u/IWannaWakeUpButIDont

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So I’m a male in my 30s. I have non alcoholic fatty liver disease. Was diagnosed like 2 years ago. My doctor while I like her in general, she kinda just threw me to the wolves and said “lose weight and exercise more”. I asked if I could see a dietitian and she said “I’d rather you try on your own and after a while if you can’t make any changes then I’ll send you to one”. Again this was a while back now. Anyways, about a year after the diagnosis I went in for a checkup and had lost a bit of weight, nothing drastic but definitely some and my liver enzymes were back in the normal range. Of course having normal enzyme levels doesn’t just mean my fatty liver is suddenly gone but it’s definitely a good sign.

ANYWAYS, my point to all of this is that it’s been a struggle for me coming from eating and drinking whatever I want to now trying to change that and be more mindful of what goes into my body. I’m not claiming to be perfect even a little bit and I know I still have a long way to go with changing around my diet but my reason for posting about this in here is because I wanted to say a couple things.

First off, in my opinion I feel as tho Dutch bros is the best coffee shop that’s a chain at least, when it comes to actually being able to have a drink that resembles what I want but isn’t 800 calories. Now believe me, I know, lots of the drinks at Dutch probably are 800 calories and are more like a dessert then a drink but on the other side of things after doing my research and really honing in on the menu at Dutch I really do feel like I can have a nice drink that satisfies my craving while also having few calories and no added sugar.

That being said I’m not sure if I’m an odd ball out but I have been absolutely LOVING the new Myst Energy Refreshers. I try not to come to Dutch bros every day but maybe about 3 times a week (shits expensive, but it’s like that everywhere) and when I come depending on my mood I’ll get either a medium nitro cold brew with extra almond milk, extra sweet on whatever zero sugar SYRUPS I’m feeling that day. OR I’ll do a medium myst energy refresher extra sweet with whatever zero sugar syrups I’m feeling that day. From my understanding both are basically no sugar and very little calories but I love them because the nitro gives me my latte type fix without all the sugar and calories and the myst gives me my energy drink craving fix without all the added weirdness regular energy drinks contain. I really cannot think of one other big chain coffee shop that offers as many zero sugar syrup flavors as Dutch does. Which I highly appreciate. (Although they could do better… yes I’m looking at you cherry and lavender syrups that don’t come in zero sugar *sigh*).

My second thing I wanted to mention was just that the vibe and the overall friendliness of the broistas is also unmatched. I realize yall are told to act a certain way but I’m pretty sure most chain coffee shops say similar things and you still get the occasional rude or unpleasant employee. I really tho don’t think I’ve ever encountered that at Dutch before. If the broistas are just putting on a face for us then props to you guys haha. I usually do order ahead and then walk up to the window and at this point usually whoever sees me already knows and grabs my drink for me without me even having to tell them.

But today tho, I was feeling a little overwhelmed about my diet and how much better I think i should be doing but how hard it is to quit old habits. ANYWAY I guess the broista at my local stand today who took my order (i forgot to order ahead) could tell I was a bit down about something so he asked if I was alright and I said yeah im alright just been in my feelings today about my health and diet and how i feel this long into knowing i have a non alcoholic fatty liver i should have a way better diet. He gave me some words of encouragement and said not to be to hard on myself. I then said well on the bright side I love the amount of options I can get here at Dutch that don’t have much if any sugar and little calories but still scratch my itch. Basically reiterated what I just wrote here. Anyway after I told him what I wanted (today I got a myst energy refresher with zero sugar peach, strawberry and vanilla) he made my drink and I mentioned I hadn’t paid yet and he told me “nah this one’s on us and I’m happy you feel like you’re able to find things here that can fit into your diet that you still find satisfying. Lifes too short to give up on everything you love”. Something like that anyways. It might not be 100% the exact words he used but you get the point.

So yeah, when people ask me why I mostly only go to Dutch bros, this is basically why. Also a big thanks and appreciation to all the broistas working hard out there. I’d probably be crying in the corner if I worked there with how busy I see my local shop sometimes.

I love everything she’s come out with but my top 2 albums would be Lemonade and Bday and top 2 songs would be Sandcastles and Deja Vu. What about you guys?

