49ers breast cancer awareness gear

Hi everyone, first Reddit post here.
I recently remembered that when I was a kid, I created a comic book retelling of an animated short I saw on Network TV. This would have had to have been between 2002 and 2005 in the United States. I know for certain this is the date range, because at this time I was also obsessed with redrawing art from the Ocarina of Time guidebook. I lived in this particular house from 2002 - 2006. The absolute latest it could have been was 2006 because I moved and stopped drawing for many years.
I don't remember the exact plot, but I remember it involved a snarky elementary aged boy who had super powers. He was a kind of smart ass superman but young. I believe in the short he meets with the president at some point. One of the things he is called on to do is to put out a fire engulfed building. He does this by sticking out his tongue and spitting, which shoots a massive river of spit and puts out the fire.
I'll try to describe the main character as best as I can. I remember the kid having either spiked hair, or or perhaps held up by a sweatband. Whatever it was, it was vertical. I want to say the costume was red, but I could be wrong. I do distinctly remember him having tinted glasses/goggles that obscured his eyes.
The show had a very interesting and edgy art style. It reminded me just a bit of the art style of the game "viewtiful joe", but used a darker color pallet, and was more high contrast. My gut is telling me that it would have fit better on something like Toonami than Nickelodeon. The style back then caught my attention because the colors reminded me of a cool anime show, the style was NOT anime, but the stylized nature was reminiscent of that. I am certain that this was a short, because I remember thinking how much I wished it was a real show, and that it was sandwiched in between other things.
I am aware of things like Short Films by Short People, but I don't remember that show at all, and nothing I looked at online of that show looks even remotely similar to this. It is possible that this was a short in the middle of a show kind of like the Justice Friends from Dexter's lab, but I feel like I remember it being a series of one off shorts.
I will say that I remember it being a bit edgy. Although I used to sneak watch adult swim back then, I really don't think this was from that, but it was definitely geared towards older kids. Like the final block of programming before adult swim.
If there are any other questions, I will try my best to remember!
I've tried to find this through google searching so many times, and come up short every time. I turn to you, Reddit! Please help!

I am 37 years old and I have been experiencing tenderness and pain in my right breast for a few months. My doctor found a lump on exam and referred me for a diagnostic mammogram. The lump area is very tender and my breast hurts a lot from the prodding. That breast is quite a lot larger than the other side. I do not have any family history of breast cancer. Obviously, I am scared to death and looking for some information (or reassurance). Will the mammogram tell them anything or will I likely need a biopsy since there is definitely a lump? Does this sound concerning? Thank you!
Edit to add: I have also been having an occasional, shooting pain in the armpit on the same side.

Last week I found a pea sized lump, smooth and moveable, on the edge of my right breast nearly in my armpit. I’ve never felt this before, and after examining further I found another larger lump deeper in my breast, about an inch long and bumpy. Neither are painful. Luckily my gyno could fit me in the next day for an exam, where she said she thinks the pea sized lump is a lymph node but she’s unsure of the other. She ordered a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound since I have dense breast tissue. I’m 30 years old with no history of breast cancer in my family, so she told me not to panic or stress until my appointment - so much easier said than done!
Since the exam, I’ve found another pea size lump deeper in my armpit. I don’t have any other symptoms aside from some occasional aches in my chest wall and a slight discoloration near the larger lump (not sure how long that has been there).
I’m getting married in one month, so things were already pretty stressful with the planning and my fully time job which can be really demanding. I’m trying so hard not to freak out and spiral, but cannot stop thinking about a bad diagnosis ruining my headspace during our wedding and starting married life off this way. The unknown is the worst part and my fiancé has been incredibly supportive.
Any one present similarly or have any tips for keeping it together while waiting for answers?

If I extract an aspect, and then place it on gear. Can I re extract that aspect again for later leveled up gear? Or am I limited to one extraction per aspect? If I can does it cost more every time I extract it?
I’m aware that the item itself is destroyed from the extraction.

