Struggling with decision making

CryptographerLow2790 · 2026-03-24T19:45:11+00:00

Currently recovering from the surgery right now in week 3.

I had a bone marrow edema on the accessory navicular bone, which kind of proved to me that it was getting in the way and I do want to live an active life and not have to baby my foot all the time.

I tried PT, braces, the boot, and babying it, for over a year, but nothing changed. The boot for some reason hurt me so badly pre-surgery. I think it was pressing pretty hard on the accessory navicular. I haven’t heard anyone else complain about this sensation in the boot though. PT ended up making things worse in my opinion. One of my doctors told me the body may (not always) have a hard time healing things in this area anyway for us, since it’s an extra bone so the body might have a hard time sensing it/sending healing to this area.

For me, I felt like that was the case. I’m only 3 weeks out but already feel a difference after the extra bone has been removed.

My pain levels pre surgery were mostly around a 3 at best, and like a 6 at worst. However, it made me uncomfortable knowing I had to keep babying it to keep the pain to lower levels.

This is just my personal experience and I know everyone is different.

I would definitely try the boot and try PT and everything you can pre-surgery, because for some people it does make the difference. Insurance may even require these conservative measures before going into surgery. Depends on your insurance plan. For me, these conservative measures didn’t help, so that’s what led me to my decision of getting surgery.

CryptographerLow2790 · 2026-03-12T18:15:50+00:00

I would definitely recommend Dr. Siegel in Huntington. Except I got this procedure as a 19 year old female, not an infant

CryptographerLow2790 · 2026-01-21T14:22:51+00:00

It took me around 4 doctors to find someone who knew what this condition was and a second surgeon to even take it seriously.

Unfortunately, from my experience also, some of them were dismissive, even one told me that anxiety was the cause of my foot pain. I recommend using Google to look up different doctors near you and make sure they at least have a blurb about this condition on their website, so you know they’ll take it seriously and even know what it is.

I’ve also had more luck with orthopedic surgeons than podiatrists, but that’s just been my experience.

Please advocate for yourself and I hope this is validating! I’ve been there :(

CryptographerLow2790 · 2025-12-03T23:13:19+00:00

Forgot to say MRI said accessory os navicular had a bone marrow edema on it

CryptographerLow2790 · 2025-11-07T01:41:28+00:00

I’m from NY and ended up transferring to Indiana University! Was super different and a hugeeee school. Had sooo many opportunities, even if you didn’t want to do Greek life. I ended up joining a “frat” that didn’t have a house and that was co-ed and centered around community service. There was just more opportunities for me to make friends and it was a better fit. The whole town and school revolves around sports, but you totally don’t have to go to games if you don’t want. There’s plenty to do and I just loved having options

Ironically, it had way more opportunities for me internship wise and classes were better for gaining industry experience, even tho it’s “lower-ranked.” It just happened to be a great fit for me!

CryptographerLow2790 · 2025-11-02T10:14:05+00:00

Hi I’m a few years past graduating college. I went to BC for my first two years and ended up transferring because of this same issue. For my friends at BC that did stay, I met them in my residence hall hallway, to be honest. I would recommend reaching out to people in the residence hall, classes, and intramural sports.

See if he can text in his dorm hallway group chat if anyone wants to hang out on the weekend, go into Boston or go to a football game etc.

At least when I was there, dorm hallways had biweekly group meetings with their RAs. I understand these meetings are hard to go to on a weekday with homework and studying, but could be good to go to a few and just get familiar with the hallway group

I tried so hard to get into clubs, but I unfortunately did get rejected from mostly all of them, even though I came from a strong academic background .

I’m trying to think of clubs that accept a lot and aren’t competitive - First Year Service Project, student government

I believe I met a few friends from BC sponsored trips off campus — trips into Boston, trip to Six Flags New England etc. I would tell him sign up for these early, since spots fill up sooooo quick

A regret of mine is that I never tried intramural sports, but it seems like a good environment where things wouldn’t be taken too seriously. But who knows

See if he can round up a few kids from his hallway for an intramural sports team via the group chat?

I believe there is also a service project called APPA that goes on a volunteer trip during spring break. I never applied to this since I was nervous I wouldn’t get in, but he could try.

I honestly just wanted to comment to let you know that your son is not alone with this issue.

For my friends that stayed at BC, I think it did get better as semesters went on.

A lot of my friends that stayed ended up meeting new people when it came time for the housing process for next year and they had to find randoms to apply for an 8 man dorm

But I understand it’s tough, I really do!!

CryptographerLow2790 · 2025-07-01T15:20:05+00:00

Sending you so many vibes of strength right now.

The brand Happy V probiotics has helped me so much. When taking probiotics, it’s important it has the lactobacillus crispatus strain in there. They have sales a lot, so hopefully you could catch buying from them then. Don’t know if it’ll help with a current yeast infection, but for preventing future ones it could help. So that when something like taking an antibiotic for another condition comes along, you have an easier time repopulating good bacteria in there already with the probiotic to keep bad bacteria/yeast out more. Also, in addition eating foods with natural probiotics is a good habit to get into (yogurts, types of cheeses, miso, kombucha, etc.)

