Blood Analysis Puns

Hi, I would like my blood work looked over. I got a lot of different tests done in hopes of alleviating my lack of energy, motivation, and overall depression despite being on TRT. I'm currently feeling the worse I've ever felt with nothing making me happy or satisfied and it just seems to be getting worse. I use to work out 5 days a week but no longer can as afterward I feel even more tired and really depressed/sad for the rest of the day.

My results: https://imgur.com/a/tRD0Zld

About me: Male | non-smoker | 6'2" | 230lbs | Caucasian

I do not take drugs or drink. Though I'm obese according to the BMI I do not look it.

Medications: Testosterone cypionate .2mL 3x/wk| Gonadorelin 2x/wk 50units

Fish Oil: 3g daily | Vitamin D: 1000iu daily | VItamin B12: 1000mcg (no longer using after test)

Diet: Breakfast and lunner are the same daily but dinner usually has different proteins and carbs. Sometimes go out to dinner 2-3x month at most.

Morning: Oatmeal, flaxseeds, protein powder mixed together

Afternoon: Spinach, beets, black beans, olive oil and a Protein shake

Dinner: Chicken/beef/sausages with potatoes/rice/vegetables

Before Bed: Bowl of Mini Wheat cereal

Snacks: Apples, bananas, oranges, almonds and occasional bad snacks like cookies.

Drinks: Black coffee 2x daily and water

So I’ve just finished blood meridian (first book I’ve read by McCarthy). I’ve been thinking about some of the themes and the overall philosophy of the book, and I’d love to discuss this with anyone who’s interested.

I think my first question would be how do you interpret the last few chapters of the novel? Is the judge killing the kid a statement by mccarthy that the judges war mongering way will always prevail? Was that the kids fate? Years after his time with the Glanton gang, I think the kid is depicted as a different person who’s changed ultimately fail to manifest themselves in ways that truly affect others (the dead old woman, even shooting the kid towards the end). Is the face that the kid internally changed enough? Is that a true change or is the way he written just meant to show that we truly cannot change/escape fate.

Also how do you interpret the characters of the expreist and the idiot in the desert Scene? I see this sequence almost as a test of the kids character and in a way a battle between him and the judge. Why does the judge keep the idiot with him throughout this sequence and how does the ex priest fit into the thematic expression of this sequence?

These are just some basic questions. I’m happy to discuss other characters/scenes. If anyone has any good articles or videos that further breakdown this book, please link it!

Recent blood analysis showed elevated Vitamin D levels and mild Zinc deficiency, calcium and magnesium came back fine although calcium levels are within the higher end of acceptable range. I've been supplementing with 50k IU/week for 16 weeks and my Vitamin D levels are at 93 ng/mL! I have no idea what my levels were before supplementing. I want to aim for levels around 50 ng/mL but don't know how I should adjust the dosage to get there.

Zinc levels are deficient at 65 µg/dl. I've tried Zinc picolinate before and it made me sleep for like 10 hours and make me feel groggy in the morning. Maybe I need to try another form of this mineral? Really appreciate the guidance.

That was a blank Harrison shot, Dexter had a blood pack from back in the day.. knowing damn well Harrison couldn't hack it... Jokes aside.. wtf.

We are in the middle of the Dexter New Blood series with the release of episode 5. I want to take a moment to pause to recap what we've seen so far, what we have not seen so far, and what we can expect.

###Recap: Who is Jim Lindsay?

So far, what we've seen is Jim Lindsay slowly transition back into the life of Dexter Morgan. At the start of episode one he's feeding his chickens and his goat, Vincent van goat. At the end of episode 5, the chief of police figured out that "Jim" is in fact Dexter. How did we get here?

First, Harrison found Dexter. The explanation for how he found Dexter--that he stared at his presumably dead father's photograph every night before he went to bed, and then saw a picture of him on social media, and then set off to find him--is entirely plausible, given that about 10 years have passed since the end of season 8 and now. It is very much believable that a young man around 16-18 years of age decide to travel across the country alone, although it is not common.

So Dexter reveals himself to Harrison, in order to repair his bond. He ends up killing Matt Caldwell, in what I still think was slightly forced in episode 1. He starts devolving into his old self, stalking and killing a drug dealer in episode 5, covering up his crime scene in episode 2, and disposing of Matt's body in episode 3. He is no longer the innocent Jim Lindsay.

