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A Brief Introduction

I used to struggle with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). It got to the point where I was afraid to eat, as every meal, even small ones, would trigger brutal heartburn. My skin was peeling off my hands, almost to the point of bleeding. Constant stomach and intestinal pains, bloating, belching - I was like a gas machine. I couldn't do any sports because any physical strain would provoke gastric acid reflux and severe heartburn. A perpetually irritated esophagus caused discomfort whenever I ate.
But, it seems, I managed to heal all this. Everything is good again now: I eat almost whatever I want and don't suffer.

Part 1: Backstory from 2017 to 2020

Rash, Blisters, Stress, Didn't Pay Much Attention

• Blisters began to itch, so I visited a dermatologist and took tests: no fungus, no skin problems.
• Went to an allergist, conducted a ton of expensive allergy tests, no problems found.
• Saw a gastroenterologist: they found mild gastritis, but it wasn't causing problems.
• I let it go, thinking it would pass on its own.

Part 2: 2020 - 2023. Symptom Worsening

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Downfall of Businesses

In 2020, COVID-19 hit. My businesses were crumbling due to lockdowns - restaurant chains, coffee shops, and educational schools. I was paranoid about the health risks and potential loss of relatives due to the pandemic (several of my close friends and acquaintances had lost relatives to COVID-19).
I was working 24/7, sometimes eating whatever was at hand, and that's when my digestive problems began. Heartburn, discomfort, and lower abdominal pains started occurring more frequently.

Health Issues and COVID-19

I got vaccinated, but still got infected with COVID-19, and it took about a year and a half for my sense of smell to return.
My immunity was feeble without vitamins and proper diet, and there was a lot of psychological and physical strain (I tried to exercise 4-5 times a week, running, to somehow compensate for the work-related stress with sports).

Seeking Medical Assistance and Temporary Relief

Eventually, I started visiting gastroenterologists to understand the cause of the heartburn. Nothing critical was found in the stomach, except for an irritated mucosa.
I went to some doctors, and they prescribed Omeprazole and similar acid-lowering medications. They gave some relief for a week, but then the symptoms worsened.

Health at its Worst and a Slight Ray of Hope

After several courses of Omeprazole and similar drugs, my condition only got worse. In the end, it got to the point where I was afraid to eat. I eliminated everything from my diet except water and simple boiled dishes, but I still had constant heartburn, gas, skin peeling on my fingers, etc.
Ultimately, I was fortunate to meet the 4th or 5th doctor, after whom I began to see small improvements.

Part 3: Getting Slightly Better, But Not Much

The Different Approach That Started Helping

This doctor's approach was a little different, and in the end, it started helping.
The doctor ordered some tests, and we discovered that I had a chronic E.Coli infection in my intestines, which should not be there. Usually, it causes acute poisoning and quickly leaves the body, but it also produces pretty strong toxins (which, as I would understand later, caused inflammation in the intestines, which in turn caused skin problems on my hands). (link to wiki and articles)
Symptom 1: Skin rash - Check.
This infection, as I understand it, (correct me if anyone has more detailed knowledge), by receiving nutrients, begins to actively produce an excessive amount of gases. This causes constant (every 1-2 minutes) burping and the desire to pass gas, which in turn creates excessive pressure in the intestines. This pushes stomach and intestinal contents towards the esophagus and disrupts the proper functioning of all digestive processes.
Symptom 2: GERD - Check.Symptom 3: Burping and Farting (sorry) - Check.Symptom 4: Abdominal pains and cramps - Check.Symptom 5: Stones in the gallbladder and slight pains in gallbladder area - Check.

Attempting to Balance the Microbiome

So, this doctor wanted to try to balance my microbiome. He prescribed diets like Fodmap, a lot of supporting medicines to feed the right bacteria, and at the same time, he wanted me to take antibiotic-type medicines to kill E.Coli. It was also thanks to this doctor that I found out I have confirmed lactose intolerance and Gilbert's Syndrome.
We started with bacteriophage, as one of the most gentle ways to kill E.Coli without disturbing the other "good" bacteria.
During the time I took bacteriophage, the symptoms were getting better (the skin and everything), but when I stopped it (after 14 days or so) things returned to where they were before.

Recurring E.Coli Infections

After that, I retested and we found E.Coli again.
Now we tried the antibiotic rifaximin (in small dose), the effect was the same: better symptoms, everything got back after I stopped taking antibiotics.
Now, I took the test and found out that I didn't have any normal E.coli in my intestines, apparently it was replaced by the infectious E.coli.
The third time, it was prescribed to take bacteriophage first for 10 days, then rifaximin in small dose (200 mg twice a day for 14 days or so).
The result was exactly the same: symptoms return, E.coli persists in the test.

Struggling to Balance the Microbiome

During the antibiotic treatment, I took supporting prebiotics, probiotics, and other drugs. However, the probiotic with E.coli was not available in my country, it was not produced, and there was none in pharmacies at all.
After that, I moved from the country to another country and lost contact with my previous doctors.
Since I had been suffering from this for 5 years already, I was almost desperate to cure it all. I collected all the information I had, everything I discussed with doctors, everything I read on medical resources, confirmed by verified medical research, and decided to take a risk and wage a final battle with E.coli and my problems.
Disclaimer: I do not recommend and even warn against self-medication. I am not a professional doctor and I was lucky that it helped me. I initially consulted with literally dozens of doctors, read all thematic resources, acted on the results of my current tests and analyses.

