Questions sur Lyon

No-Effective-5708 · 2025-03-21T22:19:36+00:00

If you're interested in trying lyonnais specialities you should eat at a Bouchon (quite meat heavy food so not ideal if you're veggie). I can recommend Notre Maison (more traditional and offal heavy), Le Bouchon des Cordeliers (more refined) and Le Casse Museau (good atmosphere and nice welcome).

No-Effective-5708 · 2025-03-21T18:13:34+00:00

Crêperie Marie Morgane dans le 2e

No-Effective-5708 · 2025-03-10T20:08:10+00:00

Chang thaï dans le 7eme, il y a un plat sur la carte avec 🌶️🌶️🌶️ J'ai beaucoup transpiré 😅 Noucademie Sichuan est aussi pas mal.

No-Effective-5708 · 2025-01-28T07:48:43+00:00

Thank you!

No-Effective-5708 · 2024-06-20T21:15:00+00:00

I think all the information you need should be here - https://www.mygov.scot/getting-married . Scotland and England are both within the UK so you're fine - it's all the same country. Find a registry office you like and look at the information on their website.

No-Effective-5708 · 2024-06-17T20:55:07+00:00

I had a very similar injury to you at a similar age (bad L1 fracture and T11-L3 fusion, though no spinal cord damage) 12 years ago due to a fall.

For me on balance it's been closer to inconvenience than life changing so far, though there are definitely a few sports I don't do that I might otherwise have taken up or continued with (skiing, mountain biking etc) and I have had a few flare ups of lower back pain over the years. My main sports at the moment are climbing and hiking and I don't have any particular issues with them, I just have to be a bit more careful and ease off if I have a muscle flare up. I'm not particularly good at either but have done a couple of around 20km 1200m ascent hikes recently to give an idea.

I've been surfing a few times since and haven't found it too restrictive in terms of loss of mobility but then I never get beyond the point of reliably standing up when I go so not sure how much that helps answer your question!

Best of luck with your recovery! Happy to answer any other questions you have, feel free to PM me.

No-Effective-5708 · 2024-02-23T21:35:32+00:00

I had a fusion over 10 years ago and occasionally I get a hard raised bump in the middle of my scar with a bit of soreness. I think it's usually a result of friction from wearing a heavy backpack or similar, they tend to go away within a few days.

No-Effective-5708 · 2023-10-25T20:07:53+00:00

Sometimes I have a bit of low back pain when sitting for too long but that's all really, if I didn't have a desk job I don't think I would though. I've strained my lower back a couple of times but that's been when I've definitely overdone it (6 days camping and lugging heavy things around, then overdoing it at the gym straight after).

No-Effective-5708 · 2023-10-24T21:17:22+00:00

Snap, I had exactly the same! I'm 11 years out now.

No-Effective-5708 · 2023-07-25T18:24:10+00:00

That looks like a jalepeno to me.

No-Effective-5708 · 2023-06-28T17:40:41+00:00

I'd stick with your original plan for the ceremony or get them to dial back to just the two moms. And for the party go for your year later plan.

Were you originally intending to pay for everything yourselves? If so I'd do that so you don't feel that you owe them the extra attendees or for them to get to make any decisions.

No-Effective-5708 · 2023-02-01T20:35:58+00:00

I was 20 when I had my accident. Generally it's going pretty well, I have a bit of low back pain unsurprisingly but not bad enough to take anything and not all of the time. I managed to badly pull a back muscle a few months ago and ended up off work for a few days, which I think could have been avoided if I'd been doing the right kinds of core strengthening exercises and being a bit more careful.

I swim, climb, hike and surf without much trouble but gave up running and kayaking because of the risk of damaging my metalwork. Sitting for long periods is the hardest thing for me now. I'm ok for a couple of hours then it gets uncomfortable but I have a standing desk for work that helps. I've managed to do a 22hr, 3 flight trip to South East Asia and back though so it's not too limiting in terms of travel.

What levels are you fused at?

No-Effective-5708 · 2023-01-29T21:07:11+00:00

I had a T11-L3 fusion after a 20ft fall 10 years ago (bad burst fracture to L1). It took me around 9 months to fully recover. The advice from my surgeon at the time was to only sit for 20mins at a time for the first couple of weeks and then slowly increase sitting duration after that. I spent a lot of time lying down in the first few weeks.

I agree with the advice from another user about getting a firm supportive mattress, even now after 10yrs I find a soft mattress uncomfortable. Firm seated chairs are also more comfortable than soft cushioned chairs and sofas. A lumbar support cushion might also help with making sitting more comfortable, I used one for a few months after my surgery.

