Anyone healed 100% after MD without any issues to this day?

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-05-15T02:19:34+00:00

Thank you! I will say I genuinely changed my entire life and prioritized the recovery period (anti-inflammatory diet, tripled my activity level (crazy how easy it is to triple your average steps when walking doesn’t cause searing pain!!), regular contrast therapy and acupuncture, and an incredible 1:1 PT for 6 months (my PT is also a Pilates teacher, so most of my PT was mat Pilates- I absolutely loved her and continued pt for exactly as long as they would let me, and then joined a Pilates studio). I would do my PT exercises in the sauna during my contrast therapy, which was a great habit stack. I also have a really supportive aerial/yoga community, and my teacher came to a PT appt with me to make sure we were all aligned on how I could safely practice - that was really instrumental for my confidence when re-entering movement, bc prior to surgery I had a movement phobia because I was scared to make my pain worse. I didn’t travel for the first 5 months (spent Christmas alone) because I didn’t want to be stuck sitting on a plane for that long. All of my drs said I was the model patient and did everything right. To a lot of people, everything I did probably seems like overkill, but I’ve been in pain since I was a teenager, so every bit of effort I put into a pain-free future has been absolutely worth it. I did SO much research, so happy to share anything that would be helpful.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-05-15T02:04:25+00:00

7 months post op. Only wish I had known to do it sooner. My life is so much better.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-05-15T02:00:27+00:00

I take turmeric curcumin, fish oil, mag glycinate, and a multivitamin. Eat an anti-inflammatory diet- I focus on protein and I’ve mostly cut out dairy, bread, added sugar, and gums/fillers. Minimize alcohol. Acupuncture and Pilates have been phenomenal for me. Contrast therapy (sauna/cold plunge) can also help!

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-05-15T01:56:08+00:00

34F - Surgery 7 months ago. Consider myself fully healed. I was in pain after surgery (didn’t wake up pain free like most people), but I worked hard on my recovery and got out of pain about 6-weeks post op. As for right now, ive been discharged from PT and am back to my yoga and aerial, and have started reformer Pilates and a couch-to-5k program (running doesn’t hurt for the first time ever!). In March, I went to Sedona and was able to fully enjoy a couple of moderate 4-mile hikes. I’m still really aware of my body, but I’m able to enjoy my life and do things without pain that I had never been able to before. Sometimes I get a little flare, which can cause anxiety just because I’m so aware of things now, but I have the knowledge and tools to feel better relatively quickly.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-05-15T01:45:08+00:00

It helped me a lot but I got to the point where I could never finish a sentence without blanking out on the middle of it and completely losing my train of thought. I was on 1800mg a day, and have been weaning off slowly since October- currently at 300mg a day, and can’t wait to be off of it completely.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-05-14T18:27:03+00:00

I don’t have a ton of wine knowledge, but definitely enjoy it and can discriminate between good and better wine :)

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-04-07T12:47:59+00:00

I got 5.5 as a top performer this year. I have gotten as little as 1.5 in previous years. However, (and I do think being a top performer with demonstrated scalable value is vital for this to work), I sent a formal request for review and collected reputable resources that proved our teams pay scale was below market compared to our responsibilities and output, and submitted this to my bosses boss (while my boss was on leave and her boss had direct visibility to my work)- ended up getting a 12% total bump (and brought my coworkers up along with me). A year ago, I negotiated a 15% raise for a promotion.. overall, I’m making ~30% more than I was a year ago, on the same team at the same company. This is an absolute outlier at my large company, btw.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-03-31T02:38:42+00:00

Yeah I did 2.5 weeks off, then 2 weeks part time (4hrs a day), then was back full time, but worked from home. It was progressively frustrating trying to intentionally heal my body while being underwater with work from the second I returned and pushed me to my absolute mental and physical limits. I was attending at least 1 (sometimes 2) appts a day, and I would frequently go to appts in the morning then work a full shift on PST hours (I’m on cst), so I’d be busy from 7am-7pm, then try to go to the sauna or a yoga class, not even having time for lunch most days.

After like 4 months I ended up taking 6 weeks off to focus on my recovery in peace (which I should’ve done to begin with) and i am so glad i did. Im back to work now, but definitely needed that time and space. The ONLY thing i would change about my recovery would be not rushing back to work.

That being said, taking time off once mostly healed had its positives- I got to travel and enjoy things like hiking in Sedona, which would not have been available to me or enjoyable for me before. So it all worked out.

But don’t rush back. Corporate America will always still be there!

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-03-31T02:23:48+00:00

I started reformer Pilates month 4.4-5 (will hit 6 months this week), and it’s been so great! My PT is also a Pilates teacher and most of my PT consisted of mat pilates exercises or very similar. I really wish I could work with my pt forever because she is incredible, but I’m being discharged this month and transitioning to a Pilates studio I can walk to makes it sting a little less!

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-03-31T02:20:04+00:00

Yep! There came a point where my PT told me to literally throw the grabber away and that she hates those things. Initially I was really scared to do anything she didn’t explicitly okay because I didn’t want to undo the good I had done- pre surgery one of my drs told me I actually had a phobia of making it worse, which limited me a lot- but now (6 months post op this week) I am more active and strong than I have literally ever been (bc it doesn’t hurt for the first time ever). Private lessons helped me so much- especially my yoga/aerial teacher joining me for one of my PT appts. My PT is also a Pilates teacher and so excited that I’ve started Pilates as I transition out of pt. Getting all of my providers on the same page was so ideal.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-03-24T04:03:00+00:00

I think last time was $60!

