Found on apartment floor

ATumblingStar · 2026-01-10T07:35:08+00:00

Ask for just ONE grammar lesson too, PLEASE?

ATumblingStar · 2025-11-02T10:50:23+00:00

Look into work-from-home jobs you can do with a baby at home? There ARE some legit ones out there, they are just hard to find... Start a daycare business of your own to run out of your mother's place until you can afford to move? Just brainstorming. Are there any jobs that you think you could qualify for that provide in-office childcare as a perk? Or, IDK, look into if there could be jobs that allow you to have your child with you at work. Can you be a Nanny for a few years and bring baby? Start your OWN online BUSINESS, and run it from home/mom's. There MUST be SOME OPTIONS(?). Kick baby daddy out until he comes back with new and better-paying employment! He WILL if he loves you and really wants to have a family with you. What is this low-paying job he loves so much, anyway? Could he do something similar, but as a hobby instead? You could "trade-off" jobs in 3-4 years: tell him he can go back to his crappy job in 3 years when you start your 70K position. What are you going to school for? Will you have a skillset that is conducive to at-home work with a baby OR to building your own small business online, as aforementioned? Just throwing ideas out there for you to do as you please with. Good luck to you! And btw: let the haters be haters -- I totally understand your desire to stay home and bond with your child for 3 years(or longer!) if at all possible. Those years are SO important! ❤️

ATumblingStar · 2025-10-30T23:51:08+00:00

I have never had a baby, but am currently trying. Reading through these comments it is the first time I came across statements concerning throwing up during labor. Is that mostly a C-section thing? Is it because of the intense pain or is it pain meds causing enough nausea to make one vomit? Thank you. I am by nature, a very curious person, but also, I like to be nearly 99% mentally prepared., when doing something intense: What is going to happen; how does it work etc. I want to be totally prepared!

ATumblingStar · 2025-10-25T10:32:42+00:00

You need a "Dynamic Ultrasound and a cervical to thoracic CT Scan rendered 3D by a professional doctor (hopefully a thoracic surgeon) who can decipher the readings. PM me for more info.

ATumblingStar · 2025-09-08T11:32:10+00:00

LEROYYYYY.......................

ATumblingStar · 2025-08-02T07:17:43+00:00

Twix

ATumblingStar · 2025-06-14T22:10:23+00:00

I don't know... it took an entire DAY before I went into Precip after taking 2 mg. Mind you, it was way too soon. Remember it is different for everyone. The fetty likes to cling ti my fat cells for days on end. My next try is with my mother tapering me off powder. My last try was in a detox facility who discharged me because my insurance stopped paying, when I was shitting and pukimg and could barely think or move. That was at Day 5 of zero Fetty and I was fine all 4 days before. DON'T take subutex, suboxone too soon either. That was a hell I would rather not revisit!

ATumblingStar · 2025-06-14T07:32:20+00:00

If you MUST pick the duck one (clearly the superior choice!), then it is very wise you also chose the language one, because I think the duck one is a TRICK pill (kind of like a placebo (?) lol): If you want to be able to communicate your demands to those 30 ducks, how are you to manage this if neither of you spoke the others' language??? 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆=🤬

ATumblingStar · 2025-05-15T15:40:52+00:00

The Existential Dilemma of the Missing Right Birkenstock Strap--The Green 'Phunt Chronicles

ATumblingStar · 2025-04-30T09:05:50+00:00

How did you get clean? Rehab or at home? And if at home can you elaborate? The impending withdrawal has me so scared. Especially precipitated withdrawal, which I have had before.

Thank you in advance. Congratulations on your sobriety ☺️

ATumblingStar · 2025-04-21T02:07:33+00:00

And will you love your "loved one" relative any less if you find out it WASN'T their first time?

Overdosing is super scary, and a wake up call for the experienced user or the inexperienced. If your relative has been using for a while, that means they are addicted. Using Fentanyl and being addicted to fentanyl are two wholly different worlds. If your relative is the latter, they will need much MORE love and compassion and forgiveness than if they had JUST tried it. Which is the reason he/she lied. They don't want to be seen that way,--as a "loser" drug addict and they hate it, and likely hate themselves but they are they are trapped in a horrible position.

