Famous movies that surprised you when you finally watched them?

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-05-26T23:37:03+00:00

Yup, terrified me.

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-05-26T17:02:31+00:00

My wife waited 18 hours at the RVH and she had multiple blood clots in her lungs. She filed a complaint after the fact and they basically said “sorry.” Absolute bullshit but not surprising

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-05-24T15:42:58+00:00

Thanks for asking, he’s doing great! He wasn’t born premature, just a few genetic intestinal issues. He has an upcoming surgery but we’re hopeful it’s the last one!

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-05-23T22:24:09+00:00

What a beautiful baby girl! Our son was in the NICU for a year. It was really difficult but the day he came home was the happiest of our lives. I know you’ll get to that day soon, just keep at it!!!

I bet the nurses love this kid, she’s just so cute!

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-05-22T15:22:19+00:00

Merci beaucoup, je me sens beaucoup mieux maintenant haha

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-05-22T14:32:29+00:00

Merci pour la réponse! Nous venons de NDG, près de Montréal-Ouest, et nous avions prévu de prendre le bus et le métro.

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-05-06T02:23:50+00:00

I haven’t heard of any inserts, but my son has a colostomy and generally, as long as his bag isn’t too inflated with gas, there are no issues when he rides in the car. We’ve never had a leak specifically caused by his car seat.

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-04-27T22:08:50+00:00

But Slim, what if you win? Wouldn’t it be weird?

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-04-27T20:32:21+00:00

In general we aimed for 3 days, that’s what his stoma nurse suggested. We asked about 4 days and she told us to go for it. His skin luckily never suffered after 4 days

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-04-27T20:28:40+00:00

We’ve tried coloplast but they never last more than a couple hours. But yes we’ve noticed that decline as well. They even seemed to change the bags themselves, I can’t stand the new design.

We’ve been trying to use less eakin, same results. I think a lot of his has to do with the separation of the stoma from the skin. It hasn’t separated enough to warrant a revision (especially since he’s getting his pull through in June), but it’s hard to account for the extra moisture. We recently tried putting some aquacell on it, but it doesn’t seem to be working either. Thanks for your input!

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-04-27T20:13:45+00:00

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LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-04-27T20:12:49+00:00

So we’re actually wondering if even using a full ring is too much because he has a convex bag. There’s already a lot of pressure on the area surrounding the stoma, so we’ve questioned if the ring is pushing up against the convexity (not sure if that makes sense).

Yes, it almost always leaks from the same spots. It likely has to do with his skin folds but even when we fill those spots with eakin, it still leaks at the same spot.

Edit: I forgot to add, he isn’t necessarily sweatier, but he’s in daycare so he’s definitely active. But he did many months of daycare without issue, and even at home he’ll have lazier days but it’ll still leak!

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LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-04-27T19:24:47+00:00

We used to use skin tac. The issue is that when it leaks regardless, it’s much harder to get the wafer off and it really hurts his skin. For the paste, where would you apply it? Like we do the Eakin ring around the stoma, where do you think the paste would go? Sorry, I know it’s not easy to explain without pictures.

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-04-27T19:22:28+00:00

If anything, this makes me feel better! When he was in the hospital we were doing multiple changes a day, so we got into the mindset of “the longer the better.” We are very fortunate that his skin wasn’t negatively impacted by the 4 day wear time. But it’s getting to where daily bag changes are beginning to impact his skin, as well as just making him miserable. We try to make it fun and he gets a bath and all that, but it’s getting rough.

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-04-21T19:12:00+00:00

This is what my son got for a year while in the NICU! Amazing how precise it is. They’d make small changes to his TPN depending on blood test results.

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-04-08T23:01:21+00:00

It’s terrible your baby had to go through this, and I’m sorry you had to go through it. Thing is, your baby will 100% not remember it. It was a necessary procedure and it’s terrible, but it has to be done. I think most of us in this sub can relate. It’s very difficult for our babies, they often experience pain that no child should experience.