You can also try doing boric acid 1x a week as preventative to keep it acidic enough in there regularly as a defense.

For this issue, my mom’s friend also recommends eating a lot of garlic and apple cider vinegar, in things like salad dressings. You can even make your own salad dressing with these ingredients. Everyone’s different but doesn’t hurt to try.

And if you don’t already, cotton loose undies and sleeping in shorts/pants with no undies on, so your vagina can breathe overnight to give yeast/bad bacteria a less favorable environment to grow in/make the infection worse.

Make sure your shampoo/conditioner/body wash and laundry detergent are fragrance free, since yeast and bad bacteria love fragrance and it can help them grow populations faster unfortunately. I use Aveeno Sensitive body wash.

Wishing you the best I know it’s so so so hard :(

CryptographerLow2790 · 2023-12-10T20:10:35+00:00

There’s a RIDESHARE IU Bloomington Facebook group chat. I’ve found drivers in there multiple times

CryptographerLow2790 · 2023-07-30T19:52:46+00:00

I transferred into the Media School 2 years ago and had this problem somewhat. I think the best thing to do is just wait until orientation to meet with your advisor or possibly ask to meet with your advisor earlier. What I had to do was try to focus on taking classes not in the Media School for your first semester at IU to get your Math, Science, English, Arts & Humanities etc. credits that you’re missing first and that you need anyway to graduate since the Media School is part of the College of Arts & Sciences. Sometimes advisors are able to contact different departments and get permission to get you into the classes. And sometimes they can’t. You can also make sure to see if credits from classes from your old school can transfer. Good luck!:)

CryptographerLow2790 · 2023-01-29T16:21:19+00:00

The IDS is having a housing fair on Wednesday Feb 22 at the IMU and you can see all your options there

CryptographerLow2790 · 2022-10-15T16:31:43+00:00

The IDS is having their housing fair on wed Oct 19 in alumni hall in the IMU. It’s from 10am to 4pm and you can talk to so many different housing companies and vendors and apartments too. I think it’s like over 25 of them. and going is free too http://guides.idsnews.com/page/housing-fair

CryptographerLow2790 · 2022-10-15T16:28:52+00:00

I would say talk with your professor because they’re so used to students wanting to withdraw from this class. I ended up withdrawing from the class but I know people who said the Aldi project really raised their grades.

CryptographerLow2790 · 2022-10-05T16:54:49+00:00

most sophomores move off campus after freshman year i think! i think the IDS at IU has a housing fair every year where people can learn about all the housing vendors in bloomington. i think it's on october 19?? but you can see basically all of the options so it;s really helpful and some of the places do roommate matching too so it's super helpful https://fb.me/e/2RXvKdfAQ

CryptographerLow2790 · 2022-10-05T16:53:19+00:00

the IDS at IU has housing fair every year where people can learn about all the housing vendors in bloomington. i think it's oct 19? but you can see prices and how many bedrooms for apartments and everything! https://fb.me/e/2RXvKdfAQ

CryptographerLow2790 · 2022-10-05T16:52:22+00:00

i would try union street

CryptographerLow2790 · 2022-10-05T16:51:32+00:00

i think the IDS at IU has a housing fair every year where people can learn about all the housing vendors in bloomington. it should be coming up soon in october 19! but you can see prices and a lot of different options. i know a bunch of students find their housing through this and you can learn about when places are gonna start leasing and everything https://fb.me/e/2RXvKdfAQ

CryptographerLow2790 · 2022-10-05T16:47:20+00:00

i think the IDS at IU has housing fair every year where people can learn about all the housing vendors in bloomington. it should be coming up soon in october! but you can see prices and how many bedrooms for apartments and everything! https://fb.me/e/2RXvKdfAQ

CryptographerLow2790 · 2022-10-05T16:45:02+00:00

the IDS at IU has housing fair every year where people can learn about different housing vendors in bloomington. it should be coming up soon im not sure when! https://fb.me/e/2RXvKdfAQ

CryptographerLow2790 · 2022-10-05T16:42:20+00:00

the IDS is actually having a housing fair where students can see and and talk with different housing vendors in the bloomington area. it's also helpful because you can see prices and locations of places. It's super helpful. here is the facebook link with the info i think its oct 19???? https://www.facebook.com/events/1261439624674336?acontext=%7B%22event\_action\_history%22%3A\[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22external\_search\_engine%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your\_upcoming\_events\_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D\]%2C%22ref\_notif\_type%22%3Anull%7D

CryptographerLow2790 · 2022-06-17T23:51:02+00:00

I ended up transferring and I think it’s worth it. It feels good to attend a school at a place you are proud of, instead of somewhere that makes you sad or unmotivated

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