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In Mexico it has rained 3 hours for a little over 6" of rain here the past two days. From about 4-6pm it's been shit weather but 91/80 every afternoon makes it still feel like Satan's grundle Sent from my SM-X210 using Tapatalk

It was amazing meeting you in person. Usually it's not quite that busy for myself at lunch. June & July can get a bit nuts due to budget. Fun fact, like 8-9 years ago, not long after I started I had a group of 25 house and Senate representatives walk him to the bar at 1145 and proceed to order 2 shots of Blanton's each. At 1.5oz that's 75oz; each bottle being 25.31oz they kicked the 3 bottles we had in stock in 15 minutes, just as we closed. We used to have a copy of the $900 bill tacked to wall on the office. Regardless, when I asked if they were celebrating getting the budget passed they said no, that they were actually at an impasse and thought this may help. Apparently the liquor did the job, as I read the next day that they reached a deal within an hour of leaving. Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

Up to 1.49" of rain since midnight and 2.35" for June Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

Between the storm at 2 and this one I've had at least 8 crazy close lightning strikes. Never in my life has the thunder kept me up most of the night. A couple of them actually shook the walls Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

What site is this from? Sent from my SM-X210 using Tapatalk

1.15" Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

Holy heavy rain. It's ungodly. Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

Nice hook up by state college Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

My forecast has no more rain now Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

I know 3 good ones at Penn state medical. They have offices in hershey and Middletown. I can private message you if you like. Hang in there. It does get better. Sent from my SM-X210 using Tapatalk

Depending on which autoimmune it can be very tricky. I have sarcoidosis, my mom has Lupus, my aunt MS. For sarcoidosis non-caseating granulomas on Lymph nodes is the key. The problem lies in that the only way to tell if that is present is through biospy. I had to be out under to get a Endobronchial ultrasound-guided biopsy. The other issue is that just being sick often causes swollen Lymph nodes. The swollen lymph nodes did show up on my cat scan and partially on the X-ray. My cousin's case is rare because sarcoidosis doesn't usually go to heart. His lymph nodes were not super swollen. The massive inflammation in his heart did not show up on CAT scan at all. As he started deteriorating over months they did a normal 24 hr fasting PET. He was lucky a keen eyed radiologist spotted something barely. Normally you need at least a 48-72hr fasting PET for it to show up well. Lupus took a year of all kinds of doctors and testing. It wasn't caught till it expressed itself in a rash that would not go away and my mom's dermatologist was able to do a punch biopsy and use Direct Immunofluorescence to confirm it. I wish well. Your story just brought back memories of myself and family members dealing illnesses that were extremely frustrating and felt all encompassing. The imaging and biospy were just one part of the dx. I also have extended family members with uveitis, Sjögren’s, colitis, Crohn's. All of them were literal hell to get to bottom of. Hope you feel better Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

This sounds eerily similar to inflammation of the heart due to sarcoidosis or another autoimmune. My cousin went through this. The testing for it is a 48-72 hour fasting PET scan to put body into ketosis so when they inject the sugar rich dye the inflammation shows up well. Best wishes @Itstrainingtime Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

Have things improved health wise for you and your extended family? Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

I'll bite. I think our area can handle that over 10 days without too many issues. Do some nice work on the drought Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

I will say as a 15 year + plus kid I loved going down south to my cousins. My cousin was closest thing to a genius I ever knew who actually seemed kinda normal. Kid got 1 wrong on SAT and ended up valedictorian at the Air Force academy. In high school him his dad loved making rockets and I do mean big big rockets. Richmond that is dad's in all came into having some of the most ridiculous high octane fuels in explosive chemicals I ever saw in person. We had fun pouring lots of fun stuff down fire ant colonies while combining dynamite and other explosives in chain reaction. It was all good until we were a bit too daring and ended up with a massive crater is Dad put at 300 to 500 lb of TNT power to make. So we next switch to point Moulton Meadows down and making casts out of them which was even cooler if I have to say. Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk