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Cake day: August 15th, 2023

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  • So, I was kind of wondering about this concept a few weeks ago. On the 19th of November I had a small stroke and was in the hospital for 3 days. While there, for the first 40 hours I was not allowed to eat or drink due to them not knowing if my ability to swallow had been effected. I need to get and eval form Physical Therapy first. In that 40 hours I lost nearly 12 lbs. I’ve always been a pretty big guy, was up to 468 lbs in 2019, but have since lost quite a bit and upon admission was down to 291. Since getting out and coming home, I’ve started intermittent fasting, which will help with what caused the stroke as well (diabetes). Now if I can just figure out how to pay this $200,000 hospital bill. lol.









  • Wife was hired in 2014 for a position that was designed to be remote. They changed things in 2017 and tried to make her come into an office 2.5 hours away, 5 days a week. She’s legally blind and doesn’t drive, a fact they were fully aware of and had no issues with when they hired her. She tried to argue multiple times, and it just ended up going in circles with several managers getting pretty insulting to her. So, she quit, and eventually decided to contact a disability lawyer to inform the ex-employer she would be suing for discrimination, and ADA violations. Because they said some pretty stupid things in emails and voicemails. They ended up offering a nice sized settlement. She found another WFH job that paid 3x what she was making at the old place, with a higher level position and more closely fits her education. She’s much happier with how things turned out for her. The position has been on various job sites for over 3 years and doesn’t look like it’s been filled since she quit, though I can’t say that for sure.