I’ve been looking into a new setup but i’ve only worked with combo amps before and i dont want to get gear that could be “incompatible”
I’ve been looking to buy a GK 800RB Amp Head and a GK 410SBX cabinet.
I know nothing about amps and ohms, will these work safely together? and is there anything i should be aware of before this purchase? Thank you! :)

Probably not in the way you are thinking… it’s not that they’re too small or too big or too saggy, but I hate them. I hate when people look at them. I hate that I have to wear bras or bikinis to cover them up, which somehow even makes them look more “desirable” by making cleavage. I hate that anytime I wear any shirt they show. Any time I exist, they’re there. It doesn’t matter how baggy my clothes are, which I intentionally wear. On top of that, I hate when people ask me why I wear clothes twice my size because something slimmer would be much more “flattering.” “Oh sweet girly,” I’ve been told. You just haven’t found your style yet. It probably wouldn’t make a difference if I was wearing lingerie or the baggy clothes I wear. The fact is, I am female, and I am being treated thusly.
I wear scrubs to school. They’re SCRUBS. They’re not the sexy kind. Just regular-fit large scrubs to protect myself from biohazards. I caught my professor looking at my breasts. He wasn’t looking me in the eyes when I asked him a question. I knew where his eyes drifted. We were talking about the brain and he accidentally said “breas-I mean brain” in response. To my face. He apologized and we moved on but I have this professor for another year. Now I know what he thinks of me when I’m around him. I am an object and not a student. This was months ago. I can’t say anything now… can I? It was just a mistake? He asks me why I’m so quiet in class. It would ruin my reputation and maybe his. A tenured professor - he’s gotten so many student past their board exams. Who’s this hashtag MeToo attention-seeker? She probably made it up. Gosh, cancel culture is getting so out-of-hand. She can’t prove anything anyways.
I envy men. Not that men don’t have problems too— I’m not denying that. I just wish my chest was not an object for someone else’s gaze. I sometimes think of what life would be like if I had breast cancer. Of course, I don’t want to die and I’m deeply terrified of cancer. But what they caught it early? They recommended a lumpectomy? No, just do a double mastectomy. I’d say that it would be peace of mind for me… that the breast cancer would never come back of course. But really it would free me from something else. I would be free of the prying gaze of those around me. I would be free of the sexualization of my chest and I would wear my scars proudly without a shirt or a bra or my shame. I would cry no tears for loss of them.
Maybe it’s some form of internalized misogyny or (self)victim-blaming, but I cannot fix the sexualization of the female body. I fear it will never go away. My breasts should be considered what they truly are - an organ for feeding infant and not for groping or gazing and certainly not for anyone else’s objectification of who I am. I am not a rack. I am a person, please stop. Look me in the eyes. Maybe all I can really do is for me to get this offmychest.

