of your sister again and you sleep in the garage)

Ooooook. We’re gonna circle back to this hate of Sesame Street you have, because that, that is weird. Who hates Big Bird? What kind of parent would bring their child to this place

Large yellow friend of mine. I don’t appreciate who you are talking about him so please refrain, lest you suffer my wrath (DO NOT THREATEN YOUR BROTHER WITH WRATH….I WILL SHOW YOU WRATH)

You never seem to get the vision I have

Because its about a dirty as a frat boy bathroom. Pick one thing and do that thing. Isn’t this your like fifth idea in 3 days. No kid wants to go and shoot Zoey between the eyes. No kid and kids that do…..we should probably keep a close eye.

Definitley not two full ones, but certainly one eye, one dedicated eye. AndI counted 7 yesterday, but to be fair I wasn’t paying attention, watching MHA, so it could be 70.

First off, you watched it without us?!?! And just wait, one day I’ll take off, and on that day, you’ll realize how wrong you were.

Fine, but until then, you’ll be the little brother with the crazy ideas, just, batshit crazy ideas. And we’ll be the ones with sense. Who wants to take a shot at Elmo? And seriously, you watched it without us. Really man?

Furry red compatriot. Laugh that could warm your heart and life lessons that you carry for eternity, what’s to hate? And shit, I’ll watch it again.

We’re going to circle back to proper etiquette, that of which you have none. How about the fact that Elmo is a terrible example for kids. Oh you’re having problems, just go down the street and get a life lesson from the tiny red monster, or the giant mutant bird, or the living breathing moss that lives in the trash. The CDC would have that man locked in a cellar somewhere in Area 51 right next to the chupacabra and the bigfoot babies.

Well…….that is a lot take in. But now you’ve got me thinking. What is going on, on that street? I mean let’s be honest, it’s a pretty weird street.

Any street that lets a giant wooly mammoth just walk down the street is a weird street

Thank you. I mean, what do you think the people on the other streets are thinking. Looking out their windows like, “Holy ass. Look at that big blue googly eyed monster eat those cookies again. He’s not getting any in his mouth. What a waste of cookies.”

Total waste of cookies, surprised no one has called him out. “Hey Eugene, you’re wasting an awful lot of cookies over there. This is why we don’t really invite you to things.”

And you’d suppose he’s not cleaning any of that up. He doesn’t look functional enough to work a broom. Just cookies, if it was a cookie broom maybe he could do something with it

I mean there has to be a gas leak on that street right? You’d figure there would be some sort of team called in to investigate that whole block. They have a living breathing vampire on the street. What’s he eating? It damn sure isn’t numbers. And why does he have that monocle?

You’d have to figure that it would be some sort of Angel situation where he’s drinking like, pigs blood, cow blood, or something to stay alive. Don’t think they’d want him out there killing those other muppets. Or kids. He probably had one or two though.

Had to have one or two you’d suppose, then he’d figure out he couldn’t bring himself to do it. The look in their eyes as he drained the last little bit of life out of them. Has to haunt a man for years you’d suppose. Every waking moment you had would be of the moment when you put someone to eternal sleep.

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……………………………………Sooooo…..smoke and a movie? You got it right?

Three nod in unison, rise from the table and file out a door to the right

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aftonrobotiics · 3 years ago

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//so do yall remember the "canceled due to leaks" teaser from sister location? like the article segment you see if you brighten the image?? this is unrelated to everything but I was rereading it and there's a few things that stick out to me and I just wanted to share ig

(under the cut bc I don't wanna clog up the dash)

[ transcript bc it's a little hard to read:

In other news: the grand opening of Circus Baby's Pizza World has apparently been canceled due to reported gas leaks in the building. Sources close to the establishment question the report, saying that strange activity around the area at night suggest something else is to blame.

One local is quoted as saying, "Everything just stopped. There was so much excitement built around this place opening, and then they just stopped talking about it. There were only a handful of people that ever got a look inside, kids from here and there, making sure everything worked right, you know. I guess they weren't quite as ready as they thought they were!"

A tennant from across the street claims to have witnessed a large group of cars surrounding the building during the night, and large peices of equipment being taken out of the building under tarps. A few weeks later, the building was for sale. There is no comment yet from the local entrepreneur who financed the venture. ]

Okay so,

The person they got the quote from?? Pretty sure that's supposed to be phone guy. It's probably a little bit of a reach, but the quote matches up w/his speech patterns perfectly,, like that second to last line (there were only a handful of people that ever got a look inside, kids from here and there, making sure everything worked right, you know) especially,, its the run-on sentences and finishing with "you know" for me. Also ending with a little joke(?) is something he does a lot ("heck, we should be paying them to guard you!" "If I had to sing those same stupid songs for 20 years and I never got a bath? I'd probably be a bit irritable at night, too!" "I-I-I always wondered what was in all those empty heads back there-!" etc), usually to lighten the mood.

The closing down of Circus Baby's and relocation of equipment and animatronics was kept a secret, for whatever reason.

William (assuming he's the "local entrepreneur" the article refers to) didn't say anything about it, even weeks after the shutdown. I'm choosing to believe it was a mourning period (elizabeth DID die, after all), but even in canon his character doesn't seem to be the type to just Stop a project and act like it never happened. The man singlehandedly created and funded his own sister location to the restaurant he already co-owned, and he up and abandoned the whole thing because his daughter died, which also implies that canon!will did care about elizabeth a lot

I got absolutely nothing from writing this but take it anyway ahdjsjdjdj

#𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 / ooc.

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abnormal-angel · 7 years ago

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A DK Wank Post: NYCCGate

Note: This is an anti dk post. If you do not want to see this post do not read under the cut. Also, I tag all #dk wank as such and you can use Tumblr Savior to blacklist any tags of mine you don’t wish to see. I have remained publicly silent on the shit she pulled on Friday night I am only posting this because it seems that there is a whole other perspective of this situation that no one is acknowledging and I believe fans deserve this perspective. Despite what other people have been assuming and/or pushing, I still do not believe this or ever has been a “relationship.” Below the cut are my thoughts on the shit she pulled Friday.

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Okay, so I have seen so many people thinking that these two are a legit couple now since the open and now dk having her pic taken with a celeb selfie collector who also got her pic with the twd cast and Norman. Here are my thoughts on the past few weeks of her trolling…

So, let’s get the timeline straight. It seems it went: The Ravage Event, TWD Dinner with Cast, and the Drinks at a Bar with cast – which is when dk showed up it seems. You look at her pic with this celeb selfie collector you can see her pic with dk was taken way later than the rest of the twd cast selfies (no lights on, very dark). So, either she was coming or leaving what seems to be the bar, timeline wise. She doesn’t look pissed so I’d say probably when she arrived.

So, what makes this, what looks like another unannounced b.s., make people suddenly believe this is it and it is a legit thang between them? There were no pictures of the two together. The only common denominator is this celeb selfie collector and the fact that it seems she showed up where him and the cast were. Now everyone again throwing hate at him because of her stalker actions. Who knows if he even wanted her there? Norman and JDM were papped for a long while on Friday afternoon, seemingly showing Norman wasn’t with her. Of course, she made herself known to be in NYC Wed. Funny, how Norman spent Thursday around GA being seen multiple places and Friday being papped hanging with JDM and not her. So, again. How am I supposed to believe they are anything like a couple?

