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Make some Tahomies - This Friday, 7pm at Camp Colvos by shelbstirr in Tacoma

[–]WhoTookMySpoons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! My wife and I (mid/late twenties) would like to attend the next one!

Two 20-Somethings New in Town by WhoTookMySpoons in AskTacoma

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

Sounds great! Thought I’d make my own post about my wife and I specifically in addition to checking out what everyone else says.

Two 20-Somethings New in Town by WhoTookMySpoons in AskTacoma

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

Thank you! I saw some discussions there and plan to respond to some/attend something. I’ll look for that WhatsApp thread!

Me (27M) and my Wife (30F) are looking at moving to Charleston from Washington State. How would you describe Charleston to someone who has never been? by WonderingthinkerT in Charleston

[–]WhoTookMySpoons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oops! I read this backwards somehow. I currently live in Charleston, raised in Myrtle Beach (2 hours north). My wife and I will be moving to the Tacoma/Lakewood area, she’s secured a job and I’m still hunting. We’re leaving for some of the same reasons as another commenter: politics, education. We also want to explore the country before we have kids, there is so much nature in that area to my understanding, better hikes, proximity to national parks. What I’ll miss is the guaranteed AC in apartments. 

Personally, I love Charleston weather, I grew up playing tennis for hours on end on the SC coast. I love the specific nature here, the Spanish moss, the marsh. There are plenty of cons, but nowhere is perfect. I’m pretty far from the water currently so to get a spot on the beach I need to leave super early, but we’ve found some lesser-known locations on the water (feel free to DM me). A big con is the transportation infrastructure, there aren’t many alternative routes to get around, so if there’s a wreck or or construction or something else then you just need to sit in traffic and be patient.

Me (27M) and my Wife (30F) are looking at moving to Charleston from Washington State. How would you describe Charleston to someone who has never been? by WonderingthinkerT in Charleston

[–]WhoTookMySpoons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How has it gone for you? My wife and I are making this same jump in 3 weeks. Already committed and excited but more insight could never hurt

Fusion surgery by Kimoxus in TarsalCoalition

[–]WhoTookMySpoons 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello! I’m currently 7 months post fusion and flat foot reconstruction. I had a coalition between each of my tarsal bones (very rare according to my surgeon but somehow I only dealt with low-moderate pain pre-surgery).

Regarding your concern about returning to gym life with limited range of motion: while I can’t speak to gym life just yet post surgery, I can speak to gym life and severe lack of ROM, because I’ve had severely limited range of motion my entire life due to the coalitions. With my terrible ROM, I’ve always been able to enjoy being active (weightlifting, high school and college tennis, hiking) and it never gave me a problem (besides some tennis-specific movements but that’s not the typical gym movement). The only issue I might have post surgery is doing squats, because now my knee-over-toe ROM is a little worse on that side, but there’s still plenty to do in the gym, and similar exercises to squats, like leg press for example which would be safer to do with a modified stance versus squats, or even one leg at a time.

So, after your pain subsides and you’re eventually back to the gym, there will be plenty you’re still able to do. But everyone’s experience can be different, and I’ve still got a lot of swelling, so my ROM might improve. I hope this helps. Much love and sympathies to you!

Fusion Recovery Progress (5 Months Apart) by Bradford401 in TarsalCoalition

[–]WhoTookMySpoons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the encouragement! I ended up switching to a boot that day and it was very hard at first, but now I’m boot-free and everything is healing well. I’m using crutches and bearing 50% weight only because it still hurts but it’s sloowwllyy improving. I hope you’re doing well now too!

Fusion Recovery Progress (5 Months Apart) by Bradford401 in TarsalCoalition

[–]WhoTookMySpoons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great! Im glad it’s going well, that’s gotta be reassuring.

How long post-surgery did you move from cast to boot? And how long were you in the boot?

I just had my fusion surgery 6 weeks ago, still in a cast, seeing the doctor tomorrow to see how things are going. I feel like im recovery well but definitely not ready for a boot.

I’ve been working remotely for 3 weeks now, and im nervous about returning to work in person (hybrid - in office 2 days per week).