I’ve been feverishly reading through all the posts and inspired by u/sedatedforlife I’ve decided to do the same and post my journey to both keep me accountable and to help future Contrave users.
About me: I’m a 5’5” 242.8 lb 43 yr old female from Canada who has yo-yo dieted my whole adult life. I have tried just about every diet out there over the decades: Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Dr. Bernstein, Calorie Counting, Slimfast, Soup Diet. I have found success and lost weight with all of them, but my problem is in maintenance. Once I stop the program, I revert back to old habits and the weight piles back on. I am a junk food addict and I am very aware that my excess weight is because of this and not from overeating at meals. I have luckily not had any major health side effects from my obesity, but I know that with my family medical history and age it’s only a matter of time before I start to experience health issues.
This led me to have a conversation regarding my weight with my family doctor. I was told of 3 medications that she could prescribe: Contrave, Saxenda and Ozempic and the pros and cons of each. I left to do my research and to find out what my insurance would cover as well as out of pocket costs. My insurance covers both Contrave and Saxenda fully and I’d need pre-approval for Ozempic. Due to Saxenda and Ozempic possibly causing thyroid cancer and having experienced a thyroid cancer scare over the past 6 months I decided neither of these medications were for me. Researching how Contrave works on the brain led me to think it may be worth a try if it can dull my cravings and temptations to eat junk food.
I began Contrave on June 1, 2023, started wearing my Fitbit again and started calorie counting via the fitbit app, setting it for a 500 calorie deficit/day. I have had a fitbit account since 2012, so it’s useful to see my weight history as well as how long it took me to get from my past highest weight - 240 lbs to my lowest past weight 165 lbs and it was 3 years!! So I’ve committed to try Contrave long-term and probably be on it for life (assuming that I have success)
Week 1: June 1, 2023 Start: 242.8 lbs Side effects: I felt a bit jittery the first couple of days (it felt like I had a massive amount of caffeine) as well as feeling a bit dizzy/lightheaded. The first 2 days I had very vivid nightmares but nothing since. Very thirsty and dry mouth. Tip: I bought TheraBreath Dry Mouth Lozenges and they help a lot.
I notice I’m still thinking about food a lot but I’m making healthy choices and not giving in to cravings.
Week 2: June 8, 2023 Start: 238 lbs (weight loss to date: 4.8 lbs) Started 2 pills a day. Side effects: slight headache
My obsession with food has eased tremendously and I’m not thinking about it as often. I’m recognizing my body’s hunger signs and now realizing the difference between true hunger and the constant cravings I used to have. I realize that my problem with food has been in my brain and I now understand why it’s SO much easier for non-overweight people to stay that way. They don’t have the constant obsession, desire, cravings that I had. Contrave quiets all that brain chatter. For the first time in my life I feel “normal” in regards to my relationship with food.

Note: I’m NOT a boxer. I’ve striking and been doing Muay Thai for about 2 years and BJJ for 3, so I understand I’m still fresh and I don’t know it all, but I’ve sparred with some boxers and met many and I just have a hard time understanding.
I noticed that Muay Thai gyms don’t have students wearing headgear or groin belts when sparring, all they ask (from my experience) is that they bring wraps, gloves, shin guards, mouth guard, and a cup (but even that is not enforced. We do this because even though we test each other and work hard, this is NOT. A fight, we are training and want to see each other and ourselves improve and pressure test our skills. If you ever seriously hurt someone, that’s never cool or the right thing to do unless hard sparring is already agreed upon before hand. I have been rocked PLENTY of times in these gyms but I also understand that those his are usually do to my lack of awareness in the speed we are going at, or by accident and we are always chill to say stuff like “hey, can we take the intensity down a few pegs?” In those scenarios.
I should also mention that our Thai gym takes a lot from Thailand gym traditions, not Dutch kickboxing.
However, every time I’ve asked to spar a boxer, it’s taken as a personal challenge, and all of the gear comes out. I even say that we don’t need that, just gloves and mouth guard. There’s also a lot of videos I see of all of this drama and knockouts in the sparring ring because of all of the haymakers being thrown around and bad blood being built because of the hard sparring, only to find out that these guys are not fighters and this is just how training goes. What is it in the culture or possibly even in the history of boxing that prompts this?

