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LIGENESIS recently initiated a clinical trial where the first participant received an injection of donor cells into a lymph node, aiming to transform it into auxiliary liver tissue. This procedure, executed in Houston on March 25, represents a novel approach to treating end-stage liver disease in adults, circumventing the dire need for liver transplants. The scarcity of donor livers leaves thousands on prolonged waiting lists, with many disqualified due to additional health complications. LIGENESIS's technique could potentially benefit these individuals by utilizing hepatocytes, the liver's primary cells, harvested from otherwise unmatchable donor livers. Remarkably, cells from a single donor liver could treat up to 75 patients. The process involves isolating hepatocytes and administering them into a patient's lymph node, selected due to its expansion capability and blood filtration function, traits shared with the liver. Targeting a specific cluster of abdominal lymph nodes connected to the liver, the treatment involves an endoscopic procedure to inject the cells precisely. This innovative method, spearheaded by LIGENESIS, could significantly transform liver transplant methodology, offering hope to thousands awaiting life-saving transplants. With its promise of generating functional liver tissue within the body, this approach marks a potential. Now back to the show. Yeah, I mean, that sounds like a great thing. I mean, I had to go here, but there's a whole lot of alcoholics out there that would be able to get their livers taken care of. Right. I'm a donor. Normally, you know, I'm a donor, but it's great that I could do something if I'm alive instead of them waiting to take something once I die. Right, right, right, right, right, right. Well, I mean, there's a lot of other things that go on, you know, I mean, with people's livers and stuff, but they're just alcoholics. Of course. You know, but I mean, anytime you can do anything medically to, you know, improve somebody's quality of life, improve their health, you know, man, I'm for it. I'm for it. So, sounds like some great stuff there. Yeah, some groundbreaking things, and I wonder if this could potentially branch out into other things that it could help us in the future. Of course. Yeah, because the article we had yesterday about the x-ray machine and how it could benefit the medical field is another thing. So, we do have things in the woodworks, you could say, like they're working on that they're going to start coming out pretty soon, and it's going to start looking like science fiction becoming reality, you know? Well, yeah, but I mean, as, you know, technology improves, you know, and so on and so forth, all of this stuff, you would expect a lot of this stuff to improve as well with it, you know, because, again, as you have better technology, now you can, you know, do better research, you know, learn more things that you normally wouldn't learn with the old technology. I mean, you think about back in the day when people had to get their backs, surgery on their backs, you know, I mean, they were lucky to get up out of there and walk. That's true. Nowadays, it's so simple, it's pretty much done remote control and with a little small incision, they don't cut your back wide open anymore, they just make a little small incision, go in there with their little robotic probes, you know, remote control probes, I guess it is, and they fix what the issue is and get up out of there without messing anybody up. And, you know, with the regeneration of the liver cells, it'll probably take a lot of weight off of getting on those waiting lists. You have to be a certain age to get on the liver transplant list. I learned this a while back. I covered a story where a little boy needed a liver and he was three and they didn't want to give him a liver. And if you're very young or on the well-aged side, it's harder to get on that list. So this should alleviate a lot of that problem. Exactly. Exactly. Like I say, with one liver sample, I think they said that they could treat 70 people. Well, one donor could treat 70 people. Oh, that's what it was. Okay. Yeah, yeah. So imagine 1,000 people. Amazing. I'm hoping that they branch eventually out into kidneys because it is so many people on the dialysis machines and waiting lists. Speaking of that, Carol, I read an article the other day about them using pig kidneys. I guess they genetically modify the pigs or whatever and then you're able to use their kidneys for transplant people, patients. I believe that's possible because they were using a lot of pig hearts to do like the valves when originally it started before the metal valve for your heart. So they were using some parts of pig for that as well. So you're right, Brittany. It's in our future. There used to be a church on every corner and now it's a dialysis center on every corner. Yeah, I also read in the article that I think they were