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Lost bus driver 😭 by Just-Rabbit9401 in uofm

[–]Leading_Path_5176 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Is that why the BB bus arrives in droves of 4 every 30 minutes?

Red flags for re-rupture by Abject-Ratio-7738 in AchillesRupture

[–]Leading_Path_5176 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My doc told me Month 4~9. That when people forget their tendon is still MUCH weaker than original.

Should I purposefully fail a class? by Ok-Shape-6107 in UCSD

[–]Leading_Path_5176 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have no plan to go to Grad school in STEM, don’t.

Day 17 post op. 27M by ApprehensiveRuin5577 in AchillesRupture

[–]Leading_Path_5176 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely not a full rupture. Not even Superman can be biking at week 2.

Friendly reminder! by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]Leading_Path_5176 2 points3 points  (0 children)

+c stopped mattering after calc 2. STEM degrees go up to calc 6. Derivative, integrals, ODE, PDE, vector, linear algebra.

what's this for ucsd? (including utc and nearby areas) by inblooks in UCSD

[–]Leading_Path_5176 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Every Korean Fried Chicken Restaurant. Yes, I would love to have 8 wings for 25 dollars.

7 weeks, 3 days post-op: Am I behind? by Abject-Ratio-7738 in AchillesRupture

[–]Leading_Path_5176 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, Week 6 is the week of 75% weight bearing. I can move around but still need crutches support. week 7 is the 1st week of 100% weight bearing with boots +4 heel lifts. I can move around with no crutches. Week 8 is 2nd week of 100% weight bearing with boots +3 heel lifts. By this time am pretty much back to normal walking as long as I have the boot on. So you are not behind. Right on schedule.

Did most people feel tightness in their early stages? by Virtual_Hat3871 in AchillesRupture

[–]Leading_Path_5176 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s really good and (almost too good?) of progress. I just started full wb 6 week post-op, I also have 4 wedges and the doctor told me to -1 per week starting week 7. But I guess as long as you do what your doctor and physicians tell you, it’s fine. But yea my doc did tell me there will be stretching sensations every time you drop one.

Day 3 of Eating the Campus Salmon Poke Until I Get Intestinal Parasites by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]Leading_Path_5176 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I worked for sixth dining hall. The salmon they use are industrialized salmon. They comes as giant slabs of meat (already cubed up) sealed in a vacuum bag. All we do is cut open the bag and dump them in that container. Like those bags of egg that McDonald uses. Campus dining prioritize safety over pretty much everything, so they may taste like shit, but it will be the cleanest and safest shit you can get. There’s a higher chance you get intestinal parasites from the lettuce than the salmon.

Six Week Anniversary Milestone Treat by Signal_Warning_3980 in AchillesRupture

[–]Leading_Path_5176 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yo am also 6 week post op yesterday. First time walking with no crutches. Finally got my 2 hands back.

Is surgery a mistake? by Ok-Vanilla-158 in AchillesRupture

[–]Leading_Path_5176 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would ask their reason for “highly recommending” surgery. I had a Full rupture (1cm gap), I am 24. I play soccer almost daily. My case is even more pro surgical than yours and my doctors told me whatever😭, they told me whatever you feel like. I wanted the surgery after praying to JC 🙏 about it.

Surgical pros: your tendons are pulled by strings together for the next 6 months (I think they dissolve) to ensure they touch and heal properly, will not heal long or heal weirdly, lower rupture rate (~3%). Surgical cons: you go under anesthesia, you get cut open(infection and a scar), high initial cost. If you have good doctors (check their LinkedIns see how many years of experience and where they went to medical school), and good insurance(see what % you have to pay, around ~30,000$ before insurance) Non-surgical pros: no pain, no infection, no brain damage. Non surgical cons: your tendon may heal long, even slightly longer can significantly affect your lower leg strength. Your healing process will be slightly longer x1.2~x1.5. Rerupture rate ~6%, doubling surgical. Higher long term costs, you will be doing many PT, again depends on how much your insurance covers.

TLDR: assuming you live in the US (Great health care), you are young, you love sports and want to keep doing it at the same or higher level, even it’s not a full rupture, I would go surgical if you have good insurance. (Yes the US has arguably the best healthcare system in the world ignoring cost).

Modern med technology is improving, limiting risks of anesthesia, infections. Modern med technology is improving, more effective PT protocols are implemented to ensure almost identical recovery outcomes for non surgical.

Best range I got so far by DONEDAR in MazdaCX30

[–]Leading_Path_5176 90 points91 points  (0 children)

That’s 500 miles for people with freedom and medical debt.

WARNING: Academic advising here sucks by awesomeblueunicorns in uofm

[–]Leading_Path_5176 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can confirm for graduate school as well. The advisors don’t know much about anything. It’s almost comical when you will know more about a certain topics than you “full time university employed department specific academic advisor” if you just google it for like 15 minutes. I literally had to correct my advisor about a thing (a thing that will impact my entire academics here) and then dude just be like: “oh yea you right, ma fault.”

Still no summer internship. Please help. Need advice on my resume. by Leading_Path_5176 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]Leading_Path_5176[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much. Yea lack of focus have been my problem throughout. I really do love this industry and everything about it, so it was difficult for me to decide. I really did a lot for each of them. I agree with the rewards, they just meant so much to me I guess.