Note: I’m NOT a boxer. I’ve striking and been doing Muay Thai for about 2 years and BJJ for 3, so I understand I’m still fresh and I don’t know it all, but I’ve sparred with some boxers and met many and I just have a hard time understanding.
I noticed that Muay Thai gyms don’t have students wearing headgear or groin belts when sparring, all they ask (from my experience) is that they bring wraps, gloves, shin guards, mouth guard, and a cup (but even that is not enforced. We do this because even though we test each other and work hard, this is NOT. A fight, we are training and want to see each other and ourselves improve and pressure test our skills. If you ever seriously hurt someone, that’s never cool or the right thing to do unless hard sparring is already agreed upon before hand. I have been rocked PLENTY of times in these gyms but I also understand that those his are usually do to my lack of awareness in the speed we are going at, or by accident and we are always chill to say stuff like “hey, can we take the intensity down a few pegs?” In those scenarios.
I should also mention that our Thai gym takes a lot from Thailand gym traditions, not Dutch kickboxing.
However, every time I’ve asked to spar a boxer, it’s taken as a personal challenge, and all of the gear comes out. I even say that we don’t need that, just gloves and mouth guard. There’s also a lot of videos I see of all of this drama and knockouts in the sparring ring because of all of the haymakers being thrown around and bad blood being built because of the hard sparring, only to find out that these guys are not fighters and this is just how training goes. What is it in the culture or possibly even in the history of boxing that prompts this?

Note: I’m NOT a boxer. I’ve striking and been doing Muay Thai for about 2 years and BJJ for 3, so I understand I’m still fresh and I don’t know it all, but I’ve sparred with some boxers and met many and I just have a hard time understanding.
I noticed that Muay Thai gyms don’t have students wearing headgear or groin belts when sparring, all they ask (from my experience) is that they bring wraps, gloves, shin guards, mouth guard, and a cup (but even that is not enforced.) We do this because even though we test each other and work hard, this is NOT. A fight, we are training and want to see each other and ourselves improve and pressure test our skills. If you ever seriously hurt someone, that’s never cool or the right thing to do unless hard sparring is already agreed upon before hand. I have been rocked PLENTY of times in these gyms but I also understand that those his are usually do to my lack of awareness in the speed we are going at, or by accident and we are always chill to say stuff like “hey, can we take the intensity down a few pegs?” In those scenarios.
I should also mention that our Thai gym takes a lot from Thailand gym traditions, not Dutch kickboxing.
However, every time I’ve asked to spar a boxer, it’s taken as a personal challenge, and all of the gear comes out. I even say that we don’t need that, just gloves and mouth guard. There’s also a lot of videos I see of all of this drama and knockouts in the sparring ring because of all of the haymakers being thrown around and bad blood being built because of the hard sparring, only to find out that these guys are not fighters and this is just how training goes. What is it in the culture or possibly even in the history of boxing that prompts this?

So I have been living in CA for a year now and my parents came to visit because my wife had to have cancer surgery at Stanford. But before the crazy week of recovery started, we wanted to show them SF. We had lunch in Japantown and parked on Post and Laguna by the Hotel Kabuki at around 11:55 on 6/7. By 1:30 we returned to find out back passenger window smashed and my grey and blue laptop bag stolen. There was a black HP Laptop 17z-cp000 serial number 5CG2060009 that had a sticker just below the keyboard that says “2022 FR Summit”on it in the bag and a pair of Jabra headphones I use for work. Over all about $1,200 dollars worth is gone. I am gutted. Thankfully I didn’t do any online banking or shopping on it. But there were some old family videos and keep sakes I can never get back.

Which PJ song helped you to get through this pain

My period is 5 days late and I’m scared it might be cancer, should I go to the emergency room to be checked??
Symptoms: tender breast on & off. Extreme sadness but idk if it’s because im scared or PMS, dull ache in pelvis area on and off.

Need strain recommendations for wife living with ER+ PR- Her2-. Making QWET based oil.

Age 34
Sex female
Height 5’4”
Weight 162
Race white
Duration of complaint no complaint. Screening breast MRI due to high risk of breast cancer in family. I do have thick mucous in my throat and frequently clear my throat but this has been going on since early 20s
Location Texas
Any existing relevant medical issues Anxiety High cholesterol
Current medications crestor, lexapro, Wellbutrin, adderall
Incidental finding: trace bilateral pulmonary effusion. No tumors and rest of MRI unremarkable. Is this something I need to explore further ?