Seems to me she has been extra pissy with Norman lately. And he has been out having the time of his life without her. Hanging with friends, old fbs, going to events – alone. Meanwhile, she is mopey and trolling af on her IG and her new fav IG story, which she uses to troll because we can’t comment. What I found interesting about this supposed tattoo was that she used IG story instead of a post. If you knew Norman would like the post, wouldn’t you post it not story it? Possible she knew Norman wouldn’t like such trolling shit in a million years? I still don’t believe that tattoo is real. If it is she had it done way after his, so how is that “matching.” If anything, if she did have it done later to troll that is just crazy. Again why not make a post so your “loving bf” can like it? Instead IG story it just as a slap to fans, nice.

It seems all she is ever after is likes from him, unless he happens to be in the same city and then she needs one pic as a sighting and she gone I guess. Same as that creeper pic at N and N’s. One creeper pic in a restaurant filled with Norman fans? She must have legit stayed 2 minutes and was gone. So, either 1) she showed up unannounced and he told her to fuck off or 2) he did take her for break up theory, she got a creeper and then she left. I mean the N and N sighting. Again could they look less in love? They honestly look so awkward around each other and she is always so fucking tense and they are never touching. If that’s love I don’t think people know the meaning of the word. Sometimes they legit look like they are forced to be together (Open “PDA” papping for example, holy shit! What a joke that was. *so in love* my ass).

So, back to Friday. I just don’t understand why everyone is all up in arms and / or accepting they are somehow in a relationship because of Friday. There were no sightings of her and him together, at all. Like none. Zip. Zero. You’d think if he was hanging out with her at any point in the night there would have been a creeper or at least comment about a sighting somewhere. But, nothing. We know if she was there on his approval she would have trolled hard somehow. Instead she has been completely silent until her Faith tagged hoodie post today. Which we know she is in the Hamptons Sunday and Monday for a screening even for her b.s. movie. Funny how she didn’t even go to her own premiere on Wed, instead had to troll and go to another NYC event alone. While Norman was off hanging with his friends in GA, publicly. So, this could be break up theory in action. She sure is doing a lot of events alone. Showing Norman doesn’t want to be seen at events with her. Either that or Norman has made it clear he is done with her. That is usually when she tries to just show up and insert herself in his life.

Also, the Faith of it all. Some are saying that she is probably with him and Norman seems to be her cover. Interesting theory. If this is true then it is possible she has shit on him and has threatened to leak it. What’s some likes and a random “we are in the same place” creeper between a psycho and him? If it keeps her at bay. But, many see what I personally see too. Her and Faith seem to have more chemistry than her and Norman have ever had. The Cannes pics alone, I would hate to be the man’s wife is all I’m sayin… I still find it odd she didn’t go to her premiere, I thought for sure we’d see him and her walk the carpet again and hang like at TIFF. A lot of people are catching on to whatever this is between these two and there are theories that is why her n and n’s creeper pic happened, because she was so lovey dovey all night with Faith at TIFF. Another event Norman chose not to go to, but he could easily have gone to. So, again? How is this like a relationship?

Friday night happened I believe because she has been told off by him and this was the only way she could insert her pathetic self into the situation, by showing up unannounced late, late at night. Who knows if he even talked to her or let her stay. Again, she would be happy af right now if he did. Instead she just looks crazy in her faith hoodie post. Guess she didn’t get the D. She will in the Hamptons I’m sure. This past few weeks she has given the image of someone who is doing so much alone without him, while he is out living his life, happily without her. I do believe N has found his confidence again and is reclaiming himself and his life. But, dk is doing what she does best trolling hard. Which she will do, even long after she knows she is gone. This behavior from her lately says to me she has been told where to go and she is just milking whatever she can however long she can. Unfortunately, for Norman, his fans are so fucking spun right now that her shit just continues to fuck him over.

I will repeat this: Norman needs unconditional love through this toxic snake. Don’t accept her reality as reality. Don’t refer to crazy when looking for reality. Her illusion is only that. What Norman doing? What is Norman saying? That Sotheby’s Interview to me was very telling that he was putting his foot down and basically not taking crap anymore. He wasn’t with her that weekend either, when he could have been. Norman has been pal-ing around with friends and liking and following exes accounts and pics along with throwing her like here and there. Love? Please.

I believe N is about done with her, if not already done. Again, we see he left with the twd cast today for GA. And of course dk waits till now to show she is in the Hamptons or her illusion going, no doubt she got there last night and tagged her director for the great night they had.

Again, no pics and no sightings, no proof. No proof that he knew she was there. No proof that even if he did know that he let her stay or what was said. He looked tired but not super hungover yesterday so I don’t think she spent the night with him. So, back to she legit just needs one sighting with him and she is gone. Or she showed up unannounced and he told her off fairly quickly, as he would if the twd cast was there, especially andy and you know who were there.

So, my point of this post is it is sad to see people saying they are legit a couple, especially after just this weak af shit of hers on Friday. It is sad to see more people throwing hate at him. As if he had anything to do with it. All of his behavior the past few weeks says he doesn’t want to be around her. She shows up, seemingly unannounced, and he gets the hate yet again.

Shit is going to get worse and she is going to troll harder, especially when he is done or nearly done with her. Because she knows she has a limited time to stir his fans and use them for her own sm presence. So when she trolls, pathetically, like this people need to keep an even head. I get she is all kinds of ridiculously heartless, but she is also just not right in the head. So, I get that legit anything is possible with her. But, can we remember this when she stirs her b.s. please? And not take it out on Norman? If he hasn’t kicked her yet. There will come a day he will. But, punching him in the gut for shit she does that he can’t control is low and won’t help him be confident enough to choose his well being over her toxic.

Anyway, that is my piece. I, again, wasn’t going to post. But, there is another logical narrative here and it isn’t being said anywhere. Feel free to agree or disagree. These are my thoughts.

#dk wank

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wellpersonsblog · 6 years ago

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Should I See A Pelvic Floor Specialist?

The answer to Should I See A Pelvic Floor Specialist and other questions relating to what the pelvic floor is, signs of damage, whether new moms should see one during pregnancy or after delivery and more!

Hi friends!

Should I see a pelvic floor specialist? That’s a question I found myself asking a few months ago so we’re taking a break from food today to talk about the pelvic floor. A couple of months ago I mentioned that I went to see a pelvic floor therapist for the first time after having baby 3. It’s something I should have done after each kid but if you want the truth, 4 years ago I had never even heard of a pelvic floor. Enter Instagram and a huge rise in the number of people talking about it, which left me wondering- should I see a pelvic floor specialist?

After a little research, I decided I should. I met with a PFPT, who did an internal exam, asked lots of questions etc, determined I didn’t have any major issues. I went on my way and kind of forgot about it. A few weeks later, I was having intense hip pain. I’ve always struggled with hip pain and have actually been seeing a muscle activation specialist for about 2 years now. They’ve gotten a lot better but after baby, they were pretty much back where they started. We determined that the problem could actually be stemming from my pelvic floor. Mind blown.