Part 4: Relief

Having moved to another country, I decided to do the following:

1. Take a large dose of rifaximin for treating E.Coli (550 mg x 14 days).
2. Support the balance of the microbiota during the entire intake of the antibiotic by taking Saccharomyces Boulardi.
3. Follow a fodmap-diet throughout the entire drug intake period.
4. Completely eliminate sugar during the antibiotic treatment, for 2 months from the start of the antibiotic treatment, and limit sugar intake after that (i.e., no sodas, chocolates, sweet drinks. I clearly noted a worsening of symptoms immediately after their intake).
5. After the end of antibiotic treatment, I took Mutaflor for a month (starting with 3 tablets twice a day for the first 3-4 days, then two weeks 2 tablets twice a day, then 1 tablet twice a day). Remember, according to my test results, I had little or no normal E.coli in the intestines and instead, the pathogenic E.coli was actively hanging out and enjoying life.
6. I restricted, but did not completely remove, the consumption of lactose.

I finished the treatment a month ago and so far, I don't see any symptoms of the disease: skin problems are gone, heartburn, rumbling in the intestines, gases also disappeared.
I may feel heaviness in the intestines after consuming dairy products in large amounts (for example, Greek yogurt with berries before bedtime), but if I limit the consumption of dairy products, I do not feel any problems with the intestines.
Now I am trying to solve problems with the gallbladder and smoothly return to a normal active life: I'm not afraid to eat, exercise, I don't wake up with pain in the abdominal area at night or in the mornings.

Part 5: Final and Good Luck

I hope that such a detailed story will help some of you not to despair, find the right doctor, the right approach, and the right reasons for your problems and to wake up without pain in the intestines again, eat any food without fear, and enjoy life again.

For context; we're married for 14 months, both 29 yo.
Overall everything's fine. And I'm happy but this weekend we had continuous fight.
We don't live together since my marriage, he comes on weekends.
We both are doctors.He works in a basic health unit in a village and I live in the city with his family (who are nice to me). Professionally I'm senior to him. 3 years almost. But he's financially more stable by his family. But I always want him to succeed. He tries but not like I think he should do. He hasn't passed a single exam. He has alot of family business in the village to deal. And then alot of travelling for his health unit. And then on weekends he has to play pub-g.
The only reason of our fight. I can overlook the facts his time getting wasted for family matters in the village but when he intentionally does this it boils my blood. No matter how much I try to control and not be bossy, I keep interfering, he'd be apologetic (while playing game) and then at 1 point he'll lose his temper too.
He's been constantly playing game since friday. After every game he'll come to me trying to be playful, took me on long drive and other things. And again he'll go play game with his brothers.
And if I ask him to leave it again and again, he says I'll start studying from monday. And I just cant get this digested. He's not a school going kid. I took a promise from him im ramadan that he won't play it for 1 month and he fulfilled it. Now he's doing it again.
It's not that he's always doing it, but when he does he just won't stop and exam is near.
I've been grumpy too. I don't know if I'm wrong or just making a mountain out of rye. But we're expecting a baby and I want him to be mature.
tl;dr: couldn't put every detail, that would be long but I really need help. It has strained our relationship. And that's bothering me the most. But how can I just overlook the reality.

Hi everyone,
This has been happening to me a lot with this print, so looking for advice. I've leveled the plate, though I'm tempted to re-re-level it again tomorrow before my next attempt. My guess is that the exposure time isn't right, but I don't feel like I've had that issue before with my settings. I'm using the out of the box Chutibox settings for this, which matches the recommended settings on the Elegoo website.
I thought about the supports being too light. I used the auto-apply medium supports. I was hesitant to use heavy because it looks like it makes a pretty solid, flat surface on the build plate, and I know how much pain flat surfaces can be to remove - ha.
This is ELEGOO ABS-Like 3D Printer Resin 2.0. Settings are attached. The temperature is probably around 80-ish degrees in the shop right now. Maybe a bit cooler overnight, but still probably 70s.
Thank you as always! If you're in the US, enjoy your holiday weekend.

Well this is slightly embarrassing, not that anyone saw, but it's embarrassing to know I didn't realise while it was happening.
To start off, I am NOT a morning person, never have been. And my work thought that me, an 18 year old who has a sleep schedule that any normal person would be ashamed of having was the best candidate to be the new baker and start at the ass crack of dawn. So when I was given shifts at work to start at 5.45am I wasn't thrilled but didn't complain because I'm an over thinker, and was scared if get in trouble.
And for context, I work at a co-op shop that has a small 1 person bakery.
So I have 4 of these shifts in a row, and I'm on day 3 now. Everything has been going fine aside from me being absolutely exhausted by the time I get home. But today, today I thought I was good enough to rely on auto pilot.
So I get into the shop and start setting up the bakery, putting bread, donuts, croissants, apple pies and cookies in the oven for the customers. I finish everything bar the donuts and cookies at this point, and it's gone flawlessly, I'm thrilled that I am way ahead of schedule and I'd get my break sooner then expected. But here is where it goes wrong.
As I get the first batch of donuts off the cooling rack, the ring donuts, I start moving on muscle memory and rely on my body's auto pilot, it's an easy job, I suger the donuts and put them in the bag. Nothing to mess up right? It's easy as hell to do.
So I suger the ring donuts and put them all the bags, onto the trolley and onto the next batch I go. As I'm grabbing the custard bags to date them I had a realisation. I'd already grabbed these bags today, but I hadn't packed any custard donuts yet.
I look over to the trolley with about 10 bags of donuts on it, custard bags. I put the ring donuts in fucking custard bags, all sealed up as well. I then spend the next 15 minutes unpacking 40 donuts and putting them in the correct bags while trying to make it as unnoticeable as possible. Phew, crisis averted, I fixed the donuts and all is peaceful again.
Wrong, I pack the rest of the donuts without worry, but them comes the cookies. The bloody cookies. At this point I'm all happy with myself because I cought my mistake before the donuts went to the shelves, I was happily packing the cookies thinking to myself when I went to bag the double chocolate cookies and realised I'd done it again, I put the milk chocolate cookies in the double chocolate bags. I'm a moron. So, again, I spend a little while fixing my mistake. Thankfully I hadn't sealed the bags yet this time.
TL;DR
I put 40 ring donuts in custard bags and sealed them without realising. Fixed my mistake, crisis averted.
Nope, did the same thing with the cookies.
I need a fucking nap. Badly
So yeah, I'm an idiot and I'm doing this all again tomorrow.

