I love seeing posts from this community in part because they showcase some of the most adamant patient self-advocacy and resilience, while enthusiastically spitting into the face of bigoted opposition.

Y’all are certified badasses!

Best of luck, ma’am.

…asking Valve to make a third game in a franchise is a tall fucking order!

Doesn’t say great things about their marketing that the first time I (a chronically online gaming nerd) am hearing about this company is their notice of shutting down.

Mid 30s.

Work, sleep, work, sleep, energy drink, work, sleep, energy drink, work, sleep, energy drink, work half a shift, 2nd energy drink, with 2nd half of shift, fucking crash into a vegetative state for a weekend.

Typical week.

Not doing great. >_>

Fun fact: when two people kiss, they create a long tube that starts and ends with an anus.

Sabaton did a song about that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdHkHslFIU

I’m on the fence between the K2 HE base model and the Gamakay TK75HE V2, which came up in a related video when looking for reviews.

They look pretty similar, but the ‘phoenix’ switches used in the Gamakay seem some of the most silent on the market. The Nebula switches in the K2 don’t seem bad though - kind of just a ‘thud’ when they bottom out - still much quieter than mechanicals are known for.

Any insight on Gamakay?

I just noticed after typing this that you use your keyboard on the couch?

Yeah it’s kind of a weird set up… Tower is on the floor to my left, keyboard in my lap (or ontop of the tower when not in use), to my right there’s a center console thing with cup holders and a little storage area for remotes and such: I rigged up a mousepad on that, and the cord feeds in through that storage area then between the cushions and around the back of the couch into the tower. Monitor sits on a coffee table in front of me. Right of the center console is my wife’s comfy spot, and straight across from that is a wall mounted TV.

I don’t give a rat’s ass about tv shows, and she doesn’t give a rat’s ass about videogames, but this setup allows us to be plopped down next to each other but doing our own thing on screen.

And the couch is the most comfortable computer chair ever!!

Ask your doctor if Porkkake is right for you!

There doesn’t seem to be much consistency - even the same patient could find it really painful one operation and not at all the next.

Propofol is weird stuff.

Cataract surgeries you’re typically awake for. Or rather, sleep isn’t drug induced: you’ll still be laying down in a quiet, dark room, so people sometimes fall asleep naturally (and then wake up naturally, understandably freaked out) but they generally won’t give general anesthesia unless you really can’t tolerate it.

Most likely your describing propofol. It’s stored at room temperature, but causes a sensation that’s comparable to Icy Hot, but how it hits an individual patient varies from person to person. In the moment it can feel scalding hot, blistering cold or anything in between, including nothing at all.

The clarity of your memory of that part tells me you might be a touch tolerant to it - I’d run that by your anesthesiologist if you ever need another surgery.

Definitely ask them for which drugs they used, and if you need anesthesia again later, give that list and your symptoms to your anesthesiologist.

The mask is just oxygen - they want your blood as saturated with O2 as it can be. The stuff that knocks you out comes in from the IV, and it knocks you out so completely that you literally don’t even breathe on your own. So, once that stuff kicks in it’s gogogo time for the anesthesiologist, cuz you’re basically holding your breath until they get you intubated, which allows the ventilator to take over.

*There are probably exceptions to that, but 99% of surgeries requiring general anesthesia will go like that.