going to start human trials pretty soon on the kidney stuff. It could have been the same article Brittany was reading. I don't know. Sometimes it's weird with the apple and getting the news. But, yeah, there's a lot of advancements coming. So the future is looking positive in some ways. Well, I'm looking forward to it. I mean, as I get older, I always think about quality of life as I continue to get older. And quality of life is very important. I'm sorry. I don't want to get to a point where I need somebody to take care of me. I mean, doing the depend thing and all that no more. I don't want to do none of that. Right. As long as I have a good quality of life, I'm happy to be here. If not, I'm ready to go. Not to sound morbid in any kind of way, but just keep the one hundred. Right. Any comments, Britt? No, no comments. Okay, okay. Y'all want to play the next story? I know we have a break coming up within less than five. Go for it. All right. Let's go. As I moved into my new space, after nearly a decade of renting in New York City, I was overwhelmed with anxiety. Anything and everything that went wrong in the house was now the responsibility of my wife and I to solve. Is something wrong with the boiler? Find someone to fix it. Got water damage? Find someone to fix it, fast. I'm a little handy around the house. I recently installed a smart thermostat and smart shades. I painted several rooms, and I successfully followed the California patch method to fix some holes in my drywall. Most of these experiences start with me watching several YouTube videos. Home RenoVision is excellent. But there are a lot of jobs I just don't feel comfortable doing myself. That's where Thumbtack comes in. It's like the Yellow Pages and Uber mixed into one app built for homeowners, where you can find and hire a professional in your area for nearly anything you need to do in your home. There are vendor reviews from other customers with photos of the completed work, plus you can chat with and book these experts through the app. Thumbtack as a company has been around for more than 15 years, so its database is enormous. There are 300,000 local professionals across the U.S. Best of all, the app is free, the company charges professionals a matchmaking fee, and it doesn't place any pressure on you to pay them through its app. Today, Thumbtack is unveiling a new version that evolved the app from a way to find home professionals into a project manager for your home. I've been playing around with the new update over the past week. It's only rolling out for iPhone right now, with Android to come in a few months, but it's already giving me a little more peace of mind. Now back to the show. I might have to download that one. I know, right? I'm super excited. I'm like, yay! And the name of this is, what did you say, Pedro? Thumbtack? Thumbtack. Yes. It's been out. I have used it, and it's not only for homeowners, even for renties that want their yard cleaned up, or let's say you can't do certain tasks, or you're having a water heater issue. Find yourself someone that can come help do the yard work, unplug toilets, plumbing. Even if you're a homeowner, this is a wonderful app, especially for a homeowner that might be mobility impaired or visually impaired, or they just want to sit back and have somebody just come and clean their house too. A simple task like that also could be done within Thumbtack. So it's not only one for me that I'm going to download. I am a homeowner, and it's a lot of things that, you know, the typical handyman, they're just not available like they used to be. So just finding good quality help where you can trust someone to come in your home, and you can get reviews on what they actually do and other people's suggestions and things like that. I'm excited about it. I need to download this. Yes, and the new feature is if you want to plan a project, let's say like a modern renovation project, or even just not like big-time renovations. It could be just painting. It could be organizing the walls or putting shelves, simple things like that that we might need help with and things like that. So it sounds promising. I have used it before, so it's been out for a few years, but it seems pretty cool, right? Yes. Does it come with any sort of a, you know, these folks are qualified, bonded contractors, and does that kind of stuff come with that? They do go on reviews to show you images of the work and stuff like that. You're able to message back and forth with them before even committing. So you might have a group to choose from different third-party suppliers, the ones that come to your house, you know, from the app, so you could make your decision and see how things are going. Oh, yes. Elizabeth commented. She says that she uses TaskRabbit, and I also use TaskRabbit for whatever issue that I cannot solve on my own. TaskRabbit is a good one, too. That's another one I was going to bring to put it on there. Yes. I mean, it's just a – I mean, and the