For context; we're married for 14 months, both 29 yo.
Overall everything's fine. And I'm happy but this weekend we had continuous fight.
We don't live together since my marriage, he comes on weekends.
We both are doctors.He works in a basic health unit in a village and I live in the city with his family (who are nice to me). Professionally I'm senior to him. 3 years almost. But he's financially more stable by his family. But I always want him to succeed. He tries but not like I think he should do. He hasn't passed a single exam. He has alot of family business in the village to deal. And then alot of travelling for his health unit. And then on weekends he has to play pub-g.
The only reason of our fight. I can overlook the facts his time getting wasted for family matters in the village but when he intentionally does this it boils my blood. No matter how much I try to control and not be bossy, I keep interfering, he'd be apologetic (while playing game) and then at 1 point he'll lose his temper too.
He's been constantly playing game since friday. After every game he'll come to me trying to be playful, took me on long drive and other things. And again he'll go play game with his brothers.
And if I ask him to leave it again and again, he says I'll start studying from monday. And I just cant get this digested. He's not a school going kid. I took a promise from him im ramadan that he won't play it for 1 month and he fulfilled it. Now he's doing it again.
It's not that he's always doing it, but when he does he just won't stop and exam is near.
I've been grumpy too. I don't know if I'm wrong or just making a mountain out of rye. But we're expecting a baby and I want him to be mature.
I couldn't put every detail, that would be long but I really need help. It has strained our relationship. And that's bothering me the most. But how can I just overlook the reality.

last year i ran away from home and came to live with my boyfriend at his parents house. our plan was to get a job and save money as quick as possible because his parents are also abusive. when i got here though, it was super difficult to get a job. i have really severe anxiety that i’ve been trying to get treated, but it’s been taking so long just because it’s impossible to find a psychiatrist accepting new patients that accepts my insurance. i’ve been going to therapy and she has been helping me get into a psychiatrist, but she says my anxiety is to the point where medication is really the only thing that will help.
yesterday, i woke up with a feeling that something terrible was going to happen, but also woke up feeling depressed, so i tried so hard not to overthink it, and went out and did a couple things while my boyfriend was at work. on my way to meet someone, the battery light on my car came on, so i pulled over and googled what to do and everything i found was all saying it’s not safe to drive, so i turned around and went to my boyfriends job and waited until he was done because of my battery was going to die i wanted to at least be with my boyfriend so we didn’t have to find two different ways home (he doesn’t have a license). while i was waiting, my car battery actually died and his boss came and jump started it and we made it home. i only know a little bit about cars but my brother was helping me over the phone. the alternator in my car doesn’t work, so we were trying to take the battery out last night at 12 am so the battery doesn’t drain and i’d have to pay even more to get a new alternator AND new battery. but we didn’t have the right tools to do it so we had to just leave it.
now, it’s the next day and i don’t even know what i’m supposed to do. last night i was drafting texts to send to my grandpa apologizing for leaving and begging for help. and i don’t want their help but i don’t know what to do. i have no money, i’ve been driving with no car insurance, i don’t have aaa, my car has needed to be serviced for months, i can’t get a job. now my boyfriend has to ride his bike to work and back in the dark after working 12 hours shifts 5 days a week and it could have been prevented if i just could take care of my car. my 12 year old brother is in the hospital right now and i have no way to go visit him. i didn’t drink or eat anything yesterday and the thought of eating now makes me want to vomit.
because i don’t have a car i have to stay home alone with my boyfriends parents all day and i am petrified of them, they are nearly identical to my grandparents (behavior wise) and the anxiety i have from that is paralyzing.
i so badly wish i was able to prove my grandparents wrong but i am just proving their point. i cannot take care of myself and this feels like the end of the world to me.

