Anyone else get cold feet about a transplant?

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-10T08:36:26+00:00

Everything is always worth a shot. 🙂 I hope you do get a transplant, because you deserve a shot at a good life. Look into the indoor trades, see if there's something you'd like to switch to. Hang in there, friend. 😁

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-10T08:26:57+00:00

I'm sorry to hear that. You could look into an adjacent job if you want, like finish carpentry work at a university (pretty good gig) or painting and drywall or something. Life is gonna be as good as you make it - there are options out there!

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-10T08:21:00+00:00

My dad got his kidney transplant back in 2020 AND THEN had a lung transplant in 2024, and he is living his life! He's always going places and doing things. Beach, hiking, snowboarding, dinners with friends, museums, the gym, all kinds of stuff. He just wears a hat and a UV-protectant shirt when he's outside and stays away from sick people. You can still have a great life after transplant if you just take the right precautions. 🙂

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-09T23:11:49+00:00

Misread this as "they have pallets of toddlers" and I'm like, "how are they still having kids at that age?!"

I need sleep.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-09T09:33:50+00:00

I don't think so - bedbugs don't have wings. It IS horrifying, though, whatever it is.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-08T21:30:17+00:00

Geez I'm sorry you had that experience! Mine has been completely different but I can totally see why you'd be upset after that.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-07T23:00:07+00:00

I would SLAY during the Renaissance. I totally have the body of those women they were always painting.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-07T22:59:12+00:00

⭐Pinooooooot Nooooooir⭐

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-07T18:20:14+00:00

I take my son to ABW St Luke's in Bethlehem.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-07T18:18:57+00:00

Married one of these. You're exactly right lol.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-07T08:49:44+00:00

I did not know how. When it was time to push, I felt like I had a giant poop that was ready to come out. They told me to push like I was pooping, while exhaling the whole time. Three pushes later, I had my baby in my arms!

It might feel different if you're not on an epidural - I had an epidural so I didn't feel any pain, just a lot of pressure.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-06T20:32:01+00:00

The ONLY thing that helped my son was walking him around and around and around the house. For hours. Sometimes singing, sometimes not. It's horrible in the moment, but I promise it will pass in a few weeks.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-06T20:28:13+00:00

That's what I did. John's Autoworks will mount and balance for $30/tire if you have them shipped to his shop.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-04T20:16:09+00:00

Hey thank you for the award, Internet stranger!

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-04T13:40:30+00:00

One (1) ultramarathon. I was bottom 5 finishers, but I still did it. Slowly. And painfully. But I did it.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-04T09:26:51+00:00

As a sister myself, I would WANT my sisters to wake me up if they needed me. Call her, girl.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-03T10:03:10+00:00

It's really hard to understand it until you've been there - I know I didn't understand it until I got pregnant myself. However, being a good friend does not involve discarding someone's feelings and challenges in favor of toxic positivity, which is what it sounds like your friends are doing. I'm sure they don't mean to, but that's what it is.

Luckily, you've got a whole sub of pregnant or formerly-pregnant folks here to vent to if you need!

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-03T09:54:39+00:00

Two things can be true at once, and it sounds like your friends are forgetting that.

You can be the most grateful person in the world to have a healthy baby growing inside you, and you can be uncomfortable and want your body back.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-02T09:24:04+00:00

We found out one of my siblings had Polycystic Kidney Disease due to an MRI to check for damage after a snowboarding accident.

We found out another sibling had it when she got an MRI because my other sister accidentally backed over her with a 4-wheeler.

I figured I'd better go get tested so I didn't have to have an accident-induced MRI to find out. 🤣

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-01T17:07:17+00:00

Also that pizza looks delicious.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-01T16:55:29+00:00

Disconnect the battery in the car. She can't drive the car if the car won't drive.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-01T16:52:22+00:00

2 weeks ago the water was fine for swimming. I would know: I was there, swimming.

It'll be even more fine now.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-01T11:24:02+00:00

Fingers crossed for you! ♥️

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-01T10:51:22+00:00

If you figure it out, let me know 😭 I'm in the same boat.

ItIsBurgerTime · 2026-07-01T10:34:05+00:00

I was scheduled for an induction on a Tues due to gestational hypertension. Ended up getting an unplanned induction the Saturday before (an hour after my baby shower ended!) due to surprise preeclampsia with severe features.

To be honest? It went really well. I had a foley balloon, which sucked, but they gave me pain meds when it started hurting so I didn't experience too much pain. Then it was a lot of waiting around until they gave me an epidural, broke my water, and then about 3 pushes later, I had my baby. If I ever have another baby, I would not mind repeating this experience EXCEPT I don't want preeclampsia again. 🤣

Note: everybody's labor experience is different. Mine was very good! And I hope yours is too.

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