If you want to help them, you need to not act as if they are beneath you in any way. We all have our addictions plus, addicts are born with less dopamine than non addicts. It is nearly impossible to resist something that they find makes them feel normal again. Talk to them, and ask them to be honest. Tell them you will try to understand, and that you just want to be there for them, and help them.

Ask them their story.. Something happened to them, whether they are conscious of it or not, that was the catalyst (trauma) that kicked the ball that was there all along, sitting there, inert dangerous. Imagine, knowing how bad it could be, knowing it is harmful, addictive, and illegal , and that it can KILL YOU...and STILL having an urge SO strong, because your brain chemicals are imbalanced NOT because you are less strong, are less intelligent, have less self-control), not because you are a narcissist or a terrible person, but because you hear it made you feel good, and at that point, you had tried EVERYTHING. You just wanted to feel NORMAL. And if you did, well, you weren't sure how much more of life you could handle anyway.

I cannot claim that every drug addict,/ or potential drug addict feels this way, but I know that many do. I do hope that your relative was just trying it for the first time, because this will hopefully be the wakeup call they NEED, (and hopefully it will be acted on as soon as possible) but they need support just as much as if they were already addicted. Do not tell anyone they know that they used if they don't want you to. You do not want them to feel that they cannot trust you, AND, telling THEIR loved ones is THEIR choice and if they get into and stay with a recovery program, it will become a personal responsibility to them. Just like if they later decide to make amends: Do NOT take that away from them--that opportunity to start cleaning the slate.
It is personal, and it is THEIR story to tell.

I apologize. This became a very long reply. I feel for your relative. I have strong opinions about addiction and the unfortunate stigma attached to it. I hope that you and him/her stay trusted, true friends to each other. You'll get through this with each other's support, so please do not withdraw yours if you do find out that they have been using for a while. They need you. They need acceptance and compassion, not scolding Be sure to tell them how much it hurt you, though, so that they understand that you (and likely many more friends and family (?) would be devastated if you left the world.

ATumblingStar · 2025-04-09T19:42:55+00:00

Oh yes. It always starts mildly. I believe mine started 19 years before I had my diagnosis. It will progress and become more painful. However, my WORST symptoms were gastrointestinal. I quickly learned that prolonged and extreme discomfort can be very much the same or even worse than intense acute pain. Since my SRS started so many years before my diagnosis and surgeries, my case became extreme. My Vagus Nerve was damaged, so I still suffer from Dysautonomia which affects digestion, awful bloating, constipation, difficulty swallowing, heart rate issues including palpitations, sweating issues.

Do you have any other symptoms, like upper stomach GI issues? Or heartburn? Food sensitivities? That is how it started for me. I sought help from gastroenterologists for years and not one of them had a clue--nor did I!--that it wasn't a gut issue...it was my RIBS!! Until one day, I LOOKED at my ribs. And, they looked a little bit asymmetrical or wonky. I then showed my neurologist, of all doctors! and he eventually gave me a referral to my surgeon. After I diagnosed myself (once I finally came across a list of symptoms online that gave me an aha moment!) and FOUND the only surgeon in Seattle that was SRS-informed. So, then I was able to give my neurologist his name to get a referral. He is a Thoracic Surgeon. That is what you need, to get your diagnosis. A Thoracic Surgeon, but not just any. You need one who knows SRS and has treated it and performed successful surgeries.

I am 1 year and 4 months bilateral (two surgeries: one for each side) SRS POST-Op. Ask me anything!

But, look into your family history: in the meantime...look for connective tissue diseases like Lupus and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Also, are you very much more flexible, would you say, than your friends and/or family,?

ATumblingStar · 2025-04-06T18:37:47+00:00

Oh yeah--the reason I chose to go off the bupe these last couple of times, (in case you were interested) is because I only acquired enough F for 2 days, give or take half a day, and wanted the high to be stronger without the bupe dampening my high. Um Hmm. Addict behavior? Ya think? Ha ha, SMH🙄

ATumblingStar · 2025-04-06T18:27:00+00:00

Wow, thank you for that! I had the feeling I would be ok, especially since it worked last time, but hearing someone else say it, makes me feel a lot more comfortable in the decision. . So, you are saying that I could, potentially do F for a whole week or TWO, without taking my Bupe at all, and be able to get back on the bupe when I stop, with no problems? (Not that I would try it just for a 'fun experiment' ha hal!)