only reason I ask is because, you know, some jobs, you actually have to have somebody that's, you know, a contractor, you know. I mean, depending on the project, you might need to pull some permits or something, you know. So that's why I was wondering. I think they do have contractors, and you will have to look. But I think they do. They do have for plumbing and contracting for plumbing and stuff like that. You know, those type of works, you do need somebody that knows what they're doing about the whole pressure and all that going in your piping and all that. Right, right, right. And the HVAC, you want a licensed person who knows how to work on your central air and heat as well. So I have my own plumber, you know, that is like that, my own HVAC, but they're not available, and I need something quicker. Yeah. It's good to know that I have that and feel comfortable knowing that, like you say, they're bonded or contracted or licensed even, you know. Right, right, right, right. I don't want to end up on Judge Judy. Well, on that note, we're going to cut to commercials and take care of some of the bills. So let's go. You can visit our website, blindunited.org. That website, again, is blindunited.org. If you have any questions, concerns, comments, or would like to be added to our e-mail list, you can e-mail us at info at blindunited.org. That e-mail address, again, is info at blindunited.org. If you would like to reach us by phone, you can call us at 909-846-8825. That number, again, is 909-846-8825. You can follow us on Instagram at blindunitedinterestgroups. You can follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter, at blindunited22. You can follow us on our Facebook group, which is blindunitedinterestgroups. And you can also join our Facebook page, Blind United. Yeah, and we're back. Any comments, Britt? She might be in the matrix there. No, we have no comments. I was just shoving food in my face. Oh, sorry. Okay, okay. So, moving on, right? Y'all want to move on or y'all want to still talk about it? Why not? We done got our liver fixed. Now we done got our house fixed. What are we going to fix next? Well, I have a few questions. Task rabbit, guys. This might be a good app also. Task rabbit is for, like, inside tasks, right? For, like, cleaning, washing dishes and all that, guys? No, they pretty much do anything. They'll do cleaning. They'll do, let's just say you need help moving. Let's say, like, a minor plumbing issue, like your garbage disposal is messed up, your, you know, your toilet's backed up or whatever. So, they do pretty much anything. You need somebody to stand in line for you. There's, I don't know, mounted TV. Like, if you need it done, there's somebody who's willing to do it, I guess. Yeah. You said stand in line for you. Yeah, like, let's say, you know, you want the new iPhone and you want somebody to wait in line and you just want to be at your house, pay somebody. Okay, what's the hourly charge for somebody standing in line? I mean, you know, if you're trying to get that new iPhone, you might be there a day or two. You know what I'm saying? Right. I'm just trying to be clear. Okay. Well, the Jordans, you know, the Jordans that are coming out, hey? Oh, yeah, yeah, people waiting in line. Or the new PlayStation 6 when it comes. Man, I'm really getting used to the 5. Well, they're going to be standing in line for that one, too, so. That's right. That's right. Yeah, but I mean, I guess so. It makes sense, you know. I don't know. It just depends on how long the line is. I guess you've got to give them time to get there. They might get there by the time you get to the front of the line. I don't know. They just worry about a line. Well, I mean, I'm just stuck on somebody standing in line for me. I take it Ed wants somebody to stand in line for him. I hate standing in line. You pay me? Well, that part right there. You pay me. But then again, maybe I might want to, you know, sign up and be that guy that's standing in line. I ain't got nothing else to do. I could just, you know. Hey, it was fun when, I don't know if you've seen the news stories like a year or two years ago when they were taking people that were disabled to Disneyland and they were paying them like $1,000 a day to go and get their fast pass because they're disabled. Have you heard of that in the news? Well, I know that's why a lot of them changed it up now to where even with the fast pass, you don't have to stand in line, but they give you what, they guesstimate, you know, the wait period, and you have to come back in that amount of time. Right. And then now a lot of places like Magic Mountain and whatever, Universal Studios, they require a doctor's note now to get a disabled pass. So my phone. I wonder if I could bypass that if I just took my eye out and laid it on the counter for them. You're in there. You're number two, guys. I mean, I don't know. I mean, you know, it's not like we carry something around that certifies that we're