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re: Torn Meniscus

Posted by The Dudes Rug on 9/23/26 at 8:52 pm to
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Adam Perry (rip)

The ortho surgeon from Lafayette? He passed away?! He did my collarbone surgery like 9 years ago.
They don’t sing Tear It Down anymore?
I think a doctor is your best bet. I have an extruding disc at my L4 and a herniated disc at my L5. I was offered surgery but declined. In the past year, I’ve had zero pain, but I’m prepared to get the surgery down the road if it ever gets bad.

The first few weeks of my injury, I could barely bend over to put on my socks without my sciatic nerve shooting pain down to my ankle.
I know. I love the game. It was just always something going on like moving or having a kid that just took me away for long enough that I forgot the story and had to start over.
This is awesome. Now have a great excuse to finally finish it, I always get to the ugly baby mission or something about some witches in a swamp and life happens, causing me to stop playing.

I’ve probably restart from the beginning like 4-5 times because I forget the story lol
I went to see the pro race at Washougal yesterday for the first time. It was an amazing experience. The officials let us on the track after the race was over so my son could sit in a rut for a picture lol..also ran into J Stew after the race around the pits and talked for like 20 mins.
Cat V (Mandarin) all thanks to Uncle Sam.

re: Retro Gaming (Emulators)

Posted by The Dudes Rug on 3/8/26 at 12:21 pm to
A Miyoo Mini Plus is a good, cheap option. Plays everything through the 32-bit era, minus Sega Saturn.
Amazing game. I just left RPD as Leon. I don’t want it to end.

re: Annual Mass Effect Replay

Posted by The Dudes Rug on 1/25/26 at 12:08 pm to
I still need to play through the series. I’ve only got like 2 hours into it back in the day.
Due to a recommendation in another thread, I recently used Goodlabs. It was super easy and cheap. Their website was very user friendly when came to tracking your results as well.
5-10g of unflavored monohydrate a day for like 2 decades. I’ve never experience any bloat, ever.

re: Gabapentin

Posted by The Dudes Rug on 1/3/26 at 6:00 pm to
I was on it for my herniated disk pressing on my sciatic nerve. I got up to 300mg 3 times per day. I don’t take it anymore, but just know, if you start it, do not stop it cold turkey. I did this and felt like complete shite for days. Apparently, dropping it suddenly can give you withdraw symptoms.

ETA: it did help me get better sleep, but my pain eventually went away on its own and I didn’t need it anymore.

re: Need Info on TRT

Posted by The Dudes Rug on 12/6/25 at 11:13 am to
Anyone have info on some good online bloodwork sites? I’ve researched a lot, but of them require memberships. I just want one hormone test.

I’ve been feeling fine and workouts always go well. But I’m 36 and my last test was 329 total test, 6.9 free test. The VA said no because it’s in the normal range.

re: Gaming Laptop

Posted by The Dudes Rug on 12/5/25 at 12:38 pm to
MSI laptop with a 4060

This one is on sale for cheap right now.
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What set did you start at?

I started doing this in 2021 with Evolving Skies. I have only missed a few here and there. I snagged so many Japanese sets when I went to Japan this past summer.

I have a local card shop that knows me well and why I’m doing it, so they always hold one box for me.
I’ve been buying one booster box from each set for a few years and stashing them. When my son turns 7-8, we are going to open them all together.