When I mentioned this on my IG stories, I got a huge number of questions about the pelvic floor and it is clearly not my area of expertise. But i think this is a super important topic, especially for moms, so I knew I wanted to help educate. I reached out to 3 physical therapists who specialize in pelvic floor/women’s health and asked them to answer some of the questions my followers had! And then I compiled them all into a blog post for easy reference!

Huge thanks to these ladies for their expertise:

Krystle Howard, PT, DPT of Expecting and Empowered

Jessica Valent, PT of Jessica Valent Pilates

Allison Bell, PT, DPT

Ready to learn? Here we go!

What is the pelvic floor and how does it work?

The “pelvic floor” is a group of muscles that are housed inside your pelvis. It forms a basin-like structure that spans from your tailbone to your pubic bone. Together they form a sling of muscles that provide support and help stabilize EVERYTHING above, including your bladder, uterus, rectum/bowels & all your abdominal cavity contents. The muscles themselves work like any other skeletal muscle in the body (think biceps) they contract to help hold in urine/stool/gas and relax to help empty bladder/bowel. They are also a critical player in “core stability” so they help to stabilize our body against outside forces. The pelvic floor should work on its own without a lot of help from us, but in many cases, trauma or injury can occur which means we need to help re-educate and train the muscles again!

Should you see a pelvic floor therapist while pregnant or after delivery? How long after delivery should you wait before seeing one?

During pregnancy, you should definitely see a PFPT (pelvic floor physical therapist) if you’re having pain or significant incontinence. Internal work is only recommended in certain cases during pregnancy because it could disrupt the membranes and potentially cause contractions. However, external work can definitely be done during pregnancy and some PFPTs may specialize in pregnant patients and could help you prepare for delivery by training your pelvic floor and hip muscles, practicing positions, pushing techniques, etc.

After baby 100% YES! EVERY woman should see a PFPT after delivering children, regardless of how “easy” delivery was. If only to learn how to recruit their pelvic floor & that they are “okay”. Delivering a baby IS a major trauma to your body so proper recovery is necessary. A pelvic floor PT can re-teach you how to properly use your muscles after delivery.

It’s best to be cleared from your OB prior to PT postpartum, they will likely (& should) do an internal assessment to determine the health of your pelvic floor and most want you to be cleared first.

An additional factor to consider is your insurance… some only give 60 CONSECUTIVE days of therapy PER calendar year, so if that’s the case, waiting until you’re postpartum may be the better option.

How long after giving birth is it too late to see a therapist?

It’s never too late!!! Early intervention is always best but it’s NEVER EVER TOO LATE! Anyone having incontinence, pain with sex or pelvic pain, even ten years after giving birth, could benefit from the proper training. Both a Women’s health PT and an orthopedic PT are great options because an orthopedic PT can also help with other postpartum problems such as back pain, carpal tunnel, and other problems related to being a mom.

Should only moms see pelvic floor therapists? If not, who else might benefit?

Everyone has a pelvic floor & pelvic floor dysfunction is NOT isolated to pregnancy & postpartum. Or even just women. Men have a pelvic floor and can have problems as well and there is also a need in the transgender community as transitional surgeries become more common. You should see a PFPT if you experience urine leakage, pain with intercourse, pain with tampon insertion, endometriosis, pain in your pelvis…), have bowel troubles (both constipation and bowel leakage) or anything else that doesn’t “seem right”. This could be heaviness or pressure that’s new or changing.

PFPTs are seeing more and more women in their 60’s and 70’s who benefit tremendously from pelvic floor PT. As our estrogen decreases with age, our muscle elasticity also decreases. That means the musculature in our vaginal wall and pelvic floor loosens. Prolapse becomes very common as well as incontinence.

How can you find a pelvic floor therapist in your area? What should their title be? What degrees/certifications should they have?

This can be the hardest part!!! Finding a good PFPT is tough, the field is still small. Start by asking around. Ask your OB, your primary care doctor, friends or other health care professionals you know (chiropractor, PT, OT, acupuncture, etc). Look online by searching “women’s health PT” or “pelvic floor PT” in your area or go to www.apta.org, click search for a PT and choose the Women’s health category.

Their title will likely just be Physical Therapist but they should specialize in “women’s health” or “pelvic health”, they should have continuing education courses which have trained them in treating the pelvic patient.Degrees necessary are at minimum a masters or doctorate in physical therapy (DPT or MSPT).

More than anything you want someone you have a personal rapport with and who you trust. This can be a frustrating and scary and confusing time and it obviously involves a personal part of your body. If you meet someone and you don’t feel listened to or cared for or you don’t see a clear plan in place, find someone else. Keep searching and advocating for yourself until you get the care you need.

Is it really necessary for all moms to see one?

Likely, yes. If you had major knee surgery, you wouldn’t expect to just go home, rest for 6 weeks and then resume normal activities on your own. You’d expect surgery, healing and then rehab. Pregnancy is a traumatic event that happens to our body. We go through 9 months of physical changes, then months of hormonal changes while caring for a newborn. We need to change the stigma that women should be “normal” after a few weeks giving birth.

This doesn’t mean every woman will have pelvic floor problems postpartum but many do. And even more can have problems develop months or years after giving birth. That means you can feel great after birth, start running right away and being hard on your body, and not know you are causing damage. It would be great for everyone to know how to protect their bodies for the long term. Pelvic floor PT isn’t a bad thing. It can be extremely beneficial and can open your eyes to things you didn’t think we wrong & should be normalized. In many European countries (Sweden, Norway, France, Germany) its standard practice for women to be AUTOMATICALLY sent to PT postpartum regardless of birth event or symptoms. Preventative Rehabilitation is key for long term health & wellness.

The problem with moms though is that they will fall off the bandwagon, meaning that they’ll come in for one or two sessions (when really they need 6) until its partially better and then their follow through is poor. Resources like the Expecting & Empowered Guides are meant to “pre-hab” these injuries before they happen, if they happen, and after they happen. The strength training is specific to moms and can help provide a long term fix.

How would you even know you have an issue/What sort of issues could your pelvic floor be causing?

pain: in pelvic floor, with intercourse, during menstruation, with tampon insertion…

Pressure “down there”

Urinary incontinence: none is normal… running to the bathroom, leaking when coughing/sneezing/laughing/lifting/exercising, waking at night to go to the bathroom

Bowel problems: constipation, pain with bowel movements, leaking stool…

Diastasis recti

Back pain

Prolapse

Your pelvic floor could be leading to many problems, for example, it could even lead to a foot problem because if your pelvis can’t stabilize, then you have SI and pubic symphysis problems, thus leading to foot pain. The pelvic floor in an essential part of making things automated in your body.

What exercises can be done during pregnancy to help prevent problems?

While pregnant it’s important to learn how to recruit and use your pelvic floor muscles. You should also learn how to manage pressure systems (breath, core, pelvic floor) by working on diaphragmatic breathing and activation of the deep core muscles (TA). . It can be beneficial to avoid certain exercises like planks, jumping, lunging, twisting etc when you reach a certain point in pregnancy and not return to them too quickly postpartum.

