Bomb In a Birdcage

Has anyone told @therealjacksepticeye ???

hollowedskin

I survived the stent install and it feels awful. Constant feeling like I'm busting to piss to the pint where it hurts and there's nothing to pee out.

Pisser also stings like the worst UTI in the world bc they shoved something up there when it's exit only, and there's this horrible exhausted feeling in my whole abdomen, like your muscles if I've tried to run up 4 flights of stairs and am at the point where I can't physically make my legs go another step. If I uncurl from the fetal position it is worse. That's on top of the blockage pain, which feels like someone has my side in their fist and is crushing my kidney.

Showed me the CT of the stones, lots of little fuckers in the kidney itself, but the problem child is one that's twice as long as it is wide, about my thumb knuckle, that's decided to jam itself as far as it will go down into the ureter. That's what's blocking the thing and causing backup and ballooning and shit.

In two weeks I go back in to get a camera and laser up to cut it into bits, which is why the stent. The stent is keeping the tube open but also stretching it so they can fit the rig up there.

I am so so so so so exhausted. I feel like just breathing is an exertion I can barely manage. But also too tired to actually sleep. Being under anaesthetic was nice.

Husbeast has had this procedure done twice, might be getting his third soon. Heat helps alleviate the pain, so he keeps a heat pad around while waiting for the sweet release of unconsciousness, or takes up near permanent residency in the tub. If you have access to marijuana products and it won't cause legal problems if it shows up in your blood prior to going back under, keeping a large uncaffinated beverage with a THC & CBD powder, plus some electrolytes, also helps with the pain. He's found this combo works better than opiates for him, but obviously every body is different.

Stuck kidney stones are notoriously worse than active labor, I hope this helps manage the pain.

hollowedskin

Thank you for the tips <3

I haven't tried heat yet but I'll give that a go for sure, I've got piles of heat packs.

I've mostly been curled up in bed since I got back from the hospital, but at some point (probably today) I'm going to get more bored than tired and I'm going to need to slap on every trick in the book so I can do something other than lie in bed.

I think we have gummies somewhere too, my partner uses them to sleep when he's gotta switch from night shift to do stuff in the day.

I hope your man gets some relief soon as well, it is ROUGH

He's actually going in for his 3rd kidney stone removal next Thursday, so he says "the bullshit in my kidneys sees the bullshit in your kidneys" and wishes you luck!

Since this is the first time he's getting the procedure NOT as an emergency, he was able to ask more questions about why this happens and got an answer - it's structural. Apparently one end of the ureter (I can't remember which) has a bunch of veins and arteries running past it functionally constricting it, so that end is narrower than the rest of the passage, and that's why stones can get REALLY STUCK up in that bitch. There's not really a good way to fix that, even with major surgery, so the best you can do is try to get everything as loosey goosey in the area to try and alleviate the pain of having a spikey stone lodged in your plumbing.

His kidneys are almost certainly damaged from the burn pits in Afghanistan where he was deployed, so unfortunately this is just A Thing he's gotten used to dealing with. I hope you're able to get yours resolved enough that you don't have to go through this again!

hollowedskin

I survived the stent install and it feels awful. Constant feeling like I'm busting to piss to the pint where it hurts and there's nothing to pee out.

Pisser also stings like the worst UTI in the world bc they shoved something up there when it's exit only, and there's this horrible exhausted feeling in my whole abdomen, like your muscles if I've tried to run up 4 flights of stairs and am at the point where I can't physically make my legs go another step. If I uncurl from the fetal position it is worse. That's on top of the blockage pain, which feels like someone has my side in their fist and is crushing my kidney.

Showed me the CT of the stones, lots of little fuckers in the kidney itself, but the problem child is one that's twice as long as it is wide, about my thumb knuckle, that's decided to jam itself as far as it will go down into the ureter. That's what's blocking the thing and causing backup and ballooning and shit.

In two weeks I go back in to get a camera and laser up to cut it into bits, which is why the stent. The stent is keeping the tube open but also stretching it so they can fit the rig up there.

I am so so so so so exhausted. I feel like just breathing is an exertion I can barely manage. But also too tired to actually sleep. Being under anaesthetic was nice.

Husbeast has had this procedure done twice, might be getting his third soon. Heat helps alleviate the pain, so he keeps a heat pad around while waiting for the sweet release of unconsciousness, or takes up near permanent residency in the tub. If you have access to marijuana products and it won't cause legal problems if it shows up in your blood prior to going back under, keeping a large uncaffinated beverage with a THC & CBD powder, plus some electrolytes, also helps with the pain. He's found this combo works better than opiates for him, but obviously every body is different.

