“I'd told myself I was calm. Then Tuesday came.”
Pre-opSurgical8 min read
The week before surgery
I'd told myself I was calm. Then Tuesday came.
@nine_grand ·
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“The fastest to reply wasn't the right answer. Here's how I narrowed it.”
ResearchingSurgical10 min readI consulted with five surgeons. The one I picked was fourth.
The fastest to reply wasn't the right answer. Here's how I narrowed it.
@ben_24 ·
read this one →“I should have come here at sixteen. I didn't, because I didn't think a place like this existed.”
Just found outWatching6 min readSeven years of Googling at 11pm
I should have come here at sixteen. I didn't, because I didn't think a place like this existed.
@dev_22 ·
read this one →“Sometimes the right answer is the right answer at the wrong time.”
DecidedSurgical7 min readI've decided. I'm just not going yet.
Sometimes the right answer is the right answer at the wrong time.
@jay_33 ·
read this one →- RecoverySurgical9 min read
Nine years of layered shirts
I told my brother the night before surgery. He'd had the same thing at twenty-two.
@quietkitchen ·
read this one → - Long-termNon-surgical11 min read
I needed a plan, not a forum
Surgery wasn't an option for me. So I built something else.
@tomas_p ·
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