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  • Shoe@lemm.eetoChronic Illness@lemmy.world"Helping"
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    2 days ago

    It took nearly 12 months, an emergency visit, and being lucky enough to get a Dr who listened before “the tests look normal, idk, do some stretches?” became “oh no, your arm’s blood supply is compromised, we have to do surgery.”

    So glad I didn’t listen to the other Drs, or I’d never have found I have the lucky combination of arterial and venous thoracic outlet syndrome. On the downside, they’re going to cut my rib out, but it definitely taught me to trust my body when something seems wrong.


  • The snaps on this are giving me major flashbacks, though I can’t put my finger on anything specific. My mum was a seamstress and I’m sure I remember finding and playing with something exactly like this in her room as a kid back in the 80s. Will reply here if it comes back to me :) the fact it’s adjustable to fixed intervals via the snaps seems too purposeful and practical, though - especially with the metal presumably giving rigidity to whatever it’s used for.







  • Have reviewed 16 year old code for a very well known company in the last week with this exact comment peppered throughout, alongside delightfully helpful comments like:

    // do not delete or change this it just works

    // TODO temporary fix added 12/09/11 to fix incident must be removed ASAP

    // CAUTION this returns false here instead of true like it normally does, not sure why

    // if true then matched to valid account not is true








  • Shoe@lemm.eetoMemes@sopuli.xyz63829047
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    1 year ago

    Worked in a stationers over 20 years ago, still remember the barcode for this one pencil eraser we sold all the time that would never scan - 4007817526040.

    … Still can’t remember a single damn birthday or important appointment. Why, brain, why?