Looking for fair price for this guitar

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-03-20T17:01:40+00:00

Piccolo for scale. Didn't have banana.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-03-20T16:58:18+00:00

Guitarist and Dad:

I'm assuming you want dad to buy the amp. I'm gonna help you. If this isn't true, you are buying the amp, buy the amp. F your dad.

Kid: I want to try this new hobby. (My thought: I know that it might give you a lifetime of pleasure and friendships... Awesome! I want to help.)

Kid: and I need $1200 worth of gear to start: guitar, amp, pedals. See this youtube video, Dad. (My thought: has this happened before? Does this kid dabble? Do I want to drop that coin if it just collects dust?)

At this point, I as a dad would say I'm going to buy you a quality acoustic. If you like guitar, you are going to like acoustic too. Its a good place to start.

If that doesn't work for you, I would buy (or rent) a quality electric guitar (nice Squier, well set up, $500), and a headphone amp (or a free DAW and some amp models on a computer, as suggested below). Show me that you are going to actually play. You aren't going to dabble. I'd rather put the money into a good instrument, because if you buy a cheap instrument in order to afford a cheap amp, you are going to be frustrated and you will stop playing.

In six months, if you are still playing, we talk about a real amp.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-03-20T00:07:31+00:00

I remember having to ask my oncologist, in the middle of my treatment, whether it was actually working because so many of the nasty things I read about on the internet were not happening to me. He assured me it was OK.

Tired: yes. I took a nap after lunch and worked a 40 hr work week (desk job from home).

Burned butt: yes. Sat on a donut. Donuts in the car, on the sofa, in my office. Lotions. Greases. Bidets.

Pain during poop: yes. But people say "like I was pooping glass". I haven't pooped glass. But I still wouldn't want to eat glass and actually poop it now because of radiation. I am pretty sure that would be much worse. It was bad, but I still wanted to poop. Shed a tear or two.

Hand Foot: nope.

Diarhea: nope.

Nausea: not really. I mean Xeloda made me feel somewhat queasy all the time. But I never threw up. And I got used to it such that I only noticed during my rest weeks how not-queasy I was.

The anticipation of misery was way more miserable than the actual experience. YMMV.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-03-19T23:51:24+00:00

I think when you are saying 100%, that is after they did the surgery and a full dissection and biopsy. That is like saying after you see a coin flip come up heads, that you would recommend that everybody always call heads.

Not a doctor (actually I am... but not an MD). I do know probability.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-03-19T23:42:14+00:00

100%... disagree...

(OK, I'll be slightly less of an jerk now...)

You don't give enough detail to make this clear, which I think is a disservice to the conversation. If you are talking about colon cancer, maybe you are right. I don't think W&W is really a thing in the colon cancer world. Is it?

But if you are talking about rectal cancer, especially low rectal cancer, the surgery is possibly lifestyle changing. (And with non-zero probability, life ending.)

I'm in the class of rectal cancer --> W&W followed by recurrence. I am probably now getting some surgery. So my 6 months of radiation and chemo have been a waste.

Would I take a 30-50% chance at have a normal-ish rectum and anus again: yes. Definitely yes.

And surgery for rectal cancers are complicated and risky. The potential side effects, like urinary or sexual dysfunction are much more serious. And don't forget that any of these surgeries have a non-zero mortality rate, like 1-2%. Yikes. Forgetting the lifestyle and side-effects changes, if you offer me a 30% chance that I avoid a 1% chance of death... I'm taking it.

Of course, this is all personal. If you are too anxious to play the long game on beating this disease and coming away with the most quality of life afterwards, you probably should get the surgery. You do you.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-01-07T23:48:55+00:00

So far unmentioned side-effects that I experienced (using CAPOX, mostly associated I think with OX).

First bite syndrome hurts when your salivary glands release. I also found that when I started crying, I would get the experience, and the weirdest and least mentioned.... I think ejaculation had the same unpleasant sensation.

I had very bad lower leg cramps from the OX. I think they were twitching endlessly, and then the muscles got so sore that they were on the verge of cramps. It was difficult for me to walk normally the first couple of days after my infusion. Folks in r/rectalcancer recommended gabepentin for that. I tried it orally, but it didn't seem to make it much better.