Sometimes problems can’t be avoided. They can often be caused by long labors, long pushing and the use of vacuums and forceps. Anyone who has experienced those would benefit from pelvic floor PT.

What are the best at home exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor and how often to do them?

There is no specific exercise that is best for your pelvic floor. The best is a combination of exercises that changes the angle that the pelvic floor is at. The best thing to do is to start BREATHING PROPERLY and then start turning on your pelvic floor as you do things so that you can begin to automate this system. ex. Kegel in quadruped

Expecting and Empowered has fitness guides for each trimester of pregnancy (which also teach diaphragmatic breathing) as well as a postpartum guide. You can find some pelvic floor exercises in this video from Jessica. You can also check out this course from Julie Wiebe, PT which is a series of videos which are written for the female and can teach you how to find your pelvic floor & how to recruit it with your breath.

Hope this was helpful! There is obviously so much more information about the pelvic floor out there and lots more to learn. I encourage everyone (especially moms) to consult with a pelvic floor PT if you haven’t already! Here are a few more people to follow on Instagram for more pelvic floor info:

Expectingandempowered

Jessicavalentpilates

Brianna.Battles

The.vagina.whisperer

The.smiling.vagina

Drsarahduvall

Pelvicguru1

Lisa.marie.ryan

Thetummyteam

Mypelvicfloormuscles

Jessiemundell

Movewell.pt

Birthfit

Enjoy! –Lindsay–

First found here: Should I See A Pelvic Floor Specialist?

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survivormarmoreal · 6 years ago

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Episode #14: "i literally hate attention (i say as i broke out into song unprompted)” - Bryce

I can't believe that I am here. I made it to the Final 4. It is very crazy. I thought that I was toast in the Final 6. So to be here now is very exciting and shocking. The final 3 is going to depend on who wins immunity. I am really hoping that I could win this immunity to secure my spot in the final 3. If not then I hope that Matt doesn't win it. He needs to be an option just in case. I'm very nervous. I just finished my rites of passage. and its crazy that its almost final tribal.

so im getting 4th. FJKASDHFKJh this comp is so hard and like im literally not gonna be able to do endurance so i need to do well on the other stuff but i just dont see that happening... like this puzzle first try was 70 minutes FJKASDHFKAJS. AND I KNOW COUNTING WILL MESS ME UP BC IM NERVOUS WRECK i didnt even mean to caps that but its tea. like flash game i think when i played this once before i wasnt bad but maybe i was who knows. im so emo like no one is talking to me anymore FKJASHDFKJ like i guess bc its just 1 vote left they dont wanna pretend they wont cut me FJAKSDFH like my game not even that good im gonna get dragged by sharky/nathan/keaton/nicole/ everyone but brian... maybe even brian who knows NNNN. my nnn. is so iconic.. maynor who?. idk like ok so if i win immunity (which i wont) idek what to do like i feel like voting matt is the best option maybe. bc i WONT be voting maynor bc i love him (not that i dont love anna and matt) but i just feel like we've had the best relationship of the f4 and im confident that the jury will like my game more than his (maybe they wont tho... i say confident but i mean 2% (not skim) sure they will) but ok so annabelle prob is hated by jury at least from brian and maybe even sharky? but like she didnt play bad she literally made most iconic move at f6 and i respect that but idk if jurors do like ppl keep saying shes a goat so maybe she has no chance. and then theres matt where like ppl cant be mad he voted them when everyone and their mom in this game has voted him ASDKJFHASDKJ. like so hes prob liked by jury but i just dont know if hes done anything to deserve to win. he found 2 idols successfully played 1 but that was more on anna/nicks weird sense of leaking when it didnt really benefit them. but like ok he was least threatening member of trio who got to the end so underdog edit is there even tho he literally wasnt underdog tbh u know who was an underdog... ME. i had NO ONE but nathan for a lil.. then dennis... then he got ROBBED. so then i had brian... but he got ROBBED. and now i have maynor like ive literally flipped and flopped to better my game and idk like i am physically able to meaningfully say ive done anything good ever in life or orgs but like i didnt do too bad i think! KJFAHSDKJF... idk maybe im getting 0 votes 3rd place no matter what and if thats the case im still so happy bc ive had a lot of fun in this game and met some true friends (and keaton) but like im getting 4th anyway so doesnt matter! ugh that sounds like a final goodbye confession but i know me and im gonna confess like 10 more times before this round is over so if i do get 4th/3rd just know that this was my true end...

So like.... I do not think i'm winning immunity. like at all. which makes me pretty nervous ngl. I really want to be there at the finale cause i think I have a good shot. If Bryce loses, i'm fairly sure i'm good to get to FTC but otherwise im scared. Making FTC would be really good for me cause I think i can out argue Maynor and Annabelle fairly well, but otherwise with bryce there idk. So like, BRYCE CAN'T WIN IMMUNITY. Also this FIC is disgusting like no thanks. I've already fucked up the 2 live ones so uh ya am annoyed :(. woo final juror here i come!

Bryce won immunity. Im glad. I wouldnt want to be in the position to vote Bryce. I had to abstained from the counting part cuz it triggered my anxiety. I tried tho but i couldnt. This vote is going to be said. Matt is going to go 4th. And i feel really bad. We got to know each other more during every tribal. This really sucks. I just dont want to give him false hope where there isnt any. Im going to help tomorrow.

I am so getting final juror. fuck. i knew it would happen if bryce won immunity and it fucking is. I am so sad about this. I have worked so hard all game to get here and its just being tossed away like that. I am SO sad. I have fucked up my sleep schedule for this game and now its getting me final juror. ugh. i just wanted to get to the end and like argue my case. but now? not happening :( i hate this

I WON I REALLY WON IMMUNITY ASKDJFHASKDJF I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA LOSE WHEN I GOT 12 POSTS ASJFKHKASJFDHASDKJF THATS SO NNNNN IM SO HAPPY BUT SO SAD BC NOW I TRIED TO TELL MATT IM VOTING HIM BC I WANT TO BE HONEST BUT HE SAYS HES TALKING TO A BRICK WALL LIKE???? SORRY FOR NOT WANTING TO GIVE U FALSE HOPE AJDSFHDKAJ its honestly so rude like ive been in that position before so i know what its like when ur pleading ur case and the person doesnt seem to care and im NOT doing that. but obvioulsy i didnt just make up a plan on what to do at f4 so obviously i have thoughts and plans and im not just gonna switch it up bc u plea to me now. idk KJASHDFKJ also im so scared im gonna lose now NNN hes saying anna played so well and tbh she kind of did maybe i lose no matter what...

So like i am leaving but its ok! why? cause i will preserve my legacy by dropping a whole ass fajita recipe here so that I can feel like i have made an IMPACT on the season. Even though like im still sad its me, im going out with a bang baby! I don't use this recipe personally ( I am a broke student) but its v.good!

Ingredients: 2 large chicken breasts, finely sliced 1 red onion, finely sliced (ready to make you cry) 1 red pepper, sliced 1 red chilli, finely sliced (optional) For the marinade 1 heaped tbsp smoked paprika 1 tbsp ground coriander pinch of ground cumin 2 medium garlic cloves, crushed 4 tbsp olive oil 1 lime juiced 4-5 drops Tabasco

Method: Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and wrap 6 medium tortillas in foil.