disabled, right? I thought our cane lets people know. I mean, our cane, maybe our access cards. Yeah, I guess a lot of people are saying, oh, like, for instance, I guess technically I can give my cane to my sister and I don't know, or whoever, right? So, I mean, technically you can give your cane to Lawrence. You guys are about the same height, right, Ed? You know what I mean? So I guess technically the cane would signify disability, but maybe they just think, oh, well, you can get a cane anywhere. So I guess there's going to be a new, maybe they'll put a little emoji on our drug on our California idea, whatever, you know, a little wheelchair off to the side or something to certify that we're disabled or something. I don't know. Well, it's something that we would need because I mean, even coming here with jury duty in Dallas, I had to have a letter from my doctor in order to be dismissed. In order to have my trash pulled to my curb, I have to have a letter from my doctor showing that I need healthy hands, you know? And I'm like, well, I can just walk it myself, you know, or go to jury duty. But it's awful that you have to prove your disability, even though they see I'm blind and have a blind cane. You know how I get out of jury duty? I was like, okay, who's going to meet me at the door? No, I just start banging on everything. Bang, bang, bang with my cane. I'm like, you need any help? And I get an escort. Well, my duty, my civic duty is just I don't know your facility, so somebody's going to have to meet me at the door and guide me to where I need to be. That is true. You know. I don't mind waiting in line. You know, my issue is I don't know when to move up. Because someone will jump in front of me. Well, you know, I've learned to communicate with the person in front of you. Right. You know what I'm saying? Just let me know when you move up. Let me know when you move up. Right. You know, I don't want to walk over the top of you, but if you let me know we're moving, then I'll move up with you, you know. Right. Right. Communication is key, guys. Amen. Amen. Speaking of communicating, somebody said good morning and that they really enjoyed the support group last night. I did, too. It was great. Support group was great. I mean, we have a great turnout every time Dominic does his group. And he's always got some really, really, really good information. I really want to download that book. I haven't done it yet. What was that, Brittany, the Four Agreements? Yes, the Four Agreements. Yeah, the Four Agreements. That sounds like a good book. And it's basically agreements you make with yourself. And the great thing about Dom's support group is every time he has a support group, he gives us tools to back up what he's saying. He gives us links, YouTube videos, books that we can read. So he doesn't just – it's not just us complaining about what's going on in our lives, it's actual evidence and other things that we can use to improve the quality of our mental health. Right, right. Tips and tricks on how to deal with these issues, you know, depending on whatever the topic issue may be. He's always got tools to be able to work with it. You know, so it's always great. So, all right. I don't think I missed it. I really do. My cousins had cooked and invited me over, and there was just going to be too much chatter in the background. Hopefully I can, you know, listen to it on, what is it, audio? I haven't put it in audio.com yet. We don't put that in there. We don't record that. Okay, okay. Yeah, we don't record that. This is a question people got, you know, sometimes we bury our souls in there. Right. But if you do, I know that Ed did send out some links, so if you do want to check out the four agreements and the other things, you can check those links out. Right, right. All the research, I did send that out, Carol, so you should have all of that in your inbox. I appreciate that, Ed. Yeah. Plenty of videos, plenty of the book, as well as he's got his worksheet as an attachment there. So, yeah, good stuff. He's always doing good stuff. All right, Pedro. Between the catfish and the counseling group. All right, we're going to cut to a quick break so we can get these last two articles in. And right after the break, we'll be playing the article. Okay, so let's go. You can visit our website, blindunited.org. That website, again, is blindunited.org. If you have any questions, concerns, comments, or would like to be added to our email list, you can email us at info at blindunited.org. That email address, again, is info at blindunited.org. If you would like to reach us by phone, you can call us at 909-846-8825. That number, again, is 909-846-8825. You can follow us on Instagram at blindunitedinterestgroups. You can follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter, at blindunited22. You can follow us on our Facebook group, which is blindunitedinterestgroups. And you can also join our Facebook page, Blind United. Despite the hype surrounding weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegavy, not everyone experiences significant weight loss, highlighting the variability in response to GLP-1 receptor agonists. Doctors point out that around 10% to 15% of patients don't achieve the anticipated appetite reduction or weight loss, often losing less than 5% of their body weight, and are considered non-responders. This variability prompts research into the reasons behind the differing responses, which could range from genetic factors to pre-existing health conditions and even prior weight loss efforts. Clinical trials revealed this variance, with a portion of participants seeing minimal weight reduction. For example, in semaglutide trials, around 14% of individuals lost less than 5% of their body weight. Similarly, terzepatide studies showed that 9% of users lost less than 5%. The weight loss among responders also varied widely, from 5% to more than 20%, underscoring the unpredictable nature of these medications. Personal accounts reflect these findings. Anthony Esposito from Austin, Texas, discontinued Wegavy and then Ozempic due to lack of results and side effects. Meanwhile, Melissa Traeger from Nashville saw initial success with her weight loss journey on a GLP-1 medication, only for it to plateau despite ongoing treatment. These experiences underscore the complex and individualized nature of weight loss, where medications like Ozempic and Wegavy do not guarantee results for everyone. Pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly acknowledge the variability in responses, emphasizing the importance of managing expectations and exploring alternative therapies for those who do not respond to initial treatments. This situation reflects the broader challenges of treating obesity, a condition with diverse causes and responses to treatment. Now back to the show. This one here to me sounds like another one. I mean, I think we all, at this stage of the game, this being something relatively newer, I think it's only been around a year or two, maybe a little more, but I think we all kind of know somebody that's either done it or tried it or something. But I don't know, some of these, you know, we're talking about advancements in medicine and, you know, and different stuff that we're doing and treatment. I think this is one of them where they really need to get into whatever a person's DNA is. You know, I mean, rather than treating, you know, in a general way, you want it to be more tailored to a person's DNA. I mean, I don't know. Of course, I'm not a doctor, but just, you know, I just think that would be a better approach. Yeah, that could be a method they could probably do later on in the future. From what I'm gathering from what I heard in the numbers, it's 10% to 15%. That still leaves, what, 90% to 85% success rate. So it's a small group that is maybe not seeing success or plateaued. But sometimes people take medicines like this to lose weight, and they're like, okay, the medicine is going to make me lose weight. I can eat what I want. I don't have to exercise. And with this type of treatment, you need to start changing your eating habits or eat less. Start cutting your food in half because you want to lose weight. You can't continue intaking all these big old calories. And some side effects that people are having is that the hunger, you know, the appetite suppressant does not work for them no more. But there's still a large number of success stories. Also, I know that they've been classified, and now that, like, Manjaro, Wacobi, Sampic, and other drugs like that are starting to get classified to reduce strokes and heart attacks within patients. So they're finding multiple purposes for these drugs? Well, yeah, there are. And the drugs don't only work just suppressing your hunger. It keeps your sugar low, so your body needs to burn something. If it doesn't have a lot of sugar, what else is going to burn but the fat in your body? And I think that process of keeping your sugar low and burning more of your fat and getting it out of your body is the way you're losing drugs, not only by hunger suppression, but, you know, if you're not feeling hungry and you're not eating, I know a person that sometimes don't eat for days, you're going to need vitamins. You're going to have to take care of your health. Whatever you do, even with exercising, you need to take care of your health. You need to rest. Just like how you do some medicine like this. Before weight loss, you're going to need to get some vitamins. You need to take your water. If you're holding water, take all the relevant stuff. And for this type of treatment for the weight loss, you go once a month to your doctor. But if you are able to have all your data and turn it in and tell them, look, this is what I've been noticing. You could give more to your physician that can probably tailor the dosage or lower the dosage depending because, yes, people have had side effects with muscle