How are you doing? - Kiwi Farms Wellness Check

[Neurotypical Mantis]

What.

oh you know.
for context some doctors will use a little thing sometimes referred to as a "buzzy bee" and it basically vibrates against your skin for a while to numb it. makes shots and stuff much more bearable

 

[gachacunt]

Been a little nervous over the upcoming operation for my kitten this week: she's going to get neutered on Tuesday, and i'm already worrying over anything that she could hurt herself on.

Otherwise i've been doing great. Mostly planning out Christmas gifts in advance and looking forward to what October'll bring. I'm already excited over watching some spooky-ass movies.

 

[Vingle]

I'm shook, my microwave almost took fire. Or well, some of the filter inside really burned. Just ordered a new one, because my life is miserable without one. Luckily I didn't have a super tight budget this month, but fuck. It took me months to replace my last electric toothbrush, because I hate using money on these "unnecessary" things

At least it looks nicer than the one that just an hero'd now.

 

[A Grey Cat]

No matter how bad things seem I always love October. I love Halloween, I love the Samuel Addams Oktoberfest beer, I love watching a horror movies every night to hold my own little monsterfest, I love heating a nice pot of cider up with some ginger snaps, i love it all so. Something about October and fall that always brightens up my day and makes me feel good.

 

[Shiversblood]

AHHHHHHHHHHH SUP EVERYBODY HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I AM FEELING OKAY EVERYBODY!!!!

 

[JosephStalin]

Today four months since the spinal fusion surgery. Over 90% recovered. Still have some transient muscle discomfort at times, and some occasional pinprick pains, but the big stuff stays gone. Believe the transient stuff will be gone by the New Year.

Have been walking, including walking up steep hills at least once a week. Still working toward being able to walk four or five miles without stopping. Can do two miles or so. Go much further, back discomfort sets in. Sleep later on weekends. Permanently out of the lifting and carrying heavy shit business.

The longer it is after the surgery, the more the memories of the "month of hell" recede. Easier to compartment those memories now. Am sure body remembers but like to think body has tucked those memories away.

 

[The Faggot of the Opera]

About to lose my damn mind. Loser in-laws won't stop asking for money. Spouse doesn't want to have children with me and spends more and more time on vidya but it feels too late to start over. Trying not to do a flip.

 

[Sarvon]

Pretty good. We're on night 3 of our October movie marathon. This year was dedicated to zombie flicks so far I've put on Return of the the Living Dead 1 and 2 and tonight is Zombie Honeymoon. Tomorrow is Dead Next Door and then Zombi.

 

[Spamton]

I am just a bit tired, but other than that I am doing alright.

 

[HeilDave]

Today four months since the spinal fusion surgery. Over 90% recovered. Still have some transient muscle discomfort at times, and some occasional pinprick pains, but the big stuff stays gone. Believe the transient stuff will be gone by the New Year.

Have been walking, including walking up steep hills at least once a week. Still working toward being able to walk four or five miles without stopping. Can do two miles or so. Go much further, back discomfort sets in. Sleep later on weekends. Permanently out of the lifting and carrying heavy shit business.

The longer it is after the surgery, the more the memories of the "month of hell" recede. Easier to compartment those memories now. Am sure body remembers but like to think body has tucked those memories away.

Hey man I don't know your circumstances or interests, but 80's wrestler Diamond Dallas Page has a rehab program he designed to recover from his own back surgery. It's like a cross between yoga and Charles Altas isometric exercises while he chews on the scenery.

It's good for the lulz if nothing else. HULK IT UPPP!

https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator:"DDPY"
https://archive.org/details/quikrob_gmail_DDP

 

[JosephStalin]

Hey man I don't know your circumstances or interests, but 80's wrestler Diamond Dallas Page has a rehab program he designed to recover from his own back surgery. It's like a cross between yoga and Charles Altas isometric exercises while he chews on the scenery.

It's good for the lulz if nothing else. HULK IT UPPP!

https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator:"DDPY"
https://archive.org/details/quikrob_gmail_DDP

Thank you kindly, used the approach I used some years back to recover from open-heart. I walked and did things around the house. Started slowly, gradually built up. Bone growing well to complete the spinal fusion. Nevertheless, thanks for thinking of me.