Mix 1 heaped tbsp smoked paprika, 1 tbsp ground coriander, a pinch of ground cumin, 2 crushed garlic cloves, 4 tbsp olive oil, the juice of 1 lime and 4-5 drops Tabasco together in a bowl with a big pinch each of salt and pepper.

Stir 2 finely sliced chicken breasts, 1 finely sliced red onion, 1 sliced red pepper and 1 finely sliced red chilli, if using, into the marinade. 

Heat a griddle pan until smoking hot and add the chicken and marinade to the pan.

Keep everything moving over a high heat for about 5 mins using tongs until you get a nice charred effect. If your griddle pan is small you may need to do this in two batches.

To check the chicken is cooked, find the thickest part and tear in half – if any part is still raw cook until done.

Put the tortillas in the oven to heat up and serve with the cooked chicken, a bag of mixed salad and one 230g tub of fresh salsa.

hope the random person reading this uses it otherwise gj future me reading this you've officially gone insane! yeet ig?

This is going to be a sad day. I really like Matt and dont want to vote him out but its the best option from the people available. It really sucks. I feel his pain and ahh.

I’m literally going to cry. I want to help Matt. I wish we could all be final 3 but we can’t. I’m dying emotionally. Final 4 always has so much pressure cuz theres only 4 people left. I hope Matt doesn’t hate me. I hope he understands thisnis a game move because he techinically was the underdog in the beginning then was on top then back to underdog. I just hope he doesnt take it personal that I don’t think tie-ing it for him would be good for my game.

OMG IDK WHATS GONNA HAPPEN MATT GO HOME PLS BUT I FEEL LIKE ANNA IS VOTING MAYNOR IM GONNA BE SO SAD AHHHH DJSKFHSDKJF

Matt is voted out 3-1. He becomes the final juror.

ok so i had the worst day of my life today and didnt plan my speech at all so thats where im at NNN time to fake smile and hope the jurors like my ad libbed speech ASFKUHDFKJ ftc starts in 4 minutes.

well.. that was interesting adsjflhasdkfj. Like i always have 0 confidence in myself so i think im gonna lose and i really do respect the game that anna and maynor played. im just sad that i dont think i articulated myself well bc like im so bad with words anajsfhakj and ppl were saying conflicting things and its just not in me to like chime in with my pov to possible sway it in my favor bc i literally hate attention (i say as i broke out into song unprompted) but yaaa like i truly think that maybe i kind of did play super well and deserve to win but either way ill be happy bc i made *some* genuine friendships and also like had so much fun voting ppl out KFADHSKJASHK. i wish i like wrote what all my confessionals were so i could reference sth i said on day 1 but it was prob like i hate my tribe they ignore me so maybe ill just say that again FKJADSHFKJ. we love coming full circle... im so hungry i didnt eat so i will now stop typing to get dinner maybe i will write another confessional. omg wait gotta have some line thats iconic in case theres an episode title... think... love talking to myself FAKSDHFKj im so funny when i was like "i realized hey i respond to myself ill take me to the end" its such a mood KFJASDHFKJ ok but hm... ok. maybe im a snake who doesnt actually care about people and use them to my advantage to get my way but at least im not jayden. OMG jk thats so mean even tho he deserves it ALSO i was gonna like comment on keaton being like "saying the n word doesnt make u racist" but then he was kind of nice to me so i didnt.. love being as fake woke as me... not being confrontational to get a jury vote... so gross NNNN wooh idk how to end this but watch waves music video normani literally snapped so hard is being as slept on as me. omg wait... maybe im a pillow bc i sure am being slept on. iconic line.... i love the hosts so much ignore literally every cringe thing i wrote in this confessional pls FKJADSHKFJ

IM VERY DRUNK AND I DNT KNOW IF I HAD TO. BUT EITHER BRYCE OR ANNA WILL WIN CUZ IM A MES AND DONT DESERVE TO CUZ THEY WERE BOTH AMAZING FOR LETTING ME GET TO FTC. I WANNA THANK ANNA THE HOST FOR BEING AMAZING AND GREAT. I LIKED THE ALICE THEM CUZ HEART CUZ ICANT EMOHJI, ,LOVED THIS SEASON AND UR ALL AMAZING HOSTS.

Im happy I made it to the final 3. And even though FTC was bad; I enjoyed it. I know I’m probably getting 3rd which is fine. I have so much respect to Annabelle and Bryce and everyone in the jury. I’m more excited to be able to talk to all of them again. Let’s see who is our winner will it be Bryce or Annabelle!? The hosts you guys were amazing and i had a great time this season. Im glad Jones pushed and convinced me to apply. Thank you for giving me a spot in this season. And Jones you da best. 💖💛💙

confession time. everytime i write one of these i put the day as who are u and my name as what day is it.. my mind always having to go change it. but um didnt think i would be writing another one of these FJKSADF but i have no self control and winner reveal is in 4 and a half hours and im literally sick FAKJDSk i feel so anxious and nervous like even if i lose im gonna be happy but i just really want to win also im still trying to process ppl not liking me or my gameplay and saying i played with their emotions FJKASDHFJ i had a blast. anyways this is the anthem of the day apparently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhzN7SfnNeY

WHATS GOING ON?? IM TIRED IS WHATS GOING ON IM SO ANXIOUS! im sooo anxious i want to win. pls...

Bryce wins Celestial Marmoreal in a 4-3-0 vote!

#episode #allmadhere

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itsjayyyy · 6 years ago

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November 3, 2018 6:54 pm

Yeah it’s been a hot minute since I last updated. and of course I’m going to write a ton, but not nearly as much as what has passed.

So yesterday (friday), before I went to class I checked the weather app to decide which jacket to wear, and saw that it was going to rain around 3pm. I only had one class, so I figured I’d go to it, then stay at the library for a while, get a mango smoothie, and see if I can get some homework done. Like, three hours into sitting there, I had still done close to no homework, rather listened to kris wu’s new album (can you believe the nerve of that guy? He really released his album on the same day as exo, and you can tell that shit was intentional like he wanted to overshadow them (and he sure did, even posted a pic of the itunes charts where his album was #1 while exo’s was #4) lmao petty af) I also started to listen to all of my music in my itunes library, starting with most played and going down. I haven’t even made a dent btw, I have like, some odd 5 whole days of music to go through. Around 4 I figured I should get heading home, so that I don’t have to face the worst of rush hour traffic. Of course, just as I’m stepping out of the library, rose texted me saying it was pouring on the west side. The clouds on campus looked troublesome, but I figured it wouldn’t be too bad.

It was. I stopped by a gas station, and as I got there it started raining. Honestly, on the drive home, the rain wasn’t my biggest problem (I’ve driven in pouring rain so often that I don’t care about getting wet any more), it was the wind. It seriously almost knocked my bike clean over. And it didn’t help that the rain impacted my engine and made it struggle to speed up properly. I really thought I might have gotten into an accident, it was that bad. But as you can see by me typing this, I’m just fine. I took a hot shower, ate dinner, then receded back to my room as always. I brought with me a cup of instant coffee (seriously, cafe bustelo instant coffee is leagues better than regular drip coffee, like what the hell.) and started a kdrama that yoongi recommended called stranger. The dramafever app has been giving me issues recently, so I decided to watch it on my laptop. But when I went to the website, it displayed a message saying they shut down like two weeks ago. Sure shows how little I use that subscription that I didn’t even notice lmao. Luckily the show was also on netflix, so I watched it there.

