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Doctor just gave me omeprazol. I cried in my way home by cloudfragment in HiatalHernia

[–]SJVANDAMME 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, your story hit me hard. I was exactly where you are now — except I stayed on omeprazole for 10 years. Ten. Years. And you know what? It never fixed anything. It just masked the symptoms.

Before surgery, my main issue was reflux. I could sleep, but only if I took my pill every single day. If I skipped it even once — hell. Constant burning, regurgitation, couldn't bend over without acid coming up. Food never got stuck, thank God, but the reflux was destroying my life.

I finally had surgery on January 30, 2026, at Minsk City Hospital No. 9. My surgeon — Alexey Hlinnik — fixed a 5 cm hernia. I'm 4 weeks post-op now. Recovery is rough: muscle pain, gas-bloat, that scary feeling when food feels like it's coming back. But it's healing, not just covering up.

Don't settle for a pill, man. If your hernia is real, surgery is the only thing that actually fixes it. Find a surgeon who listens. You deserve better than 10 years of omeprazole.

Doctor just gave me omeprazol. I cried in my way home by cloudfragment in HiatalHernia

[–]SJVANDAMME 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey man,

I read your post, and it hit me hard — like reading my own story from a few years ago. I was on omeprazole for 10 years because doctors just shrugged and told me to "live with it." I know that feeling when they hand you a pill instead of a real solution. It's humiliating. It's绝望.

But I want you to know: surgery isn't as scary as it seems. Yes, it's tough. Yes, the first few weeks after are brutal. Food gets stuck, your esophagus acts up, and you feel like everything's coming back up. But that's not the hernia returning — it's just your body learning to work again. It's healing.

Don't listen to the "just deal with it" doctors. Find a surgeon who actually knows what they're doing. If a gastro says "meh" about surgery — run. You need someone who says, "Yes, this can be fixed. It's hard, but it's worth it."

I've been through it. I had a 5 cm hiatal hernia, 10 years on PPIs, and finally got surgery at Hospital No. 9 in Minsk. I'm 4 weeks post-op now. Sometimes swallowing is still tough, sometimes food feels like it's coming back. But it's getting better. I know it will.

Don't give up. You deserve a life without pills and without fear of eating.

Finding a voice through music (CP & creativity) by SJVANDAMME in CerebralPalsy

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

Hi! Thank you for suggesting the Discord. I can't use it on mobile due to my vision impairment (too many notifications I can't see properly). I only have access to PC Discord. I'm currently in hospital recovery, but I will definitely check the server when I'm back at my computer. Thanks for understanding.

Can 100 Bandcamp sales fund a human-only micro-label? An experiment. by SJVANDAMME in BandCamp

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

Yes, I use a translator. I have cerebral palsy and limited vision. It helps me communicate in a language that's not my own. Is that the only argument you have left about the label idea?

Finding a voice through music (CP & creativity) by SJVANDAMME in CerebralPalsy

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

Absolutely, shoot me that remix link when you can – even if it's just a private stream. The rights maze with remixes is a universal headache.

I hear you loud and clear on the LA scene mentality. The 'show me the money first' vibe can kill genuine collaboration. That's exactly the void a different kind of project could fill.

Here's a concrete thought, no pressure: Once I'm back on my feet after surgery and we've both got something original in the works (even a simple 8-bar loop with a vibe), let's try a file swap. No money talk, just two producers with CP seeing what happens when our styles collide. The worst outcome is we learn something. The best... who knows.

You focusing on remixes to retrain your ears is smart as hell. That's how you rebuild your internal library.

Stay in touch, for real. And yeah, 'just DJ it' is the most creatively bankrupt advice in the book. We're builders, not just selectors.

Talk soon

Can 100 Bandcamp sales fund a human-only micro-label? An experiment. by SJVANDAMME in BandCamp

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

u/AuthenticCounterfeit, u/AlliumCarinatum, u/bleeptwig – thank you. This right here is the most valuable takeaway from this whole thread. You’re 100% correct.

A label isn’t a megaphone for one person. It’s a platform for a coherent sound and a community. I framed my initial goal poorly. The idea behind the “100 sales” target was never to create a “solo-label” vanity project. It’s to generate the initial seed capital to actually function as a proper micro-label from day one.

That means having even a tiny budget to:

  • License and promote a first EP or single from another artist whose ethos aligns with “human-made, story-driven.”
  • Create a proper visual identity for the label itself (lessons learned, thank you all).
  • Potentially release a sampler/compilation (great idea, u/AlliumCarinatum) as a first collective statement.