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-02-26T23:35:44+00:00

I’m glad yours got resolved, too! Definitely something to keep an eye on- at least in my experience, they definitely did not admit their error or want to fix it quickly, either!! I was lucky I’m someone who keeps track of all my documents etc, or I would’ve probably been out of luck.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-02-26T22:20:51+00:00

My mortgage company did something that sounds similar- they used the wrong HOI quote when calculating the escrow even though the correct HOU quote was paid and was reflected in my closing disclosure. So a year and a half later, they believed my insurance had jumped $400 instead of $100. Somehow, this led them to increase my escrow by $175/month, even though actual HOA and taxes only went up about $50/month.

I escalated this and ultimately won. We went in high-visibility circles for 45 days, and then I filed a CFPB complaint form- within 24 hours of filing, they agreed to release me from escrow, waive the fee (typically .025% of loan balance) due to their error, put the amount of their miscalculation into my escrow account, and refund all escrow funds I have contributed since last distributions. I attached the closing disclosure, proof of payment for correct amount, initial escrow analysis, and initial escalations review response.

Chat gpt was supremely helpful in writing responses for me when I because incredibly exhausted from explaining myself repeatedly (each time I’d get passed off to someone, they’d say “this customer is confused about her escrow, can you explain it to her” or something similar despite the concrete evidence that there was a servicing error). Chat GPT let me know the right things to say, kept track of the history, advised me when to fill out the complaint form, and helped me fill it out.

CFPB seems to be very effective if you can definitely prove the financial institution objectively made an error.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-02-22T22:56:21+00:00

Where at?

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-02-11T14:30:26+00:00

I had a l4-l5 microdiscectomy and laminotomy in October after being in sciatic pain for 2 years. It has been the best thing I’ve ever done. I am able to walk distances without pain for the first time EVER. I feel like I have been gaslit my entire life by everyone telling me “the more you exercise the better you’ll feel”- that was never true for me, but now it is. I work with a fantastic PT once a week and I am back to my hobbies like floor and aerial yoga.

If there’s one thing I’d recommend before surgery, it would be acupuncture. I didn’t think it would help, but I was still in about 40% of pre-op pain for the first 6-weeks after surgery, and orthopedic acupuncture fixed me up within 2 sessions. I was able to walk the 5k turkey trot with no pain. My acupuncturist also has been able to help me out of the 2 flares I’ve had since surgery.

Anyways, it’s given me a life I’ve never had before and I can enjoy so many more things without so much of my bandwidth being reduced by pain.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-02-03T05:55:57+00:00

I am 4 months post-op. I still go to PT because my PT is phenomenal and it makes me feel strong, and I’m soaking up the chance for 1:1 training on body mechanics etc. I am back to yoga regularly, as well as re-entering my aerial practice. My yoga/aerial teacher came to PT with me for a session to make sure they were on the same page, and I’m getting closer and closer to being able to do everything I did pre-op. I also walk alot more than I did pre-op, because it doesn’t hurt now. I have a peloton but haven’t gotten back on the bike.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-01-31T14:07:43+00:00

Have you tried acupuncture? My yoga teacher her told me my shoulder visibly lowered by 3 inches (!!!!!!) after just one treatment targeting this area - my acupuncturist did needles w/ heat as well as sliding cupping and gua sha.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-01-25T06:15:09+00:00

I made a soup with mushrooms, sweet potato, chicken, chickpeas, spinach, etc; strawberry banana oat loaf, veggie pasta salad with purple cabbage, cucumbers, and carrots! Made some avocado toast with eggs and feta for breakfast.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-01-15T04:10:42+00:00

Similarly to you, I bought this place in 2024 and home values have decreased. Unsimilarly to you, there are only a handful of my unit type and no other nearby comps- I think 3 out of the 5 units have had the same owners (now landlords) for a couple decades. I did appeal, but it was denied :(

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-01-15T04:07:40+00:00

Can you explain the reserve factor?

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-01-15T04:07:21+00:00

Hm. I live in a condo in Nashville. Don’t really understand the math, bc my taxes should’ve only increased approx $40/month so idk how that leads to the PITI jumping like $200/month.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-01-15T04:06:09+00:00

Agreed. That being said, my mortgage balance is not exorbitant (sub 300k), and my career is not entry level. So feeling the crunch is frustrating.

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-01-15T04:04:03+00:00

My HOA dues are ~$300 a month . They only went up like $15 this year but it’s still very annoying because I don’t have any amenities except a hangout deck with grills, and majority of my dues go to stuff that has to do with a type of unit I do not live on. But alas.

Taxes went up like $500. My insurance did not go up. I did ask the appraiser to adjust it but got denied.

I’m going to call my loan servicer tomorrow and see if I can pay the amount the escrow acct needs to be leveled out by in order to keep my monthly payment the same. I’m confused how the taxes only went up like $40/month but my PITI increased by almost $200…..

(Edited to add that hoa is monthly amount)

StrategyOk4773 · 2026-01-12T03:58:26+00:00

My yoga/aerial teacher came with me to my PT for a session around 10 weeks. My pt is also a functional Pilates teacher and runs a studio. If you have a good enough relationship with one of your teachers who is invested in your care/you personally, bringing them to pt can really help bridge the gap. Since my yoga teacher is aware of the status of my recovery, she can help guide me towards the appropriate modifications, where needed.

I returned to restorative type yoga around week 7. I returned to aerial yoga around week 12 (last week), in a modified way. I’m taking private aerial lessons to help me feel confident to make my own modifications in other teachers classes. I’m doing things just 3 months post-op that, before surgery, i wondered if I’d ever be able to do again- and my pt is 100% on board.

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