I'm 29, Asian (living in a western country). I'm thin, own my own apartment, have a great career, work out regularly, awesome friends and hobbies. However, I'm shy and introverted. Due to my culture, I am more conservative. I've only ever slept with one person. The reason why I think I haven't had a relationship, is I've never found a person who I'm attracted to and connect with.
Something else as well, is I struggle a lot with physical and sexual intimacy. I'm learning in therapy that I find it hard to feel safe in those situations, so to be intimate with someone, I need to trust them, know them well and emotionally connect with them.
The problem is, on dating apps it feels like nobody ever wants to give me a chance. People either want a short, casual relationship and to jump right into sex. Or people ghost me. Or we match and they don't respond. I try to meet people in real life, and it's hard because I'm shy. There have been two occasions where I plucked up the courage when out to speak to a guy and ask for their number: one guy was taken and another ghosted me :( The thought of a guy who I'm attracted to and really like, ever willing to be patient with me and give me the time to trust them, feels near impossible.
Thinking about this brings me to tears. I feel like I'm broken and somethings wrong with me where clearly people just don't want to date me. I'm trying to work out why...all i can think of is that I'm shy. In my culture and how I was brought, being silent and quiet was encouraged. It's hard for me to break out of my shell if I don't know you. once someone gives me the chance and time, i can break out and be more confident.
Generally though, I have good interpersonal skills (I'm actually a therapist myself. In that way, my self-reflection is good, and i help lots of clients with relationship problems, so while I don't have a lot of personal experience, have developed a lot of values surrounding what I feel is important in a healthy relationship).
I've asked my guy friends what it might be. They said it might be because I'm Asian. Is that so?
My friends often describe me to be gentle, kind, intelligent, empathetic and thoughtful. I do think I'm relatively attractive as well. I get lost in discussion about things I'm passionate about. I love creating new things, going on adventures and eating food. I just want to meet someone who wants to connect and do those things together. I don't even care if it doesn't eventuate into a relationship...I just want someone to give me a chance to connect.
Is there anything I can be doing differently? Please help. I'm going to therapy and trying to unpack it all, but I really just need some solid advice.

I (16M) have kinda lost my appetite lately and I don’t know why. My mum is realising too. The other night she made me a chicken burger for dinner, but I took one nibble and decided I was done. I couldn’t eat any more. Last night and Friday night, I just ended up not having dinner.
On Friday I was debating about whether to have cereal for dinner or not but then decided I wasn’t hungry. I did eat pudding/dessert that night though which was only a bowl of Eton mess.
Yesterday, I didn’t have breakfast, and when my dad asked me to pick something from a shop to have as just a small snack for breakfast, I just really didn’t want anything. I ended up choosing something just so he would stop asking me to choose. I chose a 20 pack of Jaffa Cakes and by the end of the day I had only eaten 10 of them. The drink I chose had aloe vera pieces in it, but I don’t think that counts as food. Apart from that all I had to eat was a Greggs pizza for lunch and a packet of crisps and a cookie instead of dinner. I didn’t eat anything else.
Usually I can binge eat a lot but lately I just haven’t felt hungry. The pizza I ate yesterday wasn’t even because I was hungry, it was just because I wanted to taste it. I don’t understand what has happened or why my eating habits have changed. Sometimes I have felt too upset to want to eat anything but I don’t feel upset, there is nothing that has upset me lately. So far today I have eaten the second half of the Jaffa Cakes from yesterday and a few peanut m&ms but I’m just not hungry. I keep just eating things for the taste atp.
I’m mainly having drinks as food, but if we go somewhere and they don’t have the drink I want, I will end up just going without. I don’t know what to do, please help. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

I usually don't rant about clubs on the internet, as all clubbers have different tastes and priorities - but sorry, what was that at aeden BCCOxStorno yesterday?
We bought tickets on resident advisor and arrived quite early at around 7pm. At that time, the ticket queue was still empty and we were in after a few minutes. Another friend who was supposed to join us arrived at around 9pm and wasn't able to get in. The ticket queue wasn't moving at all because they were lacking staff. At the same time it looked like they were still letting people from the box office queue in...
Inside, the club was super packed. The toilet and bar queues were insanely long and the bars were super slow. It took us nearly 45min to get something to drink. The outdoor floor was way too crowded with people/groups running around the floor all the time so it was nearly impossible to dance. When the outdoor floor closed and the other floors opened it got a bit better. Though, the main indoor floor seemed to have little to no ventilation. It felt like you can't breathe and you were instantly soaked. Don't get me wrong, I like sweaty parties but this was way too much. Never seen something like this before. Second indoor floor downstairs was ok, for my taste a bit booring / could do more with lights.
As the night progressed, it all got a bit better but I don't want to imagine what people have to bear going for the second day...
TL;DR stop letting so many people in, or open more floors and hire more staff. A good lineup doesn't make up for shitty organisation.

My conch earring ball got lost so I stopped at a local tattoo shop to grab some new jewelry. I asked in general about what conch piercings they had, and when she said they only had flat back ball style, I asked for a curved barbell. She/The store manager started yelling at me that curved barbells don’t go in conch piercings. I told her I hadn’t asked her opinion—I had asked for a curved barbell. The piercer then tried to chime in but, at that point I was furious told them all I’d put whatever in my holes (paraphrasing) I felt like. Told store manager to kick rocks and left.
My original piercing jewelry was a curved barbell. I’ve done flat back, and hoops but the curved barbell has always been most comfortable. Has anyone ever heard that you “can’t” put a curved barbell in a conch?