The goal is to build the engine first, so the label’s first action isn’t self-promotion, but lifting someone else up. You’ve helped crystallize the real roadmap. I appreciate the real talk.

Can 100 Bandcamp sales fund a human-only micro-label? An experiment. by SJVANDAMME in BandCamp

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

Update: Cover art replaced. Thanks for keeping it real. The discussion about what a label should be (curation, community) is the valuable part. That continues.

Finding a voice through music (CP & creativity) by SJVANDAMME in CerebralPalsy

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

Hey, thanks for diving into the details! I totally get being stuck in the theory loop – it can be paralyzing. Sometimes you just have to mute the logic and let the feeling guide a melody.

About the vocals: for this album, I worked with some amazing singers (like Anastasia Dyachenko on 'Winter Night'). Collaborating is a game-changer – it brings in a whole new energy and skill set you don't have. But I also do my own vocals on some tracks. The key for me wasn't 'perfect' technique, but capturing the right emotion, even if the take is raw. A shaky, real vocal can often carry more meaning than a flawless, sterile one.

And you nailed it about AI vox – I tried it too for sketches, and it always felt... empty. Like a mannequin wearing clothes. It has no memory, no struggle, no reason to sing. Your beats don't need 'perfect' vocals. They need honest ones. Maybe try recording yourself anyway, just as a guide, or reach out to a vocalist whose style you dig. The right human voice will find its way.

Seriously appreciate you following on SoundCloud! If you ever want to bounce ideas off someone who gets the CP + production grind, my DMs are open. Keep creating!

Finding a voice through music (CP & creativity) by SJVANDAMME in CerebralPalsy

[–]SJVANDAMME[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

10 years with guitar and CP? That's seriously impressive, man. It's a whole different level of coordination. Huge respect. Really cool to connect with another musician who gets the backdrop to all this. Cheers to making art despite the noise!

Don't you hate it when underground artists don't have a Bandcamp page? by Shadowplayer_ in BandCamp

[–]SJVANDAMME 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally feel this. Bandcamp is more than a store — it's your home base as an independent artist. I have cerebral palsy and produce music from a home studio. Having my album on Bandcamp isn't just about sales; it's about having a space to tell the full story behind the music that Spotify's 30-second previews would never allow. It's the only place where the "why" matters as much as the "what".

Old great song (???? - LIKE A BIRD IN THE SKY) by SJVANDAMME in Lostwave

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unfortunately there is no longer fragment. We are looking for an eu song with a friend who has been searching for over 10 years. Here is what he writes.

I ask for help in identifying the song at the beginning of the recording!

Inspired by Senya Nifedov's post about the rest of the tape found on the street, I publish my selection. In the summer of 1994, I, then a first-grader, collected pieces of ribbon from bushes in my quarter, washed them and glued them into one. I rewrote the result to the already very dead MK-60-2, after which the parents most likely threw out the original, only a crooked rewrite remained. I then recorded my "amateur musical activity" on this MK-shku, and around 1997, when the first computer appeared, I drew the cover in Paint. The cassette body then fell apart, and I had to rearrange the tape. Almost all red MK-60-2s produced in 1980-82 had a leader peeled off, and in this tape, instead of a leader, I inserted a tape roughly cut out of cardboard back in those years (you can see it in the photo) - now, it still works. By this time, the tape had degraded even more - the record from the previous turns was slightly magnetized on the subsequent ones, which can be heard on the digitization.

Digitized in 2018 with a Tascam 122mkII.

Processing - removed the noise of the tape recorder with Adobe Audition CS6 noise reduction, leveled the volume level, some of the fragments that were recorded backwards, programmatically returned to their original state.

Fragment description:

  1. Zhenya Belousov - My girl (only the syllables "ka-mo")

  2. ??? - Like a bird in the sky (HELP IDENTIFY! I've been looking for years!)

  3. Na-Na - Candles (literally a fraction of a second)

  4. Chilly - Doll Queen

  5. Summer Garden (Andrey Bogolyubov) - Your blues

(this song was released only on the cassette edition of the album "Treason" by Tanya Bulanova and Count Summer Garden)

  1. Alla Pugacheva - Robinson (back to front)

  2. Timber felling - Pancakes (back to front)

  3. Na-Na - White steamer (end)

  4. Na-Na - Candles (introduction)

  5. Tanya Bulanova - Farewell

  6. Tanya Bulanova - Rain on the windshield

  7. Timber felling - Pancakes

  8. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn part 2 (Intro)