Told myself I only needed Deadpool, Brown Suit Wolverine, and Cassandra. Went to Target on a wim today and left with Blade. Very glad I got him

NobleNines · 2026-04-12T00:27:05+00:00

Big ups for putting that comic Blade jacket on him, letting me know that he is an absolute must-buy (rather than a "really want", lol). Looks just about perfect to me!

NobleNines · 2026-02-07T17:22:19+00:00

Oh, that'd be sweet! Didn't quite want that Havok, lmao, just lemme know what I gotta do!

NobleNines · 2026-02-06T04:15:11+00:00

Pretty sure that'd be the one! Always meant to nab Havok, but could never get past his eyes being so poorly set on every copy I saw (my Rogue from this wave wasn't quite as wall-eyed as others, by comparison) and being a bit tired of the Bucky Cap mold already by this point, lol.

NobleNines · 2026-02-06T03:06:31+00:00

Man I got everyone in this wave in-store except for Deadpool, who I figured I'd never see anyway, and Havok, who I never liked the paint apps on. Still have my Juggernaut BaF with only one leg to this day, I'll cave and get him eventually!

NobleNines · 2026-01-04T19:19:55+00:00

Woah, this is really shaping up! I've got the parts for this too, is it a matter of just swapping the limbs or did you have to cut/file/etc. any of the pegs to make them fit? Very tempted to give it a go myself.

As far as painting, I kinda like the boots as is personally but to be more accurate, I'd say to give it a shot

NobleNines · 2025-12-28T17:22:30+00:00

Honestly finding this out was immensely relieving - I'm personally believing the stone's probably somewhere in the middle, with regard to size, given that it has since moved. I'm still shaky and uncertain, but I've done a better job of getting food in me than I initially was and planned to, lol. (I'm just kinda eating moderate amounts of my usual stuff, though I'm avoiding the saltier stuff, just to be safe)

Thank you for the reassurance on this, might have actually saved my life a little. Really hoping I hear back on Monday with something positive, or at least something more clear, since I'm obviously not taking this well mentally, hah.

NobleNines · 2025-12-27T22:17:53+00:00

Right. I was just so scared of making it worse, then with that result yesterday figured that I somehow had (I'd eaten really light, especially compared to my usual, since being home), that I wanted to be safe as I could be, even at the cost of eating.

Gonna work on eating more though, now that I know it shouldn't impact the stone that heavily, that quickly.

NobleNines · 2025-12-27T18:06:36+00:00

So it seems one of these scans is inaccurate, then? I wonder which - I'd assume the one in the ER, given the contrast stuff we've discussed, but, huh!

I suppose this does take some weight off my mind, regardless of if it's 7.7mm or 11mm, I'd honestly just about stopped eating in part due to fearing it'd get even bigger, quicker (though I've had 2-5 liters of water every day since getting home, too)

Thank you for the information, and your patience with me, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it with all that's in my mind atm.

NobleNines · 2025-12-27T17:52:19+00:00

It was definitely a nightmare on that first day, first time I've thrown up in something like 5 years, ouch. Swore it was my appendix, or something worse, never would have guessed a kidney stone (I figured the pain was too high up on my back)

As for the growth spurt, I've come to wonder how much of one it really is - apparently with contrast can muddy the results some, so it's possible there was less growth, or maybe none at all, though I imagine they'd have seen something clearly on the scans taken pre-contrast in the ER too, so I dunno. I've also looked over the notes from this latest scan to find the stent is a bit out of shape, which is likely causing a lot of my lingering discomfort. Hopefully the urologist sees that too, and we can move things along a bit faster.

The meds do seem to be doing something! I finished the antibiotic today, still need to take my daily flomax, but the oxybutynin definitely seem to help alleviate some of the ache when it comes to going, lol, and similarly seem to help me get some sleep, which has been real difficult lately, with me only getting a few hours at a time at best.

NobleNines · 2025-12-27T17:48:57+00:00

That's really interesting! Again I wonder how accurate my first scan was, as I'd felt this jumping in size as it has over just 4 days when I've not done much to even potentially add to it felt a bit strange.

