I have treatment-resistant chub.

Laura, that is really sad. I'm so sorry.

Nothing to add to disability language discussion, but as always am I terested and happy to learn more. And you people are cracking me the fuck up, so thanks for that. I worked almost 50 hours in four days (including 3 hr daily commute) and I am fucking wiped.

I am awake. I should be asleep. I am not tired. I was tired around 10 pm. I just need to turn off the lights and lay down and stop watching stupid videos and stuff.

Is this when they started saying that the patient has overweight? Because that drives me crazy!

the patient has overweight

Oh, I've never heard that. That would make me side-eye a doctor hard.

the patient has overweight

We don't phrase it that way in our articles. We still use "overweight" as an adjective, although we usually talk about it in terms of BMI (despite that being bullshit on the individual level).

First, Happy Birthday Erika!

The medical charts I see list obesity as a diagnosis pretty often. Fairly certain mine does too.

Laura, that is really sad. I'm so sorry.

Thanks all. It is bugging me on a lot of levels. He was a close friend and here he was living in Key West and I didn't even know it. He clearly had friends that cared. It was a law enforcement Wellness Check requested by a friend that discovered him. I know it didn't really have to do with Obama and that he was sick, but it hurts on another level that an election that brought me joy brought my friend such lethal distress. Of course I wonder in some back corner of my mind if I could have helped, but I know it is unlikely. Blah. A reminder to always take people mentioning suicide seriously.

I work on a class by a nutritionist, and she is always saying that- or "People suffering from overweight or obesity".

ETA: My nurse somehow added 2 inches to my height and I accidentally lost 20 pounds, so now according to my doctor I now have "overweight" and not "obesity"

Halllooooo! (read in Mrs. Doubtfire voice)

Long time, not here!

Laura, I echo the words of others. So sad, and shocking. If anything exists outside this life, I hope your friend is at peace.

Like smonster, I have nothing to add to the language discussion, but find it informative. I'd never actually heard the term 'person-centered' in this context. Will research.

I actually popped in with a hivemind question if y'all would indulge me.

Background: blahblahblah dental crisis blahblahblah resolved now.

I've been told (and shown with cool, but scary photographs) that I am 'grinding my teeth to dust.'

The endodontist who (blahblahblah WAY long story) I kind of love, has a spiffy pro version of a night guard that costs $750. I've already shelled out 2k and would like to stem the flow of financial blood.

I know that some folks use football mouth guards but, if it smells or tastes like anything I simply won't use it.

Has anyone found a good one they can recommend?

Bonny! You must have heard me thinking about you. I was going to write you an email because I hadn't seen you in too long.

I grind and know it. I bought do-it-yourself guards from CVS for somewhere around $30 and it has worked great. It was a pack of 2 and I have only used the one for many months. Heat up before the first use and bite on it to shape and good to go. Dentist wanted me to do the expensive thing, but no need for me at least.