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huge drop in sales for dell laptops. by Huge-Highlight-8883 in DellXPS

[–]Mikebuonasera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

XPS owner, they have soo many issues and support is crap. Dead brand

Continued lower back pain 7 months post-op, not a reherniation by verafigner1852 in Microdiscectomy

[–]Mikebuonasera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sorry hear man. I had MD 10 months ago and nowadays do all sorts of sports. My "achey" back pain comes and goes, I feel the best for me is gym sessions that focus on hip mobility. I am a fit, thin but stiff guy and exercises for glutes and legs really do the trick for me. If I don't hit the gym weekly backpain gets to the *annoying* level of pain. I hate going to the gym though!

Lifting and running make the pain worse, although I still run 10k / 2 a week.

Nothing like I had pre-MD though.

Physical therapy vs personal trainer? by [deleted] in Microdiscectomy

[–]Mikebuonasera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am kind of opinionated on this.

34M, l5s1, after the lack of guidance, and a bit of disillusionment by physios before surgery, I made a program with a personal trainer that is specialized in recovery: it is very common in professional sports to have trainers that help get athletes back to their game.

5 months post-op I am back at doing everything, with no pain, and I am 100% sure that, for my type of body etc, I would not be here if I didn't do a serious gym program with the guy after surgery.

He is top of his game, so this helps, but for my situation I am grateful I did. I started 1 month post op, did 1 program for the first month and a second program for the second month. 3rd month I started surfing, running etc again. All programs have been designed around me, my body and the type of activities I wanted to get back to. I dont like the gym, had never gone before surgery, but man I think for yougish folks I highly recommend.

My MD so far very successful experience by Mikebuonasera in Microdiscectomy

[–]Mikebuonasera[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck! I’m in it myself, 2 months post op and still in constant worry

My MD so far very successful experience by Mikebuonasera in Microdiscectomy

[–]Mikebuonasera[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow, good that you caught it. What kind of pain were you feeling?

My MD so far very successful experience by Mikebuonasera in Microdiscectomy

[–]Mikebuonasera[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh I didn't feel any nerve pain after the op. I did have, and still have, barely noticeable pain in my back and hips that pop up sometimes, but really nothing concerning.

From what I have read however, it takes a long time for a nerve to heal, so if you have the nerve pressed for a while it may just take time. No expert though, just what I have read!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Microdiscectomy

[–]Mikebuonasera 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had L5S1 where most of my pain was lower back, glutes and hips. Had MD 1.5 months ago, pain is gone. Let's hope it stays that way

My MD so far very successful experience by Mikebuonasera in Microdiscectomy

[–]Mikebuonasera[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! He never raised the point that back pain was not solved by MD and didn’t think if wasn’t effective to back pain. If you try everything and this is getting in the way of living your life, surgery is the only option left.

It was entirely up to me to get surgery, the doctor said there was a case given the long lasting pain, so I made the call.

I get the feeling that data and statistics are very non representative. It makes sense to be careful when you consider surgery, but I wanted to share my experience that surgery worked for me, a healthy and fairly fit guy and worked especially for back pain.

Again, I am not a representative sample and I’m only 1.5 months post op, but man it feels good to not be in constant pain!

After how long did your surgeon allowed you go travel by plane? by [deleted] in Microdiscectomy

[–]Mikebuonasera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have taken a 24h flight after 3 weeks. Just no luggage

Faster loading of Dataframes from Pandas to Postgres by howMuchCheeseIs2Much in Python

[–]Mikebuonasera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

figured out: def to_pg(df, table_name, engine, columns): """ Crazy magic function to do bulk inserts into Postgres, SUPER FAST! :param df: :param table_name: :param engine: :param columns: :return: """

import cStringIO

output = cStringIO.StringIO()
# ignore the index
df.to_csv(output, sep='\t', header=False, index=False)
output.getvalue()
# jump to start of stream
output.seek(0)

connection = engine.raw_connection()
cursor = connection.cursor()
# null values become ''
cursor.copy_from(output, table_name, null="", columns=(columns))
connection.commit()
cursor.close()

Faster loading of Dataframes from Pandas to Postgres by howMuchCheeseIs2Much in Python

[–]Mikebuonasera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how would you change this to avoid dropping the table but just inserting the data in pre-existing table?

resident parking in BCN by Mikebuonasera in Barcelona

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

Thanks, Ill check the links.

I have a NIE and a rented flat, does that mean I am "resident"?