I didn’t even consider that maybe I shouldn’t drink coffee before bed, until like 12:30 am. I tried to go to bed around 10:30, but just couldn’t sleep no matter what. At first I thought it was because of small noises like mom doing the dishes or pulling a chair out (and it was irritating the living hell out of me- i wanted to go out there and scream that I was trying to sleep and they needed to stop making noise), but then I remembered the coffee, and how the same thing happened a few months ago. I took some cold medicine to help knock myself out, and set a second alarm just in case.

Surprisingly, it wasn’t that hard for me to wake up despite getting like 5.5 hours of sleep (I mean I did sleep in for an additional 30 mins after the first alarm, but I didn’t feel like I was dying). I left for work 15 minutes early, just in case my bike gave me any issues. I was on cash at work (UGH), which was made even worse now that we don’t get to go to MIMO. I was literally in front of a register for 7.5 hours, when usually it only used to be like 6, with the trip to MIMO accounted for (and the closing cashiers taking over). I was nonstop leaving to go to the bathroom to make up for it, though.

It’s unbelievable, the lengths to which rose will put other people above me. She mentioned that she was going to go out to the mall to buy a gift for peter’s birthday, and I asked if I could come along because peter’s my bro too and I wanted to get him a gift. But she pulled the whole “uh yeah, you can come if you want” and i was like. if you don’t want me to come, just say so. and she was like “oh you know it was just gonna be like, me and peter and I don’t want to go inviting people by myself” as if she hasn’t invited peter and paul into our hangout times before (matter of fact, there was one time when it was literally just supposed to be me and rose and she dragged peter along, peter and I began to argue, AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN”T WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND SPENT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HANGING WITH HIM. but hey whatever, fuck jay right?) and also as if they were hanging out as friends and not with the purpose of buying peter a gift. She also mentioned how paul was planning to finesse something (also huge pet peeve: paul needs to stop calling it “finessing,” just say you fucking stole it.) I mentioned how I seriously didn’t want to move in with paul. Like, rose peter and I all have responsibilities and bills to pay, meanwhile paul still gets spoon fed by his parents. Do I really want to risk my housing and credit score by signing a lease with some kid who hasn’t paid rent his entire life? Hell no. And yeah, the fact that he has no conscience and openly steals is a huge issue for me. Rose tried to brush it off but I kept pushing it, saying that it was a deal breaker for me. She said that “we’ve been planning to move in together for a really long time” and i’m fucking livid. Who is “we”???? Her, peter, and paul???? As if her, me and GIO didn’t plan on moving in together last year? Why does paul get precedence over me when rose and I have been planning to move out together for over a year before she even met him??? Whatever, I’m looking at clara’s lease ending soon, she said she’s looking for roommates.

I know I’ve probably said this a million times, but I hate family dinners. It’s just so damn obvious that they all want me dead. I always get the least amount of food, nobody talks to me, and nobody cares when I leave halfway through. I spilled my glass trying to put in ice, but didn’t bother to wipe it up. I just really don’t care, it’s not like I’m at the table long enough for it to bother me anyways.

Alright now I’m gonna really quickly hop over to the last update to see what I left off at. So the first thing I feel like I want to talk about (I think it’ll be better if I go from one topic to another, rather than try to do it chronologically) is heather. So I don’t remember if I wrote about this (and I’m not gonna read all my updates to find out), but one time on a friday heather and I made plans to meet up at the library. I texted her that day asking if we could instead meet at the student union (needed to stop by the atm to get rent money), and she didn’t reply (it said “delivered though). I got a call from my boss asking if I could come in early, and I was like yea sure since by then heather hadn’t even opened my message and it was about 30 mins from her next class. I walked through the breezeway, and as I walked I saw her, walking with someone else (prob a classmate) and talking, just hanging out. I dipped into the bathroom so she wouldn’t see me. She later texted me (one minute before her next class started) saying “sorry, my phone died and I just now got this message.” I guess she didn’t know that iphones tell you if the message was delivered to the other person’s phone. yeah, it does kind of hurt, that she bailed on me. it feels like I’m a second option, and if given the chance, she’d hang with other people. Since then, we met up like, once in the last month. In the last two weeks or so, I haven’t seen her at all. She just keeps saying “sorry, I’m too busy now” or “sorry, I didn’t see your message.” I asked if I could borrow her textbook for the gov exam, and she said she had a problem with the rental company and had to temporarily return it. I got a 74 on the exam, by the way. I figure maybe I just shouldn’t message her any more; if she wants to hang with me she’ll message me first.

Speaking of friends, I posted a pic on ig the other day. It’s a far away shot of me that rose took, sitting in the corner of a cafe. The caption was just “let’s get this (bread emoji)” ya know, just a dumb phrase. Anjlie liked it, and I was like... why. I looked at her profile (I unfollowed her long ago so I haven’t kept up with her feed) and she’s changed from 2014 low-saturation tumblr aesthetic to wannabe ig famous aesthetic. Also, she’s tagged this one girl in a lot of her captions. I can tell they’re friends, but it looks like the other girl doesn’t tag her back in nearly as much of her photos. Anjlie was always kind of socially anxious, it seems like she’s made one (1) friend in college that she’s completely attached herself to.

So, my motorcycle. Yeah, I changed the air filter, but it didn’t really affect it. Then I changed the spark plugs (also have to do with gas combustion), didn’t really see an improvement either (but MAN you should see these spark plugs, they’re entirely rust). I figured maybe it’s because the gas tube has a u-shaped curve in it, maybe it’s having trouble lifting the gas back up. So I changed it, and the next day when I walked back to my bike the gas had drained nearly completely onto the ground via a leak that I couldn’t find for the life of me. When I first walked up to my bike I saw some guy standing around kind of suspiciously and got worried, but then when I saw the leak he was like “is this your bike? I was calling parking services because I was concerned about the leak.” I ended up leaving my bike there for nearly a week (and took the city bus to school instead, since obvs I couldn’t drive) before I could get a tow truck called. i knew it was the carbureator by this point due to additional research, and I tried to fix it myself right there in the parking lot, but one of the screws was stripped so I took it to the mechanic and told him there was a leak because of the carbureator. one day when I took an uber home from work, I slammed my thumb in the car door and it bled so fucking bad. I cried like a bitch. It felt like I was nancy kerrigan, because my bike was going to be repaired soon but I couldn’t drive it because nail. But the bike got “fixed,” in which the mechanic said that the issue was the gas filter which was kind of weak. I was like yea I replaced the gas filter myself, but I used the same kind as before so that’s not the issue. and of course the leak didn’t go away. So I brought the bike back and was like “there’s a problem in the carbureator. please clean and rebuild it. don’t try to diagnose anything because I’ve told you before that the issue is the carbureator and you won’t listen.” he held onto the bike for a week and said “it’s the accelerator pump.” i told him to also clean the fucking carb and he finally did (for $267). I told iris and nick how I wanted to just buy a new bike and they were all “oh no that’s too expensive” as if I haven’t spent over $800 in repairs the last two months. And I didn’t even ask for advice from those people, anyways.