On Thursday, I was eating my dinner outside and I accidentally swallowed the skin off the kidney beans. I was so anxious so a ew minutes later, I could still feel the sensation in the back of my throat and I tried to cough it out, to no avail. I then drank lots of water to try and wash it down but still felt it there. I then, had this feeling that most of what I ate had not been chewed properly and was stuck in my throat as well (chilli con carne with rice). I kept on drinking my water but felt like it did nothing, I even had lemon & ginger tea.
Symptoms: * Dry feeling in throat * Fullness in the throat * Discomfort in throat * Food stuck in throat * Chest burning/tight sensation * Food stuck in chest * Frequent burping * No pain * Feel like I can't breathe * Altered breathing * Possibly wheezing (?) * Gassy stomach (noisy, bubbling, etc) * Food lodged in throat * Fluids not going down * New foods not going down * Salvia not going down * Food impaction * Lump in throat * Feel like vomiting will relieve symptoms
Fast forward to Friday, I wake up with the sensation still there throughout the day. I'm hungry, stomach is rumbling but I feel like the previous food is still lodged in my throat and is putting me off chewing and eating. Anyway, I attempt my lunch and dinner with anxious thoughts and I continue to drink water but I feel like it still doesn't help.
The same symptoms have been present since Thursday and it's now Sunday. I'm so scared and I do suffer from my anxiety. Thoughts keep going through my mind about *****. Distractions don't work as I can still feel the lump in my throat.
I thought it was globus sensation at first but it doesn't feel like my typical globus experience as it feels like food is actually stuck in my throat. I still haven't told any of my family about this issue because I'm afraid they'll dismiss it as anxiety and I'm "thinking about it it". But the symptoms feel very real and I'm concerned that I have some undiagnosed condition that needs medical attention ASAP.
In terms of seeking help , can't do anything as its bank holiday tomorrow and the hospitals / doctors near me will be closed so will have to wait until Tuesday.
I've been following home remedies like drinking cold milk and drinking tea and they aren't helping. I don't know what todo next.
I'm quite worried that it's serious and I'm going to *** at 24.
I'm on here just looking for advice, and possibly a solution. Does it sound like GERD, cancer, food impaction, globus sensation? or any other throat related condition? Help :(

22 June
- Check-in to the hotel and rest
23 June
- Breakfast at the hotel - 06:00 to 07:00
- Senso-ji - 08:00 to 09:00
- Tokyo Skytree - 10:00 to 12:00
- Lunch near Tokyo Skytree - 12:00 to 13:00
- Take train to Gundam Factory Yokohama - 13:00 to 14:00
- Gundam Factory Yokohama - 14:00 to 17:00
- Dinner and back to hotel - 18:00 to 20:00
24 June
- Depart hotel at 06:00
- Hakone Loop Counter-clockwise:
- Take train to Odawara Station - 07:00 to 08:30
- Take the Hakone Tozan Train to Gora Station - 08:30 to 09:30
- Hakone Ropeway to Owakudani - 09:30 to 11:00
- Lunch at Owakudani - 11:00 to 12:00
- Hakone Ropeway to Togendai - 12:00 to 13:00
- Sightseeing at Lake Ashi and Hakone Shrine - 13:00 to 15:00
- Take bus to Moto-Hakone - 15:00 to 15:30
- Sightseeing at Old Tokaido Road and Hakone Checkpoint - 15:30 to 16:30
- Take boat cruise to Hakone-machi - 16:30 to 17:30
- Bus back to Odawara Station - 17:30 to 18:00
- Take train back to hotel - 18:00 to 19:30
- Dinner and back to hotel - 19:30 to 21:00
25 June
- Breakfast at the hotel - 06:00 to 07:00
- Free time - 09:00 to 10:30
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden - 11:00 to 13:00
- Lunch near Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden - 13:00 to 14:00
- Tokyo Tower - 14:30 to 16:00
- Tsukiji Outer Market - 16:30 to 18:00
- Ginza shopping and sightseeing - 18:00 to 20:00
- Dinner and back to hotel - 20:00 to 22:00
26 June
- Meiji Jingu - 06:00 to 08:00
- Yoyogi Park - 08:30 to 10:30
- Lunch at Shibuya - 11:00 to 12:30
- Shibuya Crossing and Hachiko Statue - 12:30 to 13:30
- Akihabara - 14:00 to 16:00
- Harajuku shopping and sightseeing - 16:30 to 18:30
- Dinner and back to hotel - 19:00 to 21:00
27 June
- Free time to explore or do any last-minute shopping
- Check out of the hotel - 12:00
- Take train or taxi to Haneda Airport - 18:00 to 19:00
- Fly home
My budget is around 1000 dollars (excluding flight, food, and accommodation). You guys got any tips and advices?

this happend to me, so i need to replace my front spring. i will probably take car to shop but want to know what springs are on. i have sport suspenssion and probably different springs than stock ? how to tell ?