Kurt

In episode 2, we get introduced to the antagonist of the series, an unknown man keeping a woman locked in a room. Later we find out it's Kurt, and he's hunting them. In episode 5, we learn that he is doing this to a number of girls, and is most likely the serial killer responsible for all of their disappearances. We also know he knowingly lied about his son being okay, and lied about facetiming him, and seems to be aware of the fact he needs to spin a narrative. In episode 4, Angela questions him about his son's whereabouts, and says she needs some proof. She instructs Logan to look into credit card activity, and in episode 5 when Angela investigates, we see that the man who used Matt Caldwell's credit card is not in fact Matt Caldwell. I suspect Kurt knows who this man is, and I talk about this in the Trailers section, below.

###Trailers

For those that don't remember, Showtime released 3 trailers before releasing the series. I recommend you watch them again.

First there was a teaser called misunderstood.

Interestingly, it seems what was reveale

This is looking like a slam dunk case.

Thoughts?

Whites mages are the best kind of green DPS. Every XIV player knows how busted holy spam is in dungeons and how hilarious of a damage mitigation tool it is with its attached stun. Unfortunately, her Holy in OO doesn't do that (which they should have embraced IMO) but instead, she gets to fuel the Blood Lily to deal huge damage. And that is true to XIV's iteration of the White mage job.

> An overview of her kit and role within a party :

Y'shtola fills the support/healer slot in a party and is focused on the following utility :

• Healing
• Battery
• Resurrection utitliy on her EX+
• Delay tied to her S1
• Rebreak on her LD and damage on her improved BRV/HP commands.

I'll be very brief on that part of the analysis as her base skills aren't what sell her on Lufenia+.

• Her skill 1, Stone+ (8 uses), is her delay tool and is a single HP dump with earth damage attached to it. It also batteries the group based on the damage dealt and has fast turn rate. You'll use that skill if you need to manipulate the turn order to have someone act before the boss. Also note that, even if the target absorbs earth, it's not really an issue for Y'shtola as her next partner can just break the target and keep pushing it on the turn order. Don't be afraid of using it.

• Her skill 2, Medica (7 uses), is her healing/battery tool. It doesn't count towards the turn count, meaning you can use it without worrying about it.

• Her EX+, Pulse of Life, is available at the start of a stage and is a massive heal and battery and it can save a dying run since it has the ability to raise every character who died during a quest. To further help her, Y'shtola happens to have Last Stand built into her kit, so she may survive after a huge AOE HP attack and still be able to raise everyone. It's instant turn rate and you'll use it to refresh her generic buffs and to put your team back in shape and manipulate her overhead stacks. Her EX+ also refunds 1 use of her base skills, which makes her longevity a non-issue.

• Speaking of her overhead stacks, her LD ability unlocks them. The ability itself, Scion's Holy (3 uses), is able to reset the target's break status while dealing one HP dump with 100 % damage on every target. It also permanently unlocks her new commands which replace her BRV/HP commands : Scion's Aero II and Afflatus misery and she reached 3 stacks of her overhead. She gets 1 stack for every action that recovers BRV or HP. In practice, that's all of

I am a dude in early 30s. It’s been my first blood work in 5 years, and for the last year or so — I have cut back on alcohol, weed and other substances, while cultivating a daily Kratom habit to control pain from a running-related injury (knees’ ligaments) as well as to kind of help me stay away from more damaging drugs & habits. Even though I had slightly high blood sugar (diabetes runs in the family) and my bad cholesterol could have been a bit lower, liver and kidneys’ functions are OK. Just wanted to share my positive experience with the blood analysis originally ordered by my PCP. I was worried a bit about liver and kidney results, gladly all is well. Coffee Cheers to Everyone! Hope you are doing well!

Did anyone else find it odd how long it took for Dexter to come to the conclusion Harrison had stabbed himself? Halfway through Harrison's retelling of what happened at the school it didn't add up. There were around 4 circular pools of blood lined up vertically..

Harrison says he's stabbed, then they are in a semi struggle with one another, the knife got flung away, etc. There would be bloody footprints and streaks absolutely everywhere! And Dexter has to see his stab wound and recreate the whole thing to come to this fact?

Maybe this was for new viewers, but I feel they really discredited Dexter's knowledge and love for blood spatter. My only complaint of the whole show was this bit.

Dexter should've solved that whole thing within the span of a 20 second monologue..