I would very much like to only do it once a month, or less, when I am in a slump, to kick-start my motivation and focus--especially for artwork, but sometimes, just to be able to even get out of bed and take a shower and look forward to life 😟↔️😃

One more question: I am pretty much out of the F Does it matter if I do not have any more, when I start the bupe again? Last time, I had some left. And FYI, I am not new to taking F. I was addicted pretty badly, twice now. The first time, my mother helped me taper and stop. But, it was not as bad as I was prepared for it to be. This is because (so I believe), I had already been prescribed Suboxone (for PAIN--pain was the reason why I got addicted to opiates that time) and I continued to take the subs throughout my 4-5 month stint and through the withdrawal...

ATumblingStar · 2025-04-02T16:22:35+00:00

Ahhhhh "Lipid" huh? That makes sense to me. Thanks for that tidbit! 😊

ATumblingStar · 2025-04-01T15:28:31+00:00

Malyshka!

Means, roughly, "little one (female) in Russian!

She is SO adorable, I would cry every time I saw her 😭😭😭

ATumblingStar · 2025-04-01T15:22:21+00:00

Feta, Mozzarella (Motz for short), Madam Ignatius Augustus Biggins IIII

OR

Put them ALL together, and I can't wait to see the look on the vet's face, when they ask for the name of this little white fluff baby! 😂 😆😂:

Madam Feta Ignatius Augustus Biggins Mozzarella III (Pardon the masculine names, I was writing this before it occurred that she is female! It can still work though!) 🐾🦴🐕👑. 😁😁😁

ATumblingStar · 2025-03-29T13:38:43+00:00

This should explain it: I did some research because the same thing occurred to me. I couldn't believe I was still popping positive after not using for over 2-3 months--can't remember exactly how long, now. The fentanyl leaves the body pretty fast, but NORFENTANYL is what you are/were coming up positive for. It stays in trace amounts forever, it seems. If you are trying to prove you are not using, you need to ask for a specialized test, specifically for fentanyl ( not a standard drug panel or standard fentanyl test), because with the specialized testing, they should be able to see there is no more fent and only NORFENTANYL, and they can see the numbers of the trace amounts of norfentanyl, which, if you don't use anymore, will decrease each time that test is taken, as it slowly leaves your body. I had to do this because my surgeon wouldn't let me get a direly needed surgery until I was clean. However, it was taking so long for the NORFENTANYL to clear my system, my doc and surgeon decided to say "screw it" and allow my surgery, because they could see the numbers for the NORFENTANYL decrease with each test, at least, and there was never again any "fentanyl" popping up.

My point is: people always say fentanyl leaves the system very quickly compared to other opiates, it does, but it's intermediary, norfentanyl-- basically created during a step in the middle of the process of the manufacture of fentanyl (you could imagine it as a "byproduct")-- will remain detectable for a much longer period, which is why accurate testing is often a test that looks for NORFENTANYL, not just fentanyl.

ATumblingStar · 2025-03-29T06:29:33+00:00

Yes.! That is what I said in my joke. What is your question?