This is a quick-guide to help people make informed choices with regards to getting into Sony Alpha gear for photography on a budget. I am based in the UK, so use pounds and UK sources for my pricing. Please be aware that international prices vary from country to country. My main source is www.mpb.com a site I recommend highly. This is not a sponsored post.
Entry level (>£750 budget - used)
If you are new to digital cameras, then the budget options for Sony are quite limited. The following three combinations are a great place to get started.
Compact interchangeable lens (APS-C)
A6000 (£350 - Good condition) - the original A6x00 series body is still a very capable camera, offering 24mp, decent auto focus and a good experience. It is a great entry point into Sony E-Mount for the price. If you can find an excellent at £400 or so, then do go for that if it fits your budget.
Sony E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS (£350 - excellent condition)- this readily available APS-C lens offers you great flexibility in focal length with a constant F4. It only weighs 427 grams, making it a great partner for the light A6000, OSS compensates for lack of IBIS. You can use this lens for a wide variety of photography. The 45cm minimum focus distance is great and the aperture from 4 to 22 allows you to experiment in a wide range of scenarios.
(£700 - a great entry into Sony E-mount for those seeking simplicity and performance)
DSLR A-mount (Multiple lenses)
SLT-A77 (£349 - excellent condition) - this body is great for beginners that want options to make the camera work in the way they want and want to explore more advanced options. With a 24.3mp APS-C sensor, a great flexible LCD screen and very useful EVF you can get some awesome shots. It may be an older mount, but that means lenses are more affordable, so you can get three for this budget. This is a big camera though, especially compared to the A7 series.
Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM (£139 - excellent condition) - this works out as a 15-30 wide-angle zoom. It is excellent for the price, a bit soft at times, but capable of getting you great shots and, although F3.5 may not sound very wide, it is capable in lower light situations.
Sigma 50mm F2.8 EX DG Macro (£83 - like new condition) - the 'nifty fifty' (75mm equiv. for A77) on a budget, plus bonus Macro. This lens is super versatile and everybody should have aspirations to have a prime. It is a do-it-all focal length, from tighter landscape shots to portraiture. The F2.8 really helps this lens's flexibility.
Tamron AF 70-300mm F4-5.6 LD Macro (£54 - excellent condition) - this lens has been a mainstay in my collection for years, an absolute bargain that gives you 105-450 focal length on APS-C. It isn't the sharpest, fastest or quickest AF, but it is rugged, very light for this focal length and the Macro is actually really capable.
(£625 - for a proper 'system' with multiple lenses)
Full Frame entry point
A7 (£404 - excellent condition) - the first Full Frame Sony Interchangeable Lens camera. To this day it is a very capable device. If you are on a really tight budget and definitely want to have Full Frame, then the A7 is still an easy recommendation, just don't expect it to be as capable as the A7iii and upwards.
Sony FE 35mm F2.8 ZA Zeiss Sonnar T\* (£334 - like new condition) - This lens was released together with the A7 and, to this day, it is a marvel of engineering. Superlight, small and pinsharp. I would love to recommend its even more capable brother, the Zeiss 55mm, but that pushes the budget to £850. For those seeking a (good) zoom lens, or more diverse options in general, at this budget you are not going to get it and I recommend looking at the A77 DSLR instead. But, the 35 is a do-it-all, it is versatile and very capable.
(£738 - for a full frame camera/lens set-up that can also deal with video)
If you enjoyed this post, or found it helpful, comment below. If you have alternative set-ups, please list those as well! I am hoping to release a guide for a budget upto £2000 after the Reddit black-out some time next week (regardless of whether SonyAlpha participates).

(32f) I'm 1 week away from my mastectomy with DIEP reconstruction. I found out about the gene in my 20s and knew this would happen eventually, but I feel so young.
I have a mass in my breast that cannot be ruled out as a phyllodes tumor, so the doctor recommended a lumpectomy. My breasts are very small, so the full lumpectomy would take out a pretty big chunk- since the preventative mastectomy is recommended in a few years anyway we decided to pull the trigger.
It feels like so much. I'm incredibly grateful I'm not going through what other people have to with active or aggressive cancer but I can't stop doubting I'm doing the wrong thing. A friend of mine recently drunkenly confessed to me she didn't understand why I was so scared of something that might not happen (the cancer). She thinks I'm letting fear control my decisions.
TLDR: Venting. Can't help doubting my decision to go preventative mastectomy.