This is just a recent development of mine since I actually pooed myself out on a dog walk, thankfully it was in the woods but it came on in seconds and i couldn’t even hold it in for 2 minutes; no prior warning or nothing. I pretty much had a panic attack before it happened.
Now months down the line I feel like I can’t leave the house, I’ve had 2 close calls in this time and might I add I’ve had IBS for 6 years and this has never ever happened to me. I was at a party and i got up to do the toilet about every 10 mins, bad diarrhoea and i couldn’t hold it at all. I read some suggestions about Imodium on this thread and thought I need to try it because I feel so ill and embarrassed. Got the Imodium that day and took it… and it worked! I was so glad I could actually enjoy my time out. I started taking it every other day when I needed to leave the house and it was all working good. But a few weeks ago I went to the doctors bc I was having really bad lower right pain near my abdomen and I explained to the doctor about my IBS and how I’m taking Imodium sometimes and she’s told me to stop taking it because it’s backing me up… she told me to go on a diet and I explained to her it’s linked to my anxiety about 3 times and she completely ignored me and just told me I can manage it with my diet, but I know it won’t solve anything because it’s the minute I leave the house I feel like I’m gonna crap myself even a simple dog walk I can’t do anymore. I’m thankful I work from home. I couldn’t go to a Harry styles concert last night and had to tell my gf that my anxiety is so crippling and she sold the ticket, I don’t want this to impact my relationship but I feel like I’m gonna have a panic attack every time I leave the house.
I know I should go back to the doctor but I got ignored before and don’t want to just get told to go on a diet…
I hope someone who has gone through a similar thing can relate because I feel like life isn’t even worth living anymore.

I've been very bad recently (in many ways) and she wanted to do something nice for me. My CD is very late and i started to question it since my CDs usually arrive within 2 weeks (this one is late for over a month). She came up to me looking so disappointed and said "im so sorry. I only had the best thoughts to surprise you. The CD shop guy called me and said they only got 3 albums; Little dark age and Congratulations, and that he didnt get the 3rd one. Your sister just left to pick up your CD so we could surprise you, but they got the wrong one. Im so sorry." As i've spent some time cheering her up, i remembered i came to pick my CD multiple times as well (before) and they also got only LDA, so i told her to take a photo with her phone of album cover, album name and artist (that was on my phone) and she did. She sent it to the CD shop, and a few minutes later the guy told her he didnt even know i ordered something named Time To Pretend EP, but that he will try to reach it. My dad was with me when i was telling the guy what i wanna order, and he was commenting Metallica and Talking Heads vinyls they had so the guy probably didnt hear me? (Im not trying to put the blame on my father, he didnt mean to do anything wrong.)
Also i hope they will still get Time To Pretend ep since its not super popular

Hi. I just wanted to get this off my chest and maybe hear from people who have experienced something similar. I’m 25 years old and I just got my own apartment with my sibling. Before this, we had been living with our parents in a house. They were/are abusive to us and have damaged us quite a bit ever since we were kids.
We moved out literally yesterday. We have a really nice place and for the past year, we’ve been so excited and relieved to move out. Living in our old house with our parents was difficult. We were always on edge and we have pretty bad PTSD.
But now that we’ve moved, I’m so so so sad. We are only 20 minutes away from home and we plan to visit often. Our parents encourage us to go see them. In fact, we are going furniture shopping with our mom today. But for some reason, I keep crying. I miss home and I miss my parents and my old bedroom so much.
I know it’s only been one day, but I’m so torn. Living in that house was hell. We finally made it out so we can heal and live our lives. But part of me is saying “I want to go back home.” I know I will get used to this new apartment, but I just keep remembering that I’m not home with my parents (who are abusive!!) and I cry. I hate it.
I just wanted to get that off my chest. Has anyone experienced something similar? How did you manage? I also hate change, and this is a huge change.

Title really says it all, I’m desperately trying to improve myself as a person but I still can’t get the “weird kid” label off me. It’s terrible because no one wants to socialise with me or even be near me unless they have to. I’m scared that my lack of social skills, stims I’ve had since birth (and finally overcome) and general awkwardness has ruined any chance I’ve got at socialising in high school (middle school and high school are the same thing in Australia). I wish I made an effort to improve me as a person when I stated high school, not half way through year 10, my biggest fear is that I’ll end up with one of those adults who have no friends and barley leave the house and are unable to learn any more social skills. Thanks for reading my “sad but true sob story”. I’ve tried everything else that I can think of to remove this label and some of those ideas have actually have worked for other people, but not me. If I can’t succeed with this then idk why I would continue with anything.

So I only discovered the concept of being otherkin a few months ago and I’ll admit I feel a little weird being on here so this is a throwaway account. I really hope that doesn’t seem like it is an insult to the community, I just really wanted advice and a chance to understand if otherkin would explain my personal experience.
Anyway, I will note that I have been diagnosed with both ADHD and ASD. So perhaps that has a connection this. I never brought up the topic during my diagnosis though. Basically I was in a period where some of these symptoms didn’t show up as much. But also I was just embarrassed about it, most of these things I’ve never really told anyone else about. I’m also gender-fluid and a sapphic oriented aroace which probably doesn’t relate to this but I just want to add as much detail as possible.
Phantom limbs: Because this is the main thing that led me to this community I’ll mention them first. I often feel like I have wings, kind of like a heavy weight on my upper back (near the shoulders but not quite). They’re more obvious when I’m nervous or sometimes when I’m upset. But can also just be there at a good time, I’d almost say they’re comforting which is a unique case compared to some of the other related things. They kind of react sometimes and I feel like they move, but I really don’t want it go to far into elaborating on that. Sometimes very briefly I will get the feeling of claws, though those aren’t very common.
I don’t even know how to describe this: So this kind of relates to the wing thing, but I keep them separate because they’re very different feels. The wings are comforting and this just causes me to panic. But sometimes I feel like my appearance has changed, I know that logically it hasn’t but for a long time whenever it happened I would have to look in a mirror to make sure that nothing had actually happened. My discomfort with it was mostly because I was worried others would “see” it. I know they can’t and when it shows up I can make that argument, but I still kind of feel it sometimes. This started towards the end of middle school but has now continued into college. I briefly thought it was some sign of schizophrenia developing, but was relieved to learn that this was not the reason and that the concern in that area was unwarranted but I still don’t understand it.
Energy thing: So this I think might be partially related to my ADHD, but when I have extreme energy spikes related to it, I often get the feeling that I should be able to release it. That it should effect the world around me especially plants. I have felt this way since I was really little and even remember getting confused that it wouldn’t happen. Even now as an adult I still feel like something should be happening that isn’t so instead I tend to just get stuck with that energy (which I don’t know maybe that’s just ADHD and I’m handling things weirdly). I will admit I’ve also just always been incredibly aware of my energy but that’s probably not related.
Connection to Fantasy (and actually animals for that matter) or just obsession with it: I don’t know how to put this in any other way but I’ve always just loved fantasy, I’ve wanted so badly to be in a fantastical world. I don’t know it might just be a result of my autism not letting me fit in with others and just escapism, I wasn’t really close to anyone when I was little. But I just don’t know.
I know there are other things relating to this, and I’ll admit I’m forgetting to list them but I’m kind of going through this in a middle of the night confusion and… yeah.
I just want to know if anyone relates this to otherkin. And also if anyone does think that is the case, could you maybe explain what kin that might be? If this is anything else I need to mention that might help you know for certain I would be glad to provide them.

