The TMI thread

Why? Ethically being a piscetarian (sp?) makes the most sense - hundreds of mice and other small critters die per acre of farmed crop land, compared to the single cow you eat off pasture (which doesn't have the same death toll).

Or is it for health?

This is the worst damn thread ever.

Health, ethics, environmental issues.

Disagree. I love this thread.

I just farted..

How! Tell me your secrets! Was it ninja's?

No, it was the Deadly Superfluous Apostrophe Team.

Athryn: me too. And I loooooove me some asparagus, too.

Dude, put that shit under your pillow. Get two quarters, and walk down to the arcade.

Dental issues ahead! (y'all been warned)

So I go in this morning for a simple appointment: one extraction of a broken tooth, root canal on the molar behind it. Last week I'd cracked the molar, an infection set in pretty rapidly, and thankfully I was able to get in for a quick evaluation and some antibiotics (which helped almost instantly).

Extraction of #4, no problem at all. Maybe 90 seconds all-in. But the root canal on #3... oh man. Three roots, the first two get extirpated with no problem, but then the dentist starts in on the palatial root and even from my perspective I can tell things are getting problematic. Finally he sits me up and says "Okay, I hate to say this. I need to refer you to an endodontist, because we just don't have the equipment here to deal with this. Let me show you." He brings out the x-ray image and I can see exactly what he means. The root in question is not only about 25% longer than the others, the last bit of it takes a >45 degree curve forward, narrowing the nerve channel with about 1/8" of nerve unreachable by the circular files they have. So he fills the other two with the gutta percha, and puts a temporary filling in the molar after treating that nerve with sodium hypochlorite to deaden it. Which means the pain's gone from the tooth, but the endodontist is going to need to go in and spelunk that last problematic 1/8" to debride the last bit of nerve tissue out of there, lest it blossom into something worse later on.

Now that all the novocaine's worn off, though - absolutely no pain from #3 or the extraction site of #4. A bit of irritation around the gums where the novocaine went in (and having had issues with gumline abrasions before, I am regularly swishing around some Listerine to keep everything disinfected) but aside from that - nigh-painless dentistry. This is a nice change.

Take off and shoot an arrow in the endodontist's knee from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

So I had my nether regions poked a prodded a couple of hours ago.

For fun or profit?

Neither. Medical purposes which amount to "yeah, that sucks but there isn't a whole lot we can do about it, eat right and exercise."

I've had intestinal troubles for some time unfortunately.

Did they at least buy you dinner first?

No, if I were single and she had asked prior to the incident I would have said yes, afterwards, that would just be weird.

So I confirmed that I don't get the urinary version of this. I had a huge beet salad last night (2.5 beets to myself) my poop was clearly affected, my urine, a little deeper yellow than usual but nothing even close to red.

I forgot about this thread until Griot made a TMI post in another thread.

I currently have a non-serious condition that requires me to get weekly injections in my penis. FUCK YOU ALL, I WIN!

What condition?

And in my own TMI, there's one time where I occasionally wish I had male plumbing, and that's when I'm out hiking. You guys have it easy!

It's even better when there's snow.

Peyronie's disease. I've been taking medication three times a day for a few months for it and am now under going the injections. Should they not succeed the last option is surgery. Hopefully it won't come to that, it's apparently quite rare for surgery to be required. My case is also quite mild so if it does come to that I may forgo surgery as the condition has been know to correct itself though that typically takes years.

I'm not sure I understand why lady parts are adversely affected by hiking?

Dames have trouble peeing in the wilderness.

John Bobbit?!?!?!?

That's never stopped by wife who enjoys doing such activities in the great outdoors.

Obviously it's not stopping Athryn either. If you read closely, you'll note that she says "occasionally wish" not "omfg ladyparts make hiking impossible" which would be a straight up lie anyway since she's elsewhere posted documentary evidence of her hiking.

Crisis averted!

Oh, it's not impossible. It's just easier for guys. But they make fun little portable/collapsible pee-dongs for gals to go tinkle in the brush when nature calls. SCIENCE.

Fun?

It doesn't stop me either, but whereas dudes can just whip it out and aim to the side of the trail, I have to find a decent place to pull over that is sheltered from view somewhat, and have to pull my pants down et cetera, running the risk of a frozen arse in the winter or potential poison ivy rash in the non-winter.

It's not a *genuine* wish for boy parts, but it's the occasional wish that it could be slightly more convenient.

I have heard about those lady pee things, but they seem like they'd be a hassle also, and run the risk of peeing myself if not used properly.

This post has been bookmarked for Secret Santa 2013.

Properly? I thought that was the whole point, not just some fringe benefit.

Too late! Amazon has the Go Girl, and it's only $10, so why the heck not.

I should say thank you for mentioned them, as I said in the earlier post I kinda thought they were a bit fussy and hard to use, but there are multiple types (and reusable) now available in the US, and they look much more user friendly (well, as user friendly as what is basically a funnel can be.)

Damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

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I've had two previous surgeries on my man-meat - once on my testicles, for testicular torsion (caught early enough that they were able to save the testicle, thankfully) and the other time a frenuloplasty due to frenulum breve. And I'm only 26! I feel like that's a disproportionate amount of penis problems. I hadn't even HEARD of Peyronie's disease, but now I'm expecting to develop it any moment.

I hope you don't. I'm lucky as I'm getting this treatment as part of some research being done by a doctor where I live. If I lived in any other city in Canada I wouldn't have this option and my options would be a years worth of drugs (which I'm still doing) which have a poor success rate followed by surgery should it fail. These injections aren't the typical treatment and are covered by the research funding and not by Ontario health insurance from what I understand (I don't see a bill so I'm not 100% sure who ends up paying).

The injections aren't that bad actually. An initial injection of a local anesthetic is done first in the pubic region just above my junk, then after that takes effect the injection into the penis at the location of the scar tissue. Often the anesthetic is the more painful one, with the second be unnoticeable. Though if they poke a little too far or inject the medication a little too fast the penile one can be quite painful. Afterwards there is a chance of bruising but the majority of the time there are no issues. No sexual activity for 24 hours afterwards is the only drawback.

Really the issue is that I have to go weekly for twelve weeks, that's the annoying part. Also hanging out in the urology department waiting room full of 60+ year old men almost all of whom are there for the same treatment makes me feel like I've got old man problems ahead of my time.

That may be because you've got old man problems ahead of your time.

Anybody else find it a little funny that a guy with the forum handle TheTrunkDr, is in fact, going to see a doctor, for his 'trunk'?

(BTW, he has my sympathies, any sort of penis issue doesn't sound like fun)

Speaking of penises, I was just informed that my submarine is officially unmanned!

Fair enough.

Fucking hell, I love developing radiation side effects a full two years after having radiation treatment. I thought I'd gotten away with something. <grumble>