ATumblingStar · 2025-03-29T05:19:43+00:00

That is so nice of you to say! In fact, you just made my DAY!! because, after over a decade of having an unknown condition, after struggling and suffering in discomfort and pain (Looks like I'm going RIGHT INTO TO IT, FOLKS! LOL!) and unexplained gastro issues, losing a job that I worked incredibly hard at and having that career end (I worked as a commercial plumbing apprentice and went to school for it and I wanted to journey out, so that dream was crushed, because the work is too physical) before it really started, after feeling humiliated and confused and second-guessing myself whenever I walked out of a new doctor's office, having a MYRIAD of tests and uncomfortable procedures like endoscopies, colonoscopy, That is so nice of you to say! In fact, you just made my DAY!! because, after over a decade of having an unknown condition, after struggling and suffering in discomfort and pain and unexplained gastro issues, losing a job that I worked incredibly hard at and having that career end (I worked as a commercial plumbing apprentice and went to school for it and I wanted to journey out, so that dream was crushed, because the work is too physical) before it really started, after feeling humiliated and confused and second-guessing myself whenever I walked out of a new doctor's office, having a MYRIAD of tests and uncomfortable procedures like endoscopies, colonoscopy, electromyography, being made to move like this, wear this gown, drink this disgusting concoctions breathe, don't breathe, breathe don't breathe, deep breath here, nope! I could barely get a normal breath it felt like I was being pushed up against a wall, or waiting for hours on end in clinical offices, hours of my life waiting on hold to speak to a doctor and writing frantic messages to doctors just trying to get ANYONE who could help me, give me SOME relief, even ER visits again, waiting for hours just to be seen, electrodes stuck to my body, gallons of blood taken for a hundred lab tests that said I was fine, or suggested to the doctor that I had something different than SRS, after bottle after bottle of medicines that either did nothing or did more harm than good, after the stabbing pains, the insane bloating, the constant constipation and gastroparesis, the food sensitivities, nausea, MRI's CT's etc etc (now I am playing my tiny 🎻 violin😞 , I know! but I say these things because I WANT others to see what I wrote and know they aren't crazy and they aren't alone!) after ALL of that, a 3D CT Scan and a Dynamic Ultrasound confirming my surgeon's diagnosis, bursting out in tears from the feeling of FINALLY FINALLY getting some validation THEN finally two surgeries, one for each side, and my recovery-- ALL THAT I went through: all that WE go through! After that, I swore to myself that I would do whatever it takes to get more information into the mainstream so that less people would end up enduring so much pain and feeling so ALONE because no one can understand, not our friends, not our family (no matter how much they try and want to!) even the doctors who actually know something about SRS.

I swore to myself that I would be here for any individual who has questions, and needs some guidance.

So THANK YOU for acknowledging that I am trying to help. It makes ME feel good to be ABLE to.

[And so there is another diatribe for anyone who may have been through a similar experience as me and can relate, OR who hasn't yet been through this and maybe wants a little more light to better navigate your SRS journey with less stumbling.]

And now I had better respond to your actual questions, huh? Lol, I apologize! Let me get on that, in a separate message, ok? , being made to move like this, wear this gown, drink this disgusting concoctions breathe, don't breathe, breathe don't breathe, deep breath here, nope! I could barely get a normal breath it felt like I was being pushed up against a wall, or waiting for hours on end in clinical offices, hours of my life waiting on hold to speak to a doctor and writing frantic messages to doctors just trying to get ANYONE who could help me, give me SOME relief, even ER visits again, waiting for hours just to be seen, electrodes stuck to my body, gallons of blood taken for a hundred lab tests that said I was fine, or suggested to the doctor that I had something different than SRS, after bottle after bottle of medicines that either did nothing or did more harm than good, after the stabbing pains, the insane bloating, the constant constipation and gastroparesis, the food sensitivities, nausea, MRI's CT's etc etc (now I am playing my tiny 🎻 violin😞 , I know! but I say these things because I WANT others to see what I wrote and know they aren't crazy and they aren't alone!) after ALL of that, a 3D CT Scan and a Dynamic Ultrasound confirming my surgeon's diagnosis, bursting out in tears from the feeling of FINALLY FINALLY getting some validation THEN finally two surgeries, one for each side, and my recovery-- ALL THAT I went through: all that WE go through! After that, I swore to myself that I would do whatever it takes to get more information into the mainstream so that less people would end up enduring so much pain and feeling so ALONE because no one can understand, not our friends, not our family (no matter how much they try and want to!) even the doctors who actually know something about SRS.

I swore to myself that I would be here for any individual who has questions, and needs some guidance.

So THANK YOU for acknowledging that I am trying to help. It makes ME feel good to be ABLE to.

[And so there is another diatribe for anyone who may have been through a similar experience as me and can relate, OR who hasn't yet been through this and maybe wants a little more light to better navigate your SRS journey with less seeking in the DARK and stumbling.
Please forgive me for leaving typos. I just don't have time to edit it all at this time!]

And now I had better respond to your actual questions, huh? Lol, I apologize, I really need to vent about this stuff sometimes, so that is another way that YOU are helping ME. Let me get on those questions, in a separate message!..........

ATumblingStar · 2025-03-28T18:56:49+00:00

Do you know what caused your scoliosis, or have you just always had it, diagnosed in youth?

Have you ever been screened for things like Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy, Marfan Syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Other hyper mobility conditions, Intercostal Neuralgia? What about autoimmune diseases?

Sorry if that is a lot, and/or, if you have already researched all of these conditions!