 

[Coelacanth]

Hectic. Found a poor hedgehog that'd gotten entangled in one of my neighbour's fishing net displays. Looks like it had been there all night because it was extremely cold to touch. Me and the family got it out of there and we're letting it rest and warm up. It's fully grown, so I'm pretty sure if we need to feed it we can give it regular cat food. If any kiwis have any advice on what else to do then I'd appreciate it!

 

[NaggotFigger]

I'm doing great lately, despite getting sleepy from working for some time.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Pretty good for the most part. The past few days it seems like I can’t get enough sleep, which sucks feeling like you want a nap constantly but can’t. Aside from that all is well.

 

[Clockwork_PurBle]

Pretty good! Starbucks is doing a rewards game through their app for their 50th anniversary. Not gonna explain it but long story short I won a $5 gift card today for free (you get 2 free plays to kick off). A nice little win!

 

[glass_houses]

Every now and again I do an opposite to my random not sleeping for thirty hours thing, and instead sleep for fifteen or seventeen hours straight for no apparent reason. It's not a satisfying sleep so I usually wake up late in the afternoon- like I did today- feeling vaguely manky and disgusted with myself. I was supposed to go out and I slept right through it.

Tomorrow I have to go get an ultrasound for something that's been bothering me for a number of years but in the past few months, has worsened into a seriously embarrassing problem. I am not looking forward to it.

The latest new housemate is settling in. He's a strange man, but I'm in no position to comment.

Female housemate is so far behaving herself, and I've discussed giving her her notice with first male flatmate. He's strangely not in favour of it, despite her bullying of him, which I'm attributing to a combination of avarice (four people in the house makes for cheap rent) and a soft heart. He and I hold the lease between us so I can't yeet the nasty cow without him agreeing to it. I guess I just have to wait until the next time she goes after him and he's vulnerable. Tick tock.

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

Hectic. Found a poor hedgehog that'd gotten entangled in one of my neighbour's fishing net displays. Looks like it had been there all night because it was extremely cold to touch. Me and the family got it out of there and we're letting it rest and warm up. It's fully grown, so I'm pretty sure if we need to feed it we can give it regular cat food. If any kiwis have any advice on what else to do then I'd appreciate it!

Obviously, a fully grown hedgehog needs to eat chili dogs (as we learned from Sonic).

But seriously, my guess is that cat food or even any rodent-compatible food (also make sure it has water to drink) will work just fine until the little dude is ready to go outside (should be very quick is my guess). You probably did this already, but I’d Google some stuff on this.

 

[Coelacanth]

Obviously, a fully grown hedgehog needs to eat chili dogs (as we learned from Sonic).

But seriously, my guess is that cat food or even any rodent-compatible food (also make sure it has water to drink) will work just fine until the little dude is ready to go outside (should be very quick is my guess). You probably did this already, but I’d Google some stuff on this.

The guy made it through the night and while it was cautious it looked fairly relaxed once we cut the fishing net off of its body. Turns out we had literally everything we needed to take care of it (and judging from how quickly it devoured the cat food I'm willing to guess it'd been stuck out there for a while), however flies had begun laying eggs in its quills when we finally came to its rescue so we opted to take it to the vet where it would receive proper care and be passed onto a wildlife hospital.

It feels really good to help the little hog out. We'll go and tell the neighbour what happened to his display next - thankfully he's a wildlife guy so I don't think the fishing net display will stay out for much longer.

 

[Agarathium1066]

Feeling tired, drained emotionally and physically due to starting back on my usual medication after having a twoish week period of not having it. Body just started getting used to things only for me to have to kick it back into gear.

More than anything I feel mentally fatigued from how there's been no real end to the usual rabblerousing or doomsaying from all sides. Nothing seems to be trending towards anything good, they all claim dark skies ahead. I'd just like to hear a little positivity for a change, a little appreciation for small things, maybe just someone excited about a coming up event.

There is one small joy that I like to think on though, walking through my neighborhood you see a lot of little moments of peaceful joy. Children are playing in yards, people are outside chatting in the cool of the evening, the nearby basketball court has a family playing with each other, one evening there was a dance class just doing things out in the open air. I need to focus more on those small things that still go on, I guess.

 

[JustSomeDong]

The local fiber company finally got to my neighborhood, and I just got hooked up today, so I'm pretty excited. Tomorrow I'll start the Battle to cancel comcast. But tonight, I'll enjoy twice the speed at half the price, with a stable latency. Today was pretty okay.