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We had fun! My hubby called out of work so he could come with me! I was the dork who brought carrot sticks and carob candy to the movies. Hubs commented that they guys look old and I reminded him that we also are old lol.

I might be late to the ball but I have discovered through trial and error that you are 99% guaranteed to find any episode on PlutoTV if you search for it by name. What a time to be alive.

Denver looked like a blast last night. I’m seeing them in Kansas City tonight!

We started watching the PlutoTV app and this is my first time watching it on Rifftrax. Riffs are great and Kevin dressed as Admiral Wizard Santa is just the cherry on top.

Third year in a row. The grief is building. I guess I need to do something else. And pay for it without student loans since I have hit my max with Financial Aid and there's no way they'll give me anything. Very discouraged.

I did not make this, just found it. What do you think sirs?

https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/c65a9d6d-551b-41da-a760-20a647574f86

Anyone in this sub create this on the lego ideas site? I got bashed for posting a link to something before but I’ll share this one if it’s allowed.

Surgery went well. I stayed overnight in the hospital (normal protocol for my surgeon). I have only left the house maybe three times since the surgery. I’m waiting to get cleared to drive by my surgeon, I see him at the end of June. I just don’t feel comfortable, my city has the worst drivers and I’m a tense ball of stress driving when I’m not recovering from surgery!

Symptoms were mostly resolved the day after surgery. My 10/10 headache is gone. The numbness and tingling down both arms and hands only comes and goes, it’s positional and dependent on activity. Pre op 10/10, post 2/10. The all over body chills pre op 9/10, post op 2/10. Still experiencing 6/10-8/10 trapezius pain but that I also developed new 10/10 deltoid pain, left > right. I was in tears for days, even on oxycodone, until I requested muscle relaxers from my PA. It’s gotten a lot better, today my neck and shoulders hurt anywhere from 1/10-7/10 depending on position and activity.

I had a weird square shaped bruise on the top of my left shoulder blade with a tiny pinprick scab, probably from some sort of device holding me down during surgery? So in front and in back of that spot it was very tender and sore. The shoulder pain felt like I had torn my rotator cuff. Lots of ice and heat. Sleep was the hardest part, though. I couldn’t find any position that was comfortable for very long and the narcotics gave me weird, awful dreams. I stopped the meds about a week ago. I still wake up sore but today is the least amount of pain I have felt since surgery.

My incision healed quickly and the scar is barely noticeable, it’s lumpy because the deeper sutures haven’t dissolved yet. The PA uses a plastic surgery technique and it is crazy how good it looks considering I am a slow healer and scratches/scabs otherwise last forever on my skin. It felt like someone was constantly pressing into my trachea with their thumb but it’s gotten so much better since I got the suture removed.

I’m happy I had the surgery.

Editing to say that another post op symptom I have on my left are is generalized numbness. It started with just my thumb and pointer finger (which both have feeling again), then my bicep area (still no feeling) and both my right and left forearms near my elbows is also numb but not completely like my bicep is.

Assuming that some numbness and tingling will likely come and go and was told some things may be permanent.

Bright and early arrival at 6:30 am. Not super nervous, my friend has had the same surgery with the same surgeon. And I trust my surgeon completely, I just want it to be over with. Looking forward to feeling some pain relief and hopefully to be able to relax. My hubby is more nervous and worried than I am. He’s being super cranky and that is making me anxious. I am just trying not to think about it. I’ve had screws in my feet before but those eventually came out. This stuff is going to be existing inside of me forever. It’s just crazy to think about.

Things I hate about surgery in general is the IV. It’s always painful and awkward to deal with. Even more though, and I 100% know it’s necessary, is the 2 shower scrubbing madness. As someone with ADHD who loathes the showering process, having to stand in the shower with no water for two tortuous minutes is, well, tortuous. So many steps, so many minutes lol. I would prefer a decontamination shower before entering the theater.