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That's wild. Not doubting your diagnosis, just thought I'd mention because doctors treat the gallbladder like a cryptid. Lol.

I really hope you figure out a treatment plan that works, my friend. That sounds really awful.

Holy crap. I don't really use cannabis (not against it, majorly in favor of legalization, and occasion user. Just don't particularly like being drunk or high personally anymore), so I've never really considered how gallbladder removal might impact edibles. That's crazy.

That truly sucks. I'm sorry you're going through that.

Just one thing real quick, though, just in case. My entire family has had similar issues, and for every one of us* it has been our gallbladder. Also for every one of us, they have refused to check our gallbladders. My mom was told ulcers, which she had none. Had to have emergency surgery when her gallbladder was on the verge of ruptured. My brother was told it was his drinking (±1 drink a week), quit drinking for two years with no improvement. When they finally removed his gallbladder it was so bad it literally fell apart inside him when they tried to remove it, and he was in the hospital for a week *I'm currently going through it, and they're telling me it's acid reflux.

The gallbladder is the medical bigfoot. Doctors refuse to believe it exists, I'm pretty sure.

I mean, not a fan of these type of threads in general (to each their own, though), but feet are the single most common fetish, and more and more so considered a pretty normal thing to be into. It's close enough to vanilla to work well as a joke.

At this point, I'd say I am definitely a nondualist. I was raised Christian, so that flavors my outlook in major ways. I'm some weird mix of Hindu and Christian, and recently I've become very interested in Buddhism as well. I really enjoy the writings of Swamiji Vivekananda and Rama Krishna. A sort of universal view of religion, with many paths that lead us to God.

What about yourself? Do you subscribe to a particular religion or philosophy?

Also, related, do you recommend any Lemmy communities for this sort of stuff? I haven't found my esoteric and spiritual people on lemmy yet.

... well, I've been trying to describe what happens to me sometimes for years. Been calling it a panic attack since I was like 8 years old. Holy shit. I think I have this.

Someone else will need to answer on the border bit (though I doubt it), but I know from a friend who visited without travel insurance that he did have a bill for something like 30 thousand USD for a broken leg and rib. I think he just never paid it. He's back in the UK now, and says he'll never visit here again because of the experience with our hospitals

Worth noting that those discounted rates are still significantly higher than what insured patients pay, and astronomically higher than what people in actually sane countries pay.

For what it's worth, I assumed you were a lobster on Maury swearing up a storm about how you are not the father.

Around 5 years ago I started investigating my faith. I've always been sort of... Eclectic in that regard, but once I discovered the Dharmic faiths, it made a big difference in my life. Non dualism specifically. I chose the username because I made a new reddit account specifically for that sort of content. I was still really new to it at the time, and associated the branching out from my Christian roots with the same type of exploration people do when they're beginning to explore their sexuality. So it's a play on bi-curious. I wasn't Dharmic at the time, I was just Dharma-curious. Haha.

Tell Mama to divorce him now. Give her this letter.

Haha. I've had this username for several years now, you're the first one to comment on it across a bunch of different accounts. I love my username. Haha.

I think the authors name was a pseudonym, and something like Jaques, maybe? The title may have been something like Little Angels. Olympia was black, and a major caricature. She's very fat, and has a large bosom. It was a display book in a furniture store, so the cover/title/author may not be accurate, though.

I remember pulling up the Wikipedia article for the author at one point after reading it in ~09?

The little girl's friend was wealthy. Like, insanely sane. They leave and adventure, end up very bad off. Adopted by a very nice preacher and his wife, that turn out to be evil, and may have been the literal devil (which would be the only sort of fantasy aspect that I can recall), and Olympia bursts in at the moment and rescues.

That's really all I can remember. I've tried for years.

Adding this to my bookwyrm!

I love the magicians nephew. Favorite book in the series. Do you mind me asking how it changed your life?

The yoga of patanjali, is that an advaita text? I've been trying to find my fellow non dualists on lemmy, and haven't had much luck.

I do not appreciate you spying on me and posting about it. Rude.

That's not it, but looks fascinating! I read it 15 ish years ago, but if I had to guess I'd say it was early 1900s setting or before.

There's a book I read as a teenager that changed my life in that it feels like a weird fever dream, and I've never been able to find it again. I had to wait for a manager at a furniture store for half an hour, picked up a display book from a shelf and as started reading. It's about a girl who has become orphaned, goes to live with her friend (who everyone calls her sister because they have the same birthday), and then the two of them run off together, end up getting adopted by possibly the literal devil, and are rescued by the friends maid, Olympia. French book translated to English, pretty sure. Loved that book, had a pretty big impact on me, and I've searched ever since. :(

Bootlicking.

Same boat. I'm poor as fuck. I hate that I make so many decisions to buy things I know aren't the option ethically, and that applies so hard to yarn. Really anything in the textiles industry. I try not to buy animal fiber at all unless it's thrifted.

I have, in fact, gained access to your sphincter vault. I will be emailing these pictures to both of your grandfather's (and 2 excoworkers). Please send me 40 million dollars to scammy(dot)scam scam(at)notascam(dot)com.

Thank you.