Hi. I just wanted to get this off my chest and maybe hear from people who have experienced something similar. I’m 25 years old and I just got my own apartment with my sibling. Before this, we had been living with our parents in a house. They were/are abusive to us and have damaged us quite a bit ever since we were kids.
We moved out literally yesterday. We have a really nice place and for the past year, we’ve been so excited and relieved to move out. Living in our old house with our parents was difficult. We were always on edge and we have pretty bad PTSD.
But now that we’ve moved, I’m so so so sad. We are only 20 minutes away from home and we plan to visit often. Our parents encourage us to go see them. In fact, we are going furniture shopping with our mom today. But for some reason, I keep crying. I miss home and I miss my parents and my old bedroom so much.
I know it’s only been one day, but I’m so torn. Living in that house was hell. We finally made it out so we can heal and live our lives. But part of me is saying “I want to go back home.” I know I will get used to this new apartment, but I just keep remembering that I’m not home with my parents (who are abusive!!) and I cry. I hate it.
I just wanted to get that off my chest. Has anyone experienced something similar? How did you manage? I also hate change, and this is a huge change.

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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/27/politics/ken-paxton-impeachment-texas-house/index.html
The Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, an unprecedented move following a legislative probe that faulted the third-term Republican for a years-long pattern of corruption, including abusing his office’s powers, retaliating against whistleblowers and obstructing justice.
Under state law, Paxton is now temporarily suspended from his duties as attorney general and will await a Senate trial.
The vote was 121-23, with two members voting “present.”
“The evidence is substantial. It is alarming and unnerving,” said GOP Rep. Andrew Murr, chair of the General Investigating Committee, during his closing statement following hours of debate. The committee recommended 20 counts of impeachment against Paxton.
Democrat Rep. Harold Dutton was one of the members voting present. He said the impeachment vote had been rushed. “The process by which we’re getting this done seems to be abbreviated to the point that it just encroaches on due process,” said Dutton.
Paxton denied wrongdoing in a Friday news conference, but focused his statements against the impeachment this week on his record as a key opponent of President Joe Biden. Paxton’s office has filed dozens of lawsuits against the Biden administration.
The now-suspended attorney general called the impeachment a “politically motivated sham” in a statement just minutes after the vote.
“The ugly spectacle in the Texas House today confirmed the outrageous impeachment plot against me was never meant to be fair or just,” he said.
Paxton said he was never given a chance to present evidence refuting the findings of an investigation that he abused his office. He has cast House Speaker Dade Phelan, a Republican who presides over a chamber where his party currently holds 85 seats to Democrats’ 64, as a “liberal.” He continued his attack on Phelan saying, “Phelan’s coalition of Democrats and liberal Republicans is now in lockstep with the Biden Administration, the abortion industry, anti-gun zealots, and woke corporations.”
The Office of the Attorney General issued its own “comprehensive report” about the allegations following the impeachment vote, saying it “unequivocally refutes incorrect testimony” against Paxton. The office also released a report it commissioned from an outside law firm, although the report from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith LLP notes it is based only on information and testimony provided by the attorney general’s office.
Republican Governor Greg Abbott can appoint a provisional replacement while Paxton is temporarily suspended. Paxton would be reinstated if he is acquitted at his Senate trial.
The impeachment vote had its origins in an investigation launched in March by the General Investigating Committee of the Texas House after Paxton had asked the legislature to approve $3.3 million in government funds to settle a lawsuit with four whistleblowers who were fired from his office.
That investigation led the committee – a five-member panel investigating corruption in state government – to approve 20 articles of impeachment Thursday, setting up the vote in the full House.
During the debate Saturday, Rep. Charlie Geren, who is a Republican, claimed Paxton had threatened fellow House members.
“I would like to point out that several members of this House, while on the floor of this House doing the state’s business, received telephone calls from General Paxton personally threatening them with political consequences in their next election,” Geren said.
Opponents of the impeachment largely declined to address the allegations against him, instead focusing on the investigation leading up to the proceedings. “I don’t think today is about whether there’s guilt or innocence. It’s about the process,” said Rep. Tony Tinderholt.
“I’m not here to defend Ken Paxton,” Rep. John T. Smithee stated on the floor. He went on to say, “What you’re being asked to do today is to impeach without evidence. It is all rumor. It is all innuendo. It is all speculation.”
Paxton’s impeachment is a stunning rebuke of a Republican official in a state where the GOP controls all levers of state government. Voters in Texas shrugged off the swirling scandals around Paxton last year, handing him a third term in November’s election. Paxton had earlier fought off multiple opponents for the GOP nomination, including Bush family scion George P. Bush, the state land commissioner, whom he easily bested in a runoff.