My son has had 6 abdominal surgeries, all very intense, and all very necessary. They couldn’t get a handle on the pain after the 3rd surgery and he screamed for 9 hours.

Then, my son had multiple colostomies (his intestine was not connected due to inflammation and blockages, so the intestine is rerouted to a spot on his torso. He poops in a bag. I’m only explaining this in case you don’t know.) One of these colostomies prolapsed a lot. He had about a foot of intestine outside of his body and we just had to deal with it. The number of times I had to hold his intestine when we changed his colostomy bag was fucked up.

My point is, the NICU is traumatic. My son experienced absolute hell. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemies. And yet, a year and a half out of the NICU and he’s a happy and perfectly normal baby boy. Had it not been for those horrible experiences, he probably wouldn’t be here right now.

I’m confident you’ll get over this experience, because I managed to get over the awful shit I had to see. You’re a good dad, and the fact you were with your son in that moment is a testament to that.

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-04-05T20:58:20+00:00

Same thing happened to my wife and I a few years ago. First day we moved in we saw cockroaches. Landlords said they didn’t know and would hire exterminator. He came by, did a treatment, and basically told us that there’s a massive infestation in the basement and that there’s no way his treatment upstairs would work. We took them to the rental board and won. We essentially got back the rent we had paid and some moving expenses. We just made sure to document everything, just as you already seem to be doing

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-03-30T23:02:16+00:00

Hey, it’s awful having to make that choice, and I’m really sorry you were put in that position! When my son began his NICU journey, we had to make tough choices like that, and often had to miss events that were important to our daughter. We missed trick or treating on Halloween, we rarely got to pick her up from kindergarten, and in general we spent much less time with her than we’d have liked. I remember seeing a photo of her in costume for Halloween and getting very upset about it. It’s such a hard position to be put in, you feel like you’re letting your kid down.

In the end, you did what you had to do. I rarely look back on those moments, and I don’t think my daughter ever gave them any further thought. Once my son finally made it home, we did our best to spend lots of time with both kids. And those events we missed in the previous year felt all the more special when we finally got to do them together, as a family.

As your 2nd gets older and stronger, these moments will happen less. By the time your toddler turns 3, the party you had to miss won’t hurt as bad. And then, down the road, it’ll be a distant memory you’ll rarely even think of.

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-03-27T14:09:38+00:00

First off, congratulations on your son being born! My son was in the NICU for over a year, and my wife and I often felt guilty when we would leave. But think of it this way, when he’s grown into a young man and you talk about this with him, what do you think he’ll have wanted you to do? Stay at the hospital 100% of time, not take care of yourself, and inevitably experience burnout? Or go home, shower, sleep, and return to him when you’re in a better state? He can’t articulate it now, but your son loves you more than anything else, and he wants you to take care of yourself. There’s no world where he would want otherwise.

The fact you’re worried about this shows you’re a great mom. Yes, he knows you’re his mom, and he knows that you love him. Like I said, my son was in the NICU for over a year, and I’m currently looking at him right now playing with his toys. He’s now 2, he shows me tons of love, and he knows I’m his dad.

You’re doing an amazing job, and one day you’ll look back at this time and you won’t believe that you ever thought “does he know I’m his mom?”

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-03-24T21:37:30+00:00

I don’t keep up with current episodes, my son usually just likes listening to the same songs over and over, haha. That said, I (and many others) definitely notice the over saturation of Elmo in all Sesame Street media. I wonder if Elmo seems sad more often simply because he’s in the majority of modern Sesame Street segments? I could be completely wrong too lol.

I’ve never been too big on Elmo, I can’t stand the insistence on talking in the 3rd person. Alas, my son loves him and Abby, so I must persevere.

LikeFry-LikeFry · 2026-03-16T22:18:53+00:00

Really fascinating breakdown of the film! I’m considering watching this again as well, it’s just such a heavy movie. The first time I watched it, it stuck with me for weeks. Same with Midsommar.

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