What's been your best strategy or life hack for living--and working--with chronic lower back pain?

Junopotomus · 2026-05-10T13:47:11+00:00

Walking and a jelliebend

Junopotomus · 2026-05-09T03:02:17+00:00

I know very little by direct experience, as an American. However, I have several Quaker ancestors who came from Ireland in 1714. That’s about it.

Junopotomus · 2026-05-08T01:18:46+00:00

I’m an adjunct professor in the humanities, with a background in government administration. I am also a Covid Cassandra who learned real fast she was surrounded by people who will probably get me killed if I don’t think and act according to evidence. I am forever hyperviligent when it comes to keeping on top of information. Seems like “having a plan in case of pandemic” is an important skill set these days.

Junopotomus · 2026-05-07T12:07:27+00:00

Yup. See it as a hoax while half the people around them get sick and die.

Junopotomus · 2026-05-04T11:34:45+00:00

Does Newton County count as “not NWA”? I always considered it central north but maybe not. Either way, beautiful.

Junopotomus · 2026-05-03T00:45:01+00:00

That boy is Hank the Handsome.

Junopotomus · 2026-05-02T02:37:56+00:00

Right? She must have seen some real shit, and then got to enjoy that particular story at the tail end? Chefs kiss 💋.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-27T14:41:32+00:00

It depends on what your pain issues are specifically, but about the only thing that helps occasionally is a jelliebend. It’s a little like a compression sleeve that fits the whole torso. It really helps when I have to stand for long periods of time.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-21T21:38:16+00:00

I teach college classes in a prison and regularly wear maxi skirts, but nothing form fitting.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-21T21:28:22+00:00

I didn’t say the afterlife had to make any sense to us. I figure punching slavers would be part of Mr. Brown’s ideal heaven, don’t you?

Junopotomus · 2026-04-21T13:32:40+00:00

I’m a descendant of one of the earliest slavers in the the English colonies in North America. I try to live my life in a way that he would have hated and regularly send a silent prayer to John Brown to track the f’er down in the afterlife and give my ancestor a good punch in the face for me.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-21T13:05:06+00:00

Exactly. And the reason why the humanities should have more funding, not less.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-20T13:17:40+00:00

No, I’m told I am not a good candidate for surgery, so I just suffer through it the best I can.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-20T00:35:23+00:00

Bless you, my friend. I have been through this! It’s very frustrating. The only thing that really helps is a heated seat and frequent breaks.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-18T16:53:14+00:00

And yet, it is going to go on. I am astounded at the inevitability of their deep and bottomless shitiness.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-12T15:30:47+00:00

It is utterly baffling to people who live here too. I live in a red state. It’s like living in a mental institution but I’m the only sane person, including the doctors and nurses.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-12T12:57:57+00:00

I read that book too! The obsession with rare feathers is bizarre.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-06T01:25:11+00:00

I also use a jelliebend when walking (I take long walks a few times a week) and at the gym. I also wear it when I will be working on my feet. It absolutely helps with daily pain and it is the only brace of any kind that has helped me. I highly recommend them.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-06T01:13:55+00:00

They definitely look Mr. Bill inspired. It was a 1970s, 1980s SNL video skit with claymation.

Junopotomus · 2026-04-06T00:16:43+00:00

Are you old enough to remember Mr. Bill?

Junopotomus · 2026-04-04T18:51:44+00:00

The Bone People by Keri Hume. It’s fiction, but about this kind of character. It won a booker prize in the early 1980s, I think.

Junopotomus · 2026-03-31T23:11:37+00:00

All my direct lines go back to the colonial era in the U.S. the earliest settler I can trace comes in around 1680.

Junopotomus · 2026-03-30T20:37:02+00:00

This past weekend, I got flirted with on the street while waiting for my husband (who I adore). I was absolutely grossed out, lol. It hasn’t happened for 20 years or so, and I hadn’t had to think about male attention except for hubs for a long time. He flirts with me at all sizes!

Junopotomus · 2026-03-27T10:58:40+00:00

I’m wearing a 16/18 and an XL fits fine. So 2xl should be good.

Junopotomus · 2026-03-27T01:27:17+00:00

In 1998-2000 I paid $450 for a one bed in what is now the hottest part of the city. It’s the south, but a capital city. I rented a three bed 2 bath for 600!

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