#surgery in general will be a pain

[levangel]

not me tracking out an entire plan to finish my transition before this time next year

[carchariascarcharodon]

thinking about . ellen the night after the three set out on the orca. the last time she's mentioned in the film is after quint brushes her off over the radio, when he says that brody's just caught some fish and that they'll "bring 'em around for dinner" (specifically that they "won't be long"). but then. evidently they don't go back for dinner - they just stay overnight on the boat. that's.. potentially hours and hours without knowing if her husband is ok or even alive. did brody call her that night to let her know. she's so, so scared when he leaves. she runs off in tears. did brody call her that night to let her know he was ok i need to know :(((

[thethingything]

trying to work out how much pain is normal after having teeth removed because like, we're in less pain than before the surgery, but we are in pain and weirdly the pain was mildest the day after the surgery and then started bothering us more the day after that.

our gums have felt noticeably better each day, but the pain is mostly in our jaw and that pain has been relatively consistent since day 3, and it's kind of like a dull ache in the bone. kind of a combination between migraine pain (but just in our jaw) and feeling like I've been punched in the face. it's mostly on the left side where they pulled out the molar that the dentist tried to remove in May but couldn't because it was too sensitive.

idk if it's just because the roots on that one were really deep and had like, an awkward curved shape and were apparently very close to the nerve, but it does keep making me paranoid that something's wrong even though I know logically your jaw is in fact going to be painful after having a tooth pulled out and we were expecting more pain than this and seem to have gotten relatively lucky with it

[victoryrifle]

mess mess mess

[wereh0gz]

Is my discomfort with my boobs gender dysphoria, body dysmorphia, or just a general discomfort with the sensations of having a human body that comes with possible neurodivergency

[hikeyzz]

a distant friend from college asked about the recovery for getting your tonsils taken out. how do i say "it was the worst scariest most horrible recovery period ever" without totally freaking them out??? bc like they'll probably have a normal experience. i literally had the worst case scenario happen but it's extremely unlikely to happen for them. like the odds are literally less than 5%. but also how do i give advice for the average recovery when mine wasn't??? do i even tell them how bad mine was just to prepare them?? idk man

[aloeverawrites]

Part of making a vegan world is making a world with enough social systems in place to support all humans. It’s just not going to happen without it and a world that doesn’t support its human community, especially its disabled communities, isn’t a just one either.

There are people with food intolerances who would like to have a plant based diet but would need an elaborate food preparation routine in order to do that safely. I know people who are spending that time and money everyday which is extremely impressive but it really shouldn’t be necessary. Ideally there should be government funding towards restaurants, programs or government paid at home chef’s to cater to these needs.

Same with pollution, it would be nice to reduce the amount of plastic people use but the person who has chronic fatigue or chronic pain might need to be able to buy a pack of microwaveable food and have dinner done in two minutes rather then twenty. Or have a chef on call to prepare them what they would want at no cost. Or maybe they could prepare it themselves if insurance had bought them the wheelchair and treatment they needed, giving them more low pain days.

I’m just saying people are all different so we’re going to need a lot of different ways to achieve that goal. Veganism that includes ableism is less than worthless and it’s not going to be effective. What’s practical and possible for one person isn’t for another person and we have to put time and resources into giving everyone as many options as possible.

[digzmania]

Aetna intentionally denied multiple pre-authorization requests for my upcoming surgery with the SOLITARY purpose of delaying it until it was too late to schedule a surgery date in 2024. I was scheduled to have the 3rd of 3 surgeries on 27 NOV 2024. My remaining Out of Pocket MAX for the 2024 year is down to $509, and Aetna wanted to be able to put more of the financial burden (Deductible and reset out of pocket ax) back onto me. My doctor submitted pre-authorization requests on 30 OCT 24, 08 NOV 24, and 12 NOV 24. Each time, Aetna came up with a new and unethical reason to deny or delay their approval. On two separate occasions, AETNA cancelled the requests internally, and outright lied as they tried to claim that my doctor's office had withdrawn the requests. Only when pressed in a three way call with Aetna and my Doctor's Scheduler on the phone did they admit that teh cancelled requests were their doing. Then they asked for a new request submission, claiming that it was not a "Denial of Service." Next, they denied service stating that my doctor and surgical center were "Out of Network." not only are both "IN NETWORK," both are considered Tier 1 Preferred by Aetna, as stated on Aetna's own website provider listing. After more than a month of phone calls, clarification requests, cancelations, re-submitted requests, transfers to various Aetna Departments, my request was finally approved on 06 dEC 2024... AFTER my originally scheduled date had past, and ONLY AFTER Aetna fully realized that it would be too late to schedule a surgery date by 31 DEC2024, at which time all deductibles and fees due from me reset all over again.

At no time were any of these delays out of a concern for my health, wellbeing, or safety. Aetna had one goal at purpose... delay, deny, depose for the purpose of saving Aetna money and costing me thousands $,$$$. I'll not even go into all of the details about denial of service for procedures already performed... like authorizing cervical fusion surgery and paying for the fusion plates, but denying payment for the screws used to fasten the plates in place...

[r7inyz]

getting an mri tomorrow (i have being waiting a year for this)

[liuisi]

anatomy was honestly the worst class ive taken in uni to date because the teacher would spend at least 30 minutes every class bragging about himself

[that-was-anticlimactic]

i feel a wisdom tooth coming in. i am terrified. i am genuinely so scared of getting them removed😭 and i’ve been procrastinating bc it scares me so much😭

[humblefryingpan]

I've cried 4 times today over the same thing and like every single time I am alone in a room I start sobbing

I'm tired so I put my phone down but istg the second I put it down I started thinking ab it and nearly started crying again and had to get it back on

[lesbianlaura]

oh wow the endometriosis post-op pain is. especially bad today

[guinevereslancelot]

why do i feel weirdly guilty for taking a day off of work to have necessary surgery 🤡

[thethingything]

also shoutout to the hospital for sending us a bunch of PDFs with information about preparing for surgery and what to expect, except the information was all generic stuff where most of it does't actually apply to wisdom tooth removal, so I had a huge panic attack where I nearly threw up because a bunch of the stuff mentioned in there is extremely triggering for us, only to then find out that stuff literally doesn't apply anyway, but now I feel like I have even less of an idea of what to actually expect because it's so hard to figure out which information does apply

[inwiste]

I was trying to avoid taking Tylenol but I might have to… abdominal pain is getting real bad here