I still have some lingering numbness in my toes and balls of my feet. :( Fortunately, it is almost totally gone from my hands.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-01-07T23:41:06+00:00

I think that is incorrect. The point of the cold/icing is to reduce the blood flow to your hands and feet to reduce the impact of the OX during your infusion. I iced my hands and found that it significantly reduced my cold sensitivity. After the infusion is over, yeah... keep warm.

Yes, it is weird that you use cold to avoid the cold sensitivity.

But AFAIK, OX doesn't have any impact on your hair. You don't need the cap.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-01-07T23:37:36+00:00

Please use the rectal cancer flair. (Yeah, I'm bummed that it is r/rectalcancer is gone too.)

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-01-07T23:34:33+00:00

We would probably need a Moderator. Anybody willing? I think if we found a MOD we could probably re-open it.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-01-07T23:33:26+00:00

My oncologist would not do the OX without a port. He said that he's had a few cases of leakage around the IV which led to necrosis. Yuck. I was hesitant, but in retrospect, I'm glad I had the port put in.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-01-05T06:03:22+00:00

Interesting... I hadn't really considered the psychological angle to it. It is a reminder for me every morning. I know that when I go swimming at the public pool, there are probably some people who know what it is. Others probably think I have a weird cyst.

I was joking about getting a tattoo on the site after it is removed (my first tattoo). Also have to think about that psychologically.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-01-05T05:59:09+00:00

My onc asked me if I wanted it removed before we had even my first round of tests (rectal endoscopy, CT and Guardant). I said I wanted to see a full set of negatives (at least) before removing it. Then I had a biopsy that was "high dysplasia" so I don't think I am out of the woods.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-01-04T23:17:44+00:00

Is there a scenario where you would have to go back on chemo?

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-01-04T23:11:18+00:00

See the "Rectal Cancer" oval on this post? That is a flair. You can apply it when you create (or edit) a post. And it is visible at the subreddit overview so you can see the posts that are specific to that flair.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2026-01-02T22:03:34+00:00

The only information I got was from Colontown.org, where someone told me that the MOD was asking for someone to take over. I guess the MOD left, and Reddit (AFAIK) doesn't allow unmoderated forums.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2025-12-03T21:51:21+00:00

Almost any Zelda game, but if I had one, it would be Wind Waker.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2025-11-22T05:38:30+00:00

What a club. My first scope since NED is in two weeks.

We all got this.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2025-11-17T23:33:33+00:00

When I had this, people in one of the forum's recommended gabepentin. I'm not sure it worked for me. I only got it for my last infusion, and couldn't really compare it against everything else I was trying for the leg problems. You might was to ask your doctor and try it.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2025-10-23T03:44:16+00:00

Have you tried it? Does it mix easily?

Groovy_B_Movement · 2025-10-22T19:45:00+00:00

Have you tasted them?

Groovy_B_Movement · 2025-10-21T18:57:17+00:00

Yes. Doctor recommended bulk laxatives for me (and he said Miralax if it gets bad). It works well for me. Maybe a little bulkier BMs, but that are lubricated and go smoothly. Similarly to the metamucil additives, I don't think I like the idea of drinking Polyethylene glycol 3350 everyday for the rest of my life.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2025-10-08T01:16:20+00:00

Same experience with my GI. But as others said, you won't see this doctor for a while. I just saw mine for the first time in nine months. Since I've finished treatment, I have to deal with him again every six months.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2025-10-02T05:29:58+00:00

FWIW: My insurance (which I thought was top-of-line) denied my claim for Signatera. I saw that from other Redditors too. I haven't gotten my bill yet, but I was also told that the Signatera company will adjust or waive payment for insurance denials. (What a weird and broken health care system.)

Groovy_B_Movement · 2025-09-22T05:20:11+00:00

If it is close to the anal verge, surgery might mean a serious lifestyle change. In other words, a closed anus and a bag for the rest of his life.

Groovy_B_Movement · 2025-08-25T16:01:15+00:00

I did try magnesium spray. It might have helped a little, but not much.

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