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Off Topic / Re: Rigel's Glaucoma: Redux
« on: January 13, 2022, 12:43:07 PM »
Sup y'all, someone sent me a message asking me about my condition so I figured I'd update everyone if anyone else was interested.
Previous thread

So I stopped posting in the thread because nothing was really changing. Got diagnosed at 15 which sucked, but I haven't really lost any vision since then either which is nice. So Glaucoma is mostly caused by a build up of Intra-Ocular Pressure (IOP) due to a fluid called "aqueous humor" that naturally flows through the eye or other causes. The medicine was annoying for a while. I originally had a bunch of eye-drops which I'll list the effects of, starting with "Dorzolamide" which stung like lemon juice to apply, but I never really learned how it helped. "Brimonidine" didn't hurt to apply, but it made me really sleepy as a side-effect, and worked by getting my brain to produce less aqueous humor. "Latanoprost" didn't have any noticeable side-effects, but it barely worked on me. It was supposed to improve drainage. "Pilocarpine" was the one I hated the most by far, but it was the most effective at reducing pressure. It improved drainage, and contracted my pupils. The pupilary contraction was meant to make it easier for surgery, but I only ever went through one. It sucked because it made me really near-sighted for a few hours after use, and I had to use it 4 times a day, and the new eyesight was never stable, so I couldn't get glasses that would reliably help either. I also had a pill called "Diamox" that was supposed to help, but didn't really and made things taste different.

Anyway, there was a new medicine called "Rocklatan" which works a lot like Latanoprost but actually works really well for me to the point where I dropped every other medication besides Brimonidine and now the eye pressure is pretty stable. Only problem is that it makes my eyes red as if I've constantly been smoking weed, and it costs so much that I'm still paying $60 per bottle even after insurance covers most of it. By comparison, the co-pay for everything else was like $2 per medication.

I did at one point get a surgery that was supposed to improve natural drainage, but it didn't work somehow. There were no complications, it just didn't improve what it needed to by any good amount after a week of healing. At least I got a video out of it! (Warning, it's a surgery video) I got stitches in my eye, and it felt real weird when they took them out. They had to press on my eye to "break" the stitching, and then pull them out with tweezers. Best way I could say to replicate the feeling is to take a single hair and pinch it between your thumb and pointer finger, then pull it through with your other hand. It wasn't painful at all, just a strange sensation.

Now the plan is to just check the pressure every-so-often and hope the medicine keeps working. Or for future research to yield promising results for ocular regeneration, which there are a few things being tested already. My left eye can barely see anything, and my right eye is mostly fine, so besides the occasional pressure headache or poor depth perception things are okay.

I think I covered nearly everything, I'll be happy to answer any questions!

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game is already having collabs lol, i guess the game is going down the yandere sim route
*in Yoda voice* Surprised by this are we?

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as opposed to..... just loving typing it all out?? because a scratch-like system with event blocks somehow.... is bad? because?? reasons??? do you understand that doing it this way makes it extremely easy for non-programmers to pickup and get things done without having to learn an entire coding syntax/command list, while still being able to make complex scripts? and you're actually comparing this image to the STOCK blockland event system, where the most complex thing people usually make is make a brick change color/disappear after clicking.. this is quite literally a more powerful and expanded upon event system. have you ever programmed a single thing in your entire life?

i don't care about the rest of brickadia drama but this one point in particular got my blood boiling

m8 I ain't trying to learn how to program, I just want to forget around on a lego game.  Having an event system like this is off-putting to me.

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Off Topic / Re: JOHN MADDEN DIED
« on: January 10, 2022, 03:42:45 PM »
ok why are all the popular people dying all of a sudden
that's relative imo.  I didn't know the bogandoff twins were actually popular I just thought they were just a meme. 

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Off Topic / Re: Anyone grow marijuana?
« on: January 09, 2022, 11:05:27 AM »
lmao you couldve just said !=
Avergage Latex users:



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Off Topic / Re: Anyone grow marijuana?
« on: January 07, 2022, 04:27:39 PM »
i dont fry my dopamine and serotonin receptors so no
Growing it $$\neq$$ taking it

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Off Topic / Re: Anyone grow marijuana?
« on: January 07, 2022, 02:12:14 PM »
My friend does (LEGALLY) and we've smoked it before but to be fair most people here just say screw it and they go to a dispo.  Don't get me wrong, its fun as stuff smoking ur own product after rolling ur own joint/blunt but nothing beats dispo edibles/concentrates. 

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Off Topic / IbanZ v2
« on: January 07, 2022, 08:50:14 AM »
Previously on IbanZ
:O (Topic Name)

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Nomainations:

"woof"
Defendor
Fjeld


Who tf are these people?

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Off Topic / Re: Best Beavis and Butthead Vids/Episodes
« on: December 11, 2021, 04:50:18 PM »
HERES MINE


Call Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGj69KLLSN0

Beavis and Butt-Head - Nothing Happening (with Bonus Intro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRx_YV3lKqg

Beavis and Butt-Head - Citizen Butt-Head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_9RAk0nkVo

Beavis and Butthead Do U (1999) PC Playthrough - NintendoComplete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf9EXzz4sRo

Beavis and Butthead: Virtual Stupidity (1995) PC Complete Playthrough - NintendoComplete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INzXO48oh20

Beavis and Butt-Head - Our Founding Losers (with Bonus Scene) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PumRU_ICSEo

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Off Topic / Best Beavis and Butthead Vids/Episodes
« on: December 11, 2021, 04:32:19 PM »
Post ur fave Beavis and Mutthead stuff in here.  Anything from Youtube videos to actual episodes (DO NOT PIRATE!!!!!!!!!!!!)

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Drama / Re: Possible DDOSing Suspects
« on: December 02, 2021, 07:15:55 PM »
STARTED LAGGING AFTER PLAYER Myst JOINED!

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Off Topic / Re: I made food :O
« on: December 02, 2021, 05:31:16 PM »
there was a good one in my old college town that had the best lamb khorma ever. i found a new place i like in my new city but it's still not the same
They are everywhere in South Florida lmao like every street corner has an Indian restaurant

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