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> Astonishingly, there appears to be no contemporary analysis of this star.

I should have stated: there appear to be no contemporary observations of this star.

Also, one of the more interesting things to me is that ytterbium, for example, has a half-life which is measured in days.

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> Also, one of the more interesting things to me is that ytterbium, for example, has a half-life which is measured in days.

Which ytterbium are you talking about? It has 7 observationally stable isotopes[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_ytterbium

Yeah, you are correct. My brain is a bad model lately, since Advanced Neuro Lyme Disease. I synthesized the information from those podcasts + google poorly. This is depressing.

There are plenty of possible signatures (though uncertain) of actinides in there as well, some of those -could- have short lifetimes so not that far off.

Thanks, but I should have caught that. The good news is now that my brain is not as good at the details [0], I may finally be a good fit for a management role (:

[0] It's actually getting a lot better, I hit brain-rock-bottom a year ago. I literally could not think at all. Damn those ticks.

I'm really sorry that happened to you, Lyme is bad stuff :(

I kinda want neighbourhood opossum farms, since the opossums eat those bastard ticks.

Thanks. The crazy thing is that I never noticed any bites, that's how it got so advanced. I only know that's what it was for a fact due to blood tests, which I only got after I started to lose my freaking eyesight.

After recovery, my brother and I laughed about this once he pointed out that I do in-fact live in a village called Deer Mountain (loose translation.) Like what does one expect? They are deer ticks, after all.

Also, I love opossums! I grew up with them in The States, but we don't seem to have them here in Europe.

Thanks for sharing your experience- I hope you continue recovering and improving.

I live in a high tick area as well. Did you notice any symptoms before the eyesight?

I had a few bites but since the rashes went away my doc said no need for antibiotics unless rashes come back or I get flu like symptoms, etc.

Thanks. To answer your question: well, I kept sleeping too much at first. But I live a very sequestered life lately, so I had little frame of reference. Looking back, one of the most surreal things is that I recall telling my friends on the phone that I was having a hard time telling dreams from reality. It wasn't until after the diagnosis that I looked this up and found out that this was a symptom of Advanced Neurological Lyme Disease. WTF.

Then I got joint pain, then the really weird eyesight loss, in short order.

What I would recommend is getting the antibody tests if you have any concern. I am in the EU, so that was very cheap w/o insurance. I believe in The States they recommend prophylactic Doxycycline, at any concern, instead of testing because testing $.

Prophylactic Doxycycline is a couple pills. Since I missed that, Advanced Neuro Lyme was 30 days of 2 high-dose pills a day. In the USA, they require IV antibiotics for Advanced Neuro.

This dumb crap changed my life, so again I would ask, or demand testing for ELISA. If that comes back positive, then there will be a different "Western blot" confirmation blood test. If they say no, then find a local clinic and pay for the ELISA yourself.

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/tests/lyme-disease...

https://www.walkinlab.com/blog/accurate-test-lyme-disease/ ($120 for the first test, if positive then $150 confirmation)

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