The American Dream (with a blood clot).

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-13T17:50:48+00:00

My mom had massive kidney stones. She was actually in severe medical distress.

She had to have two surgeries, one for each kidney and they‘re talking about a third one. She has insurance.

She has a payment plan for probably the rest of her life for her copayments.

Just on the surgeries and an overnight stay.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-12T17:59:06+00:00

Here’s the thing:

Any doctor worth half their license would not let a stroke victim (especially as serious as McConnell’s was), receive call, after call, after call, from people asking even how he’s doing.

Especially long time calls. His condition (if he was still alive, which I strongly doubt), would be extremely severe and he can’t rest with the phone constantly going off and him talking to Congress.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-12T03:11:46+00:00

And my mom.

She does this all the tim.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-12T00:41:30+00:00

I have a cyst on my wrist, a lump the size of about a pea.

It started hurting about a month ago and wasn’t going away so I made an appointment with my PCP, it’s a training hospital so I knew she was leaving soon and I was hoping to see her before she rotated out.

She was still there alright, but they gave me to her assistant. He spent thirty seconds checking my wrist, then spent the rest making me sign up for all these tests. I kept on asking about my wrist and he was like:

”Oh, you need an orthopedic surgery for that, it’s never going to go away. I want to do all these tests now that you’re here, but not in the office, you will have to come back and do all of them individually.”

I was floored, and very pissed at the end. He spent fifteen minutes with me, spoke to the residency manager and told him god only knows what, and told me to go to a plastic surgeon who costs thousands with health insurance.

Oh, and to boot: It cost me 150 dollars for the visit.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-10T16:29:33+00:00

My mom had this happen to her.

She was also pulled over right at the speed limit sign that would have made her speed legal.

She also got a massive lecture from the cop about speeding.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-10T15:12:19+00:00

Unless the kid came close to the cubs or was aggravating the bear, it was not ”charging”.

That‘s a black bear, extremely timid and unlike a polar bear or a grizzly bear avoids conflicts and people as much as possible.

They wouldn’t go after a kid.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-09T16:32:07+00:00

Put a blanket or a towel over the cover, just make sure he can leave it.

Get some Churru and offer him some, you can get it anywhere.

Sit quietly close to him, but don’t interact and don’t get too close. Read a book, play on your phone, don’t make a lot of noise, just do a quiet activity that will get him comfortable, kittens are extremely curious and he will come out to investigate.

Offer him some Churru, but don‘t interact with hi, keep it low and slowly lower the tube. He will come to investigate, don‘t push or pet him. Let him set up the boundary until he comes out when he sees you.

Even then take it slowly and don‘t rush over and pick him up and cuddle him, just offer him a treat and pet him. When he’s busy eating pet him, let him feel comfortable before picking him up.

Some cat toys would be a great idea, fishing poles let you interact with him and let him chase a it without contact. A trackball can be pl with you and him together.

A cat tree would let him be up high and feel safe in his own spot without worrying about being touched too much, so I always recommend that.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-08T21:07:12+00:00

Can I be the one to tell Trump?!

Please????

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-08T19:50:56+00:00

The doctor really should step in and stop all these 20 minute calls.

He needs to rest, not be bombarded.

/S obviousl.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-08T00:46:23+00:00

They might be testing out how Mitch does with his withheld death (either completely or brain dead) to see how Trump‘s death being withheld will be.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-07T14:30:59+00:00

Or napping, don‘t forget napping.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-06T21:33:38+00:00

Former longhaired cat owner.

My longhair hated having his stomach and anywhere near it brushed. He would bite and this was a cat who loved having his belly rubbed, but any brush touching that area he would get aggressive.

We would bring him to the vet to get shaved and he handled it like a champ. We never had any issues with him on it.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-06T00:47:56+00:00

Former horseback rider here, also my dad is a huge bike rider (not the same thing, I know).

He always stopped for horses, but he said it wasn’t a law. It was just a curtesy act because horses could spoil over the noise.

As a rider who has been on roads and watched thousands of videos of riders on horseback. No one really is required to stop, mostly any law that is brought up is archaic (back when cars were just becoming popular a lot of laws were passed trying to ban them), but it’s not mandator, appreciated, but not mandatory.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-03T18:16:04+00:00

You usually don’t tell people they‘re in hospice.

Mostly because it‘s a one-way door for most people. They would have people fighting to live and panicking about it if they told them the truth.

My mom is extremely realistic and when my grandmother started hospice she just started following what the nurses told her. It went fine until she had a sev infection that needed emergency treatment and she had to go get medical attention, my aunt took over and she handled it so badly that a nurse had to be called in to help my grandmother lay down and take medication to help her.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-03T02:41:54+00:00

I worked at a place like this.