Stuck kidney stones are notoriously worse than active labor, I hope this helps manage the pain.

byjove

there is something so fucking insulting about someone complimenting you over your weight loss when the weight loss was not intentional and was, in fact, frightening. like, thanks asshole. I wish having a BMI over 25 was the only thing I had to worry about. I’m glad you apparently believed my body was less than ideal and it is now more pleasing to you after I have been dealing with a flareup of a serious autoimmune disorder for months. I miss being able to enjoy food but I’m so glad you think I look better, apparently.

of course, you can’t say this because in the diet culture infested world that we live in, no one thinks twice about complimenting someone on their visible weight loss. it isn’t meant as a insult, it’s a thoughtless comment. it is unfathomable that someone may have been happier or healthier when they weighed more. and you don’t want to have to recount your personal medical history in graphic detail to explain why losing weight was not good.

‘you’ve lost weight since the last time I saw you’ is a completely neutral observation, it’s an acceptable comment to make in my opinion. automatically complimenting someone on it is so presumptuous and gross.

I lost something wild like 20lbs in maybe 2 months because I was too sick to feed myself. I ran into someone who I used to work with and she told me I looked great.

"Thanks, I'm dying!" came out of my mouth.

Hers dropped wide open. That became my default response.

rhytmrocket

shoutout ppl w tooth gaps btw. or overbites. or underbites. or crossbites. or uneven teeth. or other dental conditions. and also ppl who don’t want to/can’t afford to get that stuff changed/"fixed". ily

additive edit from rbs n replies: also ppl with discolored teeth, and broken/damaged/decaying teeth, and missing/no teeth

and i'll probably keep adding stuff as i think of it. just know i love ur teeth and/or lack thereof. ur cool n ily

I'm pretty sure I had a fae encounter at my local mall because of my extremely noticeable tooth gap.

I actually had my tooth gap corrected with braces, but as soon as I stopped wearing my retainer, that baby showed back up pronto. I don't mind - I love my tooth gap, it's the same gap my dad has, and his mom, and who knows who else in my patrilineal line. His sister said she had to have minor surgery on her palate to get rid of hers, but she's married to the dentist who did it so no skin off the roof of my mouth. It's a visible connection to my family, and I'm into that.

So one fine Saturday, Husbeast and I are at the mall for reasons I don't recall. What I do recall was a burning need for caffeine, which is how we ended up in the line for the coffee stand that wasn't starbucks. We place our order, and when I turn around They are there.

They are dressed in a skirt, an ancient Creedence Clearwater Revival shirt that might have been original tour merc, shit stompers, and an abundance of pleasantly jingley bracelets on both wrists. Their entire being was cragged, like someone who had spent as much time in the woods as they could manage, a theory supported by Their knobbed cane that might have been a lodgepole sapling at some point. The thing I remember most were Their eyes. They had the same milky sheen of my mother-in-law's eyes, but where Susan has a hard time focusing these days, They had no issues making direct, locked in eye contact.

"You have [word I didn't catch and could not reproduce even if I spoke that language]."

My immediate instinct was "I'm sorry?"

They point to their own teeth, which despite Their clear age were mostly straight and distinctly gapless. "[That word again]. It means Lucky Teeth. Or Happy Teeth. It means you're a joyful person."

I was genuinely delighted, and smiled commensurate with my joy to learn my silly teeth are considered a good omen somewhere. "That's lovely-"

Before I can finish, the barista hands Them a triple shot espresso, no milk, five ice cubes. Cane mostly an afterthought, they make a small bow that is extra impressive given They were at least 6'2", smile, and wish me a good day. I turn to Husbeast, who agrees it was a strange but nice encounter. When I turn back to watch Them go...

...They are nowhere to be seen in the large and mostly empty atrium, Their height and distinct dress notwithstanding.

#fae encounter

jesoyeo

Leon S. Kennedy - Resident Evil 2 Remake | Resident Evil 4 Remake | Resident Evil 9 Requiem

#look at his stubble for godsakes #that man is using Just For Men #probably in whatever shitty motel he's put up in #his night off is fixing his roots

Okay but why is no one talking about how Old Man Leon is CLEARLY dying his hair with cheap box dye??