Pre lanap my teeth felt loose all over and painful. My pockets were between 3-6. From the way it sounded my perio just focused on the bad spots when he did the treatment. My teeth felt more loose after for a while before starting to feel more firm again.

Anyway, it’s been 10 months since I had it done and my perio did my charting for the first time since having lanap and my pockets are all either 2 or 3 except for THREE pockets he said were a 4. I no longer have any 5s or 6s tho.

I used to have random bleeding when I would floss. But it was never in the same spot it would always change. Well since having lanap I don’t notice any bleeding at all when I floss ever. I was told at my checkup that one spot bled on the very back molar but that was all they noticed and I was told it should stop once I start to focus more on that area.

Also at my last cleaning I was told I had decent buildup even tho I brush and floss daily and I was suggested to get a sonicare. Well I ended up doing that and at my checkup today I was told I barely had any buildup besides a little bit on my bottom front teeth. But he was shocked at how little buildup I had in other areas. So I think switching from manual to the sonicare has somehow been helping.

Overall it sounds like I’m doing really well and my perio said as long as I keep up the good work at home I should be one of the success stories.

Anyway I just thought I’d share my updated numbers for anyone curious on that type of thing. Lanap was definitely worth the money in my opinion. My teeth barely ever feel loose anymore. I do get soreness/tenderness/weird feelings in my gums occasionally that will go away but I was told that’s part of them healing. Also I personally barely notice any recession.

I know most people probably wouldn’t do this or fall for it but I’m going on a cruise with my parents at the end of the month. My dad I guess wanted to call up Princess to ask about what it would cost to last minute upgrade our room. I don’t know where he found the number but he googled Princess cruise number and called whatever number he found. Moral of the story the person was a scammer from another country and was NOT affiliated with Princess. He told me he called to ask about upgrading and they told him “that would be $4,000” and when he told them he can’t afford that so never mind they then mentioned “by the way you have a $800 balance on your account and you won’t be able to do the cruise if you don’t pay it.” When he asked them what the balance was for they said “it’s taxes. We never charge the taxes at point of sale they come later on”. So he gave them $800 over the phone. He told me it took 2 hours to do it but he (my dad) wanted to let me know that he “took care of it we still owed $800 but I paid it so no worries”. I knew right away that made no sense and I looked back at my invoice from the cruise when we booked and it said right on there paid in full and it included taxes. So I called up Princess myself and lo and behold they knew nothing about $800 being owed and that we paid it all when we booked.

Anyway, I just wanted to say these scammers while to me seemed fishy right away, to some people, especially my older dad it may seem legit. They even emailed him a few times and the emails while to me looked faked, I could totally see someone falling for it tho.

So just wanted to give a PSA if you ever need to call the cruise line, whichever one, make sure you have the legit number, because apparently scammers are somehow able to get their scam number out there to people when they try to google the real number.

Thankfully my dad said he was able to call his bank and get the money back but had I not noticed it right away he would have been out $800.

For me: Washington State, been shopping over 4 years, the most I’ve made in a day was a little over $360. I think for a single batch the most I’ve made was around $130 which was for one customer with $125 tip.

So I’m going with my parents on a cruise through Alaska leaving from Vancouver next month. They want $1,400 to park at the cruise terminal but if I park at the valet parking at the airport it would be a little over $200. Why would we pay $1,400 if we can pay like $230 and just take the sky train to the cruise port?

The reason I’m asking is that that was our plan but my dad keeps coming up with new excuses as to why we shouldn’t park at the airport and instead pay $1,400 at the cruise terminal. First he was claiming I’d never make it back to the ship in time (the plan was for me to drop them off and then me go alone to the airport parking and take the sky train back). From looking online the sky train ride should only be about 40 mins? If we planned our time accordingly I don’t see how that would be an issue? Then today he’s claiming that people are telling him it’s very unsafe to park at the airport. I asked him if it’s unsafe to park valet at the airport then why would it be safe to park valet at the cruise terminal? He claims if you park at the airport your car is guaranteed to not be there when you get back because it’ll have been stolen.

I’m just wondering has anyone had any experience with parking this way and what do you all think as far as safety of your car and also time it’ll take to get to the ships?