Paxton has long been a controversial figure who has clashed with Texas legislative leadership. A conservative who has aligned himself with former President Donald Trump, he led a lawsuit in 2020 seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election.
He retains support within the Texas GOP. In a statement Friday, state party chairman Matt Rinaldi blasted Phelan for what he called a “sham impeachment.”
“The voters have supported General Paxton through three elections – and his popularity has only grown despite millions of dollars spent to try to defeat him. Now the Texas House is trying to overturn the election results,” Rinaldi said, adding that he was looking to the “principled leadership” of the Senate to “restore sanity and reason for our state.”
In Texas, no attorney general has ever been impeached and removed from office. The only two elected officials to lose office as a result of impeachment were Gov. James Ferguson in 1917 and District Judge O.P. Carrillo in 1975.
For Paxton to be removed from office, two-thirds of the Texas Senate’s members who are present will have to vote to convict him. His wife, Angela Paxton, is a state senator representing a Dallas-area district.
It’s not yet clear when the Senate, where Republicans have a 19-12 majority over Democrats, will conduct its trial. The state’s legislative session is scheduled to end Monday.
While only the governor can call special sessions once the legislature is out of the biennial regular session, the Texas Constitution states that impeachment is the one issue for which the state House and Senate lawmakers can bring themselves into session without the governor, according to Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University.
Litany of legal trouble
The impeachment proceedings are the latest in a series of legal troubles for Paxton.
CNN has previously reported he was facing an FBI investigation for abuse of office and that Justice Department prosecutors in Washington, DC, took over a corruption investigation into Paxton. He is also under indictment for securities fraud in a separate, unrelated case. Paxton has denied all charges and allegations.
The state House probe came after Paxton had sought to settle a lawsuit with four former employees of the attorney general’s office. Whistleblowers had accused him of using his authority to benefit political friend Nate Paul, a real estate investor who had donated tens of thousands of dollars to Paxton’s campaign. In the settlement, Paxton apologized but did not admit fault or accept liability. He denied wrongdoing and said in a statement he had agreed to the settlement “to put this issue to rest.”
One of the impeachment articles accuses Paxton of using employees of the attorney general’s office to write a legal opinion intended to help Paul avoid the foreclosure sale of properties owned by Paul and his businesses.
It was among a series of articles focused on Paxton’s relationship with Paul, including accusations he hired an outside attorney who issued more than 30 grand jury subpoenas while investigating a “baseless complaint” made by Paul, benefited from Paul hiring a woman with whom Paxton “was having an extramarital affair,” and provided Paul with favorable legal help in exchange for renovations on Paxton’s home.
The articles of impeachment also detail what are described as Paxton’s efforts to cause “protracted” delays in the securities fraud investigation.
And the articles say voters in November did not have a full understanding of Paxton’s legal troubles because he had intentionally obscured the details of the charges he faces.
“Paxton then concealed the facts underlying his criminal charges from voters by causing protracted delay of the trial, which deprived the electorate of its opportunity to make an informed decision when voting for attorney general,” the impeachment articles state.
A wild week
The impeachment of Paxton follows a wild week in which the attorney general accused House Speaker Phelan of presiding over the House chamber while drunk and called for the speaker’s resignation.
On Tuesday, Paxton posted on Twitter a letter to the state House ethics panel, asking for an investigation into Phelan for performing his duties in what Paxton described as “an obviously intoxicated state.”
Paxton’s call for Phelan’s resignation came after video circulated on social media last weekend of Phelan appearing to slur his words as he presided over the House chamber at the end of a late-night session. Paxton did not present any evidence beyond the video clips to support his claim Phelan was drunk.
“It is with profound disappointment that I call on Speaker Dade Phelan to resign at the end of this legislative session,” Paxton said in a statement he posted on Twitter. “Texans were dismayed to witness his performance presiding over the Texas House in a state of apparent debilitating intoxication.”
Less than an hour later, the state House General Investigating Committee revealed it had subpoenaed records from Paxton’s office as part of an investigation Phelan’s office said had started in March. The committee, whose members are appointed by Phelan, voted unanimously Thursday to recommend Paxton’s impeachment.
Phelan’s office said Paxton’s allegation was merely retaliation for the House ethics panel’s probe.
“Mr. Paxton’s statement today amounts to little more than a last-ditch effort to save face,” Phelan communications director Cait Wittman said in a statement Tuesday.
Democratic Rep. Terry Canales said the broader context of last week’s all-day session made clear Phelan “was not under the influence.”
“At that point in the night the House had been in session over 13 hours and we had been doing so for multiple days in a row. We were all exhausted,” Canales said in a statement. “Nevertheless, I had multiple interactions with the speaker throughout the day and that night and I can say unequivocally he was not under the influence.”