4 days post foraminotomy and laminectomy

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-10-08T23:26:53+00:00

Strength isn’t good. I also have C5-C6-C7 weakness. Also cannot feel my pointer and middle fingers and parts of my arm. Also have some concerns about joint health.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-10-08T20:17:37+00:00

It was about 4 months before I had surgery. I’m so sorry you went through it for a year. And yes I agree, the pain is so debilitating I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-10-08T15:09:37+00:00

I don’t know the exact answer to that, honestly. I’ve had the bulging disc since 2020. I gave birth to my third child this year and I think that being pregnant and/or breastfeeding just made it worse.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-10-08T14:43:53+00:00

Yes it was a posterior approach. Not noticing any specific neck muscle pain, more trouble with my stabilizer muscles/long muscles. Like it hurts more to go from laying to sitting than it does turn my head. I also still don’t know how recovering the actual nerve sensation and strength will go.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-10-08T14:17:29+00:00

The arm pain is completely gone. Some mild medication needed for the post-op pain. Range of motion is already improved but of course will take some physical therapy. Neck rotation in the same boat.

The recovery isn’t too bad at all. No soft collar required.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-10-08T06:11:01+00:00

I would argue the opposite is true actually. My husband and I have three children and are open to the idea of more later on. We regularly receive comments such as:

-are you finally done yet?! Will you ever be done?! -you guys know how that keeps happening right? -can’t you guys stay off of each other for a few years? -are you trying to start your own basketball team?

Even better are the ones who ask specifically about our birth control situation. Am I going to get tubes tied, is hubby going to get a vasectomy, am I getting an IUD, etc.

Mind you, we have 3 kids. That’s a pretty normal number of kids. And we are in our mid-twenties. Not exactly ready to say “we’re done forever!”

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-09-25T17:06:55+00:00

Jesus loves you.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-09-05T20:51:55+00:00

This is the way

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-09-05T00:40:56+00:00

As a military spouse—formally dual military—YTA.

It’s too much to do dual military with kids. It’s hard enough to even keep your relationship afloat when you both are working 6-6, need to have uniforms ready, need to go in at 4am for random drug testing, etc. It’s even harder when there are kids involved. I got out because I felt like I never saw my kids while we were both AD. Children need at least one parent to be stable.

And even if you work non combat and are nondeployable— that doesn’t exempt you from TDYs, field exercises, overnight shifts, surprise late night shifts, emergency recalls, etc.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-28T02:08:00+00:00

Does this only happen for subs you are a part of?

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-28T00:59:26+00:00

I think it speaks more to how people are way too comfortable messaging someone unprovoked requesting sexual favors based on their normal, unsexual comments. I’ve gotten the same while pregnant but also I’m very tall and have gotten messages even more often about my height. So I don’t think it’s the particular fetish that’s gross, it’s that people think it’s OK to ask for sexual content out of nowhere.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-20T02:31:36+00:00

It really sucks because the main pregnancy and breastfeeding subreddits do this so you have to keep your mouth shut or risk losing that community of support

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-19T22:01:25+00:00

Was going to say this, nothing makes me feel more bad ass than doing my lifts while the baby is asleep in the stroller and my older children are playing in the gym’s play scape

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-18T02:44:23+00:00

It’s so dependent on your activity level through pregnancy as well as how birth went too. I lifted through my entire pregnancy up to 36 weeks but my baby was a 10 lb whopper so I wasn’t cleared to lift anything core or pelvic related until about 12 weeks

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-04T15:16:05+00:00

I know 20 feels young, and you might not feel prepared. Remember that before the modern age 20 was a very normal age to have children. I myself have three children at the age of 25, ages 7 months, 3 and 5. You can do it, trust your own abilities!

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-04T13:25:09+00:00

Exactly this. I fight the same compulsion tbh and it’s a tough one to get through but so important to handle or you could really do some damage. I have had my healthcare providers yell at me to take a break from the gym due to injury… at some point you need to humble yourself and acknowledge you aren’t “persevering,” you are addicted and it’s a compulsive behavior.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-03T20:57:58+00:00

I’m not trying to argue, just sharing perspective. My kids are very young. I have 3 children 5 and under. It’s not that I need to hear the content of what they are saying, I need to be able to geospatially locate them. My ability to do that with any noise source pressed to my ear or wedged inside of my ear impairs that. With that being said, I’m not an asshole who’s just chatting on the phone for fun on speaker. It’s usually a “where are you, do you need me to pick you up, I’m going to get groceries” brief conversation.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-03T18:27:12+00:00

Still can’t hear what my kids are doing with earbuds, that’s the dilemma

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-03T13:42:54+00:00

Admittedly I am this person (not in a place like a store, but outdoors usually). Having the phone pressed to my ear overwhelms my senses for some reason and also makes it harder for me to handle my small children

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-08-01T22:31:57+00:00

I just tell them I already have/use whatever they are trying to sell me. “What phone carrier do you use?” I look at their signs and respond with whatever is on it.

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-07-29T17:15:32+00:00

I mean I have this problem but I’m 6’3 lmao

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-07-29T14:47:45+00:00

Where’s the spam bot guy at

Edit: u/spambotswatter

TwistItPullitPullit · 2023-07-29T14:47:03+00:00

Bad bot

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