Only reason I asked was the only time I had nail polish stain was when I did it myself without a clear base coat, using cheap nail polish.

Oh my toenails never stain! Are they not putting on a base coat?

UGH. I must be one of the rare ones that had a HORRIBLE reaction to accutane - I took it for maybe 2-3 weeks before I couldn’t stand the horrible mood swings/depression anymore. The day I found myself sitting under our back porch sobbing uncontrollably for no apparent reason (other than that my skin hurt) was the day…

I’m a recent pedicure convert - I went to a wedding over the weekend, in which my gf was a bridesmaid and we all went to get mani/pedis. I told the lady that I get ingrown toenails on my big toe and she cut the toenail to prevent it and omg my big toe doesn’t hurt when I wear shoes anymore (and yes, my shoes fit well…

Fucking thank you - there’s some judgy shit here on the reg. and the so-called feminists on jezebel can be some of the worst. I wish there wasn’t a need for additional women’s movements because feminism is supposed to be frackin’ inclusive, not exclusive. But it always seems to end up that way.

That sounds lovely - can I come to your holiday celebration? I cook well! And I have the Exploding Kittens game!

Yup - if I ever have kids I’ll tell them the story of how I didn’t go to the dentist for like 8 years because I didn’t have insurance. When I finally went in I ended up owing like $1500 (after insurance) for all the dental work (though I pushed through the cleaning in one sitting). And my jaw wouldn’t completely open…

I LOVE my electric toothbrush - it does the timing where it tells you after each 30 seconds too (so you can make sure to devote the proper amount of time to each quadrant).

Don’t you just love it when you realize you lost the genetic jackpot? (I’ve got a host of medical problems too so, yay).

I stopped giving gifts in grad school for the most part out of necessity (when you make less then 10k a year on your TA stipend there’s no money for gifts) - realized they weren’t that important and haven’t really gone back (other than getting my gf something - or several). And after the last gifts I sent out to my…

Ditto - so many cavities. Doesn’t matter what I do. GF finally saw a dentist this month after having gone 5/6 years, no cavities. Me, every time I turn around. We have the same oral hygiene habits (except I probably floss a little more often) and she drinks soda while I generally refrain. *sigh*

Exactly! Also, I kind of hate shopping anyway, so the idea of doing it on a day that’s usually centered around the glory of food, that’s sacrilegious.

I’m kind of Meh about Columbus day sales. I’m totally on board with cancelling Columbus Day/turning it into something better (i.e. not celebrating a murderous evildoer every year) - but I don’t feel like taking advantage of the sales is ethically wrong UNLESS it was clear that the boycott of Columbus Day sales was an…

HA! Wow. That. Is. The. Worst. Ever. But I’ve heard this experience a lot from my Crohn’s friends.

Next person to suggest going gluten free to me is going to get bitch-slapped in the face with a baguette. I love me some bread. Ain’t nothing taking that away from me :)

I always wonder if it’s not coincidence/confirmation bias for these people. I mean - maybe your meds just finally kicked in? Maybe you got lucky and had a random remission (which I’ve heard of happening)? Why is it the diet and not, you know, the doctor’s prescribed meds that made you feel better? Nope, totally my…

YUP - though much better than my summer was (I’m apparently odd in that the summer tends to be my worst time for a flare-up. I just don’t do hot weather well and we had the worst rainy summer here on top of it.)

Good luck to you as well! :) I hope you drown that lupus and jump on top of it a few times just to show it…

Ugh that’s awful :( I had a friend who had ovarian cysts that would burst and she’d just sit on the floor with a hot water bottle and look teary eyed. It was heartbreaking because there’s nothing I could do - I’m sorry you have to deal with that - but yay! for understanding bosses (they’re the best! - I had some great…

Yeah - I had those thoughts as well. Could be exaggeration, could be she hasn’t been “in it” long enough to have the lingo down pat and is just parroting what her doctor told her/what she understood of what her doctor told her (I remember first being prescribed mtx and the doc told me it was a “homeopathic dose of…

They’re all def. sucky. :P Mine seems to be fairly well-controlled at the moment (lucky me) though the seasonal weather shifts always tends to throw a wrench in things.
I’ve also heard lupus is full of the suck as well - so I hope it’s not treating you too terrible and that your treatment(s) are currently working and…