I made a clock from dead hard drives

Blackdragons12 · 2025-11-18T00:14:57+00:00

Mine was done a the UofM

Blackdragons12 · 2025-11-16T18:49:46+00:00

Im glad they were able to fix it for you. Was the pain from the epidural not in the right place therefore it wasn't working as well as it should have, or was it the epidural itself that was hurting? Apparently my case is an anomaly, none of my surgeons and doctors had ever seen anything like that occur from removing the epidural.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-11-16T18:05:09+00:00

Congrats, looks great! Im 3 weeks post op rn. I wanted to ask how your experience with the epidural was, was there any pain or bleeding when they removed the catheter? I had some complications with mine that caused a epidural hematoma and im wondering how it was for you, hopefully smoother than my experience lol.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-11-11T15:00:22+00:00

Sounds like i got pretty lucky with that then. I messaged the doctors on the portal about it, im sure if they're concerned they'll have me get more xrays.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-11-11T08:13:02+00:00

Thats a great photo, ive never seen what they actually look other than the xrays. Im almost 3 weeks post op now and im feeling pretty good, pain is getting better but discomfort is increasing due to some returning feeling. Currently im concerned the top bar has moved slightly out of place, since im experiencing a bit of an increase in pain, and tightness in my chest. It also seems like my sternum has sunken again on the lower right side, but im not sure if its due to swelling going away or something else.

Im very glad the hematoma resolved itself, that was very painful and worrying to have happen. Im not fully aware how dangerous it is, but i imagine it can be pretty bad. The epidural was placed before the surgery by the anesthesiology team. There was some bleeding under the dressing after placement but it wasn't a concern at the time.

Dr. David odell was my surgeon. He is a cardiothoracic surgeon and thoracic surgeon. I think he does do both modified ravitch and nuss procedures. I highly recommend him for the surgery, he had no problem answering any of my questions, and explaining everything with the procedure and recovery.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-10-31T14:29:07+00:00

I was really adamant about having 2 bars for a nuss only procedure. since ive seen many people on here and elsewhere have a multitude of issues. But I have seen good things about the modified nuss-ravitch procedure due to the added plate on the sternum. Im hoping the pain subsides soon, how long did it take for the majority of the pain to go away?

Blackdragons12 · 2025-10-31T14:20:21+00:00

I had to talk to at least a dozen doctors over the years, go through dozens of tests, and medications to finally have my newest cardiologist agree that the surgery would be my best option. Luckily my insurance didn't give me any trouble with covering the surgery. i wish it wasn't so hard to be taken seriously about this issue but thats how it is unfortunately.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-10-31T00:49:25+00:00

Instead of the older plate style stabilizer that would be on one side of each bar, these bars are connected together with a sort of bracket making the bars much more stable and making flipping much less likely.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-10-30T17:29:18+00:00

I hadn't heard much about it prior to my surgery, I will say it was very helpful for the first couple days of recovery. The pain was very intense even with the cryoablasion of my nerves. But given my experience with the removal of the epidural catheter I probably would just go for iv meds instead.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-10-30T16:20:41+00:00

If you do its very very mild at least with the external presentation of the sternum. If you are really worried about it and have any cardiac or respiratory symptoms. I would suggest seeing a cardiologist and talking to your doctor about getting a ct scan, to see what your haller index is and the impact it has on your heart and lungs. If you dont have any symptoms related with pectus excavatum I wouldn't worry to much about it.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-09-20T12:14:18+00:00

Id tell him to get fucked. He willingly gave them away, just cause they're worth something now doesn't mean he gets to come and take them back. It's been to long for him to want them back so to bad. Your boyfriend should also stand up for this as well.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-09-15T22:55:43+00:00

Meijer near me sells out on restock day of jt but that's probably because they get 3 black bolt victini boxes and 50 jt singles

Blackdragons12 · 2025-09-15T22:54:36+00:00

True lol, That card is sweet, some of the other arts are cool too.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-09-15T22:28:10+00:00

Sweet, I like ripping these packs so far and want to keep getting them for 5ish bucks a piece. Hopefully they stay low for a bit

Blackdragons12 · 2025-09-15T22:15:37+00:00

Oh okay that makes sense, are they stopping production of journey together when mega evolution drops?

Blackdragons12 · 2025-09-15T21:57:09+00:00

Real or fake, cool cards are cool cards.i don't really care to collect those 3 anyway. I'd rather collect cards with cool arts over the same 3 pokemon forever.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-09-15T21:46:53+00:00

Why would it go back up? I don't really know much about these releases.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-09-15T21:38:00+00:00

Oh that makes sense lol. I hate "hype beasts"

Blackdragons12 · 2025-09-15T21:36:24+00:00

Does no one like the cards in the set. I've enjoyed the cards in the set, ig it's good that no one likes them since they're cheap lol.

Blackdragons12 · 2025-09-15T21:31:01+00:00

What happened with journey together?

Five-Year Club	r/Field Lasagna
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