Contentedness
@Contentedness@lemmy.nz
- Comment on I got out easy, I'm assuming 2 weeks ago:
I’m reluctant to share this as it’s going to be of no practical use to OP but I also fell off my bike and broke my collarbone, this was back in April.
My front tyre was under inflated and I took a downhill left hand corner on a bike path too quickly. The front wheel slid out and I hit the concrete hard on my left elbow. I rode home in a lot of pain, took a shower, decided it was serious and got a friend to drive me to the ER at the local hospital I live in Melbourne, Australia.
It was around midday on a Wednesday and the ER was quiet, I saw the admissions nurse, and had to wait about an hour to get an X-ray and was given painkillers. I’d broken my clavicle in 2 places. I spoke to an orthopedic surgeon who said while the bone would eventually heal on its own he strongly recommend surgery as the outcome probabilities were greater and the recovery times were less that way. There was a chance I could be fit in the next day and I was admitted to a ward overnight.
They gave me some dinner but after that I wasn’t allowed any food in case the surgery was going ahead. The next day I had a couple visitors and at 3pm I was confirmed for surgery just before 5pm. I was given a general anesthetic and woke up in a recovery ward. I stayed overnight and ate some sandwiches.
The next day I was told I could go home in the afternoon and my brother came and picked me up.
I wasn’t allowed to lift anything heavier than a cup of tea for 4 weeks then had appointments with a physiotherapist everybody few weeks for 3 months or so. I’ve gone got a brand new scar and a piece of aluminum screwed into my left collarbone. It looks a bit funny.
The whole experience was pretty shit. I was in-between jobs at the time and it was about 4 months before I was able to get working again. I’m a chef. I lived off savings.
The medical care side of things tho just wasn’t an issue. When I left the hospital I paid about $30 for some paracetamol and a small amount of oxycodone for the pain.
Like I said I know this story won’t help, and I’m sorry you’re going through a tough time, but as a fellow bike crash collarbone breaker I thought I’d share.
- Comment on A roundabout 3 weeks ago:
I’m at a bar and can’t watch a video, saving this bad boy for later!
- Comment on Misogyny or something... Idk 2 months ago:
Straight women stare at a nice rack, too.
- Comment on CrankBoy - the original Game Boy game emulator for the Playdate console (my article) 2 months ago:
For anyone else whose never heard of a playdate console before it appears the crank on the side is “used for gameplay in select titles” rather than, as I hoped, a way to power the device like those old timey radios.
Still looks great, good article and more power too them! (Tho not via crank)
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 months ago:
Darkest Dungeon 2. Really like the dark and sinister style. Narrator has a great voice and the creatures look fantastic.
Gameplay is definitely on the challenging side but I’m enjoying it.
- Comment on You don't know me! 2 months ago:
That website had a crazy amount of publicity lately here in Melbourne because it was involved in a triple homicide case!
A lady was found guilty of murdering some family members of her ex-husband at a lunch by serving poisonous mushrooms she located using iNaturalist. Cooked into a Beef Wellington, of all things.
The trial was something of a sensation, seemed like it was all anyone talked about for the couple months it was going on.
The guilty last, Erin Patterson, is currently awaiting sentencing.
- Comment on This blatantly deceptive ad for Threads 2 months ago:
Why feel compelled to defend yourself?
[Begins attacking]
- Comment on Are the research projects for long-term storage already deployed? 3 months ago:
Giant letters on the face of the moon!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
For fucks sake you can say “suicide” on the goddamn internet. Downvoting this absolute crap every time I see it.
- Comment on Every time 3 months ago:
Soon as I saw those ripples I knew platter!
- Comment on HAAAAAAAANNNNKKKK 4 months ago:
Ya want to keep up to date with local bands, gigs and venues in my city there’s really no alternatives to IG.
- Comment on HAAAAAAAANNNNKKKK 4 months ago:
I’ve never managed to watch the whole series. There’s great bits but I get super uncomfortable with Walters bumbling, flagrant dishonesty with his wife and family. I get the same thing with a few different shows and I just don’t enjoy it. To the point where I find myself just switching the TV off mid way through a scene and going to do something else without even really thinking about it.
If I had to describe the sensation it would be “extreme toe-curling cringe”.
- Comment on No context needed. 5 months ago:
That there’s why I always cook 6x the amount of pasta I need!
Just joking, it’s impossible to judge how much pasta I need.
- Comment on minor tomfoolery 🛻💨🎶 5 months ago:
f🍆n
- Comment on Netflix puts AI ads in paid tier: pirate EVERYTHING at this point... 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ 14:55 5 months ago:
Ah yep, just checking the megathread now! Looks like just the thing I need. Cheers mate 🏴☠️
- Comment on Netflix puts AI ads in paid tier: pirate EVERYTHING at this point... 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ 14:55 5 months ago:
Maybe someone can help me out then, I don’t have Netflix but get most things through Qbittorrent’s search function, a buddy recommended me a Netflix show called Chicken Nugget, it’s a Korean show about someone who wakes up one day and they’ve been transformed into a chicken nugget?
Anyway I tried downloading it last night and it’s there but no seeders.
Same thing for a Apple TV show called Criminal Record, no episode #2.
- Comment on unable to chud 6 months ago:
I swear just last week we were celebrating it’s demise
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Oh I remember looking into this a while back but it seemed kind of daunting. Perhaps now’s the time to take the plunge! Appreciate the suggestion!
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Oh! Controversy! I love it! Will have to weigh my options carefully before choosing a side!
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Huh! I’ve never come across the genre, I feel this is a good opportunity to try some new things so I appreciate the suggestion. Will look into it!
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Intriguing! I’ll definitely look into it, thanks!
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Ok cool, I’ve not tried the franchise at all but perhaps now’s the time. Thanks!
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Oh good suggestion I was playing that w couple years ago might be time for another go!
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Believe it or not I played Sam and Max Hit The Road when it first came out! Great suggestion thanks!
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Ok I’ll look into it!
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Ok I think I will, thanks!
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Without numbered groups and force attack/move tho?
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Would be my first time playing rimworld. Would it work without a keyboard?
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Oh my brother suggested Mysts, I’ll look into your other picks too, tho setting up dosbox might be a bridge too far right now. Keeping things simple! Thanks for the suggestions!
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 6 months ago:
Thanks I’ve e e enjoyed some tower defense games in the last but don’t remember any titles, I’ll check out these suggestions!