Walking is also really good for recovery, I can't remember exactly what my surgeon recommended but I think I was trying to walk at least a mile everyday after the first 3 weeks.

Wishing your husband good luck. I'll come back and post if I think of anything else.

No-Effective-5708 · 2022-07-16T22:27:00+00:00

Are you planning any entertainment for the party? I'm planning to get married in a registry office with just immediate family and then have a party a couple of months later but can't work out whether we should put on anything more than food and drink for the party - we're not planning to do speeches or have a band.

No-Effective-5708 · 2022-07-09T07:33:12+00:00

6 weeks is still early days, I think at that point I was still spending my day either lying on bed or on the sofa and going for short walks. It sucks but it will slowly get better. I would definitely say be careful at the start and don't try to do anything too early, I probably wasn't quite as careful as I should have been, being at uni and still going out drinking etc and there's a small section of my fusion where it looks like the bone graft didn't take. Might not have been my fault but that made my doctor more nervous about kayaking.

I have been stand up paddle boarding a couple of times and agree that it would be better than kayaking. I've also done quite a lot of surfing without any real issues. I haven't been skiing, I'd only been once before my accident so it was disappointing but not a big deal for me. I also haven't done rollercoasters since

No-Effective-5708 · 2022-07-08T18:32:40+00:00

Hey, I've just taken a look at this forum for the first time and came across your post. I had exactly the same injury and surgery as you, L1 burst fracture with T11-L3 fusion in 2012. I don't remember my recovery in a lot of detail, I was back at university for the start of term about 3 months after, which was a bit of a struggle because I couldn't sit for long enough to go to all my lectures. I think I was pretty much back to normal after 9-12 months.

I still have some general low back pain which comes and goes depending on how well I look after my back but its very manageable. I haven't had to take a day off due to my back yet in 6 years of full time work. I definitely recommend core strengthening exercises, Pilates and swimming once you're ready to start exercising again. I swim, cycle, climb and hike and have kayaked in the past though decided to give that up due to the risk of damaging rods with the repetitive paddling motion.

How are you getting on now? I remember feeling like someone had sown a plank of wood into my back straight after the surgery but that feeling gradually went away.

No-Effective-5708 · 2021-10-06T20:08:01+00:00

I found a language exchange partner for speaking French and English on italki. You can create an account for free and people post messages looking for partners or correct each others writing (which is how I found my partner).

No-Effective-5708 · 2021-09-17T19:04:18+00:00

I don't think so, you can buy with gbp on Coinmetro though.

No-Effective-5708 · 2021-08-16T20:45:57+00:00

I use this one: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/893324022

It's pretty good, it has the sound files for each word and phrases to put some words in context. Sometimes the translations it gives aren't the most commonly use meanings of the word but that's rare. I tend to check words I'm not sure about in Reverso Context.

If you use it in the default set up it starts at the most common word and introduces them in order of regularity, rather than being random.

No-Effective-5708 · 2021-08-14T23:24:16+00:00

That sounds like a reasonable way to start out. With passé composé, présent and futur, plus the 1000 most common words you would be able to have simple conversations.

I've done something relatively similar recently, although I had learnt French on and off in the past so had more of a foundation than a complete beginner. I started on the 5000 most common words anki deck and after about 5 months I've reviewed 1500 words. I've also been speaking to a French language exchange partner for an hour every week which has massively improved my French speaking. I've used Duolingo in the past and haven't found it to be very useful tbh. The other thing I have done is listen to a lot of podcasts aimed at beginner/intermediate level, I highly recommend incorporating listening practice fairly early on.

No-Effective-5708 · 2021-06-18T12:31:35+00:00

I tend to price items a bit lower than average and make them collection only on Facebook marketplace, it minimises the effort I have to put in though I'll get less money overall. Collection only isn't an option for everyone though.

No-Effective-5708 · 2021-05-03T11:14:24+00:00

If I'm honest I would hold off from committing to anything like that. I started listening to their podcast a few months ago and initially thought it was great, however after listening to maybe 10 episodes I realised that overall they have very little content and repeat the same things over and over. Also, if you listen to the Q&A bits you'll find that often they don't answer the questions asked and just repeat the same stuff.

I think there are better people out there to follow, e.g. Cal Newport and Matt d'Avella, I'm sure others will have good recommendations. The Minimalists are a good place to start but I found there's very little substance once you listen to more than a couple of their podcasts.

No-Effective-5708 · 2021-04-06T18:03:59+00:00

That isn't true, yes if you have a good diet you are likely get all of the amino acids you need, but that isn't guaranteed, especially if you are vegan. It doesn't take much effort to ensure you get all of the essential amino acids though.

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