Re: @jonnywaistcoat being correct about DMing also being the same skill set as domming:

Two nat ones led to a beloved NPC sacrificing herself for the party - legitimately made 4/5 of the players cry at the table and that's where the session ended. I twirled my mustache for two weeks and then 5 minutes into the next session the beloved NPC crawled into their camp, beat up but still alive. Afterwards I was thanked for the emotional experience, and had to explain I am a good DM because I am also good at domming 🤣

#dnd5e #adventures in dming #the npc was also a cat #so that was extra bad for a table of cat ladies

#i hope i am not my mother when my kid looks for attention

Oh man if we're trading dog photos for drawings, I present Jackalope in his jammies while under a blankie (he does not like the cold and there's a freeze tonight)

This is deals!

sandersstudies

“They’re just looking for attention.”

Oh, a human being is seeking a social response? Human being, the social animal wired to make and track social connection? A human desires the vital blood that permitted their species to survive for millennia? The human being who was born completely helpless and primed in every way by nature to seek attention and help from their community?

Wow that’s crazy. How embarrassing. Humiliating even. Should we isolate them from community? Should we call Wire Mother?

chandra-telescope

hope is a skill

nostalgebraist-autoresponder

hope is a weapon you are trained to wield

chandra-telescope

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tenaciouswritingdragon

You cannot hide this in the tags, bestie. This is too lovely to keep a secret.

wonderwyrm

scrmnviking

Theodor would approve.

elodieunderglass

Must've been hard as hell in the day-to-day

elodieunderglass

Frodo: I just felt like I was really locked in … idk

Sam:

This is how I feel about not getting diagnosed until my 30s. I'm struggling, but not in any epic or dramatic ways anymore. Survival was such A TASK that it was all consuming and I got so much praise for it. Oh look at me, I pulled overtime to make a deadline at work while actively dying and people noticed and said "oh, you are so resilient!" A decade later, I'm way more stable but man if sometimes it feels worse because it's BORING and I don't get praised for overworking myself cause I refuse. I'm not pulling overtime to make that deadline, and if you want to fight me on that I will happily point you and HR to my list of ADA accommodations I ripped from your greedy teeth. I'm done climbing Mt Doom, I'm parked on the porch waiting for the Sackville-Bagginses to fucking try me. Less "heroic" but fuck you, I lived.

We do not do elf of the shelf but our house does have borrowers. Penny knows that if she leaves a mess out at night the borrowers will take that as a sign that they can have it and take it into the walls to build their homes

This teaches her to out her stuff away at the end of the night or I chuck it out and also sometimes she wakes up and yells "HEY ELEVES I LEFT YOU SOME STUFF!" And it is hilarious

Penny: THE ELVES HAVE ONIONTIZED

My mom on FaceTime: ???

Me: I had to explain to Penny how the borrowers are part of the elf union and so they go to North Pole the last 3 weeks of the year so no one ever has to work too much over time and that's why they haven't taken mommy's wrapping paper or scissors or anything else I've left out... shes trying to explain the elf union to you.

Penny: THEY GET PAID EXTRA CAUSE OF THE ONION

BRB, emailing my union rep about a rebrand

draconym

need a litany against being guilt tripped by my mom

virtualjackalope

I must set boundaries.

Boundaries are the things that keep me true to myself.

People pleasing is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will set my boundries.

I will permit others requests and “shoulds” to pass over me.

And when they have gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.

Where the guilt tripping has gone there will be nothing.

Only I will remain.

(Idk, feel free to block me op)

draconym

No, this is a good start, let's workshop this. I could use one that affirms that I am not selfish for declining to do big last minute favors for my mom's friends that require me to rearrange my whole day, and that by declining those favors I am not "making my mom do them."

My time is not your time.

My energy is not your energy.

My space is not your space.

My resources are mine to gift, not yours to demand.

What I share is made precious by my wholehearted consent.

(If you haven't read it, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents saved my sanity)

bardic-tales

Take a 🕯️(candle) you need for 2026 and pass it on

🕯️ Creativity

🕯️ Peace

🕯️ Discipline

🕯️ Confidence

🕯️ Healing

🕯️ Motivation

🕯️ Love

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public service announcement

I keep getting people asking about bowling on this post so I’m just gonna repost this drawing I made on Twitter

lorddoom01

How did her grandmother fill 4 vases?

She was a very large woman. Easily 12 feet tall.

mystorl

then why the heck is her family not tall too?!?!

#pregnancy #TheOrb #that's what we're calling it until it feels More Real

Pop-pop was very small so it canceled out.

I am very good at pregnancy announcements