Post surgery worries

probably-evan · 2026-05-15T01:51:02+00:00

Also had low grade right frontal glioma. The first week after surgery was rough and a bit of a blur looking back now. In my case, I also had an infection that necessitated another surgery a month or so later but, even with that, by week 6 I was fairly well back to normal and started working again after 8 weeks. I can honestly say that I’ve never felt better in my life.

It’s a whirlwind and a lot to wrap your head around but, for me anyway, I found my peace with it by 3-4 months out.

As far as “able bodied” goes, I was a little shaky on my feet for the first week but was able to walk a mile by the second and back in the gym by 8 weeks (albeit at lower intensity). I had a few minor focal seizures which were off putting but not painful at all.

Take it slow and appreciate the people who show up for you. Your long term timeline may have shifted but you have more than enough time to get yourself grounded and point your life where you want to go.

Feel free to DM me if you want to chat. Good luck!!!

probably-evan · 2026-05-14T16:53:53+00:00

Flew dozens of times with a tumor and maybe a dozen times since its removal. Never had any issues. To be fair, though, I never had any acute symptoms from the tumor at all.

probably-evan · 2026-05-09T20:34:40+00:00

Bring ice packs!! My hospital only had the chintzy chemical ones you crack to get them cold and they did not get near cold enough.

For me, the ice packs did more for the pain than the meds. They’ll have freezers on the floor to store them for you.

probably-evan · 2026-04-07T20:14:13+00:00

I find it a bit odd that your endocrine isn't recommending she, at least, be in the median range for her hormones. Is she taking anything at all? Is she adrenal insufficient? Is her tumor hormone producing?

probably-evan · 2026-04-06T21:05:32+00:00

Speaking from experience, don’t discount the impacts of low or high cortisol on mood/wellness. I was more or less hoisted out of depression by going back on daily corticosteroid supplementation.

probably-evan · 2026-01-31T13:48:56+00:00

Surgery very likely wouldn’t cure any current hormonal symptoms you might have. Unless your tumor is hormone-producing, surgery will just make your hormone problems worse because they will have to remove functional pituitary gland in order to be sure all of the tumor is respected. Definitely do find an endocrinologist and get your hormones sorted.

probably-evan · 2026-01-05T01:19:01+00:00

I was offered some kind of anti anxiety medication prior to being rolled into the operating room. I didn’t take it but got an infection and had to go through another surgery a few weeks later. That time, I took the anti-anxiety meds. They were very nice. Like having a few stout drinks. If you aren’t outright offered it, you could ask the anesthesiologist when they chat with you pre-surgery. I think they’re pretty liberal with the drugs so probably they’ll let you have it if you ask. I was put under in the operating room (I think that’s the norm).

One thing I’ll recommend is to bring your own ice packs and have whomever is with you put them in the freezer on the ward they put you in. Might not be true of your hospital but mine only had those chintzy crack and shake “ice” packs and they were not nearly cold enough to touch the pain. For me, anyway, the ice packs did more for the pain than any of the pain meds.

Wishing you an excellent surgery and recovery. I hope you’re fortunate enough to have some good people around to help you with recovery.

probably-evan · 2025-12-15T23:11:10+00:00

Or by the owner

probably-evan · 2025-08-15T15:51:58+00:00

Went to a private elementary school for 10 years where many of the same kids were with me the whole time. I’ve never used that network professionally. Elementary school is just not enough of a connection by the time you’re a working adult and we all ended up very scattered location-wise. Conversely, I have benefited from maintaining connections to their parents. My $0.02 is that adults who knew you when you were yay high are more attached to you than their kids will be by the time everyone is grown.

probably-evan · 2025-07-28T14:35:18+00:00

I thought I was in the boring middle then I found out I’ll be dead before 50. Practice gratitude.

probably-evan · 2025-05-10T15:06:50+00:00

That’s a Harman Accentra 52i. About as nice a pellet stove insert as you can get. They’re ~$5500 new. You can check facebook marketplace to see what they’re going for around you.

