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Just found out about this show watching antenna tv, it’s funny as hell and the main cast has character to them. Love a good older sitcom

I had a kidney blockage from birth that was repaired back in 2019, then had a second stone in 2021. This time I started peeing blood, a pinkish hue, but no flank pain, this was Thursday.maybe a stiffness or pinch but that’s it. So I went to the er. For context I got kicked off my states Medicaid and once I did I stopped going to the doctor.

They gave me an ultrasound and couldn’t tell me if there was a kidney stone( every other time they were able to tell me) but they did tell me I have a swollen right kidney, and that it’s more than likely a stone. They were really pushing hard that I “ shouldn’t get a CT unless you’re in pain or feverish” Basically just referred me to the urologist and sent me home with flomax. It’s now going on Sunday and my pee seems to be clearing up.

Anyone else have an experience like this? Did I pass the stone without knowing after the amount of blood increased, and then now has been going back to normal? I wish I could’ve got some answers at the er…

If you go to the poverty finance subreddit you’ll see that I posted about me peeing blood, due to what is more than likely a kidney stone. The ER told me I have a swollen right kidney and more than likely a kidney stone. I had surgery for a kidney blockage back in 2019 when I was 18 still on Medicaid. The issue is is that I don’t even make alot of money.

My out of pocket is 10k. I literally make only 40k a year, and only days ago moved into a new apartment. I need to see a urologist, and maybe even a kidney specialist. I’ll probably need a catscan at some point. So what do I do? Am I going to go for broke? End up homeless and evicted because of medical bills? Ignore my health issue and let my kidney fail over time? I feel so defeated. America sucks.

Went to the ER for pissing blood…I’ve had kidney stones before and had surgery for a kidney blockage at 18 years old, but also had Medicaid before, now I have my own insurance, so I got to have all procedures done accordingly when I had Medicaid , if I was in serious pain or peeing blood, went to ER. Thought I was taking the right course of action.

This time I went and they didn’t tell me jack shit. Just told me my right kidney is swollen after an ultrasound, I more than likely have a stone, and sent me a referral to the urologist. I don’t know if I can pass it because they don’t know the size, or if I’ll need a surgery due to it being too large. A CT scan would’ve given me a clear answer but they didn’t feel it was necessary since I wasn’t in physical pain.

Felt like a fool. The kidney stone subreddit was like “ that’s what your primary care doctor is for!!” I haven’t been to the doctors in years. The way I grew up you only go to the doctor if you’re dying or are in serious need. I’m mostly ignorant on how the whole thing even works.

I just moved into a new apartment and was very excited and now I’m pretty crushed and feel defeated. Just wanted to vent to you guys

Kinda feel like I wasted my time. The last time I went to a urologist was after a UPJ obstruction surgery, I’ve had 2 stones before, and I went into the ER today peeing blood, but no flank pain or anything. They gave me an ultrasound but no CT scan. Said that since I’m not hurting and am not feverish I’m good in that sense.

They basically told me my kidney is slightly swollen, it’s more than likely a stone, but can’t tell me the size or anything and just referred me to a urologist, and prescribed me flowmax. I just feel like a fool for going in there and essential learning nothing.

It’s crazy to me that the exact same shows that were on antenna tv are the shows on currently..pawn stars, storage wars, etc. this was almost 15 years ago when I was watching as a young kid and we’ve still got the same stuff on!! I also genuinely liked some of the shows that were on a few years back, like night court and quantum leap.

A perk of growing up with antenna tv is that I was seeing shows I had never had exposure to before like Sanford and son, He-man, and that 70s show. It just sucks that it’s more shitty these days.

For reference I lived alone for 3 years from 2022-2025. I made a very low wage, working in the service industry, but lived in some old run down apartment, until it got bought and we all got forced out at the end of our leases essentially. Granted the place was infested with gnats almost year round and I ended up with mice pretty badly by the last year…

Mentally and emotionally I was just broken. Growing up in poverty and with non supportive addictive parents took its toll and I took on addictions myself. Since 2025 I kicked the major one, and am over a month clean from weed! Some good stuff.

