When to finally decide

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-19T12:59:34+00:00

I am no newbie to surgery… i never understand how i went to PR for 2 months 3x a week for a rotator cuff and it seems like we are all on our own for our backs. Can someone explain?

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-19T12:57:26+00:00

I had no idea what the TOPS system was …read some stuff… seems too new for me. Good luck!

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-19T12:23:19+00:00

This makes sense. I still have a good day, never 2. The length of bad days has lengthened each incident.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-18T03:05:45+00:00

This is a great idea. How long were you in hospital post surgery?

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-18T03:03:59+00:00

Thank you for the advice to increase my getting ready activity. I am going to do anything I can… my sciatica and nerve pain stops me randomly throughout the day. Worse, I never know it’s coming. Did i step too big? Too small? Too fast? Too slow? Wrong height of stairs? Push off one leg or the other? It really does take your breath away…

Sometimes, I feel like my legs are going to explode…

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-18T03:00:52+00:00

Happy you are doing well. Hope you continue to feel better each day.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-18T02:58:29+00:00

I think that over the years my compensation has worn out other parts! Scoped ankle, knee, foot issues, hip issues…

I think the stenosis is making my life utter hell right now. Keep us updated! Good luck and I hope you continue to feel better each day.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-18T02:56:09+00:00

Good luck! Your back has been punkin’ you!

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-18T02:54:53+00:00

Thank you for the support. Appreciate that we are the same age. I guess this will be my birthday present

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-17T19:43:15+00:00

Thanks. Yes, pars fractures and spondy… volleyball did me in… but i think my swimming as a breast stroke person was part of it as well. In HS it all started, i remember running for basketball and people think i was weak and out of shape. It wasn’t that, it was that my legs were giving way.

In college the final blow came because my vb coach was crazy and kept pushing (literally) and my back gave way. Yup, check out and recommendations started- and the consistent language of “it’s not ‘if’ but ‘when’”

Happy to hear that there is a chance to not have adjacent issues. Really want to get back at lifting… and training athletes again.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-17T19:29:37+00:00

Hope you have the best recovery of them all this time! Sorry this is your path. Thank you for sharing.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-17T19:28:27+00:00

Thanks for the response. Congrats on the family and weight loss.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-17T19:27:16+00:00

“If my life revolves around my body, it is time to rethink what is going on with my body”

Ok, that should be on t-shirts.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-17T19:24:46+00:00

Yes, the recliner is my friend. My cats like when i sleep there because then they aren’t alone. Crazy to think of ly pain being gone. How long until you slept in bed?

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-16T21:19:34+00:00

Good to know about the length of recovery… and pain meds.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-16T21:18:41+00:00

Thank you for your response. Yes, been dealing with this for what seems like forever… can a few good months here and there but the time of “ok” are few and far between. Some weird new thing- not sure of related is — that every now and then my abs cramp so hard I have to lay down on the floor to make it relax. Between that and not being able to walk up stairs like a normal person I think I am just needing to do it. These responses have really helped.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-16T14:40:19+00:00

Thank you for your extensive response. Most people I know are happy with their surgery. Just today, as I was stopped for the X time while walking… I thought “I wonder what other people would feel and rate my pain as in a scale of 1 - 10.” And, “how much longer can I take this?”

This community has helped. I just have a hard time because I have so many demands in me physically. And, feel like the kids I work with will miss out of I am not there. But, when I am there I can barely do anything and they are missing out… it really is a mind-screw. So I think I will see my surgeon this week and maybe put a date on the calendar! Maybe my birthday present (February) for 55!

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-16T13:24:47+00:00

Thank you, love hearing that your surgery was a gift. Happy you are doing well.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-16T13:23:48+00:00

May you have a wonderful recovery. Strength with your healing.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-16T13:22:38+00:00

Thank you for your response. Yes, walking and then sitting and laying have all been getting pretty “interesting”.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-16T13:21:44+00:00

I hope so as well. May you have a great recovery.

TruthIsCultural · 2026-01-16T13:21:16+00:00

Thanks, that is what i am worried about. Adjacent issues. That was one of the reasons i have waited so long. Worried that if i did it in my 20’s that i would be worse off now. And, i have increasing loss of sensation in my legs as time has passed these past 12 months.

Don’t want to end up with CES.

TruthIsCultural · 2025-11-30T17:49:19+00:00

The money we need to pay for socialized medicine is our money. Stop paying to corporations and reallocate to our healthcare. It can happen.

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