Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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Time to start drinking heavily.
/shittylifetip
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Any brand recommendations? I've been on the lookout since hearing about them here a year or so ago. It would be helpful if they were available online - I just had to go through Amazon to get a body pillow, because the only store that sells them locally (Walmart) only had ultra-plush, instead of anything firm.
Kati’s the one with RLS, not me. My problem staying awake at night is more “busy brain” and “this is the only ‘me’ time I ever get.” The one we decided on was this 12lb one, which has a decent weight and quality for the price point (and also came in a color that matched our decor). My only real complaint is that we are using it on a queen size bed, which means it is exactly the right size to cover the bed when nobody is in it, but since Kati also uses a body pillow for sleeping, the 60x80 is just a leeeetle bit too small to reliably cover all 3 of us.
—Patrick
I keep a spare within reach for those times I have a sleepover with a blanket hog.
I've never needed to provide cover for 3, though.
I am, of course, referring to the body pillow, though on the mornings when our son insists on trying to wriggle his way in, he usually ends up stealing the entire thing. I swear if we gave him a blanket made out of straight-up chain mail, he would squeesplode right on the spot.I've never needed to provide cover for 3, though.
—Patrick
Last night from my perspective:
Gf: I'm not feeling great. I wanna go back to your place
Me: ok. Here are my keys. I'll cover your uber back
Last night from her perspective:
Gf: I'm not feeling great. I'm gonna go outside for some air.
Me: ok. Here are my keys. I'll cover your uber back
She's not thrilled with me.
Gf: I'm not feeling great. I wanna go back to your place
Me: ok. Here are my keys. I'll cover your uber back
Last night from her perspective:
Gf: I'm not feeling great. I'm gonna go outside for some air.
Me: ok. Here are my keys. I'll cover your uber back
She's not thrilled with me.
Dave
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My wife was gone all weekend. I like spicy food and never get any because she can't handle it. So Saturday I had spicy chicken koorma. Sunday I had the rest of what I couldn't eat Saturday and I topped it off with burgers that were marinaded with a kick. Today I had Mexican. My body is starting to remind me that I'm no longer 20.
I haven't pooped this much since my colonoscopy prep. Time to eat some pudding for dinner.
I haven't pooped this much since my colonoscopy prep. Time to eat some pudding for dinner.
My Mom was a Nurse for ~50 years, and she worked in a Gastrointestinal unit for part of that time. Apparently in case of "emergency" (a relative term in this case) there's something they give you in the hospital that will have you cleaned out in an hour or two (maybe less, this is an old memory). And it's NOT pleasant. You ARE on the pot (or bedpan, FUN!) that whole time.
What you went through sounds fine. I'm glad it was fine.
My prep was to mix up 2x64oz pitchers each with 32oz water and 32oz Gatorade Frost Glacier Cherry spiked with MiraLAX, and to go through those while taking a few Dulcolax. My experience was similar to @Dave ‘s, (very anticlimactic) except that my mix actually tasted delicious, and there was nowhere near as much farting afterwards.
—Patrick
—Patrick
So, my first colonoscopy was a tad different. This was something like 25 years ago, so ymmv.
1. I got this gallon of stuff. It wasn't Golytely. It didn't taste like anything. But it had a weird thick mouthfeel and my body insisted that it wasn't food and that I shouldn't swallow it. That made things difficult.
2. The shits it gave me were wet and explosive. And by the time I had done the half-dozenth shit, my ass was raw from wiping. And yes, I was 'patting' and not 'wiping' (upon advice of the doctor). Didn't help. I kept telling my wife "I refuse to drink another glass of that fucking bullshit" every time I was on the toilet. But drink it I did, until it was all gone. I really really sympathized with Dumbledore in that one Harry Potter movie.
3. I had to drink it all in one evening, not spread out over 2 evenings. I was shitting for hours and hours.
4. They warned me that the flavoring packets sucked, so to use a powdered flavor you liked. To this day,I can no longer drink peach tea.
5. I cannot be twilighted. So I got to have a conversation with my doctor about the stuff we saw on camera while he was rooting around in my ass with the tube. Even then, it wasn't painful. Just a bit indelicate and undignified. Incidentally, taking a tube in the ass awake is much better than a gastroscopy awake: where they shove a tube down your throat. It's not the same tube. Lord, I hope it's not the same tube.
GasBandit
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I bet that made Batman vs Superman even more unpleasant for you than the rest of us.
The first time I had a stomach scope, i was not sufficiently twilighted and they didn’t freeze my throat enough and I had trouble with the scope. Screaming and me and holding me down did not help.
The second time I explained the first time and I remember nothing after the freezing spray. And that they were generous with it as I was frozen all day.
Note to team 1: screaming at someone to relax does not relax them.
The second time I explained the first time and I remember nothing after the freezing spray. And that they were generous with it as I was frozen all day.
Note to team 1: screaming at someone to relax does not relax them.
I had a scope back in September. I don't remember anything regarding the surgery starting the moment they put me under, aside from a desperate fight to stay awake. Like... it literally felt like fighting; I woke up exhausted, like I had gotten the shit kicked out of me. All I remember was feeling like I was clawing at colors.
yeah, the gastroscopy nurse didn't believe me when I told her I couldn't be twilighted. So after the procedure, I told her I was awake the whole time, and puts her hand on her hip and says all sarcastically "oh yeah? What do you remember?"
"You screaming 'breath through your nose' while holding my head down."
Her eyes fly wide open and she goes "Oh shit"
A buddy of mine was not paying attention during the consultation. And drank all the go juice as fast as possible.
According to him, it was not wise.
He thinks he crapped stuff his neighbor ate the last Thanksgiving.
Are you taking them with a meal or alone?
GasBandit
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Usually with a protein shake. I hadn't had problems this way before, and I seem to be ok doing so now again. It just seemed that briefly it started nauseating me, so I skipped a few days, and now I seem to be OK again.
I just had to put my cat to sleep. We had her for seventeen years, which is the longest I've ever had a pet.
I'm completely ruined right now.
I'm completely ruined right now.
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Thanks for moving this. Not thinking straight right now.
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I put a nail through my finger that way. Luckily it was a 11/4 finishing nail and not a roofing nail. Still, it hurt like a bastard. I was working at a cabinet shop at the time, and glad that's the worst that happened to me. There was a lady that split her thumb in two using a pneumatic hold-fast.
It's been more than a decade since my cat passed away. I still dream of him occasionally, wake up really sad.
GasBandit
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It's a very difficult decision, when you're sitting there groggy in the morning, looking at the bottles of pills you take every day, and you can't remember if you've taken them today yet or not. I mean, most of them are vitamins, so it wouldn't be so bad to double up by accident, but the stool softener gives me pause.
On the one hand, if I don't take it, bad things might happen. On the other hand, if I double up... bad things might happen.
On the one hand, if I don't take it, bad things might happen. On the other hand, if I double up... bad things might happen.
Dave
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This is your answer, Gas. Sorry to say it but you go in once a week and sort them and then take them by schedule. There are pillboxes you can get that are separated by both day and time.
edit: $7.
Amazon product
Take half of a pill.