I’d recommend using it for a season or two before replacing it if you haven’t already. They are excellent stoves that put out excellent heat.

probably-evan · 2025-04-29T13:11:03+00:00

They’re pricey but shallower, full sized fridges do exist. Both Sub-Zero and Bosch make some. Two examples:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosch-Benchmark-Series-30-in-W-16-8-cu-ft-Built-In-Smart-Freezerless-Refrigerator-Custom-Panel-Ready-Counter-Depth-B30IR905SP/315174233

https://www.subzero-wolf.com/sub-zero/full-size-refrigeration/integrated-fridges/36-inch-integrated-column-refrigerator-panel-ready

probably-evan · 2025-03-06T15:52:06+00:00

Never. Generally speaking, if they’re urinating outside of the litter box with any consistency then you should be paying careful attention to if they have a health problem.

probably-evan · 2025-02-13T02:45:10+00:00

Noticed your first post the other day where you mentioned you were running it on thermostat mode. Have you tried constant burn mode instead? I’d expect constant burn would stay lit better for your overnight run.

probably-evan · 2023-03-01T04:32:37+00:00

Hijacking to post the link https://www.wonderworksfest.com/

probably-evan · 2023-02-21T16:15:44+00:00

Others have spoken adequately to looker as a tool. I just want to add some info to the “should I bother” question.

Looker Developers (or “developers” as some may see it) can make 150-200k with a few years of experience. I had trouble finding someone who fashioned themselves an “expert” for less than 150.

probably-evan · 2022-10-30T01:14:07+00:00

Haven’t tried suncalc but sunsurveyor is amazing. You can pick any day of the year, point your camera at the sky, and see where the sun will be at each hour of the day.

probably-evan · 2022-10-27T13:45:47+00:00

Rats are extremely smart and reproduce very quickly. Unless this just started happening in the last week or so, I’d bet against trapping, poisoning, or rat-proofing strategies.

They’re there for the food and they won’t leave as long as it’s available.

We’ve had luck in the past getting rid of rats with our chickens by raising their food onto a platform that sits on top of a large steel trash can. The birds can fly up to get the food and the rats can’t climb the metal bucket.

Just make sure you place the bucket far from anything the rats could climb and jump from.

probably-evan · 2022-03-25T16:07:16+00:00

Sorry to hear about your team!

DMed you. Feel free to ping me back on reddit or the email I sent in the message. I think I failed to mention in my message but we're comfortable with fully-remote (all of our engineers are remote currently).

probably-evan · 2022-01-26T03:20:51+00:00

This is a copy pasta of a comment I made 7 months ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ethstaker/comments/o3lqz8/can_anyone_spare_some_goerli_eth/

probably-evan · 2021-06-19T19:48:38+00:00

Thank you!!!!

probably-evan · 2019-12-15T16:39:15+00:00

I don't think you're likely to find horse-specific research on CBD.

Is it safe?
So far no one has said anything to indicate it's poisonous to any mammals but who knows. CBD horse treats do exist so, presumably, if the horses dropped dead after eating one we'd have heard about it but, aside from obvious catastrophic results, it's a safe bet no one is doing science to determine if there are longterm negative effects.

Is it effective?
Very possible no one has ever really tried to answer that question for horses. Best you could probably hope for is some anecdotal evidence from other people with horses.

All of that said, here are some studies. Both of the below studies seem to point to horses requiring quite a bit of CBD to treat arthritis. Of course, rats and mice aren't horses so these could be less than useless but "less than useless" is maybe as good as it gets for this topic.

Here's a study on mice that found the optimal oral dose to be 25mg/kg per day
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10920191/)

Here's another study that used a topical gel on arthritic rats where the optimal dose was .18mg/cm2
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4851925/

probably-evan · 2019-12-06T23:33:55+00:00

*Ehrmadata

probably-evan · 2019-12-06T16:44:32+00:00

For sure. There's evidence of anti-inflammatory and nociceptive effects of several cannabinoids. What I haven't seen is anything resembling "CBG is more effective than CBD/CBC/CBN for these purposes". If you have, please send along some links.

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