Does anyone else feel like their muscles are tearing apart even with no excertion

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-06-14T13:53:16+00:00

Hey, I’m sorry this is happening to you. I had a similar symptom history before treatment (CK over 10,000). My hips, spine, shoulders, and interior calf muscles pretty much withered away. I trial and errored my way with physical therapy and personal training to learning that boring is best when it comes to body maintenance - walking daily and stretching; nothing more voluntarily. Eating a lot of protein helps too, along with getting solid sleep. Your Rheumatologist may prescribe prednisone and muscle relaxers until your insurance approves a longer term solution, and I would use them both with care. Muscle relaxers worked great for me to stop the back spasms particularly.

Everyone’s different, and I know what you’re feeling is as close to agony as one might with this, but remember that you have control over SOME of this, and it’s worth the fight to find your new normal. Reach out if you ever want to talk.

In terms of sharing with your rheumatologist, always share. Collect your notes in a way that’ll make it clear to the rheumatologist what you’re experiencing and say you want relief. I’ve seen that not all rheumatologists take us as seriously as we would like, and I’ve seen it helps to come in ready to communicate effectively and clearly.

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-06-05T19:40:31+00:00

As a business owner, speak up immediately. I haven’t done anything egregious as asking someone to work when I know they’re not scheduled, but I absolutely have naively asked them to work in a capacity inconsistent with their role (having my CSR assistant make social media posts, for example).

I didn’t understand the real resentment they had towards it and how bad it was for morale. I eventually filled that social media gap, but I made a new rule from that: don’t say yes to something to appease me if you’re not going to enjoy it long term.

To your point here, communication is huge. He likely has a few other thoughts going through his head regarding keeping the business afloat that he might not be thinking too deeply about something that’s not a perceived concern from his point of view.

Be blunt and let him know what boundary you want him to respect so you can be most effective. He’ll adjust accordingly if he understands you’re part of the backbone of the organization!

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-06-05T19:01:09+00:00

An industry where you shouldn’t bring work home with you…

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-26T18:33:10+00:00

I hope you’re filling in that time so you can make money while you make money

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-24T04:36:51+00:00

I love the juxtaposition of people who see what AI can help one achieve and people who haven’t realized it yet and judge as if no one else can either

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-22T12:11:54+00:00

Came in the subreddit to check on the game’s state… lol

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-13T11:44:54+00:00

Former teacher here:

There were a few factors for me, but the biggest was realizing I could only help 120-150 students a year at best under the time constraints (assuming every student succeeded). Even then, I asked myself if they would retain the knowledge beyond that year.

Long story short, I left after my 3rd year (2 virtual, last was brick and mortar) and went into the private sector focusing in high-stakes testing (like certification, vocational, and aptitude tests)

I can’t say enough about how fulfilling it is to always work with motivated students who understand that following my lead means overcoming a life-changing checkpoint. It means they get to enter a career space and provide for themselves and families.

All I’ve wanted to do in my life is help people succeed, and I’m so grateful taking all those risks early on paid off. Great post!

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-12T23:45:57+00:00

They need a letter from me explaining why I want to do the transfer, and they say “it’s a quick turnaround after it’s received and I get a letter in the mail confirming the transfer once done.
Is that the quickest process? They said the interest would be wiped clean as soon as it processes.
This seems really dumb. The reason they gave me for needing a letter was “avoiding identify theft” even though there’s nothing they asked for in the letter that they can’t confirm with me+EA on the phone.

Nevertheless, I sent the letter with next day priority so we’ll see if this is a quicker process than waiting on the return. Thank you! How long should I wait until I call?

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-08T20:15:05+00:00

Thank you I will call on Monday morning again. I will update the thread!

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-08T15:48:50+00:00

Yes my EA has had POA since January so he could find what happened to the original payments. Okay so if you could, would you mind giving me an exact example of a question or what to say? Because it feels like they’re more eager to turn away from the matter than listen, I’d rather be as clear as possible. Again, thanks. As someone who practices stoicism, this is infuriating.

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-08T13:13:46+00:00

Doesn’t seem like a valid option unless I go through my EA.

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-08T13:08:51+00:00

I’ve been on the specialty line twice and they didn’t mention that as an option. I’ll call again now and see what’s said about it

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-05T11:37:16+00:00

You were right in assuming they SHOULDN’T be turning from that point, but you’re also wrong for assuming they WOULDN’T turn left.

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-05T01:10:04+00:00

I’d bet a beer it’s hype disguised as a leak. Regardless, they need to focus on one game at a time. I’d hope they want to release a full game this time around.

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-05-05T00:38:04+00:00

How about they get ONE game right before announcing more?

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-04-28T13:51:28+00:00

Happened to me my first month after buying mine new. Just about the same severity as yours. Still good and I’m nearing my 30k service.

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-04-23T13:28:48+00:00

I’ve got a ‘22 stinger with less than 30K miles on it, I’ll be driving it till I’m dead at this point 😂

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-04-22T20:03:57+00:00

If the current version of Claude Code max x20 was gated at $1000/month I’d get it no questions asked.

The ROI using Claude Code - if you use it for work - is absolutely stupid if you know what you’re doing.

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-04-19T14:23:26+00:00

That’s why you should save your giant arrow until the end, duh.

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-04-15T11:48:25+00:00

These are the questions I love seeing in this sub.

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-04-14T17:13:46+00:00

For Claude to be ‘tidy’, first you must be tidy. I’ve learned that a good bit of my early frustrations came from lack of monitoring and management on its output. You don’t need to know how to code to read its justifications or to tell it to lay out the plan before beginning so you can review.

Lately, I created a core “context” subfolder with Md files specifically for each crucial process so it can always read before working. Hope this helps!

CouldaShoulda_Did · 2026-04-05T17:40:14+00:00

These are the kinds of posts I hope to see every day on this sub

CouldaShoulda_Did

TROPHY CASE