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I'm about to meet with the consulate to register my birth, something that my birth father should have done long ago, but here we are. As such, I've been filling out all the paperwork and the consulate officer casually asked if I was fine with my last name changing because it's technically in the masculine form when he came over to the US. As such, they said that upon submission, the registry will likely give me the feminine surname unless I apply to retain my masculine surname.

As such, would it be weird for me to be retaining my masculine surname to keep things consistent with documentation? Or should I look at changing it to fit cultural norm? I'd be the only female in my Czech family tha

For context, my birth father came to the US in the mid-1980's to avoid the fun of the impending velvet divorce. He married my mother in 1989 and they had me in 1990, then he became a US citizen in 1996. He started the process with USCBP in 1988, from what I could find.

I've been looking to get my citizenship and thought that declaring it through descent was the correct option but then saw in another Reddit post that if citizenship wasn't broken in the family line at my time of birth, then I was technically born with citizenship but the birth was never recorded.

As such, I read that the best course of action is to actually file an application for CZ citizenship alongside an application fo

I met with my allergist today to discuss my ongoing symptoms that still seem to be present despite the meds I'm on. He suggested I be put on Rhapsido because it binds to BTK and essentially makes it so the mast cells can't release histamine and other mediators. My PGF2A is still high, which makes sense because I'm not on any prostaglandin blockers, which we're trying to avoid. He had another doctor present at my appointment, that he said was considered one of the best in the world for MCAS research, and both agreed that this was the best decision when taking everything into account.

The main reason he's choosing Rhapsido is because he's seen Xolair cause anaphylaxis and/or anaphylaxis-sp

For context, I've been chasing weird LUQ pain and other somewhat scary symptoms for a few years now but have come up with zero answers. Genetic testing showed I have hEDS and MCAS (also confirmed via mediator testing), which was a start, and my doctor had a suspicion it was MALS to begin with but decided against it at first. I had upper and lower endoscopies (no hernia, both showed zero issues and tissue samples came back negative for everything tested), colonoscopy (also negative for any issues), ultrasounds (gallbladder fine, pancreas fine, stomach fine, heart fine, etc...), HIDA scan (was low on efficacy but wasn't a concern), CT scan of abdomen (organ check - all looked perfect, no lymph

Some quick background - born with DTGA, corrected at birth, but now I have had random bouts of LQT that would be accompanied with a biphasic T wave, usually when my body is under a lot of physical stress. During normal rest, we don't see anything except for a suspected incomplete RBBB, which has been with me my entire life. I have MCAS and hEDS as well...

I paid for a whole genome sequence through the genetics department at our local hospital and found that I have a mutation on the KCNQ1 gene, variant is c.1608C>A, which they warned could present as "concealed LQTS type 1", so my cardiologist has been involved and looking into it.

I just had a TTE and EKG performed, as I do every 3 years,

For some background, I (F35) was born with dextro-transposition of the great arteries and had an experimental surgery when I was a week old because they learned I'm allergic to prostaglandin E1/E2. I've lived an active life and haven't had any weird issues until recently, to which I spent more time than not in ER's or doctors offices, trying to figure out what was wrong with me. It started with me having issues with food, then having near-syncope episodes, shortness of breath, anxiety, etc... and each time, my EKG's looked fine. I've seen a cardiologist for well over 10 years now and have been seen by Boston Medical for numerous long-term studies, all saying I look perfectly healthy and that

Howdy! So we've run into a bit of a pickle that has me puzzled...

I installed a Myers HJ100S back in August to replace an older, failed pump. It seemed to install fine and we haven't had a single issue until now. I'm not sure on the depth of our well, but it looks to be in the 25' range. No check valves on the line, only a foot valve, and all the lines are poly with barbs. No leaks from what I can tell.

We woke up to no pressure in our lines and the pump was smoking hot from trying to pump. I thought we ran out of water but saw that we had water right up to the pump in the suction line. I let the pump cool down and reprimed it, only needing a cup or two of water, and attempted again

I'll try to keep this quick and easy!

My birth father was born in Brno in 1968, moved the US and applied for permanent residence in 1989, then had me with my mother in 1990. In 1996, he became naturalized as a US citizen. His father and mother both came to the US around the same time and obtained their US citizenship around the same time.

From what I'm reading, because my father was still a Czech citizen as of my birth, that would open me up for birthright citizenship, correct?

When I talked to the consulate office in NY, they told me they needed both my birth father's and his father's naturalization records, which seems weird to me because I keep seeing that I only need proof t

Having been chasing my random symptoms for years and getting progressively worse, sometimes sending me to the ER and only being told I'm in perfect health, I finally found a doctor who was willing to go the extra mile and test me for everything.

The results? I was getting worried because my initial tests came back perfect - tryptase, histamine, etc... but then today, I got both my initial (baseline) tests and follow-up tests back: creatinine and PGF2α levels were through the roof on my baseline! My allergist said my symptoms made sense because high levels of PGF2α can cause severe smooth muscle contractions, which then cause a myriad of other systemic issues. The follow-up tests were me bei

I met with my immunologist today and he's almost certain I haveCAS, based on my symptoms and being void of literally anything else. As such, we did the usual blood tests and urine tests, but he wanted me to start on some new meds while we wait for the results to see if they help.

Typical stuff - famotidine, fexofenadine, and montekulast. He warned about the black label and said to watch myself because I have a history of anxiety and panic attacks, which was unsettling to hear. He mentioned that if I have a negative reaction, he'll prescribe something different, but mentioned that montekulast has been super effective in his years of dealing with MCAS.

I guess I'm just worried about the po

As the title says, I'm finally being taken seriously. It only took 2 years of pressing various doctors and having to go through every test imaginable...

To start, I had a NP years ago that caught that some of my blood values seemed off - not abnormal for the general population, but off for me. She was really digging into all types of testing, but then covid happened and her practice closed. I was suffering from all kinds of symptoms that seemed unrelated to each other and it became a puzzle for her to figure out.

Fast forward to now and I finally found another doctor who thinks the same way. My symptoms have only gotten worse and she fought for me to get into an allergist at the beginning

As the title says, I'm trying to get naturalization documents pertaining to my birth father, namely for a birthright citizenship application to his country of origin, but we can't seem to find him at all and won't be able to get his consent.

His brother said that the last communication he had with my birth father was quite a few years back - birth father had been homeless for the better part of a decade, then called from someone else's cellphone out of the blue to say that he had cancer. He mentioned something about wandering between homeless shelters and was just waiting out his time, but wanted to see his brother. They met up, had a fight, then departed. Since then, no one in the family