Got a studio apartment today that’s dated, still 5x better looking then my original place, in a slighty rougher area but it’s a side of town I’m family with, has mostly good reviews, all the bad ones are atleast 2+ years old, and the grounds look decent, most tenants look older or like average 20 something’s like me. Cleaned and disinfected the whole place today, I only saw spiders. But I’m still weary of there being some kind of pest issue. I think my past experience is making me weary because otherwise I’d be excited right now. Im just the kind person where it takes awhile for me to feel “safe”, im just hoping that this time it’s different and I can thrive here. Anyone else get these kind of feelings when first moving?

Wanna get a pacers flag for my new apartment, where can I get one closer to downtown?

I don’t make all that much money and I still make a point to travel. I have my hooptie with no ac or radio, but it’s very good on gas. Hiking is the perfect poor man’s hobby. You can spend anywhere from 2-8 hours walking in nature, learning history about said place you’re at, and just spend money on snacks and food to bring with you. I also take daily walks in my city , which helps my mind from being foggy or negative. You also see buildings you never noticed or that peak your interest.

Going to museums is also very low cost. Every single one I’ve been to have been $20 or less. Many of them are free. It’s like a little refresher for the brain, and helps you learn more and see fascinating things.

I live in a central location in the Midwest so I have a ton of cities within 4-5 hours of me. I’ll leave anywhere from 5-7 am, and once I’m in town, I’ve got all day to do what I want. I don’t eat out typically, and I try to find free parking as well. I try and make gas my biggest expense.

I’m a single guy in my mid 20s and I don’t want to make excuses for why I can’t get out there and travel, and see the world even if it’s not far from home. When I was a kid we didn’t do shittt, barely went anywhere, so I’m pretty easy to please in that sense. I’ve seen sand dunes and beaches in my home state, gorges and rocks that are millions of years old, climbed up hundreds of feet and looked at the beautiful landscape. I’ve learned the history of small towns, universities, and the people that occupy these places. I’m just posting this to tell you guys it’s possible for you too.

Anytime I see them, I get filled with disgust. There’s one right by Christan park on the east side at a roundabout, can’t remember the street name. They have it flying high in the sky sending their ignorant ass message. I can also say the same for the blue lives flags and shirts I see, but those people are the cop outs who want to flaunt their racism, but hide behind some kind of facade.

Indiana was always apart of the union, period. And the most fucked up part is that it’s usually poor whites who display this flag. If you read your history, the same institutions that discriminated and put down Black Americans for hundreds of years, were the same ones that put down the poor white man. The same oppression made it harder for poor whites as well, but they’re so caught up in this manufactured hate, so caught up in their self loathing, that they just point the finger at their fellow human beings, that have never done anything to them. It’s another system of control that was rooted hundreds of years ago. I come from a poor white family and the hate is disgusting, because if you took the time to go outside, stop listening to dumb fucks and experience life, you’d see we are all one.

I love this city’s diversity and I wouldn’t want it any other way. God bless you my fellow Hoosiers

I’m about to get my own place again and I feel like it would be the best time to try and get ahead a bit. I was thinking of working a second job in the morning since I work 11pm-7am..just kinda stooped on what I’d do. I’d prefer to work 4 hour shifts, 2 days out of the week, 3 max. I could work nights on my days off too but I feel like that would be harder to do. Anyone got some ideas?

This is a minor complaint…but the 12 dollar beers at gainbridge make you want to stay sober. I mean it’s just straight price gouging, the one beer I buy shouldn’t have to seem like I’m getting it for a status symbol.

After reading more into the dynamics of dysfunctional families, the scapegoat, and so on, I realized I was the only one with the courage to get away from the situation and people, being the family scapegoat for a very long time due to things such as voicing my opinion, not standing for racism and bigotry around me, and so on.