I did call in, for like all of my remaining usf shifts. I’m now officially ioa exclusive, as a result of my incessant bitching about how much I hate usf. And I got cross trained as a cook at cinnabon!!!!! I’ve done a shit job so far tho, I always underestimate the number of buns needed and then end up running out. Tomorrow I have a shift at cinnabon tho, so I can finally redeem myself. Next week I’m scheduled for tuesday and friday too, so I guess my availability didn’t get 100% approved. It’s okay though, one more month until the semester is over and I can change my availability again to weekends only for real for real this time. I’m also going to take up delivering for postmates. they allow motorcycles, so between classes and in the evening I’m gonna deliver. they say you can make on average 10-15 an hour, which is pretty decent considering I’m mostly going to be driving. And even though they don’t reimburse you gas money, I get 80 mpg so I think I’m good. The other day was my enrollment appointment for spring. I already had a schedule ready, just needed to press submit. but then rose was like “oh can you pls pick up peter he doesn’t have a car” and it made me 13 minutes late and all the classes I chose were full. So I had to pick a new schedule, where the first class is at 7:30 am and the last class gets out at 7:15 pm. With like, a 4-hour gap in the middle. Kill me.

I don’t think I have many other topics to cover. I submitted my second paper in english, and next week I submit the last. I bought new toothpaste the other day. still looking to move out (but now, planning to wait till like january). still depressed as shit. but hey, let’s just play it by ear.

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punalavaflow · 7 years ago

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Lava inundates PGV well site

A production well at Puna Geothermal Venture in Puna was covered by lava late Sunday afternoon, Hawaii County Civil Defense reported.

The agency said the lava came from fissures No. 21 and No. 7, which at 7:45 p.m. Sunday evening was described by Civil Defense as “fast moving” and a threat to more structures in Leilani Estates.

The well, KS-6, along with a second well about 100 yards away, have been “successfully plugged” and “are stable and secured, and are being monitored,” according to Civil Defense. Neither well is expected to release any hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas used in the wells, the agency said.

At an afternoon media briefing in Hilo, Gov. David Ige said, “The Puna Geothermal Venture site is safe. We believe we have mitigated any risk to the community.”

Ige said PGV employees and a task force assembled by the governor remain on site and are working to eliminate or minimize any hazards.

Tom Travis, director of Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and the head of the task force, said the four wells on one of the power plant’s pads — production wells KS-5, KS-6 and KS-14, plus injection well KS-3 — “are presenting minimum interference to the lava. They’re all close to the ground and covered, so the lava should go right over them.” All are in the lava’s path, he confirmed.

Travis said KS-5 and KS-6 have been quenched and plugged with large master valves, and cinder has been put into the well cylinders as a buffer between the lava and the valves.

Mike Kaleikini, PGV’s senior director of Hawaii affairs, said KS-14, which didn’t respond to efforts to quench it, was plugged with a clay-like substance called barite, and cinder also was installed over the barite.

“From my perspective … we’ve got a sufficient plug that’s in there. We would like to have put in the metal plug, but we’re confident that the plug will maintain its mechanical integrity,” Kaleikini said.

Concern has previously been expressed about the potential release of hydrogen sulfide from lava reaching PGV’s production wells. The power plant has been taken offline, but KS-14 is still considered active. Travis said it would be “difficult … to imagine” a hydrogen sulfide leak “as a result of the intrusion of the lava.”

“That doesn’t mean that there may not be a case that I haven’t anticipated. (But) I can give you no example of how that might happen right now,” he said.

Ige noted the county’s standard for evacuation of workers and nearby residents due to hydrogen sulfide occurs at 25 parts per billion. He said that is “a thousand times” stricter than the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s standard for workplace exposure. He said constant readings have shown a hydrogen sulfide emission level of zero at the site, but acknowledged the release of the gas into the air “is a possibility.”

“But we believe the PGV site is safe …” Ige said. “So, we feel, at this point in time, that the facility is stable and secure, and we don’t anticipate that there would be any issue with the PGV site.”

Kaleikini said there are two other well pads that are at a higher elevation than the pad covered by lava on Sunday, and another well, KS-9, still displays activity “at a lower pressure” than KS-14.

“We’ve got a pretty good handle on that. We’re getting ready to put a plug in that, also,” he said. “… I just want to emphasize … that we don’t anticipate any compromise of the wells’ mechanical integrity. We don’t anticipate any emissions of hydrogen sulfide from our geothermal wells.

“… I think the peace of mind will come once the lava crosses over the well and we can tell you guys that the well is fine, which is what we fully anticipate.”

The governor also said two Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters, due to return to Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Oahu after a seven-day Big Island deployment, will remain “as long as we believe there is the possibility of a mass evacuation.”

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported Sunday that a new fissure, No. 24, is active in Leilani Estates subdivision between Nohea and Kupono streets.

HVO geophysicist Jim Kauahikaua said fissures 8 and 16 reactivated, 22 and 13 are still the main southbound channels going into the two ocean entries, but No. 7 is the biggest producer, with lava fountains almost 200 feet high.

“It’s been very dramatic,” Kauahikaua said. “We can actually see that fountaining very clearly on one of our East Rift Zone cams, that’s called the PGV cam.

“From vent 7, there are two main channels. The north channel goes toward PGV property, and the south channel will … go south, possibly creating a new ocean entry sometime in the next day or two, if it continues.”

Kauahikaua said there that about noon on Sunday, there was an ash plume at the summit of Kilauea which rose 10,000-feet above sea level, and the summit area of Kilauea “is still deflating.”

“The Lower East Rift Zone is quite stable, in terms of expansion and earthquakes. Gas emission rates are quite high in both areas,” he said.

Steve Brantley, HVO deputy scientist-in-charge, said the lava lake in the overlook crater inside Kilauea’s caldera has grown from about 12 acres on May 5 to between 90 and 94 acres on Saturday “as a result of rockfalls peeling away from the overlook crater walls and falling into the deepening conduit.”

Ian Morrison, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Honolulu, said the moderate tradewinds of the past several days, which has blown the ash and volcanic emissions to the southwest, are forecast to weaken today and shift to a more easterly, and perhaps southeasterly, direction.

“That’s gonna push some of the volcanic emissions more toward over the Puna area and possibly into the Hilo area by (this) evening,” Morrison said.

He said Puna and Hilo should experience vog, at least into Tuesday, when the trades are expected to “reinvigorate and strengthen, bringing a more east-northeast flow, and pushing the emissions down toward the coastline towards the southwest.”

Morrison said there also will be increased rain-shower activity in East Hawaii.

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What Is Leaky Gut Syndrome?

Discussions of this syndrome are indeed surprising because most "conventional medicine" doctors don't "believe in" leaky gut. Discussions of the syndrome really really, truly surprise me. To see that not all of "conventional medicine" doctors "believe in this" makes me think "WHAT?" It is not as if we are asking them to believe in the Tooth Fairy, however. In reality, we could test for leaky gut. We can heal it with specific leaky gut nutritional supplements and diets. We can observe maladies and ailments brought on by leaky gut go away once we mend the gut problem.