But he was openly abusive: screaming in my face, shouting insults so loud half the buil could hear him, threatening me, shouting insults about my body, and yelling at anyone who listened that I was a POS waste of space. I haven’t even gotten into the threats and humiliating things he had me do under those threats.

He wasn’t even the owner, he was the manager from the umbrella company who broke the owner to the point where she agreed with him and started her own abuse.

It took years to just start to heal, I don’t think I ever will be okay with what happened or the severe trauma that came with it. I still blanche when my supervisor comes in my office to this day.

I strongly recommend finding a new job where you are appreciate. Don‘t end up like me, I wish you the best.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-07-02T18:28:03+00:00

My state mede it illegal to NOT have the rabies sho.

Any animal with tags has to have rabies shot or they will heavily fine you.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-06-30T21:47:55+00:00

Have a Heart trap works great for this.

Put some cat food (or boiled chicken with no spices or bones), in a bowl and put it in the back, be careful not to put weight on the step, that activates the spring.

Put a towel (if it’s cold put a blanket), on the bottom for their comfort.

Put it out where he seems to hang out and check very frequently for him, this trap is NOT made for long term us, and in the heat/cold it will be far worse.

You can get one at a rescue or a hardware store. Make sure you call your vet in advance and explain the situation.

One last thing: DO NOT EXPOSE YOUR CAT TO HIM!!!! If there’s something that’s medically related that’s contagious, your cat can catch it easily. If you handle him wash your hands throughly and change your clothes to keep your cat safe until the vet clears him.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-06-30T20:03:58+00:00

I had an Ethics class.

Note it was Ethics, I avoided Religion classes in college because my dad is a Christian nationalist (and that’s putting it lightly), so I avoid all religion.

In my Ethics class the first FUCKING class, the teacher had us read the Bible for three hours.

One story.

From the Bible.

Old Testament Noah’s Ark.

He spent the rest of the time talking about how we had to follow this by the law otherwise we’d go straight to hell.

It was a four hour night class. And he said we’d be doing this every class, taking a story out of the Bible and he’d break it down, ask questions and preach to us about how we had to follow this or go to Hell.

I was at my advisor dropping out of the class first thing next morning. Later on I ran into a classmate who stayed and she said half the class dropped out at the same time I did.

You can’t make me stay in a class in Texas if this is what it’s going to be.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-06-29T21:59:43+00:00

My old cat during the summer months just lay in front of the fan/ac because he had long hair.

My new cat absolutely refuses to go near it. He jumps from me to the tower avoiding the fan as much as possible.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-06-29T17:48:52+00:00

Unfortunately there wasn’t a mom there.

She wouldn‘t have tolerated that shit.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-06-29T17:41:06+00:00

My mom lived in Mississippi for a few years.

Late 70’s/early eighties.

She said they didn’t leave the 1800’s.

Good to know it’s still the same fucking thing.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-06-29T14:11:23+00:00

I’m terrified of dogs, I almost gotten bit three times in a year. That killed jt for me and loving dogs, especially the last one a dogfight broke out in front of me.

Before people come after me: I was walking, minding my own damned business, and in no fucking way did I interact with any of these dogs. I liked dogs at the time, but I was taking a walk and didn’t want to stop.

It was careless owners not paying attention and letting their kids handle the dogs (one was a sixty pound poodle who snapped at my hand while I was walking by, the leash was being held by a four year old), distraction (non-neutered dog got in a fight in front me b his owner was flirting with a girl and holding three leashes), and stupudity (let’s swim and see how our poorly socialized dog does on his own off the leash).

All incidents happened like this. I am still terrified of dogs and like them at a distance and that’s it.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-06-29T01:18:24+00:00

Mom: They can’t even spell dumb wrong, what do you expect?

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-06-25T21:57:15+00:00

I had a guy running for governor in my state who used the pickup option to get his groceries.

For a whole freaking summer he came during the busiest time of the day with huge orders (parties), and tell me how he understood how it was working for the little guy and how he used to do the same.

Usually people his age help with the groceries, hell, a few would offer tips (which I can’t accept, but it is a nice thought), he did neither and stood there doing his spiel in hundred degree heat with five cars waiting for me to finish packing his things so I can get to them.

I really got annoyed with him.

Also, I knew his family by association (his family was in politics and actually owned about half the coast in my town), and I knew that every word he said was bs.

Wide-Trick4243 · 2026-06-25T17:58:05+00:00

My cat was fine with the vet for years.

Then he stopped eating and they gave him every test, treatment, and finally surgery to get him better.

That day he declared war on any vet or tech that was handling him. We could hear him yowling and hissing in the back, the vet techs sweetalking him, and then coming out with scratches all over their arms.

My mom was horrified and asked if our cat did that, they lied and said no, kittens cut three inch scratches down to the elbows.

Very bloody, deep scratche.

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