I have cousins who seem to be good people, despite me not knowing them on a personal level, but they’re still in the depths of the dysfunction that the older generation brings on. And I’ve seen it cultivate in them getting in bad relationships, trying to save face and keep the happy family image, etc.

Is it fear? Is it going with the status quo, because independence is foreign to them? Just looking for your guys opinions.

I’ve only watched season 1…but holy shit..does this show not resonate deeply with anyone else??

Thorfinn was thrown into that life, into chaos from a young age. I’m looking forward to seeing his redemption Arc.

I’ve been thinking about it since I was a kid, and this is what I’ve come up with

1. Some kind of Star Wars space ship, empire style. I will not elaborate further.

2. A massive LEGO skyscraper

If you ever live with the people while you’re in nightshift, they can’t seem to grasp your schedule. They never know the days you’re off, and don’t understand that you can easily go 2-3 days without seeing someone if you work nights.

I like to take a daily walk, shop, etc, right after I get off at 7. So that means I don’t get home until like 9-10 AM. Then I usually go to bed like noon-1 ish So if you work dayshift, I can totally miss you because I’m basically just waking up and going straight to work. The common person can’t comprehend nightshift schedules man…

To keep this very short, I decided towards the end of May that I need to cut out weed from my life. I probably have PTSD, never diagnosed but I grew up with a very hard life. Here’s the list of things that have happened since then:

Got kicked out of my house by a racist and bigoted family member that would bring up controversial things around me, go through my stuff in my room, and move around my personal belongings in the shower, food pantry for no reason. My family is dysfunctional as fuck

Left a siblings house after a few days they were treating me like shit, assumed the worst of me, and me trying to be nice I sent them a few hundred dollars to help around the house, they refused to give it back and then texted me that boohoo, life sucks.

Moved into an apartment, was super excited, found roaches the first night. Vacated the apartment and had to throw away some personal belongings due to it.

Have been lashing out by being mistrusting of my coworker friend that has helped me tons, by being critical of what she says and just overall pushing her away.

This is all just in the month of June. I want to buy a weed pen as a short term relief, then be completely done after that. I hate to see myself falling apart like I am right now. Mentally, I can think more clearly and I’m better socially, but emotionally I am a total fucking mess. I quit for 3 months last year and it was smooth sailing, likely because I wasn’t dealing with all this shit.

Made a decision to quit cold turkey over a month ago. I quit for 3 months last year so I thought it would be smooth sailing. I have been smoking since 15, experienced a ton of abuse and neglect growing up, and grew up in poverty. Here’s a list of things that have happened since I quit:

Got kicked out of my place for standing up to a racist, bigoted family member in the household that would willingly and knowingly bring up controversial stuff around me, move my personal items around in the shower and food cabinet with no rhyme or reason, go through my room, and was just a dickhead for no good reason. I have a very dysfunctional family.

Then went to a siblings house for a couple days, and after being treated like a dog by them, I decided I was leaving. I sent them 500 dollars early to help out and be nice, and they refused to give me my money back, texting me “boohoo, life sucks.”

Then I moved into an apartment, great news, but then I found out it was roach infested the first night. I threw out a couple of personal belongings due to this and am out some money.

I’ve also been more confrontational, angry, and pissy overall since and can tell I’ve been being too much to a close friend that has helped me very much.

Like what the fuck? I just had an avalanche of things happen to me. I’m thinking of buying a weed vape and just hitting it a couple times, when I’m really stressed, because my mind has been spinning. I feel like I’m doing more harm than good.

The long term goal is to quit but with everything I have going on, if I can limit myself to a few puffs a day until these things smooth out, I don’t see the harm in it, especially if it’s for my sanity. If the circumstances weren’t so dire I would stick it out just like I did for the 3 months last year. I feel way more clear minded, and it’s easier to gather my thoughts, but my emotional and mental is wrecked currently. Just looking for advice, thank you all