So I'm in my early 40s... debt free with mortgage and cars paid off. I work in a factory,make decent money and the wife is a teacher.
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My mother lives alone, her house been paid off for decades but shes 70, overweight, and is a bad diabetic. I have to go there after work each day and draw her insulin, shop for her, pay her bills and taxes, mow her property, on and on. Shes becoming more and more bed ridden and its getting harder to deal with her needs since I'm not getting any younger myself and have to drive across town every time she needs something.
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Its really time for a nursing home or figure out how to move her in with me to take care of her more easily. The problem is I don't have the room in my house and the bathroom is upstairs which she isn't capable of climbing at the moment. Also I know she doesn't want to go to a nursing home so that's the last resort.
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I'm thinking I need to sell her house and use the money as a down payment on a bigger house that we all could live in and be able to take care of her in, it would be another mortgage that I will have to pay off, but at least we could have her under the same roof to give her better care. I could also rent my current house so that would help pay bills at a new place, along with her social security income... Those 2 things could supplement me and the wife's incomes and the new mortgage/bills.The problem is she keeps telling me she cant sell her house because her friend once told her the state is going to take it from her past medical bills when she had breast and skin cancers removed and the bills I guess were never paid but shes 70 on medicare I believe.... I had to enroll her in extra help to cover her insulin but that's all I know, all her past bills that were acquired when my father was still alive I'm not sure of. The whole medical system dealing with her medicare is hard enough for me to try to understand, everyday it seems she has a stack of new medical literature packets in the mail - I don't know how they expect an elderly person to understand any of it.
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anyway.....
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I remember reading somewhere that as long as she didn't die within a 5yr window after selling her house they couldn't come after it as an asset of hers to cover past medical bills. Any ideas,thoughts, or suggestions where to go from here?

So I'm in my early 40s... debt free with mortgage and cars paid off. I work in a factory,make decent money and the wife is a teacher.
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My mother lives alone, her house been paid off for decades but shes 70, overweight, and is a bad diabetic. I have to go there after work each day and draw her insulin, shop for her, pay her bills and taxes, mow her property, on and on. Shes becoming more and more bed ridden and its getting harder to deal with her needs since I'm not getting any younger myself and have to drive across town every time she needs something.
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Its really time for a nursing home or figure out how to move her in with me to take care of her more easily. The problem is I don't have the room in my house and the bathroom is upstairs which she isn't capable of climbing at the moment. Also I know she doesn't want to go to a nursing home so that's the last resort.
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I'm thinking I need to sell her house and use the money as a down payment on a bigger house that we all could live in and be able to take care of her in, it would be another mortgage that I will have to pay off, but at least we could have her under the same roof to give her better care. I could also rent my current house so that would help pay bills at a new place, along with her social security income... Those 2 things could supplement me and the wife's incomes and the new mortgage/bills.
The problem is she keeps telling me she cant sell her house because her friend once told her the state is going to take it from her past medical bills when she had breast and skin cancers removed and the bills I guess were never paid but shes 70 on medicare I believe.... I had to enroll her in extra help to cover her insulin but that's all I know, all her past bills that were acquired when my father was still alive I'm not sure of. The whole medical system dealing with her medicare is hard enough for me to try to understand, everyday it seems she has a stack of new medical literature packets in the mail - I don't know how they expect an elderly person to understand any of it.
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anyway.....
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I remember reading somewhere that as long as she didn't die within a 5yr window after selling her house they couldn't come after it as an asset of hers to cover past medical bills. Any ideas,thoughts, or suggestions where to go from here?