cramps, headaches, diarrhea, nausea, and other factors like that. Just like how you take a high dose of, let's say, a painkiller-type drug and you feel woozy, this is the side effect you're going to get from any type of drug going within your system. So you have to expect. And for those that are maybe thinking or on something like that, if you're in a high dosage and you're feeling sick, and you tell your doctor to lower and he doesn't want to, you should maybe change doctors because the doctors will go off of what you are feeling because you know yourself better than anyone does. So just be aware. I know some people call it a miracle drug, but this could be healthy in the long run. Lowering your BMI, your body fat and stuff could prolong your life, even give you ease of life, you know. Well, it's amazing that, you know, I mean, since COVID, you know, people joke about, oh, I got my COVID cushion. It's pretty much during COVID everybody puts weight on, and now all of a sudden we come up with this so-called miracle drug, as you call it, to now help folks magically get the weight off, you know what I'm saying? I don't know. It's almost like it was, you know, planned that way. Well, the thing is when… Right. You never know nowadays. Yeah. Well, they were giving it to patients that had diabetes that were overweight, and they saw the significant weight loss, and that's when they started adjusting their formula supposedly. Who knows? They probably just shifted to the other side and said, this is what it is. I don't know. I don't know the backstory of that, but you do have to be aware of what you're taking. Consider things that your doctor probably didn't consider. You're getting nauseated, get some nausea pills. Tell them to prescribe those to you. You're having headaches, report that to the doctor, muscle cramps, you know. Also, you should be taking vitamins. You should ask your doctor, do you need vitamins? Can they prescribe any vitamins? Because having diarrhea and not taking food could get you dehydrated, because that's a sign of dehydration. Right. Yes. So if your body's flushing everything out, it's not soaking up any vitamins from your food. And if you're not intaking any food, where's it going to get the energy to run on? And cramps as well, dehydration. Yes. There you go. And that could be something to do. And some people, and I'm not saying all, some people might just think, this is the miracle drug. I don't have to do anything else. But I've been researching this stuff. I hear that you lose body fat, but you also lose slightly your bone density a little. I've been talking to someone that he said that he's starting to see his retention of water percentage going up. His muscle mass is increasing, but I know someone else that said it also reduces your muscle mass. So if you're going to be in a drug like this, have a smart skill that you could keep yourself in line and keep records to keep yourself on task on what you're trying to do. Have a goal also. Have a goal and set weight. Let's say, for example, if I ever got on anything like that, right, and they told me, you need to get to 120. People that know me, I'm a stocky dude. My bone structure is stocky. If I go down to 120, I'm going to look like a lollipop, big old head, you know what I mean? And looking like small body. I'm the same way. When I was younger, I was what? As tall as I am now, 162. I weighed 165 pounds, but I look like a walking clothes rack. I mean, just because I have such big bones, it's just, you know, like I said, all my man, my body weight is in my bones. And that's another issue, too. They want you to fall in with one category, one body type for a man or a woman. For a woman. And we have multiple body types. We have people that have small, thin bone structures. We've got people that have thick bone structures. We've got people that are tall. We've got people that are wider body sets. And that's how it is, you know what I mean? And they need to update that number. They really do. Those charts. Me at five foot, they say I should be under 100. Now, I'm just 120, but that's just not possible. I won't look right, you know, and I'm comfortable with what I weigh. You know, that's pretty good for somebody that's almost 60 years old. But the fact of the matter is, it's just not feasible to weigh less than 100. I'm going to look like I do crack. I hear you. I agree with you. I'm sorry, Carol. Again, I don't know. It's like they want us to be more on the lean side. Right. You know, I mean, I don't know. I mean, I remember they used to try to tell me that my perfect weight would be like between 195 and 210 or something like that, 215. I forget what kind of a gap in there it was. But I haven't been that small. Man, I can't remember when, you know. Well, losing some weight and keeping yourself in a low number, you don't have to go real low, but just to improve your health, cut back from the stress on your heart for carrying a lot of weight. It's one of the issues of