• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Calgary Area Meetup is set for Saturday July 12th at 10am. The signup thread is here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

One less John on the Forum

A quick medical update:

- PE presents no risk to surgery and requires no further treatment (just some healing naturally).
-I'm starting Minoxidil for my hair loss - hopefully this will do the trick.

-My meds are getting changed (again). The new drug Bicalutimide, with a *very* rare side effect of sudden liver failure. It doesn't suppress testosterone, but prevents the body from using it in any cell.
-I am now going to start to inject Estrogen, as the Estrogel I've been using since April isn't effective.
-I'm now trying to get on the GRS surgery list at Montreal. They don't answer calls or read emails, apparently(!!)

So my life is very full at the moment. A thousand changes to accomplish. Today I'm getting a manicure in Pride colours for Sunday's Pride Parade. No time or energy for machining or just about anything on my todo list. The time flies when you're having fun!
 
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