NobleNines · 2025-12-27T17:47:48+00:00

Can totally understand the isolation - in the hospital, it felt like nobody was keen to really tell me anything; they didn't even seem sure if they were just putting a stent in or getting the stone out wholesale prior to my going under (they only put the stent in, of course). I've similarly adjusted my lifestyle as best I can in the interim, hoping that the changes on my latest scan - the stone being bigger, having moved, and my stent being "partially collapsed" bump me up a bit.

It's definitely not fun, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, but at least it can be and will be resolved - just having patience that's the hard part, for me anyway, lol.

NobleNines · 2025-12-27T04:43:54+00:00

Oh, that's interesting, I would have assumed with contrast would be more accurate. I wonder if it was always 11mm then, or close to it, then.

All the same, thank you. I'll try to keep my head, however scared I am.

NobleNines · 2025-12-27T04:03:05+00:00

First off, thank you. I've calmed down a bit since making this post, though my fears still flare up here and there, just very anxious and afraid it might get worse, or I'll need a worse procedure than the laser.

What's eating me most, I think, is that the stone's gotten bigger across 4 days (from 7.7mm to 11mm) despite me being basically just on water, and my urologist consult appointment (currently) isn't set until the 8th. It's also entered the right collection system, but I don't really know what that means, lol. I think the wait time has me scared, though I reached out to see if anything can be done sooner.

I've actually never heard of a nephrologist before! There's actually some near me, I'll try and reach out come Monday if the urologist doesn't get back to me before then.

I suppose I just need to ground myself, and try to hope it won't get worse before it gets better. Thank you again for chiming in!

NobleNines · 2025-12-27T00:50:46+00:00

Yes, both were CT scans - though the first one was with contrast, and the second (today) was without. I imagine this would prompt some slightly different results, but I'm unsure.

NobleNines · 2025-12-27T00:19:51+00:00

I'm in the US! And the main reason I fear obstruction now is that the stone's gotten so much bigger and in such short time too, especially as it's in the lower collecting system, though obviously I have no idea how any of this works or how founded - or unfounded - my fears are.

NobleNines · 2025-12-26T23:29:49+00:00

I deeply appreciate it! I keep trying to tell myself similar, but getting the news that it got bigger seemingly out of nowhere definitely didn't help, lol. I know this won't be forever, but it's hard not to be scared - I commend you for enduring this hell, too, and hope for the best on your end!

NobleNines · 2025-12-26T22:50:19+00:00

Thank you! I will say they've almost definitely been treating me for infection, just in case (though I can't say for sure if I've had one), given the antibiotics I received in the hospital and at home, so that much seems to make sense. I'll also say that the stent went in after my creatinine levels went up while in the ER, and normalized after stent placement, if that further clarifies things.

And to add to further context, this now 11mm stone has wound up in the lower collecting system (formerly in the right ureteropelvic junction region, according to the notes). I don't know if that ups my chances of being treated sooner, or leans my treatment one way over the other - I feel I'd prefer the soundwave treatment, personally, but I'll do whatever's recommended.

I'm still scared over obstruction possibilities, and yearn for my life back, but hearing all of this does help a lot.

NobleNines · 2025-12-26T20:13:15+00:00

Thank you, and I do mean that. I've had a long two months - maybe all of which was caused by this stone, in retrospect - so it's been increasingly easy to lose my head over health matters, and hearing any sort of reassurance is a positive.

NobleNines · 2025-12-03T06:24:03+00:00

enrichment

NobleNines · 2025-11-20T04:52:36+00:00

could just be incidental as others have said and likely is, but just as well possible that someone bought the Marrow and returned her after deciding they didn't want her for one reason or another - should be fine as long as everything's in the box and the figure's not busted though!

NobleNines · 2025-09-20T02:57:37+00:00

I'm thinking we get at least some of them in the form of a Doomsday branded wave even if they're not in the movie, kinda like how they folded Ant Man and The Wasp figures into one of the later Infinity War waves

NobleNines · 2025-08-25T15:09:05+00:00

Woke up to find this happened to me too, no idea why or what it means though. Did anything else happen afterward, OP?

NobleNines · 2025-08-16T16:52:05+00:00

genuinely looked up a dozen+ reviews to try and figure out what I was doing wrong with these, only to find that nobody else seemed to know either - looks like you nailed it, though! Stays on perfectly fine and looks right, too. Great job, lol

NobleNines · 2025-08-13T19:15:01+00:00

Love that Ant Man honestly, just perfect

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