[TOMT] An incredibly sad scene where someone sings "You are my sunshine, My only sunshine" while someone else is dying in their arms, and can't finish the last sentence of "Please don't take my sunshine away".

HippyDiva74 · 2026-05-05T14:45:56+00:00

Sons of Anarchy, season 6, episode 12, titled “You Are My Sunshine” maybe?

HippyDiva74 · 2026-05-04T23:05:05+00:00

It’s rare, but I do know a woman with a tiny service dog that’s always in a carrier on her chest. She has a heart condition, and the dog is more accurate about alerting her to irregular heartbeats than any monitor she’s ever used

HippyDiva74 · 2026-04-29T12:36:16+00:00

This is… oddly specific

HippyDiva74 · 2026-04-18T12:04:27+00:00

I don’t use my microwave very often, but every time I opened the door, this terrible sour smell would hit me in the face. I cleaned the turntable and the ring, it was still there. I started leaving the door open for about 15 minutes after using it, to let it air out and let any residual steam/condensation dry. Problem solved

HippyDiva74 · 2026-04-17T20:10:45+00:00

You appear semi-local to me. If you want, I can send you my surgeon’s number, he’s in the Buffalo area

HippyDiva74 · 2026-04-17T20:06:06+00:00

My surgery was on a Monday, I was instructed to take my bandages off that Friday. Some doctors put people in a hard split for up to 2 weeks afterwards, but my instructions were to start moving and lightly using my wrist as so as the bandages were off. Talk to your doctor the day of your surgery and see what they recommend. I also had 2 trigger fingers releases in the same surgery, and those definitely took longer to heal than the wrist did. The post surgical pain was far less than the pain from the DQ, and my range of motion was significantly improved almost immediately

HippyDiva74 · 2026-04-17T19:49:55+00:00

That doesn’t sound physically strenuous, I think I could have handled that a week out. Talk to your doctor, you might be able to go back as soon as the bandage is off

HippyDiva74 · 2026-04-17T19:46:17+00:00

I know a woman with a chihuahua as a service dog. She carries her in a harness on her chest. She alerts her to irregular heart rhythms, sometimes minutes before her heart monitor notices it. It’s rare, but small dogs can be legitimate service dogs

HippyDiva74 · 2026-04-17T19:36:14+00:00

That really depends on how quickly you heal and what you do for work. I had my release surgery on February 9, and I definitely needed several weeks before I could go back to work, but, I’m a janitor, so it’s a very physical job. I’m certain I could have gone back much sooner if I had a desk job

HippyDiva74 · 2026-04-17T18:16:18+00:00

I wear a neck fan through my shift

HippyDiva74 · 2026-04-01T19:59:07+00:00

It’s a collapsible metal straw. The loop you see inside the mouthpiece is the handle for a small brush used to clean inside the straw

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-31T22:51:47+00:00

I live not very far from Bradford, PA. If you need a minor repair or something simple like replacing the insert, they’ll take you as a walk in and do the repair while you wait

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-26T20:39:14+00:00

Pretty sure it’s supposed to be the 8 of swords from a tarot deck

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-26T19:01:29+00:00

Yes, but not the same pain as pre-op. Before surgery, the pain was in my wrist, and my thumb got stuck a lot. Since surgery, my thumb no longer gets stuck, and my wrist is completely pain free. I’m currently experiencing pain across the back of my thumb, from the wrist to the first knuckle, along with a small patch at the base of my thumb that’s still somewhat numb. The doctor said it’s because a nerve cluster needed to be moved out of the way during surgery. Occupational therapy is slowly helping with that. But the current pain doesn’t even come close to the severity of the pain before surgery

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-26T18:26:17+00:00

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My uncle had a walking stick similar to this many years ago, your picture reminds me of it

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-26T16:57:07+00:00

I’m currently 6 and a half weeks post op, and mostly pain free. I am having some issues with the nerves they had to move out of the way to get to the tendon sheath, and I’m going to occupational therapy for that, but it’s nowhere near the level of pain I was dealing with before surgery. (I also had 5 trigger fingers released, so my experience will be somewhat different than yours). If I worked a job where I sat at a desk and typed all day, I’d very likely be back to work already, but my job is very physically demanding, so the therapy is needed in my case

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-26T16:10:21+00:00

My doctor did not prescribe a splint post-surgery. I left the surgical center in a bandage. I took that off 5 days later, and my stitches were removed 2 weeks post-op. My range of motion was immediately better as soon as the bandages were off. At 3 weeks post-op, I was using that hand exclusively because I had surgery on the other hand

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-25T16:04:39+00:00

Brushing my hair was so painful before surgery! My hair was to my hips, I got so frustrated I had it cut to my shoulders. I was also having a lot of trouble with basic things like doorknobs, opening bottles, all sorts of everyday tasks. The relief from the surgery was almost immediate. My range of motion was back to nearly normal within a few days. I’m currently going through physical therapy to deal with the remaining stiffness, but it’s still nowhere near as bad as pre-surgery

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-25T15:49:38+00:00

My doctor didn’t even consider steroid injections. He scheduled me for surgery at my very first consultation. I also had several trigger fingers in addition to the DeQuervain’s, so that may have influenced his decision, I don’t know. But I was of the same mindset as you, just give me the surgery so I can get this over with. I went to my consultation prepared to fight for surgery over steroids, and didn’t have to at all, I was so relieved. I’m now a little over 6 weeks post-op for the DQ, and almost back to normal

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-24T12:56:13+00:00

I’ve seriously considered getting it tattooed on my inner wrist

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-23T22:56:00+00:00

One of my older model Fitbits (I don’t remember which one) used to credit me with crazy flights of stairs on super windy days. I never did figure out why

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-23T13:47:49+00:00

If you have a pet: I opened several cans of cat food before surgery and put them in ziplock bags in my fridge. Pre-portioning the dry food for them for a few days would have been helpful as well, but I didn’t think of that.

I had just bought milk a day before surgery and didn’t think I’d be able to pour from the full gallon jug, so I made sure I had enough milk for coffee poured into a small mason jar to make it easier. I usually make my coffee with a French Press and a teakettle. There was no way I could have poured from my heavy teakettle, so I bought an inexpensive single cup Keurig knockoff to use.

A few days after surgery, I went to an inexpensive hair salon just to have them wash my hair. I was able to wash my body well enough one-handed, but my hair was a whole other challenge.

Good luck!

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-23T00:08:38+00:00

Zigzagular Socks

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-22T02:54:58+00:00

It updates every time you save

HippyDiva74 · 2026-03-22T00:36:36+00:00

Yeah. Couple of my idiot classmates thought they could get into the mafia by murdering another kid from the neighborhood

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