The question of what causes leaky gut is a little more controversial. In fact, there are shocking facets regarding causative "agents" which I will show in this article. But first, allow me to answer an increasingly frequent question: "What is leaky gut syndrome?" I have included references so that the leaky gut naysayers can comprehend this disorder is not just real, but much more common than you may think.

These "intestinal tight junctions" behave as the guardians involving your intestines and your own bloodstream. Your GI tight junctions keep "bad" items out of your bloodstream. It makes perfect sense why you wouldn't need undigested food particles, toxins, allergens and bacteria spilling into your bloodstream from leaky junctions, doesn't it?

If you've got leaky gut, the inevitable occurs--bad things get through the gates. Consequently, inflammation occurs throughout your body leading to a variety of diseases.

What Diseases Are Linked To A Leaky Gut?

IBS symptoms vary from person to person. IBS can also trigger heartburn (GERD), bloating, nausea and gas. I am not saying that everyone with IBS has leaky gut, but I suspect that a majority of IBS patients do really have infected gut.

Medical Issues And Disorders Strongly Linked To Leaky Gut When you've developed food sensitivities, then (foods that activate any/all GI symptoms, headaches, fatigue or rashes) you might need to fix your gut immediately. To explain, I'm not talking about food allergies which are IgE-mediated events like hives and throat tightening. I'm discussing IgG-mediated food sensitivities; many commonly experienced when eating poultry, milk, eggs, citrus, or other "odd" foods, rather than commonly known to be allergy-causing foods like peanuts, for instance.

Leaky gut may morph to a full-blown auto-immune inflammatory bowel disorder such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease. If you've got one of these disorders, this report may help you locate your triggers. Actually, all auto-immune ailments have leaky gut as their root cause. If you heal the gut, then you begin to be able to reverse the signs of several autoimmune disorders. This might be "news to you" but should you find yourself here and you're taking a "biologic," do understand there's a safer, better way to get into remission. Indeed, this includes Type I diabetes that is, of course, an auto-immune disorder.

Any and all skin rashes including (auto-immune) psoriasis and psoriasis have been connected to leaky gut.

Additionally, autism and mood disorders have been associated with leaky gut and also reveal a response once the leaky gut is medicated. I've set several references to the in the last section. My colleague, Dr. Mark Hyman includes a great deal of expertise in this region, with excellent results.

So, what's so shocking? I'll get to that. First, let us review what you may have read "on the market."

What Causes Leaky Gut?

As I tell you exactly what causes stuffy gut, think about your habits. It is my personal belief this problem is rampant. I'd have never believed that I would develop this matter, however I did, as you'll read about from the "shocking" section of the article.

Food

Certainly, the food that you eat can result in leaky gut. More importantly, GMO-gluten used ubiquitously in our food source is being blamed for non-celiac gluten sensitivity and leaky gut. It is estimated 25 percent of Americans have some form of food sensitivity. However, that does not even account for those people who have the "standard American diet" (SAD).

Consuming GMO foods, additives, artificial sweeteners and also the "ginormous" amount of sugar in our normal diet is indeed sufficient to create most guts flow. Add in non-sprouted grains and lectins, and you've got the perfect gut storm. To explain, lectins are chemicals found mainly in beans which can irritate the gut lining in susceptible people. Excessive caffeine and alcohol make the situation worse and sometimes, are the cause of leaky gut. To point out, so far we've just talked about food and drinks.

Pharmaceuticals

Painkillers are possibly the most frequently over-used gut irritant available. Your tight junctions can be nuked by all from aspirin to Vioxx to Tylenol.

Antibiotics upset the balance of good to bad bacteria which may cause "the leak."

Additional non-bioidentical hormone drugs such as steroids (prednisone, medrol) as well as birth control pills might help nourish yeast, which can also damage the gut lining.

Last, chemotherapy drugs significantly interrupt the gastrointestinal balance (dysbiosis), causing many instances of small-bowel bacterial overgrowth and leaky gut.

Speaking Of Dysbiosis

Other organisms like giardia (a parasite), Helicobacter pylori (accountable for ulcers) and more have the capability to irritate the intestinal lining leading to gastrointestinal symptoms and leaky gut.

Persistent Stress High cortisol can lead to a breakdown of your GI lining. It does this by slowing down both down digestion and peristalsis (GI motility). Because of this, blood flow decreases to digestive organs generating a greater concentration of toxic metabolites which then melts away in your gut lining.

Environmental chemicals deplete our reserves of minerals that are protective, which can result in leaky GI cells. Further, you will find direct GI toxins like the fluoride in our water, or the germ in our waterways and many fish we consume that are also contributing factors.

Now, hang onto your hats for what you're going to read since it affects all people to a degree.

What's So Shocking?

Definitive evidence that dust mites might damage us through non-allergic mechanics has been demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Dust mites can behave as intestinal parasites, causing GI tract pain and diarrhea.

They are also able to act as "irritants," causing quantifiable, definitive leaky gut; with or without GI symptoms.

People who are conscious of "our story" about why we have mold in our home (building and HVAC flaws) and then what ensued might be amazed to hear about the diagnosis of what caused my leaky gut and then following Crohn's with full-fledged mitochondrial dysfunction.

The cause was dust mites; not mycotoxins, but dust mites. If you're wondering, I have put my mitochondria back to the way to wellbeing and my Crohn's in remission. Especially, all without poisonous drugs naturally. Now, back to the dust mites and mold issue.

Mold will increase your chances of getting dust mites since dust mites eat all kinds of gross items, such as mold. Consequently, if you visit visible dust or you've got pets, or you have any other risk factors for leaky gut, then I suggest you read the linked article on dust mites and also find these critters out of your property!

Diagnosis

If you have food intolerances, you can do a complete panel of IgG testing for food intolerances, especially gluten intolerance testing. To check for gut leakiness, it is possible to certainly do a lactulose/mannitol test. This is an extremely specific test that analyzes the urine for two sugars, mannitol and lactulose; looking for its normal "leaky gut routine" post-ingestion. In the end, a fantastic Functional Medicine Physician who treats Leaky gut syndrome can often make the identification that has a good history and physical.

Treatment Treatment entails first, eliminating glutenfree, dairy, sugar, and processed foods from your diet. Through the first 8 weeks, it is required to prevent alcohol and caffeine, too. In addition, I instruct my patients to avoid lectins and nightshade vegetables (eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes) for the initial 8 weeks. Further, any additives that could be eliminated should indeed be taken out of the picture.

We analyze your "toxin situation" and tackle it. In addition, we do the same with cortisol and potential dysbiosis, also. Especially, this is achieved using probiotics. When there's yeast, we also get rid of it. Whether there are "bad germs," we eliminate these too.

In detail, exactly the "how to's" are summarized in the articles linked at the beginning of the report. However, you can type "gut" from the search bar at the bottom of the webpage, and you will find what you want. Bearing this in mind, also browse the dust mite removal post to find my organic cleansing formulas.

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