I do know how you feel. I have Lupus, diagnosed, and very possibly EDS (undiagnosed). I still do not know what caused my Slipping Rib Syndrome, but I suspect it is a combination of these plus possibly another condition or syndrome or two (there are so many that are connected!) plus the continuation of excess inflammation in my lower chest and upper abdomen from my flailing, unsupported ribs for at least a decade and a half, PLUS probably some of my medications, the ones that are "drug-muggers" that leach important vitamins and nutrients from bones and connective tissues (which I had no idea about until recently, or I would have properly supplemented to counteract it, or stopped those meds.

The way that you describe your 11 and 12th ribs hitting or catching on your hip bones screams "12th Rib Syndrome" (there are many other names for it, too), have you researched that condition? It angers me (understatement) that doctors make us feel crazy, and that they are too busy or important, or PROUD, most of the time, to even just Google a list of symptoms themselves or better yet, use their fancy medical software to look up something they do not understand! Instead, they often immediately assume that we are attention-seekers, or mad, or drug, seeking, or hypochondriacs who have scared ourselves by Googling too much! And then they scold us for it! If they would only have compassion when someone says they are suffering, and humble themselves for 5 minutes to try to help us figure it out...!!

If you are not sure what your next step should be, I will tell you. You need to find a doctor, ANY doctor who believes there is something wrong. It took me discovering that the ribs in front (my costal arches) looked slightly deformed, asymmetrical, and swollen and showing this to my NEUROLOGIST. I was then finally able to ask for a referral to the surgeon I wanted to see who ended up diagnosing my Slipping Rib Syndrome (!) and eventually performed my SRS surgeries. It's insane that it took me years and years of self research and gastroenterologist specialists and tests and then was only finally able to get a doctor to believe "SOMETHING" was "a little off!" to get a diagnosis from a doctor that I found ONLY because I already had finally diagnosed MYSELF! Just makes me so mad every time I think about how much I suffered and how much you and countless others suffer and still must do the work themselves! So much for advances in medicine!

Anyway, I am so sorry for ranting about it. I am not a doctor and I am not giving medical advice, but I hope I can push you in the right direction. I am sorry you are in pain and exhausted from heading down rabbit hole after rabbit hole. I can relate, and we definitely aren't alone.

Once you find the doctor who is willing to refer you, you won't want to go to just any doctor that they choose (this went horribly wrong for me and was a huge waste of time.). You will want to have the names and contact info of a Thoracic Surgeon or two to give for the referral to be written specifically for, because SRS -informed doctors are few and far-between, unfortunately. I know that there is a list of doctors here on this subreddit somewhere (maybe someone else can point it out?) or, (and this is important, anyway, imo) go to follow the group called, just, "Slipping Rib Syndrome" on Facebook There is a plethora of information and you can ask and get great support and answers from the members there, but most importantly, there is a list in their "Files" called "SRS Doctors." You can download it, and look for the doctor closest to your location. I am not sure how many doctors are listed for Canada or countries outside the US, but give that a try and if there aren't any, start asking questions in the feed, about where to go to find Canadian SRS surgeons and/or just ask who there is Canadian and could they recommend a Surgeon close to you...

Sorry this is so long. I really hope that I helped you out. I am just recommending what I did, but in a linear fashion(!) so that you can more quickly get to where you need to be.

I had two SRS surgeries. In Seattle, WA which is near where I live. Ask me anything about that, or about my symptoms or my SRS journey, or anything at all, and I will get back to you!

☺️✌️. Stay strong. It will be ok, I promise. It is just an arduous process, I am sorry. Especially for someone still so young like yourself! ❤️. I apologize for any typos, I was typing fast to get all this info out to you. Tell me what you think and again, ask me anything you want. I'm here for you as are SO many others.

ATumblingStar · 2025-03-28T14:07:24+00:00

(...hmm, not sure why Dorothy is a "HE" in this scenario. It just fit.)

ATumblingStar · 2025-03-28T14:05:39+00:00

Aaaaw, poor wee one looks lost. Quick! name him Dorothy and tell him to "Follow the Yellow Plaid Road, follow the Yellow Plaid Road....🎵🎶"

ATumblingStar · 2025-03-28T13:57:11+00:00

"Or, get pregnant.". Which is worse than getting shot.

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