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  1. First, congrats on the weight loss. I agree that compliments that validate hardwork and an appealing appearance can be a very positive emotional and mental experience. I think the problem is less about offending the 1% with a condition and more about drawing attention to the 99% who used to be fat and sloppy. Especially when our experience tells us more of these people are going to lose the diet war and end up as fat or fatter than they were originally— though I guess with the diabetes weight loss drugs maybe that’s changed now. Whereas you felt great and validated and your ego was tickled by being complimented for the weight loss and didn’t consider that the comparison being made was that you used to not be hot to this person and probably most people who aren’t your wife, others like someone from the last page, feel bad about themselves because they hear insults to how they used to be ugly and fat and unacceptable in attractiveness. I would hypothesize that it is a man/woman thing and gender privilege is at play but we had a guy on this very thread express this very sentiment on the last page, so I think sensitivity to whether commenting on weight is a compliment or a “backhanded” compliment is unique to each individual.
  2. Mortgage pros and bros- does anyone have any recent experience with a Home Equity loan? Assume I am easily qualified (DTI, LTV, etc.) and that I've compared a HELOC and Home Equity Loan and decided on the loan. The questions I have are, Did you go through an e-commerce website or online lender or a traditional bank or mortgage company? Assuming a bunch of these companies are like refinancing and want to hammer you with fees, what is the cheapest way to source one of these loans while minimizing costs and fees?
  3. Especially since he's married to my daughter! On second thought, hang him!
  4. Long story short, my Son in Law works for a company he claims who has a history of doing some gray area things and he's about to go on paternity leave and thinks there is a chance he could get axed while on leave. It happened to someone else he knew but his colleague thought it was gray area enough to not pursue legal. He's wanting to prepare in case this happens as he's thinking of taking the max amount allowed, which is 75% of his full pay for 24 weeks and wants to be ready if there is retaliatory shenanigans with a flimsy excuse. Of course I'm not certain, but he tells me he's in good standing, had good reviews, never been written up or dinged... He's in Denton but any law firm in the metroplex would do if you have a good recommendation and want to vouch.
  5. Yellow was mired by horrible M&A the past few years and took out a yuge government loan during Covid-19 it couldn't pay back. People will point to the union and strike demands driving them to bankruptcy because it's catnip for certain people, but that's not true. It was a bad business.
  6. Can you do monthly or you must do an annual commitment? Asking for a poor friend.
  7. I just saw on my newsfeed that Peter Frampton has myositis Peter Frampton is on his final tour after ‘troubling’ diagnosis of incurable disease PETER FRAMPTON, 72, has been on his live performance finale The Farewell Tour years after being diagnosed with a devastating disease that causes muscles to waste away. https://www.hopkinsmyositis.org/gift/peter-frampton-myositis-research-fund/#:~:text=The Peter Frampton Myositis Research,to ultimately find a cure.
  8. I can beat that. I have to take a drug 2x a year that costs $60k a pop, so $120k a year, according to my insurance EOB. Oops you said $40k a month or $480k a year. You win.
  9. Same. Except the usual meds didn't work for me and I had to stair step to the most aggressive and expensive one and the jury is still out (though I'm stair stepping down from prednisone these days, too, slowly but surely).
  10. As someone who has been on Prednisone, at a very high dosage (40-60mg), daily for over a year, I cannot wait to be off it. That said, it is a miracle drug for combatting inflation. I had CK numbers in the 9000's before steroids. Got them down sub-500 (normal range is 0-235). From what I understand, long-term use sucks the life out of your bones and leaves you with brittle, weak bones and a risk for osteoarthritis and bone disease.
  11. Thought I'd update this-- I finally got the insurance company to approve the Rituxan. It was a pain and took a lot of time and appeals, but from what I've read, it's really good to stop and repair the lung involvement (ILD) with my auto-immune.
  12. I searched and didn't see one. Especially for first time founders, do we have one? I'd love to read through people's experiences as a first time going through things like pitch decks, VC-meetings, resources and websites or consultancies that helped, legal, cap tables, incubators, the whole thing. I know being Austin-focused probably half of us have started something, at some point in time, and I realize that times are tough now compared to the heady days of pre-2022 for starting something, but general wisdom is the best time to start a new business is during a downturn in the economy?
  13. Figured I'd bump this thread as it appears that IVIG is not really helping. It's interesting because I'm on "good therapy" for the majority of people with this illness with IVIG and prednisone and methotrexate (CellCept has too extreme of side effects)-- so next step is Rituxan if insurance will pay for it. My doctors are concerned that they won't pay for it but it's the only thing they think that can stop the lung involvement which has become serious in rapid fashion. Anyone have any GOOD experiences with their insurances helping with expensive therapies for AID?
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