overweight. Strokes and other things like that. I know they're starting to say this medicine is helping with that. But remember, folks, there's not enough studies yet for this type of use of this drug. Right. Now, Pedro, is this one similar to, I don't know if they advertise it out there, with Holly Pete Robinson and her husband who used to advertise these pills, what was it, Lutraderm or something similar to that, where you would lose body weight but fat but not muscle. Do you all know what I'm talking about? I think these little pills supposedly give you energy and stuff like that. I don't know if they gave you energy. I just know you were supposed to take them before a meal. Oh, okay. He's a football player. Yeah, I think I know what you're talking about, Carol. I think that Ozempic and Wugabi are different. Those are injections, right, Pedro? Yes, ma'am. Wugabi. All are injections. Okay, gotcha. Yeah, yeah. Wugabi. This is the one that they were talking about with the diabetes where there's got a lack of having these injections based on people using it to lose weight. Correct? Right. When it first came out, they were targeting people with diabetes. With diabetes, yeah. To help to get their weight under control, to try to get their sugar under control, and then they found that because of the weight loss, they said, okay, well, maybe we can, what they used to say with music, cross over. Right. Now they're crossing over into the weight loss market, which amazingly is a multi-billion-dollar-a-year market, so who wouldn't want to get into that market as well? Kind of like Viagra. It was said for heart. You understand what I'm saying? They crossed over because they realized. I never heard that one before, Carol. No, it's true, though. It's true. She's correct. She's correct. Yeah, she's right. Wow, I never knew that. Yes, sir. Correct. I read that, too. They were making it for the heart. For your heart. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And the side effect was. To help rectal dysfunction. Mm-hmm. That was the side effect that you were getting erect and stuff like that, so. Yes. Wow. Okay. Mm-hmm. All right, well. Yes, those are injections, but, you know, if you think about it in a capitalistic type of way, if you have a lot of people lose weight and keep them low from being obese and stuff like that, in the long run, the medical industry will save money. Eventually. Eventually, that's what's going to happen, and money will stay within the pocket. The people could be healthier, live longer, and may not even need medical help, like, you know, and take resources and stuff like that. I think it will give you more comfortable living and things like that within certain people. I know we do see these cable shows that are out there of persons that are, you know, that are obese and stuff like that. But, you know, I know we're coming to the end of the show. Any plans for today, guys, for Taco Tuesday? Actually, my grandson made burritos last night, so I guess it wouldn't be right to have tacos tonight, right? Burrito Mondays. Yeah. So, any comments before we get out of here, Bruce? Somebody named Leo Rivas said that they hello and love you, brother. So, thanks. That was Leo from Louie. Yeah, okay. Hi, guys. Hi to the commenters. I forgot to say hi. I hope you're having a great day. Yep, yep. We are. Love you guys. Thank you guys so much for commenting. And don't forget to subscribe to us on YouTube. And check out Custom Cane or You Cane Give's website because what they're doing over there is really important. Very, very important. Again, if you have a cane or whatever, you can go to the website and check them out. You can download a shipping label right there. Print out a shipping label right from his website. If not, just reach out to me at ed at blind united dot org and we'll make arrangements so you can ship to me. Either way, we want to help these folks. So, get these canes. So, Renee, we appreciate you having me with us this evening, this morning. I think she's still with us. I look forward to the Salisbury steak later. Mmm, yum, yum. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, anyway, with all that being said, I appreciate everybody. Again, cooking without looking. Cook along with Blind United at 3 p.m. this afternoon and a little bit later on tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific time. You can come in and learn how to do some job stuff. I'm going to talk about creating documents and folders and how to keep your stuff in order and organized. So, come on in and join us for that one. Oh, man, I'm totally going to be there because I do not know how to do that. So, thank you. Hey, y'all make the community tremendous. All right, well, on that note, we appreciate everybody, all the commenters, all the people joining us in the studio, all the people that will check us out a little bit later. Thank you very much, and we will see you folks on the next one. Have a great day. All right.