# TLDR...My Online Therapy, Chapter 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802 "2013-12-08T05:46:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Domesticated\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Domesticated\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domesticated_Primate)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802/21 "2013-12-09T09:49:24Z")
I hope you get good news about lefty! ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802/22 "2013-12-11T02:05:29Z")
Lefty has a cyst! I didn’t know I could be giddy about a cyst. I went today and had my sonogram. They had me assume a curiously seductive pose, lying flat with my arm behind my head, Lefty pointing skyward. I watched the sono screen, but truthfully unless there was an Aliens scenario playing out in there I wouldn’t know what I was looking at. Anyway, looks like I’m keeping it. Lefty that is. And the cyst, for that matter. Thanks for the well wishes, the positive vibe helped. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802/23 "2013-12-11T02:19:26Z")
Very happy to hear the good news. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802/24 "2013-12-11T02:32:11Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I had some free time, so I read it, too. 🙂 Yeah, well I din’t have time, but I read it anyhow… …hoping there’d be a happy ending. Yay, cyst!!! ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802/25 "2013-12-11T02:35:20Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Obvious options: > a) Slam the pinky - it’s smaller. > 2) Slam someone else’s thumb in the door. After careful consideration I’ve decided to forgo the pinky solution and look more closely at using someone else’s thumb when I need distraction in the future. The problem is that there is only one person in all the world that I personally dislike enough to try this on. I’m afraid that while I’m trying to maneuver her thumb into position she may begin to Suspect Something. I need to distract her. A distraction for the distractor. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802/26 "2013-12-11T04:25:53Z")
I read the whole thing. I hope you will accept the cyber-hug of an anonymous stranger. Huzzah! for the cyst. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802/27 "2013-12-11T04:34:02Z")
> [@InappropriateHumor](#): > > After careful consideration I’ve decided to forgo the pinky solution and look more closely at using someone else’s thumb when I need distraction in the future. > > The problem is that there is only one person in all the world that I personally dislike enough to try this on. I’m afraid that while I’m trying to maneuver her thumb into position she may begin to Suspect Something. I need to distract her. A distraction for the distractor. Would “Hey…check out my cyst!” be out of line? Or you could just wait for a friendly neighborhood troll to stop by, and use them. On a serious note, congrats on the good news! ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802/28 "2013-12-11T04:49:17Z")
I hope you have more to vent. That was a fun read and I 'm rooting for you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802.md?page=1)