I expected Florida to frell it up, but not Ontario!
There are a few factors at play. One is just that we don't have vaccines, which is no one's fault. We're reliant on getting them shipped to us and are at the mercy of the people shipping. My objection is how badly the roll out has been done. For every phase, they start out with a system of some sort. 80+, then 70+, etc. Then, at some point, they change their minds and go 'vaccines for everyone!' without any system in place to coordinate that, so you've gone from two age groups trying to get vaccinated to literally everyone trying to get vaccinated. And they change their minds every other week about if we should use AZ or not use it, what to do if you had it for your first dose, can you mix two vaccines, etc. Which sends people shopping around, so they're skipping out on Pfizer appointments because they want Moderna and then they're skipping out on Moderna appointments because they want Pfizer. We need a system in place and they've just refused to offer any assistance for it.
I hope Pax gets over his.
We've had a lot of success with the 'special treat' approach, but only in training. If it's actually walk time, he can't bring himself to put the leash on. Any other time, he'll put it on and we let him drag it around to get comfortable in it (we monitor him, so he can't get stuck or hurt himself) and that's fine. But if it looks like he'll actually be going for a walk, total freak out. I think he might be so excited he can't concentrate. But we're making some progress, so that's good. And we got him out once with very little trouble! Baby steps.
Until menopause. (I keep waiting for mine. It keeps not coming.)
Yikes! I feel ya. I've wanted menopause since I was a teenager. I have no idea when women in my family tend to go through it, because most of my mum's female relatives had hysterectomies quite young, and so did she.
PCOS has literally been the source of all my health problems and there is so little research being done about it, despite the number of people with uteruses dealing with it. And most of the research being done is how to make it so we're fertile--which is great for the people who want to have babies, that is super important!--but for me, who is just trying to, you know, exist, I would love someone to look into how to help with weight issues, anxiety, hirsuitism, migraines, mood swings, gallbladder disease, debilitating periods, insulin resistance, all the other shit that goes with it.
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Date: 2021-06-27 11:04 pm (UTC)There are a few factors at play. One is just that we don't have vaccines, which is no one's fault. We're reliant on getting them shipped to us and are at the mercy of the people shipping. My objection is how badly the roll out has been done. For every phase, they start out with a system of some sort. 80+, then 70+, etc. Then, at some point, they change their minds and go 'vaccines for everyone!' without any system in place to coordinate that, so you've gone from two age groups trying to get vaccinated to literally everyone trying to get vaccinated. And they change their minds every other week about if we should use AZ or not use it, what to do if you had it for your first dose, can you mix two vaccines, etc. Which sends people shopping around, so they're skipping out on Pfizer appointments because they want Moderna and then they're skipping out on Moderna appointments because they want Pfizer. We need a system in place and they've just refused to offer any assistance for it.
I hope Pax gets over his.
We've had a lot of success with the 'special treat' approach, but only in training. If it's actually walk time, he can't bring himself to put the leash on. Any other time, he'll put it on and we let him drag it around to get comfortable in it (we monitor him, so he can't get stuck or hurt himself) and that's fine. But if it looks like he'll actually be going for a walk, total freak out. I think he might be so excited he can't concentrate. But we're making some progress, so that's good. And we got him out once with very little trouble! Baby steps.
Until menopause. (I keep waiting for mine. It keeps not coming.)
Yikes! I feel ya. I've wanted menopause since I was a teenager. I have no idea when women in my family tend to go through it, because most of my mum's female relatives had hysterectomies quite young, and so did she.
PCOS has literally been the source of all my health problems and there is so little research being done about it, despite the number of people with uteruses dealing with it. And most of the research being done is how to make it so we're fertile--which is great for the people who want to have babies, that is super important!--but for me, who is just trying to, you know, exist, I would love someone to look into how to help with weight issues, anxiety, hirsuitism, migraines, mood swings, gallbladder disease, debilitating periods, insulin resistance, all the other shit that goes with it.