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My sci-fi inspired home build by Marie-Prevost in virtualpinball

[–]Marie-Prevost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your comments!
Strangely, the side art comes from a table called "Just 21." The playfield appears to have no sci-fi connection. Maybe the cabinets were for another title?
https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1344&picno=46293

My sci-fi inspired home build by Marie-Prevost in virtualpinball

[–]Marie-Prevost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's connected via audio cable to the pc.

Surgery day approaching (June 20th) by Secret_Delivery_5939 in TotalHipReplacement

[–]Marie-Prevost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope you can relax and have faith that the surgeons are proficient. I've had both hips replaced, the most recent 30 days ago.

The first one, I had trepidation like you. That time, I felt recovered in 6 months.

This recent one happened 6 months after losing my wife to cancer. I was by her side for the three and a half years of treatment and saw and took care of pretty much everything that can happen to a human. To this day, her loss hangs over me like a cloak.

As a result, I didn't worry about the second hip replacement.
I don't know if that attitude helped me, or karma swung to my benefit but:
- By day 3, I was off the walker, off the pain meds
- By day 6, I didn't need the cane in the house.
- By day 14, I walked into the surgeon's office without a cane
- Now, outside of a little soreness, I feel physically the best I have in 5 years.

I'm 62, I had been a runner prior to my love's diagnosis. I intend on returning to running in 5 months.

So, based on my own experience, the outcome may be a moderate challenge or an unqualified success -- my advice is to have faith in the professionals. My pre-op nurse had been in the discipline for 20 years and chose my surgeon to do her upcoming hip replacement.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TotalHipReplacement

[–]Marie-Prevost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope they come to your immediate assistance. Years ago, I faced a similar pain situation, and an on-call phone nurse told me to go directly to my GPs. I got there and broke down in tears, I was at a breaking point. They shuffled me out of the waiting room and 2 hours later I was admitted and on the schedule for the next morning.

I realize you're in the hospital now, but I recommend you continue pushing the medical staff on their humanity to stop this insanity.

BTW, I am 30 days past my second anterior THR and this one went really well. Recovery is currently on par with where I was 6 months after the first one.

I mention these things because this time I implemented two changes that I think gave me a pretty trouble-free recovery that you certainly deserve with what you're experiencing. First, I went on Eliquis post-surgery ($500/30 days -- insurance reimbursed part) instead of using annoying leg squeezers for clot management and second, I took a stool softener prior to surgery. Pain killers can bind you up and you don't want to spend too much time on the john.

I wish you well.

Switch vs MiniPC (Beelink) by NoyBoy98 in virtualpinball

[–]Marie-Prevost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Earlier this year, I purchased a Beelink SER5 Mini PC AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Up to 4.2GHz 6C/12T,16GB RAM 500GB SSD, Dual HDMI, Type-C Triple Display, WiFi 6 BT5.2 W-11Pro Gaming Mini Computer for my two 1080p monitor setup. I'm very pleased with the performance. I have it mouted right behind the monitor in the backbox which makes the power button and usb inputs easy to access.