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Happy birthday to my favorite driller!

Hard to resist eating during the holidays and during the sales afterwards! Six pounds is just a blip. Remember that your health and mobility are worth a lot. The savings from medications and medical care alone amount to thousands of dollars a year.

Well said. As with SSRIs, I think the market will be bursting with better versions in a few years. Interesting point on bariatric surgeon and negative articles. It will be interesting to see where that field goes now that non-invasive alternatives are available. As for the negative articles, I wonder how many are coming from insurance industry shills as well.

Regeneron is combining semaglutide with monoclonal antibodies that preserve muscle mass. Stage 2 trials will start soon. This is a major step in the right direction. Btw, @samhexum @auguHow are things going with you? Sam, I hope you’re able to get more meds soon.

@josh282282 I just crossed the 10% threshold. Do I get my Ozempic rx now? 😘 Because I eat out 1-2 times a day, I’m losing about a pound a week. That’s fine with me. The weight loss may slow down further. 13 pounds to go..

The BRF press office wrote: “ It was during this intervention that a separate issue of concern was noted and subsequently diagnosed as a form of cancer.” Sounds like it involves one of the local organs.

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I see. This Yelp review makes it sound like a strip club, at least on the female side: "Staff are all extremely friendly. Truly professional experience. Place is clean and the girls are very attractive and well manicured. If you want to see a living bombshell go in and ask for Lilly. Not only does she have a great bubbly personality. She has to be one of the top 5 hottest girls I've ever seen in my life. 1 song just wasn't enough. I didn't want to go home. Oh yea did I mention she's gorgeous. Fantasy is down the block it's same owner and many of the same girls get rotated. But between the 2 locations if you don't find Lilly and get a dance from that sexy soft baby skin perfect ass and smile woman it is your loss. I had dreams about her. Yes she is that hot"

I get it now. It's a strip club with a champagne room. I thought it was a sex club, hence my astonishment.

That was my first thought too, but a hysterectomy is usually an outpatient procedure. That's especially true for the BRF, who can set up hospital level care at home. The speculation I've read is that she has a longstanding GI issue that became acute.

Yes, definitely keep a lookout for anything new or different, whether it's a mole or not. Red or pink, pearlescent spots with raised edges can also be skin cancer, although a less aggressive form than melanoma. Consider seeing a derm for an annual full body skin check. I had mine today.

For free or $$$? If the former, I'm surprised that there isn't a line out the door.

Interesting figure from a paper on temperature and sleep.

The idea came from a poster here. His handle escapes me but he’s a doctor with a clown avatar. He said that the best he ever slept was outside on a porch in winter. So I try to simulate that, covered by a fleece blanket and two comforters.

Like most fluffy coated creatures, I sleep better in the cold (55 degrees ideally). As a result, my heat is never turned on. I use a space heater instead. It was 50 degrees indoors last night.

I dated a frat guy from another school. The older guys hazed really hard; they woke up the pledges to go buy cigarettes, etc. In my innocence, I asked my boyfriend why he didn't just tell the older guys to screw themselves. He replied that hazing is part of every job, so we should all get used to it. I liked the close bonds between the guys, so I decided to join a sorority. Like all the Greek orgs at my school, it was new and non-residential. Also, there was a firm no hazing policy. I wish I had devoted more time to it. It's wild that there are SAE guys here. They were so...straight

Many of the men who hung out at public restrooms and porn shops fifty years ago were married. In 1970, the average man married at age 22-23, so that makes sense. A book on glory holes/men's rooms, Tearoom Trade, came out at that time. The author took down license plate numbers at a local men's room, had a cop friend run the plates, and showed up at the unsuspecting cruisers' homes posing as a public health official taking a routine survey. As you say, some of the married men he talked to were traditional masc guys who claimed their wives didn't like sex. Others said they were perfectly satisfied with their sex lives. Most of the single men were either looking for underaged guys or were semi-openly gay.

This is such wholesome porn. Executive comes home, kisses his wife (who has already freshened up in anticipation of his arrival), and they have enthusiastic sex. Very 1962.

Josh, I appreciate your post and your empathy. I think we have to be careful with the bolded assumption. I was blessed with a great metabolism, and I had maintained a BMI of 19-21 all my life through portion control alone. Unfortunately, I got into the habit of eating a lot right before bed (3 AM for me) to help me sleep. Studies published over the past year have found that this contributes to weight gain. So it did with me. I started by correcting that. I then slowly added new steps—reducing calories here, substituting protein for carbs there, walking more. Resistance training is next. I’ve lost 5% of my weight without too much sacrifice. I have plateaued over the past week. Losing weight gets harder with age, especially for women. The question is whether I will be able to lose another 15 pounds while eating enough that I feel satisfied and am not distracted by hunger. I was offered semaglutide and decided to try diet and exercise first. The hair loss and sarcopenia are just not worth it for me. I don’t think we should judge non-diabetics who want to try it, even if they aren’t planning to go on an elaborate diet. After all, the whole point of the GLP1s is to allow people to lose weight with small portions without constant hunger. That’s a reasonable desire for any patient.

The Novo Nordisk spokesperson also told Best Life that the company "cannot validate the safety or effectiveness of compounded products claiming to contain semaglutide that are not one of our own branded products. Compounded products do not have the same safety, quality and effectiveness assurances as our FDA-approved drugs and may expose patients to health risks. Patients can help protect themselves by only buying medicines from legitimate sources and with a prescription from a healthcare professional." Pharma gonna pharma 😏

Thanks. From the graffiti, I figured it would be sketchy. Where's the CHP when you need them? Maybe one of you PS locals can escort me. @Oliver, want to come hang out a freeway exit?

You remembered the El Diario spot! Yes, we need to go.

I found this spot onlne, and it just looks perfect because of the lights in the distance. I'd take a walk there today if I lived in the area. As @azdr0710 knows, I'm a big fan of outdoor cruising spots, especially those on freeway exits or near rivers and railroad tracks. I've never been to one but hope to aoon For the curious, here's the location. Per Squirt, the CHP makes u-turns here so be wary. 65555 Varner Rd, Desert Hot Springs, California | Instant Google Street View WWW.INSTANTSTREETVIEW.COM 65555 Varner Rd, Desert Hot Springs, California | Instant Street View