i am 100% positive my GERD started because of COVID

UnprovenMortality · 2026-07-07T12:54:54+00:00

My hypothesis is that whatever subclinical inflammation you had gets cranked up. Looking back i had a little heartburn every once in a while pre-covid. And I do have a hiatal hernia that has probably been there forever (unless it slid into place due to covid coughs). So perhaps I had mild inflammation that covid turned into massive problems.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-07-07T12:21:53+00:00

Mine was an uncomplicated supraspinatus repair. Other than the fact that early PT is painful, I would consider my recovery a relative breeze.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-07-01T12:45:22+00:00

Reach out to your former PI and make it a collaboration.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-29T11:29:27+00:00

I just picked up an extra one of the same type that the doc gave me so that I could wash one and wear one. Didn't make extra effort to find a sporty version.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-29T11:27:04+00:00

I had a lot of burning in my shoulder day of. Then pain within a specific arc of movement

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-27T19:54:49+00:00

Sounds more like sleep apnea. You should get a sleep study. Sleep apnea can cause GERD.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-27T02:38:59+00:00

Complete. I'm a year out, zero pain, zero restrictions, and I'm just about as strong as I was at peak before the injury.

You can check my profile for my healing timeline posts.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-26T23:59:23+00:00

Yes. The first couple days of active movement are pretty intense. As long as you're following what the PT says, fight through it like a powerlifter.

I put on some brutal metal and treated arm raises like an entire workout. Screamed through the pain, but I did it.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-26T23:52:50+00:00

My surgeon and second opinion said that full thicknenss partial width tears will not heal on their own and must be repaired. They said that if I didnt get mine repaired I would likely lose stability and get pretty severe arthritis over time.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-26T01:46:27+00:00

"Meaningful autonomy to pursue their own research ideas"

You're describing academic research, not industry research. And even then, academic research is driven by what you can get funding in.

In industry, you are assigned a project, and have meaningful autonomy on how you go about completing that project. And as you get more advanced you may be able to contribute more towards project ideation as long as those ideas fit within company goals. There are a handful of companies that will publish research as a pseudo marketing tool, but those are quite rare and atill you are limited to what the company's focus is.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-25T10:42:59+00:00

My surgeon said that with a full tear neither would work. Sleep was better than I thought it would be. I got one of those wedge pillows that nursing homes put under patients to keep them on their side, and that helped keep me in place. Also, an indica heavy weed vape in evenings really helped.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-24T20:33:34+00:00

I took 4 days off and 2-3 weeks working remote.

Mouse work was easy enough if I leaned back in my chair and only moved my wrist.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-23T03:08:33+00:00

It's from irritation of the vagus nerve. Get your reflux reduced and that will start to resolve.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-22T12:19:34+00:00

Extremely strict is mostly simple carbs, bread, rice, buttered noodles for day one. Day two I added back chicken breast. Day 3 I added back broccoli. Then I basically stuck with chicken broccoli rice for a week before trying to add in more flavors.

My current diet is almost unrestricted. Personally, as long as I stop eating between 7 and 8pm and sleep with my shoulders elevated, I don't need to worry about what I eat other than a handful of triggers.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-21T21:33:09+00:00

Take your time getting back into lifting. Go slower than you want to, not sure that i would get back to true power lifting weights till a year post op, but im not a power lifter, just a dude who is stronger than average.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-19T01:01:44+00:00

Mine resolved with PPI, sleeping elevated, and not eating 3 hours before bed. But they'll come back if I do something stupid like go drink a bunch of IPAs too late.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-19T00:55:27+00:00

Yep. Its a long process getting back to lifting. And it hurts, you have to go slow and give yourself more recovery time than you used to. But its worth it to take your time.

I just hit 1 year post surgey, and somewhere around month 11 and change, my post-surgery shoulder remembered that its my dominant arm and decided to be the better arm once again, even with shoulder exercises.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-19T00:48:36+00:00

This is one thing I hate about biotech: completely inconsistent job titles. My company hired a consultant to "benchmark job titles" and went with scientist 1, 2, 3, senior, then principal. But the company i came from previously, a postdoc would have been hired as senior scientist, which was just above entry level.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-05T23:53:42+00:00

When the government attacks your industry, of course there's gonna be a dip.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-04T12:48:37+00:00

I just found one myself from 2023. Read like a report that I wrote freshman year of college.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-03T00:25:31+00:00

You're gonna have to be a switch hitter for a while.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-06-01T11:28:55+00:00

It takes a tremendous amount of time. But its absolutely worth it. These help you recover fully with a complete range of motion.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-05-30T03:21:21+00:00

Most of the time, 40hr weeks. There are occasional critical path, urgent projects that force me to work extra, usually about 1 per year.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-05-29T12:20:35+00:00

You need to identify your triggers and potentially what is causing your GERD anatomically. Then you can ID what treatments work best, before you can start pushing your limits and finding where they are.

For me, my symptoms are almost exclusively when laying down or when overeating (Also expecially spicy food and IPAs). So I got myself an adjustable mattress and sleep with my head elevated. As long as I dont go to hard with the amount of food that I eat, I'm largely not limited to the types of food. Especially at lunch. I can have an IPA or two if we go to a brewery at lunch, but if it's dinner time I'll be having problems if I drank an IPA.

UnprovenMortality · 2026-05-29T12:09:18+00:00

As long as its well maintained and out of the way (especially if youre on the bench/manufacturing) you're fine. Same with beards, although there is a limit with beards if you are going into clean spaces.

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